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A lb e rta H an sard page and issue num ber inform ation (26th Leg. / 3rd Sess. 2007)
Issue No. D ate Pages
1 (Throne Speech) ...... M arch 7 aft ...... 1 -5 2 ...... M arch 8 aft ...... 7-37 3 ...... M arch 12 aft ...... 39-66 4 ...... M arch 12 eve ...... 67-81 4 (Suppl .Est. 2006-07 no.2) ..... M arch 13 aft...... 83-117 5 (Interim Est. 2007-08) ...... M arch 14 aft ...... 119-52 6 (Interim Est. 2007-08) ...... M arch 15 aft ...... 153-84 7 ...... M arch 19 aft ...... 185-218 8 ...... M arch 20 aft ...... 219-52 9 ...... M arch 21 aft ...... 253-86 10 ...... M arch 22 aft ...... 287-320 [Constituency week] 11...... April 2 aft ...... 321-57 12...... April 3 aft ...... 359-95 13...... April 4 aft ...... 397-430 14...... April 5 aft ...... 431-63 15...... April 10 aft ...... 465-98 16...... April 11 aft ...... 499-532 17...... April 12 aft ...... 533-60 18...... April 16 aft ...... 561-94 19...... April 17 aft ...... 595-631 20...... April 18 aft ...... 633-66 21 (Budget Address) ...... April 19 aft ...... 667-84 [Constituency week] 22...... April 30 aft ...... 685-719 23...... M ay 1 aft ...... 721-57 24 (Main Est. 2007-08 start) .... M ay 2 aft ...... 759-96 25...... M ay 3 aft ...... 797-830 26...... M ay 7 aft ...... 831-65 27...... M ay 8 aft ...... 867-900 28...... M ay 8 eve ...... 901-20 28...... M ay 9 aft ...... 921-57 29 (All-night sitting) ...... M ay 9 eve ...... 959-1044 29...... M ay 10 aft ...... 1045-70 30...... M ay 14 aft ...... 1071-1107 31...... M ay 14 eve ...... 1109-26 31...... M ay 15 aft ...... 1127-58 32...... M ay 15 eve ...... 1159-77 32...... M ay 16 aft ...... 1179-1213 33...... M ay 16 eve ...... 1215-33 33...... M ay 17 aft ...... 1235-67 [Constituency week] 34...... M ay 28 aft ...... 1269-1303 35...... M ay 28 eve ...... 1305-26 35...... M ay 29 aft ...... 1327-61 36...... M ay 29 eve ...... 1363-82
206 2007 Hansard Subject Index
36...... M ay 30 aft ...... 1383-1415 37...... M ay 30 eve ...... 1417-35 37...... M ay 31 aft ...... 1437-73 38...... June 4 aft ...... 1475-1511 39...... June 4 eve ...... 1513-30 39...... June 5 aft ...... 1531-61 40...... June 5 eve ...... 1563-77 40...... June 6 aft...... 1579-1609 41...... June 7 aft ...... 1611-46 42...... June 11 aft ...... 1647-80 43...... June 12 aft...... 1681-1716 44...... June 13 aft ...... 1717-51 45 (Sum m er recess) ...... June 14 aft ...... 1753-78
...... Spring sittings: 45 days; 11 evenings
46...... Nov. 5 aft...... 1779-1813 47 ...... Nov. 6 aft ...... 1815-48 48...... Nov. 7 aft ...... 1849-83 49...... Nov. 8 aft...... 1885-1918 50 ...... Nov. 13 aft ...... 1919-52 51 ...... Nov. 14 aft ...... 1953-88 52...... Nov. 15 aft...... 1989-2022 53 ...... Nov. 19 aft ...... 2023-58 54 ...... Nov. 20 aft ...... 2059-95 55...... Nov. 21 aft...... 2097-2131 56 (Suppl. Supply 2007-08) ...... Nov. 22 aft ...... 2133-68 57...... Nov. 26 aft...... 2169-2205 58 ...... Nov. 27 aft ...... 2207-43 59 ...... Nov. 28 aft ...... 2245-77 60...... Nov. 29 aft...... 2279-2315 61 ...... Dec. 3 aft ...... 2317-51 62 ...... Dec. 3 eve ...... 2353-76 62...... Dec. 4 aft...... 2377-2410 63 (All-night sitting) ...... Dec. 4 eve...... 2411-2517
...... Fall sittings: 17 days; 2 evenings
...... Total: 62 days; 13 evening 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 207
Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) (Continued) Agricultural Operation Practices Act Dept. of Education Confined feeding operations provisions ... 603 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1565–66 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Dept. of Finance Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation at ... 929 solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 647 Alberta Medical Association Disabled children–Education–Finance Amended agreement re fees ... 89 Coding system re ... 1566 Amended agreement re fees: Clinical stabilization Dollar, Canadian initiative in ... 89 Impact on Alberta budget ... 1538–39 Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Edmonton's Food Bank Foundation Plant a Row Grow a Row program ... 1532 Funding for ... 49 Education–Finance Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, Red Deer General remarks ... 874, 1565 Inductees, member's statement re ... 1477–78 Education–Finance–Rural areas Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) General remarks ... 1566 Second reading ... 2079, 2092 Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Leadership campaign contributions provisions Second Reading ... 1702 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1297–98 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) 2) (Bill 56) Committee ... 655 Second reading ... 2261 Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Broughton, Wyatt Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Member's statement re ... 1683 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance du fait Budget franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Second Reading ... 347–48 disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 647 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1800–02 1538 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Budget debate (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, 2007 Motion 17: Oberg ... 736–37, 746 (Bill 205) Canada Winter Games, Whitehorse (March 2007) Second Reading ... 586–87 Member's statement re ... 49 Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 29) Capital projects–Rural areas First Reading ... 468 Funding for ... 2175–76 Second Reading ... 1396, 1527 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Committee ... 1529 207) Third Reading ... 1710 Second Reading ... 1089 Responses to questions re (SP598/07: Tabled) ... Second Reading: Amendment to refer Bill to 1658 Community Services standing committee ... 1395 Farm implements Class size (Grade school) Leasing of, legislation re (Bill 29) ... 468 Reduction of, funding for ... 1565 Fish management–Pigeon Lake Reduction of, in rural areas ... 1566 General remarks ... 765 Climate Change and Emissions Management Food banks Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) General remarks ... 1532 Committee: Amendment A5 (SP221/07: Tabled) ... Footner Forest Products Ltd. 526 High Level mill closure ... 2324 Committee: Amendment A6 (SP222/07: Tabled) ... Foreign workers, Temporary 526 Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Collective bargaining–Teachers 1507 Impact of education funding on ... 874 Forest industries Committee on Community Services, Standing Competitiveness/sustainability ... 2324 Referral of Bill 31, Mental Health Amendment Act, Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) 2007, to (Motion 24: Hancock ) ... 1473 Second Reading ... 1491–92 Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Government programs Committee: Amendment A2 (SP990/07: Tabled) ... Cutbacks to, re increased value of Canadian dollar ... 2277 1538 Contaminated sites H. W. Pickup junior high school Cleanup of ... 163 Construction of ... 1566 Curling championships Historic sites Provincial men's championship winners (Kevin General remarks ... 1237 Martin team) ... 20–21 Holy Trinity high school, Drayton Valley Construction of ... 1566 208 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) (Continued) Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) (Continued) Housing authorities, Nonprofit Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Report, municipal taxation recommendation ... 1186 ... 2052–53 Municipal finance Immigration Provincial funding for ... 1764 Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Municipal sustainability initiative 509: Agnihotri) ... 1507 Funding from ... 1764 International Museum Day Museums Member's statement re ... 1237 Member's statement re ... 1237 Land agents National Hunger Awareness Day Choice of, by landowners ... 929 Member's statement re ... 1532 Land agents–Fees Natural Resources Conservation Board General remarks ... 929 Dairy farm application, Calmar/Devon area ... 603 Land Agents Licensing Act Natural resources revenue Changes to ... 929 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Land-use framework debate on legislation re ... 1800–02 General remarks ... 1962 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... Landlords, Small-scale 1538 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Off-highway vehicles ... 2052–53 Damage done by ... 1688–89 Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) Designated areas for ... 1962 Second Reading ... 526–27, 528 Oil–Export–United States Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Increase in value of due to rise in Canadian dollar ... Buffer zone to locate away from water bodies, 1538 petition presented re ... 564, 603, 799 Oral Question Period (2007) Calmar/Devon dairy farm location ... 603 Contaminated sites cleanup ... 163 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Fishery management at Pigeon Lake ... 765 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP771/07: Tabled) ... Forest products industry sustainability ... 2324 1988 Land agents ... 929 Medical profession–Fees Large agricultural operations near waterways ... 603 Amended agreement re ... 89 Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 1764 Amended agreement re: Clinical stabilization Municipal taxation ... 1186, 1190 initiative in ... 89 Off-highway vehicle restrictions ... 1962 Medical profession–Rural areas Off-highway vehicle use ... 1688–89 Impact of amended fee agreement on recruitment to Physician supply ... 89 ... 89 Rural Alberta development fund ... 471 Medical profession–Supply Rural Alberta's development fund ... 2175–76 General remarks ... 89 School board deficits ... 874 Members' Statements (2007) Staffing of human services agencies ... 1788 2007 Canada Winter Games ... 49 Strength of Canadian dollar ... 1538–39 International Museum Day ... 1237 Trade, investment, and labour mobility agreement ... National Hunger Awareness Day ... 1532 364–65 Provincial men's curling championship ... 20–21 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Sports Hall of Fame and Museum inductees ... Confined feeding operations, buffer zone from water 1477–78 bodies ... 564, 799 Wyatt Broughton ... 1683 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Walleye restocking in Pigeon Lake (SP1034/07) ... First Reading ... 598 2329 Second Reading ... 747, 1070 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Second Reading: Referral to Community Services Second Reading ... 1499–1500 committee (Motion 24: Hancock) ... 1473 Point of Order Third reading ... 2497–98, 2507 Allegations against a member ... 1063 Mental health services Division bell interval ... 2414 Legislation re (Bill 31) ... 598 Factual accuracy ... 1395 Mentally disabled Insulting language ... 2079 Community treatment orders for, legislation re (Bill Interrupting a member ... 1696 31) ... 598 Question and comment period ... 2074 Community treatment orders for, legislation re (Bill Referring to a member by name ... 1298 31), referred to Community Services committee Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) (Motion 24: Hancock) ... 1473 Committee ... 522–23 Involuntary admission of, legislation re (Bill 31) ... Committee: Amendment A1 (SP223/07: Tabled) ... 598 526 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 209
Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) (Continued) Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) (Continued) Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) (Continued) Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Committee: Amendment A2 (SP224/07: Tabled) ... (Continued) 526 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP404/07: Tabled) ... Political parties 1041 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Committee: Amendment A3 (SP405/07: Tabled) ... (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1297–98 1041 Privilege Committee: Amendment A4 (SP406/07: Tabled) ... Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... 647 1041 Property tax Committee: Amendment A5 (SP407/07: Tabled) ... Affect of new municipal taxes on ... 1186 1041 Property tax–Education levy Committee: Amendment A6 (SP409/07: Tabled) ... Nonprofit organizations/campus residences 1041 exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2052–53 Committee: Amendment A6, subamendment A1 Public lands (SP408/07: Tabled) ... 1041 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1688–89 Thorsby elementary school Public lands–Indian Graves area Replacement of ... 1566 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1688–89 Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) Rural Alberta's Development Fund Committee: Amendment A1 (SP989/07: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 471, 2175–76 2277 School boards Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Deficit financing ... 874 (Alberta /British Columbia) Surpluses, access to ... 874 Alberta legislation re ... 364–65 Schoolchildren–Transportation General remarks ... 365 Funding for ... 1566 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... Schools–Construction–Drayton Valley-Calmar 364–65 constituency Training standards recognition under ... 1566 General remarks ... 1566 Walleye fishing–Pigeon Lake Social services agencies (Non-profit) General remarks ... 765 Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 1788 Motion from public meeting, petition tabled re Speech from the Throne (SP1034/07) ... 2329 Debate ... 143–44, 152 Weyerhaeuser Company Sports Drayton Valley mill closure ... 2324 Provincial support for ... 49 Whitefish fishing–Pigeon Lake Strikes and lockouts–Teachers General remarks ... 765 Impact of education funding on ... 874 Ady, Cindy (PC, Calgary-Shaw) Student housing Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to ... 2052–53 Calgary, hearing re ... 195 Tank site remediation program (2006) Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) General remarks ... 163 Construction of, hearings re ... 195 Target investment program (Municipal funding) Construction of, impact on affected landowners ... General remarks ... 1764 195 Taxation, Municipal Excellence in Teaching Awards Recommendations of the Council on Municipal 2007 awards winners, member's statement re ... 399 Sustainability on ... 1186 Health sciences personnel–Education Taxation, Provincial Programs for ... 17, 161–62 Increase in, to offset increased value of Canadian Health sciences personnel–Supply dollar ... 1539 General remarks ... 161–62 Teachers Health workforce planning Mobility of ... 1566 General remarks ... 17 Removal of ... 1565–66 Hospitals–Calgary Retention of, role of unfunded pension liability in ... New south Calgary hospital ... 17, 161 1566 Hudec, Jan Suggestions re unfunded pension liability ... 1565 General remarks ... 2177 Teachers' Pension Plan Medical profession–Education Unfunded liability ... 1565–66 General remarks ... 17 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as Members' Statements (2007) amended: Flaherty) ... 356 Excellence in Teaching awards ... 399 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Project neuroArm surgical robot ... 1046–47 Second Reading ... 962 Mount Royal College Committee: Amendment A1 (SP403/07: Tabled ) ... General remarks ... 1618 1041 210 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Ady, Cindy (PC, Calgary-Shaw) (Continued) Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Nurses–Education Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) General remarks ... 17, 161–62 General remarks ... 1955 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary Alberta touism potential re ... 2177 Wild Rose Foundation grants to ... 805, 1439, 1472 Oral Question Period (2007) Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Electricity line between Edmonton and Calgary ... Committee ... 1736–37 195 Third Reading ... 1768–69 Health care workforce supply ... 161–62 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 17 20) Mount Royal College ... 1618 Second Reading ... 235–37 School construction and renovation ... 1052 Arts Secondary suites ... 675 Alberta Liberal policy for ... 1467 Tourism promotion ... 2177 General remarks ... 1469 Passport requirements, Canadian Provincial support for ... 672, 1467 Impact on tourism ... 2177 Arts–Finance Personal directives Endowment fund for ... 1467 Legislation re (Bill 40) ... 1272 General remarks ... 1466–67, 1725, 2383–84 Personal directives–Registry Arts festival, Provincial General remarks ... 1272 Creation of ... 2383 Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) Auditor General First Reading ... 1272 Community facility enhancement program grants Third reading ... 2479 comments ... 571, 1472 Personal Information Protection Act Review Committee, Community initiatives program comments ... 1472 Select Special Other initiatives program criteria, report on ... 1439 Report presented (SP760/07: Tabled) ... 1956 Provincial parks' privatization, cost-effectiveness of, Project neuroArm (Surgical robot) comments re ... 1468 Member's statement re ... 1046–47 Resource royalty system comments ... 1887 Rental housing Because We Care (Safeway charitable donation Secondary suites ... 675 campaign) School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) General remarks ... 121 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Book publishing Second Reading ... 1096–97 Provincial support for ... 1725 Schools–Construction Canada Safeway Ltd. General remarks ... 1052 Charitable donations, member's statement re ... 121 Public/private projects re ... 1052 Capital projects Teachers Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1887 Member's statement re ... 399 Central Alberta Refugee Effort Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Newletter (SP735/07: Tabled) ... 1896 Third Reading ... 1065 Chief Electoral Officer Tourism–Marketing Ballot irregularities during 2004 provincial election General remarks ... 2177 reported to ... 1600 Tourists, American Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) Numbers of ... 2177 Second Reading ... 168 World Cup competitions–Lake Louise Class size (Grade school) Impact on tourism ... 2177 Reduction of, funding for ... 1255 Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Climate Change and Emissions Management Alberta–Economic policy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Alternate policy report re (Taming the Tempest) Second Reading ... 311–12 (SP626/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Coal-bed methane extraction–Rumsey ecological area Alberta film and television awards General remarks ... 92 Program from (SP292/07: Tabled) ... 697 Community facility enhancement program Alberta Foundation for the Arts General remarks ... 1927 Alberta Liberal policy for ... 1467 Grant applications process ... 571, 805, 1439, 1472 Budget increase ... 1466, 1467, 1725 Community initiatives program Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission General remarks ... 1927 Employment of underage musicians in licensed Grants awarded ... 1472 premises, approval of ... 1468 Grants awarded without matching funds ... 365, 438, Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund 696, 805–06, 1134–35, 1439 Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1887 Grants awarded without matching funds, point of Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... order re ... 371 592–93 Community schools–Edmonton-Ellerslie constituency Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Petitions presented re ... 1922 Staffing ... 1472 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 211
Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Committee ... 2241 Leadership campaign contributions provisions Conservation offset (Public lands) (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1298–99 General remarks ... 2213 Elections, Provincial Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Fixed dates for ... 174 Second Reading ... 198–99 Electric power–Prices Continuing/extended care facilities General remarks ... 174 Multicultural provisions in ... 2069–70 Ellerslie elementary school Crime prevention Upgrading of ... 2286 General remarks ... 173 Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Crime prevention–Edmonton Second Reading ... 552–53 Impact of low funding on ... 1538 Second Reading ... 552–53 Cultural policy Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) General remarks ... 1467 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 sur Culture les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance du fait General remarks ... 1469 franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Daycare centres–Finance Second Reading ... 579, 583 General remarks ... 174 Energy industry Dept. of arts, culture, and heritage (Proposed) Activity in protected areas ... 92, 228 General remarks ... 2384 Energy strategy Dept. of Education Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1254–55 863–64 Dept. of Energy Environmental Protection and Enhancement Royalty revenue collection, management of ... 1887 (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Dept. of Environment 2007) (Bill 205) Budget adequacy ... 695 Second Reading ... 587 Dept. of Finance Ethics Commissioner Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP Ballot irregularities during 2004 provincial election grants ... 365 reported to ... 1600 Dept. of Health and Wellness Executive Council Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1600–01, grants ... 365 1605–06 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Falun Gong–China Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP Harvesting organs from, member's statement re ... grants ... 365 48–49 Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture Film development grant program "Culture" as last element in the dept.'s name ... 1469 Increase in funding for ... 1468 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 174 Film industry Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1466–69, Funding for ... 1468, 1725, 2383 1471–72 Tax incentives for ... 2383 Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee Food banks (Blue books) Impact of rent increases on usage of ... 1336 General remarks ... 1606 Foreign workers, Temporary Disabled children–Education–Finance Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Coding system re ... 1255 1504–05, 1510–11 General remarks ... 1255 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Diversification CIP program information request under ... 365 General remarks ... 1725 Requests under ... 1606 Domestic violence–Prevention Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Member's statement re ... 186–87 Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006) Economic development and the environment General remarks ... 1605–06, 1955 General remarks ... 92 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Edmonton (Repeal of Ministerial Briefing Exemption) Named cultural capital of Canada ... 2383 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 218) Edmonton Police Service First reading ... 1888 Funding for ... 1538 Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Increase in number of divisions, impact of on service Second Reading ... 1291–92 levels ... 1538 Gas, Natural–Prices Education–Finance General remarks ... 174 General remarks ... 1254 Government agencies, boards, and commissions Election ballots (2004 election) PC party members on ... 1955 Irregularities in ... 1600 212 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Government appointments Land-use framework Guidelines for ... 1240 General remarks ... 2213–14 PC party supporters' appointments ... 1189, 1240 Landlords, Small-scale Government information Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Access to ... 1605–06 ... 2053–54 Government of Alberta Legal aid Website, posting of major community facilities grant Letter re (SP61/07: Tabled) ... 86 recipients on ... 1927 Licensed premises Government openness Employment of underage musicians in ... 1468 General remarks ... 672, 805, 1240, 1606 Lobbyists–Registration Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill School board trustees ... 1254 38) Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Committee ... 2459–60 Second Reading ... 303–04 Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Committee ... 2221, 2224 Act, 2007 (Bill 48) Third reading ... 2469–70 Committee ... 2455–56 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 hospitals) (No.2) (Bill 50) Multicultural provisions in ... 2069–70 Second reading ... 2226–27 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) hospitals)–South-east Edmonton Second reading ... 2337–38 Multicultural provisions in, petition presented re ... High Island natural area 1922 Webcam installation in, impact of ... 510 Lottery Fund Homeless Grants awarded from, member's statement re ... 1439 Letter re (SP886/07: Tabled) ... 2100 Website information re ... 1471–72, 1606 Programs for, investment of new royalty revenues Major community facilities program into ... 1887 General remarks ... 695–96, 805, 1467, 1927 Horse breeding Posting of recipients of, on government website ... Lottery funding for ... 1468 1927 Horse racing Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Lottery funding for ... 1468 Former MLA's government contract ... 1189 Housing authorities, Nonprofit Meals on Wheels Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Donations to, from Canada Safeway ... 121 ... 2053–54 Medical care–Finance Humanities General remarks ... 173 Endowment fund for ... 1467 Members' apologies to the House Immigrants General remarks ... 397 Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 69–70 Members' Statements (2007) Immigrants–Housing Canada Safeway charitable donations ... 121 General remarks ... 1336 Ethics in government ... 1955 Immigration Live organ harvesting ... 48–49 Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Lottery grants ... 1439 509: Agnihotri) ... 1504–05, 1510–11 Multiple sclerosis ... 1047 Income tax, Provincial Parks and protected areas ... 1756 Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Racial discrimination ... 256 592–93 Royalty revenues ... 1887 Insurance, Automobile Vaisakhi 2007 ... 535–36 Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and Violence against women ... 186–87, 2247 suffering): Cap on, letter re (SP53/07: Tabled) ... 51 Members' withdrawal of remarks Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Question re CIP grant payments ... 371, 397 2007-08 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Estimates debated ... 173–74 Second Reading ... 753–54 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Ministers (Provincial government) Discrimination Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 1605–06, 1955 Member's statement re ... 256 Briefing books, confidentiality of: Legislation re (Bill Labour force planning 218) ... 1888 Housing component ... 1336 Number of ... 1606 Labour laws and legislation Multiple sclerosis Letters re (SP885, 923, 938, 957, 992, 1058, 1086/07: Member's statement re ... 1047 Tabled) ... 2100, 2145, 2180, 2210, 2291, 2330, Munnky Krunchers (Fund-raising group) 2391 Member's statement re ... 1047 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 213
Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Natural areas Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Industrial development in ... 92 Committee ... 520–21 Natural resources revenue Political ethics Collection of appropriate amount of: Auditor Member's statement re ... 1955 General's comments re ... 1887 Political influence Collection of appropriate amount of: Member's CIP granting process ... 365 statement re ... 1887 General remarks ... 1606 Office of the Premier Political parties Premier's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to grants ... 365 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1298–99 Premier's role ... 1606 Private schools–Finance Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) General remarks ... 1255 Alberta potential ambassador/co-ordinator to (Mark Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Norris) ... 1189, 1240 7) Oral Question Period (2007) Third reading ... 1933–34 Arts funding ... 1725, 2383–84 Property tax Community facility enhancement program ... 571 Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Community grant programs ... 1927 592–93 Community initiatives program ... 365, 438, 805–06, Property tax–Education levy 1134–35 Nonprofit organizations/campus residences Cultural diversity in seniors' care ... 2069–70 exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2053–54 Government appointments ... 1240 Protected areas High Island natural area webcams ... 510 Conservation of, member's statement re ... 1756 Land-use development framework ... 2213–14 Industrial development in ... 228 Major community facilities program ... 695–96 Public lands Oil and gas activity in Rumsey natural area ... 92 Industrial activity on ... 2213–14 Police services ... 1538 Public safety (From criminal activity) Provincial Olympic co-ordinator ... 1189 General remarks ... 1538 Provincial parks and protected areas ... 228 Public service–Alberta Renter assistance ... 1336, 1618–19 Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Royal Alberta Museum renovations ... 672 Cao) ... 69–70 School construction in Edmonton-Ellerslie ... Quality of life 2285–86 General remarks ... 92 Temporary rent regulation ... 837, 877–78 Race discrimination–Prevention Tourism industry ... 1056 Member's statement re ... 256 Organ harvesting–China Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) From Falun Gong members, member's statement re ... Second reading ... 1936–37 48–49 Committee ... 1947–48 Other initiatives program (Lottery funds) Third reading ... 2476 Auditor General's recommendation re ... 1439 Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Parks, Provincial 213) Conservation of ... 228, 2213 Second reading ... 2037–38 Conservation of, member's statement re ... 1756 Rent control Funding for: Nominal sum disposals projects ... 1467 General remarks ... 837, 1336, 1955 Maintenance upgrades for ... 1467 Rent increases New park designations ... 1467 Assistance programs re ... 1618–19 Policy review of ... 92 General remarks ... 837, 877–78, 1955 Private operators' contracts, Auditor General's Impact on disabled ... 878 recommendation re ... 1468 Impact on seniors ... 877–78, 1618–19 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Letters re (SP318, 341, 364, 393/07: Tabled) ... 732, Community schools in Edmonton-Ellerslie area ... 800, 842, 924 1922 Rental properties–Safety aspects Multicultural long-term care facility for south-east Legislative requirement for, letter re (SP74/07: Edmonton ... 1922 Tabled) ... 156 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Residential Tenancies Act Second Reading ... 1496–97 Rental property safety requirement addition, letter re Point of Order (SP74/07: Tabled) ... 156 Reflections on members ... 371 River valleys–Alberta Police Provincial funding for ... 1467 Neighbourhood patrols ... 1538 Royal Alberta Museum Police–Finance Renovations ... 672, 1469 General remarks ... 1538 214 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Royalty Review Panel Tax incentives (Continued) Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1887 592–93 Rumsey natural area Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Industrial activity in ... 92 Second Reading ... 961–62, 967–68 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Committee ... 985–86, 1001, 1022, 1037 Committee ... 2047 Letter re (SP393/07: Tabled) ... 924 Third reading ... 2334–35 Tourism School boards General remarks ... 174, 1056, 1756 Funding ... 1254 Leitch report on ... 1056, 1468 Surpluses, access to ... 1254 Policy for ... 1469 School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Tourism, Agricultural Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) General remarks ... 1469 Second Reading ... 1283–84 Travel Alberta School trustees Governance structure, changes to ... 1468–69 Registration as lobbyists ... 1254 Tuition fees Schoolchildren–Transportation General remarks ... 173 General remarks ... 1255 Vaisakhi Day (Sikh celebration) Schools–Construction Statement re ... 535–36 Funding for ... 173 Violence against women Schools–Construction–Edmonton-Ellerslie constituency Member's statement re ... 2247 General remarks ... 1254, 2285–86 Wages–Teachers Schools–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 1254 Funding for ... 173, 1254–55 Wild Rose Foundation Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for ... 805, Third Reading ... 548–49 1439, 1472 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Wildlife conservation Impact on water quality ... 1659 General remarks ... 228, 1756 Impact on water quality, letter re (SP584/07: Tabled) Workers' Compensation Board ... 1591 General remarks ... 174 Seismic activity–Utikuma Lake area Young offenders Environmental impact of, letters re (SP605-606/07: Letter re conviction of (SP94/07: Tabled) ... 231 Tabled) ... 1659 Amery, Moe (PC, Calgary-East) Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Third Reading ... 845 22) Smoking–Prevention Committee: Amendment A2 (SP273/07: Tabled) ... Legislation re, letter re (SP54/07: Tabled) ... 51 662 Social housing Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill General remarks ... 1606 19) Social sciences–Research Committee: Amendment A1 (SP274/07: Tabled) ... Endowment funding for ... 1467 662 Speech from the Throne Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Debate ... 183–84 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 2070 Sports General remarks ... 2070 Plan for ... 1467 Rent costs assistance for recipients of ... 2070 Provincial support for ... 1467 Calgary Immigrant Aid Society Sports facilities–Finance General remarks ... 186 General remarks ... 1467 Disaster relief Student housing Flooding in central and southern Alberta ... 1653–54 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Floods–Central/southern Alberta ... 2053–54 Disaster relief re ... 1653–54 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Homeless–Housing Detox/residential services re, letter re (SP164/07: Funding for ... 1056 Tabled) ... 361 Immigrants of Distinction Awards Surplus, Budgetary Member's statement re ... 186 Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with Members' Statements (2007) (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 592–93 2007 Winter Special Olympics ... 49 Task forces, Government Immigrants of distinction awards ... 186 Cost of ... 1606 Oral Question Period (2007) Tax incentives Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... Film/TV production companies ... 2383 2070 Disaster services ... 1653–54 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 215
Amery, Moe (PC, Calgary-East) (Continued) Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Rent supplement programs ... 1056 Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Secondary suites ... 644 Artists Property tax–Education levy Article re (SP431/07: Tabled) ... 1074 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 713 Apartment fire, Fort McMurray Rent increases Impact of, emergency debate re ... 648 Assistance programs re ... 1056 Apprenticeship training Impact on AISH recipients ... 1056 Aboriginal people ... 673, 1209 Impact on seniors ... 1056 General remarks ... 1208 Rental housing Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Secondary suites ... 644 20) Social housing Second Reading ... 234–35 Funding for ... 1056 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11) 2) (Bill 56) Committee ... 2267 Second reading ... 2265 Tornado–Stony Plain area, 2007 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Disaster relief re ... 1653–54 Benefits increase for ... 1205 Winter Special Olympics, Calgary (March 2007) Auditor General Members' statement re ... 49 Continuing care facility management investigation Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1205 previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) Bees Aboriginal businesses Die-off of ... 1443 General remarks ... 673 Bees–Import–United States Aboriginal Consulting Services Association of Alberta General remarks ... 1443 Family violence program pamphlet (SP946/07: Bitumen Tabled) ... 2210 Upgrading in southern Alberta ... 1638 Aboriginal peoples Bitumen pipelines General remarks ... 1756 General remarks ... 1638 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Board Governance Review Task Force Industrial Heartland projects ... 2175 General remarks ... 1608 Aboriginal role models Brain Injury Awareness Week General remarks ... 673 General remarks ... 1534 Aga Khan Development Network Budget debate Member's statement re ... 1238 Motion 17: Oberg ... 745–46 Alberta–Economic policy Bullying–Prevention Impact on other provinces ... 1241 General remarks ... 1205 Alberta Building Trades Council Canada–Economic conditions Press release re union labour for CNRL Horizon Impact of Alberta economic growth on ... 1241 project (SP525/07: Tabled) ... 1386 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Alberta Connects (Government information initiative) Pamphlet on affordable housing (SP977/07: Tabled) General remarks ... 1608 ... 2249 Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing Programs from fundraisers for (SP718-719/07: Pamphlet from (SP609/07: Tabled) ... 1659 Tabled) ... 1852 Canadian Federation of Independent Business Alberta Diabetes Institute Documents in support of Bill 213, Regulatory Official opening, program from (SP762/07: Tabled) Accountability and Transparency Act (SP672, ... 1965 846/07: Tabled) ... 1782, 2035 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Letter re proposed child care regulations (SP948/07: 22) Tabled) ... 2210 Committee ... 651, 653–54 Canadian Multiculturalism Day Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment General remarks ... 1756 Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001) Canadian Natural Resources Limited Proclamation of ... 259 Horizon project, union labour for, press release re Alberta Regulations (SP525/07: Tabled) ... 1386 Reduction of, legislation re (Bill 213) ... 1623 Canadian Women's Open (Golf tournament, Edmonton, Reduction of, petition presented re ... 1888 2007) Review of ... 1760 Souvenir program from (SP976/07: Tabled) ... 2249 Alberta seniors benefit program Canola industry General remarks ... 1205 Report on policy issues re (SP778/07: Tabled) ... Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) 2001 Second reading ... 2360 Capital Health Restaurant health inspection reports, posting of on Committee ... 2419 Internet ... 1228 216 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Catholic Social Services Dept. of Health and Wellness Annual report, 2006 (SP595/07: Tabled) ... 1624 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Children–Physical fitness 1227–28 Federal tax credits for ... 1228 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Citizenship documentation Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... For military children born overseas, letter re 1638–39 (SP335/07: Tabled) ... 772 Dept. of Natural Resources (Federal) City Farm Edmonton Website article about geothermal energy (SP385/07: General remarks ... 1211 Tabled) ... 879 Program from launch of (SP628/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Committee on Natural Resources, Standing (House of Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Commons) 1204–05, 1208–09, 1211 Report on oil sands development (SP1006/07: Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Tabled) ... 2292 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2165 Committees, Policy field (all-party) Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock ) ... 617 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Community health centres–Fort McMurray 1638–39 General remarks ... 1228 Diabetes–Research Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) General remarks ... 1965 Second Reading ... 1043 Disabled Committee ... 2274 Edmonton mayor's awards for services to, program Constitution Act, 2007 (SP534/07: Tabled) ... 1440 House of Commons seating formula change, Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) ministerial statement re ... 1991 Second Reading ... 1715 Construction Owners Association of Alberta Domestic violence Workplace Respect Hand Book (SP464/07: Tabled) Booklet re (SP925/07: Tabled) ... 2145 ... 1182 Domestic violence–Prevention Construction Sector Council Government programs re ... 1205 Graph of oil sands investment levels (SP470/07: East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) Tabled) ... 1247 Second reading ... 2236–37 Construction trades Economic growth–Edmonton area Employment levels: Impact of Industrial Heartland Impact of ... 125 projects on ... 2175 Edmonton Advisory Board on Services for Persons with Employment of foreign workers ... 2323 Disabilities Container terminal–Edmonton Mayor's awards presentation, program from Development of ... 403 (SP534/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Continuing/extended care facilities Edmonton Community Action Committee on Elder Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1205 Abuse Continuing/extended care facilities–Employees Pamphlets from (SP866/07: Tabled) ... 2063 Aboriginal staffing ... 1205 Edmonton Garrison Military Family Resource Centre CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Benefit for, program (SP361/07: Tabled) ... 842 Act (Bill Pr. 1) Edmonton-Manning (Constituency) Second Reading ... 1709 Awards dinner program (SP881/07: Tabled) ... 2100 Dams Edmonton Remand Centre General remarks ... 798 New facility for, petitions presented re location of ... Daycare centres 265 Five-point plan re ... 1205 Edmonton's Food Bank Dept. of Children's Services Annual report, 2006 (SP507/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Plant a Row Grow a Row pamphlet (SP508/07: 1204–05, 1208–09, 1211 Tabled) ... 1330 Dept. of Education Elder abuse Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Pamphlets re (SP866/07: Tabled) ... 2063 1204–05, 1208–09, 1211 Electronic health cards Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2165 General remarks ... 2028 Dept. of Energy Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray (not 1227–28, 1638–39 proceeded with) ... 648 Dept. of Environment Emergency planning Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Fort McMurray apartment fire, emergency debate re 1227–28, 1638–39 ... 648 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 217
Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Employment training programs Health employer innovation fund (Proposed) Aboriginal peoples ... 673 General remarks ... 1227–28 Energy industry Health Link Alberta Aboriginal opportunities in ... 673 Provision of restaurant health inspection reports via ... Energy resources, Alternate/renewable 1228 General remarks ... 803, 2291 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Member's statement re ... 798 41) Energy Solutions Alberta (Website) Third reading ... 2495–96 Geothermal energy in home construction article High school education–Curricula (SP524/07: Tabled) ... 1386 Vocational/trades courses ... 538–39, 1208–09 Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions High school graduates Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39) Numbers of: Transition to postsecondary education ... Second Reading ... 1528 1211 Equine industry Highway 28A General remarks ... 1608 Widening of ... 125 Training programs for ... 1211 Hip and knee surgery Executive Council Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 1228, 2028 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1608 Home care program Family Violence Prevention Month Funding increase for ... 1228 Proclamation of, program from (SP706/07: Tabled) ... Staffing shortages for ... 1228 1818 Staffing shortages for, letter re (SP432/07: Tabled) ... Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 29) 1074 Second Reading ... 1526 Homeless–Housing Foreign workers, Temporary Letter re (SP91/07: Tabled) ... 231 Death of, on the job ... 2322 House of Commons (Canada) Letter re (SP227/07: Tabled) ... 536 Additional members for Alberta, ministerial statement For steel manufacturing facility, Tofield ... 1051–52 re ... 1991 Treatment/safety of ... 2322–23 Immigration Treatment/safety of, news article re (SP1041/07: Provincial nominee program ... 2322–23 Tabled) ... 2329 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Foreign workers, Temporary–Taxation Construction aspects ... 2175 General remarks ... 1241 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 2175 Gambling Research Conference 2007 (Banff) Environmental impact of ... 2175 Documents from (SP258/07: Tabled) ... 598 Impact on water supplies ... 2175 Gas, Natural Regional impact of ... 125 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 798, Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth 803 Health Gas pipelines–Mackenzie Valley to Alberta Reports and strategic plan of (SP169-172/07: Tabled) General remarks ... 803 ... 362 Geothermal power Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area General remarks ... 1638–39 Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... Publications re (SP384-385, 524, 845/07: Tabled) ... 125 879, 1386, 2035 International Day of Disabled Persons Use as power source in oil sands production ... 803, Program from (SP1042/07: Tabled) ... 2330 2291 International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Use as power source in oil sands production, articles Injured on the Job re (SP350-353/07: Tabled) ... 800 Independent member's statement re (SP322/07: Use as power source in oil sands production, Tabled) ... 733 member's statement re ... 798 Ministerial statement re: Response to, by Alliance Gilliece, Father Bernie member and independent member denied ... 733 75th birthday party, program from (SP565/07: International trade–China Tabled) ... 1534 General remarks ... 403 Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against International Union of Operating Engineers Corruption Long-service awards program (SP937/07: Tabled) ... Webpage re (SP455/07: Tabled) ... 1130 2181 Government communications International WorldSkills Competition, Japan Performance measures re ... 1608 News article re (SP1070/07: Tabled) ... 2390 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Internet (Computer network) 38) Posting of restaurant inspection reports on ... 1228 Committee ... 2460–61 Investments, Foreign General remarks ... 1241 218 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) John D. Bracco junior high school Northern Lights Health Region (Continued) Storybook Love (play), program from (SP485/07: Funding for ... 1228 Tabled) ... 1272 Northern allowance for health staff ... 1228 KNM Corporation Northgate Choralaires Steel plant, Tofield: Foreign workers at ... 1051–52 Spring concert program (SP360/07: Tabled) ... 842 Labour mobility Norwest, Mr. Henry Louis (Veteran) General remarks ... 539 Website article re (SP739/07: Tabled) ... 1897 Labour Relations Board Nuclear power Report on ... 1608 Member's statement re ... 2291 Lang, Mr. Laurie Use as power source in oil sands production ... 798, Member's statement re ... 1992 1638 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Use as power source in oil sands production, reports Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of on (SP1005-1006/07: Tabled) ... 2292 business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Office of the Premier Orders re: Amendment to, and more (Motion 15: Congratulations to new Premier ... 10 Hancock) ... 616–17 Oil sands development Literacy Investment level in (SP470/07: Tabled) ... 1247 General remarks ... 1209, 2390 Use of natural gas supplies ... 798, 803 McIntyre Collegium Oral Question Period (2007) Paper on nuclear power plants for Alberta ... 2291 Aboriginal training and employment ... 673 Medical care Capital investment in Alberta ... 1241 Letter re (SP268/07: Tabled) ... 645 Electronic driver reporting and enforcement ... Medical care, Primary 1890–91 General remarks ... 1228 Health care accessibility ... 2028–29 Medical clinics Honeybee die-off ... 1443 Wait times in, penalties for ... 2029 Hydroelectric power ... 803 Members of Parliament Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... Additional Alberta members, ministerial statement re 2175 ... 1991 Industrial projects in Alberta's heartland area ... 125 Members' Statements (2007) Regulatory reform ... 1760 Aga Khan Development Network ... 1238 Steel fabrication plant in Tofield ... 1051–52 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 442–43 Support for seniors ... 1616–17 Geothermal power ... 798 Tax deductions ... 259 Laurie Lang ... 1992 Temporary foreign workers ... 2322–23 Mulitculturalism ... 1756 Trade route to Prince Rupert ... 403 Nuclear power ... 2291 Vocational education ... 538–39 Parliamentary democracy ... 155–56 Parliamentary democracy Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Member's statement re ... 155–56 Committee ... 2444–46 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Third reading ... 2504–05 New Edmonton Remand Centre location ... 265 Mental health research Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act Information package re (SP630/07: Tabled) ... 1729 (Bill 213), passage of ... 1888, 2034 Ministerial Statements (2007) Rent increase control ... 361, 502, 724, 762, 800 House of Commons seating formula ... 1991 Trial in adult court of accused killer of Joshua John Multiculturalsim Hunt (not in order to be presented) ... 122 Member's statement re ... 1756 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) National Aboriginal Day Trial in adult court of accused killer of Joshua John General remarks ... 1756 Hunt ... 22 North Edmonton Seniors Association Trial in adult court of accused killer of Joshua John Open house program (SP945/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Hunt (SP5, 62, 83, 92, 114, 139, 155, 173, 187, Northeast Edmonton Area Study 218, 228, 242/07) ... 25, 86, 188, 231, 266, 298, Recommendations (SP936/07: Tabled) ... 2181 332, 362, 409, 502, 536, 564 Northeast Zone Sports Council Trial in adult court of accused killer of Joshua John Awards banquet program (SP867/07: Tabled) ... 2063 Hunt (SP282, 707/07) ... 679, 1818 Northern Alberta Brain Injury Society Point of Order Dinner/fundraiser, program from (SP761/07: Tabled) Division bell interval ... 2414 ... 1965 Imputing motives ... 1449 Kick-off breakfast program (SP564/07: Tabled) ... Port of Prince Rupert 1534 Container terminal at, Alberta involvement in ... 403 Northern Lights Health Region Poverty Community clinics, Fort McMurray ... 1228 International assistance program re ... 1238 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 219
Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Preventive medical services Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment General remarks ... 1228 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Public Affairs Bureau Third reading ... 1973–74 Public opinion surveying ... 1608 Social housing Rail service–Edmonton to Prince Rupert CMHC pamphlet re (SP977/07: Tabled) ... 2249 Upgrading of ... 403 Unity Centre letters re (SP113, 185, 194, 201-202, Reading recovery program 217/07: Tabled) ... 266, 409, 444, 468, 502 Letter re (SP463/07: Tabled) ... 1182 Speech from the Throne Reinstatement of ... 1209 Debate ... 80–81 Regional health authorities Sports Funding ... 1227 Awards banquet re, program from (SP867/07: Tabled) Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) ... 2063 General remarks ... 538–39 Spousal abusers Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Community programs for ... 1205 213) Standing Orders First Reading ... 1623 Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the Second reading ... 1902–04, 2040–41 House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Hancock) CFIB documents in support of (SP672, 846/07: ... 616–17 Tabled) ... 1782, 2035 Steel fabrication plant, Tofield Petitions presented re ... 1888, 2034 Foreign workers employment at ... 1051–52 Rent control Storybook Love (Play) Articles re (SP418-419/07: Tabled) ... 1049 Program from school production of (SP485/07: Petitions presented re ... 361, 502, 724, 762, 800 Tabled) ... 1272 Rent increases Student testing Impact on AISH recipients ... 1205 Achievement tests: International standing of Alberta Impact on seniors ... 1617 students, news article re (SP1069/07: Tabled) ... Rental Market Report (CMHC) 2390 Alberta statistics (SP417/07: Tabled) ... 1049 Supplementary estimates Renters' tax credits Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2164–65 General remarks ... 1617 Tax incentives Restaurants–Inspections For labour-sponsored venture capital funds ... 259 Posting of reports on, on Internet ... 1228 For personal wellness activities ... 1228 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) For renters ... 1617 Second Reading ... 1671–72 For trades people's tools ... 259 Committee ... 2045–46 For volunteer coaches ... 259 School dropouts Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Aboriginal students ... 673 Third reading ... 2492 Schools–Construction Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Public/private projects re ... 2165 Second Reading ... 942–44 Schools–Maintenance and repair Committee ... 977 Funding for ... 2165 Tools Senate Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) Abolishment of ... 1991 ... 259 Reform of ... 1991 Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) Senior citizens Committee ... 2266 Government programs ... 1616–17 Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Involvement with children ... 1616 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Senior citizens–Housing Second Reading ... 1044, 1212 Sweat-equity credit system re ... 1617 Trades schools–Construction Seniors' Week 2007 General remarks ... 539 General remarks ... 1616 Transportation–Northeast Edmonton Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) General remarks ... 125 Second Reading ... 334–35 Troy, Father Michael Service sector 90th birthday/60th anniversary of ordination, program Training programs for ... 1211 from dinner for (SP777/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Shadow population (Non-ratepayers)–Northern Alberta Truck drivers Funding for health services for ... 1228 Driving records of, electronic ... 1890–91 Sheriffs Driving records of, electronic: Documentation re Replacement of commissionaires ... 2165 (SP740-741/07: Tabled) ... 1897 Small business Ukrainian Shumka Dancers Venture capital for, labour-sponsored, tax break re ... Red Boots, Ballet and Bubbly gala, program from 259 (SP746/07: Tabled) ... 1922 220 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Backs, Dan (Ind. effective November 20, 2006, Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) previously Liberal; Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Air quality–Industrial Heartland area Unity Centre of North East Edmonton General remarks ... 2166 Letter re homeless housing needs (SP91: Tabled) ... Air quality–Standards 231 Letter re (SP675/07: Tabled) ... 1782 Letters re affordable housing needs (SP113, 185, 194, Alberta–Economic policy 201-202, 217/07:Tabled) ... 266, 409, 444, 468, 502 Slowing down of ... 643 Rent control, petition presented re ... 724, 800 Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues Urban/rural relations General remarks ... 11 General remarks ... 1608 Midwifery services coverage under health care plan Victims of crime recommendation ... 794, 833 Assistance programs pamphlet (SP924/07: Tabled) ... Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force 2145 Report ... 874, 1149–50 Victims of Violence (Citizens' rights group) Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Notice of meeting of (SP323/07: Tabled) ... 733 Former executive director's fraud charges ... 2148 Vimy (Play) Funding for ... 2148, 2166 Citadel program re (SP745/07: Tabled) ... 1922 Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) General remarks ... 406–07 Member's statements re ... 442–43 Alberta Capital Region Alliance Vocational education Failure of ... 1146 General remarks ... 538–39 Alberta creative development initiative (Federal/ Volunteer sport coaches provincial) Tax incentives for ... 259 Timeline for applications to ... 1471 Waiting lists (Medical care) Alberta Foundation for the Arts Reduction of ... 2028–29 One grant per organization policy ... 1471 Water–Recycling Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan General remarks ... 2175 Midwifery coverage ... 2166 Water power Midwifery coverage, letter re (SP872/07: Tabled) ... Slave River rapids, harnessing of ... 798, 803 2063 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 803 Midwifery coverage, member's statement re ... 833 Use as power source in oil sands production, Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums member's statement re ... 798 Elimination of ... 793–94 Water supply Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 2175 Auditor General's comments re ... 729 WellDunn Consulting Ltd. Elimination of / review of ... 729 Geothermal power for the oil sands industry, letter re Pembina Village seniors facility, Evansburg, report (SP350/07: Tabled) ... 800 on ... 729, 770 Wellness accounts Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Extension to general public ... 1228 Tobacco company investments ... 406 Western GeoPower Corp. Alberta Medical Association Meager geothermal project, description (SP384/07: Amended agreement re fees ... 96, 110 Tabled) ... 879 Amended agreement re fees: Clinical stabilization Women–Employment initiative in ... 776 Impact of daycare availability on ... 1205 Alberta Mental Health Board Women's shelters Funding ... 788 Booklet re (SP925/07: Tabled) ... 2145 Mental health strategy ... 789 World Partnership Walk, Edmonton (May 2007) Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 1238 Dental benefits ... 1155 Yellow Ribbon Gala Benefit and Silent Auction Letter re (SP871/07: Tabled) ... 2063 Program from (SP361/07: Tabled) ... 842 Alberta Social Housing Corporation Young offenders Funding for upgrading projects in Shaganappi Federal action on, letter re (SP486/07: Tabled) ... Village, Calgary ... 2166 1272 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) Second reading ... 2073, 2075 211 (Telephone help line) Second reading: Hoist amendment ... 2355 Affordable housing calls ... 802 Committee: Time allocation on (Motion 38: Hancock) 911 emergency response telephone system ... 2393 Provincial system for ... 1149 Closure of debate on, letter re (SP996/07: Tabled) ... Agricultural Societies Act 2292 Section 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: General remarks ... 2165 Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 All Party* Agreement (re Assembly sitting times, etc.) AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) Implementation of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... Member's statement re ... 2282 75, 76 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 221
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan Artists General remarks ... 1216 Card re showing of Canadian films (SP1037/07: Canmore Nordic Centre Tabled) ... 2329 Funding for ... 2167 Ambulance service Capital Health Designation as essential service ... 160 Full-capacity protocol (emergency rooms) ... 2067 General remarks ... 2067 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Responsibility for, decision re ... 506 General remarks ... 613 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions, Centennial interpretive centres cancellation of ... 160, 793, 2067 Funding for ... 2167 Ambulance service–Finance Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations General remarks ... 793, 2067 Definition of ... 1657 Apartment buildings Funding for ... 1150 Conversion to condominiums: Letter re (SP327/07: Lottery funds for ... 1614 Tabled) ... 771 Member's statement re ... 1614, 1683 Apartment fire, Fort McMurray Staffing issues ... 1656–57 Impact of, emergency debate re ... 647–48 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) 207) Committee ... 1731–33 Second Reading: Amendment to refer Bill to Third Reading ... 1772–73 Community Services standing committee ... 1339 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Citadel Theatre, Edmonton 2) (Bill 56) Provincial funding for ... 1470, 1471 Second reading ... 2262 CKUA Radio Arsenic in food chain–Fort Chipewyan 80th anniversary, member's statement re ... 2098 General remarks ... 1216 Climate Change and Emissions Management Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Benefits, indexing of ... 1155 Committee ... 450–51, 512–13 Benefits increase for ... 1155 Third Reading ... 558, 559 Funding for ... 2149 CN Rail Funding for, lapse of ... 2149 Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, report on ... 1149 Rent costs assistance for recipients of ... 2149, 2166 Collective bargaining Auditor General First-contract certification legislation ... 2063, 2101 Continuing care facility management investigation Collective bargaining–Flagstaff ambulance operators (Seniors care programs): Report ... 52, 1622 General remarks ... 160 Drugs administered to long-term care residents, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta comments re ... 572 Independence of, letter re impact of Bill 41 on Health Facilities Review Committee's enforcement of (SP929/07: Tabled) ... 2180 standards, comments re ... 729 Committee of Supply Reports of, referred to Public Accounts committee Cross-ministry discussion rules ... 1191 (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 75–76 Evening sitting of, June 5 (Motion 26: Hancock) ... Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), 1472 point of order re ... 1967 Standing Order changes re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Avastin (Drug) 614–15 Coverage under health plan ... 793, 794 Committee of the Whole Assembly Battered women–Housing Evening sitting on June 4 in (Motion 25: Hancock) ... Second-stage housing ... 802 1450 Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Committee on Community Services, Standing Donation to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency 680 motion re ... 1659–60 Referral of Bill 31, Mental Health Amendment Act, Independent inspection of, re leadership campaign 2007, to (Motion 24: Hancock ) ... 1473 donations ... 1660 Committee on Government Services, Standing Brown, Mr. Bert Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... Appointment to the senate, ministerial statement re ... 680 634 Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Motion 21: Building leadership for action in schools today (BLAST) Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339–40 Member's statement re ... 323 Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing Calgary Health Region Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... Emergency wait times/ambulance wait times in ... 680 2067 Beaver waste management commission's donation to Holy Cross Centre monitoring ... 52 Premier's leadership campaign referral to, Staff sick leave level ... 676 emergency motion re ... 1659–60 222 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Dept. of Energy Standing Orders change re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Point of 76 Order re ... 1967–68 Standing Orders change re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in 613, 614 (SP752/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... 1215–16, 1224 680 Minister's misleading statements, point of privilege re Committees, Policy field (all-party) ... 1791–92 Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock ) Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ...... 680 2165–66 Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock ) ... 614 Dept. of Environment General remarks ... 76 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Committees, Select standing 1215–16, 1224 Substitute members on (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2165 75–76 Dept. of Health and Wellness Community initiatives program Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Grants awarded without matching funds, point of 1215–16, 1224 order re ... 370 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 774–77, 779–81, Community mental health services 784–86, 788–90, 793–94 General remarks ... 785–86, 789 Minister's override of self-regulating professions, Conflicts of Interest Review Panel of 1996 (Tupper letter re (SP929/07: Tabled) ... 2180 report) Monitoring and enforcement branch, restoration of ... General remarks ... 1339 790 Constituency weeks (Parliamentary calendar) Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Establishment of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... 96, 110–11 76, 614 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) 2147–48, 2166 Second Reading ... 206–07 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Continuing/extended care facilities Funds transferred to other departments ... 2148 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 52 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal General remarks ... 572 Relations Multicultural provisions in ... 789 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1462–63 Continuing/extended care facilities–Edmonton Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Polish facility ... 788–89 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1146–47, Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards 1149–50 General remarks ... 729, 1622 Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... Continuing/extended care facilities residents 874 Bill of rights for ... 572 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2166 Drugs administered to ... 572 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1155–56 Committee ... 2436 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Culture–Finance 2148–49 General remarks ... 1470 Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1470–71 Act (Bill Pr. 1) Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Committee ... 1742–44 2166–67 Daycare centres Disabled General remarks ... 12 Caregivers for, respite care for, letter re (SP87/07: At Legislature Building ... 1613 Tabled) ... 231 Daycare centres–Employees Transfer from hospital care to community-based Salaries of ... 12 supports ... 1156 Daycare centres–Grande Prairie Disabled–Housing Shortage of ... 111 Availability/affordability of ... 1277 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Disaster relief Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Flooding in central and southern Alberta ... 2166 111 Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) Dept. of Education Committee ... 1746 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2166 Disputes Inquiry Board Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Flagstaff county ambulance operators dispute ... 160 Health workforce planning, funding for ... 775 Domestic violence General remarks ... 12 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 223
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Drink prices in licensed premises Epidemic response services Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) General remarks ... 1149 ... 2204 Family physicians Drugs, Prescription Incentives to ... 777 New drug approval process, national harmonization Signing bonus for ... 1691 of ... 793 Feeder Associations Guarantee Act Provincial pharmacare program ... 793 Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Drugs, Prescription–Costs Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Assistance re rising costs ... 2166 Film industry Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... General remarks ... 1470 793 Films, Canadian East Central Health Increased exposure for, letter re (SP1037/07: Tabled) Audit of St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, sterilization ... 2329 procedures ... 258 Financial Management and Administrative Services Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, (LAO) ministerial statement re ... 254 Liberal caucus radio ads re environmental laws: Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Memo approving expenditures re (SP616/07: spread of through staff rotations ... 291 Tabled) ... 1693, 1694 Economic growth Fines (TILMA trade agreement violations) General remarks ... 873 Legislation re (Bill 38) ... 1463 Letter re (SP560/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Floods–Central/southern Alberta Edmonton Concert Hall Foundation Disaster relief re ... 2166 Provincial funding for ... 1470 Fort McMurray Edmonton General Hospital Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1215, 1216 Culturally specific long-term care units ... 789 Francis Winspear Centre for Music Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Provincial funding for ... 1470–71 Provincial funding for ... 1470 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Education, Postsecondary–Finance Lottery funding for horse racing industry request General remarks ... 111 under, document re (SP654/07: Tabled) ... 1767–68 Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Leadership campaign contributions provisions Second Reading ... 61–62 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1301–02 Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Electoral campaign funds Second Reading ... 1294–95 Limit on ... 1613 Good Samaritan Pembina Village, Evansburg Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Conditions in ... 729, 770 Second Reading ... 554 Government agencies, boards, and commissions Second Reading ... 554 Solicitation of political funds from ... 1660 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Government programs Holy Cross Long Term Care Centre conditions (not Health impact assessments of, legislation re (Bill 214) proceeded with) ... 51–52 ... 1767 Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray (not Grant MacEwan Community College proceeded with) ... 647–48 Nursing degree program, funding for ... 111 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1799–1800 Robbins health learning centre ... 111 Emergency Management Alberta Groundwater–Industrial Heartland area Funding for ... 1147 Inventory/mapping of ... 1224 Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 Health care facilities–Construction Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's Funding plans for, 2004-07 (M3/07: Defeated) ... 578 leadership campaign, referral to Managing Growth Health care facilities–Maintenance and repair Pressures committee ... 1659–60 Funding for ... 2148 Emergency planning Health Disciplines Board Funding for ... 1146–47, 1149 Recommendation re midwifery coverage under health General remarks ... 1149 plan ... 794 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Health employer innovation fund (Proposed) General remarks ... 2165 General remarks ... 780–81, 784 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act Health employer innovation fund (Saskatchewan) Review of Industrial Heartland developments under General remarks ... 676 ... 1224 Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Environmental Protection Commission Act, 2007 (Bill 48) Report on Lake Wabamun train derailment ... 1149 Committee ... 2453–55 EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts Third reading ... 2507 Provincial funding for ... 1470 Health impact assessments of government programs Legislation re (Bill 214) ... 1767 224 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Health impact assessments of industrial development Home care program General remarks ... 1216, 1930 Funding increase for ... 1995–96 Health Information Act Home care program–Edmonton Access to health records provisions ... 788 Caregivers for disabled adults, letter re (SP152/07: Health Information Act Review Committee, Select Tabled) ... 325 Special Homeless–Housing Reconstitution of ... 785 Emergency winter shelters ... 1149 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Funding for ... 1149, 2166 Investigations re ... 1216, 1929–30 Transitional housing ... 1149–50 Health Link Alberta Homeless and eviction prevention fund General remarks ... 2067 General remarks ... 1277, 1447, 2166 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) 41) Third Reading ... 1778 Second reading ... 1981–83 Horse racing Committee ... 2448–50 Lottery funding for, document re (SP654/07: Tabled) Third reading ... 2496 ... 1767–68 Letter re (SP929/07: Tabled) ... 2180 Hospital-acquired infections Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 Data collection re ... 1485 (No.2) (Bill 50) Legal liability re ... 257, 1485, 2255 Second reading ... 2225 Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention Committee ... 2430 General remarks ... 790, 2255 Third reading ... 2480 Hospital beds Health Quality Council Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, 1789 investigation of ... 257, 258 Hospitals Health sciences personnel Daycare spaces in ... 780, 781, 784 Recruitment ... 776, 785 Hospitals–Calgary Recruitment from overseas ... 776 New south Calgary hospital ... 18, 1789 Retention/replacement of older workers ... 784, 785 Hospitals–Emergency services Retention strategies for ... 780–81, 785 Paramedics wait times in ... 2067 Workplace wellness of ... 676 Red alerts re ... 2067 Health sciences personnel–Education Waiting times in, letter re (SP702/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Programs for ... 93–94, 111, 776 Hospitals–Grande Prairie Rural programs for ... 111 New hospital ... 367 Health sciences personnel–Supply Hospitals–Standards General remarks ... 775 Patient safety issues re ... 254, 257, 291 Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5) Hospitals–Sterilization procedures Second Reading ... 316–17 Letters re (SP230-231/07: Tabled) ... 544 Committee ... 628 Role in blood-borne disease prevention ... 440, 2255 Health workforce planning Housing authorities, Nonprofit General remarks ... 93–94, 774–75, 779 Provincial funding for ... 1150 Wellness issues component ... 676 Immigrant doctors Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Co-ordinator for ... 779 First Reading ... 1767 General remarks ... 776, 779, 780 Second reading ... 2186–87, 2338–39 Residency program for ... 779, 780 Hepatitis Immunization Provincial strategy re ... 440 For humanpapilloma virus ... 793, 794 Hepatitis B and C Income Support program Hospital-acquired, legal liability re ... 1485, 2255 Emergency housing support ... 1246 High school education–Curricula Industrial development–Health aspects Health care career awareness ... 784 Study re ... 642–43 HIV/AIDS Awareness Week Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area General remarks ... 2282 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 1224 HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) Environmental impact of ... 1224 Hospital-acquired, legal liability re ... 1485 General remarks ... 1146 Member's statement re ... 2282 Impact on water supplies ... 1146, 1224 Provincial strategy re ... 440, 2327 Waste treatment ... 1224 Holy Cross Long Term Care Intermunicipal relations Health and safety issues in: Request for emergency General remarks ... 1146 debate re ... 51–52 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Premier's comments re, letter re (SP153/07: Tabled) General remarks ... 1146 ... 325 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 225
