Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview)
Aboriginal children-Education
Aboriginal/industry partnerships
Aboriginal people and the judicial system
Aboriginal peoples-Education
Aboriginal peoples-Housing
Aboriginal peoples-Medical care
Aboriginal peoples-Urban areas
Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 29)
Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Aboriginal addictions treatment programs ... 892
Alberta Blue Cross Benefits Corporation
Change in tax-exempt status ... 75 Change in tax-exempt status: Impact on premium rate ... 75 Change in tax-exempt status: Implications of ... 1112
Alberta Blue Cross Plan
Coverage for pre-existing condition ... 1295
Alberta Blue Cross Review Committee
Alberta Cancer Board
Cancer drug (Rituximab) decision ... 1366
Alberta Capital Finance Authority
Corporate management services budget ... 970
Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Act (Bill 1)
Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 27)
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Coal bed methane drilling records ... 832 Sour gas well hearings (Compton Petroleum), Calgary area ... 291, 347, 392
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan
Deductibles ... 985 Out-of-province patients' impact on ... 447, 451
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Elimination of (Motion 502: Mason) ... 240-41 Elimination of (Motion 505: Taft/Massey) ... 623 General remarks ... 701-02, 966, 1389 Increase in ... 13, 900 Seniors' premiums: Elimination of (Motion 502: Mason) ... 240-41
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Inflation-proofing of ... 973 Management fees ... 977
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Engineering Research
Inflation-proofing of ... 973
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
General remarks ... 964 Inflation-proofing of ... 972 Rate of return on ... 977
Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund
Inflation-proofing of ... 973 Management fees ... 977
Alberta Insurance Council
Licences/fees revenue ... 970
Alberta Medical Association
Provincial funding to, re electronic health records ... 503, 541
Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 11)
Alberta royalty tax credit
Alberta Safety Council
Safety village discussions ... 602
Alberta Securities Commission
Alberta's Commission on Learning
Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... 856, 1292
Ambulance service
Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions ... 1117
Ambulatory care centre, Edmonton
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng.
Calgary Health Region/private partners consortium re ... 856 Calgary Health Region/private partners consortium re: Calgary staff transfers re (M49/04: Accepted) ... 1180
Arbitration (Labour relations)
Nurses' bargaining situation ... 577
Aspen Regional Health Authority
General remarks ... 1117 Information technology services costs (M47/04: Defeated) ... 1179
ATCO Gas
Consumer's comparison of gas bills from (SP89/04: Tabled) ... 262
Athabasca Oil Sands Transportation Corp.
Fort McMurray rail link project ... 761-62
Auditor General
Health and Wellness dept. conditional grants: Control processes for (Q19/04: Accepted) ... 474
Aviation fuel-Taxation
Elimination of, for international flights ... 977
Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Trails Act (Bill 2)
Blind Persons' Rights Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 4)
Blue Cross Statutes Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 8)
Bovine spongiform encephalitis
BPC consortium
Calgary courthouse P3 proposal ... 1097
Calgary Health Region
Anglo-Canadian Clinics, partnership in ... 856 Anglo-Canadian Clinics, partnership in: Calgary staff transfers re (M49/04: Accepted) ... 1180 Centralized hospital pharmacy ... 594-95 Conflict of interest rules ... 1117, 1320 Dialysis solution mixup: Fatalities from ... 594-95, 633 Dialysis solution mixup: Fatalities from, Public inquiry re ... 672 Dialysis solution mixup: Fatalities from, Public inquiry re (Emergency motion re) ... 605 Emergency room overload code burgundy ... 290, 386, 463 Emergency room wait times ... 289, 386-87, 417-18, 463 Emergency room wait times: Letter re ... 463 Emergency room wait times: Letter re (SP145/04: Tabled) ... 508 Emergency room wait times: Public inquiry into ... 418 Emergency services ... 451 Emergency services: Standing Order 40 motion re ... 426-27 Hospital beds shortage ... 1119-20 Information technology services costs (M64/04: Defeated) ... 1183 New hospital in southeast Calgary ... 191, 463 New hospital in southeast Calgary: Location within sour gas well emergency planning area ... 347, 391-92 New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for ... 191, 347 New hospital in southeast Calgary: Recognition of ... 1104 Ophthalmologists' recruitment from overseas ... 213, 257, 1296 Ophthalmologists' recruitment from overseas: Review of work of ... 1296 Ophthalmology chief, Concerns re ... 1320 Ophthalmology chief, Concerns re: Letter re (SP329/04: Tabled) ... 1326 Senior management: Political connection of ... 633 Senior management: Removal of ... 633 Workers' Compensation Board clients, surgeries for ... 1116
Canterbury Foundation
30th Anniversary: Recognition of ... 353
Capital Health
Hospital beds shortage ... 1119-20, 1166 Information technology services costs (M48/04: Defeated) ... 1179 Workers' Compensation Board clients, surgeries for ... 1116
Castro, Drs. Maria and Alberto
Charlebois Consulting Ltd.
