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See Domestic violence: Integrated Threat and Risk Assessment Centre (I-TRAC);

See Tobacco industry: Provincial lawsuit, law firm selection, review of Ethics Commissioner's investigation;

See International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers;

See Child abuse: ICE (integrated child exploitation) team;

See Municipalities: Intermunicipal collaboration frameworks;

See Health cards;

See Lung diseases: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis;

See Municipalities: Intermunicipal development plans;

See Ministry of Human Services;

See Temporary foreign workers;

Children's access to health care See Health care: Access, children of immigrants
Employment opportunities ... Panda 2384
Health care See Health care: Culturally sensitive service provision
Mental health services See Mental health services: Culturally sensitive service provision
Recognition of professional credentials ... Panda 374; Sabir 374
Service provision following Fort McMurray and area evacuation ... McCuaig-Boyd 817; Panda 817

Vegreville centre closure ... Gray 1565-66; Littlewood 1565

See Ministry of Labour;

See Ministry of Human Services;

Education and awareness initiatives ... Pitt 1846; Turner 1793
Health care professional reporting of adverse events ... Barnes 1794; Cyr 1943; Orr 1797; Starke 1844; Swann 1797; Turner 1793
Laws and legislation See Public Health Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 28)

Health ministry access to personal information ... Barnes 1794; Cooper 1795-96; Rodney 1794; Turner 1793
Health ministry access to personal information, laws and legislation See Public Health Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 28)
Health ministry access to personal information, privacy issues ... Cooper 1846; Eggen 1846; Hoffman 1942; Loewen 1942-43; Pitt 1847

Driving under the influence of cannabis ... Cooper 1010-11; Ganley 1011, 1773; Goehring 1773; Mason 1011
Ignition interlock programs ... McIver 1074; van Dijken 1072
Laws and legislation See Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 16)
Prevention strategies ... Mason 1067-68

Access to services ... Carson 192; Sabir 112; Swann 111-12
Employment insurance, federal program See Employment insurance program (federal)
General remarks ... Schreiner 206
Learner income support ... Pitt 175-76; Sabir 175-76

See Assured income for the severely handicapped;

Child tax benefit ... Sabir 1238; Shepherd 1238
Family employment tax credit ... Kazim 189; Speech from the Throne 2
Increase ... Ceci 148; McIver 148
Personal dividend tax credit rate ... Fildebrandt 673; Swann 695
Prepaid taxes ... McIver 147-48
Revenue ... McIver 147-48
Tax rate ... Ceci 2107; Cyr 1635; Gotfried 2051; Jean 2051; Luff 1635; McIver 2107; Notley 2051

Provincial legislation harmonization with ... Fildebrandt 673; McIver 691, 1042

See Fiscal Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 10);

See Act to Ensure Independent Environmental Monitoring, An (Bill 18);

See Opposition caucuses;

See Private schools;

See Alberta Electric System Operator;

See Farm produce: Trade agreement with Punjab, India;

See Aboriginal children's education;

See Aboriginal peoples;

See Aboriginal consultation;

See Act to Provide for the Repatriation of Indigenous Peoples' Sacred Ceremonial Objects, An (Bill 22);

See Postsecondary students: Aboriginal students;

See Ministry of Indigenous Relations;

See Environmental monitoring: Indigenous Wisdom Advisory Panel;

See Aboriginal women;

Child and Youth Advocate's report on suicide See Suicide: Child and Youth Advocate's report on aboriginal youth
Leadership programs See Ghost River Rediscovery Society

See Workplace health and safety;

Members' statements ... McKitrick 705-6

See Property tax;

See Workplace health and safety;

See Child protective services;

See Personal information;

See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 23);

Legislative Offices committee report recommending reappointment of Jill Clayton presented ... Shepherd 1872
Reappointment of Jill Clayton (Government Motion 30: carried) ... Cooper 2586; Ganley 2586; Mason 2586

Interim supply estimates 2016-2017 vote ... Chair 94
Main estimates 2016-2017 vote ... Chair 949
Main estimates 2016-2017 vote, division ... 949-50

Commissioner's access to government records ... Cooper 2066; Hoffman 2032; Nixon 2032
FOIP requests to Justice ministry ... Cooper 2064; Nixon 1694-95; Notley 1695

See Ministry of Service Alberta;

See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Information requests under act, costs and fees;

See Health information: Clinical information systems;

See Student information (secondary): Provincial approach to student information (PASI);

[See also Government buildings; Roads; Schools; ]
Facility condition ... McIver 1099
Leased properties ... Mason 2055; Panda 2055

See Municipal sustainability initiative;

See Capital projects;

