Sabir, Irfan (Calgary-Bhullar-McCall, NDP)
Affordability plan, provincial
Cash payments to parents, seniors, and AISH and PDD recipients ... 450, 532 Funding, 2023-2024 ... 532-33 Funding from supplementary supply ... 653 General remarks ... 29
Alberta child and family benefit
Cost-of-living indexing ... 533
Alberta Firearms Act (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 540-41 Part 1, office of the Chief Firearms Officer ... 540 Part 2, seizure of firearms, ammunition, accessories, and parts ... 540-41 Stakeholder consultation ... 540-41
Alberta in Canada
Provincial position ... 282
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 202)
Committee, points of order on debate ... 295
Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 28-29, 123-24 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill negatively affects investment decisions and the Alberta economy (reasoned amendment RA1) (Bilous: defeated) ... 123-24 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 68-69, 72-73, 107 Business community response ... 29, 123 Consideration by Court of Appeal proposed ... 262 Government members' positions ... 60 Members' statements ... 9 Purpose and intent of bill ... 281-82 Section 3, resolutions ... 28 Section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 28-29, 140-41 Section 9, judicial review ... 123-24 Stakeholder consultation, Aboriginal peoples ... 29, 123
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Appropriation Act, 2023 (Bill 11)
Arctic Winter Games (2022, Wood Buffalo)
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Cost-of-living indexing ... 450, 533
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bill 206, Insurance (Private Passenger Vehicle Premium) Amendment Act, 2022, request to waive standing orders 8(2) and 9(1) and debate second reading (unanimous consent denied) ... 446 Referral to committee, standing order amendments ... 563-64
Calgary (city)
Budget 2023-2024 funding ... 532-33 Downtown revitalization, funding ... 474-75
Calgary Police Service
Officer killed on duty Sergeant Andrew Harnett, December 2020 ... 606
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Fundamental freedoms ... 28
Constitution Act, 1982
Section 35, Aboriginal and treaty rights ... 29
Constitution of Canada
Distribution of legislative powers ... 28, 123
COVID-19 vaccines
Assembly support for (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried unanimously) ... 306-7 Organizational policies, Premier's remarks ... 17
Crown prosecution service
Independence from government ... 456-57
Discrimination
Premier's remarks ... 764
Edmonton Police Service
Deaths of constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan ... 606
Electric utility rebate program
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Supplementary estimates 2022-2023 debate procedure ... 653
Fuel tax
Collection stoppage ... 532
Government advertising
Funding from supplementary supply ... 653 Funding from supplementary supply, points of order on debate ... 673-74
Health care capacity issues
General remarks ... 770 Wait times ... 357
Health sciences personnel
Recruitment and retention, points of order on debate ... 445 Recruitment and retention, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 445
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Cost-of-living indexing ... 533
Inflation Relief Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 2)
Third reading ... 448, 450 Third reading, points of order on debate ... 448-49
Infrastructure blockades
Coutts border crossing, conspiracy charges against protesters ... 84 Coutts border crossing, conspiracy charges against protesters, Premier's response ... 456-57
Insurance (Private Passenger Vehicle Premium) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 206)
First reading ... 444 Request to waive standing orders 8(2) and 9(1) and debate second reading (unanimous consent denied) ... 446 General remarks ... 437
Insurance industry
Lobbying activities ... 336
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (No. 2) (Bill 5)
Committee ... 392-93 Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act amendments ... 393 Provincial Court Act amendments ... 393 Purpose and intent of bill ... 393 Referendum Act amendments ... 392-93 Sale of Goods Act amendments ... 393 Trustee Act amendments ... 393
Justice system
Independence from government ... 456-57
Members' Statements (current session)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act ... 9 Hate-motivated violence against Muslims ... 546 Ramadan ... 710 Victim services ... 444
Ministry of Affordability and Utilities
Supplementary supply estimates 2022-2023 ... 653
Ministry of Education
Supplementary supply estimates 2022-2023 ... 653
Ministry of Health
Supplementary supply estimates 2022-2023 ... 653
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 563-64 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 559
Motor vehicle insurance
Premiums ... 334-35, 437, 586 Premiums, points of order on debate ... 588 Premiums, rate freeze ... 653
Muslim community
Hate crimes against ... 710 Hate crimes against, members' statements ... 546
Natural gas rebate program
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta in Canada ... 281-82 Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act ... 60, 140-41, 262 Automobile insurance premiums ... 334-35, 437, 586 Budget 2023 and Calgary ... 532-33 Calgary downtown revitalization ... 474-75 Coutts border crossing protester conspiracy charges ... 84, 456-57 Deaths of constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan ... 606 Legal aid funding ... 340 Organizational vaccine policies and provincial funding ... 17 Racism and hate crime prevention ... 763-64 School construction in northeast Calgary ... 716
Points of order (current session)
Addressing the chair ... 445 Addressing the chair, remarks withdrawn ... 445 Allegations against a member or members ... 107 Imputing motives ... 445 Imputing motives, remarks withdrawn ... 445 Insulting language ... 68-69, 72-73 Interrupting a member ... 448 Items previously decided ... 449 Language creating disorder ... 673-74 Parliamentary language ... 342, 556, 588, 674 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 557 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 657 Relevance of debate ... 72, 295, 559
Police Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 6)
Second reading ... 310-11 Committee ... 399-400, 407-8 Committee, amendment A1 (section 4, proposed section 1.1, addition of recognition of importance of intersectionality, antiracism, and trauma-informed practice as critical analytical frameworks) (Sabir: defeated) ... 399-400 Committee, amendment A2 (complaints against former police officers) (Sabir: defeated) ... 407-8 Third reading ... 450-51 ASIRT governance and mandate provisions ... 311 Ministerial powers under act ... 310-11 Municipal policing committee provisions ... 310-11 Police advisory board establishment ... 311, 451 Police Review Commission appointment provisions ... 451 Police Review Commission establishment ... 310-11 Regional policing committee provisions ... 310-11 Regulation development ... 451 Stakeholder consultation ... 451
Private members' business
Request to waive standing orders 8(2) and 9(1) and to proceed to private members' business to consider Bill 206 at second reading (unanimous consent denied) ... 446
Public Health Care Delivery Standards Act (Bill 201)
Ramadan (Muslim observance)
Members' statements ... 710
Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 700-701 Income and Employment Supports Act amendments ... 700 Trespass to Premises Act amendments ... 700-701 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 700
St. Albert (city)
Lakeview business district proposal, points of order on debate ... 674
School construction
Capital plan, Calgary ... 532 Capital plan, Calgary, points of order on debate ... 556 Capital plan, Calgary, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 557 Capital plan, Calgary northeast ... 716 Funding, 2023-2024 ... 770
Seniors' benefit program
Cost-of-living indexing ... 533
Supplementary supply estimates 2022-2023
Estimates debate ... 653 Estimates debate, points of order on debate ... 657
Victims' services
Members' statements ... 444
Savage, Sonya, KC (Calgary-North West, UCP; Minister of Environment and Protected Areas)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Government members' positions ... 15 Section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 11
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
Report on Kearl oil sands project tailings leak ... 767 Water quality ... 600
Canadian Women in Communications and Technology
Community Futures Grande Prairie
Hyper Drive: Women in Business Summit ... 520
Community Futures Peace Country
Women in the North Conference ... 520
Drought mitigation
Bow River projects, capital plan ... 767-68
Employment skills and training
Programs for women ... 520
Energy industries
Environmental liability management ... 533
Flood damage mitigation
Bow River projects, capital plan ... 767-68
Information and Privacy Commissioner's office investigations/inquiries
Kearl oil sands project tailings leak, government communications ... 767
International Women's Day
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act ... 11, 15 Energy company liability ... 533 Flood and drought mitigation on the Bow River ... 767-68 Kearl oil sands project tailings leak ... 476-77, 600, 767 WCB cancer coverage for firefighters ... 607-8 Women's workforce participation ... 520