Contracts with Dept. of Health and Wellness ... 1391, 1412-13
Chief Internal Auditor's office
Child welfare
Aboriginal children ... 892-93
Chili-Politics and government
Premier's remarks re ... 1317
Chinook Regional Health Authority
Information technology costs (M11/04: Defeated) ... 614
Civil service pensions
Administration of: Budget for ... 969
Class size (Grade school)
Coal bed methane extraction
Committee to oversee ... 832 Landowner compensation issue ... 832 Regulations re ... 832
Collective bargaining-Nurses
General remarks ... 577 Impact on health care budget ... 1119
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Special register, section 5 (Foreign doctor recruitment) ... 213
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Report (Building on Values) ... 721
Committee on National Security and Defence, Senate
National Emergencies: Canada's Fragile Front Lines (Report) ... 832
Community health services-Finance
Community mental health services
Conflict of interest
Calgary Health Region physicians ... 1117 Chief of ophthalmology in Calgary Health Region ... 1320 Chief of ophthalmology in Calgary Health Region: Letter re (SP329/04: Tabled) ... 1326 Hiring of foreign ophthalmologists in Calgary Health Region ... 257, 1296
Continuing education
Aboriginal students ... 892
Courts-Calgary
New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 940, 967, 1097-98 New courthouse, Public/private funding of: Cost increase re ... 940, 1098 New courthouse, Public/private funding of: Provincial loan re ... 940
Credit cards, Government
Expenses charged to, re Premier's trip to Fox Harb'r resort, Nova Scotia ... 1098
David Thompson Regional Health Authority
Information technology services costs (M59/04: Defeated) ... 1182
Debts, Public (Provincial government)
Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Credit card statements for departmental staff (M134/04: Defeated; Replaced by M24/04) ... 1336 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 891-95 Information technology services costs (M56/04: Defeated; Replaced by M10/04) ... 1181
Dept. of Children's Services
Information technology contract tendering policy (M206/04: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Community Development
Information technology contract tendering policy (M77: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Economic Development
Information technology contract tendering policy (M50: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Energy
Information technology contract tendering policy (M63: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Environment
Information technology contract tendering policy (M51: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Finance
Budget: Internal government transfers ... 970 Communications budget ... 969-70 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 965-70 Minister's office budget ... 969
Dept. of Gaming
Information technology contract tendering policy (M125: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Government Services
Information technology contract tendering policy (M54: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Health and Wellness
Conditional grants from: Control processes for (Q19/04: Accepted) ... 474 Contracts awarded to Charlebois Consulting Ltd. ... 1391 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1112-13, 1115-17, 1119-21 Interim estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 528 Minister's speech re user fees ... 899-900 Supplementary estimates 2003-04, No.2: Debated ... 178
Dept. of Infrastructure
Information technology contract tendering policy (M144: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Innovation and Science
Information technology contract tendering policy (M106: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Justice and Attorney General
Information technology contract tendering policy (M76: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Learning
Information technology contract tendering policy (M107: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742 Supplementary estimates 2003-04, No.2: Debated ... 180
Dept. of Municipal Affairs
Information technology contract tendering policy (M145: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Seniors
Information technology contract tendering policy (M74: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742 Supplementary estimates 2003-04, No.2: Debated ... 182, 184
Dept. of Solicitor General
Information technology contract tendering policy (M124: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Dept. of Transportation
Information technology contract tendering policy (M127: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Discrimination-Age
Cancer drug (Rituximab) prescription to different age groups ... 1366
East Central Health
Information technology services costs (M44/04: Defeated) ... 1178
Edmonton Public School Board
New schools requirement ... 798
Education, Postsecondary
