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See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures);

Mayo B hydroelectric project ... Jean RS25

See Information and Privacy Commissioner's office;

See Health care;

See Health information;

See Ministry of Indigenous Relations;

Protective services See Child protective services

Métis credible assertion process ... Arcand-Paul RS32; Wilson RS28, 33

Funding, 2024-2025 ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS37

[See also Aboriginal communities; East Prairie Métis settlement; ]
Police services, funding ... Arcand-Paul RS33
Property insurance ... Wilson RS37

Protocol agreement with province ... Arcand-Paul RS32, 39

See North American free trade agreement (NAFTA);

Auditor General's recommendations ... Al-Guneid RS147; Schulz RS147-48
Reclamation liabilities ... Al-Guneid RS147; Schulz RS147
Review ... Al-Guneid RS9, 147; Jean RS10; Schulz RS147
Security deposit requirements ... Al-Guneid RS148; Makowecki RS148; Schulz RS147-48
Security deposits ... Al-Guneid RS9

See Ministry of Energy and Minerals;

Critical minerals ... Jean RS5-6
Industry growth ... Al-Guneid RS24; Jean RS24
Policy development ... Al-Guneid RS24; Jean RS24

Funding, 2024-2025 ... Al-Guneid RS23-24

Coal See Coal mines and mining

Business plan, 2024-2027 ... Al-Guneid RS186; Johnson RS193-94; McDougall RS196
Business plan, 2024-2027, outcome 1 on information and support to make cost of living more affordable ... Al-Guneid RS199-200; Hunter RS200; Johnson RS192; Neudorf RS184; Sinclair RS203
Business plan, 2024-2027, outcome 2 on supporting an affordable, safe, and reliable utility system ... Al-Guneid RS185, 187-88, 190; Kasawski RS197, 204; Neudorf RS184, 197; Sinclair RS203
Climate change expense See Electric power plants: Coal phase-out agreements
Consumer education and awareness, funding ... Al-Guneid RS200; Neudorf RS200
Expense, 2024-2025 ... Neudorf RS184
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate ... Al-Guneid RS184-92, 199-200; Buffin RS194; Chair RS183, 204; Doyle RS193, 199-200; Dyck RS198-99; Grant RS190; Hunter RS200-201; Johnson RS192-94; Kasawski RS197-98, 201-4; McDougall RS194-96; Neudorf RS183-204; Sinclair RS196, 203-4
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate, repetition, points of order on debate ... Chair RS187; Hunter RS187; Phillips RS187
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate ... Al-Guneid RS446-48, 456-60; Buffin RS456; Chair RS439, 443, 445, 458, 460; Cyr RS457-58; Doyle RS453; Dyck RS443, 448-51, 460; Engen RS447-48, 456; Haji RS441-45, 451-54; Hunt RS454; Hunter RS452-53, 458, 460; Irwin RS443, 445; James RS441, 459; Kjelland RS442; Neudorf RS439-61; Schmidt RS458, 460; Stephan RS445, 455
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate, relevance, points of order on debate ... Chair RS443, 445, 458, 460; Dyck RS443; Hunter RS458, 460; Irwin RS443, 445; Schmidt RS458, 460; Stephan RS445
Mandate and role ... Neudorf RS183-84
Revenue, 2024-2025 ... Neudorf RS184

Capital grants ... Horner RS83; Phillips RS83

Business plan, 2024-2027 ... Al-Guneid RS7, 9, 21, 23; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS20; Dyck RS16; Hunter RS22; Johnson RS14; Kaumeyer RS13; McDougall RS17; Sinclair RS25
Capital grants ... Horner RS83; Phillips RS83
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate ... Al-Guneid RS7, 9-10, 19, 21, 23-24; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS20; Chair RS5, 13, 26; Dyck RS16; Hunter RS22-23; Jean RS5-26; Johnson RS14-15; Kasawski RS11-13; Kaumeyer RS10-11, 13, 15, 18; McDougall RS17; Sinclair RS24-25
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate ... Acting Chair (Yao) RS371, 373-74, 378, 390; Al-Guneid RS373-76, 382-83, 385, 392; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS380-81; Boitchenko RS386-87; Cyr RS378, 389, 391; Elmeligi RS377-79, 390-91; Hunter RS373, 377-78, 380; Ip RS387-88; Jean RS371-72, 374-77, 379-92; Kayande RS374, 378, 390; Lunty RS382, 384, 390
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate, relevance, points of order on debate ... Acting Chair (Yao) RS374, 378, 390; Hunter RS373, 378; Kayande RS374, 378, 390; Lunty RS390
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate, repetition, points of order on debate ... Acting Chair (Yao) RS378; Cyr RS378; Kayande RS378
Mandate and role ... Hunter RS22; Jean RS5-6
Ministry name change ... Jean RS5
Operational expenses, 2024-2025 ... Jean RS6
Premier's mandate letter ... Al-Guneid RS24; Jean RS6