Reclamation of land
R-star program proposal ... 533
Women
STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) sector employment ... 520 Workforce participation ... 520
Women in leadership
Provincial programs ... 520
Workers' compensation
Presumptive cancer coverage for firefighters ... 607-8
Sawhney, Rajan (Calgary-North East, UCP; Minister of Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Government members' positions ... 60
Anti-Racism Advisory Council
Discrimination
Premier's remarks ... 764
Immigrants
Settlement and integration services ... 511
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act ... 60 Immigration nominations and settlement supports ... 511 Racism and hate crime prevention ... 763-64 Racism prevention ... 390-91
Provincial nominee program (federal immigration strategy)
Nomination certificates allotted to Alberta ... 511
Racism
Prevention initiatives ... 390-91
Schmidt, Marlin (Edmonton-Gold Bar, NDP)
Alberta Energy Regulator
Well licence issuance or transfer refusal for companies with unpaid municipal taxes ... 669
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 172-74 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that government has not consulted adequately with nonprofit organizations and municipalities (reasoned amendment RA2) (Goehring: defeated) ... 172-74 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 73 Committee ... 183-85 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 1, 3, and 4) (M. Smith: carried) ... 183-85 Members' statements ... 54 Section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 172
Energy industries
Environmental liability, provincial policies (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: defeated) ... 643-44, 649-50 Environmental liability management ... 582-83, 623
Government programs, federal
Alberta participation ... 184-85
Homeless persons
Permanent supportive housing ... 173-74
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Kananaskis Country
Conservation pass fees ... 145-46
Members' Statements (current session)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act ... 54 Opioid-related deaths and treatment ... 198
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 557-58 Second reading, points of order on debate, Speaker's rulings, remarks withdrawn ... 559
Opioid use
Death of Sebastian Heemskerk, members' statements ... 198 Prevention and awareness, petition presented to the Assembly ... 207-8
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Energy company liability ... 582-83, 623 Energy company municipal tax payment ... 669 Gravel operations in Red Deer county ... 286-87 Kananaskis conservation pass ... 145-46
Petitions presented to the Legislative Assembly (current session)
Opioid use prevention and awareness ... 207-8
Points of order (current session)
Insulting language ... 73
Property tax
Unpaid corporate taxes, energy companies ... 669
Red tape reduction
Provincial strategy ... 748
Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 9)
Third reading ... 748-49 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 748-49
Sand and gravel mines and mining
Red Deer county operations ... 286-87
Seniors
Programs and services ... 557
Speaker's rulings
Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 559
Substance abuse and addiction
Harm reduction strategies ... 198
University of Alberta. Campus Saint-Jean
Water quality
Red Deer county investigation ... 286-87
Schow, Joseph R. (Cardston-Siksika, UCP; Minister without Portfolio)
30th Legislature
Fourth Session fall sitting end ... 452 General remarks ... 773
Act to End Predatory Lending, An
Appearance on list of statutes to be repealed tabled March 14, 2022, but not to be repealed (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 431
Agricultural insurance
Crop insurance, points of order on debate ... 512
Alberta Firearms Act (Bill 8)
Second reading ... 536-37 Part 1, office of the Chief Firearms Officer ... 536-37 Part 2, seizure of firearms, ammunition, accessories, and parts ... 537
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 202)
Request to waive standing orders 8(2) and 9(1) and debate third reading (unanimous consent granted) ... 445
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 174 Second reading, time allocation (Government Motion 13: carried) ... 171 Committee, time allocation (Government Motion 14: carried) ... 238 Third reading, time allocation (Government Motion 15: carried) ... 250 Section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, points of order on debate ... 65 Stakeholder consultation, Aboriginal peoples, points of order on debate ... 208-9
Bills, government (procedure)
First reading divisions ... 171 Money bills, Standing order 83(1) amendment (format change) (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 Referral to committee under Standing Order 74.1, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Bill 201, Public Health Care Delivery Standards Act, second reading, deferral (Copping: carried), motion rescinded (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 354 Bill 202, Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022, request to waive standing orders 8(2) and 9(1) and debate third reading (unanimous consent granted) ... 445 Bills standing referred to committee under Standing Order 74.11(1) to be placed on Order Paper for second reading (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 Referral to committee under Standing Order 74.1, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 Timing of calling in Committee of the Whole under Standing Order 8(7)(c), amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Bills, private (procedure)
Standing order amendments (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Brooks-Medicine Hat (constituency)
Presentation of new member Danielle Smith to the Assembly ... 1
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Prohibition on banging on desks under Standing Order 13(5.1), repeal (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Child and Youth Advocate's office
Annual report 2021-2022 referral to Legislative Offices Committee (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 431
Clerk of Committees
Duties under Standing Order 108.1, clerical error correction (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Committee of Supply (government expenditures)
Assembly resolution into (Government Motion 3: carried) ... 22
Committee of the Whole Assembly
Assembly resolution into to consider bills (Government Motion 2: carried) ... 22
Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing
Chair and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37 Mandate, amendment to Standing Order 52.01(1)(a)-(c) (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 Property Rights Advocate's office 2019-2021 annual report referred to (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 431-32
Committee on Families and Communities, Standing
Mandate, amendment to Standing Order 52.01(1)(a)-(c) (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 Membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37
Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing
Chair, deputy chair, and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37 Child and Youth Advocate's office 2021-2022 annual report referred to (Government Motion 18: carried) ... 431
Committee on Members' Services
Deputy chair and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37
Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills, Standing
Chair, deputy chair, and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37 Meetings during estimates debates under Standing Order 59.01(12), repeal (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 Standing order references to "Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee" replaced with "Private Bills Committee" (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing, Standing
Chair, deputy chair, and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37
Committee on Public Accounts, Standing
Deputy chair and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Deputy chair and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37 Mandate, amendment to Standing Order 52.01(1)(a)-(c) (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing
Chair, deputy chair, and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37
Conflicts of Interest Act
Referral to Resource Stewardship Committee (Government Motion 7: carried) ... 36
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 772
Food banks
Funding, 2023-2024, points of order on debate ... 512
God Save the King
Standing Order 7(1) provisions, replacement of "God Save the Queen (Thursday)" with "Royal Anthem (Thursday)" (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Government advertising
Funding from supplementary supply, points of order on debate ... 673
Health sciences personnel
Recruitment and retention, points of order on debate ... 445
Introduction of Guests (procedure)
Standing Order 7(3), request to waive (unanimous consent granted) ... 7 Standing Order 7(3) amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (No. 2) (Bill 5)
Third reading ... 429 Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act amendments ... 429 Legislative Assembly Act amendments ... 429 Provincial Court Act amendments ... 429 Referendum Act amendments ... 429-30 Sale of Goods Act amendments ... 429 Trustee Act amendments ... 429
King