Aboriginal students ... 892
Electric utilities-Regulations
Elk industry
Consultations on future of (Q5/04: Response tabled as SP311/04) ... 355
Emergency Management Alberta
Emergency motions under Standing Order 40
Calgary emergency health services ... 426-27 Calgary Health Region patient safety, Public inquiry into ... 605
Endowment funds, Public
Inflation-proofing of ... 973 Management fees ... 977
Energy industry-Crown lands
Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute: Reports on discussions re (M1/04: Defeated) ... 476
Executive Council
Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 1278-80, 1283-84 Expenses for travel ... 48-49, 1167 Expenses for travel: Reporting of ... 900-01, 984 Expenses for travel: Statement re ... 55 Flights on government aircraft ... 1012-13 Flights on government aircraft: Public access to manifests re ... 1166-67, 1210 Flights on government aircraft: Public access to manifests re, Political interference in ... 1253 Interim estimates 2004-05: Amendment to reduce, re Public Affairs Bureau (SP150/04: Tabled) ... 528-29
Extended care facilities-Finance
Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 12)
Financial institutions
Administration of: Budget for ... 969
Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 15)
Foothills Provincial General Hospital
Emergency department conditions ... 191, 289, 463 Emergency department conditions: Letters re (SP75-76/04: Tabled) ... 199
Forest Reserves Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 13)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Liberal opposition requests under, re government aircraft manifest information ... 1167 Liberal opposition requests under, re government aircraft manifest information: Political interference in ... 1253
Galloway, Corporal James (RCMP)
Gambling-Aboriginal reserves
Gas, Natural-Prices
Impact on provincial resource revenues ... 967
Gas well drilling industry-Calgary area
Gas well drilling industry-Security aspects
Government advertising
Guidelines for ... 1280 Total budget for (M81/04: Accepted as amended) ... 1187
Government corporate identity
Government departments
Communications divisions ... 1279 Information technology services costs (M10/04: Accepted as amended) ... 610 Information technology tendering policy (M16/04: Accepted as amended; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742
Government spending policy
Government waste
Letter re (SP90/04: Tabled) ... 262
Grandparents' rights
Applications for access rights: Statistics re (Q33/04: Defeated) ... 355-56
Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000)
Private surgical facilities contracts under: Evaluation of (Q40: Defeated) ... 734
Health Quality Council of Alberta
Potassium handling procedures, Review of ... 672
Hockey championships
U of A Pandas Canada West champions: Recognition of ... 217 U of A Pandas national championship winners: Recognition of ... 543
Hospital beds-Supply
Numbers of, for each health authority (M45/04: Accepted) ... 1178 Shortages of ... 386, 1119-20
Hospital patients-Safety aspects
Emergency motion re Calgary dialysis patients' deaths ... 605 General remarks ... 594-95
Hospitals
Private sector liquor sales in ... 191
Hospitals-Calgary
New south Calgary hospital ... 191, 463 New south Calgary hospital: Hotel facility in ... 191 New south Calgary hospital: Location within sour gas well emergency planning area ... 347, 391-92 New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of ... 191, 347 New south Calgary hospital: Recognition of ... 1104
Hospitals-Emergency services
General remarks ... 1166 Wait times at ... 289-90, 386-87, 417-18, 463 Wait times at: Letter re ... 463 Wait times at: Letter re (SP145/04: Tabled) ... 508
Hotel room tax
Use for tourism marketing programs ... 977
Hydrogen sulphide emissions-Calgary area
Impact on property values ... 291
Hydrogen sulphide emissions-Health aspects-Calgary area
Impact of Oil and Gas Activity on Rural Residential Property Values (Report)
Income tax, Provincial
Flat tax ... 966, 1388-89 Flat vs. progressive taxes ... 1367 General remarks ... 1388-89 Provincial vs federal collection of ... 974
Income tax, Provincial-Law and legislation
Compliance rate for ... 973
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Consultation with, re access to government flight manifest information ... 1167
Insurance, Automobile-Premiums
Insurance, Health (Private)
Competition with Blue Cross ... 75
Insurance companies
Collection of age/gender information from policyholders ... 1317
Insurance held by provincial government
Administration of: Budget for ... 969
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2004-05
Estimates debated ... 528-29 Estimates debated: Amendment (SP150/04: Tabled) ... 528 General remarks ... 528
Investment of public funds
Return on investment: Benchmarks re ... 973
John Janzen Nature Centre, Edmonton
Revitalization project ... 602
Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd.
