Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall)
Oral Question Period (2004)
Portable classrooms ... 540
Point of Order
Allegations against members ... 877 Decorum ... 624
Speaker-Rulings and statements
Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity)
Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity
Report ... 260, 325, 346, 857, 1062, 1160 Report (SP93/04: Tabled) ... 262 Report, 2002: Costs (Q18/04: Accepted) ... 474 Report, 2003: Costs (Q17/04: Accepted) ... 474 Report: Government response to (SP95/04: Tabled) ... 296
Alberta Chamber of Resources
Oil sands as source of petrochemicals ... 1155
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Cheviot Creek coal pit application ... 539 Coal bed methane drilling records ... 832 Coal bed methane extraction water issues, regulations re ... 1214 Collection of funds to pay the Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 419 Compensation to customers disconnected from utilities in error (Q88/04: Accepted) ... 1329 Direct Energy application ... 1062, 1099, 1152, 1172 Drilling and well information ... 1330 Electric utility hearings: Public participation ... 1162 Funding formula for ... 1153 Gas royalty data retention ... 1168 Orphan well program ... 1157 Petroleum reserves calculations ... 506 Pipeline siting process ... 1215 Pipeline surveillance information ... 1331 Power plants permitting function ... 579 Redwood Energy Ltd. well blowout details ... 1340 Right-of-way regulations process ... 1215 Service quality benchmarks for gas/electricity providers (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327 Shut in gas wells, Fort McMurray area, compensation re (M149/04: Defeated) ... 1338 Sour gas recommendations ... 1162 Sour gas well hearings ... 294, 327 Sour gas well hearings (Compton Petroleum), Calgary area ... 392, 799 Staffing ... 1162 Utilities' quarterly quality of services plans provided to ... 1328
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Coal emissions research ... 1016 Enhanced oil/gas recovery, paper re ... 473
Alberta royalty tax credit
Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd.
AltaGas Services Inc.
Contribution to funding of Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 386
ATCO Gas
Contribution to funding of Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 386 Retail business purchase by Direct Energy ... 1014-15, 1172
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Report on nuclear power as energy source for oil sands use ... 579
Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers
Contribution to funding for Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 214, 386, 419
Calgary Health Region
New hospital in southeast Calgary: Location within sour gas well emergency planning area ... 347, 392
Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government)
Canadian Clean Power Coalition
Carbon dioxide projects
Federal participation in ... 1157 Royalty credits re ... 1157 Royalty credits re (Q11/04: Accepted) ... 473 Royalty credits re, Companies receiving (Q12/04: Defeated) ... 473
Clean Air Strategic Alliance
Gas flaring reduction actions ... 328 General remarks ... 1157 Greenhouse gas emission standards ... 388 Power plant emission standards ... 388
Climate change
Provincial initiatives re ... 1157
Coal bed methane
Future demand for ... 838
Coal bed methane-Royalties
Coal bed methane extraction
Committee to oversee ... 832 Committee to oversee: Documents re (M151/04: Defeated) ... 1339 General remarks ... 904 Landowner compensation issue ... 832 Public consultation re (Q2/04: Accepted) ... 470 Regulations re ... 832 Regulations re: Documents re (M150/04: Defeated) ... 1338 Water recovery issues ... 470, 832, 904-05, 1057, 1152, 1162, 1213-14
Coal mines and mining-Hinton area
Cheviot Creek coal pit ... 539
Competition Bureau (Federal)
Gasoline pricing review ... 1293
Compton Petroleum Corporation
Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 392
Consumers' Association of Canada (Alberta)
Electricity prices, intervention re ... 1162
Dept. of Energy
Communications budget ... 1162 Credit card statements for minister and executive assistant (M140/04: Defeated; Replaced by M26/04) ... 1337 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1150-59, 1161-62 Minister's trip to New York ... 49-50 Performance measures data (M7/04: Accepted) ... 479 Performance measures data (M9/04: Accepted) ... 479 Property theft from (Q6/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 471
Dept. of Environment
Cheviot Creek coal pit licences ... 539
Diamond industry-Northwest Territories
Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada)
Education-Finance
Funding through general revenue (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 103-04
Electric power, Coal-produced
Emission controls for ... 388 General remarks ... 539 Research into ... 1016 Research into: Co-operation with Wyoming re ... 1016 Use in oil sands development ... 1155
Electric power-Prices
General remarks ... 254, 260, 289, 325, 479, 505, 579, 1099, 1322, 1413-14 Impact of electricity exports on ... 857, 859-60 Impact of new power plant emission standards on ... 388