Deferred maintenance ... Gill 2337; Mason 2337; McIver 1027, 1099; Schneider 63

See Ministry of Infrastructure;

See Capital plan;

See Capital projects;

See Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General: Injecting a Sense of Urgency (report);

Member's personal and family history ... Loewen 219; MacIntyre 218-20, 1840-41
Overview ... Loewen 219; MacIntyre 217-18

See Small business: Business incubators;

See Alberta Research and Innovation Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 11);

See Ministry of Advanced Education;

See Alberta Enterprise Corporation; Alberta Innovates;

See Pine beetle control;

Amendments, laws and legislation See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 23), Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2016 (No. 2) (Bill 33)

See Agriculture Financial Services Corporation;

Public- vs. private-sector delivery ... Piquette 500-501; Strankman 501

See Domestic violence: Integrated Threat and Risk Assessment Centre (I-TRAC);

See Persons with developmental disabilities program;

See Petrochemicals diversification program: New project approvals;

General remarks ... Jansen 836; Sabir 836

See Kingsland Terrace continuing care centre;

[See also Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2016 (Bill 2); ]
Consideration for three hours on March 10, 2016 (Government Motion 8: carried) ... Bilous 10; Mason 10
Estimates debate ... Barnes 65-66; Bilous 67, 72-73, 79; Ceci 59, 67-68, 70, 93; Clark 69-71, 76-77; Coolahan 77-78; Dang 78; Eggen 68-70, 75-76; Feehan 67; Fildebrandt 60-61; Gray 71-72; Hoffman 65-66, 77; Larivee 70-71, 73-75; Mason 62-64, 71, 76-77; McCuaig-Boyd 77-78; McIver 67-68, 75; Miller 71; Miranda 78; Panda 78-79; Payne 73; Phillips 93-94; Rosendahl 72; Schneider 63; Starke 66-67, 75-76, 93-94; Stier 73-75; Turner 73; van Dijken 93
Estimates debate procedure See Estimates of supply (government expenditures)
Estimates referred to Committee of Supply (Government Motion 7: carried) ... Bilous 10; Cooper 10; Mason 10
Estimates transmitted and tabled ... Ceci 9-10; Speaker, The 9
Estimates vote ... Chair 94-96

125th anniversary, members' statements ... Carson 1693

Ministerial statement See Ministerial Statements (current session): Violence against women and girls

See International trade;

See Alberta government offices;

Ethiopia, Rainbow for the Future project ... Pitt 208; van Dijken 208
Member's experiences ... McKitrick 46

Agriculture and Forestry minister's trade mission to China and South Korea ... Anderson, S. 1720; Carlier 1566, 1893; Drysdale 1893; Larivee 1720-21; Strankman 1566
Economic Development and Trade minister's trade mission to China and South Korea ... Bilous 391-92; Drysdale 392; Woollard 391
Foreign trade zones (FTZs) ... Bilous 466-67; Gotfried 466
Investment attraction ... Ceci 835; Gotfried 835
Market development ... Ceci 835; Gotfried 835
Memorandum of understanding with Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce ... Bilous 391; Woollard 391
Trade agreement with Punjab, India See Farm produce: Trade agreement with Punjab, India
Trade agreements ... Hoffman 515; Stier 515
Trade agreements with China ... Carlier 1893; Drysdale 1893
Trade agreements with South Korea ... Carlier 1893; Drysdale 1893
Trade agreements with United States ... Hoffman 1813; Jean 1813-14
Trade with Asia ... Bilous 2182-83; Cortes-Vargas 2182-83
Trade with United States See Meat: United States mandatory country of origin labelling, Ports-to-Plains Alliance

General remarks ... Carson 190; Drever 237; Speaker, The 4; Speech from the Throne 1
Members' statements ... Sweet 37

See Pulse crops;

Rural services ... McPherson 331; Strankman 332

See Bullying;

See Introduction of Guests (procedure): First introduction via live online streaming;

Trade agreements ... Bilous 339; Hoffman 515; Jean 339; Stier 515

Invasive aquatic species ... Loewen 1616

First introduction via live online streaming ... McCuaig-Boyd 557; Speaker, The 558