Reference in Standing Order 23(k) to "Her Majesty" replaced with "His Majesty" (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Evening sittings, 2022 fall sitting (Government Motion 6: carried) ... 22 Evening sittings, 2023 spring sitting (Government Motion 22: carried) ... 536
Legislative Assembly of Alberta adjournment
2022 fall sitting adjourned pursuant to Government Motion 4 ... 452 2022 fall sitting extension (Government Motion 4: carried) ... 22 2023 spring sitting (Government Motion 25: carried) ... 719-20 Constituency weeks under Standing Order 3(6) not applicable to 2022 fall sitting (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 36 Temporary adjournment, February 28 to March 6, 2023 (Government Motion 20: carried) ... 464
Legislative policy committees
Chair and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37 Mandate, amendment to Standing Order 52.01(1)(a)-(c) (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Members' Statements (procedure)
Number and length under Standing Order 7(4), amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 Standing order 7(4), number and length, request to waive (unanimous consent granted) ... 7
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (No. 2) (Bill 7)
Motor vehicle insurance
Premiums, points of order on debate ... 588
Office of the Premier
Special projects manager, points of order on debate ... 602
Ombudsman
Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee report presented to the Assembly recommending appointment of Kevin Brezinski, concurrence in (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 171
Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special
Chair, deputy chair, and membership changes (Government Motion 8: carried) ... 36-37 Report recommending Kevin Brezinski for appointment presented to the Assembly, concurrence in (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 171
Points of clarification (current session)
Language creating disorder ... 524
Points of order (current session)
Accepting a member's word ... 602 Addressing the chair ... 445 Allegations against a member or members ... 174 Gestures ... 512 Imputing motives ... 445 Language creating disorder ... 65, 524, 588, 673 Language creating disorder, clarification ... 524 Parliamentary language ... 464, 512, 524, 556, 588, 674 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 342 Questions about legislation ... 208-9 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 772
Police
Provincial police force proposal, points of order on debate ... 464
Private members' business
Order of business, Monday afternoon, under Standing Order 8(1), amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 Request to waive standing orders 8(2) and 9(1) and to proceed to private members' business to consider Bill 202 at third reading (unanimous consent granted) ... 445
Property Rights Advocate's office
Annual report 2019-2021 referral to Alberta's Economic Future Committee (Government Motion 19: carried) ... 431-32
Public Health Care Delivery Standards Act (Bill 201)
Second reading, deferral until December 21, 2022, or until first day for consideration of private members' business after that date, motion on (Copping: carried), motion rescinded (Government Motion 16: carried) ... 354
Public Interest Commissioner
Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee report presented to the Assembly recommending appointment of Kevin Brezinski, concurrence in (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 171
Reclamation of land
R-star program proposal, points of order on debate ... 524
Reports presented by standing and special committees (current session)
Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee final report presented with recommendation of appointment of Kevin Brezinski, concurrence in (Government Motion 12: carried) ... 171
St. Albert (city)
Lakeview business district proposal, points of order on debate ... 588, 674
School construction
Capital plan, Calgary, points of order on debate ... 556 Capital plan, Edmonton, points of order on debate ... 524 Capital plan, Edmonton, points of order on debate, clarification ... 524
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor (Government Motion 10: carried) ... 379
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendments to SO 7, 8, 13, 23, 52, 52.01, 74.1, 74.11, 83(1), 89, 91, 93, 94; references to Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee replaced with Private Bills Committee; SO 108.1(b), clerical error corrected; placement of Bills referred to committee under SO 74.11(1) on Order Paper for second reading (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 3(6), constituency weeks, not applicable to 2022 fall sitting (Government Motion 5: carried) ... 36 SO 7(1), replacement of "God Save the Queen (Thursday)" with "Royal Anthem (Thursday)" (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 7(3), introduction of guests, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 7(4), members' statements, number and length, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 8(1), order of business, Monday afternoon, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 8(7)(c), private members' public bills, timing of calling in Committee of the Whole, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 13(5.1), prohibition on banging on desks, repeal (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 23(k), "Her Majesty" replaced with "His Majesty" (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 52.01(1)(a)-(c), legislative policy committee mandates, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 52(1)(c), 96(2), 98(1), (3), 100(1), 101-105(1), 106, references to "Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee" replaced with "Private Bills Committee" (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 59.01(12), provision for Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills Committee meetings during estimates debates, repeal (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 74.1, referral of bills to committee, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 83(1), format change (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 89, 91, 93, 94, 96(2), 98(1), (3), 100(1), 101-105(1), 106, procedure on private bills, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 91, notice of application for private bills, amendment (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39 SO 108.1, duties of Clerk of Committees, clerical error correction (Government Motion 9: carried) ... 37-39
Technology industries
Investment attraction, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 342
Vital Statistics and Life Events Modernization Act
Appearance on list of statutes to be repealed tabled March 14, 2022, but not to be repealed (Government Motion 17: carried) ... 431
Schulz, Rebecca (Calgary-Shaw, UCP; Minister of Municipal Affairs)
Alberta Energy Regulator
Well licence issuance or transfer refusal for companies with unpaid municipal taxes ... 519
Calgary (city)
Budget 2023-2024 funding ... 507-8 Downtown revitalization, funding ... 474-75
Calgary Stampede Foundation
Funding, 2023-2024 ... 507-8
Calgary Transit
Light rail transit green line funding ... 474
Canada-Alberta Canada-wide early learning and child care agreement (2021-2026)
Alberta cost-control framework ... 522
Capital projects
Calgary projects, funding, 2023-2024 ... 507-8, 585-86 Funding, 2023-2024 ... 507-8
Chief Medical Examiner's office
Capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 507-8
Drugs, nonprescription
Children's pain and fever medication supply ... 287
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Ambulance response times ... 287
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Automobile insurance premiums ... 586 Budget 2023 and Calgary ... 507-8, 585-86 Calgary downtown revitalization ... 474-75 Calgary LRT green line funding ... 474 Energy company municipal tax payment ... 519 Health care system capacity ... 287 Private child care operators ... 521-22 Woman's issues ... 84
Physicians
Recruitment and retention ... 287
Property tax
Unpaid corporate taxes, energy companies ... 519
Repsol, Calgary
Capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 507-8
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
John Ware Building redevelopment, funding, 2023-2024 ... 507-8
Stoney Trail, Calgary
Airport Trail N.E. interchange, capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 507-8
University of Calgary
Capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 507-8
Shandro, Tyler, KC (Calgary-Acadia, UCP; Minister of Justice)
Alberta Firearms Act (Bill 8)
First reading ... 503 Second reading ... 536 Third reading ... 747
Alberta in Canada
Federal-provincial-territorial relations ... 204
Alberta Law Reform Institute
Research on adverse possession (squatters' rights) ... 375
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
General remarks ... 204 Purpose and intent of bill ... 12-13 Section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 12-13, 59
Bail
Criminal Code provisions ... 766
Canada
As constitutional monarchy ... 379
Carbon pricing (federal)
Quebec arrangement ... 204
Edmonton (city)
Healthy streets operation centre, funding ... 441
Firearms Act (federal)
Provincial prosecution protocol ... 438-39
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (No. 2) (Bill 5)
First reading ... 147 Second reading ... 211 Third reading ... 429 Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act amendments ... 211 Legislative Assembly Act amendments ... 211 Provincial Court Act amendments ... 211 Referendum Act amendments ... 211 Sale of Goods Act amendments ... 211 Trustee Act amendments ... 211