Electric power-Retail sales
Electric power line companies
Service quality benchmarks for (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Electric power lines
Policy re ... 1152, 1156 Policy re: Documents re (M153/04: Defeated) ... 1340
Electric power lines-Construction
Domestic vs. export lines: Funding of ... 859-60
Electric utilities
Compensation (from EUB) to customers disconnected from utilities in error (Q88/04: Accepted) ... 1329 Debt financing ... 1158 Service quality benchmarks for (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation ... 254-55, 260, 289, 325-26, 346, 419, 474, 1062, 1099-1100, 1152-53, 1158-59, 1172, 1322, 1413-14 Deregulation: Business models for (M161/04: Defeated) ... 1341 Deregulation: Documentation re (M155/04: Defeated) ... 1340 Deregulation: Documents re (M8/04: Defeated) ... 479 Deregulation: Government/TransAlta correspondence re (M156/04: Defeated) ... 1340 Deregulation: Impact on small business, measurement of (M157/04: Defeated) ... 1341 Deregulation: Publicity campaign re ... 576 Deregulation: Reports on (M158/04: Defeated) ... 1341 Deregulation: Ron Southern's comments re ... 260
Electric utilities-Taxation
Extra levy to pay for Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 419
Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3, 2003)
Electrical power purchase agreements
Auction of: FOIPed information re (SP123/04: Tabled) ... 452
Electricity policy-Alberta
Encana Corporation
Carbon dioxide sequestration project, Saskatchewan ... 1056
Energy industry
Petroleum reserves statements' release ... 506 Royalty credits for carbon dioxide projects, Companies receiving (Q12/04: Defeated) ... 473 Use of water supplies ... 904
Energy resources, Alternate
Provincial government usage of ... 1158
Environics Research Group (Western) Limited
Surveys re energy industry (M9/04: Accepted) ... 479
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Exemptions for Executive Council travel details ... 49-50 General remarks ... 1340 Liberal opposition request under, re power purchase auction (SP123/04: Tabled) ... 452
Gas, Natural-Retail sales
Gas industry-Fort McMurray area
Conflict with tar sands development (Q66/04: Accepted) ... 1022 Conflict with tar sands development: Compensation re (M149/04: Defeated) ... 1338
Gas pipelines
Ruptures/leaking of, 2002-03 (M95/04: Defeated) ... 1331
Gas pipelines-Alaska/Northwest Territories thru Alberta
Stripping of natural gas liquids from throughput of ... 1155
Gas recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering: Research ... 1056 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Royalty relief re ... 469, 1157 Research into ... 1157
Gas utilities
Compensation, from EUB, to customers disconnected from utilities in error (Q88/04: Accepted) ... 1329 Contribution to funding for Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 214 Service quality benchmarks for (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19, 2003)
Gas well drilling industry
In vicinity of parks and protected areas (M91/04: Defeated) ... 1330 In vicinity of urban areas (M92/04: Defeated) ... 1330-31
Gas well drilling industry-Calgary area
Gas well drilling industry-Security aspects
Government accountability
Grid West
New name for Regional Transmission Organization West ... 1152, 1162
Heavy oil
Future demand for ... 838
Hospitals-Calgary
New south Calgary hospital: Location within sour gas well emergency planning area ... 392
Hydrogen sulphide emissions
Fatalities from ... 350 Impact on animals: Study re ... 294 Impact on animals: University of Alberta study re ... 327 Impact on animals: Western provinces study re ... 327
Hydrogen sulphide emissions-Health aspects
Hydrogen sulphide emissions-Health aspects-Calgary area
Hydrogen sulphide emissions-Monitoring
Hydrogen sulphide emissions-Safety aspects
Income Trusts Liability Act (Bill 34)
Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta
Electricity prices study ... 289
Institute of Sustainable Energy, Environment and the Economy
Mines and mineral industry
National Energy Board
Energy consumption forecasts ... 838
Natural gas rebates
Amount distributed in January 2004 (Q56/04: Accepted) ... 869 General remarks ... 1014, 1414
Natural resources
Provincial control of ... 1155
Natural resources revenue
North American free trade agreement
Nuclear power plants-Fort McMurray area
Nuclear power plants-Ontario
Office of the Premier
Premier's trip to New York, December 2002: Costs ... 49-50
Oil, Crown-owned
Marketing of: Reviews of (M152/04: Defeated) ... 1339-40
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering: Research ... 1056 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Royalty relief re ... 469, 1157 Companies receiving royalty reductions re (Q14/04: Accepted) ... 473-74 Royalty reductions re (Q13/04: Accepted) ... 473
Oil well drilling industry
In vicinity of parks and protected areas (M91/04: Defeated) ... 1330 In vicinity of urban areas (M92/04: Defeated) ... 1330-31
Oral Question Period (2004)