Business plan, 2024-2027 ... Al-Guneid RS152
Business plan, 2024-2027, outcome 1 on environment and ecosystem health and integrity ... Elmeligi RS137, 141-42; Hunter RS144-46; Schulz RS136-37
Business plan, 2024-2027, outcome 2 on sustainable economic development ... Al-Guneid RS147; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS154; Dyck RS151, 156; McDougall RS148; Schulz RS136
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate ... Al-Guneid RS147-48, 152-53; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS153-54; Chair RS135, 147, 157; Davis RS141, 144, 146; Dyck RS150-52, 155-56; Elmeligi RS137-44, 154-55; Hunter RS144-46; Kayande RS149-50; Makowecki RS143-44, 148; McDougall RS148-49; Rich RS150; Schulz RS135-57; Sinclair RS146-47
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate ... Al-Guneid RS312-14, 322-23; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS318-19; Boitchenko RS323-24; Calahoo Stonehouse RS317-18; Chair RS305, 313; Davis RS309, 316, 320-21; Dyck RS321-22, 326; Elmeligi RS307-12, 319-21, 324-26; Horton RS313, 320; Hunter RS313-16; McDonald RS323; Rich RS317; Schmidt RS313; Schulz RS305-26; Yao RS316-17
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate, repetition, points of order on debate ... Chair RS313; Hunter RS313; Schmidt RS313
Mandate and role ... Elmeligi RS137; Schulz RS135
Operational expenses, 2024-2025 ... Schulz RS136
Premier's mandate letter ... Schulz RS142
Red tape reduction ... Dyck RS150-51; Schulz RS151
Strategic partnerships, funding ... Hunter RS144-45; Schulz RS144-45

Business plan, 2024-2027 ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS130; Elmeligi RS119, 131; Hunter RS121, 132; Sinclair RS124; Sweet RS113, 116
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS129-30; Chair RS111, 123, 125, 133; Dyck RS127-28; Elmeligi RS116-20, 128-32; Grossman RS117; Hunter RS120-21, 132; Kayande RS123-24; Loewen RS111-33; Lux RS126-27; Marchand RS115; McDougall RS121-22; Sinclair RS124-25; Sweet RS113-16, 125-26
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS367-68; Boitchenko RS358-60; Calahoo Stonehouse RS351-55, 360-61, 368-69; Chair RS349; Dyck RS361-62; Elmeligi RS355-57, 365-66; Hunter RS369-70; Loewen RS349-55, 357-70; Lux RS360; Sweet RS363-64; Yao RS364-65
Minister's international travel ... Elmeligi RS128; Loewen RS128
Red tape reduction ... Hunter RS132; Loewen RS132