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Remarks in Punjabi ... 709
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta in Canada ... 204 Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act ... 12-13, 59 Bail system ... 766 Federal Firearms Act prosecution protocol ... 438-39 Homelessness in Edmonton ... 441 Legal aid funding ... 340-41 Municipal governance and funding ... 266
Police Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 6)
Committee ... 400 Committee, amendment A1 (section 4, proposed section 1.1, addition of recognition of importance of intersectionality, antiracism, and trauma-informed practice as critical analytical frameworks) (Sabir: defeated) ... 400
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
First reading ... 86 Second reading ... 148 Third reading ... 375 Land Titles Act amendments ... 148 Law of Property Act amendments ... 148 Limitations Act amendments ... 148 Stakeholder consultation ... 148, 375
Public safety
Edmonton's Chinatown ... 441
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 379
Shepherd, David (Edmonton-City Centre, NDP)
Affordability plan, provincial
Eligibility criteria ... 35
Alberta Children's hospital, Calgary
Capacity issues, emergency motion under Standing Order 42 (unanimous consent denied) ... 86-87
Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 4)
Alberta Human Rights Commission
Alberta Law Reform Institute
Research on adverse possession (squatters' rights) ... 325-26
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Committee ... 231-33 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 1, 3, and 4) (M. Smith: carried) ... 231-33 General remarks ... 34-35 Stakeholder consultation, Aboriginal peoples ... 231-32, 326
Anaesthesiologists
Services in private clinics ... 624, 712
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Cost-of-living indexing ... 33-34
Calgary (city)
Downtown revitalization, funding ... 34
Cancer diagnosis and treatment
Chief medical officer of health
Appointment of Dr. Mark Joffe ... 304 Departures of deputy chief medical officers of health ... 201, 261 Public education on respiratory infections ... 201-2, 282-83
Contraception
Prescription coverage policy ... 595
COVID-19 vaccines
Assembly support for (Motion Other than Government Motion 502: carried unanimously) ... 303-4, 307-8 Education and awareness initiatives ... 202, 264, 283, 303-4
Diabetes
Insulin pump therapy coverage ... 439-40
Diagnostic imaging
Provincial coverage ... 550-51
Discrimination
Premier's remarks ... 303
Edmonton (city)
Downtown revitalization plan ... 386-87, 766 Downtown revitalization plan, funding ... 34 Healthy streets operation centre, funding ... 34
Edmonton Metro Region Economic Recovery Working Group
Edmonton Public Safety and Community Response Task Force
Electric utility rebate program
Eligibility criteria ... 34, 496
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Ambulance response times ... 142, 455
Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (current session)
Children's hospice and palliative care in Calgary, request for debate (unanimous consent denied) ... 86-87
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 690-92 Committee ... 736-38 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022, amendments ... 737 Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, Alberta fund provisions ... 691-92
Fiscal policy, provincial
Government spending ... 736-37
Government advertising
Funding from supplementary supply ... 737
Grocery stores
Prices, government urged to investigate (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated) ... 101-3
Health Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 495-96 Combination of position with Seniors Advocate and Mental Health Patient Advocate ... 495-96
Health care
Members' statements ... 279 Premier's advisers ... 62
Health care action plan
90-day report ... 506-7 General remarks ... 33
Health care capacity issues
Health care finance
Publicly funded services ... 595 Publicly funded services, members' statements ... 555
Health spending accounts
Services paid through ... 13, 33
High River youth and young adult clinic
Homeless persons
Programs and services, funding, 2022-2023 ... 34
Homeless shelters
Funding, 2022-2023 ... 34
Hospital emergency services
Capacity issues, wait times ... 506-7
International Universal Health Coverage Day
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (No. 2) (Bill 5)
Second reading ... 216-19 Legislative Assembly Act amendments ... 216-19
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Reference to by name in the Assembly ... 454
Members' Statements (current session)
Health care system ... 279 Primary health care ... 454 Publicly funded health care ... 555
Mental health and addiction strategy
Funding, 2022-2023 ... 34
Ministry of Health
Minister's meetings with health care workers ... 62
Natural gas rebate program
Eligibility criteria ... 34, 496
Nurses
Recruitment and retention ... 263
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Anaesthesia care ... 583, 624, 712 Cancer diagnosis and treatment ... 550-51 Chief medical officer of health, vaccination policies ... 201-2 Children's health care and hospital capacity, vaccination policies ... 282-83 Diabetes supports ... 439-40 Edmonton downtown revitalization ... 386-87, 766 Health care system ... 62, 142-43 Health care system capacity ... 455-56, 506-7 Health care workforce, vaccination policies ... 263-64 Health spending accounts ... 13 Publicly funded health care ... 595 Red Deer regional hospital ... 531 Vaccination policies ... 201-2, 263-64, 282-83
Physicians
Compensation ... 427 Compensation, AMA agreement ... 142-43 Recruitment and retention ... 426-27, 583
Physicians' education
Residency positions ... 583
Police Act
Report by special adviser Temitope Oriola ... 216-18, 412-13
Police Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 6)
Committee ... 411-13, 421 Opposition amendments ... 421 Police Review Commission appointment provisions ... 413 Police Review Commission establishment ... 412
Primary care (medicine)
Members' statements ... 454 Provincial strategy ... 33
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
Public Health Care Delivery Standards Act (Bill 201)
Public safety
Funding, 2023-2024 ... 766
Red Deer regional hospital centre
Redevelopment ... 531 Staffing ... 531
Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 9)
Committee ... 729-31 Committee, amendment A1 (Workers' Compensation Act, definition of "firefighter") (Gray: defeated) ... 729-31 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 729-31
Rotary Flames House, Calgary
Respite care suspension ... 86-87
Seniors
Programs and services expansion, government urged to consider (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: defeated) ... 495-96
Speech from the Throne
Addresses in reply ... 33-35
Substance abuse and addiction
Harm reduction strategies ... 34
Supportive living accommodations
Traffic Safety Act
Comparison with other jurisdictions' statutes and legislation ... 485
Traffic Safety (Excessive Speeding Penalties) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 203)
Second reading ... 484-85 Penalty provisions ... 485 Stunting provisions ... 485
Sigurdson, Lori (Edmonton-Riverview, NDP)
Alberta Housing Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 78, 2021)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 114-16, 135-36 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill negatively affects investment decisions and the Alberta economy (reasoned amendment RA1) (Bilous: defeated) ... 114-16 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that government has not consulted adequately with nonprofit organizations and municipalities (reasoned amendment RA2) (Goehring: defeated) ... 135-36 Committee ... 190-92 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 1, 3, and 4) (M. Smith: carried) ... 190-92 Business community response ... 114 Section 1(c), definition of "federal initiative" ... 135 Section 1(e), definition of "provincial entity" ... 135 Section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 115-16
Bills, government (procedure)
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 349
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied ... 438, 585
Continuing/extended care facilities
COVID-19 pandemic response, Auditor General's report (February 2023) ... 460-61 Resident fees ... 612, 717-18
Early learning and child care plan (federal-provincial program)
Alberta participation ... 116
Edmonton Police Service
Deaths of constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan ... 612
Electric utility rebate program
Eligibility criteria, multifamily buildings ... 763
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
Committee ... 743-44 Committee, amendment A1 (Post-secondary Learning Act, independent institution provisions) (Eggen: defeated) ... 743-44
Health Advocate
Appointment of Janice Harrington ... 493, 498 Combination of position with Seniors Advocate and Mental Health Patient Advocate ... 438, 492-93, 498, 612, 718
Health care capacity issues
Health care finance
Publicly funded services ... 620-21
Homeless shelters
Funding, 2022-2023 ... 58-59
Homelessness
Members' statements ... 260-61 Statistics ... 343
Inflation Relief Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 343, 348-49 Cost-of-living indexing provisions ... 348-49