Reports on animal treatment at (M21/04: Response tabled as SP313/04) ... 356
Lang, Kiernan
Cancer treatment drug costs ... 1295
Medical care-Finance
Collective bargaining with nurses' impact on ... 1119 General remarks ... 447 MLA committee to review: Report ... 13, 1012 Statement re ... 451 User fees ... 984, 1012 User fees: Minister of Health's speech re ... 899-900
Medical records, Electronic
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Behaviour of: Letter re (SP111/04: Tabled) ... 355
Members' Statements (2004)
Government travel expenses ... 55 Health care funding ... 451
Mental health services-Aboriginal people
Metis Settlements Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 30)
Natural resources revenue
General remarks ... 972 Provincial policy re ... 964 Underestimating of ... 702
Northern Lights Health Region
Information technology services costs (M78/04: Defeated) ... 1187
Nurse practitioners
Role in health care reforms ... 1116
Nurses
Recognition of ... 1325 Role in health care reforms ... 1116
Occupational training
Aboriginal people ... 892
Office of the Premier
Information technology contract tendering policy (M17: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742 Informing Premier re Liberal opposition/media information requests ... 1253 New chief of staff, Appointment of ... 191 Premier's remarks re Chilean political history ... 1317 Premier's travel expenses ... 1142 Premier's trip to Fox Harb'r resort, Nova Scotia, 2002 ... 1098-99, 1142, 1210-11 Premier's trip to New York, December 2002: Costs ... 55
Oil-Prices
Impact on provincial resource revenues ... 967
Ophthalmologists, Foreign
Oral Question Period (2004)
Access to rituximab ... 1366 Achievement testing ... 1317 Alberta Blue Cross ... 75 Automobile insurance rates ... 939-40 Automobile insurance reform ... 1210, 1252, 1291, 1316-17 Calgary courthouse ... 940 Calgary emergency health services ... 289-90, 386-87, 417-18 Calgary Health Region ... 594-95, 633, 672 Charlebois Consulting Ltd. ... 1391 Coal bed methane ... 832 Contract tendering policy ... 1412-13 Education funding ... 1292 Electronic health records ... 502-03, 541-42 Emergency hospital services ... 1166 Emergency preparedness ... 832-33 Emergency services in Calgary health region ... 463 Government aircraft ... 1012-13, 1141-42, 1166-67, 1210-11 Government expense claims ... 48-49, 900-01 Government travel expenses ... 984 Health care funding ... 447 Health care labour negotiations ... 577 Health care premiums ... 701-02 Health care reform ... 13, 720-21, 856-57, 899-900, 984-85, 1012 Infrastructure funding ... 762 Learning Commission recommendations ... 856 Mental health services ... 255-56, 418-19 Mental health strategy ... 348-49 Municipal funding ... 1141 Ophthalmology services in Calgary ... 213, 257, 1296, 1320 Premier's travel ... 1142 Premier's trip to Fox Harb'r resort ... 1098-99 Prescription drug coverage ... 1295 Private/public partnerships ... 1097-98 Provincial fiscal policies ... 150-51 Rail link to Fort McMurray ... 720, 761-62 Requests for information ... 1253 School construction in Edmonton ... 798 Security of sour gas wells ... 798-99 Sour gas well emissions ... 291, 347 Sour gas wells ... 391-92 Southeast Calgary hospital ... 191 Taxation policy ... 1367, 1388-89 Victims' assistance programs ... 1415
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Public/private health systems study ... 856-57
Palliser Health Region
Information technology services costs (M55/04: Defeated) ... 1180
Patients' rights
Petition tabled re (SP91/04) ... 262
Peace Country Health
Information technology services costs (M57/04: Defeated) ... 1181
Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2004)
Patients' rights protection (SP91/04: Tabled) ... 262
Physician agreement, 2003
Point of Order
Parliamentary language ... 529
Police
Mental health related incidents, Responses to ... 255-56
Police-Training
For mental health related incidents ... 255-56
Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 9)
Preventive medical services
General remarks ... 1116 Interdepartmental task force re ... 1120
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Tax Facts and Figures (Study) ... 966, 1367
Property tax-Calgary area
Impact of sour gas well emissions on ... 291
Property values-Calgary area
Impact of sour gas well emissions on ... 291
Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta
Labour negotiations with nurses ... 577, 1119
Public Affairs Bureau
Advertising guidelines ... 1280 Contribution to Finance communications budget ... 969-70 General remarks ... 1279 Information technology contract tendering policy (M126: Accepted as an amendment to M16/04; Response tabled as SP371/04) ... 742 Interim estimates amendment to reduce funding for (SP150/04: Tabled) ... 528-29 Staff salaries and bonuses ... 1283-84
Public service-Alberta
Aboriginal participation ... 892
Rail service-Edmonton/Fort McMurray
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Regional health authorities
Ambulance service transfer to ... 1117 Boundary changes, impact of ... 1117 Budget approval ... 13, 528, 1115-16 Electronic health records costs ... 503, 541 Hospital beds, numbers of (M45/04: Accepted) ... 1178 Interregional cooperation ... 1119 Revenue generating opportunities ... 1116
Risk management fund
Insurance costs re ... 977
Rituximab (Cancer drug)
Prescription to different age groups ... 1366
Rod Love Consulting Inc.
Government contracts with ... 1413
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Death of member of, Corporal James Galloway ... 255-56
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
Safety village, Strathcona Conty
School boards
Deficit financing ... 1292
Schools-Construction-Calgary
Schools-Construction-Edmonton
Senatorial Selection Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 7)
Seniors' issues
General remarks ... 48-49
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Response planning for ... 1119
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Reports on Kneehill Animal Control Centre (GuZoo) (M21/04: Response tabled as SP313/04) ... 356
Speech therapy
Cutbacks in funding for: Speech re (SP66/04: Tabled) ... 157
Strikes and lockouts-Teachers-Calgary
Student testing
Achievement tests: Grade 3 retesting ... 1317
Substance abuse-Treatment-Aboriginal people
Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 (No. 2)
Surgical services, Private
Cost-benefit analysis of contracts for (Q40/04: Defeated) ... 734
Surplus, Budgetary
General remarks ... 150-51 Municipal funding with ... 1141
Taxation-Law and legislation
Compliance rate for ... 973
Tegler Trust and Foundation
Tenders, Government
Charlebois Consulting contract ... 1412-13 Rod Love Consulting contract ... 1413
Terrorist attacks-Prevention
Re sour gas facilities ... 798-99
Tourism-Marketing
Use of hotel room tax revenue for ... 977
Travel at public expense
General remarks ... 48-49, 1167 Government aircraft use by cabinet ministers ... 1012-13 Government aircraft use by cabinet ministers: Public access to manifests re ... 1166-67, 1210-11 Release of details re ... 900-01, 984 Statement re ... 55
U of A Pandas hockey team
Undefeated season: Recognition of ... 217
Unemployment-Aboriginal peoples
Victims of crime
Assistance programs ... 1415
Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Edmonton
Wages-Provincial veterinary pathologists
Level of (Q1/04: Response tabled as SP309/04) ... 355
Wages-Teachers
Funding for increase in ... 1292
Workers' Compensation Board
Contracting of clients' surgeries, with health boards ... 1116
Tannas, Don (PC, Highwood)
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan-Premiums
Elimination of (Motion 505: Taft/Massey) ... 749
Alberta Summer Games, High River/Okotoks (July 2004)
Black Creek Heritage Rangeland Trails Act (Bill 2)
Executive Council
Estimates 2004-05: Passed ... 1287
Gun control (Federal)
Registry for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 691-92
Highway 2-Aldersyde area
Interchange with highways 7 and 547 ... 50-51
Medical care
Tommy Douglas' philosophy re ... 749
Oral Question Period (2004)
Aldersyde interchange ... 50-51 Sports and fitness strategy ... 1363
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Physical fitness
Public involvement in: Strategy re ... 1363
Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2004)
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
Sport, Federal / provincial / territorial meetings of ministers responsible for
Sports
Government programs for ... 1363
Tarchuk, Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane)
Avalanche awareness and safety
Provincial funding for ... 351