Alberta's electricity policy ... 449 Cheviot Creek coal pit ... 539 Clean coal strategy ... 1016 Coal bed methane ... 832, 904-05 Coal bed methane development ... 1057, 1213-14 Direct Energy ... 1014-17, 1172 Electricity deregulation ... 254-55, 260, 289, 325-26, 346, 419 Electricity exports ... 857, 859-60 Electricity generation ... 579 Electricity prices ... 325, 505 Energy deregulation ... 1413-14 Firebag oil sands development ... 1059 Future energy demands ... 838 Gasoline pricing ... 1293-94 Government accountability ... 1322 Government expense claims ... 49-50, 325 Natural gas royalty rates ... 1168 Natural resource revenues ... 582 Oil sands royalties ... 836-37 Oil sands royalty regime ... 1058-59 Petroleum reserves ... 506 Rail link to Fort McMurray ... 725 Right-of-way regulations ... 1215 Rural gas co-ops and electrification associations ... 576-77, 801-02 Security of sour gas wells ... 799 Sour gas well emissions ... 292-93, 294, 347, 350 Sour gas wells ... 392 Sulphur dioxide emissions ... 327-28 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 214, 386 Utilities deregulation ... 1062 Utility charges ... 1099-1100 Water use for enhanced oil recovery ... 1056
Orimulsion-fired power plants-New Brunswick
Parks, Provincial
Oil/gas well drilling in vicinity of (M91/04: Defeated) ... 1330
Point of Order
Imputing motives ... 1156
Propane
Derived from oil sands development ... 1155
Property tax-Education levy
Elimination of (Motion 501: Griffiths) ... 103-04
Protected areas
Oil/gas well drilling in vicinity of (M91/04: Defeated) ... 1330
Public Affairs Bureau
Publicity campaign re electricity deregulation ... 576
Public utilities
Compensation, from EUB, to customers disconnected from utilities in error (Q88/04: Accepted) ... 1329 Performance reports (Q74/04: Accepted) ... 1327-28 Quarterly quality of services plans ... 1328 Service quality benchmarks for (Q70/04: Accepted) ... 1327
Rail service-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Provincial participation ... 725
Redwood Energy Ltd.
Well blowout details, Edson (M154/04: Defeated) ... 1340
Refining of natural resources
Regional Transmission Organization West
Alberta participation ... 1152, 1162 Alberta participation: Documents re (M4/04: Defeated) ... 477 Alberta participation: Expenses re (M5/04: Defeated) ... 478
Right-of-way
Regulations re pipelines/power lines and adjoining property ... 1215
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Credits for carbon dioxide projects (Q11/04: Accepted) ... 473 Credits for carbon dioxide projects, Companies receiving (Q12/04: Defeated) ... 473 General remarks ... 582, 1155, 1162, 1168 Reductions for enhanced recovery projects ... 469, 1157 Reductions for enhanced recovery projects (Q13/04: Accepted) ... 473 Reductions for enhanced recovery projects, Companies receiving (Q14/04: Accepted) ... 473-74 Review of ... 539 Tax deductions re (Q9 and 10/04: Defeated) ... 472-73
Rural economic development
MLA committee to review: Report ... 577
Rural electrification associations
Small business
Impact of electricity deregulation on: Measurement of (M157/04: Defeated) ... 1341
Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board
Right-of-way regulations process ... 1215
Tar sands development
Conflict with natural gas industry (Q66/04: Accepted) ... 1022 Conflict with natural gas industry: Compensation re (M149/04: Defeated) ... 1338 General remarks ... 582 Nuclear power generation plants for ... 579 Nuclear power generation plants for: Security aspects ... 579 Petrochemical feedstock products from ... 1155
Tar sands development-Environmental aspects
Tar sands development-Research
Dover/vapex extraction project ... 1157
Tax incentives
Royalties deductions (Q9 and 10/04: Defeated) ... 472-73
Terrorist attacks-Prevention
TransAlta Utilities Corporation
Correspondence with government re electricity deregulation (M156/04: Defeated) ... 1340
Travel at public expense
Release of details re ... 49-50
University of Alberta
Sulphur dioxide emissions and animal health, study of ... 327
Utilities Consumer Advocate
Direct Energy fee increase, involvement with legal challenge to ... 1062 General remarks ... 260, 1162 Independence of ... 214, 346, 386, 419
Voluntary Challenge and Registry Inc.
Water Act
Coal bed methane extraction water issues' regulations ... 1214
Water supply
Use by energy industry ... 904
Snelgrove, Mr. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster)
4-H Premier's award
Recognition of recipient of ... 1258
Agricultural Operation Practices Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 17)
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act (Bill 1)
Canada Pension Plan Credits Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 203)
Electric utilities-Regulations
Deregulation: Documentation re (M155/04: Defeated) ... 1340
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Vapour Control Equipment) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 202)
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 696-97
Livestock
Age of, determination of ... 1255
Meat packing industry
Age of animal criteria usage ... 1255
Oral Question Period (2004)
Animal disease surveillance ... 1255
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.)