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Long-term care facilities (nursing homes/auxiliary hospitals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Hearing loss and primary health care ... 479 Homelessness ... 260-61 New Democratic Party policies ... 620-21 Social workers ... 526-27
Mental health and addiction strategy
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 210, 2017)
Bill not proclaimed ... 488
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 488-89 Definition of "senior" ... 488
National Social Work Month
Natural gas rebate program
Eligibility criteria, multifamily buildings ... 763
Nechi Institute
Nonrenewal of lease at Poundmaker's Lodge ... 268-69
New Democratic Party of Alberta
Policies, members' statements ... 620-21
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
COVID-19 outbreaks in seniors' care facilities ... 460-61 Homeless supports and affordable housing ... 58-59 Mental health and addiction services ... 387 Mental health services ... 520-21 Nechi Institute ... 268-69 Seniors' housing, benefits, and pensions ... 585 Seniors' issues ... 437-38 Seniors' support ... 612, 717-18 Utility rebate programs and multifamily buildings ... 763
Points of order (current session)
Language creating disorder, remarks withdrawn ... 498
Primary care (medicine)
Members' statements ... 479
Primary care networks (PCNs)
Mental health services ... 520
Private universities and colleges
Government oversight ... 743
Public Health Care Delivery Standards Act (Bill 201)
Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act (Bill 9, 2019)
Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 9)
Second reading ... 699-700 Income and Employment Supports Act amendments ... 699-700
Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions and Government Enterprises Act, 2019 (Bill 22, 2019)
Seniors
Programs and services expansion, government urged to consider (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: defeated) ... 492-93, 498-99 Programs and services expansion (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: defeated), points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 498
Seniors' benefit program
Cost-of-living indexing ... 489 Funding ... 585
Social workers
Members' statements ... 526-27
Substance abuse and addiction
Harm reduction strategies ... 387
Sigurdson, R.J. (Highwood, UCP; Parliamentary Secretary for EMS Reform)
29th Legislature
Government record, members' statements ... 434
Act to Enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to Amend the Navigation Protection Act and to Make Consequential Amendments to Other Acts, An (federal Bill C-69, 2019)
Affordability plan, provincial
Cash payments to parents, seniors, and AISH and PDD recipients ... 585
Alberta Firearms Act (Bill 8)
Biodigesters
Rimrock-Tidewater project, Foothills county ... 551
Committee on Real Property Rights, Select Special (2021-2022)
Stakeholder consultation ... 152-53
Electric utility rebate program
Erickson, Montana (child of paramedic called to highway crash scene)
Members' statements ... 138-39
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction ... 542
Fuel tax
Collection stoppage ... 585
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Montana Erickson ... 138-39 NDP government record ... 434 Recover Inc. ... 479-80 The Rolling Barrage PTSD awareness ride ... 471
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Biodigester facility proposal in Foothills county ... 551 Federal Impact Assessment Act ... 671
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
The Rolling Barrage
PTSD awareness motorcycle ride, members' statements ... 471
Singh, Peter (Calgary-East, UCP)
Affordability plan, provincial
Cash payments to parents, seniors, and AISH and PDD recipients ... 77 Members' statements ... 77
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Committee ... 180-81 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 1, 3, and 4) (M. Smith: carried) ... 180-81
BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha
Spiritual leader Pramukh Swami Maharaj's 100th birthday, members' statements ... 197-98
Budget 2022-2023
Benefits cost-of-living indexing suspension continued ... 77
Budget 2023-2024
General remarks ... 738-39 Members' statements ... 470
Budget process
Balanced/deficit budgets ... 347-48
Calgary Public Safety and Community Response Task Force
Crime
Calgary area crime ... 461
Daycare centres
Staff compensation, wage top-up grants, members' statements ... 54
Economic development
Investment in Alberta ... 180-81
Economy of Alberta
Current fiscal position ... 7389
Electric utility rebate program
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
Second reading ... 689-90 Committee ... 738-39 Alberta Corporate Tax Act amendments, agriprocessing investment tax credit provisions ... 690 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act amendments ... 689 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022, amendments ... 689 Business Corporations Act amendments ... 689 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act amendments, health benefits for adopted children provisions ... 690 Credit Union Act amendments ... 689 Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments ... 689 Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, fiscal framework provisions ... 690 Horse Racing Alberta Act amendments ... 689 Investing in a Diversified Alberta Economy Act amendments ... 690 Post-secondary Learning Act amendments ... 689-90 Securities Act amendments ... 689
Fuel tax
Collection stoppage ... 328
Health care
Members' statements ... 332-33
Holi (Hindu observance)
Members' statements ... 514-15
Homeless persons
Programs and services ... 628-29
Immigrants
Settlement and integration services ... 511
Inflation Relief Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 347-48 Cost-of-living indexing provisions ... 348
Members' Statements (current session)
100th birthday of Pramukh Swami Maharaj ... 197-98 Affordability plan ... 77 Budget 2023 ... 470 Early childhood educator wage supplement ... 54 Health care system ... 332-33 Holi ... 514-15
Natural gas rebate program
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Calgary crime rate ... 461 Homeless supports ... 628-29 Immigration nominations and settlement supports ... 511
Provincial nominee program (federal immigration strategy)
Nomination certificates allotted to Alberta ... 511
Public transit
Low-income transit pass ... 77
Traffic Safety (Excessive Speeding Penalties) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 203)
Second reading ... 485-86 Penalty provisions ... 486 Stakeholder consultation ... 486
Smith, Danielle (Brooks-Medicine Hat, UCP; Premier. President of Executive Council, and Minister of Intergovernmental Relations)
2030 emissions reduction plan (federal)
Aboriginal women
Workforce participation ... 518-19
Act to Enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to Amend the Navigation Protection Act and to Make Consequential Amendments to Other Acts, An (federal Bill C-69, 2019)
Addiction treatment
Recovery communities, funding, 2023-2024 ... 518
Affordability plan, provincial
Cash payments to parents, seniors, and AISH and PDD recipients ... 384 Eligibility criteria ... 384 Funding from supplementary supply ... 666 Program duration ... 472
Airdrie urgent care centre
Physician services ... 471
Alberta Children's hospital, Calgary
Capacity issues ... 436 Wait times ... 78
Alberta Energy Regulator
Well licence issuance or transfer refusal for companies with unpaid municipal taxes ... 673
Alberta Health Services (authority)
Administrator appointment ... 57
Alberta in Canada
Federal-provincial-territorial relations ... 597-98 Premier's remarks ... 385 Provincial position ... 282
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
First reading ... 4 Second reading ... 22-28 Third reading ... 245, 256-57 Third reading, motion to not now read (6-month hoist amendment HA1) (Dach: defeated) ... 256-57 Amendments proposed ... 78, 139-40 Business community response ... 55-56, 78-79, 200, 256 Consideration by Court of Appeal proposed ... 262-63 Official Opposition position ... 53-54 Preamble ... 23 Prime Minister's remarks ... 53 Purpose and intent of bill ... 22-23, 281-82 Section 2, interpretation ... 281, 386 Section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council ... 10-11, 27, 56-57, 78, 140-41 Stakeholder consultation, Aboriginal peoples ... 56, 79-80, 200-201, 263, 281, 333-34, 386
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs
Next step to success program for Aboriginal women, funding, 2023-2024 ... 519
Anaesthesiologists
Scope of practice ... 580 Services in private clinics ... 665-66
Annie Gale school, Calgary
Modernization project, capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 547
Bills, government (procedure)
First reading divisions ... 22 Legislative process, ministerial statement ... 53-54
Bishop McNally high school, Calgary
Capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 547
Calgary (city)
Budget 2023-2024 funding ... 503-5 Budget 2023-2024 priority list ... 503 Downtown revitalization, funding ... 472 Safe and inclusive access bylaw proposal ... 595
Calgary cancer centre
Funding ... 472 Staffing ... 551
Calgary public library
Reading with royalty event, protests at ... 594
Calgary Transit
Light rail transit green line funding, 2023-2026 ... 472, 503
Canada health transfer (federal)
Federal-provincial agreement ... 597
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied ... 457