Canadian Avalanche Association
Cochrane Branches and Banks Environmental Foundation
Hockey championships
Canmore IceCats atom A champions: Statement re ... 1420
Members' Statements (2004)
Canmore IceCats Atom A hockey team ... 1420 Cochrane Branches and Banks Environmental Foundation ... 991
National avalanche centre (Proposed)
Oral Question Period (2004)
Canmore Nordic Centre ... 1414-15 National avalanche centre ... 351
Safety Codes (Barrier-free Design and Access) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 201)
Tourism levy
Conversion of hotel tax to (Motion 506: Strang) ... 883-84
Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat)
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Water strategy discussions ... 843
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Coal bed methane extraction water issues ... 850 Oil sands tailings ponds construction hearings ... 1320
Alberta Energy Research Institute
Carbon dioxide capture, Reduction in cost of ... 848 Vapex field project ... 847
Alberta Motor Association
Roadside emissions testing, Support for ... 120
BIOCAP Canada Foundation
Legal implications of agricultural sinks, Study of ... 848
Bullshead Water Co-op Ltd.
Calgary Health Region
Ogden rail yards: Toxic materials runoff from, Monitoring of ... 638
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
Participation in committee studying water removal issues ... 844
Canadian Clean Power Coalition
Capstone Energy Resources, LLC
Car Heaven Alberta (Vehicle emission reduction program)
Carbon dioxide projects
Royalty credits re ... 846, 848
Carbon dioxide sinks
Study re legal aspects of ... 848
Clean Air Strategic Alliance
Climate change
Albertans & Climate Change: Key Actions to Date (Booklet) (SP127/04: Tabled) ... 469 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 12, 120, 846 Kyoto protocol on: Industry initiatives re, Letter from province re ... 12
Climate change-Ecological aspects
Climate change-Prairie provinces
Adaptation to, research into ... 849
Climate Change Central
Car Heaven Alberta program ... 848 General remarks ... 846 Roadside emissions testing study ... 120
Coal bed methane extraction
Coal bed methane extraction-Environmental aspects
CP Rail
Ogden rail yards, Calgary: Toxic materials runoff from ... 638
Cumulative Environmental Management Association
Dept. of Environment
Bonuses awarded to senior officials (M97/04: Defeated; Replaced by M34/04; Response tabled as SP372/04) ... 1332 Estimates 2004-05: Debated ... 843-50 Property theft from (Q24/04: Response tabled as SP370/04) ... 475
Economic development and the environment
Electric power, Coal-produced
Demonstration plant re ... 846 Emission controls for ... 1056
Electric power plants-Emissions
Electronic waste-Recycling
Energy efficiency (Buildings)
Provincial initiatives re ... 846
Energy industry
Use of water supplies ... 75, 114-15, 154-55, 194, 844-45, 850, 1056 Use of water supplies: Advisory committee report on (SP274/04: Tabled) ... 1105 Use of water supplies: Report on (SP273/04: Tabled) ... 1105
Energy resources, Alternate
Environmental Appeal Board
Intensive livestock operations approvals ... 1323 St. Mary River Irrigation District water licence hearing ... 845 Water withdrawal from Red Deer River, hearing re ... 75, 114-15, 154-55, 194, 844-45
Environmental impact assessments
Coal bed methane extraction projects ... 849
Environmental management
ISO 14000 protocol re ... 636
Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Vapour Control Equipment) Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill 202)
Environmental Protection Security Fund
Annual report, 2002-03 (SP176/04: Tabled) ... 641
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Gas recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering: Royalty relief re ... 846, 848
Glacier research
Runoff from, impact of climate change on ... 848-49
Groundwater-Contamination
Toxic materials from Ogden rail yards, Calgary ... 638
Hazardous substances-Recycling
Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2004-05
International Standards Organization
ISO 14000 standard ... 636
Irrigation districts
Participation in committee studying water removal issues ... 844 Trading of water between ... 845 Water licensing capabilities ... 845
Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd.