Bills, Government
Change in sponsorship ... 807
Bills, Private members' public
Record number passed, since 1993 ... 1424
Blood Samples Act (Bill 204)
Memo re Committee reading of (SP247/04: Tabled) ... 908
Calgary-McCall (Constituency)
Electoral anniversary of member for ... 906
Canada Pension Plan Credits Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 203)
Memo re Committee reading of (SP248/04: Tabled) ... 908
Cellular telephones with cameras
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
Birthday congratulations to ... 1149
Committee of Supply
Meeting schedule (including two depts. on same evening): Unanimous consent for ... 604
Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing
Members' Services orders no. 2/03 and 3/03 (SP5/04: Tabled) ... 18
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Alberta branch
Annual report, 2002 (In Legislative Assembly Office, Annual report, SP7/04: Tabled) ... 18
Commonweath Day
Queen's message re (SP113/04: Tabled) ... 355
D-Day landings, France (1944)
60th Anniversary commemoration ... 1258-59
Deputy Clerk's office
Relocation of chair from ... 475
Edmonton-Ellerslie (Constituency)
Farewell to member for ... 840
Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures)
Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05, transmitted to Assembly (SP149/04: Tabled) ... 509 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2004-05, transmitted to Assembly (SP188-190/04: Tabled) ... 681 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 (No.2) transmitted to Assembly (SP71/04: Tabled) ... 161
Government aircraft
Public accessibility of manifests for: Tabling (SP264/04) and point of order re ... 1021 Public accessibility of manifests for: Tabling (SP264/04) and point of order re, Letters re (SP270-271/04: Tabled) ... 1064
Hockey championships
Red Deer Rebels and Medicine Hat Tigers teams: Recognition of ... 1019
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP6/04: Tabled) ... 18
Ladies & Gents of the Legislature 2004 swimsuit calendar
Legislative Assembly Office
Annual report, 2002 (SP7/04: Tabled) ... 18
Lethbridge-East (Constituency)
Farewell to member for ... 840
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Transmittal of 2003-04 supplementary estimates (No.2) (SP71/04: Tabled) ... 161 Transmittal of 2004-05 interim supply/Lottery Fund estimates (SP149/04: Tabled) ... 509 Transmittal of 2004-05 main and Lottery Fund estimates (SP188-190/04: Tabled) ... 681
Lueders, Pierre
Recognition of: Letter to (SP36/04: Tabled) ... 82
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Birthday congratulations to ... 54, 990, 1149, 1324, 1364 Electoral anniversary of 7 members ... 536 Electoral anniversary of 21 members ... 444 Electoral anniversary of Member for Calgary-McCall ... 906
Motions for Returns (Parliamentary practice)
Amendment of MR10 ... 611, 613-14, 615, 681 Amendment of MR14 ... 739-41 Amendment of MR19 (House leaders' agreement re) ... 864 Amendment of MR23 (House leaders' agreement re) ... 864 Procedure for: House leaders' agreement re MRs 18, 19 and 23 ... 864, 876
Official Opposition
Designation of Dr. Kevin Taft as Leader of the Official Opposition: Letter re (SP205/04: Tabled) ... 720, 728 Resignation of Dr. Don Massey as Interim Leader of the Official Opposition: Letter re (SP205/04: Tabled) ... 720, 728
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Letter to members from ... 1323
Point of Order
Abusive language ... 123 Addressing the Chair ... 159 Allegations against a member ... 298, 426, 948 Amendment to Motion for Return 10, Admissibility of ... 611, 613-14, 615, 681 Amendment to Motion for Return 14 ... 739 Clarification of Acting Speaker's ruling ... 1397 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 263 Factual accuracy (Aircraft manifest copies' availability) ... 1021 Factual accuracy (Aircraft manifest copies' availability): Letters re (SP270-271/04: Tabled) ... 1064 Improper inferences ... 161 Insulting language ... 1219-20 Notice of motion under Standing Order 40 ... 453 Offending the practices of the Assembly ... 642-43 Parliamentary language ... 158-59, 545-46 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 297-98 Referring to nonmembers ... 604
Private vocational schools
Job placement rate for students of (Q78/04: Accepted as amended) ... 1026
Questions, Written (Parliamentary practice)
Amendment of Q28/04 ... 728 General remarks ... 681, 730 Provision of answers to, before acceptance of ... 867
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
School Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 25)
Sponsorship change ... 807
School at the Legislature (Educational program)
Report card, 2002-03 (SP114/04: Tabled) ... 355
Seniors' View: Your Guide to Alberta's Legislature (Pamphlet)
Copy tabled (SP134/04) ... 469-70
Speaker-Rulings and statements