Annual report 2022-2023 ... Arcand-Paul RS29, 32-33
Business plan, 2024-2027 ... Arcand-Paul RS30, 32-35, 47; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS37; Hunter RS46; Sinclair RS37-38; Wilson RS39
Communications ... Wilson RS46-47
Federal transfers, 2024-2025 ... Arcand-Paul RS30, 42-43; Wilson RS38
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate ... Arcand-Paul RS29-35, 39-40, 42-45, 47; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS37; Chair RS27, 49; Dyck RS41; Hunter RS46; Kwas RS36, 46; Sinclair RS37-38, 43-44, 48; Wilson RS27-31, 33-49; Young RS36, 43, 48
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate, repetition, points of order on debate ... Chair RS42; Schmidt RS42; Sinclair RS42
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate ... Arcand-Paul RS261-65, 271, 273-74, 276; Armstrong-Homeniuk RS277-80; Calahoo Stonehouse RS266-67, 278-79; Chair RS259; Djurfors RS275; Dyck RS268-69; Hunter RS275; Kwas RS278; Midbo RS279; Wilson RS259-63, 265-80; Yao RS269, 272-73; Young RS268, 272, 278, 280
Operational expenses, 2024-2025 ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS37; Wilson RS27-28, 38
Premier's mandate letter ... Wilson RS36
Red tape reduction ... Hunter RS46; Wilson RS46-47
Revenue, premiums, fees, and licences ... Arcand-Paul RS29
Staff, Aboriginal ... Arcand-Paul RS47; Wilson RS48-49
Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... Arcand-Paul RS47; Wilson RS47

Assessment services, capital funding ... Bayne RS162-63; Kasawski RS162-63; McIver RS163
Business plan, 2024-2027 ... Hunter RS177-78; Ip RS174; Johnson RS169-70, 176; Kasawski RS167-68; McIver RS160-61; Sinclair RS174
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate ... Bayne RS162-63, 166, 177-78, 180; Bennett RS164-65; Chair RS159, 182; Cox RS165, 178; Dyck RS172-73; Hunter RS177-78; Ip RS174-75; Johnson RS169-71, 176-77; Kasawski RS161-69; Kayande RS181; McDougall RS179-80; McIver RS159-82; Sandberg RS168; Siddiqui RS165; Sinclair RS173-74; Sweet RS178-79
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS295-96; Bayne RS285-87, 290; Boitchenko RS292-94, 303-4; Ceci RS299-300; Chair RS281, 288; Cox RS293-94, 299; Dyck RS300-301; Hunter RS288, 298-99; Kasawski RS283-90, 302-3; McIver RS281-304; Miyashiro RS296-98; Siddiqui RS284, 290-91; Sweet RS288, 290-91, 294-95; Yao RS291-92
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate, relevance, points of order on debate ... Chair RS288; Hunter RS288; Sweet RS288
Municipal policy and engagement, funding ... Kasawski RS168; Sandberg RS168
Premier's mandate letter ... Dyck RS172; McIver RS167
Red tape reduction ... Dyck RS172; McIver RS172

Presentation on Personal Information Protection Act ... Al-Guneid RS230; Chair RS227; Dyck RS229, 231-32; Eggen RS231; Faulkner RS227-32; Giel RS229, 231; Hunter RS230
Technical briefing on Personal Information Protection Act See Personal Information Protection Act: Technical briefing by Information and Privacy Commissioner and Technology and Innovation ministry

Business plan, 2024-2027 ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS153; Dach RS99-100; Johnson RS103-5; Sinclair RS110
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS106; Chair RS95, 108, 110; Dach RS97-103, 108-9; Dreeshen RS95-110; Dyck RS107; Hunter RS106-7; Johnson RS103-5; McDougall RS107-8; Sinclair RS106, 110
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate, relevance, points of order on debate ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS109; Chair RS98, 109-10; Dyck RS98; Schmidt RS98, 109
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS336-37, 347-48; Boitchenko RS337-38, 345-46; Boparai RS333-34; Chair RS327, 346; Dach RS329-31, 334-36, 339-47; Dreeshen RS327-48; Dyck RS340-41; Ganley RS331-33; Yao RS342-43, 346
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate, relevance, points of order on debate ... Chair RS346; Dach RS346; Yao RS346
Premier's mandate letter ... Dreeshen RS103