... Aheer 26, 436, 589, 2176; Anderson, S. 807, 1001, 1052, 1083, 1229, 1374, 1443, 1647, 1715-16, 1980; Anderson, W. 81, 458; Babcock 738, 1299, 1648, 1861, 2399; Barnes 705, 738, 859, 1443, 1927, 2050, 2251; Bilous 557, 705, 761, 791, 803, 910, 1001, 1083, 1300, 1373, 1443, 1649, 1861, 2104, 2175, 2249; Carlier 157, 605, 653, 737, 791, 1141, 2103, 2175; Carson 435-36, 1230, 1691, 1811, 1862, 1884, 1979, 2250, 2495, 2573; Ceci 1061, 1980, 2267, 2495; Clark 26, 267-68, 338, 436, 458, 689, 1142, 1299, 1597, 1648, 2025, 2176, 2495; Connolly 953, 1229; Coolahan 457, 807, 1052, 1208, 1374, 1463, 1822, 2251; Cooper 225, 268, 762, 827, 860, 889, 1230, 1691, 1927-28, 2495; Cortes-Vargas 953, 1597, 1691-92, 1764, 2025-26, 2049; Cyr 435, 654, 1001, 1141, 2103; Dach 26, 108, 267, 292, 557, 738, 910, 1142, 1648, 1927, 2268; Dang 267, 436, 859-60, 1443, 1463-64, 1647, 2496; Drever 386, 654, 1229, 2250; Drysdale 170, 1208; Eggen 81, 385-86, 1083, 1597, 1979-80; Ellis 457, 762, 875, 910, 2104; Feehan 791, 909, 953, 1051, 1300, 1691, 1763, 1863, 2049, 2495; Fildebrandt 81, 225, 268, 293, 807, 875, 953, 1557, 1928, 2176; Fitzpatrick 458, 508, 642-43, 807-8, 1051, 1862, 2250, 2329; Fraser 1928; Ganley 107, 1594, 1883, 2269; Gill 507, 1299, 1373, 1443, 1861, 1928; Goehring 293, 605, 890, 1084, 1208, 1691, 1861, 1927, 2103; Gray 169, 337, 507, 860, 875, 1084, 1229, 1884; Hanson 82, 737, 909, 1647, 1691, 2176, 2251; Hinkley 457-58, 1763, 1811, 1980, 2025; Hoffman 82, 293, 605, 654, 890, 1001, 1051, 1142, 1207-8, 1321, 1648, 1811, 1883-84, 2103, 2249, 2268, 2329, 2473, 2573; Horne 107, 169, 225, 1715, 1927; Hunter 26, 385, 1160; Jabbour 267, 281, 337, 558, 737, 1051, 1299, 1444, 1463, 1597, 1691, 1927, 2249, 2267-68; Jansen 1464; Kazim 81, 664, 807, 1141-42, 1940, 2269, 2474; Kleinsteuber 268, 621-22, 1142, 1648-49; Larivee 225, 337, 910, 1299, 1560, 1648; Littlewood 169, 268, 589, 910, 1649, 1979; Loewen 82-83, 588, 889, 1716, 1884; Loyola 82, 292, 737-38, 860, 875, 889-90, 1299-1300, 1862, 1883-84, 2050; Luff 1207, 1861, 2176, 2269; MacIntyre 292, 589, 1861; Malkinson 225, 667, 1648, 2175, 2474; Mason 81, 337-38, 458, 508, 737, 1051, 1373, 1443-44, 1463, 1644, 1715, 1883, 2061, 2175-76, 2473; McCuaig-Boyd 458, 557, 1051-52, 1207, 2399; McIver 293, 558, 762, 783, 1560, 1647-48, 1764, 1861, 2103, 2269-70, 2496; McKitrick 107, 267-68, 386, 457-58, 508, 653, 705, 807, 890, 1692, 1980, 2025, 2049, 2474; McLean 889, 1444, 1631, 2049, 2400, 2474; McPherson 2025; Miller 827, 860, 1884; Miranda 435, 654, 889, 909-10, 1373, 1763; Nielsen 82, 107-8, 170, 268, 337, 386, 587, 762, 791, 953, 964, 1374, 1648, 1811, 2049, 2104, 2175, 2268, 2329; Nixon 169-70, 225, 588, 803, 860, 890, 910, 998, 1407, 1457, 2025, 2268, 2495-96; Notley 737, 889, 1553, 1715, 1763; Orr 557, 587-88, 654, 1374, 2251; Panda 588, 1002, 1928, 2474; Payne 435, 507, 761-62, 1648, 2104; Phillips 81, 267, 386, 436, 457, 642, 654, 803, 1001, 1083-84, 1093, 1142, 1811, 2269, 2474; Piquette 508, 859, 889, 909, 1208, 1229, 1443, 1715, 2250, 2399; Pitt 605, 705, 1691, 1862, 2176, 2251, 2399; Renaud 457, 653, 827, 890, 953, 1229, 1811, 2025, 2050, 2104, 2250-51, 2431, 2473-74, 2496; Rodney 762, 1557, 2049-50; Rosendahl 1691, 2269; Sabir 385, 507-8, 909, 1597, 1927, 1980, 2269, 2399, 2495; Schmidt 267, 337, 385, 860, 910, 1141, 1560, 1715, 1763, 1811, 1862, 1883, 2249-50, 2474; Schneider 1046, 1051, 1373, 2251; Schreiner 540, 1585, 2175; Shepherd 82, 107, 654, 875, 1560, 1597, 2049, 2175, 2268-69, 2474; Sigurdson 25, 281, 385, 507, 587, 738, 761, 1142, 1928, 2049; Smith 268, 385, 557, 783, 1084, 1862, 2103; Speaker, The 827, 1463, 1554, 1691, 1811, 2249; Starke 267, 737, 807, 1979, 2399, 2573; Stier 81; Strankman 588, 1083, 1230, 1649; Sucha 26, 338, 436, 587, 910; Swann 82, 108, 436, 558, 589, 606, 654, 705, 738, 827, 1373, 1763, 1980, 2250, 2268, 2329, 2473; Sweet 26, 293, 827, 859, 1084, 1763, 2399, 2473; Taylor 385, 588-89, 827, 859, 890-91, 1207, 1444; Turner 791, 890, 1229, 1299, 1715, 1764, 1862, 2104, 2267, 2269; van Dijken 588, 807, 953, 1001, 1084; Westhead 225, 1811, 2268; Woollard 26, 338, 654, 2175, 2250; Yao 953, 1002, 1052, 1208, 2251