Amendment to Motion for Return 10 ... 613-14, 681, 737 Amendment to written question ... 1025 Anticipation ... 1293 Bill passage productivity ... 467 Birthday congratulations to a member ... 54, 990, 1149, 1324, 1364 Birthday congratulations to the Clerk ... 1149 Calendar of special events ... 198, 217, 1174-75 Cellphone cameras in the Chamber ... 906 Committee proceedings ... 419-20 D-Day commemoration ... 1258-59 Decisions of the Assembly ... 632 Decorum ... 445, 1097 Electoral anniversary of 7 members ... 536 Electoral anniversary of 21 members ... 444 Electoral anniversary of Member for Calgary-McCall ... 906 Exhibits ... 333 Explanation of Speaker's rulings [Re Motion for Return 14] ... 740-41 Farewell message to Members for Edmonton-Ellerslie and Lethbridge-East ... 840 House leaders' agreement re Motions for Returns 19 and 23 ... 876 Intemperate language ... 333 Ladies & Gents of the Legislature swimsuit calendar ... 198 Leader of the Official Opposition ... 720 Legislative Assembly pages ... 1323-24 Members' apology ... 1397 Members' Statements ... 333, 451 Oral Question Period practices ... 211, 834, 835, 1057, 1064-65 Oral Question Period rules ... 119, 120, 255, 263-64, 296-97, 1291, 1390 Parliamentary language ... 537, 987, 1064 Private members' bills receiving Royal Assent ... 1424 Private members' business ... 617, 681 Provision of answers to written questions, before their acceptance ... 867 Questions outside government responsibility ... 387 Questions outside ministerial responsibility ... 1015-16 Questions regarding unreleased report ... 464 Referring to members by name ... 1149 Sub judice ... 1062 Tablings ... 199-200 Written questions ... 730
Speech from the Throne
Copy tabled (SP1/04: Tabled) ... 5
Teaching Profession Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 26)
Sponsorship change ... 807
Speech from the Throne
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
General remarks ... 1 Projects re ... 4 Projects re: Funding for ... 4
Alberta-Economic conditions
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan
Alberta Disability Strategy
Alberta Government Offices
Washington, D.C. office ... 3
Alberta Medical Association
Alberta Sustainability Fund
Alberta Works (Employment training program)
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 2
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Impact on cattle industry ... 3 Research into ... 2
Campus Alberta quality council (Proposed)
Cattle-Export-United States
Children
Government programs for ... 3
Class size (Grade school)
Community health services-Aboriginal peoples
Community mental health services
Council of the Federation
Alberta participation ... 3
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Diabetes-Aboriginal peoples
Mobile screening program re ... 4
Disabled-Medical care
Community-based care ... 4
Domestic violence
Provincial initiatives re ... 4
Education, Postsecondary-Finance
Electric power, Coal-produced
Employment training programs
Energy innovation strategy
Energy resources, Alternate
Government spending policy
Health facilities-Construction
Health Quality Council of Alberta
New name for Health Services Utilization and Outcomes Commission ... 4
Health Services Utilization and Outcomes Commission
New mandate for (renamed Health Quality Council ) ... 4
HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)-Treatment
Information and communications technology-Research
International trade-Canada/United States
Internet (Computer network)
Crimes against children on ... 3
Life sciences institute (Proposed)
Medical care
24-hour service re ... 4 General remarks ... 4 Restructuring ... 4
Natural resources revenue
Office for disability issues (Proposed)
Physical fitness-Teaching
Daily mandatory courses ... 2
Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43, 2003)
Postsecondary educational institutions
Degree-granting programs ... 3
Postsecondary educational institutions-Construction
Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act
Provincial water council (Proposed)
Public buildings-Construction
Public safety (From criminal activity)
Registered education savings plan (Federal)
Provincial contribution to ... 2
Road construction-Finance
Round-table on Family Violence and Bullying, Calgary (May 2004)
Rural economic development
Government strategy re ... 4
Senior citizens
Government programs: Impact of aging population on ... 3-4
Senior citizens-Medical care
Community-based care ... 4
Smoking-Prevention
Aboriginal framework re ... 4
Tar sands development-Research
Technology commercialization
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water resources development
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Vegreville-Viking)
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
Alberta Cities Transportation Partnership program
Alberta Transportation Safety Board
Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton
Funding ... 861, 927 Funding: Federal contribution ... 861, 927 Land aquisition re ... 834 Public/private partnership funding model for southeast portion of ... 80, 215-16, 449-50, 726, 861-62, 924, 1257, 1295 Three-year construction schedule (SP192/04: Tabled) ... 710 Toll fees on ... 215-16
Auditor General
Construction grant terms, Recommendation to formally accept (Q53/04: Accepted) ... 867 Construction grants, Recommendation re cost-effectiveness of (Q57/04: Accepted) ... 870 Construction grants, Recommendation re monitoring of (Q55/04: Accepted) ... 868 Driver examination procedure, Monitoring of ... 930 Transportation dept. recommendations ... 930
Automobile driver examiners
Auditor General's recommendations re ... 930
Automobile drivers' licences
Graduated licences ... 839, 931 Suspension of (Administrative suspensions): Appeals re ... 927
Automobile drivers' tests
Out-of-country drivers ... 930 Re-testing frequency ... 839, 930 Re-testing in Traffic Safety Act violation cases ... 930
Aviation fuel-Taxation
Impact on transportation costs ... 929
Banister Research & Consulting Inc.