Renewal of permit for ... 1321 Zoo plan (M20/04: Defeated) ... 480
Livestock industry, Intensive
Approval process re ... 1323
Mariah Energy Corp.
Microgenerator project, Medicine Hat ... 847
ME First! (Municipal Energy Efficiency Assistance) program
Medicine Hat (City)
Microgenerator project ... 847
Members' withdrawal of remarks
Natural Resources Conservation Board
Pure Lean hog farm application review ... 1323
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Fuel cell research ... 847
Oil recovery methods
Carbon dioxide sequestering: Royalty relief re ... 846, 848
Oral Question Period (2004)
Captive wildlife standards ... 1321 Climate change initiatives ... 12 Coal bed methane development ... 1057, 1213-14 Contaminated groundwater from Ogden rail site ... 638 Environmental initiatives ... 635-36 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 1320 Pollution standards ... 388 Pure Lean Inc. ... 1323 Reliable water supplies for rural Alberta ... 1365 Roadside emissions testing ... 120 Sulphur dioxide emissions ... 327 Water management ... 75, 114-15, 154-55, 194 Water storage ... 1393 Water use for enhanced oil recovery ... 1056
Organic materials-Recycling
Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development
Participation in committee studying water removal issues ... 844
Pesticide containers-Recycling
Pick Your Part (Auto recycling company)
Partnership with Car Heaven Alberta program ... 848
Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
Research projects ... 849
Royalty structure (Energy resources)
Credits for carbon dioxide projects ... 846, 848 Statement re, in provincial letter to industry re their compliance initiatives with federal Kyoto protocol ... 12
St. Mary River Irrigation District
Amendment of water licence for ... 845
South East Alberta Water Co-op
Water pipeline licence ... 845
South Saskatchewan River basin
Freezing of water licences in ... 845
Tar sands development-Research
Dover/vapex extraction project ... 847
Tar sands development-Waste disposal
Tax incentives
Statement re, in provincial letter to energy industry re their compliance initiatives with federal Kyoto protocol ... 12
United Irrigation District
Partial transfer of water licence ... 845
University of Calgary
Sustainable energy research ... 847
Urban growth
Impact on water supply ... 849
Vehicle emissions-Measurement
Roadside equipment for ... 120
Water diversion-North Saskatchewan/Battle River basins
Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability
Water licences
Freezing of licences in the South Saskatchewan River basin ... 845 General remarks ... 844 Intensive livestock operations approvals ... 1323
Water pipelines-Chin Coulee/southeast Alberta
Water pipelines-North Saskatchewan basin/Battle River basin
Water resources development
Water resources development-Battle River
Water supply
General remarks ... 1393 Use by energy industry ... 75, 114-15, 154-55, 194, 844-45, 850, 1056 Use by energy industry: Advisory committee report on (SP274/04: Tabled) ... 1105 Use by energy industry: Report on (SP273/04: Tabled) ... 1105
Water supply-Southern Alberta
Impact of glacier runoff reduction on ... 848-49
Water withdrawal
Joint government/industry committee to review ... 75, 115, 155, 844
Water withdrawal-Red Deer River
Watershed Planning and Advisory Council (Red Deer River basin)
Watershed planning and advisory councils
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