Ambassador from the Ukraine, the executive of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Alberta Provincial Council, former Speaker Gene Zwozdesky ... Bilous 1647
Ambassador of Mexico and party ... Bilous 1861
Consul general of Switzerland ... Bilous 2473
Consul general of the Federal Republic of Germany and party ... Bilous 653
Consul general of the Turkey and Edmonton honorary consul general ... Eggen 2025
Consul general of the United Kingdom ... Bilous 2249
Delegates from international diplomatic outreach mission ... McLean 25
Dignitaries from Guyana ... Feehan 1979
Family of former MLA Douglas Clifford Cherry ... Speaker, The 1559
Family of former MLA Dr. Ian Wilson Carlyle Reid ... Speaker, The 25
Family of former MLA Halvar Jonson ... Speaker, The 2267
Family of former MLA Malcolm Glen Clegg ... Speaker, The 1083
Family of former MLA Ralph Andrew Jespersen ... Speaker, The 1559
Family of former Premier Donald Ross Getty ... Speaker, The 25
Family of new Clerk of the Assembly ... Jabbour 291
Former British Columbia cabinet minister and Member of Parliament Ian Waddell ... Mason 1141
Former MLA for Bonnyville-Cold Lake Denis Ducharme ... Ellis 457
Former MLA for Bonnyville-Cold Lake Genia Leskiw ... Jansen 653
Former MLA for Edmonton-Glenora Heather Klimchuk ... Jansen 653
Former MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona Barrie Chivers and party ... Mason 435
Former MLA for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Mike Allen and Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo PC Association vice-president ... McIver 875
Former MLA for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake Luke Ouellette ... Drysdale 1141
Former MLA for Whitecourt-Ste. Anne George VanderBurg ... Ellis 587
Former Speaker Gene Zwozdesky ... Bilous 1647; Speaker, The 1647
Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo wildfire responders ... Notley 1559-60
Grand Chief of Treaty 6 Tony Alexis and party ... Feehan 791
High commissioner for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and colleague ... Schmidt 859
Kids with Cancer Society and Kids Cancer Care Foundation of Alberta representatives ... McIver 1647
Lawyer attending hearings on drywall tariff Ryan MacIsaac ... Gray 2473
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Mrs. Sobia Shahid and party ... Sabir 1463
Mr. Speaker's MLA for a Day participants ... Jabbour 761; Speaker, The 761
MP for Bow River Martin Shields ... Fildebrandt 169
MP for Edmonton Centre Randy Boissonnault ... Hoffman 169
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne ... Notley 1207
Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP Steve Clark and deputy leader on the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ... McIver 169
Royal Commonwealth Society members ... Speaker, The 107
Toronto city councillor Joe Mihevc ... Ceci 491
Ukrainian ambassador to Canada ... Bilous 1647
Ukrainian Canadian Congress Alberta Provincial Council executive ... Bilous 1647