Client satisfaction survey for Transportation dept. ... 638
Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc.
Bid for southeast Henday Drive P3 project ... 449-50
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
Impact on elk industry (Q4/04: Response tabled as SP310/04) ... 355 Testing re ... 355
Bow River Irrigation District
Headworks upgrading ... 924
City Transportation Act
Replacement by Highways Development and Protection Act: Legislation re (Bill 31) ... 1218
Coal bed methane extraction-Crowsnest Pass area
Relocation of Highway 3 re ... 1147
Culverts-Hamelin Creek
Construction details/costs ... 1362, 1416
Curling championships
Lamont high school boys provincial gold medal winners ... 727
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
Applied research and forage associations grants (M43/04: Response tabled as SP314/04) ... 356 Restructuring of (Q15/04: Response tabled as SP312/04) ... 355
Dept. of Infrastructure
Construction grants, Cost-effectiveness of (Q57/04: Accepted) ... 870 Construction grants, Monitoring of (Q55/04: Accepted) ... 868 Construction grants terms, Requirement to formally accept (Q53/04: Accepted) ... 867
Dept. of Transportation
Capital investment ... 923, 924 Client satisfaction survey for ... 638 Client satisfaction survey for: Copy tabled (SP184/04) ... 678-79 Credit card statements for departmental staff (M102/04: Defeated; Replaced by M24/04) ... 1333 Edmonton/Fort McMurray rail link, Dept. role in ... 931-32 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 923-24, 926-33 Information technology services costs (M103/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1333 Minister's office: Budget ... 926 Staff salaries/bonuses ... 926 Three-year construction schedule (SP192/04: Tabled) ... 710
Drunk driving
Enforcement strategy re (Ignition interlock program) ... 927
Elk industry
Consultations on future of (Q5/04: Response tabled as SP311/04) ... 355 Government assistance to, re BSE situation (Q4/04: Response tabled as SP310/04) ... 355
Forage associations
Grants to (M43/04: Response tabled as SP314/04) ... 356
Gasoline-Taxation
Federal revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 53 Federal revenue from, transferred to municipalities: Committee to review ... 53 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 924, 927
Highway 2-Aldersyde area
Interchange with highways 7 and 547 ... 51
Highway 2-Edmonton/Calgary
Highway 3-Crowsnest Pass area
Highway 4-Milk River area
Twinning of ... 1363-64, 1392 Twinning of: Resonses to questions re (SP353/04: Tabled) ... 1396-97
Highway 501
Route through Milk River ... 1364
Highway construction workers-Safety aspects
Highway informational signs
Community businesses access to ... 577-78 Funding for ... 924, 926 New policy for ... 577-78
Highways Development and Protection Act (Bill 31)
Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program
Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd.
Reports on animal treatment at (M21/04: Response tabled as SP313/04) ... 356
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation: Special transportation projects ... 927 Funds allocation: Transportation dept. projects ... 927
Ministers of transportation meeting, Ottawa (February 2004)
Federal fuel tax sharing discussion ... 53
Municipal finance
Federal contributions to: Committee to review ... 53 Government grants: Special transportation services ... 927
National Safety Code
Funding for implementation of ... 926
Natural gas rebates
Amount distributed in January 2004 (Q56/04: Accepted) ... 869
North/south trade corridor
General remarks ... 924 Three-year construction schedule (SP192/04: Tabled) ... 710 Twinning of Highway 4, Milk River area ... 1363-64
O'Brien Engineering and Surveys Ltd.
Design for Highway 4 bypass, Milk River ... 1370, 1392
Oral Question Period (2004)
Aldersyde interchange ... 51 Anthony Henday ring road ... 861-62 Automobile insurance ... 537 Calgary ring road ... 1257, 1364 Edmonton ring road ... 726 Edmonton southeast ring road ... 449-50 Gasoline taxes ... 53 Graduated drivers' licences ... 839 Hamelin Creek culvert project ... 1362, 1416 Highway 3 ... 834, 989-90, 1146-47 Highway maintenance ... 79-80 Highway safety ... 1061 Highway signs ... 577-78 Intermodal traffic safety ... 465 Peace River/Fort McMurray connector highway ... 1294-95 Private/public partnerships ... 215-16 Rail link to Fort McMurray ... 725 Traffic safety in Calgary ... 986-87 Transportation department survey ... 638, 678-79 Twinning of Highway 4 ... 1363-64, 1392
Photoradar (Traffic safety)
Use on provincial highways ... 933
Professional Driver Educators' Association of Alberta
Public Highways Development Act
Replacement by Highways Development and Protection Act: Legislation re (Bill 31) ... 1218
Rail service-Alberta/Prince Rupert, B.C.