Business plan, 2024-2027 ... Horner RS52; Johnson RS60-61
Fiscal plan See Fiscal plan 2024-2027 (government of Alberta)
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS62-64, 76-79, 88-89; Chair RS51, 68, 71, 73, 84, 93; Dyck RS69-70, 83-84; Horner RS51-70, 73-92; Hunter RS74-75, 86-87; Johnson RS60-61; Langill RS59-60; Lebane RS67, 69; McCormack RS55; McDougall RS65-66, 79-80, 90-91; Merriman RS53, 76, 78; Phillips RS53-60, 64-69, 71, 73-76, 78-93; Sinclair RS67-68, 81-82
Main estimates 2024-2025 debate, relevance, points of order on debate ... Chair RS56-58; Getson RS58; Hunter RS56; Schmidt RS56-58; Sinclair RS57
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate ... Armstrong-Homeniuk RS409-10; Boitchenko RS411-12, 414, 419; Bouchard RS419-20; Calahoo Stonehouse RS426-27; Caltagirone RS426-27; Chair RS393, 413-15; Dyck RS403-4, 416-18, 430-31, 435-36; Ellingson RS395-99, 402-3, 408-14, 428-34, 436-37; Eremenko RS405-7; Haji RS415-16, 418-19; Horner RS393-437; Hunter RS413-14, 424-25; Johnson RS421-22; Kayande RS420-21, 423-24; Langill RS423-24; McDougall RS427-28; Merriman RS418, 434; Pancholi RS400-402, 414; White RS402, 406; Yao RS404-5, 407-8, 432-33
Main estimates 2025-2026 debate, relevance, points of order on debate ... Chair RS414; Hunter RS413-14; Pancholi RS414
Premier's mandate letter ... Horner RS56; Phillips RS56
Red tape reduction ... Horner RS61; Johnson RS61

See Premier's Council on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit Plus People;

Recorded vote procedure ... Chair RS2
Recorded votes See Motions (committee), recorded votes

Committee meeting, April 25, 2024, committee to amend proposed agenda (Schmidt: defeated) ... RS205-6
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that government monitor consideration of federal Bill C-27 and take steps to ensure that PIPA continues to be substantially similar to federal private-sector personal information privacy legislation (Dyck: carried) ... RS253
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that government take steps to ensure that the act's requirements to protect personal information are comparable or better than other jurisdictions' (Dyck: carried) ... RS254
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that government take steps to improve alignment of all provincial privacy legislation (Dyck: carried) ... RS255
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to authorize the Information and Privacy Commissioner to impose administrative penalties and to provide for a mechanism to appeal penalties (Eggen: carried) ... RS253
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that (a) the act be amended to clarify the definition of commercial activity in respect of NPOs and (b) government develop guidelines for NPOs on the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information for noncommercial activities (Dyck: carried) ... RS255
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to define "significant harm" in respect of loss or unauthorized access or disclosure of personal information (Dyck: carried) ... RS256
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to enhance protections for children's personal information (Al-Guneid: defeated) ... RS252-53
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to ensure that administrative penalties are the same or higher than those of other jurisdictions' legislation (Dyck: carried) ... RS255-56
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to include comprehensive provisions regarding deidentification and anonymization of personal information (Sweet/Calahoo Stonehouse: carried) ... RS254-55
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to more clearly define forms of consent for collection, use, and disclosure of information (Dyck: carried) ... RS255
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to provide specific requirements for the collection, use, and disclosure of the personal information of a minor (Dyck: carried) ... RS252
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to require an organization to contractually bind a third-party service provider to comply with the requirements of the act in respect of personal information in its custody or control (Dyck: carried) ... RS257
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee recommendation that the act be amended to require organizations to notify individuals about decisions made using automated processing systems (Dyck: carried) ... RS256
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to accept all written submissions received by June 4, 2024 (Dyck: carried) ... RS224
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to approve draft stakeholder list as distributed (Hunter: carried) ... RS218
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to approve proposed communications plan as distributed (Hunter: carried) ... RS219
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to direct LAO to draft a no-cost communications plan and news release to invite public written submissions (Hunter: carried) ... RS4
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to direct LAO to prepare a document identifying emerging issues related to PIPA, including issues related to federal Bill C-27 (Hunter: carried) ... RS4
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to direct LAO to prepare a summary of issues and proposals identified in written submissions and oral presentations (Dyck: carried) ... RS249-50
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to direct LAO to prepare a summary of written submissions received (Hunter: carried) ... RS219
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to direct LAO to prepare crossjurisdictional analysis of select jurisdictions on their privacy protection legislation (Dyck: carried) ... RS4
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to direct LAO to prepare draft final report and authorize the chair to approve the report (Sinclair: carried) ... RS257
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to direct LAO to prepare draft stakeholder list and to refer draft list to subcommittee on committee business (Boitchenko: carried) ... RS3-4
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to (a) invite a committee member from each caucus to submit a list of up to three individuals or organizations to make oral presentations and (b) invite the identified individuals or organizations to present at an upcoming meeting (Schmidt: carried) ... RS225
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to invite Information and Privacy Commissioner to make an oral presentation at an upcoming meeting (Eggen: carried) ... RS225
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to invite officials from Technology and Innovation ministry and Information and Privacy Commissioner's office to provide technical assistance as required and attend meetings when requested (McDougall: carried) ... RS3
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to invite officials from Technology and Innovation ministry and Information and Privacy Commissioner's office to provide technical briefings (McDougall: carried) ... RS3
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to invite written submissions from identified stakeholders and the public with a submission deadline of May 31, 2024, and direct LAO to make emerging issues document publicly available and attach it to written submissions invitation (Hunter: carried) ... RS219
Personal Information Protection Act review, committee to make all written submissions accepted available on Assembly website with some redactions (Dyck: carried) ... RS224-25
Provincial pension plan proposal, committee to undertake inquiry into government's policy development and consultation (Schmidt: defeated) ... RS220-21
Remote participation in meetings for the 31st Legislature (Dyck: carried unanimously) ... RS1
Subcommittee on committee business establishment (Armstrong-Homeniuk: carried) ... RS2