First reading ... Bilous 1774
Second reading ... Babcock 1879-80; Bilous 1873-74; Clark 1875; Cooper 1880-81; Fildebrandt 1875-77; Gotfried 1877-79; Hanson 1922-23; Hunter 1992-93; Loewen 1923-24; MacIntyre 1924-26; McPherson 1879; Nixon 1925-26; Panda 1874; Shepherd 1993-94; Sucha 1877; Turner 1993-94
Committee ... Babcock 2171; Bilous 2161-62, 2164, 2170, 2172, 2174, 2210-11, 2213-15, 2217-18; Clark 2160-61, 2163, 2165-66, 2173, 2209-10; Cooper 2172, 2174, 2215, 2217; Cyr 2163-64, 2170, 2172-73, 2211-12; Gotfried 2170-72, 2210-14, 2216-17; Kazim 2166-68; McIver 2214; McKitrick 2208-9; McPherson 2158-59, 2169-70, 2172; Orr 2164; Panda 2159-60, 2164, 2166, 2172-74, 2213; Shepherd 2215-16; Smith 2157-58, 2162-63; Starke 2164-65; Swann 2173; Taylor 2168-69
Committee, amendment A1 (requirements for registration, section 35) (Panda: defeated) ... Bilous 2161-62, 2164; Clark 2160-61, 2163, 2165-66; Cyr 2163-64; Orr 2164; Panda 2160, 2164, 2166; Smith 2162-63; Starke 2164-65
Committee, amendment A1 (requirements for registration, section 35) (Panda: defeated), division ... 2166
Committee, amendment A2 (tax credit program registration criteria) (Gotfried: carried) ... Bilous 2170; Chair 2171; Cyr 2170; Gotfried 2170
Committee, amendment A3 (capital investment tax credit program approval timeline) (Gotfried: carried) ... Babcock 2171; Bilous 2172; Gotfried 2171-72
Committee, amendment A4 (tax credit program review by Auditor General) (Panda: defeated) ... Cooper 2172; Cyr 2172-73; McPherson 2172; Panda 2172
Committee, amendment A5 (annual report) (Clark: defeated) ... Bilous 2174; Clark 2173; Cooper 2174; Panda 2173-74; Swann 2173
Committee, amendment A5 (annual report) (Clark: defeated), division ... 2174
Committee, amendment A6 (businesses with fewer than 100 employees) (Clark: carried) ... Bilous 2210; Clark 2209-10
Committee, amendment A7 (notice of refusal) (Gotfried: carried) ... Bilous 2210-11; Gotfried 2210-11
Committee, amendment A8 (Alberta investor tax credit program scope) (Gotfried: defeated) ... Gotfried 2212-13
Committee, amendment A9 (limitation on prosecution) (Panda: defeated) ... Panda 2213
Committee, amendment A10 (capital investment tax credit program scope) (Gotfried: defeated) ... Bilous 2213-14; Gotfried 2213; McIver 2214
Committee, amendment A11 (annual report) (Gotfried: defeated) ... Bilous 2214-15; Cooper 2215; Gotfried 2214
Committee, amendment A11 (annual report) (Gotfried: defeated), division ... 2215
Committee, amendment A12 (program review) (Gotfried: defeated) ... Bilous 2217; Gotfried 2216-17
Third reading ... Babcock 2244-46; Bilous 2241-42, 2265; Clark 2246-47; Gotfried 2264; Hanson 2246; McIver 2264-65; Orr 2263-64; Panda 2243-44; Strankman 2244-45; Swann 2242-43; van Dijken 2247, 2262-63
Royal Assent ... 9 December 2016 (outside of House sitting)
Ministerial discretion under act ... Hunter 1993
Part 1, investor tax credits See Taxation: Alberta investor tax credit
Part 2, capital investment tax credits See Corporate taxation: Capital investment tax credit
Section 11, equity capital issues ... Cyr 2211-12

See International trade;

CEDCs See Community economic development corporations

See Affordable housing: Federal-provincial agreement;

See Corporations; Economic development; Small business;

See Securities Amendment Act, 2016 (Bill 6);

See Alberta Investment Management Corporation;

See Child protective services: Implementation oversight committee;

See Lung diseases: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis;

New school ... Mason 836; Taylor 836

[See also Special areas: Water supply project; ]
General remarks ... Carlier 324; Strankman 324

See Rabi al-Awwal (Muslim observance); Sha'ban (Islamic month);

See Alberta Electric System Operator;

See Office of the Premier: Issues management unit;

See Legislative Assembly of Alberta: Italian remarks;

[See also Aboriginal communities; ]
Consultation on Springbank reservoir project See Flood damage mitigation: Springbank reservoir project, stakeholder consultation
Flood damage mitigation projects ... Phillips 2112; Westhead 2112
Members' statements ... Westhead 558