Rail service-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Ring roads-Calgary
Funding for: Federal funding ... 927 General remarks ... 924 Land aquisition re ... 834 Land aquisition re, from Tsuu T'ina nation ... 1257, 1364 Public/private partnership funding model for southwest portion of ... 1257, 1364 Three-year construction schedule (SP192/04: Tabled) ... 710 Toll road for southwest portion ... 1257, 1364
RIP (Road construction safety program)
Road construction
Resource road/new industry program ... 924 Secondary road program ... 926 Three-year construction schedule ... 725 Three-year construction schedule (SP192/04: Tabled) ... 710
Road construction-Finance
Road construction-Peace River/Fort McMurray
Public/private partnerships re ... 1294-95
Road improvements
Impact on traffic safety ... 924
Roads
Legislation re (Bill 31) ... 1218
Roads-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Roads-Maintenance and repair
Funding ... 923-24, 930 General remarks ... 79, 930 Public/private partnerships re ... 80 Three-year construction schedule (SP192/04: Tabled) ... 710
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Reports on Kneehill Animal Control Centre (GuZoo) (M21/04: Response tabled as SP313/04) ... 356
Special transportation services-Rural areas
Speed limits-Highway construction sites
Steel-Prices
Impact on bridge construction costs ... 726, 861, 927
Strategic economic corridors (Highway construction)
Streets Improvement Program
Strikes and lockouts-CN Rail employees
Impact on truck safety ... 465
Toll roads-Calgary
Southwest ring road designation as ... 1257, 1364
Traffic-related electronic data strategy (Federal/provincial program)
Traffic safety
General remarks ... 929 Independent review of ... 924, 930-31
Traffic safety-Deerfoot Trail, Calgary
Exit ramp to Barlow/Peigan Trails ... 986-87
Traffic Safety Act
General remarks ... 465 Regulations re emergency/construction personnel on highways ... 1061 Retesting of drivers in violation of ... 930
Transportation, Urban-Finance
Transportation costs
Impact of aviation fuel taxes on ... 929
Trucking industry-Regulations
Trucking industry-Safety aspects
General remarks ... 465 During strike situations ... 932
Tsuu T'ina First Nation
Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... 1257, 1364
Wages-Provincial veterinary pathologists
Level of (Q1/04: Response tabled as SP309/04) ... 355
Water distribution pipes, Municipal-Finance
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water resources development
Funding for ... 924 Three-year construction schedule re (SP192/04: Tabled) ... 710
Wildlife road crossings
Dead Man's Flats crossing: Funding ... 926
Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore)
2005 Alberta centennial celebrations
Aboriginal policy framework
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Lottery funds for ... 1235
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Business plan, 2004-07 (SP202/04: Tabled) ... 710 Casino licensing process ... 1241-42 Casino/VLT policy, Survey re ... 80 Edmonton rock club liquor licence ... 580-81, 1244 Edmonton rock club liquor licence: Response to MLA re ... 1244 General remarks ... 423, 1235, 1236
Alberta Gaming Research Council
Alberta Gaming Research Institute
Alberta Lotteries and Gaming Summit (1998)
Alberta Place hotel
Dispute with adjacent rock club ... 1244
Alberta Racing Corporation
Alberta SuperNet
Lottery funds for ... 1235
Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2004 (Bill 24)
Auditor General
MLA expenses reporting comments ... 607
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Lottery funds for ... 1235
Canadian Problem Gambling Index
Cancer research
Lottery funds for ... 1235
Casinos-Construction
Final approval for (Q75/04: Defeated) ... 1023
Cathedral Close Apartments, Edmonton
Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations
Lottery funds for ... 1235
Committee of Supply
Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Nelson/Stevens) ... 33
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Motion to resolve into (Motion 5: Hancock/Stevens) ... 33
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Ministerial travel expenses questions at ... 607
Community facility enhancement program
General remarks ... 1235 Renewal of ... 1241
Community initiatives program
General remarks ... 865, 1235 Letters re (SP241-242/04: Tabled) ... 865 Renewal of ... 1241
Dept. of Community Development
Lottery funds for ... 1243
Dept. of Energy
Minister's travel expenses (M3/04: Defeated) ... 606-07
Dept. of Gaming
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1235-36, 1238-39, 1241-44 Estimates 2004-05: Debated, Responses to questions during (SP362-364/04: Tabled) ... 1421 General remarks ... 1235 Social responsibility division ... 1242 Staffing ... 1236, 1238, 1243 Strategic services ... 1238 Support services ... 1238