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Fundamental freedoms ... 25-26
Cancer diagnosis and treatment
Capital projects
Federal-provincial initiatives ... 26-27
Chief medical officer of health
Appointment of Dr. Mark Joffe ... 11 Departures of deputy chief medical officers of health ... 140
Constitution Act, 1982
Section 35, Aboriginal and treaty rights ... 27-28, 79-80
Corporate taxation, provincial
COVID-19 vaccines
Education and awareness initiatives ... 437
Crown prosecution service
Independence from government ... 456-57
Diagnostic imaging
Provincial coverage ... 550-51
Disclosure to Protect Against Domestic Violence (Clare’s Law) Act
Domestic violence
Federal-provincial initiatives ... 26
Drugs, nonprescription
Children's pain and fever medication supply ... 140
Economic corridors
General remarks ... 26-27
Electric power
Federal regulations ... 28
Emergencies Act (federal)
Provincial response to use ... 26, 28
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Ambulance numbers, Calgary ... 504 Ambulance response times ... 455-56 Paramedics, recruitment and retention ... 280 Paramedics' wait times in hospitals ... 471, 504 Parkland Institute report (2023) ... 504
Energy industries
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards ... 27 Environmental liability management ... 456, 623, 667-68 Federal-provincial initiatives ... 26
Energy policies, provincial
NDP government policies ... 23-24
Executive Council
Women's representation ... 516
Family and community support services
Funding, 2023-2024 ... 503
Fertilizer
Federal regulations ... 26, 28
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction ... 26, 28
First Nations Women's Council on Economic Security
Flood damage mitigation
Springbank reservoir project ... 83 Springbank reservoir project, funding ... 472 Springbank reservoir project, funding, 2023-2024 ... 503
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons
Protection of rights ... 594-95
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 503 Capital funding, 2023-2026 ... 472
Government advertising
Funding from supplementary supply ... 666
Government of Canada
Equalization program ... 24
Health care capacity issues
Health care finance
Publicly funded services ... 595
Health sciences personnel
Education and training, funding, 2023-2024 ... 580 Recruitment and retention ... 384, 436
Health spending accounts
Services paid through ... 11-12
Hospital construction
New hospital, south Edmonton ... 472
Hospital emergency services
Capacity issues, wait times, measures to reduce ... 334
Immigrants
Settlement and integration services ... 668
Immunization
Influenza vaccination ... 437 Influenza vaccination rates ... 140
Imperial Oil Limited
Kearl oil sands project tailings leak ... 473
Infrastructure blockades
Coutts border crossing, conspiracy charges against protesters, Premier's response ... 456-57
Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women
Insurance (Private Passenger Vehicle Premium) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 206)
International Women's Day
Junior Achievement event ... 518-19
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Treaty 6 First Nations chiefs and councillors ... 433
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 580
John G. Diefenbaker high school, Calgary
Modernization project, capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 547
Justice system
Independence from government ... 456-57
MĂ©tis Women's Council on Economic Security
Ministerial Statements (current session)
Legislative process and federal-provincial relations ... 53-54
Ministry of Affordability and Utilities
Supplementary supply estimates 2022-2023 ... 666
Ministry of Executive Council
Notification of all federal government contact with ministries, Premier's directive ... 28
Misericordia community hospital, Edmonton
Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding, 2023-2024 ... 503
Natural resources
Provincial jurisdiction ... 27
New Democratic Party of Alberta
Oil Tanker Moratorium Act (federal Bill C-48, 2019)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Affordability plan ... 384 Affordability plan and energy company liability ... 472-73 Alberta in Canada ... 281-82 Alberta Is Calling in-migration campaign ... 549-50 Alberta sovereignty act and Indigenous rights ... 56, 79-80, 200-201, 263, 281, 333-34, 385-86 Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act ... 10-11, 55-57, 78-79, 139-41, 200, 262-63 Automobile insurance premiums ... 280-81, 334-35, 437 Budget 2023 and Calgary, sexual assault services funding ... 503-4 Budget 2023 and capital funding ... 472 Canada pension plan ... 457, 593-94 Cancer diagnosis and treatment ... 550-51 Chartered surgical facility contracts ... 665-66 Children's health care and hospital capacity ... 78 Coutts border crossing protester conspiracy charges ... 456-57 Emergency medical services ... 280, 471, 504 Energy company liability ... 456, 504-5, 518, 623, 667-68 Energy company municipal tax payment ... 673 Executive Council and women's equality ... 516 Federal carbon pricing ... 669-70 Federal Impact Assessment Act ... 671 Federal-provincial relations ... 597-98 Government advertising ... 666 Health care system ... 11-12, 57-58, 334, 383-84 Health care system capacity ... 455-56 Health care workforce recruitment and retention, vaccination policies ... 436-37 Kearl oil sands project tailings leak ... 473 Misericordia community hospital CT scanner ... 621-22 Official Opposition and government policies ... 436 Physician supply ... 579-80 Prescription contraception coverage policy ... 516-17, 548, 581-82, 594, 622, 667 Public safety and 2SLGBTQQIA-plus rights ... 594-95 Publicly funded health care ... 595 Respiratory illness in children ... 140 School construction capital plan ... 547 Springbank reservoir flood mitigation project ... 83 Support for Ukrainian newcomers ... 668 Support for women ... 518-19 Vaccination policies ... 436-37 Wage growth and job creation ... 580 Wage growth and tax policies ... 517 WCB cancer coverage for firefighters ... 548-49
Physicians
Recruitment and retention ... 579-80
Plastics
Single-use plastics, federal regulations ... 28
Population of Alberta
Alberta Is Calling in-migration campaign ... 549-50
Postsecondary educational institution finance
Funding for new spaces in areas with skill shortages ... 580
Property tax
Unpaid corporate taxes, energy companies ... 673
Public Health Care Delivery Standards Act (Bill 201)
Quebec
Relationship with federal government ... 27
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Repsol, Calgary
Capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 503
Respiratory infections in children
Public health information ... 140
Ring road, Calgary
Southwest portion completion, funding ... 472
Rotary Flames House, Calgary
Respite care suspension ... 78
Saskatchewan First Act
General remarks ... 22, 27
School construction
Capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 472, 547 Capital plan, Calgary ... 472, 547
Sexual assault
Victim services, funding, 2023-2024 ... 504
Sexual assault centres
Funding, 2023-2024 ... 518
Sir John A. Macdonald school, Calgary
Modernization project, capital funding, 2023-2024 ... 547
Speech from the Throne
Address in reply engrossed and presented to the Lieutenant Governor (Government Motion 10: carried) ... 379 Consideration on November 30, 2022 (Government Motion 1: carried) ... 5
Stollery children's hospital, Edmonton
Surgery procedures
Chartered surgical facilities, physician contracts ... 665-66 Wait times ... 666
Traffic Safety (Excessive Speeding Penalties) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 203)
Tuition and fees, postsecondary
Ukrainians in Alberta
Newcomers, provincial programs ... 668
University of Calgary. Faculty of Nursing
Violence against women
Missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, provincial response, funding, 2023-2024 ... 518
Wages
Growth, comparison to other jurisdictions ... 517, 580
Water quality
Federal environmental officers testing on private land ... 28
Women's shelters
Funding, 2023-2024 ... 518
Workers' compensation
Presumptive cancer coverage for firefighters ... 548-49
Smith, Mark W. (Drayton Valley-Devon, UCP)
Act to Enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to Amend the Navigation Protection Act and to Make Consequential Amendments to Other Acts, An (federal Bill C-69, 2019)
General remarks ... 45 Provincial response ... 118-19
Alberta Law Reform Institute
Research on adverse possession (squatters' rights) ... 227
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 202)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 43-45, 118-19, 127-28 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill negatively affects investment decisions and the Alberta economy (reasoned amendment RA1) (Bilous: defeated) ... 118-19 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that government has not consulted adequately with nonprofit organizations and municipalities (reasoned amendment RA2) (Goehring: defeated) ... 127-28 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 73 Committee ... 177-78 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 1, 3, and 4) (M. Smith: carried) ... 177-78 Purpose and intent of bill ... 119, 127-28 Section 2, interpretation ... 44 Section 3, resolutions ... 44-45 Section 9, judicial review ... 45
Constitution of Canada
Distribution of legislative powers ... 43-45
Drayton Valley-Devon (constituency)
Member's retrospective ... 754
Eavor Technologies Ltd.