Committee meeting, April 25, 2024, meeting, committee to amend proposed agenda (Schmidt: defeated) ... RS206
Procedure See Motions (procedure): Recorded vote procedure
Provincial pension plan proposal, committee to undertake inquiry into government's policy development and consultation (Schmidt: defeated) ... RS221

No. 9, committee referral for Personal Information Protection Act (Schow: carried) See Personal Information Protection Act review: Referral to Resource Stewardship Committee

2023 claims ratios ... Horner RS53-54; Phillips RS53-54
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... Horner RS87; Phillips RS87
Insurers' partnerships with repair shops, consumer protection ... Horner RS88-89; Phillips RS87, 89
No-fault insurance ... Horner RS87; Phillips RS87
Regulatory reform, public consultation ... Horner RS87-88; Phillips RS88
Regulatory reform, timeline ... Horner RS88; Phillips RS88
Regulatory reform, Wyman and Nous Group reports ... Horner RS87; Phillips RS87

Electric vehicles See Electric vehicles
Insurance See Motor vehicle insurance
Licences See Drivers' licences
Safety See Traffic safety

See Pine beetle control;

See Metis Settlements General Council;

See Local government fiscal framework;

See Ministry of Municipal Affairs;

Debt financing, provincial participation ... Kasawski RS166; McIver RS166
Debt limit extensions ... McIver RS167
Debt repayment ... Kasawski RS166; McIver RS166
Funding for inflation and population growth ... Cox RS165; Kasawski RS165; Kayande RS181; McIver RS165, 181
Funding for police services See Police
Funding framework See Local government fiscal framework
Grants in place of taxes (GIPOT), funding ... Ip RS175; Johnson RS176; McIver RS160, 175-76
Infrastructure support ... Ip RS175; Johnson RS171; McIver RS171, 175
Levies See Community revitalization levy program
Property taxes See Property tax
Provincial loans, interest rate ... Horner RS80; Kasawski RS165; McIver RS165; Phillips RS79-80
Revenue from renewable energy projects ... Al-Guneid RS188; Neudorf RS188
Transportation grants, 2024-2025 ... Dreeshen RS96

General remarks ... McIver RS171-72

See Local government fiscal framework;

Agreements with federal government, provincial request for information ... Kasawski RS167-68; McIver RS167-68
Business attraction ... McIver RS169
Infrastructure deficit ... Ip RS175; McIver RS175
Infrastructure needs, heritage communities ... Johnson RS171; McIver RS171
Insolvencies ... Kasawski RS166; McIver RS166
Intermunicipal collaboration frameworks ... Kasawski RS168; McIver RS168

Invasive species control ... Hunter RS145; Schulz RS145