Dept. of Infrastructure
Lottery funds for ... 1243
Drinking age
Raising of (Motion 508: McFarland) ... 1196-97
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder-Prevention
First Nations development fund
Gambling, Compulsive
General remarks ... 80, 424 Research into ... 1242
Gambling-Aboriginal reserves
General remarks ... 1236, 1239, 1244 Job creation aspect ... 1242 Jurisdiction re ... 1239, 1244 Revenue from, distribution of ... 1239 Revenue from, transfer to province ... 1239
Gambling in the Public Interest (Publication)
Gaming industry
Policy re ... 1241 Policy re, research into ... 1242 Revenue from ... 80, 1236
Government departments
Information technology services costs (M10/04: Accepted as amended) ... 612
Horse breeding
Lottery funding for ... 1235
Horse Racing Alberta
General remarks ... 706, 1235, 1238, 1239 Letter re ... 706 Letter re (SP195/04: Tabled) ... 710 Revenues transferred to: Accounting statements re (M75/04: Defeated) ... 1186-87
Horse racing tracks
Establishment of ... 1238
Internet (Computer network)
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Adjournment for spring recess (Motion 6: Hancock/Stevens) ... 33 Adjournment for summer recess (Motion 7: Hancock/Stevens) ... 33
Lottery boards, Community
Lottery Fund
Funds allocation ... 1235, 1243 Funds allocation: "Other initiatives" ... 1239 Funds allocation: Studies re (Q49/04: Defeated) ... 865 General remarks ... 80, 1235, 1236
Oral Question Period (2004)
Gaming revenue ... 80 Granting of liquor licences ... 580-81 Support for low-income Albertans ... 706 VLT payout rates ... 423-24
Population Research Laboratory (University of Alberta)
Letter re VLT report (SP117/04: Tabled) ... 423
Public Trustee Act (Bill 19)
Racing entertainment centres
Racing entertainment centres-Calgary
Slot machines in casinos
Cap on number of ... 80 Revenue from ... 1239
Supreme Court of Canada
Gaming on First Nations lands, decision on jurisdiction re ... 1239, 1244
Travel at public expense
Minister of Energy's expenses (M3/04: Defeated) ... 606-07
Vertigo Theatre, Calgary
Lottery funding for ... 1239
Video gambling machines
Cap on number of ... 80, 1241 Municipalities' removal of ... 80 Payout rates signage ... 423 Responsible gaming features ... 423-24 Revenue from ... 1239 Study of ... 80, 423
Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead)
Banff National Park
School property tax rate in ... 802
Cardinal River Coals Ltd.
Cheviot Creek coal pit ... 539, 679
Coal mines and mining-Hinton area
Cheviot Creek coal pit ... 539 Recognition of families involved in ... 679
Community Initiatives Council of Grande Cache
Electric power, Coal-produced
Emission controls for ... 388 Research into ... 1015-16
Electric power-Prices
Impact of new power plant emission standards on ... 388
Electric power plants-Emissions
Elk Valley Coal Partnership
Cheviot Creek coal pit ... 539 Cheviot Creek coal pit: Recognition of ... 679
Emergency services personnel-Safety measures
Legislation re (Bill 207): Letters re (SP129/04: Tabled) ... 469
Forest management agreements
Weldwood Hinton FMA ... 640
Great Kids of Alberta
Awards: Statement re ... 584
IKEA Canada
Wood purchasing standards ... 640
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2004-05
Estimates debated: Amendment (SP150/04: Tabled) ... 533
Jasper National Park
School property tax rate in ... 802
Members' Statements (2004)
Grande Cache ... 121 Great Kids awards ... 584 Weldwood of Canada Limited ... 640 Year of the Coal Miner ... 991
North American free trade agreement
Softwood lumber dispute ruling ... 634
Oral Question Period (2004)
Cheviot Creek coal pit ... 539 Clean coal strategy ... 1015-16 Education property tax rate ... 802 Pollution standards ... 388 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 329-30, 634
Parks, National
School property tax rate in ... 802
Property tax-National parks
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Sawmills
Impact of softwood lumber export dispute on ... 634
Softwoods-Export-United States
Countervail duties re: Impact on Alberta sawmills ... 634 Countervail duties re: Interim agreement on ... 329-30 Countervail duties re:WTO/NAFTA rulings on ... 634
Tourism levy
Conversion of hotel tax to (Motion 506: Strang) ... 752-53, 888
Traffic Safety (Emergency Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 207)
Letters re (SP129/04: Tabled) ... 469
Weldwood of Canada Ltd.
Forest practices certification ... 640 Hinton forest management agreement ... 640
World Trade Organization
Softwood lumber dispute ruling ... 634
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