Members' statements ... 711
Geothermal energy
Resource development ... 711
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Eavor Technologies ... 711
Missing Persons Act
Section 7, disclosure of information and records limited ... 487
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 210, 2017)
Bill not proclaimed ... 487, 635 General remarks ... 488
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 204)
First reading ... 270 Second reading ... 487-88, 564 Committee ... 635-37 Third reading ... 754 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 637 Implementation cost ... 636 Regulation-making provisions ... 488 Stakeholder consultation ... 487-88, 636
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Federal energy transition plan ... 600-601 Queen Elizabeth II Highway 65th Avenue interchange in Leduc ... 16
Points of order (current session)
Insulting language ... 73
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
Queen Elizabeth II highway
Leduc 65th Avenue interchange ... 16
Recover Inc.
Members' statements ... 479-80
Recycling (waste, etc.)
Oil-based drilling fluids ... 479-80
Renewable/alternative energy sources
Transition to, federal plan ... 600-601
Speaker, The (Cooper, Nathan, M.)
30th Legislature
Speaker's statement ... 772
Agricultural insurance
Crop insurance, points of order on debate ... 512
Alberta
Only province with female Premier and Leader of the Official Opposition ... 513
Alberta Hansard
50th anniversary, Speaker's statement ... 4 Special edition, September 15, 2023, Speaker's statement ... 709
Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 4)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 222
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Second reading, points of order on debate ... 107, 130, 174 Second reading, Speaker's rulings on debate ... 126 Third reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that the government has not discharged its legal duty to consult with First Nations and Indigenous peoples (reasoned amendment RA1) (Feehan: defeated) ... 251 Section 4, powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, points of order on debate ... 65 Stakeholder consultation, Aboriginal peoples, points of order on debate ... 209
Bills, government (procedure)
Reasoned amendments ... 127-28
Bills, private members' public (procedure)
Early consideration, Speaker's statement ... 270 Withdrawal from list of positions for Fourth Session ... 10
Brooks-Medicine Hat (constituency)
Presentation of new member Danielle Smith to the Assembly ... 1
Calgary-Bhullar-McCall (constituency)
Only occurrence of constituency name change mid-Legislature in Alberta History ... 773
Chamber (Legislative Assembly)
Camera use, Speaker's statements ... 279 Exhibits ... 602 Members to remain in own seats when speaking or voting ... 10
Commonwealth Charter
10th anniversary of signing ... 545
Commonwealth Day
Speaker's statement ... 545
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election of Member for Livingstone-Macleod ... 20
Deputy Government House Leader
Divisions (recorded votes) (procedure)
Edmonton Federal Building
Violet King Henry Plaza ... 773
Edmonton Police Service
Deaths of constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan, Speaker's statement ... 603
Edmonton-Strathcona (constituency)
Member's 15th anniversary of election, Speaker's statement ... 469
Elizabeth II, Queen
Platinum jubilee medals, Speaker's statement ... 259
Energy industries
Environmental liability, provincial policies (Motion Other than Government Motion 505: defeated), points of order on debate ... 648
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Main estimates 2023-2024 transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 464
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
Third reading, points of order on debate ... 772
Food banks
Funding, 2023-2024, points of order on debate ... 512
Francophone Albertans
Speaker's statement ... 619
God Save the King
Performed by Ariana Whitlow and Royal Canadian Artillery Band ... 3 Performed by Brooklyn Elhard ... 53, 259, 433 Performed by Member for Calgary-Shaw ... 525 Performed by Member for Chestermere-Strathmore ... 757 Performed by Nicole Williams ... 603
Grocery stores
Prices, government urged to investigate (Motion Other than Government Motion 501: defeated), points of order on debate ... 102
Health sciences personnel
Recruitment and retention, points of order on debate ... 445
Introduction of Guests (procedure)
Speaker's statement ... 8 Standing Order 7(3) amendment proposed, Speaker's statement ... 7 Timing ... 381, 525
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Introduction of Visitors (procedure)
Introduction of Visitors (visiting dignitaries)
Ambassador of Georgia ... 591 British consul general and party ... 277 Consul general of Japan and party ... 501 Consul general of Portugal and honorary consul of Portugal in Edmonton ... 433 Family of former MLA Melvin P.J. "Mike" Cardinal ... 469 Family of former MLA Peter Trynchy ... 7 Former Member for Chestermere-Rocky View ... 453 Former Member for Lacombe-Ponoka Rod Fox ... 75 Former MLA David Dorward ... 525 Former MLA Greg Clark ... 331 Former MLA Luke Ouellette ... 331 Former MLA Rick Fraser ... 331 Former MLA Stockwell Day ... 331 Founder and former president of Play On! Canada ... 525 Government House Leader's spouse ... 453 High commissioner for New Zealand ... 619 House of Commons Speaker and party ... 453 Officials from Hokkaido, Japan ... 709 Singer Berlyn Broadhead ... 469 Singer Timothy Noel ... 453 Speaker's parents ... 4
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Rules and practices, Speaker's statements ... 9-10
Legislative Assembly Office
Broadcast services 50th anniversary, Speaker's statements ... 4 Speaker's statement ... 757
Legislature Building
Renovation completion ... 773
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Entrance into the Chamber ... 1
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Former MLA Melvin P.J. "Mike" Cardinal, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 469 Former MLA Milton Pahl, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 525 Former MLA Peter Trynchy, memorial tribute, Speaker's statement ... 7 Member's 15th anniversary of election, Speaker's statement ... 469 Reference to by name in the Assembly ... 454
Members' Statements (procedure)
Number and length under Standing Order 7(4), amendment proposed, Speaker's statement ... 7 Rotation of statements, Speaker's statements ... 9-10
Motions (procedure)
Withdrawal from list of positions for Fourth Session ... 10
Motor vehicle insurance
Premiums, points of order on debate ... 588
O Canada
Performed by Berlyn Broadhead ... 469 Performed by Brooklyn Elhard ... 75 Performed by Joemy Joseph ... 619 Performed by Madison Gramlich ... 545 Performed by Nicole Williams ... 277 Performed by Royal Canadian Artillery Band ... 1 Performed by Timothy Noel, first Afro-Caribbean Albertan to lead singing ... 453
Office of the Premier
Special projects manager, points of order on debate ... 602
Oral Question Period (procedure)
Questions seeking legal opinions ... 11 Rotation of questions, Speaker's statements ... 9-10
Pages (Legislative Assembly)
Members' statements ... 75 Recognition, Speaker's statement ... 760
Parliamentary debate
Decorum, heckling ... 534-35 Language creating disorder ... 510 Parliamentary language ... 254, 533 Referring to the absence of a member ... 626 Relevance ... 61, 174, 623
Parliamentary secretaries
Questions to affiliated ministers not permitted ... 10
Points of order (current session)
Accepting a member's word ... 602 Addressing the chair ... 445 Allegations against a member or members ... 107, 174 Gestures ... 512 Imputing motives ... 222, 445, 648 Language creating disorder ... 65, 498, 588 Parliamentary language ... 512, 556-57, 588 Parliamentary language, remarks withdrawn ... 342, 464, 557 Questions about legislation ... 209 Referring to the absence of a member or members ... 630, 772 Relevance of debate ... 102, 130, 222
Police
Provincial police force proposal, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 464
Private members' business
Speaker's statements ... 9-10
Queen Elizabeth II Building, Edmonton
Royal Canadian Artillery Band
Performance of God Save the King ... 3 Performance of O Canada ... 1
St. Albert (city)
Lakeview business district proposal, points of order on debate ... 588
School construction
Capital plan, Calgary, points of order on debate ... 556-57 Capital plan, Calgary, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 557
Seniors
Programs and services expansion (Motion Other than Government Motion 503: defeated), points of order on debate ... 498
Small business
Programs and services, points of order on debate ... 630
Speaker's statements
30th Legislature ... 772-73 50th anniversary of Legislative Assembly broadcast services and Alberta Hansard ... 4 Alberta Hansard special edition ... 709 Cameras in the Chamber ... 279 Commonwealth Day ... 545 Deaths of constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan ... 603 Former MLA Melvin P.J. "Mike" Cardinal, memorial tribute ... 469 Former MLA Milton Pahl, memorial tribute, Speaker's statements ... 525 Former MLA Peter Trynchy, memorial tribute ... 7 Francophonie in Alberta ... 619 Introduction of guests ... 8 Legislative Assembly Office staff ... 757 Member for Edmonton-Strathcona's 15th anniversary of election ... 469 Page biographies ... 75 Page recognition ... 760 Private members' business ... 9-10 Private members' public bills ... 270 Proposed amendments to standing orders ... 7 Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee medals ... 259 Rotation of questions and members' statements ... 9-10 Rules and practices of the Assembly ... 9-10
Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Amendments proposed, Speaker's statement ... 7 SO 16, members wanting to speak ... 10
Supplementary supply estimates 2022-2023
Estimates transmitted to the Assembly and tabled ... 615
Technology industries
Investment attraction, points of order on debate, remarks withdrawn ... 342
Speech from the Throne
Aboriginal relations
Treaty acknowledgement ... 2
Alberta child and family benefit
Cost-of-living indexing ... 2
Alberta in Canada
Federal-provincial-territorial relations ... 3
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Alberta technology and innovation strategy
Assured income for the severely handicapped
Cost-of-living indexing ... 2
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Fundamental freedoms ... 3
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage
Constitution of Canada
Distribution of legislative powers ... 3
Electric utility rebate program
Emergency medical services (ambulances, etc.)
Ambulance response times ... 2
Employment and income support programs
Income support, cost-of-living indexing ... 2
Energy industries
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards ... 3 Greenhouse gas emission reductions ... 3
Farm produce
Export market development ... 3 Interprovincial trade ... 3
Fertilizer
Federal regulations ... 3
Firearms
Federal regulation and jurisdiction ... 3
Fuel tax
Collection stoppage ... 2
Geothermal energy
Resource development ... 3
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Health care capacity issues
Health sciences personnel
Helium industry
Industry development ... 3
Hospital emergency services
Capacity issues, wait times, measures to reduce ... 2
Income tax, provincial (personal income tax)
Cost-of-living indexing reinstatement timeline ... 2
Inflation, monetary
Provincial response ... 2
Internet
Rural high-speed service ... 3
Interprovincial/territorial trade
Job creation
Provincial strategy ... 3
Liquefied natural gas industry
Industry development ... 3
Mental health and addiction strategy
Natural gas rebate program
Persons with developmental disabilities program
Cost-of-living indexing ... 2
Postsecondary education
Provincial skills for jobs strategy ... 3
Public transit
Low-income transit pass ... 2
Reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples
Provincial initiatives ... 3
Seniors' benefit program
Cost-of-living indexing ... 2
Surgery procedures
Chartered surgical facilities ... 2
Tax credits
Digital media tax credit ... 3
Stephan, Jason (Red Deer-South, UCP)
Alberta
Members' statements ... 555, 665
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 202)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 71-73 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill negatively affects investment decisions and the Alberta economy (reasoned amendment RA1) (Bilous: defeated) ... 71-73 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 72 Preamble ... 71-72
Canada pension plan
Alberta administration studied, members' statements ... 198
Constitution of Canada
Distribution of legislative powers ... 73
Economic development
General remarks ... 72-73
Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
Committee ... 735-36 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022, amendments ... 735 Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act amendments, Alberta fund provisions ... 735-36 Local Government Fiscal Framework Act amendments ... 735
Fiscal policy, provincial
Government spending ... 735-36
Introduction of Guests (school groups, individuals)
Members' Statements (current session)
Alberta ... 555, 665 Canada pension plan ... 198
New Democratic Party of Alberta
Points of order (current session)
Insulting language ... 72
Sweet, Heather (Edmonton-Manning, NDP)
Agricultural societies
Funding, 2023-2024 ... 565, 568
Alberta Beef Competitiveness Study (Alberta government, Alberta Beef Producers, Alberta Cattle Feeders' Association, Canadian Cattle Association joint study, 2022)
Alberta Energy Regulator
Well licence issuance or transfer refusal for companies with unpaid municipal taxes ... 519, 713-14
Alberta Personal Income Tax (Charitable and Other Gifts) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 202)
Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act (Bill 1)
Second reading ... 110-12, 120, 128-30 Second reading, motion to not now read because the Assembly is of the view that the bill negatively affects investment decisions and the Alberta economy (reasoned amendment RA1) (Bilous: defeated) ... 110-12, 120 Second reading, motion to not now read because Assembly is of the view that government has not consulted adequately with nonprofit organizations and municipalities (reasoned amendment RA2) (Goehring: defeated) ... 128-30 Second reading, points of order on debate ... 130 Committee ... 186-88 Committee, amendment A1 (sections 1, 3, and 4) (M. Smith: carried) ... 186-88 As government priority ... 120 Business community response ... 76, 110-12 General remarks ... 204-5
Alberta's Industrial Heartland
Investment attraction, members' statements ... 76
Canada-Alberta job fund (federal-provincial)
Federal transfers ... 130
Canadian agricultural partnership (federal-provincial-territorial program)
Committee on Real Property Rights, Select Special (2021-2022)
Stakeholder consultation ... 151-52
Deputy Chair of Committees
Election, nomination of Member for Edmonton-Manning ... 20
Energy industries
Environmental liability management ... 761-62
Farm produce
Export market development ... 111, 204-5
Government policies
Members' statements ... 711
Government programs, federal
Alberta participation ... 186-87
Inflation Relief Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 2)
Second reading ... 346 Third reading ... 446-47 Section 3, Regulated Rate Option Stability Act ... 446-47
Irrigation
Expansion projects, federal-provincial funding ... 111, 128-29
Members' Statements (current session)
Energy company municipal tax payment ... 527-28 Government policies and rural Albertans ... 711 Industrial Heartland investment and Alberta sovereignty act ... 76
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2017 (Bill 210, 2017)
Missing Persons (Silver Alert) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 204)
Second reading ... 560-61 Comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... 561 Scope of bill ... 560-61
Official Sport of Alberta Act (Bill 205)
Oral Question Period (current session topics)
Alberta sovereignty act and agriculture ... 204-5 Beef prices ... 598 Energy company liability ... 761 Energy company municipal tax payment ... 441, 519, 713-14 Municipal governance and funding ... 266 Municipal property taxes in mountain communities ... 388 Provincial policing ... 460
Parliamentary secretaries
Participation in Assembly debate ... 152
Points of order (current session)
Relevance of debate ... 130
Police
Provincial police force proposal ... 460
Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 3)
Second reading ... 151-52 Law of Property Act amendments ... 151 Stakeholder consultation ... 151-52
Property tax
Mountain communities ... 388 Unpaid corporate taxes, energy companies ... 441, 519, 713-14 Unpaid corporate taxes, energy companies, members' statements ... 527-28
Reclamation of land
R-star program proposal ... 761-62
Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 9)
Third reading ... 751-52 Irrigation Districts Act amendments ... 751 Municipal Government Act amendments ... 751-52 Workers' Compensation Act amendments ... 752
Traffic Safety (Excessive Speeding Penalties) Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill 203)
Second reading ... 301-2 Penalty provisions ... 301-2 Section 5, addition of section 88.21, immediate roadside sanctions: stunting ... 301
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