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) International Women's Day Low-income seniors Ministerial statement re ... 11–12 Special-needs assistance, exclusion of dental benefits Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) from ... 1155 Second Reading ... 530–31 MacAdams, Roberta (Second woman MLA in Alberta) Kaasa Theatre, Edmonton Ministerial statement re ... 1612–13 Provincial funding for ... 1470, 1471 Major community facilities program Labour laws and legislation General remarks ... 1470 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1462 Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Letters re (SP873, 898, 915, 930, 971, 997, 1038, Former MLA's government contract, point of order re 1063/07: Tabled) ... 2063, 2101, 2137, 2180, questions re ... 545 2248, 2292, 2329, 2389 McKinney, Louise (Former MLA) Landlords First female MLA in Alberta and British Empire ... Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases 1613 ... 874 Meals on Wheels, Edmonton Legislative Assembly of Alberta Member's statement re ... 1180 Evening sitting for Committee of Supply, June 5 Medical care (Motion 26: Hancock) ... 1472 Letters re (SP229, 277, 702/07: Tabled) ... 544, 678, Evening sitting for Committee of the Whole, June 4 1818 (Motion 25: Hancock) ... 1450 Medical care, Primary Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: General remarks ... 96, 776 Hancock) ... 2294–96 Inclusion of midwifery services under ... 833 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Medical care–Finance Hancock), time allocation motion re (Motion 36) ... General remarks ... 1789–90 2299 Medical care–Fort McMurray Sitting calendar, conducive to family life ... 613 Impact of apartment fire on, emergency debate re ... Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of 647 business, amendments to Standing Orders re Medical care–Grande Prairie (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 75–76 General remarks ... 110–11, 367 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of Medical care–Northern Alberta business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing General remarks ... 1216 Orders re: Amendment to, and more (Motion 15: Medical profession–Education Hancock) ... 613–15 Incentives for students from a rural background ... Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) 777 Committee ... 1750 Instructors for ... 1692 Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Medical profession–Fees Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47) Amended agreement re ... 96, 110 Third reading ... 2481 Amended agreement re: Clinical stabilization Loan guarantees, Government initiative in ... 96, 111, 776 Continuation of statutory enactments re (Motion 20: Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 1790 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Medical profession–Fort McMurray Second Reading ... 307–09 Relief of, by stand in doctor for a day program ... 96, Second Reading: Referral to Government Services 110 committee (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) Medical profession–Grande Prairie ... 1339–40 Shortage of ... 110 Committee ... 1987, 2009–10, 2018–19, 2022, 2119, Medical profession–Rural areas 2121–25, 2219–22 Action plan re ... 776, 1692 Committee: Amendment A1(Part A), subamendment General remarks ... 1692 A1 (SP833/07: Tabled) ... 2010 Medical profession–Supply Committee: Amendment A1(Part C), subamendment General remarks ... 779, 1691–92 C1 (SP837/07: Tabled) ... 2019 Medical records, Electronic Committee: Amendment A3 (SP960/07: Tabled) ... Accuracy of ... 788 2219 General remarks ... 785 Committee: Amendment A4 (SP961/07: Tabled) ... Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program, 2221 funding for ... 96 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Medical records, Electronic–Security aspects hospitals) Access given to third parties, letter re (SP617/07: Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... Tabled) ... 1693 1790 General remarks ... 785, 788 Long-Term Care Review Advisory Committee (1999) Medical residents Final report ... 572 Training in rural areas ... 1692 226 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Members' apologies to the House Municipal Government Act General remarks ... 1969 Amendment to provide for regional planning ... 1146 Members of the Legislative Assembly Municipal sustainability initiative First female MLAs elected, 90th anniversary of, Funding from ... 1146 ministerial statement re ... 1612–13 Municipalities Members' Statements (2007) Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on Building leadership for action in schools today ... 323 ... 1462 CKUA radio network anniversary ... 2098 Natural resources revenue Edmonton Meals on Wheels ... 1180 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1789–90 HIV/AIDS awareness ... 2282 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Midwifery services ... 833 debate on legislation re ... 1799–1800 Volunteer organizations ... 1614, 1683 Nellie McClung program (Oliver school, Edmonton) Volunteerism ... 562–63 BLAST team, Member's statement re ... 323 Members' withdrawal of remarks Neuropathic pain Questions re Energy dept.'s annual reports accuracy ... Coverage of drug treatment for ... 793, 794 1969 North American free trade agreement Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Disadvantages of ... 1462 Second Reading ... 747–50 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Second Reading: Referral to Community Services General remarks ... 1470 committee (Motion 24: Hancock) ... 1473 Northern Lights Health Region Committee ... 2442–44 General remarks ... 1216 Third reading ... 2498–99 Staff shortages ... 1216 Letter re (SP278/07: Tabled) ... 678 Nurses Mental health innovation fund Workplace wellness of ... 676, 781 General remarks ... 786, 788 Nurses–Grande Prairie Mental health services Employment of, impact of lack of daycare on ... 111 General remarks ... 785–86 Office of the Premier Mental health services–Children Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's General remarks ... 788 leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Mental health services–Finance Pressures committee, emergency motion re General remarks ... 786, 788 ... 1659–60 Mental health services–Grande Prairie Premier's comments re Holy Cross hospital, letter re Funding for ... 367 (SP153/07: Tabled) ... 325 Mentally disabled Official Opposition Community treatment orders for ... 785 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Community treatment orders for, legislation re (Bill accounting for: Accounting memo re (SP616/07: 31), referred to Community Services committee Tabled) ... 1693, 1694 (Motion 24: Hancock) ... 1473 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Involuntary admission of, letter re (SP278/07: Tabled) accounting for: News release re (SP601/07: Tabled) ... 678 ... 1659 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria) Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Vegreville hospital case, spread of ... 291 accounting for: Point of order re ... 1694–95 Vegreville hospital case, testing re ... 257, 258 Royalty structure policy, media releases/speech re Midwives and midwifery (SP791-793/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Inclusion under health care plan ... 794, 2166 Oil sands development Inclusion under health care plan, letter re (SP872/07: Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 1215, 1216 Tabled) ... 2063 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1215 Inclusion under health care plan, member's statement Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke re ... 833 report on ... 1146, 1216 Ministerial Statements (2007) Oil sands development–Environmental aspects 90th anniversary of the election of the first female Cumulative effects assessment of ... 1215–16 MLAs ... 1612–13 General remarks ... 2166 Appointment of Alberta senator ... 634 Studies re ... 1215–16 St. Joseph's General Hospital ... 254 Oil sands development–Health aspects Motions for Returns (Parliamentary procedure) General remarks ... 1215–16 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Oral Question Period (2007) 76 Affordable accessible housing ... 1277 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Affordable housing ... 802, 1246 614 Ambulance operators' labour dispute ... 160 Mount Royal College Ambulance services ... 2067 Nursing degree program ... 111 Blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases ... 440, 2327 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 227
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Continuing care standards ... 729, 1622 (Continued) Good Samaritan Pembina Village ... 770 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Ground ambulance services ... 506 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1956, 2034 Health care aides ... 1995–96 Point of Order Health care funding ... 1789–90 Allegations against a member ... 545, 1694–95 Health system pressures in Grande Prairie ... 367 Allegations against members ... 2204 Health workforce strategy ... 93–94 Division bell interval ... 2414 Health workforce wellness ... 676 Factual accuracy ... 2002–03, 2073, 2180–81 Hospital-aquired infections ... 1485 False allegations ... 1488, 2295 Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 18 Imputing motives ... 1449, 1463 Infection prevention and control in hospitals ... 2255 Interrupting a member ... 1696 Long-term care ... 572 Ministerial responsibilities ... 2146 Not-for-profit sector ... 1656–57 Parliamentary language ... 1931, 1967 Physician supply ... 1691–92 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 94 Regional health authority budgets ... 2144 Reflections on members ... 370 Renter assistance programs ... 1447 Relevance ... 2354 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257–58, 291–92 Separating amendments ... 2415–16 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257–58, 291–92 Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Temporary rent regulation ... 873–74, 929–30 Second Reading ... 456 Tobacco reduction ... 406–07 Committee ... 519–20 Toxin screening ... 642–43 Political parties Water quality in Fort Chipewyan ... 1929–30 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1301–02 Amended start time for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76 Privilege Changes to ... 614 Misleading the House (Minister of Energy) ... Other initiatives program (Lottery funds) 1791–92, 1826–27 Calgary theatre funding ... 1471 Professional Association of Residents of Alberta Palliser Health Region Signing bonus for family physicians suggestion ... Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re, report 1691 on ... 793 Professional qualifications, Foreign Pan-Canadian privacy and confidentiality framework Assessment service for ... 779, 780 (Medical records) Prostitution General remarks ... 785 Transition programs away from, funded from Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill proceeds from convictions under Bill 203, 2003: 14) Letter re (SP80/07: Tabled) ... 188 Second Reading ... 461–63 Protected areas Second Reading ... 461–63 Funding for ... 2166, 2167 Committee ... 1775 Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) Third Reading ... 1776 Second Reading ... 547 Parks, Provincial Public contracts Funding for ... 2166, 2167 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Point of Maintenance upgrades for ... 2166, 2167 order re questions re ... 545 Parliamentary language Public Health Act General remarks ... 1931, 1967 Adverse impact of industrial development on water Peace Country Health supplies, provision re ... 1224 Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re, report Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie on ... 506, 793 Conversion to community health centre ... 367 Funding ... 367 Questions, Written Mental health services funding ... 367 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Personal care attendants 76 Injured on the job, workers' compensation for ... 1996 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) 614 Committee ... 2115 Regional health authorities Third reading ... 2479–80 Ambulance services ... 2067 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Funding ... 2144 Remuneration for employees working with the Mental health services ... 786, 788, 789 disabled ... 1817, 1852, 1922, 1956, 2034, 2062, Monitoring of, by provincial government ... 790 2099, 2136 Review of ... 789 Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... Rent control 1766 General remarks ... 930, 1246, 1447, 2149, 2166 Letters re (SP165, 276, 504-505/07: Tabled) ... 362, 678, 1330 228 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Rent increases Senate Assistance programs re ... 1246, 1447 Reform of ... 634 Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions Senators presented re ... 1766 Appointment of Alberta nominee for, Bert Brown, General remarks ... 873–74, 929–30, 1447 ministerial statement re ... 634 Impact on AISH recipients ... 930, 2149, 2166 Senior citizens Impact on disabled ... 1277 Transfer from hospital care to community-based Impact on seniors ... 929–30, 1156 supports ... 1156 Letters re (SP326-327, 482, 633, 674, 720/07: Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Tabled) ... 771, 1272, 1729, 1782, 1852 Second Reading ... 211 Limited to one a year ... 874 Sexually transmitted diseases Limited to one a year: Legislation re, letter re Provincial strategy re ... 440, 1216, 2327 (SP324/07: Tabled) ... 733 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Rental housing Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Increase in supply ... 2166 Second Reading ... 1747–48 Replacement workers Committee ... 1862–65 General remarks ... 2063, 2248 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP728/07: Tabled) ... Respite programs (Disabled persons' families) 1863 General remarks ... 1156 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP729/07: Tabled) ... Right to strike 1864 General remarks ... 160, 2137, 2329 Third reading ... 1970, 1975 Royalty Review Panel Petitions presented re ... 1956, 2034 Our Fair Share (report): Letter re (SP700/07: Tabled) Smoking–Prevention ... 1818 General remarks ... 406 Presentation to, by Official Opposition energy critic, Province-wide smoking ban re ... 406–07, 794 website confirmation of (SP790/07: Tabled) Social housing ... 2002 Funding for ... 2166 Presentation to, by Official Opposition energy critic General remarks ... 802 (SP789/07: Tabled) ... 2001–02 Letter re (SP483/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Rent supplement program ... 1150 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 2165 Rent supplement program in Fort McMurray ... 1150 Official Opposition policy re, media releases/speech Unhealthy conditions in ... 1246 re (SP791-793/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Social housing–Fort McMurray Rural electrification associations Impact of apartment fire on, emergency debate re ... Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: 647 Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Rural Electrification Loan Act Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 2148 Sections 3 and 36 continuation (loan guarantees) Funding for ... 562–63 (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act General remarks ... 1470 Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Speech from the Throne Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Debate ... 115–17 Rural gas co-ops Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamun Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: CN train derailment: Report on ... 1149 Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Standing Orders Rural Utilities Act Amendment to (sitting times, calendar of sittings, and Sections 32 and 33 continuation (loan guarantees) order of business) (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 75–76 (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Hancock) Bacterial infection situation in ... 790, 2255 ... 613–15 Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from ... 291 Strategy West Inc. Bacterial infection situation in, lawsuits re ... 257, Oil sands growth assessment ... 1215 1485, 2255 Supplementary estimates Bacterial infection situation in, ministerial statement Amount of detail in ... 2148, 2166–67 re ... 254 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 96, 110–11 Bacterial infection situation in, public information Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2147–49, 2165–67 session re ... 292 Supportive living facilities–Rural areas Bacterial infection situation in, spread of ... 291 Funding ... 2148–49 Bacterial infection situation in, testing re ... 257, 258 Supportive living facilities–Staffing Emergency room patient safety at ... 258 Planning for ... 1156 Sterilization procedures ... 257, 258, 790 Shortage of ... 1155–56 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 229
Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Surplus, Budgetary Volunteers Canmore Nordic Centre funding with ... 2167 Member's statement re ... 562–63 Hospital funding with ... 18 Wages–Disabled facility employees Syphilis outbreak Petitions presented re ... 1817, 1852, 1922, 2034, General remarks ... 440 2062, 2099, 2136 Tabling returns and reports (Parliamentary procedure) Petitions presented re (not in order) ... 1956 Notes/newspaper articles quoted during OQP ... 1897 Wages–Nurses Teachers–Fort McMurray Funding for ... 2144–45 Northern allowance payments to ... 2166 Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... Teachers' Pension Plan 1790 Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP166/07: Tabled) ... Wages–Personal care attendants 362 Increase in ... 1995–96 Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP468/07: Tabled) ... Wages–Public service 1246 Funding for ... 2166 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Wages–Social workers Committee ... 973–76, 999–1000, 1018–20, 1026–28 Letter re (SP701/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Committee: Amendment A4 (SP406/07: Tabled) ... Waiting lists (Medical care) 1026 General remarks ... 775 Committee: Amendment A5 (SP407/07: Tabled) ... Water quality 1028 General remarks ... 2166 Theatres–Calgary Water quality–Fort Chipewyan Provincial funding for ... 1471 Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on Theatres–Edmonton ... 1929–30 Provincial funding for ... 1470 Water supply Theatres–Finance Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1146, 1224 One provincial grant per organization policy ... 1471 Women–Right to vote Time allocation (Parliamentary practice) General remarks ... 1613 Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, letter re Women in politics (SP996/07: Tabled) ... 2292 Encouragement to ... 75, 613 Government motion 35, evening sittings for Dec. 3, 4, Women's Secretariat and 5 (Motion 36: Hancock) ... 2299 General remarks ... 11 Tobacco–Marketing Workers' compensation Power wall displays re ... 323, 406, 794 For personal care attendants ... 1996 Tobacco companies Workers' Compensation Board Heritage Fund investment in ... 406 Caregivers for the disabled coverage under, letter re Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) (SP87/07: Tabled) ... 231 Third reading ... 1976 World AIDS Day Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) General remarks ... 2282 Committee ... 2266 Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) Toxin screening program Aboriginal peoples–Health care General remarks ... 642–43 General remarks ... 1464 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Aboriginal peoples–Housing (Alberta /British Columbia) Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 839 Discussion in Alberta legislature ... 1462–63, 1488 Agricultural land Fines for noncompliance with ... 1463 Protection for, under land-use framework ... 1630 General remarks ... 1462–63 Air quality Impact on business sector ... 1462 Consideration of, under land-use framework ... 1634 Impact on labour groups ... 1462 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Impact on municipalities ... 1462 Report: Off-reserve housing recommendation ... 839 Training standards recognition under ... 1462 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) TILMA agreement, discussions with province re ... Committee ... 2432 1460 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit) Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206, General remarks ... 1458 2003) Alberta Blue Cross Plan Letter re (SP80/07: Tabled) ... 188 Drug benefits, petitions presented to add Elaprase Treasury Board coverage ... 361, 400 Meeting minutes, November 14, 2007 (SP1062/07: Alberta Food Bank Network Association Tabled) ... 2389 Annual report, 2006 (SP514/07: Tabled) ... 1331 VoicePrint Alberta Forest Products Association Brochure of services by (SP539/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Forestry revenues report ... 262 230 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Alberta Government Offices Dept. of Education Performance measures re ... 1458–59 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 140 Potential locations for (BRIC countries) ... 1458 Dept. of Energy Seoul, Korea office ... 1458–59 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Alberta Sustainability Fund 1625–27, 1629–30, 1633–34 Pine beetle control funding from ... 601 Dept. of Environment Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 140 Consultation with, re Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1460 1625–27, 1629–30, 1633–34 Animal Health Act (Bill 32) Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Committee ... 1523–24 Relations Apprenticeship training Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1458–61, Aboriginal people ... 1461 1464–65 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Second Reading ... 1704 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped 1625–27, 1629–30, 1633–34 Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2167 Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 573 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Auditor General Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 140 Natural Resources Conservation Board's ability to Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development manage confined feeding operations ... 2217 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Payments made to individuals/corporations, review of 1625–27, 1629–30, 1633–34 ... 537 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1452–57 Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... Staff working alone, safety issues ... 1455 577 Staffing ... 1454–55 Reforestation programs' performance measures, Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... comments re ... 1457 2152–53 Camping, Random–Public lands Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture Fort McMurray area ... 1454 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... General remarks ... 1454 2167–68 Canadian Forest Service Diabetes–Treatment Advantages of forest fires ... 677 Aboriginal programs re ... 1464 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at ... 1445 Second Reading ... 1713–14 Canmore Golf and Curling Club Discovery Wildlife Park Extension of lease of ... 1456–57 Review of (SP848/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Canmore (Town) Drilling industry–Métis settlement areas Involvement in sale of land in Wind Valley wildlife Directional drilling under, from outside the settlement corridor area ... 1280 lands ... 1461 Capital region integrated growth management plan Economic development and the environment General remarks ... 1721–22 General remarks ... 1634 Caribou–Little Smoky watershed Economic growth Impact of industrial development on ... 1457 General remarks ... 1626 Chronic wasting disease–Prevention Edmonton-Castle Downs (Constituency) By eliminating game farms ... 2153, 2154 Member for's meeting with Maskell & Associates, Funding for ... 2154 bill for ... 504, 538 Climate change Edmonton Garrison Military Family Resource Centre Relation to land-use strategy ... 1634 Benefit for, program (SP894/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Climate Change and Emissions Management Elaprase (Drug) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Addition to drug benefit list, petitions presented re ... Second Reading ... 244–45 361, 400, 444 Continuing/extended care facilities Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) General remarks ... 140 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Corporate Internal Audit Services sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance du Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) public member of ... 1486 Second Reading ... 581, 583 Corporations–Registration Endangered wildlife species Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1459 General remarks ... 1457 Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Energy industry Committee ... 2435, 2438, 2440 Impact on wildlife ... 1457 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area Use of water supplies ... 1634 Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 2153 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 231
Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Energy industry–Crown lands Grizzly bears–Protection Aboriginal issues re ... 1461 General remarks ... 1688, 1894 General remarks ... 1453 Healthy forest initiative (Proposed) Energy industry–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 602 General remarks ... 1626–27 High Park elementary school, Edmonton Energy industry–Marie Lake area Closure, letter re (SP115/07: Tabled) ... 266 Impact on lake water quality ... 1187, 1583–84 Home care program Environmental impact assessments General remarks ... 140 Cumulative assessments ... 1455 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Energy industry development in Marie Lake area ... General remarks ... 2167 1187, 1583 Hours of labour Energy industry development in Marie Lake area, Working alone regulation, forestry staff ... 1455 petition presented re ... 1583, 1590, 1684 Hunter's syndrome (Disease) Environmental protection Drug for, coverage under health care plan, petitions Funding for ... 140 presented re ... 361, 400, 444 General remarks ... 1634 Hunting Provision for, under land-use framework ... 1634 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2344–45 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Cumulative impact assessment of ... 1634 2007 (Bill 205) Impact on water supplies ... 1630 Second Reading ... 588, 711 Regional impact of ... 1077, 2138 Family courts Information and Privacy Commissioner Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1915 Ruling on release of information re contracts for FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention) consultants ... 1926 Indication of advantages of forest fires ... 677 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Fisheries, Commercial 2007-08 Reduction in, compensation program re ... 1455 Estimates debated ... 139–40 Fishing, Sport General remarks ... 139–40 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2344–45 Intermunicipal relations Fishing derbies General remarks ... 1630, 1721 Impact on fish populations ... 1455 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Foreign workers, Temporary General remarks ... 1077, 1721–22 Death of, on the job ... 1445 Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... General remarks ... 1444–45, 1461 1077, 2138 Treatment/safety of ... 1445 Keystone wildlife preserve Forest firefighters Establishment of, petitions presented re ... 2035, 2062 Loan to other provinces ... 1454 Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd. Forest fires Review of (SP849/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Advantages/disadvantages of ... 602, 677 Labour laws and legislation As pine bark beetle control measure ... 601, 677, 1457 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1464 Forest fires–Control Labour mobility Funding for ... 1452, 2153 General remarks ... 1464 Forest fires–Kananaskis Country Land-use framework Pine bark beetle control method ... 677 Air quality considerations under ... 1634 Forest industries Climate change considerations under ... 1634 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 262, 1826 Environmental considerations under ... 1634 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 1280, 1452–53, 1454, 1457, 1626, Zoo standards compliance information request under 1633–34 ... 2000 Inclusion of energy industry in discussion re ... 1626 Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Municipal co-operation re ... 1629, 1630 Second Reading ... 65 Setbacks from rivers (logging purposes) inclusion in Game farming ... 1630, 1633, 1634 Elimination of ... 2153, 2154 Land-use planning–Edmonton area Government openness General remarks ... 1722 General remarks ... 127, 1926, 2000 Landlords Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Website listing re ... 1722 38) Legislative Assembly of Alberta Committee ... 2456–57, 2513 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Grizzly bear hunting Hancock) ... 2307 Suspension of ... 1137, 1455, 1894 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Grizzly bears–Populations General remarks ... 1457, 1633–34, 2217 DNA-based census of ... 1137 General remarks ... 1455, 1457, 1688 232 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Oral Question Period (2007) Committee ... 2020–22 All-terrain vehicle safety ... 2070–71 Logging Capital region municipal planning ... 1077, 1721–22 Maintenance of setbacks from rivers, etc. during ... Confined feeding operations ... 2217 1630, 1633, 1634 Forest industry sustainability ... 1826 As pine bark beetle control measure ... 262, 602, Government contract with former MLA ... 504, 1486 1457, 2154 Government contracting policies ... 537–38 Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Government employment contracts ... 1926 Former MLA's government contract ... 504, 537–38, Grizzly bear management ... 1688, 1894 1486 Mountain pine beetle control ... 601–02, 677 Meeting with Member for Edmonton-Castle Downs, Mountain pine beetle effect on timber harvesting ... bill for ... 504, 538 262 Members of the Legislative Assembly Off-reserve housing ... 839 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for Regional municipal planning ... 2138 ... 504, 1486 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 1187, Members' Statements (2007) 1583–84 Remembrance Day 2007 ... 1887 Spring grizzly bear hunt ... 1137 Members' withdrawal of remarks Temporary foreign workers ... 1444–45 Parliamentary language ... 2307 Trade, investment, and labour mobility ... 45, 127, Métis hunting/fishing rights 329 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... Wind Valley wildlife corridor ... 1280 1457 Zoo standards ... 2000 Métis settlements Parks, Provincial Funding for ... 1464, 1465 Funding for ... 2167–68 Funding for: Cessation of, in 2007 ... 1464 Parks Canada Mineral rights–Marie Lake area Alberta consultation with, re pine beetle control ... Sale of ... 1583 601, 677 Mineral rights–Métis settlement areas Parliamentary language Interference with, through directional drilling ... 1461 General remarks ... 2307 Municipal finance Patronage Provincial funding for: To enable compliance with Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 ... 537–38 Municipal Government Act Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Land-use and water objectives under ... 1630 Elaprase drug addition to drug benefit list ... 361, 400, Municipal sustainability initiative 444 Funding from ... 2138 Keystone wildlife preserve, establishment of ... 2035, Municipalities 2062 Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on Marie Lake seismic testing, environmental impact ... 329, 1459, 1460 assessment of ... 1583, 1590, 1684 Natural Resources Conservation Board Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1457, 1533–34, 1684 1633–34 Social housing costs ... 636 Confined feeding operations regulation, Auditor Pine beetles General's comments re ... 2217 Impact on forestry sustainability ... 1826 Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell novel) Studies on the effects of (M5/07: Defeated) ... Copy tabled (SP784/07) ... 2001 1082–83 Northeast Capital Industrial Association Pine beetles–Control Position on mandatory regional planning ... 1077 Cold weather impact on ... 1452 Nova Chemicals Corporation Consultation with other governments re ... 601 Water usage ... 1634 Emergency funding for ... 601 Off-highway vehicles Federal funding for ... 1452 Damage done by ... 1453 By forest burns ... 2154 Designated areas for ... 1453, 1626 Funding for ... 1452, 2153, 2154 Helmet use on, mandatory for children ... 2070–71 General remarks ... 262, 601–02, 677, 1457 Monitoring of use of ... 1453 Pine beetles–Control–Grande Prairie area Oil sands development Funding for ... 1826 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country report on ... 1077, 1455, 2138 General remarks ... 2153 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Cumulative effects assessment of ... 1455 General remarks ... 1629, 1630, 1721 Ombudsman (Métis settlements) Postsecondary educational institutions Funding for ... 1461 Provincial funding for, to enable compliance with interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 233
Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Property tax–Education levy Social housing Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 715–16 Funding for ... 2167 Public contracts Petitions presented re ... 636 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 504, Rent supplement program ... 2167 537–38 Softwoods–Export–United States Public contracts for consultants Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Export Release of details re ... 1926 restrictions in (tax/quota system) ... 1457 Public lands Spray Lake Sawmills Industrial activity on ... 1453, 1455, 1626 Logging practices ... 1634 Quality of life Supplementary estimates General remarks ... 1626 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2152–54, 2167–68 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Motion 507: Taft ... 1106 Second Reading ... 946, 955–57 Reforestation Committee ... 1031–32 Performance measures for, Auditor General's Time-share company, Canmore comments re ... 1457 Purchase of land in Wind Valley wildlife corridor ... Regional health authorities 1280 Funding, to enable compliance with interprovincial Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Second Reading ... 1044 on ... 45 Third Reading ... 1712–13 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Aboriginal students ... 1461 (Alberta /British Columbia) Remembrance Day 2007 Alberta withdrawal from ... 1460 Member's statement re ... 1887 Discussion in Alberta legislature ... 45, 127, 329, Rent control 1459, 1464 General remarks ... 2167 Funding/consultation with MUSH sector re ... 45 Petitions presented re ... 636 General remarks ... 127, 1459, 1460 Rent increases Impact on Alberta regulations ... 329 Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions Impact on business sector ... 1459 presented re ... 1533–34, 1684 Impact on labour groups ... 1464 General remarks ... 1722 Impact on municipalities ... 329, 1459, 1460 Rod Love Consulting Inc. Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... Government contracts with, release of details re, 1460 Information and Privacy Commissioner's ruling re Public release of information re ... 329, 1459 ... 1926 Training standards recognition under ... 127, 1464 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Trade missions Second Reading ... 1900 General remarks ... 1458–59 School boards Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Committee ... 2433–34 on ... 45 Unified Family Court Task Force Provincial funding for, to enable compliance with Report ... 1915 interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 Urban sprawl School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, General remarks ... 1626, 1630 2007 (Bill 215) Wages–Public service Second reading ... 2340 Funding for ... 2153 School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Impact on Municipal Government Act ... 1630 Second Reading ... 1099 Water licences Schools–Construction Requirement under, to return water to source ... 1634 Public/private projects re ... 140 Water pollution Public/private projects re: Supporting documentation Prevention of, during logging, by setback requirments re (M2/07: Defeated) ... 577 ... 1630, 1633–34 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Water quality–Marie Lake Environmental impact assessment of, petition Impact of energy development on ... 1187, 1583–84 presented re ... 1583, 1590, 1684 Water resources development Impact on water quality ... 1187, 1627 Protection for, under land-use framework ... 1630 Impact on water quality, public consultation re ... Water supply 1583–84 Use by energy industry ... 1634 Smith, Mr. Murray Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1630 Government contracts with, release of details re, Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers Information and Privacy Commissioner's ruling re ... 1926 Impact of ... 1634 234 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Buffalo) (Continued) General remarks ... 1634 Alberta Government Offices Wildlife conservation Beijing office ... 1428 General remarks ... 1455, 1457, 1626 General remarks ... 1426–27, 1458 Wildlife corridors–Wind Valley (Canmore area) Ottawa office, creation of ... 1427 Time-share development on ... 1280 Performance measures re ... 1459–60 Workplace safety Potential locations for (BRIC countries) ... 1428, Additional employees re ... 1445 1458 World Society for the Protection of Animals Review of ... 1427, 1428, 1429, 1458 Reviews of Alberta zoos (SP848-849/07: Tabled) ... Role of ... 1428 2035 Seoul, Korea office ... 1460 Youth apprenticeship program Washington, D.C. office ... 1459 Aboriginal students ... 1461 Washington, D.C. office: New head of ... 2252 Zoning, Municipal Washington, D.C. office: New representative for ... Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 329 2140 Zoos–Standards Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... Enforcement of ... 2000 2252 Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Buffalo) 22) Aboriginal businesses Second Reading ... 624 General remarks ... 673 Alberta Regulations Aboriginal consultation strategy Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 841 General remarks ... 1426, 1458 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Aboriginal economic development Consultation with, re Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... General remarks ... 437, 2178 441, 1460, 1461 Aboriginal land claims Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) General remarks ... 1462 Second reading ... 2073–74, 2079 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Alexis First Nation General remarks ... 1461, 2178 Affordable housing projects ... 1448 Aboriginal peoples–Health care Alexis First Nation Reserve General remarks ... 1464–65 Road maintenance on ... 196 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Apprenticeship training Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 839, 1430, 1448 Aboriginal people ... 673, 1895 Aboriginal peoples–Self-government Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) General remarks ... 1426, 1458 Third Reading ... 1770–71 Aboriginal/provincial relations Bile duct cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan General remarks ... 1426 General remarks ... 2179 Aboriginal role models Calgary-Mackay (Constituency) General remarks ... 673 Member for, as Alberta representantive in Advisory Council on Alberta-Ukraine Relations Washington ... 2140, 2252 General remarks ... 1430 Canada–Economic conditions Agricultural subsidies Impact of Alberta economic growth on ... 1789 Reduction of, through World Trade Organization Cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan agreement ... 2034 General remarks ... 2179 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Canola–Export–China Report: Off-reserve housing recommendation ... 839 Impact of Chinese tariffs on ... 2144 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Cattle–Export–United States TILMA agreement, discussions with province re ... Opening of border to over 30 months animals ... 2034 441, 1460, 1461 Constitution Act, 2007 Alberta Association of Registered Nurses House of Commons seating formula change, Position on TILMA agreement ... 365, 1244 ministerial statement re ... 675 Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit) Consular corps–Alberta General remarks ... 1426, 1458 Alberta relations with ... 1657 Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, May Consulate, Italian 2007 Closure of ... 2217 General remarks ... 1242 Closure of: Minister's letter re (SP958/07: Tabled) ... TILMA agreement discussion at ... 1241–42, 1427 2210 Alberta Centennial 2005: Aboriginal Centennial Corporate Internal Audit Services Initiative Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as Final report (SP548/07: Tabled) ... 1487 public member of ... 1486–87 Alberta Diabetes Institute Courts Provincial funding for ... 1964 Independence of ... 675 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 235
Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo) (Continued) Buffalo) (Continued) Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development IBM Corporation Annual report, 2005-06 (SP15/07: Tabled) ... 26 Aboriginal business opportunities ... 2178 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Information and Privacy Commissioner Relations Ruling on release of information re contracts for Annual report, 2006-07 (SP806/07: Tabled) ... 2002 consultants ... 1926 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1426–30, Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, 1458–65 2007-08 Staffing ... 1427 Estimates debated ... 173 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations International relations Annual report, 2005-06 (SP33/07: Tabled) ... 26 General remarks ... 1657 Diabetes–Research International trade General remarks ... 1964 Alberta marketing strategy re (AIMS) ... 1458 Diabetes–Treatment General remarks ... 1426–27, 1458 Aboriginal programs re ... 1464, 1964 Promotion of, by Alberta foreign offices ... 1428 Edible oil tariffs–China International trade–China Impact on Alberta canola imports ... 2144 General remarks ... 1429 Education, Postsecondary International trade–Netherlands Aboriginal students ... 1895 General remarks ... 1761 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 International trade–United States Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1798–99 General remarks ... 1426, 1458, 2252 Employment training programs Interprovincial relations Aboriginal peoples ... 673 General remarks ... 1426, 1458 Enbridge Inc. Judicial power Gateway pipeline to west coast, aboriginal Independence of ... 675 opportunities re ... 2178 Labour force planning Energy industry General remarks ... 1427 Aboriginal opportunities in ... 673 Labour laws and legislation Energy industry–Crown lands Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1463 Aboriginal issues re ... 1462 Labour mobility Equalization payments General remarks ... 127, 539, 841, 1463–64, 1465 Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 43 Labour supply Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from, letter Shortages ... 1427 from Prime Minister re (SP51/07: Tabled) ... 51 Logging industry Exports Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1427 General remarks ... 1427, 1458 Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Falun Gong–China Former MLA's government contract ... 469, 1486–87 Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Response tabled as Former MLA's government contract: Release of SP236/07) ... 545 details re ... 1926 Federal/provincial relations Members of the Legislative Assembly General remarks ... 1426 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for Federation of Canadian Municipalities ... 469, 1486–87 General remarks ... 1486 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract Fines (TILMA trade agreement violations) for, release of details re ... 1926 Legislation re (Bill 38) ... 1459, 1463 Members' Statements (2007) Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations) The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 443 General remarks ... 674, 675 Métis hunting/fishing rights Foreign workers, Temporary Provincial agreement re, 2004: MLA 2006 task force General remarks ... 1427, 1461–62 on ... 365 Government openness Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... General remarks ... 127, 469, 1486, 1657, 1926 365–66 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Métis Nation of Alberta Association 38) Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... Committee ... 2514 365–66 Third reading ... 2516 Métis settlements General remarks ... 1459, 1463, 1486 Funding for ... 1426, 1429, 1458, 1465 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Funding for: Cessation of, in 2007 ... 1429 Investigations re ... 2179 General remarks ... 1426 Human rights–China Self-reliance of ... 1429, 1458, 1465 Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Response tabled as Self-reliance of, workplan for ... 1429 SP236/07) ... 545 Métis Settlements Appeal Tribunal Annual reports, 2005 and 2006 (SP338-339/07: Tabled) ... 772 236 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo) (Continued) Buffalo) (Continued) Métis Settlements General Council Patronage Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for 365–66 ... 469 Municipalities Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on for, release of details re ... 1926 ... 441, 841, 1460, 1461 Point of Order Natural resources revenue Factual accuracy ... 1139, 2073–74, 2146–47 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency False allegations ... 1488 debate on legislation re ... 1798–99 Imputing motives ... 991, 1463 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 43 Poon McKenzie Architects Exclusion from equalization payments, letter from Chinese projects, facilitation of by Alberta foreign Prime Minister re (SP51/07: Tabled) ... 51 offices ... 1428 Netherlands Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper) Prime Minister of, visit to Alberta ... 1657, 1761 General remarks ... 674 North American free trade agreement Public contracts Disadvantages of ... 1463, 1464 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 469 Office of the Premier Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell, release of General remarks ... 173 details re ... 1926 Oil sands development Public contracts for consultants Impact on Alberta and Canadian economies ... 1789 Release of details re ... 1926 Royal Dutch Shell investment in ... 1761 Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) Oil sands development–Health aspects Court challenges re Canadian beef imports ... 2034 General remarks ... 2179, 2286–87 Regional health authorities Olds College Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Chinese projects, facilitation of by Alberta foreign on ... 1460 offices ... 1428 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Oral Question Period (2007) Aboriginal students ... 1461–62, 1895 Aboriginal economic development ... 2178 Rod Love Consulting Inc. Aboriginal housing program ... 1448 Government contracts with, release of details re, Aboriginal training and employment ... 673 Information and Privacy Commissioner's ruling re Alberta/B.C. joint cabinet meeting ... 1241–42 ... 1926 Alberta Diabetes Institute ... 1964 Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy Alberta office in Washington ... 2252 Report ... to the Ministry of Environment, Province of Apprenticeship training ... 1895 Alberta ... 1139 Edible oil tariffs ... 2144 Royal Dutch Shell plc Federal equalization payments ... 43 Investment in Alberta oil sands ... 1761 Federal/provincial relations ... 674 School boards Government contract with former MLA ... 1486–87 Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Government contracting policies ... 469 on ... 1460 Government employment contracts ... 1926 School dropouts Health issues in Fort Chipewyan ... 2179 Aboriginal students ... 673 International trade ... 1657–58 Senators Internet gaming ... 437 Appointment of Alberta nominee for, Bert Brown ... Italian consulate ... 2217 674 Judicial system ... 675 Smith, Mr. Murray Métis hunting rights ... 365–66 Government contracts with, release of details re, Off-reserve housing ... 839 Information and Privacy Commissioner's ruling re Oil sands development ... 1789 ... 1926 Oil sands royalty structure ... 2140 Snamprogetti Ltd. Opening of U.S. border to live cattle ... 2034 Hydrotreatment plants, Fort McMurray ... 2217 Road maintenance on Alexis reserve ... 196 Softwoods–Export–United States Softwood lumber trade agreement ... 541 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 407, 541, Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 407 1427 Temporary foreign workers ... 1244 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Export Trade, investment, and labour mobility ... 127 restrictions in (tax/quota system) ... 407, 1427 Trade, investment, and labour mobility agreement ... Soybeans–Import–China 364–65, 441, 841, 1486 Tariffs on, impact on import of Alberta canola ... Trade with the Netherlands ... 1761 2144 Vocational education ... 539 Speech from the Throne Water quality in Fort Chipewyan ... 2286–87 Debate ... 146–47, 385 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 237
Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) Buffalo) (Continued) Actions (Law) Student exchanges Limitation period re (Alberta vs other jurisdictions) ... Provincial funding for ... 1430 122 Supreme Court of Canada Limitation period re (recovery of land possession) ... Aboriginal land claim consultations ruling ... 1462 122 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... Agricultural value-added production 365–66 Fibre road map study re ... 475–76 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Alberta Aids to Daily Living Aboriginal employees of ... 673 Disabled seniors assistance ... 2386 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Alberta Hospital, Edmonton Second Reading ... 68, 935–37, 964, 968 Funding model for ... 917 Committee ... 973, 990–91 Alberta Hospital, Ponoka Tour group visas Funding model for ... 917 General remarks ... 1657–58 Alberta Lake Management Society Tourism General remarks ... 1533 General remarks ... 1657–58 Alberta Motor Association Foundation for Traffic Safety Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1427 Report on traffic collisions, injuries, and fatalities ... Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement 1279 (Alberta /British Columbia) Alberta seniors benefit program Alberta legislation re ... 364–65 General remarks ... 2386 Discussion at joint Alberta/B.C. cabinet meeting ... Alberta Water Quality Awareness Day 1242, 1427, 1459, 1460 Member's statement re ... 1533 Discussion in Alberta legislature ... 1459, 1461, 1463, Alberta Wilderness Association 1465, 1486 Prairie grasslands exchange concerns ... 1963 Fines for noncompliance with ... 1459, 1463 Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Funding/consultation with MUSH sector re ... 1460 19) General remarks ... 127, 365, 841, 1427, 1461, Second Reading ... 620–21 1463–64, 1486 Committee ... 656–57 Impact on Alberta regulations ... 841 Third Reading ... 665–66 Impact on business sector ... 841 Assessment Impact on labour groups ... 1244, 1463, 1465 Market value as basis for, impact on seniors ... 2386 Impact on logging industry ... 1427 Auditor General Impact on municipalities ... 441, 841, 1460, 1461, Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), 1486 point of order re ... 1967–68 Impact on tourism industry ... 1427 Automobile drivers' licences News release re (SP355/07: Tabled) ... 842 Adaptation for use as passport substitute ... 2107–08 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... Boards of directors 364–65, 441, 1244, 1460, 1461, 1465 Appeals from, modified court procedure re (Bill 19) Training standards recognition under ... 127, 1463 ... 131 Trade missions–Ukraine Border crossings–Canada/United States General remarks ... 1430 Security issues re ... 2107–08 Traditional land-use studies (First Nations lands) Budget debate General remarks ... 1426, 1458 Motion 17: Oberg ... 739, 741–42, 744 Trucks–Inspection–Alberta/B.C. border Calgary Health Region Joint inspection station ... 1464 Cancer treatment services ... 917 Twinning of cities, provinces, etc. Funding for ... 296–97, 916–17 General remarks ... 1430 Long-term care services ... 917 Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) Mental health services, funding for ... 297, 917 Member's statements re ... 443 Operating room (surgery) capacity ... 917 Water quality–Fort Chipewyan Cancer–Treatment–Calgary Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on General remarks ... 917 ... 2286–87 Capital Health Whitecourt, Town of Funding for ... 296–97, 917 Twinning with Kamiyubetsu, Japan ... 1430 Mental health services funding ... 917 World Trade Organization Carbon dioxide sequestration Agricultural subsidies reduction through ... 2034, Funding for research re ... 1397–98 2144 General remarks ... 2140 Alberta/China agricultural trade issues, resolution of Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill ... 2144 207) Second Reading ... 1090 Child care after/before school Provincial assistance re ... 1576 238 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Climate change Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 General remarks ... 1397–98, 2140 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1810–11 Climate Change and Emissions Management Endangered wildlife species Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Impact of energy industry on ... 1400 Second Reading ... 380–82 Energy industry Committee on Government Services, Standing Impact on wildlife ... 1400 Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Act, 2007, to (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1396 General remarks ... 2140 Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Environmental Protection and Enhancement Special (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Recommendations ... 645 Act, 2007 (Bill 205) Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Second Reading ... 711–12 First Reading ... 645 Fish conservation Second Reading ... 795–96 Impact of Métis hunting/fishing rights on ... 366 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services Fishing, Sport standing committee (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1396 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2345 Committee ... 2239–40, 2270–71 Foothills Medical Centre Third reading ... 2471 Cancer treatment services ... 917 Court of Appeal Operating room capacity increase ... 917 Process re appeals from boards/tribunals, Foster care modification of (Bill 19) ... 131 Funding for ... 1576 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Gas, Natural Final report ... 2068 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1398 D-Day anniversary Glenbow Ranch provincial park Member's statement re ... 1590 Development of ... 1620–21 David Thompson Regional Health Authority Government departments Mental health services funding ... 917 Movement to rural areas ... 1571 Daycare centres–Employees Greenhouse gas emissions Shortage of ... 1576 General remarks ... 1398 Dept. of Children's Services Reduction of ... 2140 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1576 Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Act, 2007 (Bill 48) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1569, 1571 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A-H,K-M) Dept. of Energy (SP1123/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Point of Committee: Amendment A1 (parts I-J) (SP1124/07: Order re ... 1968–69 Tabled) ... 2465 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1397–98, 1400 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Dept. of Health and Wellness 41) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 916–17 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A,D,F,G) Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing (SP1120/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 909 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts B,E) (SP1121/07: Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Tabled) ... 2465 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1573–74 Committee: Amendment A1 (part C) (SP1122/07: Deputy Ministers Tabled) ... 2465 Post-employment cooling off period, legislation re Home care program (Bill 2) ... 645 General remarks ... 2386 Disabled seniors Homeless and eviction prevention fund Government programs for ... 2386 General remarks ... 909 Drink prices in licensed premises Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) Second Reading ... 422 ... 2201–02 Hunting Drug dealers Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2345 Apprehension of ... 2068 Immigration Economic growth Provincial nominee program ... 1569 Impact on seniors ... 1573–74 Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, Education, Postsecondary–Finance 2007 (Bill 12) Calgary vs Edmonton funding levels ... 405 First Reading ... 50 Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Second Reading ... 422–23 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Committee ... 494 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Carbon dioxide pipeline from ... 2140 Second Reading ... 345 Carbon dioxide supply source ... 2140 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 239
Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) Natural resources revenue Committee ... 1750–51, 1774 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Committee: Amendment A1 (SP641, 671/07: Tabled) debate on legislation re ... 1810–11 ... 1750, 1751, 1774 Nuclear power Land possession Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1398 Limitation period for recovery of (Bill 17) ... 122 Nuclear power plants–Waste disposal Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) General remarks ... 1398 First Reading ... 122 Oil sands development–Waste disposal Second Reading ... 526 Tailings ponds, reclamation of ... 1398 Committee ... 1750 Oral Question Period (2007) Committee: Amendment A1 (SP640/07: Tabled) ... Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration ... 2140 1750, 1751 Drug abuse treatment and prevention ... 2067–68 Third Reading ... 1776 Fibre road map study ... 475–76 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Funding for the Calgary health region ... 296–97 hospitals)–Calgary Glenbow Ranch provincial park ... 1620–21 General remarks ... 917 High-security drivers' licences ... 2107–08 Medical care–Finance–Calgary Métis hunting rights ... 365–66 General remarks ... 916–17 Postsecondary education funding in Calgary ... 405 Medical profession–Education Prairie grasslands land exchange ... 1963 U of C programs for, funding for ... 297 Seniors' benefits ... 2386 Medical profession–Supply Speed limit enforcement ... 1279 General remarks ... 297 Parliamentary language Members' Statements (2007) General remarks ... 1931, 1967–68 Alberta Water Quality Awareness Day ... 1533 Persons with developmental disabilities community The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 442 boards D-Day anniversary ... 1590 General remarks ... 1574 Remembrance Day 2007 ... 1886–87 Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial St. George's Day ... 761 Board Society of St. Vincent de Paul ... 2379 Elimination of ... 1574 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Point of Order Committee: Amendment A1 subamendments (parts Interrupting a member ... 1696–97 A,G-K) (SP1115/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Parliamentary language ... 1931, 1967–68 Committee: Amendment A1 subamendment (part C) Referring to a member by name ... 1297–98 (SP1116/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Prairie grasslands–Preservation Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A-B,D-K) General remarks ... 1963 (SP1117/07: Tabled) ... 2465 Prairie grasslands–Southern Alberta Committee: Amendment A1 (part C) (SP1118/07: Hays area parcel, conversion to potato production ... Tabled) ... 2465 1963 Committee: Amendment A1 (part L) (SP1119/07: Property tax Tabled) ... 2465 Capping of, for seniors ... 2386 Mental health facilities–Employees Property tax–Education levy General remarks ... 1574 Seniors' tax relief re ... 1574 Mental health services–Calgary Seniors' tax relief re, deferral program for ... 1574 Funding for ... 297, 917 Protection for People in Care Act Mental health services–Finance General remarks ... 1574 General remarks ... 917 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Métis hunting/fishing rights Motion 507: Taft ... 1106 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... Reclamation of land 365–66 Abandoned well sites ... 1400 Métis Nation of Alberta Association Oil sands area ... 1398 Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... Remembrance Day 2007 365–66 Member's statement re ... 1886–87 Métis Settlements General Council Rent control Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... General remarks ... 909 365–66 Rent increases Ministers (Provincial government) General remarks ... 909 Post-employment cooling off period, legislation re Rural economic development (Bill 2) ... 645 Government strategy re ... 1569, 1571 Municipal development permits Performance measures re ... 1571 General remarks ... 909 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Municipal sustainability initiative Committee: Amendment A1 (SP862 & 942/07: Funding from ... 909 Tabled) ... 2186 240 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Calahasen, Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) (Continued) St. George's Day Airsheds Member's statement re ... 761 Monitoring of ... 2141 Senior citizens Apprenticeship training Government programs ... 2386 Aboriginal people ... 1053 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) General remarks ... 1053 Committee ... 705–06 Bishop Routhier school Third Reading ... 848 Member's statement re ... 2246 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Chalmers, Shelby Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Member's statement re ... 1887 Second Reading ... 1749 Child welfare Social services recipients–Protection Métis children ... 1991 General remarks ... 1574 Continuing/extended care facilities–Slave Lake Society of St. Vincent de Paul Petitions tabled re (SP697, 864/07) ... 1818, 2063 Member's statement re ... 2379 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area Speech from the Throne Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 1276 Debate ... 386–88 Deer–Populations–Northern Alberta Speed limits Impact on crops ... 1276 Enforcement of ... 1279 Employment training programs Substance abuse–Prevention Aboriginal peoples ... 1053 General remarks ... 2068 General remarks ... 1053 Substance abuse–Treatment Environmental impact assessments General remarks ... 2067–68 Cumulative assessments ... 2141 Supreme Court of Canada Esquao Awards Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... Member's statement re ... 923–24 365–66 Family courts Surgery waiting lists–Calgary Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1916 General remarks ... 917 Gift Lake Métis Settlement Timber Girls peewee hockey championship winners ... 597 Value-added processing re, fibre road map study of ... Health care aides 475–76 Member's statement re ... 2171 Timber killed by pine beetles Hockey championships Utilization of ... 476 Native provincials winners, member's statement re ... Tom Baker Cancer Centre 597 General remarks ... 917 Horse Lake First Nation Traffic safety Aboriginal policing agreement ... 1335–36 General remarks ... 1279 Hospitals–High Prairie University of Alberta New hospital, scope of ... 2287 Funding level ... 405 Hydrogen sulphide emissions University of Calgary General remarks ... 2141 Funding level ... 405 Immunization Physician training programs, funding for ... 297 For influenza, member's statement re ... 1851 Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) International Aboriginal Film & Television Festival Member's statements re ... 442 Member's statement re ... 1477 Water quality Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council Member's statement re ... 1533 Aboriginal policing agreement ... 1335–36 Well sites, Abandoned Maskell, Mr. Bob (Former MLA) Remediation of ... 1400 Member's statement re ... 535 Wildlife conservation Members' Statements (2007) Impact of Métis hunting/fishing rights on ... 366 Bessie Roffey ... 360 Wildlife habitat Bishop Routhier school ... 2246 Impact of energy development on ... 1400 Bob Maskell ... 535 World Water Monitoring Day Esquao awards for aboriginal women ... 923–24 General remarks ... 1533 Flu immunization ... 1851 Calahasen, Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) Health care aides ... 2171 Aboriginal police services International Aboriginal Film & Television Festival Funding for ... 1336 ... 1477 Aboriginal police services–Lesser Slave Lake area Métis Week ... 1991–92 General remarks ... 1335–36 Municipal safety award for Slave Lake ... 1072 Aboriginal women Native hockey provincials ... 597 Member's statement re ... 923–24 Patches the Beaver book launch ... 1649 Air quality Shelby Chalmers ... 1887–88 Strategy re ... 2141 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 241
Calahasen, Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) (Continued) Calahasen, Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) (Continued) Métis hunting/fishing rights Youth apprenticeship program Petition presented re ... 2291 General remarks ... 1446–47 Métis Nation of Alberta Association Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights: Alberta–Economic conditions Petition presented re ... 2291 General remarks ... 1613 General remarks ... 1991 Alberta Netcare (Electronic health system) Métis settlements General remarks ... 692 General remarks ... 1991 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Métis Week Annual convention, member's statement re ... 2328 Member's statement re ... 1991–92 Alex Community Health Centre, Calgary Municipal safety award Hospital discharge program ... 1823 Given to the town of Slave Lake, member's statement Asian Heritage Month re ... 1072 General remarks ... 1328 Municipal sustainability initiative Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Funding from, review of ... 2256 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 642 Northern Lakes College Bow River weir project–Calgary Housing issues for students at ... 2103–04 Funding for ... 1619 Oral Question Period (2007) Brokers of foreign worker importation Affordable housing for students ... 2103–04 Monitoring of ... 1185 Air quality ... 2141 Budget Deer overpopulation ... 1276 Impact of economic indicators on ... 1856 Health facility in High Prairie ... 2287 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... Lesser Slave Lake aboriginal policing ... 1335–36 1856 Skilled workforce training program ... 1053 Calgary Catholic Immigration Society Skilled workforce training programs ... 1053 Member's statement re ... 761 Water management and erosion control program ... Calgary Health Region 2256 Community health centre, southeast Calgary ... 539 Winterkill of fish stock ... 540 Restaurant food handling warning ... 1244 Youth apprenticeship program ... 1446–47 Calgary Homeless Foundation Patches the Beaver: Welcome to Harmony Woods General remarks ... 1823 (Children's book) Canada-Alberta Co-operation on Immigration Member's statement re ... 1649 General remarks ... 1079 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Canadian armed forces Métis harvesting ... 2291 Trade credentials of, civilian recognition of ... 225 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Canadian history–Teaching Extended care beds for Slave Lake (SP697, 864/07) ... Legislation re (Bill 215) ... 1922 1818, 2063 Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary Roffey, Mrs. Bessie Funding for ... 1588 Member's statement re ... 360 Climate change Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) General remarks ... 1232 Second Reading ... 1670–71 Climate Change and Emissions Management Salvage fishing Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) General remarks ... 540 Second Reading ... 377 Slave Lake Municipal Library Community health centres Fundraiser for ... 1887 General remarks ... 1233 Slave Lake (Town) Community health centres–Calgary Municipal safety award to, member's statement re ... Southeast centre ... 539 1072 Consular corps–Alberta Social housing–Rural areas Alberta relations with ... 1657 Funding for ... 2104 Contaminated sites–Calgary Student housing Cleanup of ... 329 Affordability of ... 2103–04 Contaminated soil–Lynnview Ridge, Calgary Student housing–Town of Slave Lake Cleanup of ... 329 Affordability of ... 2103–04 CP Rail Supreme Court of Canada Ogden rail yards, Calgary: Toxic materials runoff Métis rights decisions ... 1991 from ... 329 Unified Family Court Task Force Crump, Mr. Melvin Report ... 1916 Member's statement re ... 399 Water-related erosion–Control Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Funding for ... 2256 Maintenance projects on ... 130 Winterkill of fish Noise attenuation along ... 2286 General remarks ... 540 242 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) Deerfoot Trail, Calgary (Continued) Housing First program, New York City Post and cable barrier safety system at north end of ... General remarks ... 1823 873 Hub Oil Company Ltd. Upgrades/safety improvements to ... 873 Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 329 Dept. of Energy Immigrants Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 67, 73 1232–33 Immigration Dept. of Environment Alberta-made policy re ... 1079 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Provincial nominee program ... 1079 1232–33 Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Dept. of Health and Wellness 509: Agnihotri) ... 1509 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Imperial Oil Ltd. 1232–33 Cleanup of contaminated site, Lynnview Ridge, Dollar, Canadian Calgary ... 329 Impact on Alberta budget ... 1856 International relations Impact on manufacturing sector ... 2327–28 General remarks ... 1657 Economic growth Light rail transit–Calgary General remarks ... 120 Provincial funding ... 1588 Electric power–Prices Lottery Fund Impact on manufacturing sector ... 2328 Bow River weir project funding ... 1619 Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Major community facilities program Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Calgary Bow River weir project funding ... 1619 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance Manufacturing du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Impact of Canadian dollar on ... 2327–28 Second Reading ... 349–50, 579 Impact of electricity rates on ... 2327–28 Employment standards Provincial assistance to ... 2328 Foreign workers, application to ... 1185 Maple Sugar Festival, Calgary Energy conservation Member's statement re ... 222 General remarks ... 1232 Medical care Energy industry Cost effectiveness of ... 692 General remarks ... 1232 Medical care–Finance Environmental Protection and Enhancement General remarks ... 692 (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Medical profession–Supply Act, 2007 (Bill 205) General remarks ... 539 Second Reading ... 707–08 Medical records, Electronic Environmental technology General remarks ... 692 General remarks ... 1232 Members' Statements (2007) Federal/provincial fiscal relations Alberta Urban Municipalities Association ... 2328 Per capita funding formula for, member's statement re Asian dinner for the homeless ... 1328 ... 120 Calgary Catholic Immigration Society ... 761 Federation of Canadian Municipalities National Calgary Maple Sugar Festival ... 222 Conference Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference ... Member's statement re ... 1613 1613 Food safety Melvin Crump ... 399 Impact of food handler health on ... 1244 Per capita federal funding ... 120 Foreign workers, Temporary Registered apprenticeship program ... 2026 General remarks ... 1079 Remembrance Day 2007 ... 1921 Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Ukrainian famine/genocide ... 2208 1509 Municipal finance Gas, Natural–Export Provincial funding for ... 1540, 2328 General remarks ... 1232 Netherlands Health sciences personnel–Utilization Prime Minister of, visit to Alberta ... 1657 General remarks ... 539 Noise attenuation along freeways Hepatitis A General remarks ... 2286 Public health aspects, re restaurant food handler ... Office of the Premier 1244 Premier's award of excellence from AUMA ... 2328 Homeless Oil–Export Asian dinner for, Calgary, member's statement re ... General remarks ... 1232 1328 Oral Question Period (2007) Homeless–Housing Affordable housing ... 1692, 1823 General remarks ... 1823 Affordable housing in Calgary ... 2216–17 Hospital discharge pilot project for homeless with medical needs ... 1823 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 642 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 243
Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Scholarships Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 642 Registered apprenticeship program scholarships ... Calgary Bow River weir project ... 1619 2026 Calgary industrial sites cleanup ... 329 School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, Calgary infrastructure funding ... 1588 2007 (Bill 215) Career transition for military personnel ... 225 First reading ... 1922 Deerfoot Trail improvements ... 873 Second reading ... 2339–40 Deerfoot trail maintenance ... 130 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Electronic health records ... 692 Second Reading ... 339 Food safety in restaurants ... 1244 Committee ... 702–03 Highway construction and maintenance ... 1998–1999 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment International trade ... 1657 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Minimum wage ... 571–72 Third reading ... 1972 Noise attenuation along freeways ... 2286 Petition tabled re (SP732/07) ... 1896 Physician supply ... 539 Social housing Property tax increases ... 1539–40 Funding for ... 1692 Recruiting foreign workers ... 1185 Social housing–Calgary Strength of Canadian dollar ... 1856, 2327–28 Funding for ... 1692, 2216–17 Temporary foreign workers ... 1079 Speech from the Throne Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Debate ... 114–15 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Statistics Canada Act, 2007 (Bill 45) ... 1896 Population report ... 120 Population–Canada Tour group visas As basis for federal per capita spending formula, General remarks ... 1657 member's statement re ... 120 Tourism Preventive medical services General remarks ... 1657 General remarks ... 1233 Truck drivers, Military Property tax Transition to civilian occupation ... 225 On rental housing ... 1539 Ukrainian famine/genocide, 1932-33 Property tax–Calgary Member's statement re ... 2208 General remarks ... 1539–40 Vibrant Communities Calgary Property tax–Education levy Living wage initiative ... 571 Seniors' tax relief re ... 1540 Wages–Living wage Public Health Act General remarks ... 571–72 Food safety and hygiene requirements ... 1244 Wages–Minimum wage Public service–Alberta Increasing of ... 571–72 Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Water–Recycling Cao) ... 67, 73 General remarks ... 1233 Reclamation of land Cardinal, Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) General remarks ... 1233 Athabasca (Town) Regional health authorities Heritage management plan, municipal award for ... Restaurant food handling procedures ... 1244 2134 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Banff/Cochrane Member's statement re ... 2026 Joint inter-community transportation system between, Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill municipal award for ... 2134 213) Calgary Second reading ... 1909–10 Municipal excellence award for ... 2134 Remembrance Day 2007 Canadian Rockies public school division Member's statement re ... 1921 Joint Banff/Cochrane community transportation Rental housing system, municipal award for ... 2134 Increase in supply ... 1692 Intermunicipal relations Restaurants–Inspections Member's statement re ... 2134 Food safety/food handler health issues ... 1244 Members' Statements (2007) Ring roads–Calgary Minister's awards for municipal excellence ... 2134 Northeast and northwest sections ... 873, 1999 Métis hunting/fishing rights Road construction Petition presented re (not in order) ... 2248 General remarks ... 1998–99 Municipal excellence awards Roads–Maintenance and repair Member's statement re ... 2134 General remarks ... 1999 Parkland County/Stony Plain/Spruce Grove Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Joint anti-drug unit with RCMP, municpal award for Second Reading ... 1898–99 ... 2134 Committee ... 2046–47 244 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Cardinal, Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) (Continued) Cenaiko, Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) (Continued) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Hunting Métis harvesting ... 2248 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2349–50 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Joint anti-drug unit with Stony Plain and Spruce Committee ... 1985–86 Grove ... 2134 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP771/07: Tabled) ... Cenaiko, Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) 1986 AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) Committee: Amendment A1(Part B) (SP836/07: Member's statement re ... 2247 Tabled) ... 2017 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Committee: Amendment A1(Part C) (SP838/07: Annual report, 2005-06 (SP76/07: Tabled) ... 188 Tabled) ... 2021 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP863/07: Tabled) ... 2062 Committee: Amendment A1(Part D) (SP839/07: Member's statement re ... 761 Tabled) ... 2021 Role re drug courts ... 878 Committee: Amendment A1(Part E) (SP840/07: Tobacco reduction programs ... 1439 Tabled) ... 2022 Alberta Building Officials Association Committee: Amendment A1(Part F) (SP841/07: General remarks ... 832 Tabled) ... 2022 Building Safety Week Committee: Amendment A1(Part G) (SP909/07: Member's statement re ... 832 Tabled) ... 2117 Committee on Government Services, Standing Committee: Amendment A1(Part H) (SP910/07: Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Report debated Tabled) ... 2119 by Committee of the Whole) ... 1985 Committee: Amendment A1(Part I) (SP911/07: Report on Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, presented (SP688/07: Tabled) ... 2120 Tabled) ... 1817 Committee: Amendment A1(Part J) (SP912/07: Report on Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Tabled) ... 2120 Act, 2007, presented (SP689/07: Tabled) ... 1817 Committee: Amendment A1(Part K) (SP913/07: Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Tabled) ... 2120 Committee: Amendment A1A (SP964/07: Tabled) ... Report from Government Services standing 2238 committee, presented (SP688/07: Tabled) ... 1817 Committee: Amendment A1B (SP965/07: Tabled) ... Lougheed House (Historic site) 2239 Member's statement re ... 1816 Committee: Amendment A1C (SP966/07: Tabled) ... Members' Statements (2007) 2240 Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission ... 761 Committee: Amendment A1D (SP967/07: Tabled) ... Building Safety Week ... 832 2242 HIV/AIDS awareness ... 2247 Report from Government Services standing lougheed House historic site ... 1816 committee, presented (SP689/07: Tabled) ... 1817 National Addictions Awareness Week ... 2061 Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Ukrainian Foundation for College Education ... 1270 Second reading ... 2277, 2372 World No Tobacco Day ... 1439 Crime prevention National Addiction Awareness Week General remarks ... 1855 Member's statement re ... 2061 Treatment programs re ... 1855 Oral Question Period (2007) Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1855 Final report and government response to ... 1855 Drug treatment courts ... 878 Criminals Point of Order Treatment programs for ... 1855 Allegations against a member ... 1063 Cybercrime Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) International centre for response to (Bill Pr. 1) ... 670 Third Reading ... 664 CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Act (Bill Pr. 1) Second Reading ... 340 First Reading ... 670 Smoking–Prevention Second Reading ... 1706 AADAC award of excellence and scholarship re Committee ... 1742 (Barb Tarbox award) ... 1439 Drug courts Member's statement re ... 1439 General remarks ... 878 Speech from the Throne Fishing, Sport Debate ... 317–18 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2349–50 Substance abuse–Prevention Grant MacEwan Community College Member's statement re ... 2061 Ukrainian resource and development centre ... 1270 Substance abuse–Treatment HIV/AIDS Awareness Week Member's statement re ... 761, 2061 General remarks ... 2247 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) Third Reading ... 1062–65 Member's statement re ... 2247 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 245
Cenaiko, Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Ukrainian Foundation for College Education Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Member's statement re ... 1270 22) World AIDS Day Committee ... 650–51 General remarks ... 2247 Third Reading ... 665 World No Tobacco Day Alberta Liberal Party Member's statement re ... 1439 Candidate elected in Calgary-Elbow constituency ... Chair of Committees (Marz, Richard) 1726 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 Committee ... 2412–16, 2420–21 (Bill 35) Chair–Rulings and statements Second reading ... 1835–36 Committee of Supply procedure ... 1167 Committee ... 1941–43 Decorum ... 491 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Committee of Supply Second reading ... 2071–73, 2082–85, 2094 Cross-ministry discussion rules ... 1191 Third reading ... 2428 Opposition officials on floor of House during ... 884 Advertising re (SP1054/07: Tabled) ... 2330 Opposition officials on floor of House during, rules re Alberta Works (Employment training program) ... 881 Phone information line (rent increase inquiries) ... Standing Order changes re ... 772–73, 808–09 931, 1335 Committee on Government Services, Standing Andy Russell I'tai Sah Kòp wild-land park Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Report debated General remarks ... 141 by Committee of the Whole) ... 1985 Animal Health Act (Bill 32) Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Committee ... 1523–25 Committee: Amendment A1 subamendments (parts Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton A,G-K) (SP1115/07: Tabled) ... 2442 Northwest portion: Relocation of (noise/safety issues) Committee: Amendment A1 subamendment (part C) ... 1162 (SP1116/07: Tabled) ... 2442 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Point of Order funding model for ... 159, 1160 Clarification ... 809 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Committee proceedings ... 891–92 funding model for, cost overrun payment re Division bell interval ... 2414 (SP344/07: Tabled) ... 800 Order of business ... 882 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Separating amendments ... 2415–16 funding model for, letter from company re, Standing Orders response to (SP343/07: Tabled) ... 800 Application to Committee of Supply ... 772–73, Apache Canada Ltd. 808–09 Joint fundraising breakfast, program from (SP487/07: Supplementary estimates Tabled) ... 1272 Estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 2168 Apartment buildings Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) Conversion to condominiums ... 638, 696–97 Access Roads Edmonton Ltd. Conversion to condominiums: Calgary-Varsity Letter re P3 contract for Henday Drive southeast constituency ... 638 portion, response to (SP343/07: Tabled) ... 800 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25) Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) Committee ... 272–73, 275–77 Third reading ... 2474 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Agricultural workers 20) Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour Committee ... 266–68 laws ... 294–95 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Alberta–Economic policy 2) (Bill 56) Slowing down of ... 638 Second reading ... 2257–59, 2263 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Assessment Report ... 769, 838, 1271, 1482 Municipal Affairs manual re (SP414/07: Tabled) ... Report: Rent control recommendation ... 696–97 1048 Alberta College of Art and Design Reports on (SP394-396/07: Tabled) ... 924 Downtown facility development ... 1323 Auditor General Funding ... 135 Annual report, division into two reports ... 134 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) Capital maintenance planning comments ... 1825, Second reading ... 1831–32 1859 Committee ... 1945–46 Continuing care facility management investigation Alberta Equalized Assessment Panel (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1271 Report and Recommendations ... on Equalized Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 134 Assessment in Alberta (SP395/07: Tabled) ... 924 Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan 195 Health card of, improvement for use as proof of identity ... 134 246 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Automobile seat belts Capital projects, Municipal (Continued) General remarks ... 1166 Funding not forthcoming for, summary of (SP458/07: Paper re use of demerits to increase use of (SP570/07: Tabled) ... 1181 Tabled) ... 1534 Funding priorities, letters re (SP568/07: Tabled) ... Battle River Producer Car Group 1534 Assistance to, to prevent closure of rail line 43.03 ... Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary 407 Funding for ... 1163 Bow Valley College Capital projects, Municipal–Edmonton Downtown facility development ... 1323 Funding for ... 1162, 1163 Funding ... 135 Capital projects, Municipal–Jasper Breakfast for Learning Alberta Funding for ... 1160 Annual report, 2006 (SP511/07: Tabled) ... 1330–31 Capital projects, Municipal–Lesser Slave River Fuel up with Vegetables & Fruit handbook Funding for ... 1161 (SP512/07: Tabled) ... 1331 Capital projects, Municipal–Longview Brentwood elementary school, Calgary Funding for ... 1161 Upgrading ... 1825 Capital projects, Municipal–St. Albert Budget Funding for ... 1162 Member's statement re ... 696–97 Capital projects, Municipal–Taber Calgary Arts Academy Funding for ... 1162 Student play, program from (SP435/07: Tabled) ... Capital projects–Maintenance and repair 1074 Auditor General's comments re ... 1825, 1859 Calgary Board of Education General remarks ... 1825 Priority list of construction projects (SP456/07: Cellular telephones Tabled) ... 1130 Use while driving, ban on ... 1166 Calgary-Elbow (Constituency) Chief Electoral Officer By-election in, won by Liberal candidate ... 1726 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 134 Calgary Health Region Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Home care program changes, letter re (SP150/07: 207) Tabled) ... 324–25 Second Reading ... 855–56, 1088 Calgary issues Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) General remarks ... 1585 Committee ... 283 Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Children–Employment ImaginAsian concert, program from (SP436/07: Letters pro and con (SP644-645/07: Tabled) ... 1767 Tabled) ... 1074 Climate change Calgary Stampeder Football Club Member's statement re ... 466–67 Joint fundraising breakfast, program from (SP487/07: Climate Change and Emissions Management Tabled) ... 1272 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Calgary Urban Project Society Committee ... 482–83, 485–87, 489 Joint fundraising breakfast, program from (SP487/07: CN Rail Tabled) ... 1272 Closure of rail line 43.03, Camrose to Alliance ... 407 Calgary-Varsity (Constituency) Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Letter to Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Increased mandate for ... 134 re his comments to member for (SP378/07: Conflict of interest Tabled) ... 879 Review of ... 135 Campus Alberta Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) General remarks ... 1325 Committee ... 2268–69, 2271–73 Canadian history–Teaching Consulting Engineers of Alberta Letter re (Bill 215) ... 2330 2006-07 awards program (SP490/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Canadian Wheat Board Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Alberta position on ... 135 Second Reading ... 205–06 Cancer–Treatment Container terminals–Grande Prairie area Assistance to Marlene Stallard re, letter of Provincial land provided for ... 407, 602–03 appreciation (SP182/07: Tabled) ... 409 Continuing/extended care facilities Capital projects Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1271 Deficit re ... 1160 MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1271 Planning for ... 1165–66 Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Planning for, inflation issues ... 1166 Third reading ... 2485 Public/private partnerships re ... 129, 159, 195, 1162, Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force 1165–66 General remarks ... 1271 Public/private partnerships re, poem re ... 84–85 Daycare centres Capital projects, Municipal Letters re (SP646/07: Tabled) ... 1767 Funding for ... 1160–61, 1163–64, 1166 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 247
Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Daycare centres–Finance East Athabasca road General remarks ... 135 Construction of ... 1164 Daycare centres–Standards East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) Letter re (SP941/07: Tabled) ... 2181 Third reading ... 2509–11 Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Economic development and the environment Peigan/Glenmore Trails intersections improvement ... Member's statement re ... 466–67 1999 Economic growth Post and cable barrier safety system at north end of ... General remarks ... 638 1999 Edmonton Catholic School District Upgrades/safety improvements to ... 1999 Priority list of construction projects (SP456/07: Demerit points (Driver's record) Tabled) ... 1130 Use of, to increase usage of seat belts (SP570/07: Edmonton Public School Board Tabled) ... 1534 Priority list of construction projects (SP456/07: Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Tabled) ... 1130 Former minister ... 135 Education, Postsecondary Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 135 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 1323, 1325 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1323, 1325 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Dept. of Agriculture and Food General remarks ... 135 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 135 Education–Finance Dept. of Children's Services General remarks ... 140–41 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 135 Election Act Dept. of Education Voting age under, lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 140–41 Chase) ... 1675–76, 1680 Return of school capital funding to ... 1160 Elections, Provincial Dept. of Environment Fixed dates for ... 1921 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 141 General remarks ... 1921 Dept. of Health and Wellness Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 134 Committee ... 654 Return of capital funding to ... 1160 Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Annual report, 2005-06, excerpt re Henday Drive cost sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance overrun (SP344/07: Tabled) ... 800 du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1160–66 Second Reading ... 344 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 141 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1808–09 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1144–45 Employment standards Minister's comments to Member for Calgary-Varsity, Agricultural workers, application to ... 294–95 letter from member re (SP378/07: Tabled) ... 879 Endangered wildlife species Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... Protection of, letters re (SP510/07: Tabled) ... 1330 931 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Provincial support for (Motion 502: Lukaszuk) ... Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1316–17 217–18 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Energy strategy Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 141 Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture 862–63 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 141 Enforcement services Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee Co-ordination of ... 1316–17 (Blue books) Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions General remarks ... 134 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39) Disability Arts Festival Second Reading ... 1528 Program from (SP1052/07: Tabled) ... 2330 Committee ... 1530 Disabled–Employment Environmental impact assessments General remarks ... 2208–09 Balzac racing entertainment complex water Disabled–Housing requirements, studies/reports on (M8/07: Response Availability/affordability of ... 2326 tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661 Funding for, from deferred Lieutenant Governor's Environmental protection residence ... 2326 Member's statement re ... 466–67 Drink prices in licensed premises Environmental Protection and Enhancement Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment ... 2202–03 Act, 2007 (Bill 205) Drunk driving–Prevention Second Reading ... 708–09, 853 General remarks ... 1166 248 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Ernest Manning high school, Calgary Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Roof repairs ... 1825 41) Ethics Commissioner Third reading ... 2494–95 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 134–35 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Family courts Second reading ... 2189–90 Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1911–12, High Park elementary school, Edmonton 1917 Closure, letter re (SP107/07: Tabled) ... 265 Teacher's letter re (SP572/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Highway 3 Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 29) Twinning ... 2176 Second Reading ... 1526–27 Twinning: Letter re (SP956/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Committee ... 1529 Highway 13–Camrose area east Fish and wildlife officers Impact of grain trucking on ... 407 General remarks ... 141 Impact of grain trucking on, email re (SP183/07: Numbers of ... 1317 Tabled) ... 409 Fishing, Sport Highway 43–Grande Prairie area Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2345–46, Bypass (highway 43X) ... 2176 2346–47 Highway 63 Foreign workers, Temporary Passing lanes for ... 508 Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Twinning ... 508, 1164, 2176 1506 Home care program–Calgary Fort McMurray Changes to, letter re (SP150/07: Tabled) ... 324–25 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... 1164 Homeless Impact of oil sands expansion on: Meeting with Letters re (SP875/07: Tabled) ... 2071 mayor re, July 27, 1999, documentation from Homeless–Housing (M7/07: Defeated) ... 1660–61 Letter re (SP1051/07: Tabled) ... 2330 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Homeless and eviction prevention fund Balzac water transfer information request under ... General remarks ... 769, 1144, 1335 1661 Homeless Awareness Calgary Costs of requests under ... 135 Homeless awareness week program pamphlet Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) (SP488/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Second Reading ... 1490–91 Homelessness Gastroparesis device General remarks ... 1144 Coverage under health care plan ... 222 Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) Coverage under health care plan, article re (SP93/07: Committee ... 497 Tabled) ... 231 Hospitals–Calgary Member's statement re ... 222 New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of Getting it Right (report on property assessment process) ... 129 Copy tabled (SP396/07) ... 924 Hunger Government openness Member's statement re ... 1816 General remarks ... 135, 696, 1478 Hunting Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2345–46, 38) 2346–47 Committee ... 2274–75, 2461–62, 2515 Immigrants Government report card Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 71–72 Member's statement re ... 1478 Immigration Grandparents' rights Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Article re (SP86/07: Tabled) ... 188 509: Agnihotri) ... 1506 Grant MacEwan Community College Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, Nursing degree program ... 1323 2007 (Bill 12) Grasslands Committee ... 495–96 Industrial development in, letter re (SP1082/07: Income Support program Tabled) ... 2390 Emergency housing support, letter re and response Greenhouse gas emissions (SP331/07: Tabled) ... 771, 879 Intensity targets for industry re: Letter re (SP251/07: Food assistance rates ... 1816 Tabled) ... 598 Information and Privacy Commissioner Grizzly bears–Protection Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 135 Letters re (SP510/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Groundwater Economy (U of C) Inventory/mapping of ... 141 Provincial funding for ... 1323 Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Act, 2007 (Bill 48) 2007-08 Third reading ... 2508–09 Estimates debated ... 134–35, 140–41 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 249
Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Intermunicipal relations Mentally disabled General remarks ... 1162 Funding for programs for: Letter re (SP1050/07: International Association of Assessing Officers Tabled) ... 2330 Standard on Assessment Appeal (SP394/07: Tabled) Mentally disabled–Housing ... 924 Rental accommodation for, letter re (SP315/07: Kananaskis Country Tabled) ... 724 Logging practices in ... 400 Ministers (Provincial government) Logging practices in, letters re (SP184-185, 226/07: Characteristics of ... 1478 Tabled) ... 409, 536 Mount Royal College Labour laws and legislation Degree granting status ... 1323 Coverage of agricultural workers ... 294–95 Downtown facility development ... 1323 Lavesta Area Group (Landowners) Funding ... 135 Presentation to hearings re electric power line Nursing degree program ... 1323 between Edmonton and Calgary ... 1921 Municipal District of Rocky View Legislative Assembly of Alberta Balzac racing entertainment complex water Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 134 requirements, studies/reports re (M8/07: Response Lieutenant Governor of Alberta tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661 Naming of accessible housing complex after ... 2326 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26) New official residence, deferral of ... 2326 Committee ... 1518–20 Living Legends (First Peoples' dance and music Appeal mechanism changes: Reports re (SP394- program) 396/07: Tabled) ... 924 Program from (SP481/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Government assessment manual re (SP414/07: Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Tabled) ... 1048 Second Reading ... 285–86 Natural resources revenue Third reading ... 2467 Allocation of 30% to infrastructure spending ... Logging 1165–66 As pine bark beetle control measure, letters re Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1825 (SP184-185/07: Tabled) ... 409 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country debate on legislation re ... 1808–09 Cessation of ... 400 North-south trade corridor Letters re (SP184-185, 226/07: Tabled) ... 409, 536 Completion of ... 2176 Tag-a-tree event re (SP438/07: Tabled) ... 1074 Office of the Premier Logging, Clear-cut–Southwest Alberta Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 1478 General remarks ... 1585 Oil sands development Masala Journey (Asian Heritage Month) Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Program from (SP356/07: Tabled) ... 842 report on ... 1164 Meals on Wheels, Calgary Ombudsman Fundraiser for, program from (SP437/07: Tabled) ... Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 134 1074 Oral Question Period (2007) Meat packing industry Affordable housing ... 638, 769, 1481–82, 2326 Disclosure of financial records to Commons Affordable housing for seniors ... 1653 committee review of beef pricing re BSE Alliance-Camrose rail line 43.03 ... 407 situation ... 1221 Calgary concerns ... 1585 Members of the Legislative Assembly Calgary northeast ring road ... 369 Former MLA (Walter Paskowski), involvement in Commercial vehicle inspection ... 1726 sale of public land in Grande Prairie area ... 602 Deerfoot trail safety ... 1999 Members' Statements (2007) Deferred infrastructure maintenance ... 1825, 1859 Access to affordable and nutritious food ... 1816 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... All-night debate on Bill 34 ... 1129–30 294–95 Ethics in government ... 1921 Grande Prairie land sale ... 602–03 Government report card ... 1478 Highway construction ... 2176 Government task forces ... 1271 Infrastructure maintenance ... 1186 P3 or not P3 (poem) ... 84–85 Private/public partnerships ... 129, 159, 195 Pine beetle control in Kananaskis Country ... 400 Renter assistance ... 1335 Provincial budget ... 696–97 Temporary rent regulation ... 838, 931 Sustainable environment advocacy ... 466–67 Twinning of highway 63 ... 508 Trojan girls wrestling team / Gastroparesis ... 222 Parkland Institute Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute ... Sustainable communities conference highlights 2208–09 (SP856/07: Tabled) ... 2036 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Parks, Provincial Third reading ... 2501–02 Funding for ... 141 Maintenance upgrades for ... 141 250 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Pathway and river cleanup campaign, Calgary Rent increases Volunteer guide for (SP357/07: Tabled) ... 842 Assistance programs re ... 141, 1335, 1481–82 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petition Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment tabled re (SP1049/07) ... 2330 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2035 General remarks ... 638, 838, 1144 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Impact on AISH recipients ... 638 Rent increase assistance for low-income/disabled Impact on disabled ... 638 (SP1049/07) ... 2330 Impact on seniors ... 638, 1585, 1653 Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country Letters re (SP316, 647/07: Tabled) ... 724, 1767 Letters re (SP184-185/07: Tabled) ... 409 Limited to one a year ... 697, 1144 Member's statement re ... 400 Ring roads–Calgary Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Northeast section, access points to ... 369 Second Reading ... 1500–01 Northeast section, public consultations re ... 369, Poems 2176 Concerning P3s ... 84–85 Northeast section, public consultations re: Letter re Point of Order (SP580/07: Tabled) ... 1591 Relevance ... 2511 Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) Political ethics project ... 195 Member's statement re ... 1921 Southwest section, land aquisition for, from Tsuu Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill T'ina nation ... 369 7) Road construction Committee ... 1844–45 General remarks ... 2176 Third reading ... 1933 Resource road program, funding for ... 1161 Property tax–Education levy Road construction–Finance General remarks ... 1145 Public/private partnerships re ... 1164, 1895 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 716–17 Road construction–Fort McMurray area Protected areas General remarks ... 1164 Industrial development in ... 141 Road construction–Industrial Heartland area Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution General remarks ... 1164 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15) Roads–Maintenance and repair Second Reading ... 479–80 Funding for ... 1161 Public lands General remarks ... 1166, 1186 Sale of, for a dollar ... 602–03 Ronald McDonald House, Calgary Sale of, re Grande Prairie container terminal: Grand opening pamphlet (SP151/07: Tabled) ... 325 Involvement of former MLA in ... 602 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Public lands–Security aspects Traffic safety enforcement function ... 508, 1317 General remarks ... 1317 Royalty Review Panel Public service–Alberta General remarks ... 1271 Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Rumsey natural area Cao) ... 71–72 Industrial activity in ... 141 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Studies, reports on (M8/07: Response tabled as Second Reading ... 1669–70 SP685/07) ... 1661 Committee ... 2182–83 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Third reading ... 2332–33 Motion 507: Taft ... 1105 School boards Rail service–Alliance to Camrose Funding ... 1859 Line 43.03, closure of ... 407 School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) 2007 (Bill 215) Second reading ... 1937 Second reading ... 2341–42 Committee ... 1951, 2267 Letter re (SP1053/07: Tabled) ... 2330 Red Deer River–Water levels School nutrition programs Studies re (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... Pamphlets re (SP511-513/07: Tabled) ... 1330–31 1661 School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) 213) Second Reading ... 1097–98 Second reading ... 1905 Schoolchildren–Transportation Rent control General remarks ... 140–41 All-night debate of Bill 34 (Tenancies Statutes Schools–Construction Amendment Act, 2007) re, member's Priority list re (SP456/07: Tabled) ... 1130 statement re ... 1129–30 Public/private projects re ... 129, 140 General remarks ... 696–97, 838, 931, 1335, 1482, Schools–Construction–Calgary 1585, 1653 Member's statement re ... 1129–30 General remarks ... 1585 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 251
Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Schools–Maintenance and repair Traffic accidents–Calgary Funding for ... 1825, 1859 Statistics re (SP788/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Traffic safety Committee ... 491–92 Enforcement of, on Highway 63 ... 508 Senior citizens–Housing General remarks ... 1166, 1186 Government programs for ... 1653 McDermid report on ... 1166, 1999 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Second Reading ... 334 Third reading ... 2481–82 Committee ... 700–01 Transtrue Vehicle Safety Inc. Third Reading ... 848 Contractor for commercial vehicle inspection Sewage disposal plants, Regional program ... 1726 General remarks ... 1162 Trucks–Inspection Sewage disposal plants–Finance General remarks ... 1726 General remarks ... 1160–61, 1162 Tsuu T'ina First Nation Sheriffs Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... Traffic safety enforcement function ... 508, 1317 369 Sheriffs–Training Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act General remarks ... 1317 (Bill 23) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Second reading ... 1938–39 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Committee ... 2268 Petitions presented re ... 2035 Unified Family Court Task Force Social housing Report ... 1911–12, 1917 Funding for ... 1144–45 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. General remarks ... 638, 769, 2330 Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... Letters re (SP569, 581, 875/07: Tabled) ... 1534, 1661 1591, 2071 University elementary school, Calgary Social housing–Calgary Know the Bow newsletter (SP509/07: Tabled) ... Funding for ... 1145 1330 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Letters re endangered species protection (SP510/07: Downtown facility development ... 1323 Tabled) ... 1330 Funding ... 135 University of Alberta Speech from the Throne Funding level ... 1323 Debate ... 144–47 University of Calgary Spray Lake Sawmills Downtown facility development ... 1323 Forest management plan ... 400 Funding ... 135 Standing Orders Funding level ... 1323 Amendments to ... 135 Maintenance funding for ... 1323 Student housing–Calgary Urban campus concept Downtown area ... 1323 General remarks ... 1323, 1325 Summer villages Varsity apartment complex, Calgary Provincial funding for ... 1161, 1162 Rent increases in ... 1481–82 Task forces, Government Vegreville school snack program Member's statement re ... 1271 The Breakfast Club pamphlet (SP513/07: Tabled) ... Teachers' Pension Plan 1331 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) amended: Flaherty) ... 355 Third reading ... 1935–36 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute Third reading ... 2490–91 Member's statement re ... 2208–09 Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11) Voter identification cards Committee ... 2267 General remarks ... 134 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Voting age (Provincial elections) Second Reading ... 936–38, 962, 964, 966 Lowering to 16, student essays re (SP571/07: Tabled) Committee ... 977–79, 995–96, 1006, 1016, 1020–21 ... 1534 All-night debate on, member's statement re ... Lowering to 16, teacher's letter re (SP572/07: Tabled) 1129–30 ... 1534 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) Lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1675–76, Second reading ... 1841–42 1680 Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) Water licences Third reading ... 2472–73 Ban on new leases for Oldman, South Saskatchewan, Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water and Bow rivers ... 467 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Water quality Committee ... 1514–16 General remarks ... 467 252 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Cheffins, Craig (L, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Water supply Drug courts General remarks ... 467 General remarks ... 2107 Water treatment plants East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) Funding for ... 1160–61 Committee ... 2370–71 Funding for, letters from municipalities re priorities Forest management agreements for (SP568/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Hydrological assessment of watersheds requirement Water treatment plants, Regional ... 2143 Funding for ... 1162 Fort McMurray Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for, from Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... uncollected resource revenues ... 1890 467 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac, 38) documentation re (M8/07: Response tabled as Second reading ... 1882–83 SP685/07) ... 1661 Committee ... 2515 West Regional Road, St. Albert Grey Eagle Casino General remarks ... 1162 Impact on Calgary ring road ... 1998, 2380 Western Canada high school, Calgary Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Upgrading of ... 1825 Second reading ... 2194–95 Western legacy awards Homeless Program from (SP855/07: Tabled) ... 2036 Letter re (SP895/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Wolf Creek school division No. 72 Hospitals–Calgary Priority list of construction projects (SP456/07: New south Calgary hospital ... 1789 Tabled) ... 1130 Housing authorities, Nonprofit Workers' Compensation Board Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 294–95 ... 2056 Wrestling championships Landlords, Small-scale William Aberhart high school Trojans girls team Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) qualifiers, member's statement re ... 222 ... 2056 William Aberhart high school Trojans girls team Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) qualifiers, website article re (SP106/07: Tabled) ... Committee ... 2125–27 265 Logging Cheffins, Craig (L, Calgary-Elbow) In watersheds ... 2143 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Wood Buffalo General remarks ... 2143, 2215–16 regional municipality intervention in ... 1890 Logging, Clear-cut–Southwest Alberta Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 General remarks ... 2143 (Bill 35) Logging–Crowsnest Pass (Mt. Tecumseh area) Committee ... 1943 General remarks ... 2143 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Second reading ... 2092–94, 2358–60 General remarks ... 2125–27 Capital projects–Calgary Members' Statements (2007) Funding for ... 1788–89 Calgary ring road ... 2380 Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) Mount Royal College Regulations under: Letters re (SP896/07: Tabled) ... Library upgrade ... 1789 2101 Municipal finance Conflict of interest Provincial funding for: From uncollected resource Minister of Sustainable Resource Development's revenues ... 1890 acceptance of political donations from forestry Natural resources revenue company ... 2216 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1788–89, 1890 Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Oral Question Period (2007) Third reading ... 2484 Calgary infrastructure funding ... 1788–89 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Drug treatment courts ... 2107 Drug treatment courts recommendation ... 2107 Logging in watersheds ... 2143, 2215–16 Crystal Meth Task Force Royalty revenues ... 1890 Report ... 2107 Southwest Calgary ring road ... 1997–98 Daycare centres–Licensing Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Regulations re: Letters re (SP896/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Daycare centres–Standards Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2034 Letter re (SP897/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Tsuu T'ina First Nation agreement re southwest Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Calgary ring road ... 2062 Minister's leadership campaign donation from Spray Political parties Lake Sawmills ... 2216 Leadership campaigns, contributions to ... 2216 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 253
Cheffins, Craig (L, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Postsecondary educational institutions–Calgary Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund General remarks ... 1789 Financial statements, 2006-07 (SP817/07: Tabled) ... Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta 2002 Leadership campaign contributions, disclosure of ... Alberta Capital Finance Authority 2216 Annual report, 2006 (SP818/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Property tax–Education levy Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors Nonprofit organizations/campus residences Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1012/07: Tabled) ... 2293 exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2056 Alberta College of Combined Laboratory and X-Ray Ring roads–Calgary Technologists Southwest section, land aquisition for, from Tsuu Annual report, 2006 (SP371/07: Tabled) ... 843 T'ina nation ... 1788, 1997–98 Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Southwest section, land aquisition for, from Tsuu Technologists T'ina nation: Member's statement re ... 2380 Annual report, 2006 (SP372/07: Tabled) ... 843 Southwest section, land aquisition for, from Tsuu Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists T'ina nation: Petition presented re ... 2062 Annual report, 2006 (SP670/07: Tabled) ... 1768 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Alberta College of Occupational Therapists Committee ... 2045, 2183 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1027/07: Tabled) ... 2293 School boards Alberta College of Optometrists Funding: From uncollected resource revenues ... 1890 Annual report, 2006 (SP669/06: Tabled) ... 1768 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Alberta College of Pharmacists Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Annual report, 2006-07 (SP667/07: Tabled) ... 1768 Petitions presented re ... 2034 Alberta College of Social Workers Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Annual report, 2005 (SP128/07: Tabled) ... 266 Trades and technology complex funding ... 1789 Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Spray Lake Sawmills Audiologists Logging practices ... 2215–16 Annual report, 2005 and 2006 (SP129 & 668/07: Student housing Tabled) ... 266, 1768 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Alberta Council on Aging ... 2056 Joint report on seniors' centres funding (SP954 & Substance abuse–Treatment 959/07: Tabled) ... 2210 General remarks ... 2107 Alberta Dental Association and College Suncor Inc. Annual report, 2006 (SP130/07: Tabled) ... 266 Voyageur project hearings by EUB, Wood Buffalo Radiation health and safety program annual report, mayor's intervention in ... 1890 2005 (SP302/07: Tabled) ... 697 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Radiation health and safety program annual report, Committee ... 2366 2006 (SP714/07: Tabled) ... 1818–19 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Alberta Economic Development Authority Second reading ... 2373 Activity report, 2005-06 (SP306/07: Tabled) ... 698 Tsuu T'ina First Nation Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Cost to prepare 1788, 1997–98 Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo for Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road: (Q15/07: Response tabled as SP684/07) ... 1790 Member's statement re ... 2380 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road: Annual report, 2005-06 (SP75 & 237/07: Tabled) ... Petition presented re ... 2062 156, 545 Water supply–Calgary Annual report, 2006-07 (SP758/07: Tabled) ... Impact of logging in Kananaskis Country on ... 2143 1930–31 Weaselhead natural area Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Impact of Calgary ring road on ... 1998, 2380 Annual report, 2007 (SP687/07: Tabled) ... 1790 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Endowment fund financial statement, 2006-07 Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board (SP820/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP97/07: Tabled) ... 231 Programs and financial highlights, 2005-06 (SP95/07: Alberta Association of Architects Tabled) ... 231 Annual report, 2006 (SP368/07: Tabled) ... 843 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Alberta Automobile Insurance Board Engineering Research Annual report, 2006 (SP585/07: Tabled) ... 1591 Endowment fund financial statement, 2006-07 Alberta Boilers Safety Association (SP822/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2006 (SP530/07: Tabled) ... 1386 Ingenuity Inside, 2006-07 annual report (SP825/07: Alberta Cancer Board Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP119/07: Tabled) ... 266 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Annual report, 2006-07 (SP831/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1011/07: Tabled) ... 2293 First quarter update, 2007-08 (SP832/07: Tabled) ... 2002 254 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (Continued) Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Second-quarter update, 2006-07 (SP45/07: Tabled) ... Grants to Holy Cross Manor, Calgary: Response to 26 questions re (SP272/07: Tabled) ... 645 Tobacco company investments: Value of (Q4/07: The Canadian Institute Response tabled as SP311/07) ... 698 Oil sands conference, Minister of Finance's speaking Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund notes to (SP1031/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Financial statements, 2006-07 (SP821/07: Tabled) ... Capelle Associates Inc. 2002 Alberta Investment Management Organization and Alberta Ingenuity Fund Governance Review report (SP99/07:Tabled) ... 231 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP575/07: Tabled) ... 1535 Capital Health Annual report, 2005-06 (SP96/07: Tabled) ... 231 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP125/07: Tabled) ... 266 Tri-annual report, 2000-03 (SP576/07: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1019/07: Tabled) ... 2293 1535 Certified General Accountants Association of Alberta Triennial report, 2003-06 (SP826/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP757/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Annual report, 2006 (SP308/07: Tabled) ... 698 Organization and Governance Review report Charitable Gaming in Alberta: 2006-07 in Review (SP99/07: Tabled) ... 231 Copy tabled (SP759/07: Tabled) ... 1931 Alberta Land Surveyors' Association Chinook Regional Health Authority 98th annual general meeting (SP711/07: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1020/07: Tabled) ... 2293 1818 Civil service pensions Alberta Law Foundation Unfunded liability reduction: Projected costs of Annual report, 2006-07 (SP744/07: Tabled) ... 1897 (Q1/07: Response tabled as SP310/07) ... 698 Alberta Mental Health Board College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta Annual report, 2005-06 (SP123/07: Tabled) ... 266 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP131/07: Tabled) ... 266 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1015/07: Tabled) ... 2293 College of Alberta Dental Assistants Alberta Opticians Association Annual report, 2006 (SP1025/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Annual report, 2006 (SP1016/07: Tabled) ... 2293 College of Alberta Denturists Alberta Prion Research Institute Annual report, 2006 (SP1026/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP98/07: Tabled) ... 231 College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists Annual report, 2006-07 (SP827/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2006 (SP492/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Alberta Securities Commission College of Alberta Psychologists Annual report, 2007 (SP816/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP132/07: Tabled) ... 266 Alberta Teachers' Association Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1028/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Annual report, 2005 (SP162/07: Tabled) ... 333 College of Chiropractors of Alberta Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Annual review, 2006 (SP120/07: Tabled) ... 266 Annual report, 2006 (SP309/07: Tabled) ... 698 Radiation health administrative organization annual Rediation protection program annual report, 2005 report, 2005-06 (SP300/07: Tabled) ... 697 (SP301/07: Tabled) ... 697 Radiation health administrative organization annual Rediation protection program annual report, 2006 report, 2006-07 (SP712/07: Tabled) ... 1818 (SP713/07: Tabled) ... 1818 College of Dietitians of Alberta Aspen Regional Health Authority Annual report, 2005-06 (SP133/07: Tabled) ... 266 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP124/07: Tabled) ... 266 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1029/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1017/07: Tabled) ... 2293 College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Annual report, 2006 (SP573/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Geophysicists of Alberta College of Physical Therapists of Alberta Annual report, 2006 (SP391/07: Tabled) ... 880 Annual report, 2004-05 and 2005-06 (SP369-370/07: Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Tabled) ... 843 Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 697 Radiation health administrative organization annual Banff Centre for Continuing Education report, 2005-06 (SP303/07: Tabled) ... 698 Audited financial statements, 2005-06 (SP190/07: Radiation health administrative organization annual Tabled) ... 409 report, 2006-07 (SP715/07: Tabled) ... 1819 Budget College of Registered Dental Hygienists of Alberta 2006-07 second-quarter activity report (SP41/07: Annual report, 2006 (SP574/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Tabled) ... 26 College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta 2006-07 second-quarter fiscal update (SP40/07: Annual report, 2006 (SP121/07: Tabled) ... 266 Tabled) ... 26 Committee of Supply Budget 2007 Calendar of discussions, spring 2007, final copy First Quarter Fiscal Update, 2007-08 (SP819/07: (SP457/07: Tabled) ... 1131 Tabled) ... 2002 Community facility enhancement program Calgary Health Region Grant applications, rejected, 1998-2005 (Q22/06: Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1018/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Response tabled as SP142/07) ... 299 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 255
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Community facility enhancement program (Continued) Dept. of Environment (Continued) Grant applications awarded without matching funds, Annual report, 2006-07 (SP800/07: Tabled) ... 2002 1998-2005 (Q23/06: Response tabled as SP143/07) Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion, ... 299 responses to questions during (SP543 & 683/07: Community initiatives program Tabled) ... 1440, 1790 Grants awarded without matching funds, 1998-2005 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions (Q20/06: Response tabled as SP140/07) ... 299 during (SP542/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Grants rejected, 1998-2005 (Q21/06: Response tabled Dept. of Finance as SP141/07) ... 299 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP25/07: Tabled) ... 26 Consulting Engineers of Alberta Annual report, 2006-07 (SP802/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP517/07: Tabled) ... 1331 Dept. of Gaming Continuing/extended care facilities Annual report, 2005-06 (SP26/07: Tabled) ... 26 Numbers of, 2001-06 (Q9/07: Response tabled as Dept. of Government Services SP637/07) ... 1729 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP27/07: Tabled) ... 26 Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation Dept. of Health and Wellness Annual report, 2006 (SP823/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2005-06, sections I and II (SP28- David Thompson Regional Health Authority 29/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1021/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Annual report, 2006-07, sections I and II (SP803- Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development 804/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP15/07: Tabled) ... 26 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion, Dept. of Advanced Education responses to questions during (SP481, 543/07: Annual report, 2005-06 (SP16/07: Tabled) ... 26 Tabled) ... 1440 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Annual report, 2006-07 (SP794/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP30/07: Tabled) ... 26 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation during (SP612/07: Tabled) ... 1659 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP31/07: Tabled) ... 26 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Annual report, 2006-07 (SP805/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP17/07: Tabled) ... 26 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Dept. of Agriculture and Food during (SP577, 588/07: Tabled) ... 1535, 1591 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP795/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Dept. of Innovation and Science Dept. of Children's Services Annual report, 2005-06 (SP32/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP18/07: Tabled) ... 26 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Annual report, 2006-07 (SP796/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Relations Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Annual report, 2006-07 (SP806/07: Tabled) ... 2002 during (SP476, 540/07: Tabled) ... 1247, 1440 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Dept. of Community Development Annual report, 2005-06 (SP33/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP19/07: Tabled) ... 26 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Dept. of Economic Development Annual report, 2005-06 (SP34/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP20/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP807/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Dept. of Education Dept. of Municipal Affairs Annual report, 2005-06 (SP21/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP35/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP797/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP578-579/07: Tabled) ... 1535 during (SP528, 544/07: Tabled) ... 1386, 1440 System improvement and reporting division: Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Expenses of (Q32/06: Response tabled as SP295/07) Annual report, 2005-06 (SP36/07: Tabled) ... 26 ... 697 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports System improvement and reporting division: Annual report, 2005-06 (SP37/07: Tabled) ... 26 Performance measures re (Q31/06: Response Annual report, 2006-07 (SP808/07: Tabled) ... 2002 tabled as SP294/07) ... 697 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry during (SP532, 665/07: Tabled) ... 1386, 1768 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP798/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Annual report, 2005-06 (SP38/07: Tabled) ... 26 during (SP516/07: Tabled) ... 1331 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP810/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Dept. of Energy Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Annual report, 2005-06 (SP22/07: Tabled) ... 26 during (SP629/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP799/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Annual report, 2005-06 (SP39/07: Tabled) ... 26 during (SP477, 493, 533, 613, 664/07: Tabled) Annual report, 2006-07 (SP811/07: Tabled) ... 2002 ... 1247, 1272, 1386, 1659, 1768 Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture Dept. of Environment Annual report, 2006-07 (SP812/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP23/07: Tabled) ... 26 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions during (SP636/07: Tabled) ... 1729 256 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) East Central Health Law Society of Alberta Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1022/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Annual report, 2006 (SP743/07: Tabled) ... 1897 Education A Learning Alberta review Grade inflation in Alberta's system, memo re Costs of (Q24/06: Response tabled as SP144/07) ... (SP611/07: Tabled) ... 1659 299 Enterprise Universal Incorporated Lefebvre, Paul Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor, Details re government grant to (Q29/06: Response repayment of, if project fails: Response to tabled as SP298/07) ... 697 questions re (SP272/07: Tabled) ... 645 Maskalyk, Miles Environmental impact assessments Details re government grant to (Q27/06: Response Balzac racing entertainment complex water tabled as SP296/07) ... 697 requirements, studies/reports on (M8/07: Response Measuring Up, Progress Report on the Government of tabled as SP685/07) ... 1790 Alberta Business Plan Environmental Protection Security Fund Annual report, 2006-07 (SP814/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP686/07: Tabled) ... 1790 Members of the Legislative Assembly Executive Council Report on payments to (SP42/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP24/07: Tabled) ... 26 Mental Health Patient Advocate Annual report, 2006-07 (SP801/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1014/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Falun Gong–China Mentally disabled Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Response tabled as Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: SP236/07) ... 545 Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 697 Fatal Accidents Act Métis Settlements Appeal Tribunal Section 8, review of (SP742/07: Tabled) ... 1897 Annual reports, 2005 and 2006 (SP338-339/07: Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (Constituency) Tabled) ... 772 Member for, cost of preparing for EUB hearings into Municipal District of Rocky View Voyageur project (Q15/07: Response tabled Balzac racing entertainment complex water as SP684) ... 1790 requirements, studies/reports re (M8/07: Response Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act tabled as SP685/07) ... 1790 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP518/07: Tabled) ... 1331 Northern Alberta Development Council Requests under, answered within 30 days, 2001-06 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP307/07: Tabled) ... 698 (Q12/07: Response tabled as SP541/07) ... 1440 Northern Lights Health Region Gaming industry Annual report, 2005-06 (SP126/07: Tabled) ... 266 Charitable Gaming in Alberta: 2006-07 in Review Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1023/07: Tabled) ... 2293 (SP759/07: Tabled) ... 1931 Palliser Health Region General Revenue Fund Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1024/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Details of grants, supplies and services, 2005-06 Paul, Jean Henry (SP44/07: Tabled) ... 26 Details re government grant to (Q28/06: Response Grants to Edmond Lefebvre (Q29/06: Response tabled as SP297/07) ... 697 tabled as SP298/07) ... 697 Peace Country Health Grants to Jean Henry Paul (Q28/06: Response tabled Annual report, 2005-06 (SP127/07: Tabled) ... 266 as SP297/07) ... 697 Petroleum Tank Management Association of Alberta Grants to Miles Maskalyk (Q27/06: Response tabled Annual report, 2006 (SP529/07: Tabled) ... 1386 as SP296/07) ... 697 Postsecondary educational institutions Government of Alberta Audited financial statements, 2004-05 (SP190/07: Consolidated financial statements, 2006-07 Tabled) ... 409 (SP815/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Audited financial statements (SP1030/07: Tabled) ... Health Disciplines Board 2293 Annual report, 2005 (SP122/07: Tabled) ... 266 Prostitutes, Juvenile Annual report, 2006 (SP1013/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Recidivism rate after apprehension of (Q16/07: Holy Cross Manor Incorporated Response tabed as SP666/07) ... 1768 Afforable housing grants to, repayment with interest Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act if project fails clause: Response to questions re Children apprehended under: Rate of recidivism of (SP272/07: Tabled) ... 645 (Q16/07: Response tabled as SP666/07) ... 1768 Horse Racing Alberta Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension Annual report, 2005 (SP238/07: Tabled) ... 545 Plan Annual report, 2006 (SP638/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Annual report, 2005/06 (SP43/07: Tabled) ... 26 Human rights–China Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Alberta actions re (Q29/06: Response tabled as Studies, reports on (M8/07: Response tabled as SP236/07) ... 545 SP685/07) ... 1790 KPA Advisory Services Ltd. Red Deer River–Water levels Alberta Investment Management Organization and Studies re (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... Governance Review report (SP99/07:Tabled) ... 231 1790 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 257
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) Victims of crime Costs to administer (Q14/07: Response tabled as Assistance programs status report, 2005-06 SP466/07) ... 1182 (SP134/07: Tabled) ... 266 Costs to recover cheques sent to non-qualified Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River recipients (Q13/07: Response tabled as Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac, SP465/07) ... 1182 documentation re (M8/07: Response tabled as Royalty Review 2006: A List of Consultant Studies and SP685/07) ... 1790 Software Workers' Compensation Board Copy tabled (SP250/07) ... 564 Accountability framework report, 2006 (SP610/07: Safety Codes Council Tabled) ... 1659 Annual report, 2006 (SP531/07: Tabled) ... 1386 Annual report, 2006 (SP515/07: Tabled) ... 1331 School boards Coutts, David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Audited financial statements, 2005-06, sections 1-3 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (SP828-830/07: Tabled) ... 2002 CAIS program administration ... 767 Financial statements, 2004-05, sections 1-3 (SP159- Alberta Energy and Utilities Board 161/07: Tabled) ... 333 Information letter IL93 re energy industry activity in Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta southwest Alberta ... 192 Joint report on seniors' centres funding (SP954 & Auditor General (Federal) 959/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Agriculture income stabilization program, report on ... Service Alberta 767 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP809/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Administrative improvement of ... 767 during (SP596/07: Tabled) ... 1624 Conflict of interest in administration of ... 767 Social Care Facilities Review Committee Federal Auditor General's report on ... 767 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP283/07: Tabled) ... 679 Overpayments from ... 767 Student financial aid Climate change Loan and loan relief payments, 2000-05 (Q25/06: Member's statement re ... 1755 Response tabled as SP145/07) ... 299 Climate Change and Emissions Management Suncor Inc. Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Voyageur project hearings by EUB, cost of preparing Second Reading ... 378–79 Member for Fort McMurray for (Q15/07: Response Climate Change Central tabled as SP684/07) ... 1790 Member's statement re ... 1755 Supportive living facilities Progress report, 2006 (SP597/07: Tabled) ... 1658 Numbers of, 2001-07 (Q10/07: Response tabled as Colony collapse disorder (Honey bees) SP420/07) ... 1049 General remarks ... 808 Technical schools Conflict of interest Audited financial statements, 2005-06 (SP190/07: Agriculture income stabilization program Tabled) ... 409 administration ... 767 Tobacco companies Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Heritage Fund investment in: Value of (Q4/07: Second Reading ... 208–09 Response tabled as SP311/07) ... 698 Curling championships Tourism Optimist International champions, member's Workforce strategy for (SP555/07: Tabled) ... 1488 statement re ... 501 Treasury Board Drilling industry–Eastern Slopes area Annual report, 2006-07 (SP813/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Moratorium on ... 192 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Electric power lines–Construction during (SP497, 596/07: Tabled) ... 1624 General remarks ... 439 Treasury Branches Electric power lines–Pincher Creek to Lethbridge (240 Annual report, 2007 (SP824/07: Tabled) ... 2002 kV) Universities and colleges General remarks ... 439 Audited financial statements, 2004-05 and 2005-06 Energy industry–Eastern Slopes area (SP190/07: Tabled) ... 409 General remarks ... 191–92 University of Alberta Energy industry–Environmental aspects Radiation health administrative organization annual General remarks ... 191–92 report, 2005-06 (SP304/07: Tabled) ... 698 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Radiation health administrative organization annual (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment report, 2006-07 (SP716/07: Tabled) ... 1819 Act, 2007 (Bill 205) University of Calgary Second Reading ... 852 Radiation health administration organization annual Fort Macleod Santa Claus parade report, 2005-06 (SP305/07: Tabled) ... 698 Member's statement re ... 2282 Radiation health administration organization annual Greenhouse gas emissions report, 2006-07 (SP717/07: Tabled) ... 1819 Reduction of ... 1755 258 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Coutts, David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) (Continued) Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) (Continued) Second reading ... 2197 Agricultural workers Honey–Food safety aspects Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour General remarks ... 808 laws ... 130 Labour mobility Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 838–39 Slowing down of ... 1638 Labour mobility–Pacific northwest area Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force General remarks ... 838–39 General remarks ... 46, 1143 Medical care, Primary Report ... 104, 126, 227–28, 298, 369, 402, 439, 507, Member's statement re ... 359 538, 542, 566, 600, 604, 638, 639, 769–70, 801, Members' Statements (2007) 802, 874, 876, 877, 893, 896–97, 931, 1055, Climate change ... 1755 1142, 1244, 1482, 1692, 2029, 2216 Fort Macleod Santa Claus parade ... 2282 Report: Home ownership assistance program Optimist International curling championship ... 501 recommendation ... 1618 Pincher Creek, Alberta ... 1438–39 Report: Rent control recommendation ... 690 Primary health care renewal initiatives ... 359 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Stavely Indoor Professional Rodeo ... 923 Position on municipal sustainability report ... 643, Off-highway vehicles 673, 894 Helmet and operating legislation re, petition Alberta Boilers Safety Association presented re ... 122 Annual report, 2006 (SP530/07: Tabled) ... 1386 Oral Question Period (2007) Alberta Elevating Devices and Amusement Rides Safety Agricultural income stabilization program ... 767 Association Bee colony collapse disorder ... 808 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP694/07: Tabled) ... 1817 Oil and gas activity in the eastern slopes ... 191–92 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Pacific northwest labour mobility ... 838–39 General remarks ... 1150, 2179 Peace and police officer training centre ... 327–28 Alberta home ownership assistance program Police officer supply ... 1929 General remarks ... 1618 Wind power generation ... 439–40 Alberta Housing Act Pacific Northwest Economic Region General remarks ... 1151 Labour mobility within ... 838–39 Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC Pest control in the honey industry proposal) General remarks ... 808 General remarks ... 1926, 2217, 2250 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Helmet and operating legislation for all-terrain Annual convention, resolutions from ... 2253 vehicle operators ... 122 Position on municipal sustainability report ... 643, Pincher Creek Associate Clinic 673, 894 Good health initiative, member's statement re ... 359 Alexis First Nation Pincher Creek (Town) Affordable housing projects ... 1447–48 Member's statement re ... 1438–39 Ambulance service–Finance Police General remarks ... 908 Increase in numbers of ... 1929 Annexation (Municipal) MLA committee review of: Report ... 327–28 General remarks ... 896 Recruitment/retention problems, round-table on ... Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton 1929 Funding for ... 908 Police and peace officer college Apartment buildings General remarks ... 327–28 Conversion to condominiums ... 369, 638, 910, 931, Preventive medical services 1145, 1146, 1390, 1962, 2216 General remarks ... 359 Conversion to condominiums: Calgary-Varsity Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) constituency ... 638 Second Reading ... 341–42 Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 538, Stavely Indoor Pro Rodeo 604 Member's statement re ... 923 Apartment fire, Fort McMurray Water quality–Eastern Slopes area Impact of ... 637–38 Impact of energy industry on ... 191–92 Assessment Wind power General remarks ... 893 General remarks ... 439–40, 1438 Minister's guidelines re, legislation re authority for Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Bill 26) ... 400 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 102, 104, 839, Rent costs assistance for recipients of ... 2029 911, 1143–44, 1447–48, 2106 Battered women–Housing Agricultural land Second-stage housing ... 46, 568, 802 Protection for, under land-use framework ... 1636 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 259
Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) (Continued) Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Continued) Donation requests to, from other PC leadership Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 892–98, 900, contenders ... 1614–15 906–14, 1141–51 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1535, Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions 1615 during (SP528, 544/07: Tabled) ... 1386, 1440 Independent inspection of, re leadership campaign Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... donations ... 1615 839–40, 871, 874, 931 Inspection of ... 1535 Minister's meeting with tenants re rent increases ... Bissell Centre, Edmonton 871 Emergency funding for ... 2249–50 Performance measures ... 913 Border crossings–Canada/United States Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Coutts crossing safety fence location ... 691 102, 104 Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development General remarks ... 911, 2216 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Grants to Holy Cross Manor, Calgary ... 225–26, 1627, 1630–31, 1636–38, 1640–42 295–96 Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Grants to Holy Cross Manor, Calgary: Response to regional waste management commission... 1614–15 questions re (SP272/07: Tabled) ... 645 Disabled–Housing Sale of properties built under, return of grant money Availability/affordability of ... 1277, 1620 due to ... 298 Disaster relief Capital projects, Municipal Flooding in central and southern Alberta ... 1654 Compensation claims re, legislation re (Bill 26) ... Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) 400 Second Reading ... 1715 Funding for ... 2326 Domestic violence Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary General remarks ... 46 Funding for ... 767–68 Economic growth Capital region integrated growth management plan General remarks ... 604, 638, 690, 695, 768, 1142 General remarks ... 1961 Planning for ... 893 Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Economic growth–Edmonton area Policy framework for government, development of ... Impact of ... 125, 126–27 893, 1142 Education, Postsecondary Staffing issues ... 1657 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 806 Community development faciltators Emergency Management Alberta General remarks ... 893, 1142 Disaster preparedness planning (Fort McMurray Contaminated sites apartment fire) ... 637 Cleanup of ... 163 Flood preparedness planning ... 506–07 Council of Alberta University Students Emergency planning Student housing and rent increases concerns ... 806, Federal involvement ... 1150 1055 Fort McMurray apartment fire ... 637–38 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Funding for ... 1150 Homeless and eviction fund management ... 910, General remarks ... 893, 1142, 2179 1144 Employment standards Dept. of Energy Agricultural workers, application to ... 130 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Foreign workers, application to ... 124 1627, 1630–31, 1636–38, 1640–42 Enterprise Universal Incorporated Dept. of Environment Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor ... Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 225–26, 507–08 1627, 1630–31, 1636–38, 1640–42 Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor, Dept. of Health and Wellness repayment of, if project fails ... 226, 295–96 Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor, regional waste management commission ... 1615 repayment of, if project fails: Response to questions Dept. of Municipal Affairs re (SP272/07: Tabled) ... 645 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP35/07: Tabled) ... 26 Epidemic response services Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing General remarks ... 1142 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP693/07: Tabled) ... 1817 Equalization payments Business plan ... 893, 1141–42 Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from, letter Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... from Prime Minister re (SP51/07: Tabled) ... 51 1627, 1630–31, 1636–38, 1640–42 Fire Services Advisory Committee Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion, Legal actions against firefighters, study of ... 604 responses to questions during (SP692/07: Tabled) Firefighters/fire departments ... 1817 Legal actions against, by insurance companies ... 604 260 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) (Continued) Floods Insurance companies Preparedness for ... 506–07 Legal actions against firefighters/fire departments ... Preparedness for, federal/provincial co-operation re ... 604 1150 Intermunicipal relations Floods–Central/southern Alberta Dispute resolution process ... 90–91 Disaster relief re ... 1654 General remarks ... 125, 126, 227, 404, 474–75, 643, Floods–Northern Alberta 807–08, 837, 894, 896, 907, 909–10, 912, 914, General remarks ... 506–07 1054–55, 1147, 1149, 1627, 1631, 1637 Food banks Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Impact of rent increases on usage of ... 1336 General remarks ... 643, 1147, 1961 Foreign workers, Temporary Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... Agricultural jobs for ... 130 125, 126–27, 695 Treatment of: Armando Garcia case ... 124, 130 Labour laws and legislation Treatment/safety of ... 130 Coverage of agricultural workers ... 130 Fort McMurray Land-use framework Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for, from Agricultural land protection under ... 1636 uncollected resource revenues ... 1890 General remarks ... 895, 914, 1631 Government agencies, boards, and commissions Landlords Solicitation of political funds from ... 1535 Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases Happy Creek Estates housing project, Hinton ... 839–40, 874 Funding for ... 2105 Libraries Holy Cross Long Term Care General remarks ... 893, 1142 Termination of contract for, by Calgary Health Libraries–Finance Region ... 508 General remarks ... 908 Holy Cross Manor Incorporated Light rail transit–Calgary Afforable housing grants to ... 225–26, 507–08 Provincial funding ... 767–68, 1081 Afforable housing grants to, repayment with interest Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects if project fails clause ... 226, 295–96 General remarks ... 1636 Afforable housing grants to, repayment with interest Low-income families if project fails clause: Response to questions re Microcredit for, re security deposits and first month's (SP272/07: Tabled) ... 645 rent ... 566 Afforable housing unit rents ... 507–08 Mayor of Calgary Homeless Position on provincial municipal funding ... 1075, Outreach programs for ... 102, 104 1081 Programs for ... 2249–50 Members of the Legislative Assembly Homeless–Housing Accommodation allowance increase ... 801 Emergency winter shelters ... 2069, 2105, 2249–50 Métis hunting/fishing rights Funding for ... 801, 802, 876, 896, 898, 1056, 1143, Petition presented re (not in order) ... 2248 1151, 1275, 1692, 2069, 2105 Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability General remarks ... 104, 402, 507, 566, 639, 1824, General remarks ... 893, 1142, 1147, 1627 2249–50 Regional governance discussions ... 125, 126, 894, Transitional housing ... 876, 896, 898, 1144, 1146, 1637 1150, 2250 Report ... 227, 404, 673, 807, 1054–55, 1148–49 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Report, municipal taxation recommendation ... 227, General remarks ... 801, 876, 896, 898, 910, 1056, 643, 673, 1186, 1190 1144, 1145, 1275, 1447, 1926, 1962, 2029, 2069, Monarch Place, Red Deer 2217 Sale of ... 1390 Housing–Prices Municipal District of Rocky View Impact of ... 1617–18 Memo re water licence for Balzac racing Housing authorities, Nonprofit entertainment complex ... 90–91 Provincial funding for ... 1151 Municipal finance Housing First program, New York City Provincial funding for ... 474–75, 894–95, 907, 908, General remarks ... 1824 1142, 1149, 1540, 1764, 1961, 2326 A Housing Symposium: Affordable Housing for Provincial funding for: From uncollected resource Albertans (1998) revenues ... 1890 General remarks ... 600 Provincial funding for: Reporting/ accounting Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area requirements re ... 914 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 2175 Municipal finance–Calgary Impact on water supplies ... 2175 Provincial funding for ... 728, 767–68, 1075, 1081 Regional impact of ... 125, 126–27, 695 Municipal Government Act Firefighters provisions ... 604 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 261
Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) (Continued) Municipal Government Act (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) General remarks ... 1149, 1637 Contaminated sites cleanup ... 163 Natural areas protection authority under ... 2253 Contribution to Premier's leadership campaign ... Regional service commissions provisions ... 807–08 1535 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26) Contributions to leadership campaign ... 1614–15 First Reading ... 400 Disaster services ... 1654 Second Reading ... 1190–91, 1361 Emergency housing ... 2069 Committee ... 1516–19 Emergency preparedness ... 2179 Third Reading ... 1710 Family violence ... 46 Municipal Government Board Government intiatives ... 1763 General remarks ... 893, 1142, 1627 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 225–26, 295–96, 507–08 Municipal planning commissions Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray ... General remarks ... 894 637–38 Municipal sustainability initiative Incentives for property developers ... 1188 Funding from ... 691, 695, 768, 801, 802, 805, 837, Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... 895, 896, 898, 909–10, 911, 912, 1081, 1145, 2175 1147, 1151, 1390, 1540, 1620, 1627, 1631, Industrial projects in Alberta's heartland area ... 125 1637, 1763, 1764, 1926, 1961, 2253 Litigation against firefighters ... 604 Funding from, for West Yellowhead constituency Local government issues ... 2253 projects ... 2106 Minster's council on municipal sustainability ... 673 Municipalities Municipal funding ... 2326 General remarks ... 893, 894 Municipal growth pressures in the capital region ... Issues involving ... 2253 126–27 Natural areas–Urban areas Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 691, Protection of ... 2253 837, 1764 Natural resources revenue Municipal taxation ... 643, 1186–87, 1190 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1890 Not-for-profit sector ... 1657 Exclusion from equalization payments, letter from Off-reserve housing ... 839 Prime Minister re (SP51/07: Tabled) ... 51 Property tax increases ... 1539–40 Northern Lakes College Property taxes for condominiums ... 1691 Housing issues for students at ... 2103–04 Racing entertainment centre project ... 404 Office of the Premier Red Deer River water transfer ... 90–91 Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Regional municipal funding ... 474–75, 1961 regional waste management commission ... Regional municipal planning ... 807–08 1535, 1615 Regional municipal planning and development ... 695, Oil sands development 1054–55 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 1637 Regional taxation issues ... 227 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Rent regulation ... 1824 report on ... 876 Rent supplement programs ... 925, 928, 1050, 1056 Oral Question Period (2007) Renter assistance ... 1335, 1336, 1618–19 Aboriginal housing program ... 1447–48 Renter assistance programs ... 1447 Affordability of postsecondary education ... 806 Royalty revenues ... 1890 Affordable accessible housing ... 1277, 1620 Secondary suites ... 644, 675, 805 Affordable housing ... 126, 369, 402, 439, 507, Spring flooding ... 506–07 541–42, 566, 600, 604, 638, 639, 768, 769–70, Student accommodation costs ... 1240 801–03, 1244, 1246, 1275, 1390, 1482, Support for the homeless ... 2249–50 1617–18, 1687, 1692, 1961–62, 2216 Temporary foreign workers ... 124, 130 Affordable housing for AISH recipients ... 2029 Temporary rent regulation ... 690–91, 838, 839–40, Affordable housing for rural Alberta ... 1926 841, 871, 874, 876, 877–78, 929, 931 Affordable housing for smaller communities ... Women's shelters ... 568 2104–05 Petroleum Tank Management Association of Alberta Affordable housing for students ... 2103–04 Annual report, 2006 (SP529/07: Tabled) ... 1386 Affordable housing grant program ... 298 Piper Creek Foundation, Red Deer Affordable housing in Calgary ... 840, 2216–17 Affordable housing project ... 1444 Affordable housing in West Yellowhead ... 2105–06 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Affordable housing projects ... 1444 Second Reading ... 1497–98 Affordable Housing Task Force report ... 227–28 Point of Order Committee proceedings ... 891 Assistance for student housing ... 1055 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Calgary municipal funding ... 767–68, 1075, 1081 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, Capital region municipal planning ... 1723 from Beaver regional waste management Condominium conversions ... 538 commission ... 1535, 1614–15 262 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) (Continued) Property tax Ring roads–Calgary Affect of new municipal taxes on ... 1186–87 Funding for ... 908 On condominiums ... 1691 Safety Codes Council General remarks ... 893, 1142 Annual report, 2006 (SP531/07: Tabled) ... 1386 On student residences ... 1240 Senior citizens–Housing Property tax–Calgary In secondary suites ... 1148 General remarks ... 1539–40 Service Alberta Property tax–Edmonton Questions to, re rent increases ... 840, 841 General remarks ... 1961 Social housing Property tax–Education levy Definition of ... 1244 Seniors' tax relief re ... 1691 For domestic violence victims ... 46, 568 Transfer to municipalities ... 895, 909 Federal funding for ... 102, 1444 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Funding for ... 104, 639, 801, 802, 805, 839, 840, General remarks ... 908, 911, 912, 1075, 1149 874, 876, 893, 896, 898, 908–09, 910, 911, Provincial/municipal relations 1056, 1143–44, 1145, 1275, 1336, 1447, 1618, General remarks ... 893, 894, 1142, 2253 1692, 1763, 1824, 1961–62, 2069, 2105, 2216–17, Public contracts 2253 Clause in, re repayment of funds if project fails ... 296 General remarks ... 46, 126, 298, 369, 402, 507, Public health emergency services 541–42, 566, 768–70, 801–03, 893, 1142, General remarks ... 1142 1144, 2216 Public safety (Building/fire codes) Government grants re ... 225–26 General remarks ... 893, 1142 Liberal opposition plan for ... 801 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Rent supplement program ... 102, 104, 541, 639, 801, Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 404 802, 803, 874, 876, 878, 896, 898, 900, 908, 910, Regional planning commissions (Former) 911, 929, 1050, 1145, 1151, 1244, 1447, 1687, General remarks ... 1630–31 1692, 1763, 1824, 1926, 1962, 2069, 2216, 2217 Regional service commissions Rent supplement program, student qualification for ... Monitoring of ... 807–08 2104 Rent control Rent supplement program in West Yellowhead General remarks ... 126, 439, 542, 604, 639, 690–91, constituency ... 2105 768, 802, 838, 839–41, 876, 897, 900, 929, Unhealthy conditions in ... 1246 931, 1144, 1145, 1244, 1335, 1336, 1447, Social housing–Calgary 1482, 1638, 1824, 1962, 2216 Funding for ... 1145, 1692, 2216–17 Rent increases Social housing–Fort McMurray Assistance programs re ... 925, 929, 1056, 1335, Funding for ... 876, 898, 1145 1447, 1482, 1618–19 Impact of apartment fire on ... 637–38 Doreen Fiddler case ... 803 Social housing–Red Deer General remarks ... 439, 541, 600, 638, 690, 801, 803, Funding for ... 1390 838, 839–41, 874, 876, 877–78, 900, 925, Social housing–Rural areas 1447, 1687 Funding for ... 914, 1926, 2104–05 Impact on AISH recipients ... 638, 929, 1056 Social housing–West Yellowhead constituency Impact on disabled ... 635, 878, 1277 Funding for ... 2105–06 Impact on seniors ... 638, 841, 877–78, 1056, Special Areas Trust Account 1618–19 Financial statements, 2006 (SP731/07: Tabled) ... Impact on student housing ... 806, 1055, 1240 1896 Limited to one a year ... 126, 690, 874, 896, 910, Strathcona (County) 1146 New urban development ... 1637 Rent increases–Calgary Student housing General remarks ... 839, 840 Affordability of ... 2103–04 Rental housing Costs, impact of rent increases on ... 1240 General remarks ... 1637 Student housing–Town of Slave Lake Impact of rent controls on building of ... 690–91, 768, Affordability of ... 2103–04 900, 1335, 1482 Supplementary estimates Incentives for ... 1188 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 102, 104 Increase in supply ... 839, 840, 874, 929, 1447, 1656, Tank site remediation program (2006) 1692, 2216 General remarks ... 163 Secondary suites ... 644, 675, 768, 802, 805, 908, Target investment program (Municipal funding) 929, 1144, 1145, 1188, 1637, 1692 General remarks ... 1764 Secondary suites, use for postsecondary student Tax incentives accommodation ... 806, 1240 For rental housing/apartments construction ... 2253 Secondary suites, use for seniors' accommodation ... 1148 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 263
Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) (Continued) (Continued) Arts–Finance Taxation General remarks ... 260 General remarks ... 914 Arts–Rural areas Taxation, Municipal Member's statement re ... 255 General remarks ... 895 Auditor General Recommendations of the Council on Municipal Capital maintenance planning comments ... 2325 Sustainability on ... 643, 673, 1148, 1186–87, 1190 Bears Taxation, Municipal–Edmonton area Human contact issues ... 1189 New powers re ... 227 Human contact issues, Isabelle Dube case ... 1189 Taxation, Regional–Edmonton area Capital projects New powers re ... 227, 474–75 Planning for ... 2325 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Second reading ... 2230 Auditor General's comments re ... 2325 Tornado–Stony Plain area, 2007 Carbon dioxide sequestration Disaster relief re ... 1654 General remarks ... 2387 Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) Chronic wasting disease Second Reading ... 419 Human risk re ... 476 Transportation–Northeast Edmonton Chronic wasting disease–Control General remarks ... 125 By hunting ... 476 Twilight Homes Foundation, Red Deer Climate change Affordable housing project ... 1444 Alberta plan for ... 2387 University of Alberta Committee on Private Bills, Standing Student residences, property tax on ... 1240 Petitions presented ... 324 Urban/rural relations Report presented ... 361, 871, 1533 General remarks ... 895, 896 Continuing/extended care facilities–Supply Urban sprawl General remarks ... 1242–43 General remarks ... 914, 1627, 1636, 1637 Crest Leadership Centre Act Varsity apartment complex, Calgary Petition presented re ... 324 Rent increases in ... 1482 SO94(1)(b) re advertising, waived ... 361 Volunteer firefighters Recommendation to not proceed with ... 871 Support programs for ... 893, 1142 Crime prevention Water–Recycling Role of communities in ... 1892 General remarks ... 2175 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Water licences Final report ... 1892 Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90–91 Crystal Meth Task Force Water supply Report ... 1959 Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 2175 CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Water treatment plants–Taber Act Funding for ... 691 Petition presented re ... 324 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River SO94(1)(b) re advertising, waived ... 361 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... Consideration deferred ... 871 90–91 Recommendation to proceed with amendments ... Workers' Compensation Board 1533 Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 130 CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Zoning, Municipal Act (Bill Pr. 1) Secondary suites regulations ... 805, 840 Second Reading ... 1706 DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) Committee ... 1742, 1744–45 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Committee: Amendment A1 (SP639 & 963/07: Position on municipal sustainability report ... 673 Tabled) ... 1742, 2218 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Declaration of Arbroath (Scottish independence, 1320) Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 593 Member's statement re ... 443 Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area General remarks ... 1815 Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 476 Alberta Music Festival Association Disabled–Employment General remarks ... 260 General remarks ... 2209 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Position on municipal sustainability report ... 673 Second Reading ... 553–54 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Second Reading ... 553–54 20) Environmental Appeal Board Second Reading ... 236 Strathmore wastewaster discharge into Bow River, Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. temporary permit for ... 194 2) (Bill 56) Environmental technology Second reading ... 2261 General remarks ... 2387 264 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) (Continued) DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) (Continued) Federation of Canadian Municipalities Libraries Act General remarks ... 1486 100th anniversary of, member's statement re ... 154 Film industry Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Member's statement re ... 1815 hospitals) Fish populations–Bow River Supply of ... 1242–43 Decrease in ... 2253 MacPherson, Mr. Lorne Fish stocking–Bow River Member's statement re ... 1815 General remarks ... 2253 Members' Statements (2007) Foreign workers, Temporary Alberta film industry ... 1815 Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Arts vibrancy in rural Alberta ... 255 1510 Centennial of the Libraries Act ... 154 Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Goodwill Industries of Alberta ... 2209 Second Reading ... 1296 Multiple sclerosis carnation campaign ... 798–99 Goodwill Industries of Alberta Tartan Day ... 443 Member's statement re ... 2209 World Cup competitions ... 2380 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill World women's hockey championship ... 500 38) Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability First Reading ... 834 Report ... 673 Second reading ... 1879–80, 1883 Report, municipal taxation recommendation ... 673 Committee ... 2275–76, 2512–13 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month Third reading ... 2516 Member's statement re ... 798–99 Greenhouse gas emissions Multiple Sclerosis Society Reduction of ... 2387 Member's statement re ... 798–99 Hockey championships Municipal sustainability initiative World women's hockey champions (Team Canada), Funding from ... 805 member's statement re ... 500 Municipalities Home care program Role in crime reduction and safe communities ... 1892 Removal of funding cap from ... 1243 Music festivals Homeless Provincial support to ... 260 Programs for ... 2033 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Homeless–Housing Alberta touism potential re ... 2380 Emergency winter shelters ... 2032–33 Oral Question Period (2007) Hospitals–Emergency services–Calgary Bear encounters ... 1189 Capacity of ... 1242–43 Bow River fishery ... 2253 Housing authorities, Nonprofit Capital infrastructure planning ... 2325 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Chronic wasting disease control ... 476 ... 2056–57 Climate change ... 2387 Hudec, Jan Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1892 General remarks ... 2380 Minster's council on municipal sustainability ... 673 Hunting New Royalty Framework ... 1786–87 As control method for chronic wasting disease in deer New royalty framework ... 1786–87 ... 476 Removal of home care ceiling ... 1242–43 Immigration Report of premier's task force on crystal meth ... 1959 Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Secondary suites ... 805 509: Agnihotri) ... 1510 Support for music festivals ... 260 Income tax, Provincial Trade, investment, and labour mobility agreement ... Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 593 1486 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Waste-water discharge into Bow River ... 194 2007-08 Winter emergency shelters ... 2032–33 Estimates debated ... 138–39 Petitions for Private Bills (2007) General remarks ... 138–39 Crest Leadership Centre Act ... 324 Justice system CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing General remarks ... 1892 Cyberspace Act ... 324 Kelsey Drama Club Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) General remarks ... 255 Second Reading ... 1504, 1662 Landlords, Small-scale Property tax Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 593 ... 2056–57 Property tax–Education levy Legislative Assembly of Alberta Nonprofit organizations/campus residences Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2056–57 Hancock) ... 2303–04 Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 213) Second reading ... 1909 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 265
DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) (Continued) Deputy Chair of Committees (Shariff, Shiraz) Rental housing (Continued) Secondary suites ... 805 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 44) Rosebud Theatre Committee ... 1742 Member's statement re ... 255 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 2) Royalty structure (Energy resources) (Bill 57) New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1786–87 Committee ... 2512 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Point of Order Committee ... 2049–50 Imputing motives ... 991, 1463 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Relevance ... 108 Second Reading ... 340–41 Deputy Speaker (Marz, Richard) Sewage, Treated–Strathmore Deputy Speaker–Rulings and statements Disposal into Bow River ... 194 Decorum ... 591, 900 Siksika Nation Parliamentary language ... 2307 Water supply contamination from upstream treated Presentation to the pages ... 1757 wastewater discharge ... 194 Referring to a Member by name ... 1069 Social housing Relevance ... 2357 Funding for ... 805 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Student housing Supplementary estimates 2007-08 transmitted to Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Assembly (SP907/07: Tabled) ... 2108 ... 2056–57 International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Injured on the Job General remarks ... 1959 Ministerial statement re: Response to, by Alliance Surplus, Budgetary member and independent member denied ... 688 Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 593 Transmittal of 2007-08 supplementary estimates Tartan Day (SP907/07: Tabled) ... 2108 Member's statement re ... 443 Ministerial Statements (2007) Tax incentives International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... and Injured on the Job, response by Alliance and 593 Independent members denied ... 688 Taxation, Municipal Pages (Legislative Assembly) Recommendations of the Council on Municipal Presentation of gifts to, on last day of session ... 2516 Sustainability on ... 673 Presentation of gifts to retiring pages ... 1757–58 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Parliamentary language Second Reading ... 954 General remarks ... 2307 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Point of Order (Alberta /British Columbia) Allegations against a member ... 1063, 2301, 2303, General remarks ... 1486 2305–06 Impact on municipalities ... 1486 Insulting language ... 2079–80 United Nations summit on climate change, Bali Question and comment period ... 2304 (December 2007) Relevance ... 301, 1066, 2354 General remarks ... 2387 Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Water quality–Bow River Authorization Act (Bill 33) Impact of Strathmore wastewater discharge on ... 194 Second Reading ... 1267 World Cup competitions–Lake Louise Doerksen, Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) Member's statement re ... 2380 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Zoning, Municipal Coal-bed methane mineral rights decision ... 731 Secondary suites regulations ... 805 Bitumen upgraders–Industrial Heartland area Deputy Chair of Committees (Shariff, Shiraz) Impact of new federal capital cost allowance on ... Alberta Hansard 229 Blues availability ... 1343, 1345 Capital cost allowance program (Federal) Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) For manufacturers, impact on upgrader projects ... Committee ... 2417–20 229 Deputy Chair–Rulings and statements For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... Dress code in the Chamber ... 1633 229 Speaking order ... 96, 99 Coal-bed methane extraction Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Mineral rights re ... 731 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A-B,D-K) Community colleges, Comprehensive (SP1117/07: Tabled) ... 2447 Role of ... 1825 Committee: Amendment A1 (part C) (SP1118/07: Dept. of Agriculture and Food Tabled) ... 2447 Balzac racing complex water licence, director's Committee: Amendment A1 (part L) (SP1119/07: Tabled) ... 2447 decision re ... 90 266 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Doerksen, Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) (Continued) Doerksen, Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) (Continued) Economic growth–Central Alberta Social housing Member's statement re ... 256 Federal funding for ... 1444 Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Twilight Homes Foundation, Red Deer Leadership campaign contributions provisions Affordable housing project ... 1444 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1299–1300 Volleyball championships Environmental Appeal Board Red Deer College Kings Canadian men's champions: Water licence for Balzac racing entertainment Member's statement re ... 84 complex ... 90 Water Act Fairs Water licence provisions ... 90 Funding for ... 806 Water licences Fathers Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90 Member's statement re ... 1754–55 Water supply–Central Alberta Intermunicipal relations General remarks ... 256 Dispute resolution process ... 90 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Bow River Major community facilities program Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90 Eligibility of exhibitions/fairs under ... 806 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Manufacturing Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90 Impact of new federal capital cost allowance on ... Westerner Park 229 Funding for ... 806 Members' Statements (2007) Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) Growth pressures in central Alberta ... 256 Adoption Awareness Week Red Deer College Kings volleyball team ... 84 Member's statement re ... 2025 Tribute to fathers ... 1754–55 Adoption web site, Provincial Mineral rights General remarks ... 2025 Coal-bed methane ... 731 Bail Municipal District of Rocky View Attendance of crown prosecutors at hearings for, in Memo re water licence for Balzac racing lieu of police ... 1891 entertainment complex ... 90 Beverage containers–Recycling Oil sands development Referral to policy field committee, report presented re Impact of phase out of accelerated capital cost (SP772/07: Tabled) ... 1992–93 allowance on ... 229 Bills, Government Oral Question Period (2007) Bill 205, six month hoist amendment at second Affordable housing projects ... 1444 reading ... 853 Capital cost allowance program ... 229 Bolger, Mr. Leonard Freehold mineral rights ... 731 Memorial tribute to, member's statement re ... 48 Red Deer River water transfer ... 90 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Roles and mandates for postsecondary education ... Bonnyville upgrader construction delay ... 193 1825 Carnegie, James (Ninth Earl of Southesk, Scotland) Support for exhibitions and fairs ... 806 Aboriginal artifacts acquired by, purchased by Royal Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Alberta Museum: Member's statement re... 1047–48 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1956 Beverage container recycling system referral to, Piper Creek Foundation, Red Deer report presented re (SP772/07: Tabled) ... 1992–93 Affordable housing project ... 1444 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Political parties Repeat offender recommendations ... 1891 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Economic development and the environment (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1299–1300 General remarks ... 404 Postsecondary educational institutions Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Role of: Review of ... 1825 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance 213) du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Second reading ... 1910–11 Second Reading ... 348–49, 583 Royalty Review Panel Energy industry Consideration of impact of capital cost allowance Value-adding/upgrading in, impact of projects delays phase out on oil sand companies ... 229 on ... 193 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Energy industry–Marie Lake area Committee ... 704–05 Impact on lake water quality ... 404, 1584–85 Small cities Energy Innovation Network (Industry/government Impact of ... 256 research collaboration) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment General remarks ... 48 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Petitions presented re ... 1956 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 267
Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Environmental Protection and Enhancement Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Committee ... 2047–48 2007 (Bill 205) School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Second Reading ... 852–53 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Second reading: Hoist amendment ... 853 Second Reading ... 1284–85 Government attorneys Seismic activity–Lake Wabamun Bail hearing attendance, in lieu of police ... 1891 Refusal of application for ... 1584–85 Immunization Seismic activity–Marie Lake area For mumps ... 1824 Impact on water quality ... 404, 1584–85 Lac La Biche Watershed Steering Committee Speech from the Throne Environmental health award, member's statement re Debate ... 27–29 ... 1614 University of Lethbridge Lakeland County Mumps outbreak at ... 1824 Study of Lac La Biche watershed ... 1614 Water quality–Lac La Biche Lethbridge College Strategy to imporve ... 1614 Mumps outbreak at ... 1824 Water quality–Marie Lake Medical profession–Education Impact of energy development on ... 404, 1584–85 Outside Alberta educated students, incentives to Wednesday's Child (Television adoption program) return ... 2290 General remarks ... 2025 Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 2290 Dunford, Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) Medical profession–Rural areas Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 2290 20-year strategic plan ... 109 Medical profession–Supply Alberta Government Telephones General remarks ... 2290 Repeal of legislation re (Bill 11) ... 597–98 Members' Statements (2007) Alberta Society of Engineering Technology Adoption Awareness Week ... 2025 Professionals Lac La Biche Watershed Steering Committee ... 1614 Legislation re (Bill 39) ... 1271 Leonard Bolger ... 48 Apprenticeship training National Nursing Week ... 832 Equipment for ... 109 Les Rendez-vous de la francophonie ... 221 Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Southesk collection of aboriginal artifacts ... 1047–48 Geophysicists of Alberta Mineral rights–Marie Lake area Legislation re (Bill 39) ... 1271 Sale of ... 404, 1584 Campus Alberta National Nursing Week General remarks ... 2251 Member's statement re ... 832 Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Nurses Second Reading ... 201 Member's statement re ... 832 Curling championships Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Lethbridge events, member's statement re ... 361 General remarks ... 404 Davidson, Chancellor Richard Oil Sands Underground Mining (OSUM) Corporation Member's statement re ... 1582 Seismic testing under Marie Lake ... 404, 1584 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Oral Question Period (2007) Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... CNRL Bonnyville upgrader project delay ... 193 109–10 Mumps vaccination for adults ... 1824 Dept. of Education Physician supply ... 2290 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1564–65 Repeat offenders ... 1891 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 404, Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1567–68 1584–85 Economist (Magazine) Public safety (From criminal activity) Clever Red-necks (article) ... 1564 General remarks ... 1891 Edmonton Telephones Quality of life Repeal of legislation re (Bill 11) ... 597–98 Impact of energy industry expansion on ... 404 Education Les Rendez-vous de la francophonie, 2007 General remarks ... 1564 Member's statement re ... 221 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Repeat offenders Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1809–10 Flagging system re ... 1891 Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Initiatives re ... 1891 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39) Research and development First Reading ... 1271 General remarks ... 48 Second Reading ... 1396 Royal Alberta Museum Third Reading ... 1709 Aboriginal artifacts acquisition (Southesk collection) ... 1047–48 268 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Dunford, Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) Dunford, Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) Gogo, Dr. John (Former MLA) Royer, Dr. Terry Member's statement re ... 1582 Member's statement re ... 1582 Grant MacEwan Community College Rural economic development Nursing degree program, funding for ... 109 Government strategy re ... 1567–68 Health Professions Act Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) General remarks ... 109 Second Reading ... 1901–02 Housing authorities, Nonprofit Schools–Closure–Rural areas Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) General remarks ... 1567–68 ... 2054 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C. (May Labour mobility 2007) General remarks ... 1568 Alberta semifinalist at ... 1564 Landlords, Small-scale Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Act, 2007 (Bill 45) ... 2054 Petitions presented re ... 1852, 2209 Lethbridge College Student housing 50th anniversary, member's statement re ... 1816 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Degree-granting authority ... 2251 ... 2054 Lethbridge Public Library Supplementary estimates West Lethbridge Centre branch ... 1851 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 109–10 Medical profession–Fees Teachers General remarks ... 110 General remarks ... 1565 Members' Statements (2007) Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11) Chancellor Richard Davidson/Dr. John Gogo/Dr. First Reading ... 597–98 Terry Royer ... 1582 Second reading ... 1917 Curling events in Lethbridge ... 361 Third reading ... 2473 Dr. Bruce Naylor ... 636 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Lethbridege College ... 1816 (Alberta /British Columbia) University of Lethbridge ... 1780 General remarks ... 1568 West Lethbridge Centre ... 1851 University of Lethbridge Natural resources revenue 40th anniversary, member's statement re ... 1780 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Water and Environmental Science Building ... 1780 debate on legislation re ... 1809–10 Vauxhall Academy of Baseball Naylor, Dr. Bruce General remarks ... 1567 Memorial tribute to, member's statement re ... 636 Warner Hockey School for Girls Nurse practitioners General remarks ... 1567 General remarks ... 109–10 West Lethbridge Centre Nurses–Education Provincial funding for ... 1565 Credential creep issue re ... 109–10 Provincial funding for, member's statement re ... 1851 General remarks ... 161–62 Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) Oral Question Period (2007) Aboriginal children Roles and responsibilities for advanced education ... General remarks ... 2061 2251 Aboriginal children–Education Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) General remarks ... 137 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Aboriginal peoples–Housing Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1852, 2209 Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 113 Point of Order Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) Relevance ... 108 Third reading ... 2474 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6) Acid rain First Reading ... 24 Impact of ... 1225, 1226 Second Reading ... 411–12 Agricultural land Committee ... 497 Protection for, under land-use framework ... 1636 Third Reading ... 666 Agriculture Postsecondary educational institutions Government assistance programs ... 114 Role of ... 2251 Air quality Professions Monitoring of ... 1126 Performance measures re ... 1568 Alberta–Economic policy Property tax–Education levy Slowing down of ... 1109–10, 1634–35 Nonprofit organizations/campus residences Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2054 Report ... 113 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) ATCO learning centre at ... 636 Committee ... 1873–74 General remarks ... 636 Third reading ... 2478–79 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 269
Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Canada-Alberta Co-operation on Immigration Electricity transmission line, Alberta/Montana, General remarks ... 1073 hearing re ... 45 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to General remarks ... 114 Calgary, hearing re ... 1227, 1619, 1922 Canadian Labour Congress Sour gas wells, approval of ... 1927–28 Statement re International Day for the Elimination of Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Northern Lights Racial Discrimination (SP118/07: Tabled) ... 266 Health Region intervention in ... 1226 Canadian Wheat Board Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Alberta position on ... 114 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 2155 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by, eligible Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill voters for (Q11/07: Response tabled as SP388/07) 22) ... 843 Second Reading ... 430 Cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan Committee ... 630–31 General remarks ... 2178, 2179 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 Capital projects (Bill 35) Planning for, inflation issues ... 1544 Third reading ... 2477–78 Public/private partnerships re, public sector Alberta Teachers' Association comparators for ... 1544 Letter to, re unfunded pension liability funding from Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force province ... 799 (Federal/provincial) Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1336–37, General remarks ... 367 1358 Carbon dioxide emissions Special mediator for Parkland teachers' strike, news Reduction in ... 18, 367–68, 694–95 release re (SP71/07: Tabled) ... 156 Carbon dioxide pipelines Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) General remarks ... 18, 367–68 Second reading ... 2075–77, 2081 Carbon dioxide sequestration Second reading: Amendment A1 (referral to General remarks ... 18, 368 Resources and Environment standing committee) Cargill, Incorporated ... 2076 General remarks ... 2254 Letters re (SP1043, 1071-1073/07: Tabled) ... 2330, Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) 2390 Committee ... 282–83 Member's statement re ... 1922 Children's rights New Democrat opposition proposed amendments to Member's statement re ... 2061 (SP1074/07: Tabled) ... 2390 Class size (Grade school) Alberta's Commission on Learning Reduction of, funding for ... 136, 1351, 1727 Class size recommendations ... 136, 1727 Climate change Kindergarten recommendations ... 474 Alberta plan for ... 694 AltaLink Management Ltd. Federal plan to reduce ... 695, 1117 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Impact on water supplies ... 1623 Public inquiry re ... 1619–20 Climate Change and Emissions Management Apprenticeship training Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) General remarks ... 1350 Second Reading ... 244, 376–77, 382 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Committee ... 448–50, 484–90 Second Reading ... 1704–06 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP195/07: Tabled) ... Arsenic in food chain–Fort Chipewyan 449 Reporting system re ... 2178 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP203/07: Tabled) ... Athabasca River–Water levels 485 General remarks ... 1120, 1224–25 Committee: Amendment A3 (SP204/07: Tabled) ... Beef–Prices 486 Base price ... 2254 Committee: Amendment A4 (SP205/07: Tabled) ... Bile duct cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan 487 General remarks ... 2179 Third Reading ... 555–56, 559–60 Bitumen General remarks ... 49, 367 Upgrading ... 1109, 1111 Climate Change Central Bitumen–Export General remarks ... 1119 General remarks ... 1109, 1111, 1116–17 Coal gasification–Tofield area NAFTA implications re ... 1116–17 Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental Calgary Catholic Board of Education aspects ... 1636 School funding problems ... 1351 Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental Campgrounds, Provincial aspects: Letter re (SP77/07: Tabled) ... 188 Fees in ... 194 Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental aspects: Petition presented to discontinue... 222–23 270 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Coal gasification–Tofield area (Continued) Dept. of Finance Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, use of wastewater Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2155 ... 1636 Dept. of Health and Wellness Collective bargaining Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... First-contract certification legislation ... 2292 1224–27 Collective bargaining–Teachers Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Impact of education funding on ... 1351, 1684 112–13 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension funding on ... Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation 799, 1336–37, 1894 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1544–45 Committee of Supply Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Opposition officials on floor of House during, rules re Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ...... 881 1634–36 Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 898–900 Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Bill 46, referral to Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ...... 2076 113 Community health centres–Fort McMurray Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... General remarks ... 1226 2154–55 Compton Petroleum Corporation Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 1928 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) 1634–36 Committee ... 2242–43 Early childhood education Third reading ... 2472 Full-day programs ... 474, 1357–58 Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 474, Second Reading ... 208 1357–58 Continuing education East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) General remarks ... 1350 Second reading ... 2235 Continuing/extended care facilities Economic growth Numbers of, 2001-06 (Q9/07: Response tabled as General remarks ... 1623 SP637/07) ... 843–44 Edmonton Catholic School District Treatment of residents in, letter re (SP865/07: Tabled) Budget shortfall ... 1684, 1726 ... 2063 Edmonton Public School Board County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54) Budget ... 1726 Second reading ... 2233 City centre education project ... 1358 Cow-calf producers Kindergarten programs ... 474 Provincial assistance to ... 2155, 2254 New school requirement ... 136 Cumulative Environmental Impact Association Education General remarks ... 1225 Best practices development re ... 1358 CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Education, Postsecondary–Finance Act (Bill Pr. 1) General remarks ... 1350 Committee ... 1746 Education–Finance Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology General remarks ... 135–36, 1277–78, 1351, 1726–27 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1350 Member's statement re ... 1684 Dept. of Agriculture and Food Elbow River watershed Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Impact of logging in Kananaskis Country on ... 2142 114 Electric power, Coal-produced Dept. of Education General remarks ... 1112 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 135–37 Electric power, Coal-produced–Environmental aspects Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1351–53, General remarks ... 45, 49 1357–58 Electric power–Export Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2155 General remarks ... 45, 1112 Dept. of Energy Electric power–Prices Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Variable pricing depending on production method ... 1224–27, 1634–36 1111 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1109–12, Electric power lines 1116–17 General remarks ... 1112 Dept. of Environment Siting of, letters re (SP1071-1072/07: Tabled) ... 2390 Budget adequacy ... 1119, 1120, 1126 Tie line with Montana, environmental aspects ... 45 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Tie line with Montana, hearings re ... 45 1224–27, 1634–36 Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 45, 1112 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1119–20, 1126 Electric power lines–Construction Monitoring function ... 1119 Costs of ... 1112 General remarks ... 1619–20 Public input into ... 1227 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 271
Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) Fort McMurray Construction of, hearings re ... 1227, 1922 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1225–26 Construction of, impact on affected landowners ... Gas, Natural–Export 1619 General remarks ... 1116–17 Construction of, public inquiry into ... 1619–20 NAFTA implications re ... 1116–17 General remarks ... 1112 Gas, Natural–Prices Electric power system Forecast for ... 1545 General remarks ... 1111–12 Gas well drilling industry–Eastern Slopes area Elk Island National Park Letter re (SP1073/07) ... 2390 Day fee increase, impact of ... 194 Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 General remarks ... 1927–28 Parkland teachers' labour dispute (not proceeded Gas well drilling industry–Tomahawk area with) ... 164–65 Letter re (SP884/07) ... 2100 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1811–12 Geothermal power Emission control credits General remarks ... 2032 Federal credits, reinvestment in Alberta ... 695 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Purchase of, to achieve intensity targets ... 695 38) Energy Alberta Corporation Second reading ... 1880–82 Nuclear power production in Alberta, proposal for ... Greenhouse gas emissions 2031 Federal plan to reduce ... 695, 1117 Nuclear power production in Alberta, proposal for, Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 18, letter re (SP776/07: Tabled) ... 2001 45, 694–95 Energy industry Health impact of ... 1225 Impact on the landscape ... 1635 Intensity targets for industry re ... 18, 45, 367 Major projects by, public input into ... 1227 Intensity targets for industry re: Member's statement Value-adding/upgrading in ... 1109 re ... 49–50 Energy industry–Eastern Slopes area Monitoring of ... 1126 Moratorium on, letter re (SP275/07: Tabled) ... 671 Greenhouse gas emissions–Law and legislation Energy resources, Alternate/renewable General remarks ... 49–50 General remarks ... 1111, 2032 Hamptons school, Calgary Provincial support for (Motion 502: Lukaszuk) ... Renovations to ... 136 216–17 Head Start program Environmental impact assessments General remarks ... 1357 Cumulative assessments ... 1225, 1226 Health care facilities–Inspection Environmental protection Petitions presented re ... 1130 Monitoring of ... 1119 Health impact assessments of industrial development Public information re ... 1227 General remarks ... 1226 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Health issues–Fort Chipewyan (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Investigations re ... 2178–79 Act, 2007 (Bill 205) Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5) Second Reading ... 851–52 Committee ... 628–29 Executive Council High school completion Strategic communications office ... 2154, 2155–56 Aboriginal students ... 137 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... General remarks ... 136–37, 1353, 1357 2154–56 Homeless Family courts Outreach programs for ... 113 Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1915–16 Homeless–Housing Family farm Funding for ... 900 General remarks ... 114 Hospitals–Standards Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 29) Patient safety issues re, petitions presented re ... 1130 Second Reading ... 1526 Hydrogen sulphide emissions Farm worker day Impact on animal/human health ... 1227 Letter re (SP627/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Immigration Foreign workers, Temporary Alberta-made policy re ... 1073 Member's statement re ... 1073 Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, Forest management agreements 2007 (Bill 12) Hydrological assessment of watersheds requirement Second Reading ... 459 ... 2142 Committee ... 495 West Fraser agreement, Hinton area ... 1391–92 Industrial development Wood debris from timber harvesting, disposal Public input into ... 1227 requirement under ... 1391–92 272 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Industrial development–Eastern Slopes area Net metering (Electricity) Moratorium on ... 675–76 General remarks ... 1111 Moratorium on, letter re (SP275/07: Tabled) ... 671 New Democrat Opposition Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Proposed amendments to Bill 46 (SP1074/07: Tabled) Cumulative impact assessment of ... 1226 ... 2390 Health impact of ... 1226 Nitrogen oxide emissions Impact on water supplies ... 1126, 1224–25, 1636 Monitoring of ... 1126 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Reduction of ... 694–95 2007-08 North American free trade agreement Estimates debated ... 135–37 Export continuation provisions ... 1116–17 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Discrimination Enrollment line-ups ... 1350 General remarks ... 266 Northern Lights Health Region KPMG consulting Community clinics, Fort McMurray ... 1226 Canadian Wheat Board plebiscite on barley General remarks ... 1226 marketing, assembling of eligible voters for Intervention in EUB hearings re Voyageur project ... (Q11/07: Response tabled as SP388/07) ... 843 1226 Labour laws and legislation Nuclear power Letters re (SP939, 1002/07: Tabled) ... 2180, 2292 General remarks ... 2031–32 Land-use framework Letter re (SP776/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Agricultural land protection under ... 1636 Obesity in children General remarks ... 675–76, 1634–35 Reduction of ... 1358 Public consultations re ... 1635 Off-highway vehicles Light rail transit Damage done by ... 1635 Funding for ... 1545 Office of the Premier Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Premier's television address, cost of ... 2154 General remarks ... 1636 Oil sands development Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Timing/scope of new projects, moratorium on ... 49 Committee ... 2124 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... Third reading ... 2468–69 1634–35 Logging Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... In watersheds ... 2142 1109–10, 1119–20, 1225 Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Cessation of, petition presented re ... 1888 Industry involvement with ... 1119–20 General remarks ... 2142 Water issues re ... 1110, 1224–25, 1623 Medical care–Finance Oil sands development–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 112 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 1225 Members' Statements (2007) General remarks ... 1120 Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1922 Programs to reduce ... 367–68 Children's rights ... 2061 Oil sands development–Health aspects Education funding ... 1684 General remarks ... 1225–26, 2178–79 Greenhouse gas intensity targets ... 49–50 Oil sands development–Waste disposal Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 799 Tailings ponds, reclamation of ... 1120 Temporary foreign workers ... 1073 Oral Question Period (2007) Water management ... 1623 Alberta/Montana electricity transmission line ... 45 Métis Nation of Alberta Association AltaLink electricity transmission line ... 1619–20 Native education policy review ... 137 Carbon dioxide emissions ... 18 Métis settlements Climate change ... 367–68, 694–95 Historical research efforts re, government study of Early childhood education ... 474 (SP1044/07: Tabled) ... 2330 Education funding ... 1277–78, 1726–27 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26) Health issues in Fort Chipewyan ... 2178–79 Committee ... 1517–18, 1520 Industrial development in the eastern slopes ... Committee: Amendment A2 (SP557/07: Tabled) ... 675–76 1520 Logging in Kananaskis Country ... 2142 Municipalities Nuclear power ... 2031–32 General remarks ... 899 Sour gas well safety ... 1927–28 Natural gas rebates Support for cow-calf producers ... 2254 Funding for ... 1544–45 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1336–37, Natural resources revenue 1893–94 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency User fees in provincial parks ... 194 debate on legislation re ... 1811–12 West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ... 1391–92 General remarks ... 1109, 1117 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 273
Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Parkland school board Right to strike–Teachers Teachers' strike: ATA news release re (SP71/07: Relation to funding for teachers' pension liability ... Tabled) ... 156 799 Teachers' strike: Letter re (SP72/07: Tabled) ... 156 Ring roads–Calgary Parks, Provincial Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) User fees in ... 194 project ... 1544 Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) Roads–Urban areas Second reading ... 1878 Upgrading of ... 1545 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Royalty structure (Energy resources) Health facilities inspections and patient safety issues General remarks ... 1109 ... 1130 Review of ... 1117 Logging cessation in Kananaskis Country ... 1888 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Rent increase control ... 1271, 1685 Third reading ... 2333 Sherritt Dodds-Roundhill coal gasification project, School boards prevention of ... 222–23 Funding ... 1336, 1351, 1894 Petrochemical industry Funding: Member's statement re ... 1684 General remarks ... 1109 Surpluses, access to ... 1352–53 Plebiscites, Provincial School cafeterias School board funding ... 1278 Provincial funding for ... 2155 Police School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, Letter from consitutent re (SP471/07: Tabled) ... 1247 2007 (Bill 215) Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Second reading ... 2343–44 Second Reading ... 457–58 School counsellors Second Reading ... 457–58 General remarks ... 136 Preventive medical services School nutrition programs General remarks ... 112 General remarks ... 1358 Private schools–Finance School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) General remarks ... 1353 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Second Reading ... 1288 7) Schools–Closure Committee ... 1845–46 General remarks ... 1358 Third reading ... 1934 Schools–Construction Property tax–Education levy Funding for ... 136, 1351 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 715 Public/private projects re ... 136, 1353, 2155 Protected areas Schools–Maintenance and repair Industrial development in ... 675–76, 1225 Funding for ... 1351, 1353, 1726–27, 2155 Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) Letter re (SP775/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Committee ... 627–28 Schools–Utilization Public lands General remarks ... 1358 Industrial activity on ... 1225, 1634–35 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1635 Impact on water quality, letters re (SP266-267/07: Public lands–Indian Graves area Tabled) ... 645 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1635 Seniors' Action and Liason Team Quality of life Letter re Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act Impact of energy industry expansion on ... 1225–26 (SP1043/07: Tabled) ... 2330 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 1623 Third Reading ... 846 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) Sewage, Treated Second reading ... 1937 Use in industrial manufacturing ... 1636 Reclamation of land Sherritt International Corporation Oil sands area ... 1225 Coal mine/coal gasification project, Tofield area: Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Letter re (SP77/07: Tabled) ... 188 213) Coal mine/coal gasification project, Tofield area: Second reading ... 1911 Petition presented to discontinue ... 222–23 Rent control Social housing General remarks ... 899, 2155 Federal funding for ... 113 Letters re (SP399, 594/07: Tabled) ... 925, 1623 Funding for ... 113, 899 Petitions presented re ... 1271, 1685 General remarks ... 898–99 Rent increases Municipal involvement ... 899–900 General remarks ... 113, 899, 2154–55 Rent supplement program ... 113, 2154–55 Letters re (SP334, 340/07: Tabled) ... 772, 800 Solar power General remarks ... 1111, 2032 274 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) South Saskatchewan River basin Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Overuse of ... 1120 General remarks ... 1119 Spray Lake Sawmills Water licences Logging practices ... 2142 Ban on new leases for Oldman, South Saskatchewan, Strikes and lockouts–Teachers and Bow rivers ... 1120 Parkland school division labour dispute: ATA news Water quality–Marie Lake release re (SP71/07: Tabled) ... 156 Impact of energy development on, letters re (SP266- Parkland school division labour dispute: Letter re 67/07: Tabled) ... 645 (SP72/07: Tabled) ... 156 Water resources development Parkland school division labour dispute: Request for Member's statement re ... 1623 emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 164–65 Water rights, Interprovincial Students, Postsecondary Alberta-Saskatchewan river flows ... 1126 Part-time studies ... 1350 Water supply Sulphur dioxide emissions Member's statement re ... 1623 Monitoring of ... 1126 Use by energy industry ... 1110, 1224–25, 1623 Reduction of ... 694–95 Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1126, Supplementary estimates 1224–25, 1636 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 112–14 Water supply–Calgary Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2154–56 Impact of logging in Kananaskis Country on ... 2142 Teacher-librarians Water supply–Southern Alberta General remarks ... 136 General remarks ... 1120 Teachers Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers Attitude of ... 1353 Impact of ... 1636 Teachers' Pension Plan Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–North Unfunded liability ... 1336–37, 1358 Saskatchewan River Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 799, 1893–94 Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... 1126 Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River negotiations ... 799, 1894 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... Unfunded liability: Funding for, member's statement 1623 re ... 799 West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Unfunded liability: Letters re (SP566, 582/07: Forest management area practices ... 1391–92 Tabled) ... 1534, 1591 Wind power Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as Cap on production of ... 1111 amended: Flaherty) ... 352 General remarks ... 2032 Unfunded liability: Task force to review ... 1337, Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) 1358 Aboriginal economic development Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) General remarks ... 437 Second Reading ... 946–49 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Committee ... 986–88, 998–99, 1021, 1030–31, Report ... 876 1038–39 Alberta Council of Disability Services Third Reading ... 1060, 1062 General remarks ... 762 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Second reading ... 1840 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Committee ... 1874 Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water at ... 2137 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Alberta Funeral Service Association Committee ... 1514–15 Funerals: An Informaion Guide (booklet) (SP478/07: Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act Tabled) ... 1272 (Bill 23) Grieving: "Our Time" (booklet) (SP479/07: Tabled) Second reading ... 1940 ... 1272 Unified Family Court Task Force Yours, Mine and Our Children's Grief: A Parent's Report ... 1915–16 Guide (booklet) (SP479/07: Tabled) ... 1272 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission General remarks ... 2061 General remarks ... 1315–16 Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Online casinos policy ... 436–37 Edmonton Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Cafeteria, non-funding of ... 1358 22) Wages–Teachers Second Reading ... 623–24 General remarks ... 1684 Alberta Treasury Branches Act Water conservation Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 373–74 General remarks ... 1120 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Consultation with, re new remand centre design ...164 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 275
Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Crime/policing discussions ... 641, 1310 Report on gasoline pricing ... 1245 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Canadian Housing Observer Second reading ... 2085, 2091, 2094, 2354–55 Report on average rents across Canada (SP379/07: Second reading: Hoist amendment ... 2355 Tabled) ... 879 Letter re (SP673/07: Tabled) ... 1782 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Alberta Victims of Crime Consultation report 207) General remarks ... 1313 Second Reading: Amendment to refer Bill to Alexander First Nation Community Services standing committee ... 1395 Internet gambling plans ... 436–37 City Farm Edmonton Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Video information re ... 2001 Intersection with Stony Plain Road ... 2288 Climate change Noise attenuation issues ... 678–79, 1658, 1659, 1994, General remarks ... 1720 2287–88 Climate Change and Emissions Management Noise attenuation issues, petition presented re ... 2291 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Noise issues, The Woods area ... 1658 Second Reading ... 374–76 Noise issues, The Woods area: Petition presented re Committee ... 451, 487, 512, 517 ... 2291 General remarks ... 1599 Overpasses for southwest section of ... 2288 Collective bargaining Overpasses for southwest section of, letter re First-contract certification legislation ... 2145 (SP603/07: Tabled) ... 1659 Committee of Supply Overpasses for southwest section of, petitions Hours of sitting ... 1599 presented re ... 122, 223, 834, 1658, 1766, 2291 Committee on Government Services, Standing Southwest portion: Noise/safety issues, letters re Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Report debated (SP281, 603, 624/07: Tabled)... 678–79, 1659, 1694 by Committee of the Whole) ... 1987 Southwest portion: Noise/safety issues, photos re Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment (SP604/07: Tabled) ... 1659 Act, 2007, to (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1394–95 Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Committees, Policy field (all-party) 19) General remarks ... 1394, 1395, 1599 Second Reading ... 621–22 Competition Bureau (Federal) Committee ... 656, 658 Gasoline price increases investigations ... 1245 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Condominiums Second Reading ... 1700–02 Personal real estate transactions re (SP243/07: Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25) Tabled) ... 564 Committee ... 270–72 Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Auditor General Special Boards of directors recruiting and training guidelines General remarks ... 1394 recommendation (Motion 502, 2006: MacDonald) Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) ... 1599 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services Automobile drivers' licences standing committee (Motion 23: Hancock) Graduated licences, letter re (SP625/07: Tabled) ...... 1394–95 1694 Committee ... 2238–42, 2269–70, 2272–73 Beth Israel congregation, Edmonton Committee: Amendment A1A (SP964/07: Tabled) ... 100th anniversary gala, program from (SP179 & 2238 747/07: Tabled) ... 400, 1922–23 Committee: Amendment A1B (SP965/07: Tabled) ... Board Governance Review Task Force 2239 General remarks ... 1599 Committee: Amendment A1C (SP966/07: Tabled) ... Boards of directors 2240 Guidelines for recruiting and training, recommended Committee: Amendment A1D (SP967/07: Tabled) ... by the Auditor General's report (Motion 502, 2006: 2242 MacDonald) ... 1599 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP990/07: Tabled) ... Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 2269 Compensation plans re ... 1050 Constitution Act, 1982 Butler, Stephanie Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... 674–75 Murder of, inquiry into ... 471–72 Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Murder of, letters from vigil ceremony held for First Reading ... 25 (SP366/07: Tabled) ... 843 Second Reading ... 197–98, 209 Calgary Remand Centre General remarks ... 1245, 2157 Funding for ... 2159 Consumer advocate (Proposed) Canada awards of excellence General remarks ... 2157–58 General remarks ... 2281 Legislation re (Bill 202) ... 25 276 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Consumer protection Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) Advocate for, establishment of (Bill 202) ... 25 Second Reading ... 1714–15 Re gasoline price increases ... 1245 Earth Day Correctional personnel General remarks ... 635 Reclassification issues, letter re (SP1047/07: Tabled) East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) ... 2330 Third reading ... 2511 Correctional personnel–Edmonton Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers Consultation with, re new Remand Centre design ... News release and program from Global Gallery 164 (SP850-851/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Edmonton Negev gala concert Committee ... 2434–35, 2437–41 Program from (SP748/07: Tabled) ... 1923 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP1112/07: Tabled) ... Edmonton Police Service 2435 Stephanie Butler murder investigation ... 472 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP1113/07: Tabled) ... Edmonton Remand Centre 2438 Facilities for disabled inmates in ... 263 Committee: Amendment A3 (SP1114/07: Tabled) ... New facility for ... 2158–59, 2385 2439 New facility for, cost increases re ... 1822–23, Third reading ... 2483–84 2158–59 General remarks ... 2385 New facility for, facilities for disabled inmates of ... Court services–Finance 263 General remarks ... 1306 New facility for, petitions presented re location of ... Courts 444, 636 Independence of ... 674–75 New facility for, safety concerns re ... 164 Crime prevention Upgrades to ... 2159 Asset building component ... 1314 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Funding for ... 2158 Signature magazine (May/June issue) (SP567/07: Crime prevention–St. Paul Tabled) ... 1534 Funding for ... 641 Election Act Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Voting age under, lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chair of, compensation for ... 1306 Chase) ... 1679–80 Final report and government response to ... 2158 Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Final report recommendations, funding for General remarks ... 799 implementing ... 2033 Emergency planning Funding for task force's work ... 1306 General remarks ... 1315 General remarks ... 1314, 1689 Energy conservation Purpose of ... 1306 Gasoline consumption reduction method re ... 1245 Criminal Code (Federal) Energy efficiency Internet gambling provisions ... 436–37 Member's statement re ... 635 Crystal Meth Task Force Energy industry Report ... 2033 Future of, member's statement re ... 1720 CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Act (Bill Pr. 1) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39) Second Reading ... 1706–08 Second Reading ... 1528–29 Dairy products, Unpasteurized Environmentally friendly automobiles Letters re availability of (SP1009, 1048, 1080/07: Use in government vehicle fleet ... 2218 Tabled) ... 2292, 2330, 2390 Ernst & Young Deficit financing Review of Alberta lottery retailers' winnings ... 1483, General remarks ... 2160 1540 Dept. of Finance Executive Council Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2160 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1598–99 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Fatality inquiries Funds transferred to other departments ... 2159 Stephanie Butler murder ... 472 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Federal/Provincial/Terrritorial Working Group of Court services division funding ... 1306 Community Safety and Crime Prevention Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1306–08 A Portrait of Sustainable Crime Prevention (study) ... Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at 1314 EUB hearing ... 2137 Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Calendar brochure (SP787/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1309–16 Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations) Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at General remarks ... 675 EUB hearing ... 2137 Fishing, Sport Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated...2158–60 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2350–51 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 277
Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Landlords, Small-scale Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006) Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) General remarks ... 1599 ... 2051–52, 2057–58 Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Legislative Assembly of Alberta Second Reading ... 63–64 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Gambling, Compulsive Hancock) ... 2304–06 Level of revenue from ... 1316 Sitting calendar ... 1598–99 Research into ... 2158 Libertas (Newsletter) Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Copy of v.17, issue 2 (SP1079/07: Tabled) ... 2390 General remarks ... 436–37 Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) Gaming industry Second Reading ... 527 General remarks ... 1316 Liquor distribution network Revenue from ... 1316, 2158 General remarks ... 1316 Gasoline–Prices Liquor stores, Private Increases in ... 1245 Consolidation of ownership in ... 1316 Gasoline consumption Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Use of prices to control ... 1245 General remarks ... 1050 Government attorneys Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Increase in numbers of ... 1306, 1308 Second Reading ... 284–85 Government information Committee ... 1987–88, 2012–18, 2021–22, 2117–20, Access to ... 1599 2125, 2129–30, 2223 Government openness Committee: Amendment A1(Part B), subamendment General remarks ... 799, 1599 B1 (SP835/07: Tabled) ... 2014 Government vehicles Committee: Amendment A5 (SP962/07: Tabled) ... Emissions reduction in ... 2217–18 2223 Greenhouse gas emissions Third reading ... 2470–71 Community initiative re ... 635 Lottery retailers–Alberta Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 1599 Review of activities of ... 1316, 1482–83, 1540 Intensity targets for industry re ... 1599 Review of activities of, release of reports on ... Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 1482–83, 1540 41) Low-carbon fuel Second reading ... 1984–85 Member's statement re ... 1720 Letter re (SP1078/07: Tabled) ... 2390 Maintenance (Domestic relations) High Park elementary school, Edmonton Caseload ... 1307 Closure, letter re (SP111/07: Tabled) ... 266 Co-operation with other jurisdictions re ... 1307–08 Housing authorities, Nonprofit Funding ... 1306, 1307 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) McClung Goes Green (Energy efficiency initiative) ... 2051–52, 2057–58 Member's statement re ... 635 Hunting Newletter article re (SP269/07: Tabled) ... 645 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2350–51 Members' Statements (2007) Inmates of remand centres, Disabled Caregivers for the developmentally disabled ... 762 Facilities for ... 263 Low-carbon fuel ... 1720 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums McClung Goes Green ... 635 Raising of, regulations re ... 1051 Political party trust accounts ... 799 Internet (Computer network) Youth Emergency Shelter ... 1590 Gambling on ... 436–37 Members' withdrawal of remarks Judges, Provincial Court Caucus whip duties ... 2305 Appointment process ... 675 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) Second Reading ... 752–53 Second Reading ... 529–30 Third reading ... 2502–03 Judicial advisory committees (Federal) Mental health facilities–Employees Changes to ... 675 Member's statement re ... 762 Judicial power Ministerial Statements (2007) Independence of ... 674–75 Premier's awards of excellence ... 2280–81 Kennedale school, Edmonton Ministers (Provincial government) Liberal opposition visit to ... 1309 Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 1599 Labour laws and legislation Mother Nature is Looking After Me! (Brochure) Letters re (SP893, 919, 955, 1008, 1046, 1081/07: Copy tabled (SP415/07: Tabled) ... 1048 Tabled) ... 2101, 2145, 2210, 2292, 2330, 2390 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26) Landlords Committee ... 1518–19 Rent increase approval mechanism for ... 1050 National Housing Day General remarks ... 2136 278 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Natural Resources Conservation Board Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1050 Second Reading ... 453–55 Natural Resources Defense Council (U.S.) Committee ... 517–19, 524–25 General remarks ... 1720 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP223/07: Tabled) ... Natural resources revenue 518 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1823 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP224/07: Tabled) ... Noise attenuation along freeways 524 General remarks ... 678–79, 1658, 1659, 1694, Third Reading ... 663 2287–88 Police and peace officer college Nuclear power plants–Security aspects Funding for ... 1312 General remarks ... 1315 Funding for, as P3 project ... 1313 Office of the Premier Political parties Media access to ... 1599 Trust funds activity reporting, member's statement re Oral Question Period (2007) ... 799 Anthony Henday ring road ... 2287–88 Premier's Awards of Excellence Corrections officer salaries ... 2385 Ministerial statement re ... 2280–81 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 2033 Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper) Disabled inmates at remand centres ... 263 Judicial advisory committee changes ... 675 Edmonton Remand Centre ... 164, 1822–23 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Edmonton remand centre ... 164, 1822–23 Trust funds activity reporting, member's statement re Energy efficiency in government vehicles ... 2217–18 ... 799 Gasoline prices ... 1245 Property tax–Education levy Internet gaming ... 436–37 Nonprofit organizations/campus residences Judicial system ... 674–75 exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2051–52, Lottery retailer practices ... 1482–83, 1540 2057–58 Police funding ... 641 Seniors' tax relief re, letter re (SP661/07: Tabled) ... School security ... 1689 1768 Security in schools ... 543 Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) Stephanie Butler homicide ... 471–72 Committee ... 626–27 Temporary rent regulation ... 876, 1050–51 Public Affairs Bureau Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2137 Canvass of public opinion re rent control ... 876 Patronage General remarks ... 1599 General remarks ... 1599 Public opinion surveying ... 1599 Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) Public safety (From criminal activity) Committee ... 2115–16 General remarks ... 1310 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Public service–Alberta Anthony Henday Drive noise attenuation, The Woods Ministerial statement re ... 2280–81 area ... 1658, 2291 Race discrimination Anthony Henday Drive overpasses/ interchanges in Letter re (SP708/07: Tabled) ... 1818 southwest Edmonton ... 122, 223, 834, 1658, Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 1766, 2291 213) New Edmonton Remand Centre location ... 444, 636 Second reading ... 2039–40 Remuneration for employees working with the Remand centres disabled ... 444, 501, 564, 762, 1181, 1533, 1728, Facilities for disabled inmates in ... 263 1766, 1964–65, 2062, 2172 Rent control Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... General remarks ... 876, 1050–51 444, 878, 924, 1238, 1487, 1590, 1684, 1728, Letters re (SP389, 397-398/07: Tabled) ... 879, 1766, 1817, 1922, 2136, 2172, 2209 924–25 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Petitions presented re ... 444, 636 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2035 Public opinion poll re ... 876 Social housing costs ... 636 Rent increases Unpasteurized dairy products, consumer access to ... Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions 2035 presented re ... 444, 878, 924, 1238, 1487, 1590, Point of Order 1684, 1728, 1766, 1817, 1922, 2136, 2209 Allegations against a member ... 2305 General remarks ... 876 Allegations against members ... 1248 Letter re (SP1077/07: Tabled) ... 2390 Police Letters re (SP381-383, 390, 659-660/07: Tabled) ... Increase in numbers of ... 1306–07 879, 1768 Police–Finance Public opinion surveying re, by Public Affairs Bureau General remarks ... 472, 641, 1310, 1311, 2033, 2159 ... 1599 Police–Rural areas Rental Market Report (CMHC) Funding for ... 1310 Alberta statistics (SP380/07: Tabled) ... 879 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 279
Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Rents Supplementary estimates Cross Alberta comparison (SP380/07: Tabled) ... 879 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2157–60 Cross Canada comparison (SP379/07: Tabled) ... 879 Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11) Replacement workers Second reading ... 1977–78 General remarks ... 2330 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Right to strike Second Reading ... 964–67 General remarks ... 2210 Committee ... 980–83, 1001–03, 1017, 1028 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Committee: Amendment A5 (SP407/07: Tabled) ... Knowledge of use of private investigators at EUB 1028 hearing ... 2137 Terrorist attacks Provincial funding for ... 1310, 1311 On nuclear power plants ... 1315 Royal Canadian Mounted Police–Richmond, B.C. Terrorist attacks–Prevention Asset building with youth program ... 1314 General remarks ... 1315 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Time allocation (Parliamentary practice) Second Reading ... 1666–67 Bill 20 (2006), Freedom of Information and Committee ... 2048–51 Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2006... 1599 School resource officers (police) Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) General remarks ... 543 Second reading ... 1842–43 School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Traffic accidents–Calgary Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Statistics re (SP788/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Second Reading ... 1282–83 Traffic safety Schools–Security aspects General remarks ... 1312 Funding for ... 1689 Letter re (SP662/07: Tabled) ... 1768 General remarks ... 543, 1689 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Second reading ... 2374–75 Committee ... 490–91 Traffic tickets Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Increase in number of, impact on court staffing ... Public opinion surveying re, by Public Affairs Bureau 1306 ... 1599 Treasury Branches Service Alberta Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 373–74 Gasoline price increases, investigation of ... 1245 Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... (Bill 23) 2157–58 Committee ... 2366 Sexual assault centres–Finance University of Alberta General remarks ... 1313 Celebration of Teaching & Learning ceremony, Sheriffs program from (SP110/07: Tabled) ... 266 Funding for ... 2159 Vehicle emissions Knowledge of use of private investigators at EUB Reduction of ... 2217–18 hearing ... 2137 Victims of crime Reclassification issues ... 2160 Assistance programs ... 1313 Reclassification issues, letter re (SP1047/07: Tabled) Victims of Crime Fund ... 2330 General remarks ... 1313 Role of ... 1311 Surplus ... 1313 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1312 Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Warrant apprehension duties ... 2159 Edmonton Sheriffs–Training Arson incident ... 543 General remarks ... 1312 Voting age (Provincial elections) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1679–80 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Wages–Correctional personnel Third reading ... 1974–75 General remarks ... 2385 Petitions presented re ... 2035 Wages–Disabled facility employees Social housing Petitions presented re ... 444, 501, 564, 762, 1181, Funding for ... 876 1533, 1728, 1766, 1782, 1964–65, 2062, 2172 Petitions presented re ... 636 Wages–Mental health facility employees Public opinion surveying re, by Public Affairs Bureau General remarks ... 762 ... 1599 Letters re (SP332/07: Tabled) ... 771 Speech from the Throne Wages–Public service Debate ... 383–85 Funding for ... 2157–58 Student housing Western Canada Lottery Corporation Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Internal audit of lottery retailers' winnings in Alberta ... 2051–52, 2057–58 ... 1482–83, 1540 280 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Wildlife Ambulance service Brochures re (SP415-416/07: Tabled) ... 1048 Designation as essential service ... 160 Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton Apartment buildings Brochure re (SP416/07: Tabled) ... 1048 Conversion to condominiums ... 638 Young Men's Christian Association Conversion to condominiums: Calgary-Varsity History of (SP709/07: Tabled) ... 1818 constituency ... 638 Youth Emergency Shelter Society Apprenticeship training 25th anniversary, Member's statement re ... 1590 As alternative to temporary foreign workers Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) importation ... 408 211 (Telephone help line) General remarks ... 1052 Affordable housing calls ... 803 Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Aboriginal peoples–Education Geophysicists of Alberta General remarks ... 1168 Annual report, 2006 (SP391/07: Tabled) ... 880 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Certification procedures vis-a vis labour mobility General remarks ... 1570 issues ... 838 Aboriginal workforce action plan Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped General remarks ... 1168 Rent costs assistance for recipients of ... 926 Agricultural workers Aux Sable Canada L.P. Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour General remarks ... 1553 laws ... 1551 Battered women–Housing Air Liquide Canada Inc. Second-stage housing ... 802 General remarks ... 1553 Brokers of foreign worker importation Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Fees charged by ... 1338 Report ... 507, 764 General remarks ... 1333, 1387–88, 1445 Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Monitoring of ... 20, 1185–86, 1337–38, 1964 General remarks ... 1175 Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour Alberta Association of Architects force development strategy) Annual report, 2006 (SP368/07: Tabled) ... 843 General remarks ... 603, 1051, 1168, 1657 Alberta Dental Association and College Canada-Alberta Co-operation on Immigration Radiation health and safety program annual report, Annex re temporary foreign workers ... 1079, 1333, 2005 (SP302/07: Tabled) ... 697 1445, 1549–50, 1551, 1690 Radiation health and safety program annual report, Federal letter to health professionals in the U.K. 2006 (SP714/07: Tabled) ... 1818–19 under ... 1553, 1569 Alberta Economic Development Authority General remarks ... 1079, 1185 Activity report, 2005-06 (SP306/07: Tabled) ... 698 Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Funding for ... 2175 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings Canadian Natural Resources Limited at ... 475, 929 Horizon project, collective labour agreement at, Alberta Federation of Labour impact of Supreme Court decision on ... 1652 Temporary foreign workers, report on ... 2284 Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at ... 691, Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums 1445 Elimination of ... 2174 Horizon project, safety issues at ... 1079–80 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Capital projects–Rural areas French language use at Suncor worksite, investigation Funding for ... 2175–76 of ... 15 Certified General Accountants Association of Alberta Alberta Land Surveyors' Association Annual report, 2006-07 (SP757/07: Tabled) ... 1930 98th annual general meeting (SP711/07: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2006 (SP308/07: Tabled) ... 698 1818 Changing Together (Immigrant women's program) Alberta SuperNet General remarks ... 1171, 1569 General remarks ... 2176 Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Staffing issues ... 1657 Annual report, 2006 (SP309/07: Tabled) ... 698 Child health benefits program Rediation protection program annual report, 2005 Benefits threshold increase ... 1391 (SP301/07: Tabled) ... 697 Diabetes supplies funding under ... 1391 Rediation protection program annual report, 2006 Child welfare workers (SP713/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Compassion fatigue in ... 1764 Alberta Works (Employment training program) Child welfare workers–Safety aspects General remarks ... 1170, 1171–72, 2328 General remarks ... 1764 Phone information line (rent increase inquiries) ... Children–Employment 835, 872, 876–77, 931, 1335 General remarks ... 196, 259–60, 1553 Regional offices for rent increase inquiries ... 835, In licensed premises ... 196 In restaurants ... 196, 259–60 872, 877, 1448 In restaurants, monitoring of ... 260 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 281
Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Christian Labour Association of Canada Domestic violence Labour agreement with Canadian Natural Resources General remarks ... 11 Limited ... 1652 Drugs, Prescription–Costs CN Rail General remarks ... 1187–88 Joint discussions re Edmonton to Prince Rupert rail Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... service ... 403 1187–88 Collective bargaining Economic growth First-contract certification legislation ... 1553, 1555, General remarks ... 364, 507, 1168 1824 Edmonton Economic Development Corporation Supreme Court decision re ... 1652, 1824 Container shipping to Prince Rupert involvement ... Collective bargaining–Flagstaff ambulance operators 403 General remarks ... 160 Electric power–Prices College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists Impact on manufacturing sector ... 2328 Annual report, 2006 (SP492/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 College of Chiropractors of Alberta Parkland teachers' labour dispute (not proceeded Radiation health administrative organization annual with) ... 165 report, 2005-06 (SP300/07: Tabled) ... 697 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1803–04 Radiation health administrative organization annual Employment benefits report, 2006-07 (SP712/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Prorating of, for part-time employment ... 2174 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Employment standards Accreditation process for immigrant doctors ... 2385 Agricultural workers, application to ... 1551 Radiation health administrative organization annual Children working in restaurants ... 260 report, 2005-06 (SP303/07: Tabled) ... 698 Compassionate leave ... 1174, 1551 Radiation health administrative organization annual Foreign workers, application to ... 20, 408, 691, 1185, report, 2006-07 (SP715/07: Tabled) ... 1819 1243, 1551 Constitution Act, 1982 Inspectors for ... 1168, 1173 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, collective Oil sands industries ... 15 bargaining rights included under ... 1652, 1824 Review of ... 2174 Consulting Engineers of Alberta Employment Standards Code Annual report, 2006-07 (SP517/07: Tabled) ... 1331 Employee termination provisions ... 15 Container terminal–Edmonton Review of (2005), release of ... 196, 1173, 1551, Development of ... 403 1553, 1690 Dept. of Children's Services Employment training programs Occupational health and safety code in ... 1764 Aboriginal peoples ... 1168 Purpose of ... 1171 General remarks ... 571, 1168, 1170 Dept. of Economic Development English as a Second Language Annual report, 2005-06 (SP20/07: Tabled) ... 26 Funding for ... 1549, 2323 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry General remarks ... 1168 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP798/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Exxon Mobil Corporation Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1167–68, Workplace safety program ... 1173 1170–76, 1549–55, 1567–71 Fair Trading Act Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Application to foreign worker importation brokers ... during (SP516/07: Tabled) ... 1331 1185, 1333, 1337 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Fatalities, Work-related during (SP592/07: Tabled) ... 1623 General remarks ... 603, 1174 Staff ... 1168 Footner Forest Products Ltd. Dept. of Human Resources and Employment High Level mill closure ... 2324 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP30/07: Tabled) ... 26 Foreign workers, Temporary Diabetes–Supplies Death of, on the job ... 691, 1445, 2322 Funding for ... 1391 General remarks ... 363, 1079, 1080, 1168, 1176, Disabled–Employment 1445, 1549, 1553, 1690 General remarks ... 1570–71 Replacement of trade union members ... 692, 1243 Provincial assistance re ... 928 For steel manufacturing facility, Tofield ... 1051–52, Tax credits re ... 1570 1054 Disabled–Housing Treatment/safety of ... 20, 408, 1079–80, 1243, 1333, Availability/affordability of ... 1277 1337–38, 1387–88, 1445, 1551, 1963–64, 2284, Disabled children 2322–23 Government programs for ... 928, 1171 Work visas for, denied ... 1388 Disputes Inquiry Board Workplace safety issues re ... 691–92 Flagstaff county ambulance operators dispute ... 160 Forest industries Dollar, Canadian Competitiveness/sustainability ... 2324 Impact on manufacturing sector ... 2327–28 282 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Labour force planning Employment Standards Code review request under ... Housing component ... 507, 1336, 1618 1690 Labour laws and legislation Government departments General remarks ... 15 Movement to rural areas ... 1571 Review of ... 1652 Health sciences personnel–Education Labour mobility Programs for ... 17–18 General remarks ... 838–39, 1168, 1175, 1568 Health workforce planning Labour mobility–Pacific northwest area General remarks ... 17–18, 1168, 1553, 1569, 1996 General remarks ... 838–39 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Labour Relations Code General remarks ... 764, 769, 802, 835, 838, 841, Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major 876–77, 931, 1170, 1172, 1275, 1277, 1335, projects) ... 1652 1390, 1448, 1549, 1554 Review of ... 1823–24 Temporary foreign workers not eligible for ... 1168 Labour supply Terms of reference for ... 1653 Shortages ... 363–64, 1168 Housing–Prices Shortages, employment of children to solve ... 196, Impact of ... 1618 259–60 Immigrant doctors Labour unions Accreditation process for ... 2385 Assistance to foreign workers ... 1333 Immigrant women Land agents Government programs for ... 1171 Choice of, by landowners ... 475, 929 Immigrants Land agents–Fees Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 72–73 General remarks ... 929 Immigrants–Employment Land agents–Licensing Barriers to ... 364 General remarks ... 475 Immigrants–Housing Provincial Court decision re (Raymond Strom case) ... General remarks ... 1336 475 Immigration Land Agents Licensing Act Alberta-made policy re ... 20, 363–64, 1079, 1080, Changes to ... 929 1168, 1176 Industry vs. landowner imbalance ... 475 As alternative to temporary foreign workers ... 408 Low-income families Funding for progams re ... 1168, 1549–50 Level of support for ... 537, 2174 Provincial nominee program ... 20, 363–64, 1079, MacAdams, Roberta (Second woman MLA in Alberta) 1168, 1175–76, 1185, 1549, 1553, 1569, 2284, Ministerial statement re ... 1612 2322–23 Manufacturing Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, Impact of Canadian dollar on ... 2327–28 2007 (Bill 12) Impact of electricity rates on ... 2327–28 First Reading ... 50 Provincial assistance to ... 2328 Third Reading ... 1775 McKinney, Louise (Former MLA) Income Support program First female MLA in Alberta and British Empire ... Benefit increase ... 537, 764, 1168 1612 Diabetes supplies funding under ... 1391 Medical profession–Education Emergency housing support ... 638, 769, 802, 1170, General remarks ... 17–18 1246, 1335, 1336 Outside Alberta educated students, incentives to General remarks ... 1170, 1549, 2174 return ... 2290 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Medical profession–Supply Regional impact of ... 1618 General remarks ... 2290 Workplace safety issues ... 1551 Members of the Legislative Assembly Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area First female MLAs elected, 90th anniversary of, Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... ministerial statement re ... 1612 1618 Mental Health Patient Advocate International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1014/07: Tabled) ... 1772 Injured on the Job Ministerial Statements (2007) Ministerial statement re ... 687 90th anniversary of the election of the first female International trade–China MLAs ... 1612 General remarks ... 403 International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed International Women's Day and Injured on the Job ... 687 Ministerial statement re ... 11 International Women's Day ... 11 KNM Corporation Natural resources revenue Steel plant, Tofield: Foreign workers at ... 1051–52, Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency 1054 debate on legislation re ... 1803–04 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 283
Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Northern Alberta Development Council Point of Order Annual report, 2005-06 (SP307/07: Tabled) ... 698 Allegations against a member ... 1138–39 Nurses–Education Port of Prince Rupert General remarks ... 17–18 Alberta access to, joint initiatives re (Q27/06: Office of statistics and information (Proposed) Response tabled as SP102/07) ... 265 General remarks ... 1168, 1170 Container terminal at, Alberta involvement in ... 403 Office of the Premier Poverty Congratulations to new Premier ... 10 General remarks ... 537 Oral Question Period (2007) Professional qualifications, Foreign Affordable accessible housing ... 1277 Assessment service for ... 364, 1168, 1175, 1176, Affordable housing ... 507, 638, 764, 769, 802–03, 2385 1246, 1275, 1390, 1481–82, 1618 Assessment service for, joint Alberta/B.C. office for Affordable housing for seniors ... 1653 ... 838, 1243 Affordable housing in Calgary ... 841 Professions Ambulance operators' labour dispute ... 160 Performance measures re ... 1568 Diabetes supplies ... 1391 Public assistance Employment for persons with disabilities ... 928 General remarks ... 1172 Employment of children ... 196, 259–60 Health benefits ... 1170 Employment standards ... 15 Public service–Alberta Employment standards review ... 1690 Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Financial support for renters ... 835 Cao) ... 72–73 Foreign qualifications ... 2385 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Foreign workers ... 20 General remarks ... 1052 Forest products industry sustainability ... 2324 Rent control Health care aides ... 1996 General remarks ... 872, 930, 931, 1246, 1447 Homeless and eviction fund ... 876–77 Rent increases Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 17–18 Assistance programs re ... 926, 928, 930, 1246, 1335, Labour Relations Code ... 1823–24 1447, 1448, 1481–82 Labour relations code ... 1823–24 Doreen Fiddler case ... 802–03 Land agents ... 929 General remarks ... 638, 802–03, 835, 838, 841, 926, Licensing of land agents ... 475 928, 930 Low-income support programs ... 2174 Impact on AISH recipients ... 638, 926, 930 Minimum wage ... 571–72 Impact on disabled ... 635, 1277 Not-for-profit sector ... 1657 Impact on seniors ... 638, 930, 1653 Pacific northwest labour mobility ... 838–39 Rent increases–Calgary Physician supply ... 2290 General remarks ... 841 Poverty ... 537 Replacement workers Prescription drug coverage ... 1187–88 General remarks ... 1824 Provincial labour legislation ... 1652 Restaurants Provincial labour supply ... 363–64 Employment of children in ... 196, 260 Recruiting foreign workers ... 1185–86 Employment of children in, monitoring of ... 259–60 Rent supplement programs ... 926, 928 Right to strike Renter assistance ... 1335, 1336 General remarks ... 160 Renter assistance programs ... 1447, 1448 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Rural Alberta development fund ... 471 Foreign worker screening ... 1388 Rural Alberta's development fund ... 2175–76 Rural Alberta's Development Fund Safety of human service workers ... 1764 General remarks ... 471, 1568, 1569, 1571, 2175–76 Safety of temporary foreign workers ... 691–92, Rural economic development 1079–80 General remarks ... 1168 Steel fabrication plant in Tofield ... 1051–52, 1054 Government strategy re ... 1568, 1569, 1571 Strength of Canadian dollar ... 2327–28 Performance measures re ... 1571 Temporary foreign workers ... 408, 1079, 1243, 1333, Rural family medicine network 1337–38, 1387–88, 1445, 1963–64, 2284, 2322–23 General remarks ... 1568 Temporary rent regulation ... 838, 872, 930, 931 Schools–Closure–Rural areas Trade route to Prince Rupert ... 403 General remarks ... 1568 Workplace health and safety ... 603–04 Senior citizens–Housing Pacific Northwest Economic Region Government programs for ... 1653 Labour mobility within ... 838–39 Service Alberta Personal care attendants Foreign worker importation investigation ... 1338 Injured on the job, workers' compensation for ... 1996 Single-parent families Pharmaceutical savings agency (Proposal) Public assistance for ... 537 General remarks ... 1187 284 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Sobeys Inc. Wages–Minimum wage Employment of the disabled ... 1570 Increasing of ... 571–72, 1551–52, 2174 Social housing Weyerhaeuser Company Funding for ... 877 Drayton Valley mill closure ... 2324 General remarks ... 507, 638, 764, 769, 802–03, 1168, Women's issues 1170 General remarks ... 1171 Rent supplement program ... 1170, 1482 Workers' Compensation Board Unhealthy conditions in ... 1246 Accountability framework report, 2006 (SP610/07: Social housing–Red Deer Tabled) ... 1659 Funding for ... 1390 Annual report, 2006 (SP515/07: Tabled) ... 1331 Social workers Workplace safety Compassion fatigue in ... 1764 Additional employees re ... 1388, 1445 Social workers–Safety aspects General remarks ... 603–04, 687, 1173–74, 1176, General remarks ... 1764 1550, 1551 Steel fabrication plant, Tofield Inspectors for ... 1168, 1550 Foreign workers employment at ... 1051–52, 1054 Part-time employees ... 604 Steel industry–Alberta Temporary foreign workers ... 691–92, 1388 Impact of foreign companies on ... 1054 Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) Strikes and lockouts–Teachers Alberta School Boards Association Parkland school division labour dispute: Request for Centennial of, member's statement re ... 2135 emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 165 Alberta Teachers' Association Students, Foreign (Postsecondary) Letter to, re unfunded pension liability funding from Encouragement to stay in Alberta ... 1569 province ... 731, 1251 Suncor Inc. Letter to, re unfunded pension liability funding from Dismissal of employee over language issues ... 15 province: Copy tabled (SP319/07) ... 732 Supreme Court of Canada Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1480 Collective bargaining rights decision ... 1652, 1824 Alberta's Commission on Learning Tax incentives Class size recommendations ... 1686 For employment of the disabled ... 1570 Kindergarten recommendations ... 476 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Foreign worker screening re ... 1388 Noise attenuation issues ... 542 Total Group (France) Northwest portion: Public open house re ... 542 Investment in Alberta oil sands ... 1168, 1553 Northwest portion: Relocation of (noise/safety issues) Tourism ... 542 Workforce strategy for (SP555/07: Tabled) ... 1488 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement 20) (Alberta /British Columbia) Second Reading ... 235 General remarks ... 838, 1168, 1175, 1568 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Impact on labour groups ... 1243 2) (Bill 56) Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... Second reading ... 2260–61 1243 Battle River School Division Traffic safety Centralization of maintenance ... 2150 McDermid report on ... 1173–74 Bullying–Prevention Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village General remarks ... 1197 Housing of rural Alberta's development fund's offices Use of outside school agencies re ... 2151 in ... 2176 Calgary Board of Education University of Alberta Deficit ... 1250, 1251 Radiation health administrative organization annual Maintenance budget ... 568–69 report, 2005-06 (SP304/07: Tabled) ... 698 School busing funding review, request for ... 128 Radiation health administrative organization annual Calgary Catholic Board of Education report, 2006-07 (SP716/07: Tabled) ... 1819 ESL programming ... 1200 University of Calgary Kindergarten funding ... 1200 Radiation health administration organization annual School busing funding review, request for ... 128 report, 2005-06 (SP305/07: Tabled) ... 698 School funding plebiscite ... 1276 Radiation health administration organization annual Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill report, 2006-07 (SP717/07: Tabled) ... 1819 207) Varsity apartment complex, Calgary Second Reading ... 1084, 1090 Rent increases in ... 1481–82 Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) Vibrant Communities Calgary Committee ... 281–82 Living wage initiative ... 571 Class size (Grade school) Wages–Living wage Reduction of, funding for ... 1258, 1686, 1724 General remarks ... 571–72, 1552, 1555 Response to questions re (SP592/07: Tabled) ... 1623 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 285
Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Collective bargaining–Teachers Education–Finance (Continued) Impact of education funding on ... 227, 804, 1188, Role in teachers' strikes ... 88 1276, 1724 User fees ... 644, 696, 2254 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension funding on ... User fees: Legislation to eliminate (Bill 208) ... 291 731, 1251, 1480 Education Week Impact of teachers' unfunded pension funding on, General remarks ... 696 letter to ATA re (SP319/07: Tabled) ... 732 Election Act Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five- Voting age under, lowering to 16 (Motion 510: year agreement on ... 2031 Chase) ... 1676–77 Community schools Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 General remarks ... 257 Parkland teachers' labour dispute (not proceeded Public/private arrangements re building of ... 577 with) ... 165 Dept. of Children's Services English as a Second Language Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Calgary Catholic programs for ... 1200 1195, 1197, 1200 Extension to private schools, funding for ... 1258 Dept. of Education Funding for ... 1258 Annual report, 2004-05, excerpt from (SP363/07: Ernest Manning high school, Calgary Tabled) ... 842 Roof repairs ... 568–69 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Food sales in schools 1195, 1197, 1200 Ban on junk food ... 2254 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1250–51, Golden Hills school division 1257–59, 1261 School closure plans ... 1132, 1258 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Grande Prairie public school district Reconciliation of adjusted gross amounts ... 102 Budget ... 1686 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools 2150–51 Deficit ... 1250 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Second reading ... 2193 1195, 1197, 1200 High school completion Disabled children General remarks ... 2151 Government programs for ... 1195 High school education–Curricula Disabled children–Education–Finance Vocational/trades courses ... 2151 Coding system re ... 1195, 1197, 1258 Hussar high school General remarks ... 1258 Closure ... 1258 Disputes Inquiry Board Marlborough elementary school, Calgary Parkland school division teachers' strike ... 88 Roof repairs ... 569 Drug abuse resistance education program Mediation (Labour relations) General remarks ... 1197 Parkland school division teachers' strike ... 88 Early childhood education Members' Statements (2007) Full-day programs ... 1200 Provincial education system ... 696 Funding ... 476, 2151 School Boards Association centennial ... 2135 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 696, 1200 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Early childhood education–Calgary Second Reading ... 1070 Catholic school board programs ... 1200 Ministerial Statements (2007) Edmonton Catholic School District Student achievement tests ... 2379 Deficit ... 1250 Newman Theological College Edmonton Public School Board Provincial purchase of property of, for Henday Drive Budget ... 1724 northwest leg ... 542 Deficit ... 1250 Noise attenuation along freeways Education General remarks ... 542 Member's statement re ... 696 Obesity in children Education–Curricula Reduction of ... 1197, 2254 Behavioural improvement classes ... 1258 Office of the Premier Career and technology courses ... 2151 Premier's leadership campaign pledge re teachers' Drug abuse awareness programs ... 1197 pension fund unfunded liability (SP88/07: Tabled) Education–Finance ... 231 General remarks ... 88, 227, 696, 804, 1251, 1276, Oral Question Period (2007) 1392–93, 1994 Childhood obesity ... 2254 Letters re (SP550/07: Tabled) ... 1487 Deferred school infrastructure maintenance ... 1994 Program unit funding ... 102, 1195, 1258 Early childhood education ... 476 Program unit funding: Extension to grade 3 ... 1195, Education funding ... 227, 804, 1276, 1392–93, 1686, 1258 1724 286 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) School trustees Northwest Anthony Henday ring road ... 542 General remarks ... 2135 Rural school closures ... 1132 Schoolchildren–Transportation–Calgary St. Albert west regional road ... 368–69 Funding increase for ... 102, 128, 643–44 St. Albert west regional road ... 368–69 Schools–Closure School closures ... 257 General remarks ... 257, 1258–59 School infrastructure in Calgary ... 568–69 Schools–Closure–Rural areas School nutrition programs ... 1242 General remarks ... 1132 School transportation in Calgary ... 643–44 Schools–Construction Student transportation ... 128 Funding for ... 1251, 1393, 1724 Teachers' labour dispute ... 15–16, 88 Public/private projects re ... 1251, 2151 Teachers' salary negotiations ... 1188 Public/private projects re: Supporting documentation Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 731, 1480, re (M2/07: Defeated) ... 576–58 2030–31 Schools–Construction–Calgary Organization for Economic Co-operation and General remarks ... 128, 644, 1251 Development Schools–Maintenance and repair International student achievement test results ... 2379 Funding for ... 102, 227, 568–69, 1251, 1994, 2150 Parkland school board Schools–Maintenance and repair–Calgary Teachers' strike ... 16, 88 Funding for ... 568–69, 1994 Teachers' strike, resignation of trustee over ... 16 Schools–Security aspects Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) General remarks ... 1197 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Schools for tomorrow action plan Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2062 General remarks ... 1393 Physical fitness–Teaching Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Daily mandatory activities ... 1197 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Elimination of facility fees re ... 2254 Third reading ... 1972 Plebiscites, Provincial Petitions presented re ... 2062 School board funding ... 1276 Strikes and lockouts–Teachers Private schools–Finance Parkland school division labour dispute ... 15–16, 88, For ESL programs ... 1258 227 Property tax–Education levy Parkland school division labour dispute: Request for Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 714–15 emergency debate re (not proceeded with) ... 165 Remedial education (Elementary) Student testing PUF funding for ... 1258 Achievement tests: Aboriginal students ... 1258 Rockyford elementary school Achievement tests: Grade 3 tests elimination ... 1258 Closure ... 1132, 1258 Achievement tests: International standing of Alberta Rural economic development students, ministerial statement re ... 2379 Government strategy re ... 1132 Substance abuse–Prevention–Youth Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) General remarks ... 1197 Committee ... 2185 Supplementary estimates School boards Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 102 Deficit financing ... 804 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2150–51 Deficit financing, Alberta Education annual report Teachers–Fort McMurray excerpt re (SP363/07: Tabled) ... 842 Northern allowance payments to ... 2150 Funding ... 88, 476, 1250, 1686, 1724, 1994 Teachers' Pension Plan Funding: Renewed funding framework ... 1393 Unfunded liability ... 227, 696, 1480, 2151 General remarks ... 2135 Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 731, 1251 Healthy eating promotion programs ... 2254 Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining Role of ... 2031 negotiations ... 731, 1251, 1480 Surpluses, access to ... 1188, 1250 Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining Teachers' unfunded pension liability negotiations, role negotiations, letter to ATA re ... 1251 in ... 2030–31, 2135 Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining School councils negotiations, letter to ATA re (SP319/07: Tabled) Fund-raising activities, legislation to eliminate (Bill ... 732 208) ... 291 Unfunded liability: Letters re (SP550/07: Tabled) ... School counsellors 1487 General remarks ... 1197, 1200 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as School nutrition programs amended: Flaherty) ... 350–51, 357 General remarks ... 1242, 2254 Unfunded liability: Premier's leadership campaign School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) pledge re (SP88/07: Tabled) ... 231 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of ... First Reading ... 291 2030–31 Second Reading ... 1093–94, 1288–89 Unfunded liability: Task force to review...1251, 1480 General remarks ... 696 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 287
Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) (Continued) Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC Third reading ... 2489–90 proposal) Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) General remarks ... 1787, 2033, 2142 Second Reading ... 967–68, 968 Alberta Social Housing Corporation Committee ... 970–71 Funding for upgrading projects in Shaganappi Third Reading ... 1065–66 Village, Calgary ... 2167 Voting age (Provincial elections) Alex Community Health Centre, Calgary Lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1676–77 Hospital discharge program ... 1823 Wages–Public service Battered women–Housing Funding for ... 2150 General remarks ... 2142 Wages–Teachers Calgary Apartment Association General remarks ... 1188, 1250, 1724 Low-income units availability ... 2167 West Regional Road, St. Albert Calgary Homeless Foundation General remarks ... 368–69 General remarks ... 1823 Forsyth, Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) Foothills Shelter, Calgary Bullying–Prevention Opening of ... 2032 General remarks ... 639–40 Homeless Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Programs for ... 2033, 2064 General remarks ... 2026 Homeless–Housing Curb the Danger (Impaired driver program) Emergency winter shelters ... 2032–33 Member's statement re ... 2026 Funding for ... 1787 Drunk driving–Prevention General remarks ... 1823, 2064 Member's statement re ... 2026 Hospital discharge pilot project for homeless with Fish Creek Provincial Park medical needs ... 1823 User fees for ... 91 Transitional housing ... 2141 Fishing, Sport Homeless and eviction prevention fund Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2347 General remarks ... 2064 Floods Housing First program, New York City Preparedness for ... 1485 General remarks ... 1787, 1823 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Second reading ... 2338 Regional impact of ... 2138 Hunting Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2347 Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... Members' Statements (2007) 2138 Curb the danger impaired driver program ... 2026 Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) National Victims of Crime Awareness Week ... 669 Third Reading ... 1776 National Victims of Crime Awareness Week Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) Member's statement re ... 669 Third Reading ... 1776 Oral Question Period (2007) Members' Statements (2007) Bullying ... 639–40 Organ and tissue donation ... 696 Flood preparedness ... 1485 Municipal sustainability initiative Provincial park user fees ... 91–92 Funding from ... 2138 Parks, Provincial Mustard Seed Street Ministry User fees in ... 91 Operation of Foothills Shelter in Calgary ... 2032 Police National Housing Day Neighbourhood patrols ... 2026 General remarks ... 2140 Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15) General remarks ... 696 First Reading ... 51 Oral Question Period (2007) Second Reading ... 477 Affordable housing ... 1787, 1823, 2140–41 Committee ... 660–61 Homelessness initiatives ... 2064 Third Reading ... 666 Regional municipal planning ... 2138 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Winter emergency shelters ... 2032–33 Committee ... 2042–43 Women's shelters ... 2142 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Organ and tissue donation Second Reading ... 212, 333 Member's statement re ... 696 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Pathways to Housing program, New York City Act, 2007 (Bill 45) General remarks ... 1787 Third reading ... 1973 Social housing Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) Funding for ... 1787, 2141 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force General remarks ... 1787, 2140–41 Report ... 1787 Rent supplement program ... 2064, 2142, 2167 288 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) (Continued) Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Supplementary estimates Peace) (Continued) Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2167 Arts festival, Provincial Transplantation of organs Creation of ... 2383 General remarks ... 696 Auditor General Women's shelters Community facility enhancement program grants General remarks ... 2142 comments ... 571 Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Community initiatives program guidelines, Peace) consultation re ... 1082 Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit) Autism spectrum disorder Funding for ... 1468 Funding for services re ... 728 Alberta Centennial World Cup Cross Country Multidisciplinary evaluation teams re ... 728 competition, Canmore (December 2005) Badlands–Alberta Funding for ... 1423 Promotion as tourist attraction ... 1422–23, 1466 Alberta College of Art and Design Banff Centre for Continuing Education Funding ... 1468 Funding for ... 1468 Alberta creative development initiative Book publishing (Federal/provincial) Provincial support for ... 1725 News release re (SP449/07: Tabled) ... 1130 Bow River weir project–Calgary Timeline for applications to ... 1471 Funding for ... 1619 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Calgary Olympic Development Association Budget increase ... 260, 769, 1422, 1466, 1467–68, Capital renewal project funding ... 1422, 1466 1725 Campgrounds, Provincial General remarks ... 2383 Fees in ... 194 Program evaluation of ... 1468, 1471 Increase in numbers of ... 1424 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Campgrounds, Roadside Employment of underage musicians in licensed Closure of ... 1424 premises, approval of ... 1469 Canada Council for the Arts Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Co-sponsor of Alberta creative development initiative Disabled remand centre inmates facilities complaints ... 1471 ... 263 Canada Olympic Park French language use at Suncor worksite, investigation Funding for ... 1469 of ... 15 Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park Funding for ... 1422, 1466 Upgrades to ... 1425 Staffing ... 1472 Casinos Alberta Music Festival Association Revenue from ... 1469 General remarks ... 260 Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Alberta Outfitters Association Funding for, economic impact of ... 1423, 1465 Involvement with tourism development projects ... Citadel Theatre, Edmonton 1424 Provincial funding for ... 1471 Alberta Recreation Corridors Coordinating Committee Coal-bed methane extraction–Rumsey ecological area (2006) General remarks ... 46, 92 General remarks ... 1424 Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Funding for ... 1469 Foundation Community facility enhancement program Funding for ... 1422, 1466 General remarks ... 1927 Alberta Summer Games Grant applications, rejected, 1998-2005 (Q22/06: Funding for ... 1422, 1423, 1466 Response tabled as SP142/07) ... 299 Alberta Winter Games Grant applications awarded without matching funds, Funding for ... 1422, 1423, 1466 1998-2005 (Q23/06: Response tabled as SP143/07) Alpha Gamma Delta (Sorority) ... 299 CIP grant given to ... 401 Grant applications process ... 571 CIP grant given to, issue paper re (SP181/07: Tabled) Grant maximums ... 1426 ... 409 Community initiatives program Art Gallery of Alberta General remarks ... 1927 Funding for ... 1468 Grants awarded without matching funds ... 365, 401, Arts 434–36, 438, 696, 806, 1082, 1134–35 Provincial support for ... 672 Grants awarded without matching funds, 1998-2005 Arts–Finance (Q20/06: Response tabled as SP140/07) ... 299 General remarks ... 260, 769, 1422, 1466, 1467–68, Grants awarded without matching funds, information 1471, 1725, 2383–84 re (SP180-181/07: Tabled) ... 409 New funding initiative, news release re (SP449/07: Grants awarded without matching funds, review of ... Tabled) ... 1130 435, 438 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 289
Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Peace) (Continued) Peace) (Continued) Community initiatives program (Continued) Employment standards Grants rejected, 1998-2005 (Q21/06: Response tabled Oil sands industries ... 15 as SP141/07) ... 299 Energy industry Guidelines ... 1082 Activity in protected areas ... 43, 46, 92, 228 Guidelines, consultation with Auditor General re ... EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts 1082 Provincial funding for ... 1471 Guidelines, copy tabled (SP450/07) ... 1130 Fairs Political influence in granting process re ... 365, 401 Funding for ... 806, 1422, 1466 Community spirit program for charitable giving Film development grant program MLA committee to establish ... 769, 1422 Increase in funding for ... 1425–26, 1468, 1469–70 Workbook for (SP623/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Film industry Cultural policy Funding for ... 1425–25, 1468, 1469–70, 1471, 1725, General remarks ... 1422, 1467, 1468, 1471 2383 Culture Tax incentives for ... 2383 General remarks ... 1422 Fish and wildlife officers Culture–Finance Increase in numbers of, in provincial parks ... 1422, General remarks ... 1422 1425, 1466 Impact on communities ... 1465 Fish Creek Provincial Park Dept. of arts, culture, and heritage (Proposed) User fees for ... 91 General remarks ... 2384 Fort George and Buckingham House (Historic site) Dept. of Community Development Exhibit improvement funding ... 1422, 1466 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP19/07: Tabled) ... 26 Francis Winspear Centre for Music Dept. of Environment Provincial funding for ... 1471 Budget adequacy ... 695 Francophone Secretariat Dept. of Finance Funding for ... 1422, 1466 Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act grants ... 365 CIP program information request under ... 365 Dept. of Health and Wellness Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP Second Reading ... 1294 grants ... 365 Glenbow Ranch provincial park Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Development of ... 1620–21 Minister's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP Harvie family contribution to ... 1621 grants ... 365 Government appointments Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture PC party supporters' appointments ... 1189 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP812/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Government of Alberta "Culture" as last element in the dept.'s name ... 1470 Website, posting of major community facilities grant Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1422–26, recipients on ... 1927 1465–72 Government openness Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions General remarks ... 405, 672 during (SP636/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Historic site) Dinosaur tracks interpretive centre, Grande Prairie Theatre presentation funding ... 1422, 1466 Development of ... 1424 High Island natural area Dinosaur trail Webcam installation in, impact of ... 510 Development of, throughout Alberta ... 1424 Historic Dunvegan (Historic site) Diversification Exhibit improvement funding ... 1422, 1466 General remarks ... 1725 Historic sites–Finance Donating to charitable organizations Economic impact of ... 1423, 1465 Tax credits for ... 769 Increase in ... 1422, 1466 Economic development and the environment Horse racing General remarks ... 43, 46, 92 Lottery funding for ... 1469 Economic growth Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act General remarks ... 695 Violation of section 3, re email posted on Save My Ecotourism CWB website ... 405 Develoment of ... 1424 Inmates of remand centres, Disabled Education–Curricula Facilities for ... 263 Fine arts programs ... 1468 Jasper National Park Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) 100th anniversary ... 1424 First Reading ... 467 Juno awards–Calgary (2008) Second Reading ... 552 Provincial funding for ... 1468 Second Reading ... 552 Labour laws and legislation Committee ... 654 General remarks ... 15 Third Reading ... 664 290 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Peace) (Continued) Peace) (Continued) Land-use framework Other initiatives program (Lottery funds) General remarks ... 43, 91 Calgary Bow River weir project funding ... 1619 Licensed premises Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society grant Employment of underage musicians in ... 1469 request from ... 435 Lottery Fund Parks, Provincial Bow River weir project funding ... 1619 75th anniversary of ... 1422, 1424, 1466 Funds allocation ... 1422, 1466, 1467 Campground spaces in, P3 opportunities re ... 1425 Website information re ... 1472 Conservation of ... 228 Major community facilities program Funding for: Economic impact of ... 1423, 1465 Calgary Bow River weir project funding ... 1619 Funding for: Nominal sum disposals projects ... 1468 Cultural facilities funding ... 1471 General remarks ... 1425 Eligibility of exhibitions/fairs under ... 806 Maintenance upgrades for ... 1422, 1466, 1469 Funding for ... 1422, 1423, 1466 New park designations ... 1469 General remarks ... 695–96, 1423, 1426, 1927 Policy review of ... 91, 92, 1422 Oversubscription of ... 1426 Staffing increase for ... 1425 Posting of recipients of, on government website ... User fees in ... 91, 194 1927 Pengrowth Saddledome, Calgary Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Funding for ... 1469 Former MLA's government contract ... 1189 Political influence McMahon Stadium, Calgary CIP granting process ... 365, 401 Funding for ... 1469 Protected areas Museums–Finance General remarks ... 1425 Increase in ... 1422, 1466 Industrial development in ... 228 Music festivals Quality of life Provincial support to ... 260 General remarks ... 91, 260, 1422, 1423, 1465, 1467 Natural areas Recreation areas Industrial development in ... 43, 46, 92 General remarks ... 1425 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Policy review of ... 1422 Rental rate reductions ... 1468 Recreational trails Office of the Premier Funding for development of ... 1424 Premier's leadership campaign donors, receipt of CIP Remand centres grants ... 365 Facilities for disabled inmates in ... 263 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Rexall Place, Edmonton Alberta potential ambassador/co-ordinator to (Mark Funding for ... 1469 Norris) ... 1189 Royal Alberta Museum Oral Question Period (2007) Renovations ... 672, 1471 Arts funding ... 769, 1725, 2383–84 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology Autism spectrum disorder ... 728 Gallery renovation funding ... 1422, 1466 Calgary Bow River weir project ... 1619 Rumsey natural area Community facility enhancement program ... 571 Industrial activity in ... 43, 46, 92 Community grant programs ... 1927 Save My CWB (Website) Community initiatives program ... 365, 401, 434–35, Email posted on ... 405 438, 806, 1082, 1134–35 Slot machines in racing entertainment centres Community initiatives program grant ... 435–36 Revenue from: Transferred to horse racing industry ... Disabled inmates at remand centres ... 263 1469 E-mail from a government computer ... 405 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Employment standards ... 15 Rental rate reductions ... 1468 Glenbow Ranch provincial park ... 1620–21 Special places High Island natural area webcams ... 510 Energy industry activity in ... 46, 92 Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 General remarks ... 1425 Major community facilities program ... 695–96 Sports Oil and gas activity in Rumsey natural area ... 46, 92 Provincial support for ... 1422, 1423, 1426 Provincial Olympic co-ordinator ... 1189 Provincial support for, economic impact of ... 1423, Provincial park user fees ... 91–92 1465 Provincial parks and protected areas ... 228 Sports facilities–Finance Royal Alberta Museum renovations ... 672 General remarks ... 1422, 1466, 1469 Support for exhibitions and fairs ... 806 Stephansson House (Historic site) Support for music festivals ... 260 Exhibit improvement funding ... 1422, 1466 Tourism industry ... 1056–57 Strategic Tourism Marketing Council User fees in provincial parks ... 194 General remarks ... 1056, 1469 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 291
Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Graydon, Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) Peace) (Continued) (Continued) Strategic tourism marketing plan Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation General remarks ... 1423 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1405–06 Suncor Inc. Drink prices in licensed premises Dismissal of employee over language issues ... 15 Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) Symbols of distinction, Cultural ... 2198–99 Legislation re (Bill 27) ... 467 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Tax incentives (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, For charitable donations ... 769 2007 (Bill 205) Film/TV production companies ... 2383 Second Reading ... 709–10 Theatres–Finance Grain–Transportation General remarks ... 1471 By rail ... 1133 Tourism Highway 43–Grande Prairie area General remarks ... 1056–57, 1422, 1423, 1465 Bypass (highway 43X) ... 505–06, 1406 Leitch report on ... 1056–57, 1469 Highway 43–Grande Prairie to B.C. border Tourism, Aboriginal Twinning ... 506, 1405 General remarks ... 1424 Highway 43–Mayerthorpe to Sangudo Tourism, Agricultural Twinning ... 506 General remarks ... 1469 Highway 63 Tourism–Marketing Twinning ... 1405 Funding for ... 1422, 1466 Hospitals–Beaverlodge General remarks ... 1423–24 General remarks ... 1406 Tourism levy Petition presented re ... 400 General remarks ... 1466, 1469 Petition tabled re (SP189/07) ... 409 Travel Alberta McCrank, Mr. Neil (QC) General remarks ... 1423 Member's statement re ... 288–89 Western Canada Games Medical care, Primary Provincial funding for ... 1423 General remarks ... 641 Western Canada Summer Games, Strathcona County Medical care–Finance (August 2007) General remarks ... 640–41 Provincial funding for ... 1423 Medical profession–Fees Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society Amended agreement re ... 640–41 CIP grant funding for ... 434–36 Amended agreement re: Clinical stabilization CIP grant funding for, correspondence re (SP180/07: initiative in ... 640 Tabled) ... 409 Medical profession–Supply Other initiatives program funding for ... 435–36 General remarks ... 640 Western Irrigation District Members' Statements (2007) Water from Calgary Bow River weir ... 1619 Alberta Order of Excellence inductees ... 596 Westerner Park Jeff Toews ... 1047 Funding for ... 806 Mr. Neil McCrank, QC ... 288–89 Wildlife conservation North-south trade corridor General remarks ... 228 Completion of ... 505–06, 1405 World half marathon Oral Question Period (2007) Provincial funding for ... 1423 Health care funding ... 640–41 World Masters [summer] Games, Edmonton (July 2005) North-south trade corridor ... 505–06 Funding for ... 1423 Rail transport of grain ... 1133 Graydon, Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) Peace Air Airports–Grande Prairie Cessation of business ... 1406 General remarks ... 1406 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board New hospital for Beaverlodge ... 400 Former chairman, retirement of, member's statement Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) re ... 288–89 New hospital for Beaverlodge (SP189/07) ... 409 Alberta Medical Association Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie Amended agreement re fees ... 640–41 Funding for ... 1406 Amended agreement re fees: Clinical stabilization Rail service–Northern Alberta initiative in ... 640 Grain hauling capacity ... 1133 Alberta Order of Excellence Road construction Inductees into, member's statement re ... 596 Resource road program, funding for ... 1406 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11) Committee ... 2409–11 Third reading ... 2473 CN Rail Toews, Mr. Jeff Grain transportation capacity in northern Alberta ... Death in Mexico, member's statement re ... 1047 1133 292 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Griffiths, Doug (PC, Battle River-Wainwright) Griffiths, Doug (PC, Battle River-Wainwright) Alberta Medical Association (Continued) Amended agreement re fees ... 635 Groundwater–Supplies Alberta Regulations General remarks ... 2255 Review of ... 905 Highway 13–Camrose area east Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Upgrading of (rut and fill) ... 877 Funding for ... 1402 Hunting–Regulations Battle River–Water levels For nonresidents ... 1445–46 Fluctuation of ... 2255 Hunting tourism Bills, Government General remarks ... 1445–46 Bill 204, six month hoist amendment at second Immigrant doctors reading ... 582 Residency program for ... 635 Capital projects Intermunicipal relations Planning for ... 1403, 1404 General remarks ... 913 CN Rail Light rail transit Grain transportation capacity in northern Alberta ... Planning for ... 1402, 1404 1278 Medical profession–Education Coal-bed methane extraction Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 635 Groundwater pollution issues ... 2255 Medical profession–Rural areas Committee on Government Services, Standing Action plan re ... 635 Referral of Bill 213, Regulatory Accountability and Medical profession–Supply Transparency Act, to ... 2038 Member's statement re ... 635 Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Members' Statements (2007) Second Reading ... 202–03 Castor area grass fire ... 2098 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Newborn metabolic screening program ... 596 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1402–04 Physician supply ... 635 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Television production in Hardisty ... 869 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 912–13 Municipal finance Performance measures ... 913 Provincial funding for: Reporting/ accounting Drink prices in licensed premises requirements re ... 912–13 Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) Municipal sustainability initiative ... 2203–04 Funding from ... 913 Economic growth Newborn metabolic screening program Impact on water supplies ... 2139 Member's statement re ... 596 Planning for ... 905 Northern Lights Health Region Education, Postsecondary Funding for ... 635 General remarks ... 162–63 Oil sands development Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 905 Second Reading: Six month hoist ... 582 Workforce issues ... 905 Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Oral Question Period (2007) Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Groundwater stewardship ... 2255 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance Highway 13 ... 877 du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Nonresident hunting regulations ... 1445–46 Second Reading ... 582 Postsecondary opportunities ... 162–63 Energy strategy Teacher recruitment and retention ... 2031 Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... Trade corridors to Prince Rupert ... 1278 859–60 Water management ... 2139 Family courts Paperny Films Inc. Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1916–17 General remarks ... 869 Government programs Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Managing expectations re ... 905 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Performance measures for ... 905 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2061 Government spending policy Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) General remarks ... 905 Committee ... 521 Grain–Transportation Port of Prince Rupert By rail ... 1278 Alberta initiatives re ... 1278 Grass fire–Castor area Public transit Member's statement re ... 2098 General remarks ... 913 Groundwater Quality of life Inventory/mapping of ... 2255 Performance measures re ... 905 Groundwater–Pollution Rail service–Edmonton to Prince Rupert Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 2255 Upgrading of ... 1278 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 293
Griffiths, Doug (PC, Battle River-Wainwright) Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) (Continued) Agricultural Societies Act (Continued) Rail service–Northern Alberta Section 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Grain hauling capacity ... 1278 Groeneveld): Answers to questions during debate Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330 213) Agricultural value-added production Second reading ... 2038–39 General remarks ... 1261, 1262 Second reading: Amendment (referral to Government Agricultural workers Services committee) ... 2038 Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour Ridley Grain Ltd. laws ... 130 Alberta loan to ... 1278 Agriculture Ring roads Financial services for ... 1262, 1266, 1417 Reduction of ... 1402, 1404 General remarks ... 1261–62, 1417 Ring roads–Calgary Government assistance programs ... 42–43, 99–100, Funding for ... 1402 1262, 2179 Rural family medicine network Agriculture–Research General remarks ... 635 General remarks ... 729–30, 1262 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Agriculture competitiveness initiative Act, 2007 (Bill 45) General remarks ... 1334–35 Petitions presented re ... 2061 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Social housing–Rural areas Annual report, 2006-07 (SP695/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Funding for ... 913 CAIS program administration ... 767 South Saskatchewan River basin CAIS program changes ... 2107 Plan for ... 2139 General remarks ... 1266 Taxation Agriculture growth strategy General remarks ... 913 General remarks ... 1261, 1417 Teachers Agriculture workforce strategy Recruitment and retention of ... 2031 General remarks ... 1262, 1417 Recruitment and retention of, role of unfunded Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council pension liability five-year agreement in ... 2031 Annual reports, 2003-07 (SP425-428/07: Tabled) ... Television production–Hardisty 1074 Member's statement re ... 869 Alberta Association of Agricultural Societies Trade corridor–Eastern Alberta Review of provincial funding formula for smaller General remarks ... 1402–03 societies ... 806 Treasury Board Alberta Beekeepers Association Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 905 Role re bee die-off situation ... 1443 Unified Family Court Task Force Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Report ... 1916–17 Sour gas wells, approval of ... 1929 Urban sprawl Alberta farm fuel benefit program General remarks ... 913, 1402, 1404 Auditor General's remarks re ... 1765 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability General remarks ... 1392, 1765 General remarks ... 2139 Internal audit of ... 1392 Water resources development Alberta farm recovery program General remarks ... 2139 General remarks ... 1786, 1927, 1960, 2107, 2179 Water storage–Battle River watershed Alberta Grain Commission General remarks ... 2255 Role of ... 1267 Water supply Animal diseases Impact of economic growth on ... 2139 Emergency response to (Bill 32) ... 670 Watershed conservation Animal Health Act (Bill 32) General remarks ... 2139 First Reading ... 670 Watershed planning and advisory councils Second Reading ... 755–56 General remarks ... 2139 Committee ... 1520–21, 1524–25 The Week the Women Left (Documentary) Third Reading ... 1710 Filming in Hardisty, member's statement re ... 869 Responses to questions during debate on (SP423- Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) 424/07: Tabled) ... 1074 Agri-environmental strategy Animal health investigation committee (Dept. of General remarks ... 1261, 1417 Agriculture and Food) Agricultural Operation Practices Act Disbanding of ... 1929 Confined feeding operations provisions ... 603 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Agricultural societies 20) General remarks ... 1419 Second Reading ... 240–41 Agricultural Societies Act Response to questions during second reading of Section 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 (SP177/07: Tabled) ... 400 294 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Auditor General Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Agricultural aid delivery problems, comments re ... (Continued) 2179 Seed potato growers' compensation re potato cyst Dept. of Agriculture computer use policy, report on ... nematode infestation ... 2000 190 Canadian Cattle Identification Agency Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1263–64, Cattle age verification system ... 2034 1265, 1392, 1765, 1892 Food chain traceability system ... 1421 Auditor General (Federal) Canadian Food Inspection Agency Agriculture income stabilization program, report on ... Ban on seed potato exports to U.S. ... 2000 767 Bovine tuberculosis case, investigation of ... 1927 Barley–Marketing E coli in exported beef situation ... 1821 Federal plebiscite re ... 472, 1267 Feed ban enhancement (specified risk materials Federal plebiscite re, provincial advertisements re ... removal) ... 1617 129 Olymel pork plant, Red Deer, situation ... 1959, 2065 General remarks ... 472 Risk assessment re importing honeybees from the Barley–Research U.S. ... 1443 General remarks ... 729–30 Canadian Transportation Agency (Federal) Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. Rail transport of grain in northern Alberta ... 1133 Sour gas leak, Stettler area ... 1929 Canadian Wheat Board Beef–Export Alberta position on ... 190 Federal regulations re ... 1617 Alberta position on, role of Alberta Grain Beef–Export–United States Commission in ... 1267 Restrictions on, due to E coli in hamburger ... 1821 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by ... 472 Beef–Prices Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by, eligible Base price ... 2254 voters for (Q11/07: Response tabled as SP388/07) Beef industry ... 879 Impact of bovine tuberculosis case on ... 1927 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by, provincial Provincial assistance re ... 1927, 1960, 2179, 2254 advertisements re ... 129 Bees Canola–Export–China Die-off of ... 1443 Impact of Chinese tariffs on ... 2144 Bees–Import–United States Cargill, Incorporated General remarks ... 1443 General remarks ... 2254 Biofuels industry Cattle Research re ... 729 Age verification system re ... 2034 Bison–Export–United States Cattle–Export–United States Opening of border to over 30 months animals ... Opening of border to over 30 months animals ... 2033–34 2033–34 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Opening of border to under 30 months animals ... 93, Impact on cattle industry ... 93, 1262, 1418–19, 1617 1419 Bovine tuberculosis Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill General remarks ... 1927 207) Impact on beef industry ... 1927 Second Reading ... 1086–87 By-elections–Drumheller-Stettler constituency Choice Matters; Marketing Choice for Alberta Producers PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... Advertising costs re (Q35/06:Response tabled as 1654 SP50/07) ... 51 Canada-Alberta Farm Water Program CN Rail Provincial funding for ... 1262, 1417 Grain transportation capacity in northern Alberta ... Canadian agriculture income stabilization program 1133 Administration of Alberta farm recovery program Colony collapse disorder (Honey bees) through ... 1786, 1927, 2107 General remarks ... 808, 1443 Administrative improvement of ... 767 Computers, Government–Security aspects Bovine tuberculosis cases, assistance re ... 1927 General remarks ... 190 Changes to ... 2107 Conflict of interest Conflict of interest in administration of ... 767 Agriculture income stabilization program Federal Auditor General's report on ... 767 administration ... 767 Federal contribution to ... 42–43, 100 Cow-calf producers General remarks ... 99–100, 1417, 2107 Provincial assistance to ... 2254 Honeybee coverage ... 1443 Crop insurance program Low seeded acres benefit ... 1656 Seeding failure, coverage of input costs re ... 1656 Overpayments from ... 100, 767 Spring price endorsement option ... 1417 Producer savings account component ... 42, 100 Unseeded acreage benefit under ... 1656 Reference margins adjustment in ... 100, 102, 437 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 295
Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Farms Annual report, 2005-06 (SP17/07: Tabled) ... 26 Number of ... 1265–66 Dept. of Agriculture and Food Feed Annual report, 2006-07 (SP795/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Enhanced ban on, federal/provincial funding re ... 93, Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement 1262, 1421, 1617 with ... 1332 Feeder Associations Guarantee Act Budget ... 1262 Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Competitiveness initiative steering group ... 1418 Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Computer use policy ... 190 Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Email posted on SaveMy CWB website (SP85/07: Groeneveld): Responses to questions during debate Tabled), minister's response to (SP100/07: Tabled) (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330 ... 265 Feedlots Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1261–67, CAIS reference margin initiative, eligibility for ... 437 1417–21 Field Crop Development Centre, Lacombe Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Barley research programs ... 729–30 during (SP496, 589/07: Tabled) ... 1330, 1623 Food chain traceability programs Minister's participation in farm fuel distribution Funding for ... 1262, 1421 allowance program ... 1264 General remarks ... 1262, 1927 Regional offices of, closure ... 2179 Food safety Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... E coli in beef ... 1821 99–100, 101–02 General remarks ... 2065 Dept. of Agriculture (United States) Foreign workers, Temporary Ban on import of potato cyst nematode infested seed Agricultural jobs for ... 130 potatoes ... 1999–2000 Treatment/safety of ... 130 Delisting of Olymel pork processing plant, Red Deer Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects ... 1959, 2065 General remarks ... 1929 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Gophers–Control Former minister's involvement with Balzac racing General remarks ... 930–31 complex ... 1332 Grain–Transportation Dollar, Canadian By rail ... 1133 Impact on agricultural sales ... 1786 Great Northern Grain Terminals Ltd. Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency) Complaint to Canadian Transportation Agency re rail By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity service for grain hauling ... 1133 deregulation ... 1654 Hamburger meat–Safety aspects Edible oil tariffs–China E coli in exported beef situation ... 1821 Impact on Alberta canola imports ... 2144 Honey–Food safety aspects Electric power–Prices General remarks ... 808 Increases in, to farmers ... 1765 Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) PC candidate's statement re, in Drumheller by- Second Reading ... 421 election campaign ... 1654 Horse breeding Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 1420 Deregulation ... 1654 Horse racing Employment standards General remarks ... 1420 Agricultural workers, application to ... 130 Institute for agriculture, forestry and the environment Energy industry–Environmental aspects (Proposed) Clean-up costs re ... 2179 General remarks ... 1262, 1417 Fairs Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences Alberta Funding for ... 806 Research projects ... 729–30 Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance Irrigation districts Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's General remarks ... 1419 comments on ... 1263–64, 1265, 1392, 1765, 1892 Irrigation Districts Act Minister of Agriculture's participation in ... 1264 Plebiscite provisions ... 1536 Farm input costs KPMG consulting General remarks ... 1266 Canadian Wheat Board plebiscite on barley Farm produce–Export marketing, assembling of eligible voters for General remarks ... 1261, 1417 (Q11/07: Response tabled as SP388/07) ... 879 Farm safety Labour laws and legislation General remarks ... 1265, 1419–20 Coverage of agricultural workers ... 130 Farmers' Advocate Land-use framework Annual report, 2006-07 (SP429/07: Tabled) ... 1074 Impact on agriculture ... 1420 General remarks ... 1929, 2179 Livestock Impact of sour gas emissions on ... 1929 296 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Livestock diseases Pest control Emergency response to (Bill 32) ... 670 Products for ... 931 Livestock Diseases Act Pest control in the honey industry Replacement by Animal Health Act (Bill 32) ... 670 General remarks ... 808 Livestock Identification Services Ltd. Pest Management Regulatory Agency (Federal) Chief Operating Officer's report, 2006-07 (SP696/07: Strychnine as pest control, study re ... 930–31 Tabled) ... 1818 Phostoxin (Pest control product) Manager's report, 2005-06 (SP49/07: Tabled) ... 51 General remarks ... 931 Livestock industry, Intensive Plebiscites, Federal Regulations changes re ... 1135 Barley marketing choice ... 472 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Barley marketing choice, provincial advertisements re Calmar/Devon dairy farm location ... 603 ... 129 General remarks ... 1655 Plebiscites, Provincial Loan guarantees, Government Western Irrigation District plebiscite to transfer water Continuation of statutory enactments re (Motion 20: licence to racing entertainment complex in Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Balzac ... 1536 Meat packing industry Pork–Export–United States CAIS reference margin initiative, eligibility for ... 437 Prevention of, from Olymel pork plant in Red Deer ... General remarks ... 1419 1959–60, 2065 Municipal District of Rocky View Pork industry Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing Provincial assistance to ... 1960 entertainment complex ... 223, 1536 Potato cyst nematode Natural Resources Conservation Board Presence in seed potato fields ... 1999–2000 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1135 Poultry industry Olds College Impact of supply management on ... 1419 Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1332 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Olymel Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 223, Red Deer pork processing plant ... 1959–60, 2065 1332–33, 1536, 1615 Oral Question Period (2007) Rail service–Northern Alberta Agricultural assistance ... 42–43, 2179 Grain hauling capacity ... 1133 Agricultural income stabilization program ... 437, Reclamation of land 767, 2107 Energy industry activity ... 2179 Agriculture competitiveness initiative ... 1334–35 Rent increases Alberta farm recovery plan ... 1786 Impact on seniors ... 1617 Barley marketing ... 129, 472 Renters' tax credits Barley research ... 729–30 General remarks ... 1617 Bee colony collapse disorder ... 808 Rural economic development Beef export regulations ... 1617 General remarks ... 1263 Beef safety ... 1821 Rural electrification associations Bovine tuberculosis ... 1927 Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: Computer use policy in agriculture department ... 190 Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Confined feeding operations ... 1135, 1655 Rural Electrification Loan Act Crop insurance for seeding ... 1656 Sections 3 and 36 continuation (loan guarantees) E-mail from a government computer ... 441 (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Edible oil tariffs ... 2144 Sections 3 and 36 continuation (loan guarantees) Electricity deregulation ... 1654 (Motion 20: Groeneveld): Responses to questions Enhanced feed ban for cattle ... 93 during debate (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Farm fuel rebate program ... 1392, 1765, 1892 Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act Honeybee die-off ... 1443 Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Large agricultural operations near waterways ... 603 Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Liquid strychnine ... 930–31 Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Municipal waste-water infrastructure assistance ... Groeneveld): Responses to questions during debate 223 (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Olymel pork processing plant ... 1959–60, 2065 Rural gas co-ops Opening of U.S. border to live cattle ... 2033–34 Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: Potato cyst nematode ... 1999–2000 Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Racing entertainment centre project ... 1332–33 Rail transport of grain ... 1133 Rural Utilities Act Sour gas well safety ... 1929 Sections 32 and 33 continuation (loan guarantees) Support for cow-calf producers ... 2254 (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140–41 Support for exhibitions and fairs ... 806 Sections 32 and 33 continuation (loan guarantees) Support for seniors ... 1616–17 (Motion 20: Groeneveld): Responses to questions Temporary foreign workers ... 130 during debate (SP495/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Western irrigation district ... 1536, 1615 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 297
Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) Save My CWB (Website) Agricultural land Email posted on ... 190, 441 Impact of biofuels industry on ... 1640 Email posted on, senders apology for ... 441 Agricultural societies Email posted on (SP85/07: Tabled), minister's General remarks ... 1418 response to (SP100/07: Tabled) ... 265 Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund Seed potatoes General remarks ... 915 Infestation by potato cyst nematode ... 1999–2000 Alberta Government Offices Senior citizens Role of ... 1428 Government programs ... 1616–17 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Involvement with children ... 1616 Replacemnt of, with income tax deduction ... 915 Senior citizens–Housing Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Sweat-equity credit system re ... 1617 Inflation proofing of, excerpt from the AHSTF Act re Sewage disposal plants–Balzac area (SP325/07: Tabled) ... 771 Funding for racing entertainment centre project ... 223 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Soybeans–Import–China 22) Tariffs on, impact on import of Alberta canola ... Second Reading ... 428 2144 Alberta Mortgage and Housing Corporation Specified risk material (Cattle parts) General remarks ... 907–08 Disposal of ... 1617 Ambulance service–Finance Federal regulations re ... 1617 General remarks ... 907 Research into, federal/provincial funding for ... 93 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Strychnine as pesticide Funding for ... 907 Discontinuation of ... 930–31 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Supplementary estimates Committee ... 1729–31 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 99–100, Biofuels industry 101–02 Impact on agricultural land ... 1640 Supply management in agriculture Bovine spongiform encephalopathy General remarks ... 1419 Impact on cattle industry ... 1418 Surface Rights Board Budget debate General remarks ... 2179 Motion 17: Oberg ... 742–45 Tax incentives Camping, Random–Public lands For renters ... 1617 General remarks ... 1640 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Second Reading ... 953 General remarks ... 907 Triticale (Grain)–Research Cancer–Treatment–Finance General remarks ... 729 Performance measures re ... 915 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Capital projects Role of irrigation districts in ... 1419 Planning for ... 903 Water licences Planning for, inflation issues ... 903 Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1332–33 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing Funding for ... 903 entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1536, 1615 Casinos Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Revenue from, to Métis settlements ... 1428 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... Cattle–Export–United States 223, 1332–33, 1615 Opening of border to under 30 months animals ... Western Irrigation District 1418 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Collective bargaining–Nurses complex ... 1536, 1615 Impact of funding for physician's services on ... 914 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Community facility enhancement program complex: Plebiscite re ... 1536 Grant maximums ... 1425 Westerner Park CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Funding for ... 806 Act (Bill Pr. 1) Workers' Compensation Board Committee: Amendment A1 (SP639 & 963/07: Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 130 Tabled) ... 1746 World Organisation for Animal Health Dept. of Agriculture and Food BSE risk status for Canadian beef ... 1421 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1418 World Trade Organization Dept. of Energy Agriculture agreements, provincial transition Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... assistance programs for (proposed) ... 1262, 1417 1640 Negotiations of ... 1419 Dept. of Environment Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1640 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1413–14 298 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) (Continued) Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) (Continued) Dept. of Health and Wellness International trade Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 914–15 Promotion of, by Alberta foreign offices ... 1428 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Irrigation districts Relations General remarks ... 1418 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1428 Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Committee: Amendment A1 (SP641, 671/07: Tabled) High-growth expertise in ... 1604 ... 1775 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Kneehill water co-operative 1640 Waterline of, extension to Balzac complex ... 1413 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 907–08 Land-use framework Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development General remarks ... 1640 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Impact on agriculture ... 1418 1640 Libraries–Finance Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture General remarks ... 907 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1425 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Disabled children Committee: Amendment A1(Part G) (SP909/07: Government programs for, funding for ... 903 Tabled) ... 2131 Domestic violence–Prevention Committee: Amendment A1(Part H) (SP910/07: Government programs re: Funding for ... 903 Tabled) ... 2131 Drilling industry Committee: Amendment A1(Part I) (SP911/07: Retention of workforce in ... 1640 Tabled) ... 2131 Drumheller Committee: Amendment A1(Part J) (SP912/07: Awareness of water withdrawal from Red Deer River Tabled) ... 2131 ... 1413 Committee: Amendment A1(Part K) (SP913/07: Economic development and the environment Tabled) ... 2131 General remarks ... 1640 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP914/07: Tabled) ... Economic growth 2131 General remarks ... 1604–05 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Impact on water supplies ... 1604 hospitals) Planning for ... 903 Removal from regional health authorities supervision Electric power–Export ... 915 General remarks ... 727 Low-income families Electric power lines Co-ordination of programs for ... 903 Burying of ... 727 Major community facilities program Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 727 Oversubscription of ... 1425 Enmax Corporation Meat packing industry Power plant construction, Calgary area ... 727 General remarks ... 1418 Executive Council Medical care–Finance Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1604–05 Effective use of ... 915 Family and community support services program Medical profession–Australia Funding for ... 903 National standardization of qualifications of ... Film development grant program 914–15 Increase in funding for ... 1425 Medical profession–Education Film industry Outside Alberta educated students, incentives to General remarks ... 1425 return ... 914–15 Food industry and trade Medical profession–Fees Impact of biofuels industry on ... 1640 General remarks ... 914 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Medical profession–Supply Revenue from ... 1428 General remarks ... 914 Government programs Medical records, Electronic Performance measures for ... 903 Funding for ... 915 Review of ... 903 Mental health services–Finance Guaranteed income program Performance measures re ... 915 Proposal for ... 903 Métis settlements Horse breeding General remarks ... 1418 Funding for ... 1428 Horse racing Funding for, government trust fund ... 1428 General remarks ... 1418 Self-reliance of ... 1428 Immigrant doctors Municipal District of Rocky View Accreditation process for ... 914–15 Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing Income Support program entertainment complex ... 1413, 1414 Co-ordination of, with other low-income programs ... Municipal finance 903 Provincial funding for ... 907 Funding for ... 903 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 299
Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) (Continued) Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) (Continued) Oil sands development Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 903 General remarks ... 1604 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Role of irrigation districts in ... 1418 report on ... 903 Water licences Olds College Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1414 Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1413 Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing Oral Question Period (2007) entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1414 Enmax electricity transmission line ... 727 Water pipelines–Beiseker/Irricana/Acme Parks, Provincial General remarks ... 1413, 1604 Staffing increase for ... 1425 Water storage Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) General remarks ... 1604 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP908/07: Tabled) ... Water supply 2131 General remarks ... 1413–14 Poultry industry Impact of economic growth on ... 1604 Impact of supply management on ... 1418 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... General remarks ... 907 1413–14 Public lands Western Irrigation District Industrial activity on ... 1640 General remarks ... 1418 Purchases, Government Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Co-ordination of ... 903 complex ... 1414 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Airdrie area World Trade Organization Overpass/underpass at, congestion re ... 1604 Negotiations of ... 1418 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) General remarks ... 1413–14 Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) Regional health authorities Committee ... 1873 Cancer services, performance measures re ... 915 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Funding, performance measures re ... 915 Report: Referral to Managing Growth Pressures Long-term care facilities' operation, relinquishing of policy field committee ... 730–31 ... 915 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Mental health services, performance measures re ... Alberta drug strategy ... 1959 915 Drug abuse awareness programs for youth ... 2068 Rent control Drug treatment programs ... 2067, 2326–27 General remarks ... 907 Staff salary increase funding ... 2069 Reservoirs Alberta Association of Registered Occupational General remarks ... 1604 Therapists Ring roads–Calgary Annual report, 2005-06 (SP244/07: Tabled) ... 564 Funding for ... 907 Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute Scholarships Funding increase for, news release re (SP887/07: Aboriginal students ... 1428 Tabled) ... 2100 SNC Lavalin Inc. General remarks ... 1229 Electric power tie-line with Montana ... 727 Alberta Cancer Board Social housing Annual report, 2005-06 (SP119/07: Tabled) ... 266 Funding for ... 907–08 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1011/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Special places Colorectal cancer screening program ... 407 General remarks ... 1425 Funding ... 774 Sports Funding for treatment, Calgary vs Edmonton ... Provincial support for ... 1425 791–92 Supply management in agriculture Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund General remarks ... 1418 General remarks ... 406–07, 917 Surplus, Budgetary Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors Deferred maintenance funding with ... 903 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1012/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Tax incentives Alberta College of Combined Laboratory and X-Ray For health care premiums ... 915 Technologists For renters ... 907 Annual report, 2006 (SP371/07: Tabled) ... 843 Transportation Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Planning for ... 1604 Technologists Treasury Board Annual report, 2006 (SP372/07: Tabled) ... 843 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 903 Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists University of Calgary Annual report, 2006 (SP670/07: Tabled) ... 1768 Veterinary Medicine faculty, involvement in Balzac Alberta College of Occupational Therapists racetrack ... 1413 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1027/07: Tabled) ... 2293 300 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta College of Optometrists Alberta Medical Association (Continued) Annual report, 2006 (SP669/06: Tabled) ... 1768 Amended agreement re fees: Clinical stabilization Alberta College of Pharmacists initiative in ... 89, 96, 102, 108, 111, 640, 774, Annual report, 2006-07 (SP667/07: Tabled) ... 1768 777, 916 Regulation of pharmacists' competence to prescribe Alberta Mental Health Board drugs ... 330 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP123/07: Tabled) ... 266 Alberta College of Social Workers Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1015/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Annual report, 2005 (SP128/07: Tabled) ... 266 Funding ... 774, 786, 790, 885 Annual report, 2006 (SP246/07: Tabled) ... 564 Mental health services, value of, 2002-07 (Q5/07: Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Response tabled as SP260/07) ... 598 Audiologists Mental health strategy ... 792, 2066 Annual report, 2005 and 2006 (SP129 & 668/07: Psychiatrists, number of, 2002-07 (Q6/07: Response Tabled) ... 266, 1768 tabled as SP261/07) ... 599 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) Alberta monitoring for health program Committee ... 1874 Diabetes supplies funding under ... 1390–91 Alberta Dental Association and College Alberta Netcare (Electronic health system) Annual report, 2006 (SP130/07: Tabled) ... 266 General remarks ... 692 Alberta Diabetes Institute Alberta Opticians Association Provincial funding for ... 1964 Annual report, 2006 (SP1016/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Alberta Drug Strategy Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 1959 General remarks ... 2386–87 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Northern Lights Second reading: Time allocation on (Motion 37: Health Region intervention in ... 1226 Hancock/Renner) ... 2353 Alberta Health Care Insurance Act Committee: Time allocation on (Motion 38: Hancock) Cost of administering (Q33/06: Response tabled as ... 2393 SP101/07) ... 265 Third reading ... 2426 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Third reading: Time allocation on (Motion 39: Health card of, availability through private registry Hancock) ... 2422 offices ... 919 Time allocation on debate of ... 2249 Health card of, organ donor section ... 694 Alberta's Promise Statistical supplement, 2006-07 (SP978/07: Tabled) Annual report, 2007 (SP928/07: Tabled) ... 2180 ... 2249 All Party* Agreement (re Assembly sitting times, etc.) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Copy tabled (SP3/07) ... 25 Accounts in arrears, payments to collection agencies Implementation of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... re (Q34/06: Response tabled as SP101/07) ... 265 74, 75, 607 Cost of administering, including subsidies and Ambulance service collection of arrears (Q34/06: Response tabled as General remarks ... 2067 SP101/07) ... 265 Responsibility for, decision re ... 506 Cost of administering (Q33/06: Response tabled as Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions, SP101/07) ... 265 cancellation of ... 2067 General remarks ... 2249 Ambulance service–Finance Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee General remarks ... 2067 Auditor General's comments re ... 729 Apartment fire, Fort McMurray Elimination of / review of ... 729, 778–79 Impact of ... 637 Pembina Village seniors facility, Evansburg, report Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. on ... 729, 770, 779, 1138 2) (Bill 56) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Second reading ... 2257 Tobacco company investments ... 406 Third reading ... 2471 Alberta Hospital, Edmonton Arsenic in food chain–Fort Chipewyan Funding model for ... 919 General remarks ... 1217, 1223, 2287 Alberta Hospital, Ponoka Aspen Regional Health Authority Funding model for ... 919 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP124/07: Tabled) ... 266 Alberta Liberal Party Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1017/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Donation request from Beaver waste management Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured commission ... 1695 Funding ... 678 Donation request from Beaver waste management Auditor General commission, letter re (SP618/07: Tabled) ... 1693 Continuing care facility management investigation Alberta Medical Association (Seniors care programs): Report ... 778, 1622 Amended agreement re fees ... 89–90, 95, 96, 102, Drugs administered to long-term care residents, 108, 111, 128, 640–41, 692, 774, 885 comments re ... 572 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 301
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Auditor General (Continued) Cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan Health care funding reporting ... 917 General remarks ... 1217, 1223, 1930, 2178 Health Facilities Review Committee's enforcement of Capital Health standards, comments re ... 729 Aboriginal training positions ... 1228–29 Public contracts' awarding process ... 1963 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP125/07: Tabled) ... 266 Regional health authorities auditing ... 790 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1019/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Reports of, referred to Legislative Offices committee Cancer treatment services ... 791 (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 608 Colorectal cancer screening program ... 407 Reports of, referred to Public Accounts committee Diabetes research ... 789 (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 73–75 Electronic health records system ... 783, 918 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), Emergency wait times/ambulance wait times in ... 566 point of order re ... 1966 Full-capacity protocol (emergency rooms) ... 566–67, Restaurant food preparation audits, recommendations 890, 2067 from ... 1229 Funding for ... 296–97, 774, 792–93, 919 Avastin (Drug) Mental health services funding ... 919 Coverage under health plan ... 794 Restaurant health inspection reports, posting of on Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Internet ... 1229, 1244 Donation to Alberta Liberal party ... 1695 Capital projects–Calgary Donation to Alberta Liberal party, letter re Funding for ... 1789 (SP618/07: Tabled) ... 1693 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Bethany care centre, Edmonton General remarks ... 611 Alzheimer's patient's death in ... 892 Charlebois Consulting Ltd. Bills, Private members' public Contracts with Calgary Health Region ... 1963 Called in Committee of the Whole, or referral to Chief Electoral Officer policy field committee (Motion 15: Hancock)... 607 Reports of, referred to Legislative Offices committee Board Governance Review Task Force (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 608 General remarks ... 331 Chinook Regional Health Authority Budget Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1020/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Fixed date for ... 139 Climate Change and Emissions Management Fixed date for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 607 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Calgary Health Region Third Reading ... 555 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1018/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Collective bargaining–Nurses Brain injured programs funding ... 678 Impact of funding for physician's services on ... 916 Cancer treatment services ... 791–92, 919 College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta Colorectal cancer screening program ... 407 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP131/07: Tabled) ... 266 Community health centre, southeast Calgary ... 539 College of Alberta Dental Assistants Contracting practices for consultants' services ... 1963 Annual report, 2006 (SP1025/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Electronic heath records system ... 783, 918 College of Alberta Denturists Emergency services capacity ... 689 Annual report, 2006 (SP1026/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Emergency services capacity, public inquiry re ... 689 College of Alberta Psychologists Emergency wait times/ambulance wait times in ... Annual report, 2005-06 (SP132/07: Tabled) ... 266 566, 2067 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1028/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Funding for ... 296–97, 774, 792–93, 918, 919 College of Chiropractors of Alberta Holy Cross Centre contract termination ... 470–71 Annual review, 2006 (SP120/07: Tabled) ... 266 Holy Cross Centre monitoring ... 40, 52, 53, 88–89, College of Dental Technologists of Alberta 366–67 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP247/07: Tabled) ... 564 Medical tests, automated system for ... 692 College of Dietitians of Alberta Mental health services, funding for ... 297, 792, 919 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP133/07: Tabled) ... 266 Operating room (surgery) capacity ... 919 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1029/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Regionalization of sterilization equipment at High College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta River hospital ... 363 Annual report, 2006 (SP573/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Restaurant food handling warning ... 1244 College of Physical Therapists of Alberta Staff sick leave level ... 676 Annual report, 2004-05 and 2005-06 (SP369-370/07: Canadian Diabetes Association Tabled) ... 843 Administration of Alberta monitoring for health College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta program ... 1390 Accreditation process for immigrant doctors ... 2385 Canadian Mental Health Commission College of Registered Dental Hygienists of Alberta Children's mental health focus ... 2066–67 Annual report, 2006 (SP574/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Cancer–Treatment–Calgary College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta General remarks ... 791–92, 919 Annual report, 2006 (SP121/07: Tabled) ... 266 New west campus facility for ... 919 302 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Colorectal cancer screening Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Program for ... 407, 917, 1223 Membership change (Motion 7: Hancock) ... 27 Commissioner on continuing care (Proposed) Committee on Private Bills, Standing General remarks ... 778 Members' list tabled (SP2/07) (Motion 3: Hancock) ... Committee of Supply 5 Calendar of discussions, spring 2007, final copy Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 5 (SP457/07: Tabled) ... 1131 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders Calendar of discussions, spring 2007 (SP313/07: and Printing, Standing Tabled) ... 724, 733 Members' list tabled (SP2/07) (Motion 3: Hancock) ... Evening sitting of, June 5 (Motion 26: Hancock) ... 5 1472 Membership change (Motion 31: Evening sittings of, May 8 and 9 (Motion 19 as Zwozdesky/Hancock) ... 2004 amended: Hancock) ... 880 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 5 General remarks ... 25, 75 Review of Standing Orders changes (Motion 15: Opposition officials on floor of House during, rules re Hancock) ... 610–11, 612–13 ... 881 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Standing Order changes re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Members' list tabled (SP2/07) (Motion 3: Hancock) ... 608–10, 612, 613 5 Committee of the Whole Assembly Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 5 Evening sitting on June 4 in (Motion 25: Hancock) ... Standing Orders change re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 1449–50 74, 75 Motion to resolve into (Motion 9: Hancock) ... 27 Standing Orders change re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, 607 Standing Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Members' list tabled (SP2/07) (Motion 3: Hancock) ... Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... 5 680 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 5 Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 607 Committee on Community Services, Standing Committees, Policy field (all-party) Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock ) 680 ... 680 Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 607 Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock ) ... 608, Membership change (Motion 30: 611–12 Zwozdesky/Hancock) ... 2004 General remarks ... 25, 75 Referral of Bill 31, Mental Health Amendment Act, Committees, Select standing 2007, to (Motion 24: Hancock ) ... 1472–73 Appointment of (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 5 Referral of Bill 41, Health Professions Statutes Members' lists for (SP2/07) (Motion 3: Hancock) ... 5 Amendment Act, 2007, to ... 1693 Substitute members on (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Committee on Government Services, Standing 73–75 Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... Community health centres–Calgary 680 Southeast centre ... 539 Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 607 Community health centres–Fort McMurray Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Report debated Funding for ... 774, 1226 by Committee of the Whole) ... 1986 Community initiatives program Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Grants awarded without matching funds, point of Act, 2007, to (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1394 order re ... 369–70 Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Community mental health services Members' list tabled (SP2/07) (Motion 3: Hancock) ... General remarks ... 294, 786, 789, 886 5 Conflict of interest Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 5 Pharmacists prescribing and dispensing drugs ... 330 Report concurred in (reappointment of Information Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) and Privacy Commissioner) (Motion 34: Second Reading: Referral to Government Services Hancock/Renner) ... 2071 standing committee (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1394 Reports of officers referred to (Motion 15: Hancock) Committee ... 2273 ... 608 Constituency weeks (Parliamentary calendar) Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing Establishment of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... Appointment of members to (Motion 18: Hancock) ... 73, 75, 607, 612 680 Continuing/extended care facilities Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 607 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 778 Referral of Affordable Housing Task Force report to Consolidation under Seniors dept. ... 788 ... 730–31 Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 892, 1587, 1690 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 303
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Continuing/extended care facilities (Continued) Dept. of Health and Wellness (Continued) General remarks ... 470–71, 572 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion, Health impacts of policies re ... 1542 responses to questions during (SP481, 543/07: Multicultural provisions in ... 789, 2069–70 Tabled) ... 1272, 1440 Numbers of, 2001-06 (Q9/07: Response tabled as Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 773–94, 882–90, SP637/07) ... 843–44, 1729 892, 914–19 Residents' committees in ... 778 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Use of health care professionals in ... 539 during (SP442-447, 472/07: Tabled) ... 1130, 1247 Waiting lists for ... 892 Monitoring and enforcement branch, restoration of ... Continuing/extended care facilities–Finance 790 General remarks ... 778 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Continuing/extended care facilities–Fort McMurray 95–96, 102, 108–09, 111–12 Construction of ... 2106 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... Enforcement of ... 778 881, 882 General remarks ... 91, 367, 729, 777–78, 892, 1228, Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports 1622 Consolidation of seniors continuing care facilities Continuing/extended care facilities–Supply under ... 788 General remarks ... 1243 Diabetes–Research Continuing/extended care facilities residents General remarks ... 789, 1964 Bill of rights for ... 572 Diabetes–Supplies Drugs administered to ... 572 Funding for ... 1390–91 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Dialysis treatment, Mobile Final report ... 1959, 2066, 2067, 2069 General remarks ... 919 Mandatory youth drug treatment, recommendation for Disabled seniors extension of ... 2327 Government programs for ... 2386–87 Crystal Meth Task Force Division bells (Recorded votes) Report ... 473, 1053, 1959, 2067 Interval time for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 607 Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse–Prevention Drug dealers General remarks ... 473 Apprehension of ... 2069 Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse–Treatment Drugs, Prescription General remarks ... 473 Provincial pharmacare program ... 773, 790, 888, 889 David Thompson Regional Health Authority Drugs, Prescription–Costs Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1021/07: Tabled) ... 2293 General remarks ... 888 Daycare centres–Grande Prairie Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... Shortage of ... 112 888, 889–90 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Responses to questions during Question Period re Health workforce planning, funding for ... 775 (SP473/07: Tabled) ... 1247 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Health workforce planning during (SP592/07: Tabled) ... 1623 General remarks ... 775 Dept. of Energy East Central Health Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Point of Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1022/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Order re ... 1966 Audit of St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, sterilization Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... procedures ... 258, 259 1215–17, 1219, 1223, 1226, 1228–29 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Dept. of Environment ministerial statement re ... 254 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, 1215–17, 1219, 1223, 1226, 1228–29 public inquiry re ... 259, 292–93 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion, Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, responses to questions during (SP543 & spread of through staff rotations ... 291–92 683/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Bacterial infection to Robert Bruce in St. Joseph's Dept. of Health and Wellness hospital, Vegreville, letter re ... 325 Annual report, 2005-06, sections I and II (SP28- Edmonton Catholic School District 29/07: Tabled) ... 26 Budget shortfall ... 1695 Annual report, 2006-07, sections I and II (SP803- Edmonton General Hospital 804/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Culturally specific long-term care units ... 789 Budget ... 773–74 Electronic health cards Business plan ... 773 General remarks ... 2029 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Holy Cross Long Term Care Centre conditions (not 1215–17, 1219, 1223, 1226, 1228–29 proceeded with) ... 52–53 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1793–94 304 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 Health impact assessments of industrial development Referral of Affordable Housing Task Force report to General remarks ... 108–09, 1217, 1219, 1930 policy field committee ... 730–31 Health Information Act Review Committee, Select Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Special Procedural changes re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 607 Reconstitution of ... 785 Ethics Commissioner Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Reports of, referred to Legislative Offices committee Investigations re ... 1217, 1223, 1930, 2178 (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 608 Health Link Alberta Family physicians General remarks ... 689, 883, 890, 2067 General remarks ... 777 Health Professions Act Signing bonus for ... 1691 Amended by Bill 41 ... 1693 Family physicians–Supply General remarks ... 330 General remarks ... 776 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Fatality inquiries 41) Alzheimer's patient's death, Bethany care centre ... First Reading ... 1693 892 Referred to Community Services committee, pursuant Vince Motta case ... 689 to SO74.1(1)(a) ... 1693 Fiscal Responsibility Act First Reading ... 1693 Limit on resource revenue transfer to general revenue Second reading ... 1979–81, 2112 ... 1893 Committee ... 2447–48, 2451 Food safety Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A,D,F,G) Impact of food handler health on ... 1244 (SP1120/07: Tabled) ... 2447 Foothills Medical Centre Committee: Amendment A1 (parts B,E) (SP1121/07: Expansion of ... 689, 782 Tabled) ... 2447 Fort McMurray Committee: Amendment A1 (part C) (SP1122/07: Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1216–17, 1226 Tabled) ... 2447 Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Third reading ... 2492, 2496–97 Second Reading ... 60–61 General remarks ... 2144, 2255 Good Samaritan Pembina Village, Evansburg Health Quality Council Conditions in ... 729, 770–71, 779, 1138 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Government agencies, boards, and commissions investigation of ... 257, 259, 291, 293, 570, 2255 Governance of, review of ... 729, 790 Data collection re hospital-acquired infections ... Government of Alberta 1485 Website, posting of ministerial expenses on ... 1282 Recommendation for accountability of health Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill facilities ... 1965 38) Health sciences personnel Committee ... 2462–64 Recruitment ... 775, 776, 777, 883 Health care facilities Recruitment from overseas ... 775, 776, 883–84 Safe operation of, legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1965 Retention/replacement of older workers ... 785 Health care facilities–Calgary Retention strategies for ... 781, 785, 883 Funding for ... 782 Scope of practice ... 108, 111–12, 775, 781, 889 Health care facilities–Construction Workplace wellness of ... 676, 775, 883 Funding for ... 774 Health sciences personnel–Education Funding plans for, 2004-07 (M3/07: Defeated) ... 578 Aboriginal students ... 1228–29 Health Disciplines Board Programs for ... 93–94, 112, 128, 781, 883 Annual report, 2005 (SP122/07: Tabled) ... 266 Programs for, in Calgary ... 783–84 Annual report, 2006 (SP1013/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Health sciences personnel–Supply Health employer innovation fund (Proposed) General remarks ... 775, 781, 783, 883, 1790, 2069 General remarks ... 781, 784 Health sciences personnel–Utilization Health employer innovation fund (Saskatchewan) General remarks ... 539 General remarks ... 676 Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5) Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Third Reading ... 1777 Act, 2007 (Bill 48) Health workforce planning First reading ... 1965 General remarks ... 93–94, 112, 128, 367, 539, 693, Second reading ... 2297–98 773, 776, 777, 781, 794, 883–84, 885, 886, 887–88, Committee ... 2451–54 889, 1228, 1691, 1996, 2069 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts A-H,K-M) Hospital experience program for immigrant doctors (SP1123/07: Tabled) ... 2452 component ... 1338 Committee: Amendment A1 (parts I-J) (SP1124/07: Summit on ... 676 Tabled) ... 2452 Wellness issues component ... 676 Third reading ... 2507 Hepatitis General remarks ... 2144, 2255 Provincial strategy re ... 440 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 305
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Hepatitis A Hospitals–Emergency services–Edmonton Public health aspects, re restaurant food handler ... Paramedic wait times in ... 566 1244 Hospitals–Grande Prairie Hepatitis B and C New hospital, funding for ... 774 Hospital-acquired, legal liability re ... 1485, 2255 Hospitals–High Prairie High school education–Curricula New hospital, scope of ... 2287 Health care aide courses ... 1229 Hospitals–High River Health care career awareness ... 784–85 Regional centre for sterilizing equipment ... 363 Hip and knee surgery Hospitals–Standards Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 509, 886, 1229, Patient safety issues re ... 291, 325, 326, 570, 2255 2028, 2100 Patient safety issues re, monitoring of ... 326 HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) Hospitals–Sterilization procedures Hospital-acquired, legal liability re ... 1485 Role in blood-borne disease prevention ... 440, 570, Provincial strategy re ... 440, 2327 2255 Holy Cross Long Term Care Hospitals Act Health and safety issues in ... 40, 88–89, 366–67, Amendment by Bill 48 ... 1965 470–71, 892 Housing–Fort McMurray Health and safety issues in: Request for emergency General remarks ... 1226 debate re ... 52–53 Immigrant doctors Termination of contract for, by Calgary Health Accreditation process for ... 916, 2385 Region ... 470–71, 892 General remarks ... 780, 889 Holy Cross Manor Incorporated Hospital experience for, while qualifying ... 1338 Health and safety issues in ... 40, 91, 892 Residency program for ... 780, 916, 1338, 2385 Political connections of shareholder of ... 88–89 Immigration Home care program Provincial nominee program ... 776 Funding increase for ... 1996 Immunization General remarks ... 1081, 2386–87 For humanpapilloma virus ... 794 Health impacts of policies re ... 1542 For mumps ... 1824 Removal of funding cap from ... 1243 Industrial development–Health aspects Staffing shortages for ... 1228 Study re ... 643 Hospital-acquired infections Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Data collection re ... 1485 Health impact of ... 1219 Legal liability re ... 257, 1485, 2255 Information and Privacy Commissioner Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention Medical records contracts, review of ... 787 General remarks ... 790, 2255 Reappointment of, concurred in (Motion 34: Hospital beds Hancock/Renner) ... 2071 Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... Reports of, referred to Legislative Offices committee 1789–90 (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 608 General remarks ... 890 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Hospital beds–Calgary 2007-08 Shortages of ... 782, 791 Estimates debated ... 139 Hospitals General remarks ... 139 Daycare spaces in ... 781, 784 Internet (Computer network) Patient lift devices in ... 781, 785 Posting of restaurant inspection reports on ... 1229, Sterilization equipment for ... 363 1244 Hospitals–Calgary Legislative Assembly Act General remarks ... 782, 791 Definition of recognized political party ... 25 New south Calgary hospital ... 17, 782, 791, 919, Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1789 Evening sitting for Committee of Supply, June 5 Hospitals–Claresholm (Motion 26: Hancock) ... 1472 Sterilization equipment for ... 363 Evening sitting for Committee of the Whole, June 4 Hospitals–Emergency services (Motion 25: Hancock) ... 1449–50 Capacity of ... 566–67 Evening sittings for Committee of Supply, May 8 and Full-capacity protocol in ... 890 9 (Motion 19 as amended: Hancock) ... 880 Paramedics wait times in ... 566–67, 2067 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Red alerts re ... 566–67, 2067 Hancock) ... 2293–94, 2306 Waiting times in ... 566–67, 791 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Hospitals–Emergency services–Calgary Hancock), time allocation motion re (Motion Capacity of ... 689, 791, 1243 36)...2299 Capacity of, public inquiry into ... 689 Fall session timetable, 2007 ... 2249 Death of Jordan Johanson in ... 689 Sitting calendar ... 612 306 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Continued) Medical care–Fort McMurray Sitting calendar, conducive to family life ... 611 Impact of apartment fire on ... 637 Sitting calendar, copy tabled (SP3/07) ... 25 Medical care–Grande Prairie Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of General remarks ... 111, 367 business, amendments to Standing Orders re Medical care–Northern Alberta (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 73–75 General remarks ... 1216–17 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of Medical care–Standards of practice business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Legislation re (Bill 41) ... 1693 Orders re: Amendment to, and more (Motion 15: Medical clinics Hancock) ... 606–13 Wait times in, penalties for ... 2029 Legislative Assembly of Alberta–Adjournment Medical profession Summer recess (Motion 28: Hancock) ... 1697 Scope of practice issue ... 108 Lethbridge College Medical profession–Education Mumps outbreak at ... 1824 General remarks ... 112, 128, 693, 916 Licensed practical nurses Incentives for students from a rural background ... Sick leave taken by, 2002-06 (Q8/07: Response 777 tabled as SP263/07) ... 599 Outside Alberta educated students, incentives to Lieutenant Governor of Alberta return ... 112, 693, 916 Attendance in the House for Royal Assent June 14, Medical profession–Fees 2007: Suspension of Routine re (Motion 29: Alternate relationship plans ... 774, 916 Hancock) ... 1697 Amended agreement re ... 89–90, 95, 96, 102, 108, Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) 111, 128, 640–41, 692, 774, 885 Committee ... 1986–87, 2015–16, 2020–21, 2121, Amended agreement re: Clinical stabilization 2124, 2220 initiative in ... 89, 96, 102, 108, 640, 774, 777, 916 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP914/07: Tabled) ... Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 2121 1790 Third reading ... 2470 General remarks ... 915–16, 2249 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Medical profession–Fort McMurray hospitals) Relief of, by stand in doctor for a day program ... 96, Assessment criteria for admission to ... 787 102, 108, 111, 1226 Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... Medical profession–Grande Prairie 1790 Shortage of ... 111 General remarks ... 917–18, 919, 1587 Medical profession–Rural areas Multicultural provisions in ... 2069–70 Action plan re ... 777, 916 Removal from regional health authorities supervision General remarks ... 883, 2290 ... 917–18 Impact of amended fee agreement on recruitment to Supply of ... 1243 ... 89–90 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Medical profession–Supply hospitals)–Calgary General remarks ... 89–90, 539, 640, 693, 776, 883, General remarks ... 919 916, 1691, 2249, 2290 Long-Term Care Review Advisory Committee (1999) Medical Profession Act Final report ... 572, 919, 1243 Amended by Bill 41 ... 1693 Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Medical records, Electronic Former MLA's government contract, point of order re Accuracy of ... 789 questions re ... 545–46 Funding for ... 915–16, 918 Medical care General remarks ... 692, 777, 783, 785, 888, 918, Cost effectiveness of ... 692 2029 General remarks ... 887–88, 1229 Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program ... Innovations in ... 888 692, 783, 915–16 Medical care, Primary Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program, General remarks ... 102, 108, 112, 539, 641, 776, 781, funding for ... 89, 96, 102, 774 782, 883, 885, 886, 890, 916, 1691 Opting out of ... 787 Team-based care ... 1229, 2028, 2029, 2290 Use for research purposes ... 789 Medical care, Private Medical records, Electronic–Security aspects General remarks ... 471, 887–88, 889 General remarks ... 787, 789 Medical care–Finance Medical residents Effective use of ... 917 General remarks ... 916 General remarks ... 640–41, 919, 1789–90 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Medical care–Finance–Calgary Second Reading: Referral to Community Services General remarks ... 918 committee (Motion 24: Hancock) ... 1472–73 Committee ... 2312, 2443–44 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 307
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Mosquito control programs (Continued) Funding for ... 438 Committee: Amendment A1 subamendments (parts Motions for Returns (Parliamentary procedure) A,C,G-K) (SP1033/07: Tabled) ... 2312 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Third reading ... 2506–07 74 General remarks ... 108, 885–86 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Mental health facilities–Employees 607 Shortage of ... 2069 Motta, Vincenzo Dominic Mental health innovation fund Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 689 General remarks ... 786, 885 Natural resources revenue Mental Health Patient Advocate Allocation to provincial budget, limit on ... 1893 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1014/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1789, 1893 Mental health services Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Contracted by RHAs and Mental Health Board, 2002- debate on legislation re ... 1793–94 07: Value of (Q5/07: Response tabled as SP260/07) Neuropathic pain ... 598 Coverage of drug treatment for ... 794 General remarks ... 108, 885–86, 1959, 2066–67 Norlien Foundation Impact of staff shortages on ... 2069 Mental health programs conference sponsor ... 2067 Ontario school-based program for ... 2067, 2068 Northern Lights Health Region Mental health services–Aboriginal peoples Annual report, 2005-06 (SP126/07: Tabled) ... 266 General remarks ... 885 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1023/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Mental health services–Calgary Community clinics, Fort McMurray ... 774, 1226 Funding for ... 297, 792, 919 Funding for ... 774, 1226, 1229 Mental health services–Children General remarks ... 1216–17 General remarks ... 108, 786, 885, 2066–67 Intervention in EUB hearings re Voyageur project ... Mental health services–Finance 1226 General remarks ... 774, 786, 789, 792, 885, 919 Northern allowance for health staff ... 774, 1226 Mental health services–Grande Prairie Staff shortages ... 1216–17 Funding for ... 367 Nurse practitioners Mental illness General remarks ... 889 Definition of ... 787 Nurses Mentally disabled Sick leave taken by, 2002-06 (Q7/07: Response Community treatment orders for ... 294, 786, 789, tabled as SP262/07) ... 599 885–86 Workplace wellness of ... 676, 775, 781, 883 Community treatment orders for, legislation re (Bill Nurses–Education 31) ... 108, 294 General remarks ... 128, 883 Community treatment orders for, legislation re (Bill Nurses–Grande Prairie 31), referred to Community Services committee Employment of, impact of lack of daycare on ... 112 (Motion 24: Hancock) ... 1472–73 Nurses–Supply Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria) General remarks ... 776, 1790 Preventive measures re ... 368 Nursing Homes Act Vegreville hospital case, deaths from ... 291 Amendment by Bill 48 ... 1965 Vegreville hospital case, letters/investigations re ... Obesity 325 Reduction of ... 1964 Vegreville hospital case, spread of ... 291–92 Off-highway vehicles Vegreville hospital case, testing re ... 257, 258, 291, Helmet use on, mandatory for children ... 2071 292, 293 Office of the Premier Midwives and midwifery Premier's leadership campaign donors, point of order General remarks ... 889 on comments re ... 2391 Inclusion under health care plan ... 794 Official Opposition Ministerial Statements (2007) Radio ads re environmental laws, financial St. Joseph's General Hospital ... 254 accounting for: Point of order re ... 1695 Ministers (Provincial government) Oil sands development Expenses of, Dec. 15, 2006- Mar. 1, 2007 (M4/07: Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 1216–17 Accepted) ... 1282 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Expenses of, posting on government website ... 1282 report on ... 1216, 1226 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 44) Oil sands development–Health aspects Second Reading ... 1706 General remarks ... 1217, 1223, 1226, 2178, 2287 Third Reading ... 1746 Ombudsman Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 2) Reports of, referred to Legislative Offices committee (Bill 57) Second reading ... 2421–22 (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 608 308 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Addictions and mental health treatment ... 2069 Removal of home care ceiling ... 1243 Affordable housing ... 730–31 Report of premier's task force on crystal meth ... 1959 Alberta Diabetes Institute ... 1964 Royalty revenues ... 1893 All-terrain vehicle safety ... 2071 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257–59, 291–93, 325, Ambulance services ... 2067 570 Associaltion for the Rehabilitation of the Brain St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257–59, 291–93, 325 Injured ... 678 Seniors' benefits ... 2386–87 Blood-borne and sexually transmitted diseases ... 440, Smoke-free places legislation ... 1443–44 2327 Standards of practice for pharmacists ... 330 Calgary infrastructure funding ... 1789 Sterilization equipment for hospitals ... 363 Community treatment orders ... 294 Support for seniors ... 1542 Continuing care needs in Ford McMurray ... 2106 Tobacco reduction ... 406–07 Continuing care standards ... 729, 1622 Toxin screening ... 643 Crystal methamphetamine ... 473 Water quality in Fort Chipewyan ... 1930, 2287 Cultural diversity in seniors' care ... 2069–70 Youth addictions treatment programs ... 1053 Designated assisted living facilities ... 1690 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Diabetes supplies ... 1390–91 Amended start time for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Drug abuse treatment and prevention ... 2067–68 74–75 Electronic health records ... 692 Amended start time for (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 607 Emergency health services ... 689 Organ and tissue donation Emergency hospital services ... 566–67 General remarks ... 693–94 Fall session timetable ... 2249 Palliser Health Region Food safety in restaurants ... 1244 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP1024/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Foreign qualifications ... 2385 Parliamentary language Foreign-trained physicians ... 1338 General remarks ... 1966 Funding for the Calgary health region ... 296–97 Peace Country Health Good Samaritan Pembina Village ... 770–71, 1138 Ambulance service transfer to, pilot project re, report Government employment contracts ... 1963 on ... 506 Ground ambulance services ... 506 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP127/07: Tabled) ... 266 Health care accessibility ... 2028–29 Funding ... 367, 774 Health care aides ... 1996 Mental health services funding ... 367, 885 Health care funding ... 640–41, 1789–90 Personal care attendants Health care service wait times ... 509 General remarks ... 776, 784, 883, 886, 889, 1228 Health facility in High Prairie ... 2287 Personal Information Protection Act Review Committee, Health issues in Fort Chipewyan ... 2178 Select Special Health regions board governance ... 331 Membership change (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 27 Health system pressures in Grande Prairie ... 367 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Health workforce strategy ... 93–94, 128 Expansion of ... 782 Health workforce wellness ... 676 Pharmaceutical information network Holy Cross Care Centre ... 40, 88–89, 91, 366–67, General remarks ... 692, 783 470–71 Pharmaceutical Management Agency (New Zealand) Hospital-aquired infections ... 1485 General remarks ... 888 Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 17 Pharmacists Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray ... 637 Standards of practice (prescribing medication) change Infection prevention and control in hospitals ... 2255 ... 330 Investments in tobacco companies ... 1442 Physician assistants Long-term and continuing care ... 1587 General remarks ... 889 Long-term care ... 572 Point of Order Long-term care funding ... 1081 Allegations against a member ... 545–46, 1695, 2391 Medical safety standards ... 326 Committee proceedings ... 891–92 Mental health services ... 2066–67 Division bell interval ... 2414 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ... 368 Factual accuracy ... 2003, 2181 Mosquito larviciding program ... 438 False allegations ... 2295 Mumps vaccination for adults ... 1824–25 Ministerial responsibilities ... 2146 Organ and tissue donation ... 693–94 Order of business ... 882 Outbreak of infectious syphilis ... 47 Parliamentary language ... 1966 Physician supply ... 89–90, 539, 693, 1691, 2290 Referring to newspaper articles ... 511 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs legislation ... Reflections on members ... 369–70 2326–27 Relevance ... 300–01, 2511 Regional health authority budgets ... 2144–45 Separating amendments ... 2416 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 309
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Political parties Radiation therapy services Donations to: Point of Order on comments re ... 2391 Wait time reduction for, federal funding re ... 509 Recognition of, in Legislative Assembly ... 25 Regional health authorities Preventive medical services Ambulance services ... 2067 General remarks ... 108, 109, 694, 886, 887–88, 889, Auditing of, by Auditor General ... 790 1226, 1229 Best practices determination ... 790 Professional Association of Residents of Alberta Board governance review ... 331, 729, 779, 790, 917 Signing bonus for family physicians suggestion ... Cancer services, performance measures re ... 917 1691 Funding ... 774, 792–93, 2144–45 Professional qualifications, Foreign Funding, performance measures re ... 917 Assessment service for ... 776, 780, 883, 916, 2385 Health impact assessment capability re industrial Protection for People in Care Act development ... 108–09, 1219 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Home care programs ... 1081, 2386–87 investigation under ... 325 Hospital-acquired infections, data collection re ... Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, 1485 2005) Long-term care facilities' operation, relinquishing of General remarks ... 1959 ... 917–18 Review of ... 2326–27 Mental health services ... 774, 786, 789, 790, 885 Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act Mental health services, performance measures re ... Children apprehended under: Services to ... 2068 917 Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) Mental health services, value of 2002-07 (Q5/07: Second Reading ... 547–48 Response tabled as SP260/07) ... 598 Provincial Laboratory of Public Health Monitoring of, by provincial government ... 790 STD testing ... 2327 Ombudsmen's services ... 778 Psychiatric nurses Psychiatrists, number of, 2002-07 (Q6/07: Response General remarks ... 885 tabled as SP261/07) ... 599 Psychiatrists Restaurant food handling procedures ... 1244 Contracted by RHAs and Mental Health Board, 2002- Review of ... 789–90 07: Value of (Q6/07: Response tabled as SP261/07) Roles and responsibilities, legislation re (Bill 48) ...... 599 1965 Psychiatrists–Supply Workforce retention initiatives ... 676 General remarks ... 885 Regional Health Authorities Act Public Affairs Bureau Amendment by Bill 48 ... 1965 Budget increase ... 1695 Regional Shared Information Program (Electonic Public contracts medical records) Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Point of General remarks ... 783, 918 order re questions re ... 545–46 Registry offices, Private Public contracts for consultants Health care cards availability through ... 919 Awarding of ... 1963 Rent increases Public health General remarks ... 730 Reporting of issues re, legislation for (Bill 41) ... Respiratory nurses 1693 General remarks ... 889 Public Health Act Restaurants–Inspections Food safety and hygiene requirements ... 1244 Food safety/food handler health issues ... 1244 Public Health Agency of Canada Posting of reports on, on Internet ... 1229, 1244 Report on MRSA superbug incidence ... 368 Rockyview General Hospital Public Health Appeal Board Expansion of ... 689, 782 Annual report, 2006 (SP245/07: Tabled) ... 564 Rod Love Consulting Inc. Public health emergency services Government contracts with ... 1963 General remarks ... 889 Royal Assent Public Interest Alberta June 14, 2007, suspension of Routine to allow Long-term vs continuing care for seniors article ... (Motion 29: Hancock) ... 1697 1587 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Quality of life General remarks ... 1790 Impact of energy industry expansion on ... 1226 Review of ... 1790 Quality of life–Industrial Heartland area Rural Alberta's Development Fund General remarks ... 1219 Medical internship positions funding ... 2290 Questions, Written St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville Amendment to procedure re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Bacterial infection situation in ... 326, 790, 2255 74 Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from ... 291 Amendment to procedure re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Bacterial infection situation in, lawsuits re ... 257, 607 1485, 2255 310 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville (Continued) Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Bacterial infection situation in, ministerial statement Detox/residential services re ... 1053, 2326–27 re ... 254 General remarks ... 1959 Bacterial infection situation in, Premier's awareness Mandatory programs for ... 2068 of ... 325 Supplementary estimates Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re ... Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 95–96, 102, 259, 292–93, 570 108–09, 111–12 Bacterial infection situation in, spread of ... 291–92 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2147 Bacterial infection situation in, testing re ... 257, 258, Supportive living facilities 291, 292, 293, 570 Assisted living facilities ... 40, 88–89, 91 Board of management appointed for ... 254, 258 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Emergency room patient safety at ... 258 care facilities to ... 1587, 1690 Sterilization procedures ... 257, 258, 291, 292, 293, Assisted living facilities: Funding for, from 326, 790 uncollected resource revenues ... 1893 Sterilization procedures, use by other health Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... professionals ... 291 1893 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Supportive living facilities–Staffing Letter re (SP643/07: Tabled) ... 1767 Medical training of ... 787 Senior citizens Surgery waiting lists–Calgary Government programs ... 572, 1542, 2386–87 General remarks ... 919 Senior citizens–Housing Syphilis outbreak Health impacts of policies re ... 1542 General remarks ... 47, 440 Sexually transmitted diseases Public awareness campaign re ... 47 Provincial strategy re ... 440, 1217, 2327 Tabling returns and reports (Parliamentary procedure) Shadow population (Non-ratepayers)–Northern Alberta Notes/newspaper articles quoted during OQP ... Funding for health services for ... 774, 1229 1897–98 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Telehealth services Act, 2007 (Bill 45) General remarks ... 883, 890 First Reading ... 1692–93 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Second Reading ... 1747 Timing for discussion at second, committee, and third Committee ... 1861–62, 1864–65, 1867 readings ... 880 Third reading ... 1969–70, 1976 Time allocation (Parliamentary practice) Smoking–Health aspects Bill 46 (2r), Alberta Utilities Commission Act Costs of ... 1442, 1444 (Motion 37: Hancock/Renner) ... 2353 Smoking–Prevention Bill 46 (CoW), Alberta Utilities Commission Act General remarks ... 406, 1442, 1444 (Motion 38: Hancock) ... 2393 Province-wide smoking ban re ... 406–07, 794 Bill 46 (3r), Alberta Utilities Commission Act Province-wide smoking ban re: Legislation re (Bill (Motion 39: Hancock) ... 2422–23 45) ... 1443–44, 1692–93 Fall 2007 session bills ... 2249 Smoking in public places Government motion 35, evening sittings for Dec. 3, 4, Ban on: Legislation re (Bill 45) ... 1443–44, 1692–93 and 5 (Motion 36: Hancock) ... 2299 Smoking in the workplace Tobacco–Marketing Ban on: Legislation re (Bill 45) ... 1443–44, 1692–93 Power wall displays re ... 406 Social housing Power wall displays re, ban on: Legislation re (Bill General remarks ... 730–31 45) ... 1443, 1692–93 Social housing–Fort McMurray Restrictions on: Legislation re (Bill 45) ... 1443, Impact of apartment fire on ... 637 1692–93 Specified gas emitters regulation Tobacco companies Intensity targets under, draft copy (SP4/07: Tabled) ... Heritage Fund investment in ... 406 25 Tom Baker Cancer Centre Standing Orders General remarks ... 792 Amendment to (sitting times, calendar of sittings, and Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) order of business) (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 73–75 Third reading ... 2472 Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the Toxin screening program House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: General remarks ... 643 Hancock) ... 606–13, 617 Transplantation of organs Substance abuse–Prevention General remarks ... 693–94 General remarks ... 2068, 2069 Measures to prevent ... 693–94 Ontario school-based program for ... 2068 Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act Substance abuse–Treatment (Bill 23) General remarks ... 2067–68 Third reading ... 2475 Impact of staff shortages on ... 2069 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 311
Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hayden, Jack (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) University of Calgary First reading ... 2136–37 Medical school spaces increase ... 783–84 Second reading ... 2234 University of Lethbridge Third reading ... 2509, 2511 Mumps outbreak at ... 1824 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Urgent medical care Second reading ... 2192–93 General remarks ... 890 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) Committee: Amendment A3 (SP960/07: Tabled) ... Committee ... 1869 2225 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP730/07: Tabled) ... Committee: Amendment A4 (SP961/07: Tabled) ... 1869 2225 Wages–Living wage Committee: Amendment A5 (SP962/07: Tabled) ... Respnse to questions re (SP592/07: Tabled) ... 1623 2225 Wages–Nurses Members' Statements (2007) Funding for ... 2144–45 Amber Alert ... 1991 Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... Oral Question Period (2007) 1790 Alberta farm recovery plan ... 1785–86 Wages–Personal care attendants Bovine tuberculosis ... 1926–27 Increase in ... 1996 Herard, Denis (PC, Calgary-Egmont) Waiting lists (Medical care) Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Reduction of ... 2028–29 Second Reading ... 1701 Reduction of, federal funding for ... 509 Canadian Work Skills competition Walkerton water supply contamination situation Member's statement re ... 1649–50 General remarks ... 292 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1434–35 Organ transplants ... 693 Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Water quality–Fort Chipewyan Committee ... 654 Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) ... 1930, 2287 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 West Nile virus sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance Control methods for, funding of ... 438 du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Workers' compensation Second Reading ... 579–80 For personal care attendants ... 1996 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Workplace health Second reading ... 2190–91 General remarks ... 108 Immigrants Hayden, Jack (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 68–69 Alberta farm recovery program Light rail transit–Calgary General remarks ... 1785–86 Provincial funding ... 1081 Amber Alert (Child abduction warning system) Mayor of Calgary Members' statement re ... 1991 Position on provincial municipal funding ... 1080–81 Beef industry Members' Statements (2007) Impact of bovine tuberculosis case on ... 1927 Canadian Work Skills competition ... 1649–50 Provincial assistance re ... 1927 Provincial skills competition ... 1238 Bovine tuberculosis Municipal finance–Calgary General remarks ... 1926–27 Provincial funding for ... 1080–81 Impact on beef industry ... 1927 Municipal sustainability initiative Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Funding from ... 1080–81 Committee: Amendment A1A (SP964/07: Tabled) ... Oral Question Period (2007) 2243 Calgary municipal funding ... 1080–81 Committee: Amendment A1B (SP965/07: Tabled) ... Point of Order 2243 Relevance ... 1065–66 Committee: Amendment A1C (SP966/07: Tabled) ... Public service–Alberta 2243 Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Committee: Amendment A1D (SP967/07: Tabled) ... Cao) ... 68–69 2243 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Committee ... 702 Act (Bill Pr. 1) Skills competition, Provincial Committee: Amendment A1 (SP639 & 963/07: General remarks ... 1649 Tabled) ... 2225 Member's statement re ... 1238 Drinking water–East Central Alberta Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Intermunicipal delivery within, legislation re (Bill 55) Committee ... 1037–38 ... 2136–37 Third Reading ... 1061 312 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Herard, Denis (PC, Calgary-Egmont) (Continued) Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Traffic safety (Continued) Enforcement of ... 1434 Budget debate Traffic tickets Motion 17: Oberg ... 737–40 Electronic processing of ... 1434–35 Calgary Herald (Newspaper) WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition) Nuclear power article (SP392/07: Tabled) ... 924 General remarks ... 1238 Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Funding for Taber water treatment plant ... 567 Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) Canada Pension Plan Committee ... 1872–73 Unfunded liability ... 2066 Alberta–Economic policy Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Downturn in, planning for ... 1481 General remarks ... 100 Slowing down of ... 828 Reference margins adjustment in ... 100 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) Cardston-Taber-Warner (Constituency) Committee ... 1873 Issues in ... 567, 2257, 2383 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Caucus funding Surface rights decisions ... 827 Discepancies in ... 15 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Caucus policy committees (PC party) Fraud incidents under ... 920 General remarks ... 615–16 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Civil service pensions Elimination of ... 920 Investment losses in, reimbursement funding for ... Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund 101 Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Committee of Supply 588–89, 593–94 Standing Order changes re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Alberta Irrigation Projects Association 616 General remarks ... 762 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Alberta Medical Association Standing Orders change re (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Amended agreement re fees ... 101 78 Alberta pension plan (Proposed) Committees, Policy field (all-party) General remarks ... 1721, 2066 Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock ) ... 616 Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation Committees, Select standing Awards of ... 101 Substitute members on (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Alberta Sustainability Fund 77–78 General remarks ... 1481 Constituency weeks (Parliamentary calendar) Alberta Treasury Branches Act Establishment of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 374 77, 616 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Corporations–Taxation Crime/policing discussions ... 2383 Return of provincial tax to originating communities ... Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) 1275 Second reading ... 2080–81, 2094, 2354, 2360 Dams Third reading ... 2427–28 General remarks ... 762, 828 All Party* Agreement (re Assembly sitting times, etc.) Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Implementation of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 77, 615 100–01 Apprenticeship training–Finance Dept. of Agriculture and Food General remarks ... 100 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Auditor General 100 Reports of, referred to Public Accounts committee Dept. of Energy (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 77–78 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 827–29 Bitumen Dept. of Finance Upgrading ... 717 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Bitumen–Export 101 General remarks ... 828 Dept. of Health and Wellness Blue Quills First Nations College Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 919–20 Funding for ... 100–01 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Border crossings–Canada/United States 101 Coutts crossing safety fence location ... 567, 691, 837 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Bow River basin Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Moratorium on water licences in ... 762 101 Bridges–Snake River–Cardston area Education, Postsecondary Replacement of, for ranch access ... 567, 691, 837 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 100 Budget Education, Postsecondary–Finance Quarterly reports ... 1481 General remarks ... 100–01 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 313
Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) (Continued) (Continued) Electric power lines Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Continued) Burying of ... 829 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of Siting of ... 829 business, amendments to Standing Orders re Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 77–78 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1802–03 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of Enbridge Inc. business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Line 4 extension pipeline (Edmonton to Hardisty) ... Orders re: Amendment to, and more (Motion 15: 828 Hancock) ... 615–16 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Lobbyists–Registration General remarks ... 828 Accessibility of information re, on government Incentives for ... 828 website ... 2213 Provincial support for (Motion 502: Lukaszuk) ... Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) 213–14 Committee ... 2012–13 Equalization payments General remarks ... 2213 Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 158–59 Medical profession–Fees Sunset clause for ... 159 Amended agreement re ... 101 Gas, Natural Members' Statements (2007) In nonviable formations, utilization of ... 827 Groundwater storage ... 762 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 827 Municipal financing ... 467 Gas, Natural–Export New Royalty Framework ... 2247–48 General remarks ... 828 Provincial taxation ... 1181 Gas, Natural–Royalties Remembrance Day 2007 ... 1956 On gas used for oil sands production ... 827 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1720–21 Gas industry Warner girls hockey school ... 121 General remarks ... 827 Mineral rights Genome Alberta Notification of sale of, to surface owners ... 827–28 Funding for, re pine beetle control research ... 101 Ministerial Statements (2007) Geothermal power The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 434 General remarks ... 828 Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability Golf courses–Taber Report, municipal taxation recommendation ... 436, Premier's leadership campaign fundraiser at ... 2383 1077, 1181 Premier's leadership campaign fundraiser at, Ministers (Provincial government) advertisement re (SP979/07: Tabled) ... 2257 Number of ... 15 Government spending policy Mount Royal College General remarks ... 1785 Nursing degree program, funding for ... 100 Grant MacEwan Community College Municipal finance Nursing degree program, funding for ... 100 Provincial funding for ... 436, 1076–77, 1181, Highway 4–Milk River area 1274–75, 1481, 1652–53 Bypass ... 2213 Provincial funding for: Member's statement re ... 467 Bypass, Premier's involvement in ... 2383 Municipal sustainability initiative Hockey championships Funding from ... 691, 836–37 Warner girls hockey school finalist in Kraft Natural resources revenue Hockeyville 2007, member's statement re ... 121 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Homeless debate on legislation re ... 1802–03 Outreach programs for ... 101 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 158–59 Immigrant doctors Net metering (Electricity) Accreditation process for ... 919–20 General remarks ... 828 Income tax, Provincial Nuclear power Return of, to originating communities ... 1275 News article re (SP392/07: Tabled) ... 924 Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Office of the Premier 588–89, 593–94 Congratulations to new Premier ... 10 Transfer of percentage to municipalities ... 467 Premier's activities in Cardston-Taber-Warner International Women's Day constituency ... 2257, 2383 Ministerial statement re ... 12 Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 2383 Kraft Hockeyville 2007 Premier's leadership campaign donors, point of order Warner girls hockey school finalist in, member's on comments re ... 2392 statement re ... 121 Premier's meetings, list of ... 2213 Legislative Assembly Act Oil–Export Definition of recognized political party ... 77 General remarks ... 828 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Oil–Prices Sitting calendar, copy tabled ... 77 General remarks ... 1925 314 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) (Continued) (Continued) Oil and gas leases Remembrance Day 2007 Moratorium on sale of ... 828 Member's statement re ... 1956 Oil sands development Reservoirs Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 828 General remarks ... 762 Use of natural gas supplies ... 827 Royalty Review Panel Oldman River dam Our Fair Share (report): Petition presented to discard General remarks ... 293 ... 1852, 1965, 2062 Oral Question Period (2007) Royalty structure (Energy resources) Cardston-Taber-Warner constituency issues ... 567 General remarks ... 1925 Cardston-Taber-Warner issues ... 2383 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1784–85, 1924 Caucus funding ... 15 New Royalty Framework (2007): Member's statement Economic strategy ... 1481 re ... 2247–48 Ethics in government ... 2213 New Royalty Framework (2007): Petition presented Federal equalization formula ... 158–59 re ... 1852, 1965, 2062 Municipal financing ... 1274–75 School boards Municipal funding ... 1076–77 Contribution to Premier's golf tournament fundraiser Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 691, in Taber ... 2257 836–37 Science Alberta Foundation Municipal taxation ... 1652–53 General remarks ... 101 New Royalty Framework ... 1784–85, 1925 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) New royalty framework ... 1784–85 Second Reading ... 337–38 Pension plans ... 2065–66 Third Reading ... 849 Provincial tax regime ... 436 Sewage disposal plants–Finance Water storage ... 293 General remarks ... 1275 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Changes to ... 616 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Second Reading ... 1749 Land sales for industrial development, report on ... Committee ... 1866 828 Petitions presented re ... 1965 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Snake River ranch Municipal taxation powers ... 1487 Road connection to ... 567, 691, 837 Royalty review report, discarding of ... 1852, 1965, Social housing 2062 Federal funding for ... 101 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Rent supplement program ... 101 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1965 Solar power Pine beetles–Control General remarks ... 828 Research on (Genome Alberta), funding for ... 101 Speech from the Throne Point of Order Debate ... 78–80 Allegations against a member ... 2392 Standing Orders Police–Finance Amendment to (sitting times, calendar of sittings, and General remarks ... 2383 order of business) (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 77–78 Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the Committee ... 525–26 House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Political ethics Hancock) ... 615–16 General remarks ... 2213 Suncor Inc. Political parties Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Donations to ... 2213 ... 1784–85, 2248 Donations to: Point of Order on comments re ... 2392 Supplementary estimates Leadership campaigns, contributions to ... 2383 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 100–01 Recognition of, in Legislative Assembly ... 77–78 General remarks ... 100 Property tax Surface rights Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... General remarks ... 827 588–89, 593–94 Surplus, Budgetary Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with General remarks ... 436 (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 588–89, 593–94 Member's statement re ... 467, 1181 Municipal funding from ... 436, 1181 Public Service Management Pension Plan Teachers' unfunded pension funding from ... 1721 Unfunded liability ... 101 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of 213) ... 1784–85, 2248 Second reading ... 1905–06 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 315
Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Tax incentives Agricultural value-added production Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Fibre road map study re ... 475, 2177 588–89, 593–94 Agriculture–Research Taxation, Municipal General remarks ... 475 General remarks ... 467, 1077, 1181 Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Petition presented re ... 1487 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP97/07: Tabled) ... 231 Recommendations of the Council on Municipal Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Sustainability on ... 436, 1077 Funding for ... 1343 Taxation, Provincial Alberta Energy Research Institute General remarks ... 436, 1077, 1181 Funding for ... 1319, 2177 Teachers' Pension Plan Alberta Forestry Research Institute Unfunded liability: Member's statement re ... 1720–21 Wood debris value-added products research ... 295 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research amended: Flaherty) ... 354–55 Annual report, 2007 (SP687/07: Tabled) ... 1790 Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of ... Programs and financial highlights, 2005-06 (SP95/07: 2065–66 Tabled) ... 231 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Third reading ... 2489 Engineering Research Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Ingenuity Inside, 2006-07 annual report (SP825/07: Second Reading ... 959–61 Tabled) ... 2002 Committee ... 979–80, 1003–04, 1022–23, 1027 Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Treasury Branches Funding for ... 1343 Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 374 Alberta Ingenuity Fund University of Alberta Annual report, 2003-04 (SP575/07: Tabled) ... 1535 Donations to, matching grant for ... 101 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP96/07: Tabled) ... 231 University of Calgary General remarks ... 1320 Donations to, matching grant for ... 101 Tri-annual report, 2000-03 (SP576/07: Tabled) ... Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) 1535 Ministerial statement re ... 434 Triennial report, 2003-06 (SP826/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Warner Hockey School for Girls Water research funding ... 1319, 1341 Member's statement re ... 121 Alberta Prion Research Institute Water Act Annual report, 2005-06 (SP98/07: Tabled) ... 231 Water use provisions, updating of ... 293 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP827/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Water licences Alberta Research Council Ban on new leases for Oldman, South Saskatchewan, Wood debris value-added products research ... 295 and Bow rivers ... 762 Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority Water power General remarks ... 1319, 1341 General remarks ... 828 Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation Water storage Awards of ... 106 General remarks ... 293 Apprenticeship training Member's statement re ... 762 Aboriginal people ... 1053 Water supply Equipment for ... 110 Legislation re use of ... 293 General remarks ... 98, 162, 1053, 1318, 1322, 1341, Water treatment plants 1349 Funding for ... 1275 Increase in spaces for ... 1325 Water treatment plants–Taber Mobile delivery of ... 110 Funding for ... 567, 691, 837, 1181 Apprenticeship training–Finance Wind power General remarks ... 101 General remarks ... 828 Apprenticeship training–Northern Alberta World Water Day General remarks ... 1322 General remarks ... 293 Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Evaluation of Mount Royal degree-granting Albert) application ... 1621, 2289–90 Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) Athabasca University Third reading ... 2474 Administration of nursing degree programs at Grant Access to the Future Fund MacEwan and Mount Royal colleges ... 107 Administration of ... 98, 192–93 Banff Centre for Continuing Education Annual report ... 1321 Audited financial statements, 2005-06 (SP190/07: General remarks ... 106–07, 1320, 1321, 1761 Tabled) ... 409 Inclusion of equipment donations in matching Donald Cameron Hall, funding for ... 1319, 1342 formula ... 1320 316 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert) (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Biofuels industry Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Use of wood debris from logging for ... 295 (Continued) Bitumen Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1318–26, Upgrading, research funding for ... 1319 1340–50 Bow Valley College Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Expansion ... 1322, 1323 during (SP612/07: Tabled) ... 1659 Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... force development strategy) 97–98, 101, 106–07, 110, 112 General remarks ... 1053, 1318 Supplementary estimates 2006-08: Debated ... Calgary issues 2156–57 General remarks ... 1721 Dept. of Agriculture and Food Campus Alberta Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement Access for NAIT's Grande Prairie campus through ... with: Point of order re ... 1280–81 1820, 1825 Dept. of Innovation and Science General remarks ... 93, 112, 191, 262, 297, 1053, Annual report, 2005-06 (SP32/07: Tabled) ... 26 1318, 1320, 1322, 1324, 1325, 1341, 1342, 1345, Dept. of National Defence (Federal) 1589, 1721, 1825, 2248, 2251, 2290 Military trade credentials of military personnel, Campus Alberta Quality Council Alberta recognition of ... 225 Degree program approval process ... 1621 Disabled–Education Campus Calgary Postsecondary education ... 2325 Additional instruction spaces ... 1621 Diversification Campus Calgary Digital Library General remarks ... 1341 Funding for ... 1322 Edmonton Clinic Canada Millenium Scholarship Foundation Funding for ... 1322 General remarks ... 1349 General remarks ... 2156, 2157 Report on tax credits for students ... 1343 Education, Postsecondary Canadian armed forces Access to, affordability review to improve ... 92–93, Trade credentials of, civilian recognition of ... 225 162–63, 191, 332, 406, 806–07, 1318, 1324, Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship 1325, 1341, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1347, 1761 Civilian recognition of military trade credentials ... Access to, new spaces to improve ... 97, 101, 112, 225 262, 406, 807, 1319, 1324, 1325–26, 1343–44, Capital projects 1345, 1348, 1349, 1761 Cost increases, funding for ... 2382 General remarks ... 162–63, 191, 1341 Capital projects–Calgary Needs analysis re ... 1324, 1341, 1342, 1348, 1621 Funding for ... 1789 Quality of ... 1346, 1347 Carbon dioxide sequestration Education, Postsecondary–Finance Funding for research re ... 1319, 1341 Calgary vs Edmonton funding levels ... 405 Centennial Capital Plan General remarks ... 97, 262, 1318, 1342, 1346, 1347, Surplus funding for ... 1322 1589, 1761–62 Centennial centre for interdisciplinary science (U of A) Review of ... 1324, 1341 (Proposed) Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Funding for ... 1319, 1342 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1805–06 China Institute (U of A) Employment training programs Provincial funding for ... 98, 106–07 Aboriginal peoples ... 1053 Class size (Universities) General remarks ... 1053 General remarks ... 1345 Energy industry Coal energy, Clean Value-adding/upgrading in, funding for ... 1319 Initiatives re, funding for ... 1319 Energy research Community colleges, Comprehensive Funding for ... 1319 Role of ... 1825 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Community education Funding for research re ... 1341, 2177 General remarks ... 1318, 1341 Expander Energy Inc. Council of Alberta University Students Wood debris conversion to hydrogen fuel ... 295 Postsecondary education funding concerns ... 806–07 Foreign workers, Temporary Student housing and rent increases concerns ... General remarks ... 1349 806–07 Forestry research Dept. of Advanced Education General remarks ... 475 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP16/07: Tabled) ... 26 Genome Alberta Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Funding for, re pine beetle control research ... 101, Annual report, 2005-06 (SP16/07: Tabled) ... 26 106 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP794/07: Tabled) ... 26, Government openness 2002 General remarks ... 192 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 317
Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert) (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Medical profession–Rural areas 38) Action plan re ... 510 Committee ... 2463–65 General remarks ... 1692 Grande Prairie Regional College Medical profession–Supply Northern allowance for employees of ... 2157 General remarks ... 297, 693, 1348, 1692, 2290 Role of ... 1825 Medical residents Grant MacEwan Community College Student loan debt load ... 510 Degree granting programs ... 2290 Training in rural areas ... 1692 Nursing degree program ... 161, 1324 Mount Royal College Nursing degree program, funding for ... 107 Degree granting status ... 161, 1324, 1621, 1721, Robbins health learning centre ... 1319, 1322, 1342, 2289–90 1346 Degree granting status, name change following ... Health sciences personnel 2290 Scope of practice ... 110, 1350 General remarks ... 1323, 1325, 1618 Health sciences personnel–Education Library upgrade ... 1621, 1789, 2289 Programs for ... 94, 112, 161–62 Lincoln Park campus and learning centre ... 1618 Health sciences personnel–Supply Nursing degree program ... 107, 109, 161, 297, 1324, General remarks ... 161–62, 1348, 1349 1346, 1348, 1618 Health workforce planning Municipal District of Rocky View General remarks ... 94, 97, 107, 110, 112, 297, 510, Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing 693, 2290 entertainment complex ... 1281–82 Report on ... 1349 Nanotechnology–Research Industrial development (Value-added industries) Funding for ... 1319, 1341 General remarks ... 1341 National Institute for Nanotechnology Information and communications technology General remarks ... 2177 Research into, funding for ... 1319, 2177 Natural resources revenue Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Economy (U of C) debate on legislation re ... 1805–06 Provincial funding for ... 1323, 2382 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Keyano College Centre for apprenticeship technologies ... 1322 Fort McMurray staff northern allowance ... 2156, Enrollment line-ups ... 1350 2157 Grande Prairie campus ... 1825 Sport and wellness centre ... 1322 Grande Prairie campus, funding for, from uncollected Lakeland College resource revenues ... 1820 Lloydminster campus ... 1319, 1322, 1342 Ralph Klein campus project funding ... 1322 Sign language program, funding for ... 1446 Nurses–Education A Learning Alberta review Credential creep issue re ... 110 Costs of (Q24/06: Response tabled as SP144/07) ... General remarks ... 107, 112 299 Nurses–Supply Report ... 92, 106, 406, 1347, 2325 General remarks ... 1348 Lethbridge College Olds College Degree-granting authority ... 2251 Community learning campus ... 1319, 1342 Fire alarm system upgrades, funding for ... 2156 Equine centre ... 1322 Life sciences research Oral Question Period (2007) Funding for ... 1319 Access to the future fund ... 192–93 Literacy Affordability of postsecondary education ... 191, 332, General remarks ... 1341 806–07 Mactaggart Art Collection Apprenticeship training ... 1894–95 Government matching funds for ... 106–07 Assistance for student housing ... 1055 Medical profession–Education Calgary concerns ... 1721 Bursary program for students ... 510 Calgary infrastructure funding ... 1789 Cost of, reduction of ... 693 Capital cost overruns ... 2382 General remarks ... 112 Career transition for military personnel ... 225 Instructors for ... 97, 693, 1692 Fibre road map study ... 475 Residency program enrollments ... 693 Funding for the Calgary health region ... 297 U of C programs for, funding for ... 297 Health care workforce supply ... 161–62 Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 162, 693, Health workforce strategy ... 94 2290 Medical school selection criteria ... 510 Undergraduate programs, selection criteria for ... 510 Mount Royal College ... 1618, 2289–90 Undergraduate programs, service contracts for Physician supply ... 693, 1692, 2290 students in ... 510 Postsecondary education affordability ... 1761–62 318 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert) (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Postsecondary educational institutions–Maintenance and Postsecondary education costs ... 92–93 repair Postsecondary education funding ... 262, 1589 Funding for ... 1322–23, 1341, 2156, 2157 Postsecondary education funding in Calgary ... 405 Postsecondary educational institutions–Security aspects Postsecondary opportunities ... 162–63 General remarks ... 605 Research and development funding ... 2177 Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Roles and mandates for postsecondary education ... 7) 1825–26 General remarks ... 541 Roles and responsibilities for advanced education ... Public Interest Alberta 2251 Postsecondary education report (Where to From Royalty revenues ... 1820 Here) ... 2 Safety at postsecondary institutions ... 605 Quality of life Sign language interpreter program ... 1446 General remarks ... 93 Skilled workforce training program ... 1053 Red Deer College Skilled workforce training programs ... 1053 Trades expansion project ... 1322 Steamfitter-pipefitter red seal exams ... 541 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Supports for disabled persons ... 2325 General remarks ... 1895 Tuition fees for postsecondary education ... 406 Rent increases Urban campus partnership ... 1621 Impact on student housing ... 806–07, 1055, 1318 Vocational education ... 539 Rental housing Wood debris from timber harvesting ... 295 Secondary suites, use for postsecondary student Pine beetles–Control accommodation ... 807 Research on (Genome Alberta), funding for ... 101, Research and development 106 Funding for ... 1318–19, 1341, 2177 Point of Order General remarks ... 106 Imputing motives ... 1280–81, 1830 Scholarships Police Funding for ... 1343 Campus security involvement ... 605 General remarks ... 1341 Portage College Registered apprenticeship program scholarships ... Cold Lake campus ... 1322 1895 Postsecondary educational institutions Science Alberta Foundation Audited financial statements, 2004-05 (SP190/07: General remarks ... 106 Tabled) ... 409 Small business Audited financial statements (SP1030/07: Tabled) ... Venture capital for ... 2177 2293 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Capital project funding for ... 1319, 1322, 1342, 1343, Trades and technology complex funding ... 1322, 1345, 1347, 1349 1789, 2382 Degree-granting programs ... 1346 Steamfitter-pipefitter red seal exams Degree-granting programs, name change policy Cancellation of ... 541 following ... 2290 Student financial aid Donations of equipment to ... 193 Changes to qualifying requirements ... 1318, 1324, Facilities for undergraduate students ... 191 1325, 1341, 1345, 1347 Provincial grants to ... 1343 General remarks ... 1318, 1319, 1325, 1343, 1344, Role of ... 97–98, 112, 191, 262, 1318, 1322, 1324, 1346 1341, 1344, 1345, 1347, 1621, 2251, 2290 Living allowance element ... 92–93, 807, 1055, 1318, Role of: Framework document re, letters of support 1324, 1325, 1341, 1347 for from student associations (SP969/07: Loan and loan relief payments, 2000-05 (Q25/06: Tabled) ... 2248 Response tabled as SP145/07) ... 299 Role of: Framework document re (SP968/07: Tabled) Loan interest rates reduction ... 92 ... 2248 Loan limit increase ... 1318, 1341 Role of: Review of ... 1825–26 Loan relief program ... 1324, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346, Turning away of students ... 1343–44, 1347–48, 1349 1347 Postsecondary educational institutions–Admissions Loan relief program for medical residents ... 510 (enrollment) Qualifying requirements for ... 106 Application system (APAS) for ... 1325, 1348, 1349 Underspending of funding for ... 1347 Requirements/standards for ... 1345, 1349 Student housing Postsecondary educational institutions–Calgary General remarks ... 1341 General remarks ... 1721, 1789 P3 funding model for ... 1324 Postsecondary educational institutions–Fees Students, Postsecondary Mandatory fees ... 93 Part-time studies ... 1350 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 319
Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert) (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Supplementary estimates Urban campus concept Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 97–98, 101, General remarks ... 1323–24, 1621 106–07, 110, 112 P3 opportunity for ... 1325 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2156–57 Value-added and Technology Commercialization Task General remarks ... 97 Force Supreme Court of Canada General remarks ... 1319 Deaf peoples' rights to government service in sign Virginia Tech (University) language ... 1446 Shooting incident at ... 605 Surplus, Budgetary Vocational education Access to the Future Fund contribution from ... 1320, General remarks ... 539 1321 W. W. Cross Cancer Institute Postsecondary education funding with ... 1322, 1761 General remarks ... 2156 Tax incentives Wages–Public service For postsecondary students ... 1318, 1341, 1343, 1345 Funding for ... 2157 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Second reading ... 2229 Funding for ... 1319, 1341 Technical schools Water licences Audited financial statements, 2005-06 (SP190/07: Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1282 Tabled) ... 409 Wood debris from timber harvesting Technology commercialization Utilization of ... 295 Funding for ... 1319, 1341, 2177 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition) General remarks ... 1341 General remarks ... 106 Timber Youth apprenticeship program Value-added processing re, fibre road map study of ... General remarks ... 1895 475, 2177 Huygen, Ms Jennifer (Head page, Alberta Legislative Trades schools–Construction Assembly) General remarks ... 539 Pages (Legislative Assembly) Tuition fees Letter to Speaker on their retirement ... 1757 General remarks ... 92, 807, 1326, 1761 Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Increases in ... 191 Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute Increases in, funding to limit to inflation rate ... 1341, Member's statement re ... 2097–98 1343 Alberta College of Pharmacists Policy re ... 332, 406, 1325 Regulation of pharmacists' competence to prescribe Policy re, in legislation vs. regulation ... 191, 1324–25 drugs ... 323, 330 Reduction of ... 262 Alberta monitoring for health program Universities and colleges Diabetes supplies funding under ... 1390–91 Audited financial statements, 2004-05 and 2005-06 Alberta relationship threat assessment initiative (SP190/07: Tabled) ... 409 Member's statement re ... 1920 Province-wide needs analysis for ... 1589 Apartment buildings Research projects, funding for ... 1589 Conversion to condominiums ... 369 University of Alberta Armenian genocide Donations to, matching grant for ... 101, 106–07 Member's statement re ... 668 Funding level ... 405, 1323, 1324, 1589 Automobile drivers' licences Medical school spaces increase ... 2290 Graduated licences, review of ... 473 Power plant upgrade, funding for ... 2156–57 Graduated licences, suspension of, following injury University of Calgary collision ... 473 Donations to, matching grant for ... 101 Graduated licences, suspension of, following injury Funding level ... 405, 1323, 1324 collision: Petitions presented re ... 833 Health Research Innovation Centre, funding for ... Buffalo Hotel, Red Deer 1319, 1322, 1342 Member's statement re ... 2290–91 Medical school spaces increase ... 2290 Bullying, Online Physician training programs, funding for ... 297 General remarks ... 2142–43 Veterinary Medicine faculty, funding for ... 1319, Bullying–Prevention 1342 General remarks ... 2142–43 University of Lethbridge Member's statement re ... 1780 Safety system upgrades, funding for ... 2156 Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Water and Environmental Science Building, funding Sale of properties built under, return of grant money for ... 1322 due to ... 297–98 University teachers Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Recruitment of ... 262 General remarks ... 1439 320 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) (Continued) (Continued) Changing Together (Immigrant women's program) Gaetz Aparments, Red Deer General remarks ... 2171 Member's statement re ... 1815 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Gang-related crime 207) General remarks ... 1928 Second Reading ... 858, 1084 Health Professions Act Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) General remarks ... 323 Third Reading ... 392 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 Regulations under ... 1960–61 (No.2) (Bill 50) Child health benefits program First reading ... 2100 Benefits threshold increase ... 1391 Second reading ... 2225 Diabetes supplies funding under ... 1391 Committee ... 2430 Climate change Third reading ... 2480 Alberta plan for ... 606 Health sciences personnel Climate change–Public consultations Liability protection for, re skills assessment of out-of- General remarks ... 606 province health professionals: Legislation re (Bill Collective bargaining–Teachers 50) ... 2100 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five- Health workforce planning year agreement on ... 2030 General remarks ... 323 Conflict of interest Heritage Family Services Pharmacists prescribing and dispensing drugs ... 330 General remarks ... 1815 Continuing/extended care facilities Hip and knee surgery Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 1587 Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 2097 Crime prevention Hockey championships General remarks ... 1893 Telus Cup midget hockey championship ... 1129 Role of communities in ... 1893, 1928 Homeless–Housing–Red Deer Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force General remarks ... 1815 Final report ... 2066 Homelessness Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month Elimination of ... 1780 Member's statement re ... 1439 Housing First program, New York City David Thompson Regional Health Authority General remarks ... 2290 Provision of support for mentally ill housing project Human trafficking ... 1614 Member's statement re ... 2171 Daycare centres Hunting National plan principles re (revised Conservative Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2347 government plan) ... 226 Kentwood Place, Red Deer Daycare centres–Finance Member's statement re ... 1614 General remarks ... 226 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Daycare centres–Licensing Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Regulations re ... 1960–61, 2323 Hancock) ... 2306–07 Diabetes–Supplies Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Funding for ... 1390–91 hospitals) Domestic violence General remarks ... 1587 General remarks ... 1920 Medical care, Primary Public awareness and education campaign re ... 1780 Team-based care, member's statement re ... 2380 Domestic violence–Prevention Members of the Legislative Assembly Member's statement re ... 1780 Private members, role of, member's statement re ... East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) 256 Second reading ... 2237–38 Members' Statements (2007) Edmonton Clinic Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute ... 2097–98 General remarks ... 2380 Alberta relationship threat assessment and Education Week management initiative ... 1920 Member's statement re ... 688 Armenian genocide ... 668 Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Buffalo Hotel Housing First project ... 2290–91 Leadership campaign contributions provisions Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month ... 1439 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1302–03 Education Week ... 688 Epidemic response services Family violence and bullying ... 1780 Legislation re (Bill 14) ... 50 Gaetz Apartments, Michener Centre ... 1815 Family Violence Prevention Month Human trafficking ... 2171 General remarks ... 1780 Kentwood Place ... 1614 Fishing, Sport Primary health care networks ... 2380 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2347 Role of private members ... 256 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 321
Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) (Continued) (Continued) Members' Statements (2007) (Continued) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Standards of practice for pharmacists ... 323 (Continued) Telus Cup midget hockey championship ... 1129 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Mental health services Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2034 General remarks ... 2066–67 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Mental health services–Children Monarch Place, Red Deer, sale: Request for inquiry General remarks ... 2066–67 into (SP146/07) ... 324 Mentally disabled–Housing Pharmacists Kentwood Place, Red Deer ... 1614 Standards of practice (prescribing medication) change Monarch Place, Red Deer ... 330 Sale of, petition tabled for inquiry into (SP146/07: Standards of practice (prescribing medication) Tabled) ... 324 change, member's statement re ... 323 Multiple unit residential buildings (MURBs) program Point of Order (1981) Allegations against a member ... 2302–03 General remarks ... 1337 Political parties Municipalities Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on ... 837 ... 441 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Role in crime reduction and safe communities ... (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1302–03 1893, 1928 Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying Initiative National Bullying Awareness Week Member's statement re ... 1780 General remarks ... 2142 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, Newborn cystic fibrosis screening program 2005) Member's statement re ... 1439 Member's statement re ... 256 Oral Question Period (2007) Provincial Safe Visitation Initiative Affordable housing ... 369, 639 General remarks ... 1780 Affordable housing grant program ... 297–98 Public safety (From criminal activity) Bullying ... 2142–43 General remarks ... 1928 Child care funding ... 226 Rent control Child care licensing regulation ... 1960–61, 2323 General remarks ... 639 Child care licensing regulations ... 1960–61 Rent increases Climate change consultation ... 606 Assistance programs re ... 1337 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1893 Rental housing Diabetes supplies ... 1390–91 Incentives for ... 1188, 1337 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... Increase in supply ... 1188 837 Reservoirs Gang-related crime ... 1928 General remarks ... 261 Graduated drivers' licences ... 473 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Incentives for property developers ... 1188, 1337 Third reading ... 2335–36 Long-term and continuing care ... 1587 Schizophrenia Society of Alberta. Red Deer chapter Mental health services ... 2066–67 Support for mentally ill housing project ... 1614 Outbreak of infectious syphilis ... 46–47 School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, Standards of practice for pharmacists ... 330 2007 (Bill 215) Support for seniors ... 1537 Second reading ... 2344 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2030 Senior citizens Trade, investment, and labour mobility agreement ... Government programs ... 1537 441 Increase in numbers of, planning for ... 1537 Water management ... 261 Senior citizens–Housing Organized crime Government programs for ... 1537 Human trafficking offences ... 2171 Seniors' Week 2007 Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill General remarks ... 1537 14) Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) First Reading ... 50 Second Reading ... 337 Second Reading ... 445 Sexual assault centres–Finance Second Reading ... 445 General remarks ... 1780 Third Reading ... 1776 Sexually transmitted diseases Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) High school awareness campaign re ... 47 Second reading ... 1876, 1879 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Committee ... 2112–13, 2114, 2116 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Petitions presented re ... 2034 Graduated drivers' licence, suspension following Social housing injury collisions ... 833 General remarks ... 298, 369 322 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Social housing–Red Deer 22) General remarks ... 369 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP264/07: Tabled) ... Monarch Place sale, petition tabled for inquiry into 631 (SP146/07: Tabled) ... 324 Alberta Research Council Students First (Publication) Member's statement re ... 2281–82 General remarks ... 688 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Committee ... 2396–97 Mandatory programs for ... 256 Arts–Finance Supportive living facilities General remarks ... 768–69 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Auditor General care facilities to ... 1587 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Syphilis outbreak Bachu, Dr. Stefan General remarks ... 46–47 Nobel peace prize co-winner, members' statement re High school awareness campaign re ... 47 ... 2025 Tax incentives Barley–Research For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1188, General remarks ... 729 1337 Battle River watershed Teachers' Pension Plan Student environmental projects re, member's Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of ... 2030 statement re ... 869 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Battle River Watershed Alliance (Alberta /British Columbia) Funding for ... 677 Impact on municipalities ... 441 Budget Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... 441 Public input into 2008 budget ... 1728 Tweedy, Mr. Mike Buffalo, Chief Victor Initiator of Kentwood Place, Red Deer ... 1614 Member's statement re ... 154 Warrant apprehension units Camrose Fire Department General remarks ... 1893 Centennial, member's statement re ... 723–24 Water diversion Canada–Economic conditions Costs of ... 261 Impact of Alberta economic growth on ... 1789 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame General remarks ... 261 Member's statement re ... 2389 Water resources development Carbon dioxide sequestration General remarks ... 261 General remarks ... 2025 Water storage Chief Electoral Officer General remarks ... 261 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Public input into plans for ... 261 Climate change Water supply Impact on wildlife habitat ... 931–32 General remarks ... 261 Climate Change and Emissions Management Women's shelters–Finance Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) General remarks ... 1780 Second Reading ... 376–77 Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) Committee: Amendment A2 (SP203/07: Tabled) ... Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame 498 Induction of Chief Victor Buffalo into ... 154 Committee: Amendment A3 (SP204/07: Tabled) ... Aboriginal economic development 498 General remarks ... 2178 Committee: Amendment A4 (SP205/07: Tabled) ... Aboriginal peoples–Employment 498 General remarks ... 2178 Coal gasification–Tofield area Agriculture–Research Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental General remarks ... 729–30 aspects ... 129–30, 2285 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Coal mines and mining–Tofield area Appeal process for decisions by ... 1997 Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings aspects ... 129–30 at ... 1997 Community spirit program for charitable giving Public hearings process ... 1997 MLA committee to establish ... 769 Sherritt coal mine/coal gasification project, review of Courthouse–Wetaskiwin ... 130 Centennial status and conversion to new city hall, Alberta Foundation for the Arts member's statement re ... 2134 Budget increase ... 769 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Second-quarter update, 2006-07 (SP45/07: Tabled) ... Dept. of Agriculture and Food 26 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 323
Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) (Continued) Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) (Continued) Dept. of Children's Services Field Crop Development Centre, Lacombe Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Barley research programs ... 729 Dept. of Education Firefighters Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 General remarks ... 724 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Gang-related crime, Aboriginal–Hobbema reserve Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 General remarks ... 1128 Dept. of Energy Geothermal power Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Use as power source in new Wetaskiwin city hall ... Dept. of Environment 2134 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Gravel pits Dept. of Finance Reclamation of ... 44–45 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Greenhouse gas emissions Dept. of Health and Wellness Reduction of ... 1858–59, 2285 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Gunter, Dr. Bill Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Nobel peace prize co-winner, members' statement re Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 ... 2025, 2281 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Hemp Relations Research into uses for ... 2282 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Hobbema Community Cadet Corps Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Member's statement re ... 1128 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Hockey championships Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Camrose Kodiacs Alberta Junior Hockey League and Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Doyle Cup champions, member's statements re Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports ... 563, 1179–80 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 I-CAN (Innoventures Canada) Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security General remarks ... 2282 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 IBM Corporation Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Aboriginal business opportunities ... 2178 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Industrial development–Environmental impact Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture General remarks ... 1858–59 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Information and Privacy Commissioner Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Second Reading ... 1713 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Donating to charitable organizations Report, Alberta's co-winners of 2007 Nobel peace General remarks ... 1992 prize for contributions to ... 2025 Tax credits for ... 769, 1992 Keith, Dr. David Edgeworth Centre, Camrose Nobel peace prize co-winner, members' statement re General remarks ... 359–60, 1329 ... 2025 Member's statement re ... 1887 Land-use framework Electric power, Coal-produced–Environmental aspects Public consultations re ... 1333–34 General remarks ... 2285 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Electric power lines Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Approval process for, public input into ... 1997 Members' Statements (2007) Emission control credits Alberta Research Council ... 2281–82 Federal credits, reinvestment in Alberta ... 1859 Augustana campus library groundbreaking ... 833 Enbridge Inc. Camrose Fire Department centennial ... 723–24 Gateway pipeline to west coast, aboriginal Camrose Kodiaks hockey team ... 563, 1179–80 opportunities re ... 2178 Camrose Wild Rose sports arena ... 359–60 Endangered plant species Caring for the Battle River watershed ... 869 Identification of ... 932 Chief Victor Buffalo ... 154 Endangered wildlife species Dr. Bill Gunter, Dr. Stefan Bachu, Dr. David Keith ... Identification of ... 932 2025 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Edgeworth Centre ... 1887 Provincial support for (Motion 502: Lukaszuk) ... 217 Hobbema Cadet Corps ... 1128 EPCOR Group of Companies National Philanthropy Day ... 1992 Power, water and waste-water plants for Dods-Round Restoration of old Wetaskiwin courthouse ... 2134 Hill coal gasification project ... 2285 Reynolds-Alberta Museum ... 1682–83 Ethics Commissioner U of A Augustana faculty convocation ... 1329–30 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Wetaskiwin area tourism ... 2389 Executive Council Wetaskiwin Sports Hall of Fame inductees ... 289 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 National Philanthropy Day Member's statement re ... 1992 324 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) (Continued) Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) (Continued) Nobel peace prize, 2007 Tax incentives Alberta co-winners for contributions to combatting For charitable donations ... 769, 1992 global warming, member's statement re ... 2025 Tourism–Wetaskiwin area Office of the Premier General remarks ... 1683 Congratulations to new Premier ... 10–11 Member's statement re ... 2389 Oil sands development Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Impact on Alberta and Canadian economies ... 1789 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Ombudsman Third Reading ... 1711 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Treasury Department Oral Question Period (2007) Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 Aboriginal economic development ... 2178 University of Alberta. Augustana campus Arts funding ... 768–69 Convocation ceremony, member's statement re ... Barley research ... 729 1329–30 Budget consultation ... 1728 Library/forum construction ... 1329 Dodds-Round Hill coal gasification project ... Library groundbreaking ceremony, member's 129–30, 2285 statement re ... 833 Endangered species ... 931–32 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Energy regulatory hearings ... 1997 Role of watershed planning and advisory councils in Gravel pit reclamation ... 44–45 ... 677 Greenhouse gas emissions ... 1858–59 Water licences Land-use framework consultation ... 1333–34 Sherritt coal mine/coal gasification project ... 130 Oil sands development ... 1789 Water quality–Tofield area Property taxes for condominiums ... 1691 Impact of Sherritt coal mine/coal gasification project Watershed management ... 676–77 on ... 130 Peace Hills Trust Watershed conservation General remarks ... 154 General remarks ... 676–77 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Watershed planning and advisory councils Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Consultations with First Nations ... 677 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1956 Funding for ... 676–77 Property tax Role in Water for Life strategy ... 677 On condominiums ... 1691 Wetaskiwin and County Sports Hall of Fame Quality of life Inductees into, member's statement re ... 289 General remarks ... 1992 Wild Rose Arena, Camrose Reclamation of land Member's statement re ... 359–60 Gravel pit, Camrose county ... 44–45 Wildlife habitat Research and development Impact of climate change on ... 931–32 Member's statement re ... 2281–82 Johnston, Art (PC, Calgary-Hays) Reynolds-Alberta Museum Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police Member's statement re ... 1682–83, 2389 Recommendations re Law Enforcement Review Showin' Off (vintage car exhibition) ... 1683 Board ... 1483 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, May Second Reading ... 1674–75 2007 Third reading ... 2333–34 General remarks ... 1242 Samson Cree nation TILMA agreement discussion at ... 1241–42 General remarks ... 154 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Alberta server intervention program (Liquor sales in Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) licensed premises) ... 1586 Second Reading ... 1285–86 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Service Alberta Annual report, 2006-07 (SP831/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Interim estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 178 First quarter update, 2007-08 (SP832/07: Tabled) ... Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) 2002 Second Reading ... 342 Second-quarter update, 2007-08 (SP888/07: Tabled) Sherritt International Corporation ... 2100 Coal mine/coal gasification project, Tofield area ... Alberta Roundtable on Violence In and Around Licensed 129–30, 2285 Premises Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Report ... 1585–86 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Alberta Transportation Safety Board Third reading ... 1970 Drunk driving offences' evidence, legislation re (Bill Petitions presented re ... 1956 49) ... 2062 Speech from the Throne Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Debate ... 147–48 207) Second Reading ... 856–57, 1091 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 325
Johnston, Art (PC, Calgary-Hays) (Continued) Johnston, Art (PC, Calgary-Hays) (Continued) Climate change–Public consultations Members' Statements (2007) (Continued) General remarks ... 125–26 Police Week ... 1181 Climate Change and Emissions Management SAIT women's and men's hockey teams ... 597 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Sheriff highway patrol ... 1129 General remarks ... 125 Team Canada World Hockey champions ... 1073 Coal-bed methane extraction–Rumsey ecological area Wheelchair curling champions ... 85, 723 General remarks ... 46 Natural areas Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Industrial development in ... 46 Standing Oral Question Period (2007) Report presented (SP842/07: Tabled) ... 2034 Alberta/B.C. joint cabinet meeting ... 1241–42 Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Climate change public consultation ... 125–26 Second Reading ... 199–200 Criminal justice system ... 1654–55 Correctional institutions–Safety aspects Crown prosecutors ... 875 Legislation re (Bill 52) ... 2136 Guardian Angels security organization ... 543–44 Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Land-use development framework ... 568 First reading ... 2136 Law Enforcement Review Board ... 1483 Committee ... 2438–40 Law enforcement review board ... 1765 Third reading ... 2483 Oil and gas activity in Rumsey natural area ... 46 Crime prevention Peace officer roles and responsibilities ... 804 Volunteer groups role in ... 543–44 Smoke-free places legislation ... 1443–44 Curling championships Solicitor General staff college ... 403 Wheelchair championship ... 85, 723 Twinning of highway 63 ... 508 Drunk driving Violence in licensed premises ... 1585–86 Transportation Safety Board evidence re, legislation Peace Officer Act re (Bill 49) ... 2062 General remarks ... 804 Economic development and the environment Peace officers General remarks ... 46 Highway traffic safety duties ... 804 Energy industry Role of ... 804 Activity in protected areas ... 46 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Energy strategy Second Reading ... 1664 Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... 864 Police Family courts Member's statement re ... 1181 Implementation of (Motion 511 amendment) ... Police Week 1912–13 Member's statement re ... 1181 Government attorneys Property, Real Workload ... 875 Illegal activities on, legislation re (Bill 212) ... 1239 Great Kids of Alberta Public safety (From criminal activity) Awards, member's statement re ... 20 General remarks ... 543–44 Greenhouse gas emissions Legislation re (Bill 212) ... 1239 Intensity targets for industry re ... 125–26 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Guardian Angels (Crime prevention volunteer group) Motion 507: Taft ... 1106 Presence in Alberta ... 543–44 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Highway 63 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 508 Twinning ... 508 Rumsey natural area Hockey championships Industrial activity in ... 46 SAIT women's and men's teams ACAC champions ... Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) 597 First Reading ... 1239 World men's hockey champions (Team Canada), Second Reading ... 1665–66, 1902 member's statement re ... 1073 Committee ... 2041–42, 2185–86 Land-use framework Committee: Amendment A1 (SP862 & 942/07: General remarks ... 568 Tabled) ... 2041, 2186 Law Enforcement Review Board Third reading ... 2331, 2337 Caseload ... 1483, 1765 Sentences (Criminal procedure) New chairperson ... 1483, 1765 For young offenders ... 1654 Licensed premises Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Security/door staff training ... 1585–86 Second Reading ... 338–39 Violence in, prevention of ... 1585–86 Sheriffs Violence in, prevention of: Public awareness Traffic safety enforcement function ... 508 campaign re ... 1586 Traffic safety enforcement function, member's Members' Statements (2007) statement re ... 1129 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 442 Smoking–Health aspects Great Kids awards ... 20 Costs of ... 1444 326 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Johnston, Art (PC, Calgary-Hays) (Continued) Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Smoking–Prevention (Continued) Province-wide smoking ban re: Legislation re (Bill Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Continued) 45) ... 1443–44 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Solicitor General Staff College Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators Illness of recruits in ... 403 at ... 2104, 2137–38, 2139 Speech from the Throne Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Debate ... 29–31 Calgary, informing landowners re ... 1644 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Electricity transmission lines, cost sharing (Alberta /British Columbia) recommendation re ... 814, 815 Discussion at joint Alberta/B.C. cabinet meeting ... Electricity transmission lines, regulating of ... 544, 1242 571, 605 Traffic safety Funding for ... 809, 810, 1400 Enforcement of, on Highway 63 ... 508 Government interference in decisions of ... 2320–21 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Industrial Heartland projects approval ... 1227 First reading ... 2062 Information letter IL93 re energy industry activity in Second reading ... 2372–73 southwest Alberta ... 192 Third reading ... 2481 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings Traffic surveillance cameras at ... 1997 Legislation re (Bill 49) ... 2062 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings Unified Family Court Task Force at, Compensation increase for ... 228 Report ... 1912–13 Marie Lake energy development project decision ... Victims of crime 331 Assistance programs ... 1655 New chair appointed to ... 2138 Offender information provision to, legislation re (Bill Nuclear power plants hearings ... 763, 1398 52) ... 2136 Policing of energy company reclamation efforts ... Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) 1400, 1401 Member's statements re ... 442 Public advocacy role ... 571 Youth violence–Prevention Public hearings process ... 1997 General remarks ... 1655 Separation into two boards ... 571, 605, 810, 1117, Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) 1223, 1397, 1635 Agricultural land Separation into two boards: Contract with consultant Impact of biofuels industry on ... 1641 for advice re ... 2027–28, 2066 Alaska permanent fund Separation into two boards: Legislation re (Bill 46) ... General remarks ... 813 810, 818, 1766–67 Alberta–Environmental policy Sherritt coal mine/coal gasification project, review of General remarks ... 224 ... 130 Alberta biodiversity monitoring project Sour gas wells, approval of ... 1927–28, 1929 Funding for ... 809 Supply/demand outlook report ... 1633, 1639 Alberta Electric System Operator Transfer of authority of, to Independent System General remarks ... 1118, 2252 Operator ... 544, 605, 815, 816, 818 Power supply forecast, southern Alberta ... 727 Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Wood Buffalo Review of purchasing practices of ... 1078 regional municipality intervention in ... 1890 Wind power production, cap on ... 439, 1633 Workload ... 818, 1117, 1223 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Alberta Energy Research Institute Appeal process for decisions by ... 1997 Oil sands energy requirements projects ... 803 Approval process for transmission lines, based on Wind power study ... 1112 public convenience/need ... 1889 Alberta Government Offices Bitumen upgrader, Edmonton area, application Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... 812, review ... 599 2140 Board members' resignation from ... 2137, 2139 Alberta royalty tax credit Coal-bed methane mineral rights decision ... 731 Elimination of ... 811, 1401 Electricity transmission line, Alberta/Montana, Alberta utilities commission hearing re ... 727 Creation from former Alberta Energy and Utilities Electricity transmission line (240 kV), Pincher Creek Board: Contract with consultant for advice re to Lethbridge, hearing re ... 440 ... 2027–28, 2066 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Creation from former Alberta Energy and Utilities Calgary, Energy dept.'s letter re ... 2320–21 Board (Bill 46) ... 810, 818, 1117, 1223, Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to 1397, 1766–67 Calgary, hearing re ... 195, 228, 672, 1619 Hearing/appeal processes ... 1856–57, 2214 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Calgary, hearing re: Public inquiry re use of private First Reading ... 1766–67 investigators at ... 2139 Second reading ... 2004–06 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 327
Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) (Continued) Bitumen upgraders–Industrial Heartland area Committee: Amendments and background paper General remarks ... 1639 (SP943-44/07: Tabled) ... 2209 Impact of new federal capital cost allowance on ... Third reading ... 2421, 2423, 2426 229 Amending of ... 2214 Budget General remarks ... 810, 818, 1889 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... Impact on property rights of landowners ... 1856 810 Impact on public nuclear energy discussions ... 2032 By-elections–Drumheller-Stettler constituency Alberta Wind Energy Corporation PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633 1654 Alliance pipeline Canadian Natural Resources Limited Impact of ... 1116 Bonnyville upgrader construction delay ... 193 AltaLink Management Ltd. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary ... Nuclear projects approval ... 1640, 2031, 2032 228 Nuclear projects monitoring ... 840 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Canadian Wind Energy Association Government interference re ... 2320–21 Wind trend forecasting, study re ... 440 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Capital cost allowance program (Federal) Public inquiry re ... 1619–20 For manufacturers, impact on upgrader projects ... Atomic Energy of Canada Limited 229 Radioactive waste disposal methods ... 764 For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... Auditor General 229 Annual report, 2006-07: Royalty audit group Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force staffing/processes ... 1785 (Federal/provincial) Resource royalty system comments ... 811, 1788, General remarks ... 818, 1117, 1398, 1633 1853 Carbon dioxide sequestration Resource royalty system reporting in Energy dept.'s Funding for research re ... 1398 annual reports, comments re ... 1924, 1957–58 General remarks ... 818, 1633 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), Carbon tax discused with cabinet ... 1853 General remarks ... 1117 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), Caribou habitat release of ... 1957, 1958 Preservation of ... 1401 Auditor General Act Climate change Exclusion of Market Surveillance Administrator from Federal plan to reduce ... 1117 ... 1889 Climate Change and Emissions Management Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Sour gas leak, Stettler area ... 1929 General remarks ... 1398 Benign Energy Canada Inc. Climate Change Central Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633 Energy conservation programs ... 1233 Biofuels industry Coal Funding for ... 809, 1112, 1586, 1633 Value-adding re ... 1633 General remarks ... 809, 1231, 1397 Coal–Export Impact on agricultural land ... 1641 Promotion of ... 1230 Producer credits for ... 809 Coal–Royalties Biomass as energy source General remarks ... 1400 General remarks ... 224 Coal-bed methane Grande Prairie facility ... 1113, 1115 General remarks ... 1112, 1114 Bitumen Coal-bed methane–Royalties Mining of ... 1110 General remarks ... 1221 Upgrading ... 813, 1110, 1114, 1639, 1644 Coal-bed methane extraction Upgrading, environmental aspects ... 1542 Animal/human health issues re ... 1221 Upgrading in southern Alberta ... 1639 Mineral rights re ... 731 Bitumen–Export Coal-bed methane extraction–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1110, 1112, 1114, 1116, 1542, General remarks ... 1221 1639 Coal bed methane extraction–Horseshoe Canyon area Limitation of ... 1116 Impact of ... 1221 Bitumen–Royalties Coal energy, Clean General remarks ... 810, 812, 813, 818 Initiatives re, funding for ... 809 Level of, for exported bitumen ... 1644 Research into ... 1230 Bitumen pipelines Coal gasification General remarks ... 1116 General remarks ... 1114–15, 1230, 1400, 1633 328 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) (Continued) (Continued) Coal gasification–Tofield area Diversification Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental General remarks ... 1542 aspects ... 130, 2285 Dollar, Canadian Coal mines and mining–Tofield area Impact on Alberta budget ... 810 Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental Drilling industry aspects ... 130 Retention of workforce in ... 1641 Compton Petroleum Corporation Drilling industry–Eastern Slopes area Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 1928 Moratorium on ... 192 Conflict of interest Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency) Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity projects ... 2320–21 deregulation ... 1654 Conoco-Phillips, Inc. Economic development and the environment Reclamation of caribou habitat ... 1401 General remarks ... 331, 404 Crown Mineral Disposition Review Committee Economic growth General remarks ... 474 General remarks ... 193 Dept. of Energy Electric power Annual report, 2005-06 (SP22/07: Tabled) ... 26 Demand for ... 1633 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP799/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Electric power, Coal-produced Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in ... 1924, General remarks ... 1230 1957–58, 2139–40 Electric power, Coal-produced–Environmental aspects Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand in the General remarks ... 2285 Canadian Heavy Oil Industry (CHOPS report) Electric power, Coal-produced–Taxation ... 1644 General remarks ... 815 Contract with consultant re AEUB division ... Electric power–Export 2027–28, 2066 Consultant's advice re ... 2066 Electricity branch director's (Kellan Fluckiger) letter General remarks ... 727, 2252 to EUB re AltaLink transmission line application Electric power–Prices ... 2320–21 General remarks ... 813–14, 1112, 1586 Former ministers' comments on royalty revenue Impact of new electricity transmission regulation on appropriateness ... 2140 ... 544 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... PC candidate's statement re, in Drumheller by- 1215, 1221–23, 1227, 1230–31, 1233, 1627–28, election campaign ... 1654 1632–33, 1635, 1639–41, 1644 Electric power–Supply Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 808–16, 818, General remarks ... 672, 727, 814, 1230, 1586 1109–18, 1397–1401 Electric power lines Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Approval process for, public input into ... 1997 during (SP477, 493, 533, 613, 664/07: Tabled) Burying of ... 727 ... 1247, 1272, 1386, 1659, 1768 General remarks ... 814 Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 727, 1114, 2252 EUB hearing ... 2139 Electric power lines–Construction Minister's misleading statements, point of privilege re Compensation to landowners re ... 816 ... 1792–93 Costs of ... 814, 815, 1889 Minister's resignation ... 1783, 2137–38 General remarks ... 439, 1619–20 Production Audit Group, staffing level ... 1785 Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) Royalty rate increase comments ... 1788, 1853 Construction of, hearings re ... 195, 228, 672, 1619 Dept. of Environment Construction of, hearings re, postponement of ... 228 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Construction of, impact on affected landowners ... 1215, 1221–23, 1227, 1230–31, 1233, 1627–28, 195, 228, 1619–20 1632–33, 1635, 1639–41, 1644 Construction of, public inquiry into ... 1619–20 Dept. of Health and Wellness General remarks ... 1113, 1114 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Electric power lines–Pincher Creek to Lethbridge (240 1215, 1221–23, 1227, 1230–31, 1233 kV) Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing General remarks ... 439–40 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Electric power lines–Regulations 1627–28, 1632–33, 1635, 1639–41, 1644 April 11, 2007 regulation (OC173/2007) ... 605, 815, Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development 816, 818 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... April 11, 2007 regulation (OC173/2007), role of 1627–28, 1632–33, 1635, 1639–41, 1644 Kellan Fluckiger in ... 544 District energy (urban waste heat utilization) General remarks ... 815–16 General remarks ... 1115 Electric power plants Siting of ... 1400 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 329
Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) (Continued) (Continued) Electric power system Environmental impact assessments General remarks ... 809, 1112, 1114 Oil sands projects ... 1114 Value-added strategy re ... 809 Environmental protection Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 224 Deregulation ... 815, 1112, 1586, 1654 Initiatives re: Funding for ... 809 Electric Utilities Act EPCOR Group of Companies General remarks ... 816, 1112, 1117–18 Joint Genesee 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities Electricity meters ... 1230, 2285 Reading of ... 1231 Joint Keephills 3 power plant with TransAlta Utilities Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 ... 1230, 2285 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1796–97 Power, water and waste-water plants for Dods-Round Endangered wildlife species Hill coal gasification project ... 2285 Impact of energy industry on ... 1400–01 Ethane Energy Alberta Corporation Extraction of, from throughput of pipelines ... 811, Nuclear power production in Alberta, proposal for ... 1116, 1644 2031 Ethane–Royalties Energy conservation Reductions in ... 811–12 General remarks ... 809, 810, 1233 Ethanol Energy industry Producer credits for ... 809 General remarks ... 1117, 1233 Flaring of natural gas Impact on the landscape ... 1635 Reduction of ... 1398 Impact on wildlife ... 1400–01 Food–Prices Investment in ... 1397 Impact of biofuel industry on ... 1641 Major projects by, public input into ... 1227 Food industry and trade Value-adding/upgrading in ... 809, 1110, 1114, 1117, Impact of biofuels industry on ... 1641 1227, 1542 Forest management Value-adding/upgrading in, impact of projects delays Impact of biofuel industry on (hybrid trees) ... 1641 on ... 193 Gas, Natural Energy industry–Eastern Slopes area Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1111, General remarks ... 192 1397 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Volatiles in, as feedstock for petrochemical industry Clean-up costs re ... 1114 ... 1116 General remarks ... 192, 1117 Gas, Natural–Export Energy industry–Marie Lake area General remarks ... 1114, 1116, 1233 Impact on lake water quality ... 331, 404, 474, 1584 Gas, Natural–Prices Energy Innovation Fund Forecast for ... 810 General remarks ... 809, 1230 General remarks ... 1116 Energy research Gas, Natural–Royalties Funding for ... 809 General remarks ... 1116 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Henry hub price as basis for ... 818 General remarks ... 224, 803, 809, 1112–13, 1230, Gas, Natural–Supply 1231, 1397, 1586, 1633 General remarks ... 1114, 1116 Provincial support for (Motion 502: Lukaszuk) ... Gas industry 215–16 Decline of ... 812 Energy Resources Conservation Board Gas pipelines–Mackenzie Valley to Alberta Reconstitution of ... 1117, 1223, 1397, 1767 General remarks ... 803 Reconstitution of: Contract with consultant for advice Gas recovery methods re ... 2027–28, 2066 Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1633 Energy strategy Gas well drilling industry Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... In vicinity of urban areas ... 1644 861–62 Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Energy strategy, Integrated (Renewable/ nonrenewable General remarks ... 1927–28, 1929 resource development) Gasoline–Prices Funding for ... 809–10 Impact of Petro-Canada refinery fire on ... 19 General remarks ... 224, 439, 809–10, 811, 1110, Gasoline–Taxation 1116, 1233 Provincial tax ... 19 Energy supply–Research Geothermal power Funding for ... 809 General remarks ... 1639 Enmax Corporation Use as power source in oil sands production ... 803 Power plant construction, Calgary area ... 727, 814, 1114, 1400 Grande Cache Coal Corporation Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633 Tailings, disposal of ... 1400 330 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) (Continued) (Continued) Greenhouse gas emissions National Energy Board (Federal) Federal plan to reduce ... 1117 Keystone bitumen pipeline hearings ... 1542 General remarks ... 1398 Natural Gas Price Protection Act Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 1117 District heat offsets under ... 1115 Reduction of ... 818 Natural resources revenue Groundwater Collection of appropriate amount of ... 671–72, 694, Inventory/mapping of, funding for ... 809 730, 1783, 1785, 1788, 1853, 1889–90, 1890, Horseshoe Canyon 1893, 1957, 1958, 2139–40 Industrial development in, impact on groundwater Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency supplies ... 1221 debate on legislation re ... 1796–97 Hydro and Electric Energy Act General remarks ... 809, 810, 812, 1397, 1993–94 Amendment by Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... Act ... 1889 810 Hydrocarbon Upgrading Task Force Natural resources revenue–Texas General remarks ... 1115, 1116, 1117, 1230 Level of ... 671–72, 694, 730 Hydrogen sulphide emissions Net billing (Electricity) Impact on animal/human health ... 1227 General remarks ... 1113 Independent System Operator (Electricity industry) Net metering (Electricity) Transfer of authority to, from Energy and Utilities General remarks ... 1113, 1231 Board ... 544, 605, 815, 816, 818 Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area General remarks ... 813, 815 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 599 Nuclear fuel recycling Environmental impact of ... 1227 General remarks ... 1399 Impact on water supplies ... 1639 Nuclear power Keystone bitumen pipeline General remarks ... 2031–32 National Energy Board hearings re ... 1542 Public discussions re ... 1640, 2032 Land agents–Licensing Public funding for ... 2032 General remarks ... 475 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 763, Provincial Court decision re (Raymond Strom case) ... 1115–16, 1398, 1399, 1639–40 475 Nuclear power plants–Security aspects Land Agents Licensing Act General remarks ... 840 Industry vs. landowner imbalance ... 475 Nuclear power plants–Waste disposal Land-use framework General remarks ... 764, 1399 General remarks ... 809, 1401, 1644 Oil–Export Inclusion of energy industry in discussion re ... 1627 General remarks ... 1233 Public consultations re ... 1635 Oil–Prices Livestock Forecast for ... 810 Impact of coal-bed methane extraction process on ... Oil and gas leases 1221 General remarks ... 1627, 1633 Impact of sour gas emissions on ... 1227, 1929 Revenue from, decline of ... 1399–1400 Mana Energy Group Limited Oil industry Contract with government re AEUB division ... Decline of ... 812 2027–28 Oil recovery methods Manufacturing Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1398, 1633 Impact of new federal capital cost allowance on ... Improvement of ... 812 229 Oil sands development Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) General remarks ... 810, 1397 General remarks ... 1118, 1857 Impact of phase out of accelerated capital cost Not subject to Auditor General Act ... 1889 allowance on ... 229 Review of Alberta Electric System Operator ... 1078 Royalties paid re, value of reduction of, 1997-2006 Methane–Export (Q3/07: Defeated) ... 574–75 General remarks ... 1114 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Methane in water report on ... 1890 General remarks ... 1221, 1223 Use of natural gas supplies ... 1111 Milner Power Inc. Value-added opportunities ... 813 Grande Cache electric power plant ... 1400 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Mineral rights Clean-up costs re ... 1114 Coal-bed methane ... 731 General remarks ... 331, 404 Mineral rights–Marie Lake area Oil sands development–Waste disposal Sale of ... 404, 474, 1584 Tailings ponds, reclamation of ... 1399 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 331
Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) (Continued) (Continued) Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee Property rights General remarks ... 1890 Impact of Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Oil Sands Underground Mining (OSUM) Corporation on ... 1856 Seismic testing under Marie Lake ... 404, 1584 Public contracts for consultants Oral Question Period (2007) Dept. of Energy consultant ... 2027–28, 2066 Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1856–57, 1889 Quality of life Alberta Utilities Commission act ... 1856–57, 1889 Impact of energy industry expansion on ... 404 Alberta Utilities Commission Act amendments ... Reclamation of land 2214 Abandoned well sites ... 1114, 1230–31, 1401 AltaLink electricity transmission line ... 1619–20 Funding for research re ... 809 Capital cost allowance program ... 229 Oil sands area ... 1399 CNRL Bonnyville upgrader project delay ... 193 Reforestation Department of Energy consultant ... 2027–28, 2066 General remarks ... 1635 Dodds-Round Hill coal gasification project ... 130, Regional health authorities 2285 Sour gas leaks, notification re ... 1929 Electric System Operator review ... 1078 Rolls Royce plc Electricity deregulation ... 1654 General remarks ... 544 Electricity exports ... 2252 Royalty Review 2006: A List of Consultant Studies and Electricity generation and demand ... 1586 Software Electricity line between Edmonton and Calgary ... Copy tabled ... 730 195, 228, 672 Copy tabled (SP250/07) ... 564 Electricity transmission regulation ... 544, 605 Wood Mackenzie report listed in, censored sections ... Energy and Utilities Board ... 571, 2104, 2320–2321 694 Energy regulatory hearings ... 1997 Royalty Review Panel Enmax electricity transmission line ... 727 Consideration of draft 2004 government report on oil Environmental policy ... 224 sands royalty structure ... 1889–90 Freehold mineral rights ... 731 General remarks ... 671, 694 Hydroelectric power ... 803 Our Fair Share (report) ... 1958, 2256 Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of 599 appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1853, Industrial development in Alberta's heartland area ... 2139–40 599 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Internal royalty review ... 509–10 Draft government report of October 2004 re ... 1889 Keystone pipeline project ... 1542 Draft government report of October 2004 re, tabling Licensing of land agents ... 475 of ... 1889 New Royalty Framework ... 1787, 1890, 2251, 2256, Energy dept.'s annual reports' coverage of ... 1924 2382 Exemptions re (royalty holidays) ... 812 New royalty framework ... 1787, 1890 Former Energy minister's speech re ... 2140 Nuclear power ... 763–64, 840, 2031–32 General remarks ... 810, 1110, 1115, 1221, 2139–40 Oil and gas activity in the eastern slopes ... 192 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1787, 1890, 1958, Oil sands royalty structure ... 2139–40 2251, 2256, 2382 Petro-Canada refinery fire ... 19 Review of ... 509–10, 809, 811, 818, 1110, 1117, Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 331, 1401, 1958, 2139 404, 474, 1584 Review of, 2006, documentation re (M1/07: Royalty revenues ... 671–72, 694, 730, 1783, 1785, Defeated) ... 576 1788, 1853, 1889–90, 1893, 1924, 1957–58, Royalty structure (Energy resources)–Alaska 1993–94 General remarks ... 2382 Sour gas well safety ... 1927–28, 1929 Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2137–39 Third Reading ... 551 Wind power generation ... 439–40 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Petro-Canada Impact on water quality ... 331, 404, 474 Refinery fire, Strathcona County ... 19 Sherritt International Corporation Petrochemical industry Coal mine/coal gasification project, Tofield area ... General remarks ... 1110, 1397 130, 2285 Natural gas volatiles as feedstock for ... 1116 SNC Lavalin Inc. Preservation of ... 811–12 Electric power tie-line with Montana ... 727 Point of Order Social services–Finance Factual accuracy ... 2003 Funding from uncollected resource revenues ... 1893 Separating amendments ... 2415–16 Suncor Inc. Privilege Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Misleading the House (Minister of Energy) ...... 2256 1792–93, 1827 332 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Teachers' Association (Continued) Suncor Inc. (Continued) Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 327, 1185, Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 812, 813 1250, 1252, 1277, 1336–37, 1359, 1360, 1480, Syncrude Canada Ltd. 1566, 1686, 1724, 1893–94 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Alberta's Commission on Learning ... 2256 Class size recommendations ... 137, 1253, 1259, Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 812, 813 1567, 1686, 1727 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Kindergarten recommendations ... 474, 476, 1201 Committee ... 1031 Apprenticeship training Tonbridge Power Inc. General remarks ... 1209 Documents re Alberta/Montana electricity tie line ... Archbishop MacDonald high school, Edmonton 2252 Upgrading of ... 1857, 1859, 2152 TransAlta Utilities Corporation Auditor General Joint Genesee 3 power plant with EPCOR ... 1230, Dept. of Education recommendations ... 1261 2285 Battle River School Division Joint Keephills 3 power plant with EPCOR ... 1230, Centralization of maintenance ... 2152 2285 Black Gold school division Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633 Student obesity intervention program ... 1198, 1360 Utilities Consumer Advocate Budget General remarks ... 1118 Fixed date for ... 1253, 1261 Transfer to Alberta utilities commission ... 1857 Bullying, Online Water power General remarks ... 2143 General remarks ... 224, 1586 Bullying–Prevention Slave River rapids, harnessing of ... 803 General remarks ... 639–40, 2143 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 803 Provincial helpline re ... 640, 2143 Water quality–Marie Lake Websites re ... 2143 Impact of energy development on ... 331, 404, 474, Calgary Board of Education 1584 Balanced budget ... 1585 Water supply Maintenance budget ... 568–69 Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1639 School busing funding review, request for ... 128 Well sites, Abandoned Surplus ... 1353 Remediation of ... 1230–31, 1401 Calgary Catholic Board of Education Remediation of, funding for ... 1231 Kindergarten funding ... 1201 West WindEau Inc. School busing funding review, request for ... 128 Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633 School funding plebiscite ... 1276 Wildlife habitat School modernization projects funding ... 2152 Impact of energy development on ... 1400–01 Surplus ... 1353 Wind power Calgary issues Cap on production of ... 1112, 1633 General remarks ... 1585 General remarks ... 24, 439–40, 1112, 1113, 1633 Camrose Composite High School Wind Power Inc. Upgrading of ... 2165 Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633 Capital projects Windrise Power Inc. Public/private partnerships re ... 129 Wind power contribution to power grid ... 1633 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Wood Mackenzie 207) Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 694 Second Reading ... 1088 Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) Children at risk–Education Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Kindergarten programs for, funding for ... 874 Drug abuse awareness programs for youth ... 1198 Class size (Grade school) Alberta initiative for school improvement Reduction of, funding for ... 137, 1249, 1253, 1259, Funding for ... 1249, 1253–54 1352, 1566–67, 1686, 1724, 1727 General remarks ... 1360 Reduction of, in rural areas ... 1566–67 Alberta School Boards Association Collective bargaining–Teachers Application of lobbyist legislation to ... 674 General remarks ... 1355–56 Edwin Parr awards ... 2031 Impact of education funding on ... 227, 804, 874, Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 327 1188–89, 1251, 1276, 1352, 1686, 1724 Student allergies procedures, review of ... 1257 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension funding on ... Alberta Teachers' Association 689, 731, 1252, 1277, 1336–37, 1480, 1894 Annual report, 2005 (SP162/07: Tabled) ... 333 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five- Letter to, re unfunded pension liability funding from year agreement on ... 2029, 2030, 2031 province ... 689, 731, 1252 Committees, Policy field (all-party) Minister of Education's letter to president of Referral of Lobbyists Act to ... 674 (SP387/07: Tabled) ... 879 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 333
Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Community schools Edmonton Sun (Newspaper) General remarks ... 260, 1356 Former MLA's contract, article re ... 504 Computers in schools Former MLA's contract, article re (SP220/07: Tabled) Funding for ... 1249 ... 511 Standardized instruction on ... 1210–11 Education Dept. of Children's Services General remarks ... 1250 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Grade inflation in Alberta's system, memo re 1194, 1197–98, 1201–02, 1207, 1209–11 (SP611/07: Tabled) ... 1659 Dept. of Education Education–Curricula Annual report, 2005-06 (SP21/07: Tabled) ... 26 Career and life management course: Sexually Annual report, 2006-07 (SP797/07: Tabled) ... 2002 transmitted diseases awareness component Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1261 ... 47 Budget process, relation to school boards' processes Career and technology courses ... 1207, 1209 ... 1253, 1261 Career and technology courses, funding for ... 874, Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 137 1249 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Drug abuse awareness programs ... 1198 1194, 1197–98, 1201–02, 1207, 1209–11 Funding for implementation of ... 1249 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1249–57, Involvement of teachers in ... 1201 1259–61, 1350, 1352–60, 1563–67 Education–Finance Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions General remarks ... 88, 227, 804, 874, 1201–02, 1242, during (SP578-579/07: Tabled) ... 1535 1249, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1276, 1278, 1356, Minister's letter re Parkland school teachers' strike ... 1392–93, 1566, 1727, 1994 16 Program unit funding ... 1194 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Program unit funding: Extension to grade 3 ... 1197 2151–52, 2156, 2165 Review of ... 128 System improvement and reporting division: Role in teachers' strikes ... 88 Expenses of (Q32/06: Response tabled as User fees ... 644, 2254 SP295/07) ... 697 Election Act System improvement and reporting division: Voting age under, lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Performance measures re (Q31/06: Response Chase) ... 1677 tabled as SP294/07) ... 697 Ellerslie elementary school Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Upgrading of ... 2286 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... English as a Second Language 1194, 1197–98, 1201–02, 1207, 1209–11 Extension to private schools, funding for ... 1249, Disabled children–Education–Finance 1256, 1257, 1354 Coding system re ... 1197, 1256, 1566 Funding for ... 874, 1249, 1259 General remarks ... 1194, 1249, 1259 General remarks ... 1211 Distance education Equine industry General remarks ... 1210 Training programs for ... 1209 For Parkland school division students ... 16 Ernest Manning high school, Calgary Drumheller high school Roof repairs ... 568–69 Upgrades to ... 1259 Excellence in Teaching Awards Early childhood education General remarks ... 2031 Full-day programs ... 474, 476, 1358 Program from ceremony re (SP422/07: Tabled) ... Funding ... 476, 1249 1074 Funding: Liberal opposition policy re ... 1393 Family and community support services program General remarks ... 1201, 1249 Special needs education funding ... 1194 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 474, 476 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Showcase Early childhood education–Calgary Organization of ... 503 Catholic school board programs ... 1201 Food sales in schools Edmonton-Castle Downs (Constituency) Ban on junk food ... 2254 Member for's meeting with Maskell & Associates, Golden Hills school division bill for ... 504, 538 School closure plans ... 1132, 1259 Edmonton Public School Board Golf courses Alternative programs, impact on school cloures ... Provincial grants to ... 1260 1257 Grande Prairie public school district Budget ... 1724 Budget ... 1686–87 Kindergarten programs ... 474 Hamptons school, Calgary School closure decisions ... 298, 1257, 1356 Renovations to ... 137, 1762 School modernization projects funding ... 2152 Head Start program Surplus ... 1353 General remarks ... 1249 334 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) High Park elementary school, Edmonton Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Closure ... 260, 298 Calgary concerns ... 1585 High school completion Childhood obesity ... 2254 General remarks ... 137, 1249, 1354 Deferred infrastructure maintenance ... 1859 Symposium on ... 1354 Deferred school infrastructure maintenance ... 1994 High school education–Curricula Early childhood education ... 474, 476 Vocational/trades courses ... 538–39, 1207, 1209 Education funding ... 227, 804, 1276, 1278, 1392–93, High school education–Finance 1686–87, 1724, 1727 Credit enrollment unit funding ... 1253 Government contract with former MLA ... 503–04 High school graduates Government contracting policies ... 538 Competitiveness of ... 1201, 1207 Lobbying government ... 674 Numbers of: Transition to postsecondary education ... Outbreak of infectious syphilis ... 47 1211 Private/public partnerships ... 129 Home education Public/private partnerships for school construction ... General remarks ... 1209–10 1588, 1762 Horse racing Royalty revenues ... 1890 Lottery funding for ... 1209 Rural school closures ... 1132 Hussar high school School board deficits ... 874 Closure ... 1259 School closures ... 260, 298 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, School construction ... 1441 2007-08 School construction and renovation ... 1052, 1857 Estimates debated ... 137 School construction in Edmonton-Ellerslie ... Laptop computers as learning tool in schools 2285–86 Pilot project re ... 1211 School infrastructure in Calgary ... 568–69 Lobbyists–Registration School nutrition programs ... 1242 School board trustees ... 674, 1255 School transportation in Calgary ... 644 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Security in schools ... 543 General remarks ... 674 Student transportation ... 128 Marlborough elementary school, Calgary Teacher recruitment and retention ... 2031 Roof repairs ... 569 Teachers' labour dispute ... 15–16, 88 Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Teachers' salary negotiations ... 1188–89, 1686 Former MLA's government contract ... 503–04, 538 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 327, 689, 731, Former MLA's government contract, newspaper 1185, 1277, 1336–37, 1480, 1893–94, 2029, article re ... 504 2030–31 Former MLA's government contract, newspaper Teachers' unfunded pension plan task force ... 1616 article re (SP220/07: Tabled) ... 511 Vocational education ... 538–39 Meeting with Member for Edmonton-Castle Downs, Youth apprenticeship program ... 1447 bill for ... 504, 538 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Receipt of registration fee from aboriginal children re Development conference attendance ... 503 International student achievement test results ... Members of the Legislative Assembly 2378–79 Discussions with school boards ... 674 Parkland school board Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for Teachers' strike ... 16, 88 ... 503–04 Teachers' strike, resignation of trustee over ... 16 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract Patronage for, newspaper article re ... 504 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract ... 538 for, newspaper article re (SP220/07: Tabled) ... 511 Physical fitness–Teaching Ministerial Statements (2007) Daily mandatory activities ... 1198, 1360 Student achievement tests ... 2378–79 Elimination of facility fees re ... 2254 Natural resources revenue Plebiscites, Provincial Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1890 School board funding ... 1252, 1276, 1278, 1994 Obesity in children Point of Order Reduction of ... 1198, 1360, 2254 Allegations against a member ... 1248 Official Opposition Private schools–Finance Education funding policy ... 1392–93 For ESL programs ... 1249, 1256, 1257, 1354 Oil sands development General remarks ... 1210, 1249, 1256, 1257, 1354 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Property tax–Education levy report on ... 2152 General remarks ... 1253 Oral Question Period (2007) Public contracts Affordable housing in Calgary ... 840 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 503–04, Bullying ... 639–40, 2143 538 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 335
Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Radisson school, Calgary Schoolchildren with anaphylaxis General remarks ... 137 Legislation re ... 1257 Reading recovery program Schools–Architectural design General remarks ... 1356, 1357 Standardization of ... 1210 Reinstatement of ... 1209 Schools–Closure Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Appeal process re ... 298 General remarks ... 539 General remarks ... 260, 298, 1257, 1352, 1356, 1357, Rent increases 1360 General remarks ... 840 Schools–Closure–Rural areas Rent increases–Calgary General remarks ... 1132 General remarks ... 840 Schools–Construction Rockyford elementary school Alternative funding of ... 1563 Closure ... 1132, 1259 Funding for ... 137, 1249, 1250, 1252, 1255, 1393, Rural economic development 1441, 1724 Government strategy re ... 1132 General remarks ... 128, 129, 1052, 1252, 1257, 1352, School Act 1857 Plebiscite provisions ... 1276, 1994 Public/private projects re ... 129, 137, 1052, 1252, School closure provisions ... 1360 1354, 1563, 1588, 1762, 1857, 2152, 2165 School boards Template for ... 1762 Audited financial statements, 2005-06, sections 1-3 Schools–Construction–Calgary (SP828-830/07: Tabled) ... 2002 General remarks ... 128, 644, 1585 Budget process ... 1253, 1261 Schools–Construction–Edmonton-Ellerslie constituency Deficit financing ... 804, 874, 1261 General remarks ... 1255, 2285–86 Financial statements, 2004-05, sections 1-3 (SP159- Schools–Maintenance and repair 161/07: Tabled) ... 333 Funding for ... 227, 568–69, 1249, 1250, 1255, 1352, Funding ... 88, 476, 1249, 1251–52, 1255, 1336, 1354, 1727, 1762, 1857, 1859, 1994, 2151–52, 1686–87, 1724, 1859, 1894, 1994 2156, 2165 Funding: From uncollected resource revenues ... 1890 Funding for, alternative methods ... 569, 1255 Funding: Renewed funding framework ... 1393 General remarks ... 1052 Healthy eating promotion programs ... 2254 Schools–Maintenance and repair–Calgary Maintenance planning ... 2152 Funding for ... 568–69, 1994 Role of ... 1353–54, 2031 Schools–Security aspects Surpluses, access to ... 874, 1188–89, 1251, 1261, General remarks ... 543, 1198 1352, 1353–54 Schools for tomorrow action plan Surpluses, document re (SP386/07: Tabled) ... 879 General remarks ... 1393 Teachers' unfunded pension liability negotiations, role Scripps National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C. (May in ... 2029, 2030–31 2007) School cafeterias Alberta semifinalist at ... 1565 Provincial funding for ... 2156 Service sector School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, Training programs for ... 1209 2007 (Bill 215) Sexually transmitted diseases Second reading ... 2342–43 High school awareness campaign re ... 47 School counsellors Skills competition, Provincial General remarks ... 1197, 1201 General remarks ... 1209 School dropouts Special needs aides in high schools General remarks ... 1356 Funding for ... 1201–02 School nutrition programs Strikes and lockouts–Teachers General remarks ... 1242, 1260, 1358, 2254 Impact of education funding on ... 874 Liberal opposition policy re ... 1393 Parkland school division labour dispute ... 15–16, 88, School resource officers (police) 1252 General remarks ... 543 Parkland school division labour dispute: Minister's School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) letter re ... 16 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Parkland school division labour dispute: Online Second Reading ... 1094–95 education services for students during ... 16 General remarks ... 644 Student Health Initiative School trustees Funding for ... 1249–50, 1352 Registration as lobbyists ... 674, 1255 Student mentors Schoolchildren–Transportation General remarks ... 1198, 1354 Funding for ... 1249, 1566 Student testing General remarks ... 1210 Achievement tests ... 1211 Schoolchildren–Transportation–Calgary Achievement tests: Grade 3 tests elimination ... 1259 Achievement tests: International standing of Alberta Funding increase for ... 128, 644 students, ministerial statement re ... 2378–79 336 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Students First (Publication) Wages–Public service Copy tabled (SP288/07) ... 697 Funding for ... 2152 Substance abuse–Prevention–Youth Wages–Teachers General remarks ... 1198 General remarks ... 1188–89, 1352, 1354, 1686, 1724 Supplementary estimates Provisions for, in unfunded pension liability five-year Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2151–52, 2156, 2165 agreement ... 2029, 2031 Surplus, Budgetary West Lethbridge Centre General remarks ... 1687, 2151, 2152 Provincial funding for ... 1565 Syphilis outbreak Western Canada high school, Calgary General remarks ... 47 Upgrading of ... 1857, 1859, 2152 High school awareness campaign re ... 47 Youth apprenticeship program Teachers General remarks ... 1447 Attitude of ... 1352, 1564 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Hiring of, funding for ... 874 Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) Recruitment and retention of ... 2031 Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Recruitment and retention of, role of unfunded sittings) pension liability five-year agreement in ... 2031 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) Retention of, funding for ... 1249 Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Retention of, role of unfunded pension liability in ... sittings) 1250, 1564 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Teachers, Training of 22) Funding for ... 1249 Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House Teachers–Fort McMurray sittings) Northern allowance payments to ... 2152 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 Teachers–Northern Alberta (Bill 35) Retention of ... 1564 Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Teachers–Supply sittings) General remarks ... 1564 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Teachers' Pension Plan Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Unfunded liability ... 227, 327, 1250, 1336–37, 1359, sittings) 1360, 1480, 1564, 1686, 1724 Animal Health Act (Bill 32) Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 689, 731, 1185, Royal Assent ... 1757 1249, 1277, 1352, 1393, 1893–94 Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining 19) negotiations ... 689, 731, 1252, 1277, 1480, 1894 Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining sittings) negotiations, letter to ATA re ... 1252 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as Royal Assent ... 19 June, 2007 (Outside of House amended: Flaherty) ... 354 sittings) Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of ... 2029, Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25) 2030–31 Royal Assent ... 23 March, 2007 (Outside of House Unfunded liability: Provincial payment of (Bill 53) ... sittings) 2100 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Unfunded liability: Task force to review ... 689, 1250, 20) 1252, 1277, 1337, 1360, 1480, 1566 Royal Assent ... 23 March, 2007 (Outside of House Unfunded liability: Task force to review, Allan Scott's sittings) membership on ... 1616 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) 2) (Bill 56) First reading ... 2100 Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Second reading ... 2227 sittings) Committee ... 2367 Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) Third reading ... 2489, 2492 Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, sittings) Edmonton Climate Change and Emissions Management Cafeteria, non-funding of ... 1358–59 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Video conferencing in education Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House Funding for ... 1249 sittings) Vocational education Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) General remarks ... 538–39 Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Voting age (Provincial elections) sittings) Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1677 Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 337
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54) Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 2) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House (Bill 57) sittings) Royal Assent ... 1757 Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26) Royal Assent ... 1757 Royal Assent ... 1757 East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House 14) sittings) Royal Assent ... 19 June, 2007 (Outside of House Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) sittings) Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) sittings) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions sittings) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39) Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Royal Assent ... 1757 Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 29) sittings) Royal Assent ... 1757 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6) Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House 38) sittings) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill sittings) 7) Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Act, 2007 (Bill 48) sittings) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution sittings) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15) Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House 41) sittings) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) sittings) Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 sittings) (No.2) (Bill 50) Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5) Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Royal Assent ... 19 June, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Royal Assent ... 19 June, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 20 April, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) 2007 (Bill 12) Royal Assent ... 1 June, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 19 June, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Royal Assent ... 19 June, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Speech from the Throne Entrance of ... 1–2 Address given ... 2–4 Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Royal Assent ... 19 June, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Royal Assent ... 1 June, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House sittings) sittings) Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 44) Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 1757 sittings) 338 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Bullying–Prevention Authorization Act (Bill 33) Government programs re ... 1309 Royal Assent ... 1757 Butler, Stephanie Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Murder of, inquiry into ... 471–72 Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Cardston-Taber-Warner (Constituency) sittings) Issues in ... 2383 Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act Casinos (Bill 23) Responsible gambling information centres in ... 1316 Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House Charitable Gaming in Alberta: 2006-07 in Review sittings) Copy tabled (SP759/07: Tabled) ... 1931 Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) Child welfare workers–Safety aspects Royal Assent ... 7 December, 2007 (Outside of House General remarks ... 1764 sittings) Community corrections programs Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) General remarks ... 1309 Aboriginal police services Community justice Funding for ... 1336 Funding for ... 1309 Aboriginal police services–Lesser Slave Lake area Correctional institutions General remarks ... 1335–36 General remarks ... 1308, 1309 Aboriginal reserves Correctional personnel RCMP patrols on ... 1309, 1310 Increase in number of ... 1309 Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police Operation of municipal lock-up facilites, legislation re Recommendations re Law Enforcement Review ... 122 Board ... 1483 Correctional personnel–Edmonton Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Consultation with, re new Remand Centre design ... Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to 164 Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators Courts–Security aspects at ... 2137 Funding for ... 1309 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission General remarks ... 1315 Alberta server intervention program (Liquor sales in Crime database licensed premises) ... 1586 Integrated (cross jurisdictional) database ... 569, 1317 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP75 & 237/07: Tabled) ... Integrated (cross jurisdictional) database, funding for 156, 545 ... 1309, 1311, 1315, 1928 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP758/07: Tabled) ... Crime prevention 1930-31 Asset building component ... 1314–15 General remarks ... 1308, 1309, 1316 Funding for ... 1309, 2158 Inspection of liquor violations at Palace Casino ... General remarks ... 1308, 1314, 1893 1484–85 Role of communities in ... 1893, 1928 Online casinos policy ... 437 Volunteer groups role in ... 543–44 Alberta Gaming Research Institute Crime prevention–Edmonton Funding for ... 1309, 2158 Impact of low funding on ... 1538 Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams Crime prevention–St. Paul General remarks ... 1310 Funding for ... 641 Alberta Registries Crime reduction Input of car insurance data into database of ... 569 Integrated strategy for ... 1315 Alberta relationship threat assessment initiative Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Funding for ... 46 Arrest warrants, outstanding, recommendation for Alberta Roundtable on Violence In and Around Licensed resolution of ... 1893 Premises Final report ... 1928, 2068 Report ... 1585–86 Final report and government response to ... 2158 Alberta serious incident response team (Proposed) Final report recommendations, funding for General remarks ... 1309 implementing ... 2033 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees General remarks ... 1315 Consultation with, re new remand centre design ... Criminal Code (Federal) 164 Internet gambling provisions ... 437 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Crystal Meth Task Force Crime/policing discussions ... 641, 1311, 2383 Report ... 2033 Alberta Victims of Crime Consultation report Dept. of Gaming General remarks ... 1313 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP26/07: Tabled) ... 26 Alexander First Nation Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Internet gambling plans ... 437 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP38/07: Tabled) ... 26 Battered women–Housing Annual report, 2006-07 (SP810/07: Tabled) ... 26, General remarks ... 2142 2002 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 339
Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Guardian Angels (Crime prevention volunteer group) (Continued) Presence in Alberta ... 543–44 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1308–18 Highway 63 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Twinning ... 508 during (SP629/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Hobbema Community Cadet Corps Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at General remarks ... 1314 EUB hearing ... 2137 Horse Lake First Nation Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Aboriginal policing agreement ... 1335–36 2158–60, 2165 Horse Racing Alberta Domestic violence Annual report, 2005 (SP238/07: Tabled) ... 545 General remarks ... 46 Annual report, 2006 (SP638/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Domestic violence–Prevention Inmates of remand centres, Disabled Government programs re ... 1309 Facilities for ... 263 Drug dealers Facilities for, response to questions re (SP467/07: Apprehension of ... 2068 Tabled) ... 1246 Edmonton Police Service Insurance, Automobile Funding for ... 1538 Verification of, by police agencies ... 569 Increase in number of divisions, impact of on service Integrated child exploitation teams levels ... 1538 General remarks ... 1310 Edmonton Remand Centre Integrated Response to Organized Crime Facilities for disabled inmates in ... 263 General remarks ... 1310, 2068 Facilities for disabled inmates in, response to Internet (Computer network) questions re (SP467/07: Tabled) ... 1246 Gambling on ... 437 New facility for ... 1315, 2159 Kennedale school, Edmonton New facility for, cost increases re ... 1822–23, 2159 Liberal opposition visit to ... 1310 New facility for, facilities for disabled inmates of ... Law Enforcement Review Board 263 Caseload ... 1483, 1765 New facility for, funding for ... 1309, 1312–13 New chairperson ... 1483, 1765 New facility for, safety concerns re ... 164 Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council Upgrades to ... 2159 Aboriginal policing agreement ... 1335–36 Emergency planning Licensed premises General remarks ... 1315 Security/door staff training ... 1585–86 Enforcement services Violence in, prevention of ... 1585–86 Co-ordination of ... 1317 Violence in, prevention of: Public awareness Ernst & Young campaign re ... 1586 Review of Alberta lottery retailers' winnings ... 1483, Liquor distribution network 1540 General remarks ... 1316 Fines (Traffic violations) Liquor industry Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1311, General remarks ... 1308 1538, 2033 Liquor stores, Private Gambling, Compulsive Consolidation of ownership in ... 1316 Research into ... 2158 Lottery Fund Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Funds allocation ... 1309 General remarks ... 437 Lottery retailers–Alberta Gaming and Liquor Act Review of activities of ... 1482–83, 1540 Enforcement of, by sheriffs ... 1317 Review of activities of, release of reports on ... Gaming industry 1482–83, 1540 Charitable Gaming in Alberta: 2006-07 in Review Municipalities (SP759/07: Tabled) ... 1931 Role in crime reduction and safe communities ... General remarks ... 1308, 1316 1893, 1928 Gang-related crime Nuclear power plants–Security aspects General remarks ... 1928 General remarks ... 763, 1315 Investigation of ... 1893, 1928 Off-highway vehicles Give Your Other Vote to the Sister: A Woman's Journey General remarks ... 1317 into the Great War (Biography) Oil sands development–Security aspects General remarks ... 1579 General remarks ... 1315 Government openness Oral Question Period (2007) General remarks ... 1483 Cardston-Taber-Warner issues ... 2383 Grande Cache Institution (Federal) Corrections officer salaries ... 2385 Transfer of Edmonton Remand Centre inmates to ... Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1893, 2033 1309 Criminal justice system ... 1655 Disabled inmates at remand centres ... 263 340 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Police and peace officer college Drug abuse treatment and prevention Funding for, as P3 project ... 1312–13 Edmonton Remand Centre ... 164, 1822–23 General remarks ... 328, 1315, 1929 Edmonton remand centre ... 164, 1822–23 Police lock-up facilities Family violence ... 46 Transfer to provincial control, legislation re (Bill 16) Gang-related crime ... 1928 ... 122 Guardian Angels security organization ... 543–44 Postsecondary educational institutions–Security aspects Internet gaming ... 437 Campus security, arming of ... 605 Law Enforcement Review Board ... 1483 General remarks ... 605 Law enforcement review board ... 1765 Prisoners Lesser Slave Lake aboriginal policing ... 1335–36 Legislation re (Bill 52) ... 2136 Lottery retailer practices ... 1482–83, 1540 Rehabilitation services for ... 1308, 1314 Nuclear power ... 763 Probation officers Operation of traffic on multilane highways ... 2289 Increase in numbers of ... 1309 Palace Casino labour dispute ... 1484–85 Project Kare Peace and police officer training centre ... 328 General remarks ... 1310 Peace officer roles and responsibilities ... 804 Public lands Police funding ... 641 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1317 Police officer supply ... 1929 Public lands–Security aspects Police services ... 1538 General remarks ... 1317 Registries database access ... 569 Public safety (From criminal activity) Safety at postsecondary institutions ... 605 Funding for ... 1308 Safety of human service workers ... 1764 General remarks ... 543–44, 1308, 1538, 1655, 1928 School security ... 1689 Radio communications system (first responder system) Security in schools ... 543 General remarks ... 1311, 1315, 1317, 1928 Solicitor General staff college ... 403 Remand centres Speed limit enforcement ... 1279 Facilities for disabled inmates in ... 263 Stephanie Butler homicide ... 471–72 Facilities for disabled inmates in, response to Twinning of highway 63 ... 508 questions re (SP467/07: Tabled) ... 1246 Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2137 Overcrowding in ... 1309 Violence in licensed premises ... 1585–86 Roads, Multilane Women's shelters ... 2142 Righ-hand lane usage ... 2289 Organized crime Royal Canadian Mounted Police General remarks ... 1310, 1311, 1315 First Nations communities patrols ... 1309, 1310 Organized crime–Prevention Interim provision of police services to Lesser Slave Funding for ... 1309, 1893, 1928, 2068 Lake Indian Regional Council ... 1336 Palace Casino Knowledge of use of private investigators at EUB Liquor violations at ... 1484–85 hearing ... 2137 Peace officers Provincial funding for ... 472, 1308–09, 1310, 1311, Highway traffic safety duties ... 804 1312 Role of ... 804 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 508, 1318 Pipelines–Security aspects School resource officers (police) General remarks ... 1315 General remarks ... 543 Police Schools–Security aspects Domestic violence cases ... 46 Funding for ... 1689 General remarks ... 1308 General remarks ... 543, 1689 Incidents involving, provincial body to investigate, Sheriffs legislation re (Bill 16) ... 122 Funding for ... 2159–60 Increase in numbers of ... 1893, 1928, 1929 Knowledge of use of private investigators at EUB MLA committee review of: Report ... 328 hearing ... 2137 Neighbourhood patrols ... 1538 Operation of municipal lock-up facilites, legislation re Recruitment/retention problems, round-table on ...... 122 1929 Reclassification issues ... 2160 Police–Finance Replacement of commissionaires ... 2165 General remarks ... 472, 543, 641, 1308–09, 1311, Role of ... 1312, 1317–18, 1893 1538, 1893, 1928, 2033, 2159, 2383 Surveillance teams to investigate organized/gang- Police–Rural areas related crime ... 1893, 1928, 2160 Funding for ... 1310 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 508, 1279, Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) 1309, 1310, 1317–18 First Reading ... 122 Traffic safety enforcement function, funding for ... Second Reading ... 393 1309 Committee ... 492–93 Warrant apprehension duties ... 1309, 1311, 1893, Third Reading ... 663 1928, 1929, 2160 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 341
Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Sheriffs–Training Youth justice committees General remarks ... 1312, 1317 General remarks ... 1655 Slot machines in racing entertainment centres Youth violence–Prevention Revenue from: Transferred to lottery fund ... 1309 General remarks ... 1655 Social workers–Safety aspects Lougheed, Rob (PC, Strathcona) General remarks ... 1764 Alberta Order of Excellence Solicitor General Staff College Inductee into, member's statement re ... 688 Illness of recruits in ... 403 Alberta SuperNet Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1720 Debate ... 184 Alberta Teachers' Association Speed limits Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1563–64 Enforcement of ... 1279 Architecture and the disabled Strikes and lockouts–Palace Casino employees General remarks ... 1573 General remarks ... 1484 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Supplementary estimates Funding for ... 1572 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2158–60, 2165 Automobile drivers' licences Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Graduated licences, suspension of, following injury Second Reading ... 940, 960 collision: Petitions presented re ... 724, 1590, 1684 Committee ... 1010 Brain injured Terrorist attacks General remarks ... 2320 On nuclear power plants ... 763, 1315 Brain Injury Awareness Week Terrorist attacks–Prevention Member's statement re ... 1478 General remarks ... 1315 Calgary Public Library Traffic safety Award for services to the disabled ... 2320 Enforcement of, on Highway 63 ... 508 Captioning, Real-time General remarks ... 1279, 1309 Member's statement re ... 1719–20 Traffic Safety Act Christenson Developments Ltd. Enforcement of, by sheriffs ... 1317 Aging in place housing ... 1575 Right-hand lane usage on multilane highways, Climate Change and Emissions Management provision for ... 2289 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Victims of crime Committee: Amendment A1 (SP195/07: Tabled) ... Assistance programs ... 1308, 1309, 1655 453 Assistance programs status report, 2005-06 Dept. of Education (SP134/07: Tabled) ... 266 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1563–64, 1567 Assistance programs status report, 2006-07 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry (SP1061/07: Tabled) ... 2389 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1569–70 Victims of Crime Fund Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports General remarks ... 1313 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1572–73, 1575 Surplus ... 1314, 2142 Disabled Victims of Crime Protocol Programs for ... 1572 General remarks ... 1314, 1655 Quality of life issues re ... 1572–73 Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Disabled–Employment Edmonton Federal/provincial programs re ... 1570 Arson incident ... 543 General remarks ... 1569–70, 1572–73 Video conferencing of court proceedings Member's statement re ... 923, 1954 General remarks ... 1315 Provincial assistance re ... 928 Video gambling machines Tax credits re ... 1570 Revenue from, transferred to lottery fund ... 1309 Disabled–Housing Wages–Correctional personnel Government programs for ... 1575 General remarks ... 2385 Short-term vs long-term housing ... 1575 Wages–Public service EmployAbilities (Nonprofit group) Funding for ... 2159 General remarks ... 923 Warrant apprehension units Employers' Forum on Disability Establishment of, funding for ... 1309, 1311, 1893, General remarks ... 1954 1929 German, Sandra General remarks ... 1893, 1928 Member's statement re ... 1719–20 Western Canada Lottery Corporation Grande Prairie Residential Society Internal audit of lottery retailers' winnings in Alberta Award for services to the disabled ... 2320 ... 1482–83, 1540 Hansen, Mr. Rick Women's shelters Induction into Canada's Walk of Fame ... 1649 General remarks ... 2142 International Day of Disabled Persons General remarks ... 2320 342 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Lougheed, Rob (PC, Strathcona) (Continued) Lougheed, Rob (PC, Strathcona) (Continued) Labour supply School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Shortages, employment of the disabled to solve ... 923 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Second Reading ... 1098–99 hospitals) Senior citizens–Housing General remarks ... 1575 Government programs for ... 1575 Short term vs long term patients in ... 1575 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Mardon, Dr. Austin First Reading ... 156 Member's statement re ... 2281 Second Reading ... 210–11, 343 McPherson, Dr. Gary Committee ... 699–701, 706–07 Member's statement re ... 688 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP312/07: Tabled) ... Medical profession–Education 699 Undergraduate programs, selection criteria for ... 510 Third Reading ... 844–45, 850 Undergraduate programs, service contracts for Spinal cord injuries–Research students in ... 510 Funding for, member's statement re ... 1648–49 Members' Statements (2007) Student testing Brain Injury Awareness Week ... 1478 Diploma exams ... 1567 Dr. Austin Mardon ... 2281 General remarks ... 1567 Dr. Gary McPherson ... 688 Supportive living facilities Employment for persons with disabilities ... 923, Aging in place facilities ... 1575 1954 Tax incentives Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month ... 1237 For employment of the disabled ... 1570 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Teachers Disabilities awards of excellence ... 2319–20 Attitude of ... 1563–64 River Valley Alliance ... 500 Retention of, role of unfunded pension liability in ... Sandra German ... 1719–20 1563 Spinal cord injury initiatives ... 1648–49 Teachers–Northern Alberta Mental health services Retention of ... 1563 Performance measures re ... 1575 Teachers–Supply Mentally disabled General remarks ... 1564 Community treatment orders for ... 294 Teachers' Pension Plan Community treatment orders for, legislation re (Bill Unfunded liability ... 1563–64 31) ... 294 Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) Funding for programs for ... 1572 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month Position on municipal sustainability report ... 643 Member's statement re ... 1237 Alberta Government Offices Multiple Sclerosis Society Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... General remarks ... 1237 2252 Oral Question Period (2007) Alberta Registries Community treatment orders ... 294 Input of car insurance data into database of ... 569 Employment for persons with disabilities ... 928 Alberta Regulations Medical school selection criteria ... 510 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 841 Order of Canada Alberta SuperNet Awarded to Dr. Austin Mardon ... 2281 Telehealth programs via ... 1851 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Graduated drivers' licence, suspension following Position on municipal sustainability report ... 643 injury collisions ... 724, 1590, 1684 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Second reading ... 2092 Disabilities Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Annual report, 2005-06 (SP635/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Northwest portion: Member's statement re ... 1781 Awards of excellence, member's statement re ... Northwest portion: Public/private partnership (P3) 2319–20 funding model for ... 1781 General remarks ... 1954 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Public service–Alberta Second Reading ... 1706 Disabled employees ... 928 Bell Canada Quality of life Donation to Stollery children's hospital, member's General remarks ... 1572 statement re ... 1851 Rick Hansen Foundation Bitumen Alberta funding to, member's statement re ... 1648–49 Upgrading, environmental aspects ... 1542 River Valley Alliance, Edmonton Bitumen–Export Park system proposal, member's statement re ... 500 General remarks ... 1542 Schizophrenia Brokers of foreign worker importation General remarks ... 2281 Monitoring of ... 20 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 343
Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) (Continued) (Continued) Capital region integrated growth management plan Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area General remarks ... 1723 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 1995 Collective bargaining–Teachers Regional impact of ... 126–27, 695 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five- Insurance, Automobile year agreement on ... 2029, 2172 Driving without, cost of claims re ... 569 Community initiatives program Verification of, by police agencies ... 569 Grants awarded without matching funds ... 1270 Insurance companies Member's statement re ... 1270 Legal actions against firefighters/fire departments ... Consulate, Italian 604 Closure of ... 2207–08, 2217 Intermunicipal relations Closure of: Petition presented re ... 2209 General remarks ... 474–75, 643, 1054 Crime prevention Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Member's statement re ... 1236–37 General remarks ... 643 Crime Prevention Week Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... Member's statement re ... 1236–37 126–27, 695 Diversification International School of Macao General remarks ... 1542 Member's statement re ... 1921 Dunluce Crime Council International trade–United States General remarks ... 1237 General remarks ... 2252 Economic development and the environment Keystone bitumen pipeline General remarks ... 1995 National Energy Board hearings re ... 1542 Economic growth Korris, Taddes (Speaker's page) Impact on the environment ... 1995 Member's statement re ... 669 Economic growth–Edmonton area Legislative Assembly of Alberta Impact of ... 126–27 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Edmonton Hancock) ... 2301–02 Awarded fDi magazine Cities of the Future award, Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) member's statement re ... 1072 Committee ... 2019–20 Edmonton Economic Development Corporation Members' Statements (2007) General remarks ... 1072 Anthony Henday Drive ... 1781 Education–Curricula–Macao Archbishop Richard Smith ... 799 Member's statement re ... 1921 Cities of the future awards for Edmonton ... 1072 Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Community initiatives program ... 1270 Second Reading ... 554–55 Crime Prevention Week ... 1236–37 Second Reading ... 554–55 Dr. Robert Stollery, CM ... 155 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Education curriculum in Macao ... 1921 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1812–13 Fetal and pediatric echocardiography, telehealth Energy industry outreach program ... 1851 Value-adding/upgrading in ... 1542 Italian consulate ... 2207–08 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Taddes Korris, Speaker's page ... 669 Provincial support for (Motion 502: Lukaszuk) ... Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2172 212–13, 218 Yom ha-Shoah, Holocaust Memorial Day ... 562 Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39) Report ... 1054 Second Reading ... 1396–97 Report, municipal taxation recommendation ... Environmental impact assessments 226–27, 643 Cumulative assessments ... 1995 Municipal finance Equalization payments Provincial funding for ... 474–75 Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 43 Municipal Government Act Firefighters/fire departments Firefighters provisions ... 604 Legal actions against, by insurance companies ... 604 Municipal sustainability initiative Foreign Direct Investment (Magazine) Funding from ... 1763 Cities of the Future awards, given to Edmonton ... Municipalities 1072 Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on Foreign workers, Temporary ... 841 Treatment/safety of ... 20 National Energy Board (Federal) Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Keystone bitumen pipeline hearings ... 1542 Second Reading ... 1494 Natural resources revenue Industrial development–Environmental impact Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency General remarks ... 1995 debate on legislation re ... 1812–13 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 43 344 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) (Continued) (Continued) North American Cities of the Future awards Stollery, Dr. Robert (CM) Awarded to Edmonton, member's statement re ... Member's statement re ... 155 1072 Stollery Children's Hospital Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Echocardiography telehealth outreach program, Cumulative effects assessment of ... 1995 member's statement re ... 1851 Oral Question Period (2007) Taxation, Municipal Alberta office in Washington ... 2252 Recommendations of the Council on Municipal Capital region municipal planning ... 1723 Sustainability on ... 643 Environmental management of industrial projects ... Taxation, Municipal–Edmonton area 1995 New powers re ... 226–27 Federal equalization payments ... 43 Taxation, Regional–Edmonton area Foreign workers ... 20 New powers re ... 226–27, 474–75 Government intiatives ... 1763 Teachers' Pension Plan Italian consulate ... 2217 Unfunded liability: Funding for, member's statement Keystone pipeline project ... 1542 re ... 2172 Litigation against firefighters ... 604 Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of ... 2029, Municipal growth pressures in the capital region ... 2172 126–27 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Municipal taxation ... 643 (Alberta /British Columbia) Operation of traffic on multilane highways ... Impact on Alberta regulations ... 841 2288–89 Impact on business sector ... 841 Regional municipal funding ... 474–75 Impact on municipalities ... 841 Regional municipal planning and development ... 695, Traffic Safety Act 1054 Right-hand lane usage on multilane highways, Regional taxation issues ... 226–27 provision for ... 2289 Registries database access ... 569 Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2029 Member's statement re ... 562 Trade, investment, and labour mobility agreement ... Lund, Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) 841 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Italian consulate closure ... 2209 Calgary, hearing re ... 228 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1852 at, Compensation increase for ... 228 Point of Order Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Allegations against a member ... 2301 Second reading ... 2085, 2094, 2353–54 Allegations against members ... 1299 Committee ... 2402–03 Factual accuracy ... 2003 AltaLink Management Ltd. Population–Edmonton Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary ... Impact on city services ... 126 228 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6) Beef–Export Third Reading ... 666 Federal regulations re ... 1617 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Motion 507: Taft ... 1102–03 Impact on cattle industry ... 1617 Roads, Multilane Climate Change and Emissions Management Righ-hand lane usage ... 2288–89 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) School boards Second Reading ... 377 Teachers' unfunded pension liability negotiations, role Committee ... 489 in ... 2029 Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Construction of, hearings re ... 228 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Construction of, hearings re, postponement of ... 228 Second Reading ... 1286–87 Construction of, impact on affected landowners ... Smith, Archbishop Richard 228 Member's statement re ... 799 Feed Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Enhanced ban on, federal/provincial funding re ... Act, 2007 (Bill 45) 1617 Third reading ... 1975 Fishing, Sport Petitions presented re ... 1852 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2346, 2350 Social housing Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) Funding for ... 1763 Third Reading ... 1778 Statistics Canada Hunting Population report ... 126 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2346, 2350 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 345
Lund, Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Continued) Beef export regulations ... 1617 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Electricity line between Edmonton and Calgary ... Calgary, hearing re: Petitions for public inquiry 228 re use of private investigators at ... 1852, 1922, Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) 1956, 2034, 2136, 2209 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of (not in order to be Calgary, hearing re: Security measures re, presented) ... 1817 letter re (SP698/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Second Reading ... 1501–02 Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators Point of Order at ... 2104, 2137–38, 2208 Allegations against a member ... 2486 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Relevance ... 2354 Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill at, letters re (SP699, 722, 768/07: Tabled) ... 213) 1818, 1852, 1965 Second reading ... 2036–37 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Calgary, informing landowners re ... 1643 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Electricity transmission lines, cost sharing Petitions presented re (not in order) ... 1817 recommendation re ... 812, 816 Specified risk material (Cattle parts) Electricity transmission lines, regulating of ... 544, Disposal of ... 1617 605 Federal regulations re ... 1617 Landowners to hire legal representatives for hearings Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) at ... 475, 1643 Committee ... 999 Report ... 1586 Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Separation into two boards: Contract with consultant Authorization Act (Bill 33) for advice re ... 2027–28, 2066 Committee ... 1515 Supply/demand outlook report ... 1631–32 MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) Transfer of authority of, to Independent System Agricultural diversification Operator ... 544, 605, 813, 814, 816, 817 General remarks ... 1267 Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Cost to prepare Agricultural land Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo for Impact of industry on ... 1643 (Q15/07: Response tabled as SP684/07) ... 1660 Agricultural Societies Act Workload ... 816 Section 33 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: Alberta farm fuel benefit program Groeneveld) ... 1140 General remarks ... 1764–65 Agricultural value-added production Alberta Government Offices General remarks ... 1267 Washington, D.C. office: New representative for ... Agricultural workers 2140 Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... laws ... 130 810–11, 2140 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Alberta Grain Commission CAIS program administration ... 98 Annual report of ... 1266 Employee computer security awareness in ... 1266 Role of ... 1266 Alaska permanent fund Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 815 General remarks ... 171 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Committee ... 1945 590–91 Alberta Electric System Operator Alberta Investment Management Corporation General remarks ... 670, 2252 Head office location in Edmonton, letter re Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (SP253/07: Tabled) ... 598 Approval process change ... 1632 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Approval process for transmission lines, based on 22) public convenience/need ... 1889 Second Reading ... 429–30 Board members' resignation from ... 2137 Committee ... 629–30 Coal-bed methane production comments ... 1623 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP264/07: Tabled) ... Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to 630 Calgary, hearing re ... 813, 814, 816, 817, 1785, General remarks ... 171 1850, 1856, 1889 Letter re (SP253/07: Tabled) ... 598 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 Calgary, hearing re: Letter re resumption of (Bill 35) (SP252/07: Tabled) ... 598 Second reading ... 1836–38 Committee ... 1941 346 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Alberta royalty tax credit Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill
CO2 projects, letter re (SP721/07: Tabled) ... 1852 20) Elimination of ... 810, 2164 Second Reading ... 234, 239–41 Alberta utilities commission Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Advertisment for chair of (SP749/07: Tabled) ... 1930 2) (Bill 56) Advertisment for senior officials of (SP750/07: Second reading ... 2264–65 Tabled) ... 1930 Athabasca River–Water levels Creation from former Alberta Energy and Utilities Joint federal/provincial report on (SP59/07: Tabled) Board: Contract with consultant for advice re ... 86 ... 2027–28, 2066 Auditor General Hearing/appeal processes ... 1850, 1856–57, 1888–89 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) employees' computer security awareness Second reading ... 2006–08, 2075–79, 2357–58, 2360 comments ... 1266 Committee ... 2361, 2363–65, 2394–96, 2411–12 Annual report, 2006-07: Royalty audit group Third reading ... 2423–27 staffing/processes ... 1785 Third reading: Amendment, recommittal to Dept. of Agriculture computer use policy, report on ... Committee, motion for (MacDonald) ... 2423 190 Alberta Wilderness Association letter re (SP1035/07: Dept. of Education recommendations ... 1259–60 Tabled) ... 2329 Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1262–63, Amending of ... 1925 1264–65, 1266 Amendments to (SP999/07: Tabled) ... 2292 Memo to, re Public Accounts' authority to call Calgary city council letter re (SP861/07: Tabled) ... witnesses (SP291/07: Tabled) ... 697 2036 Reforestation programs' performance measures, Draft regulations release, request for (SP998/07: comments re ... 1628 Tabled) ... 2292 Resource royalty holiday programs ... 810, 1622 Flyers re (SP734, 932/07: Tabled) ... 1896, 2181 Resource royalty system comments ... 817, 819, 2164 General remarks ... 1785, 1888–89, 1925–26, 1930 Royalty tax credit elimination recommendation ... 810 Impact on property rights of landowners ... 1856, Auditor General Act 1925–26 Exclusion of Market Surveillance Administrator from Letters re (SP1064-65/07: Tabled) ... 2389 ... 1889 Member's statement re ... 1850, 2208 Biofuels industry Official Opposition press release re (SP678/07: General remarks ... 819 Tabled) ... 1782 Bioindustrial technology Sale of water provisions under ... 1959 Funding for ... 1267 Website exerpt re (SP770/07: Tabled) ... 1966 Biomass as energy source Alberta Wilderness Association General remarks ... 1631 Letter re opposition to Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Bissell Centre, Edmonton Commission Act (SP1035/07: Tabled) ... 2329 Eviction of homeless from public land adjacent to ... Alberta's Dramatic Crude Oil Growth in an Environment 1279 of Conventional Crude Oil Decline (Government Bitumen document) Upgrading ... 1133–34, 1643 Copy tabled (SP362/07) ... 842 Bitumen–Export AltaLink Management Ltd. General remarks ... 1133–34, 1643–44 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary ... Bitumen–Royalties 813 General remarks ... 811, 812, 1444 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Level of, for exported bitumen ... 1643–44 Letter re resumption of hearings re (SP252/07: Brokers of foreign worker importation Tabled) ... 598 General remarks ... 1176–77 Official of, conflict of interest re provincial electricity By-elections–Drumheller-Stettler constituency transmission policy ... 816–17 PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... Animal Health Act (Bill 32) 1654 Second Reading ... 756–57 PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation, Committee ... 1521–22 news article re (SP599/07: Tabled) ... 1658 Third Reading ... 1710–11 Calgary Apprenticeship training–Finance Concerns re Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Bill General remarks ... 2163 46 (SP861/07: Tabled) ... 2036 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Calgary Health Region Second Reading ... 1702–04 Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter re Committee ... 1737–39 and response to (SP239/07: Tabled) ... 564 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25) Calgary Herald (Newspaper) Second Reading ... 238–39 Natural resources revenues article (SP209/07: Tabled) ... 502, 575 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 347
MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Calgary Herald (Newspaper) (Continued) Committee on Public Accounts, Standing (Continued) PC candidate for Drumheller-Stettler by-election's Capital and Calgary health region to meet with, letter comments re electricity deregulation, article re and Calgary response to (SP239/07: Tabled) re (SP599/07: Tabled) ... 1658 ... 564 Calgary-Mackay (Constituency) Capital Health to meet with, letter re (SP279/07: Member for, as Alberta representantive in Tabled) ... 678 Washington ... 2140 Deputy Ministers to meet with, letter re (SP460/07: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Tabled) ... 1182 Sponsorship of net zero energy house, Edmonton ... East Central Health to meet with, letter re (SP536/07: 2025 Tabled) ... 1440 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Minister of Education nonappearance at, agenda item Federal contribution to ... 98 re (SP336/07: Tabled) ... 772 Overpayments from ... 98 Mount Royal College to meet with, letter requesting Payments made to Minister of Municpal Affairs and (SP561/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Housing from ... 98 Northern Lights health region to meet with, letter re Reference margins adjustment in ... 98 (SP537/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Report presented (SP70/07: Tabled) ... 156 Royalty system comments ... 640, 1180 University of Calgary to meet with, letter requesting Canadian Oil Sands Trust (SP562/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Royalty payout details ... 1180–81 Compton Petroleum Corporation Canadian Wheat Board Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 1643 Alberta position on ... 190, 1267 Computers, Government–Security aspects Alberta position on, role of Alberta Grain General remarks ... 190 Commission in ... 1266 Conflict of interest Cancer in construction workers Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission Workers' Compensation Board coverage of ... 1177 projects ... 816–17 Canmore Golf and Curling Club Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Extension of lease of ... 1628 Committee ... 2271–72 Capital Health Constitution Act, 1982 Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter Charter of Rights and Freedoms, applicability to requesting, resonse to (SP279/07: Tabled) ... 678 temporary foreign workers' visas ... 1176 Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) requesting (SP239/07: Tabled) ... 564 Second Reading ... 201–02 Carbon dioxide emissions CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace
CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project, Weyburn, report Act (Bill Pr. 1) (SP116/07: Tabled) ... 266 Committee ... 1744–45 Carbon dioxide projects Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Royalty credit program re, letter re (SP721/07: Supplementary estimates 2006-08: Debated ... 2163 Tabled) ... 1852 Dept. of Agriculture and Food Carbon dioxide sequestration Balzac racing complex, documents re (SP500-501/07: General remarks ... 811, 816, 1632 Tabled) ... 1330 Carbon tax–Quebec Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement General remarks ... 1632 with ... 1332 Cargill, Incorporated Computer use policy ... 190 Involvement in biofuel industry ... 819 Email posted on SaveMy CWB website (SP85/07: Cavanagh, Councillor Terry Tabled), letter requesting minister's apology re Member's statement re ... 1478 (SP89/07: Tabled) ... 231 Climate Change and Emissions Management Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1262–67 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Minister's participation in farm fuel distribution Second Reading ... 246–48 allowance program ... 1263 Committee ... 447–48, 452–53 Program support funding ... 1266–67 Third Reading ... 557–58 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... General remarks ... 1632 98 Coal-bed methane–Royalties Dept. of Education General remarks ... 1220, 1623 Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1259–60 Coal-bed methane extraction Budget process, relation to school boards' processes Animal/human health issues re ... 1220 ... 1259–60 Groundwater pollution issues ... 1220–21 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 170–72 Coal-bed methane extraction–Environmental aspects Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1256–57, General remarks ... 1220 1259–60 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Minister's nonappearance at Public Accounts Authority to call witnesses, memo to Auditor General committee meeting, agenda item re (SP336/07: re (SP291/07: Tabled) ... 697 Tabled) ... 772 348 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Dept. of Education (Continued) Drinking water Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2163 Quality of: Member's statement re ... 500 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1176–77 By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2163 deregulation ... 1654 Dept. of Energy By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in ... deregulation: News article re (SP599/07: Tabled) 2139–40 ... 1658 Cold Heavy Oil Production with Sand in the Early childhood education Canadian Heavy Oil Industry (CHOPS report) Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1260 ... 1643 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten), funding for ... Contract with consultant re AEUB division ... 1385 2027–28, 2066 East Central Health Electricity branch director's (Kellan Fluckiger) Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter re payments from Mana Energy (SP859-860/07: (SP536/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Tabled) ... 2036 Edmonton Police Service Former ministers' comments on royalty revenue Eviction of homeless from public land adjacent to appropriateness ... 2140 Bissell Centre ... 1279 Former ministers' comments on royalty revenue Edmonton Public School Board appropriateness, speech re (SP921/07: Tabled) Funding, letter re (SP590/07: Tabled) ... 1623 ... 2145 Kindergarten programs ... 171 Heavy oil production in Alberta, 2002 report on ... School closure decisions ... 1256 1133 Education–Finance Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... General remarks ... 170–72, 1260 1220–21, 1628–29, 1631–32, 1643–44 User fees: Petition presented to eliminate ... 2061 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 810–19 Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Minister's resignation ... 2137–38 Leadership campaign contributions provisions Production Audit Group, staffing level ... 1785 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1300–01 Royalty rate increase comments ... 1785, 2164 Electric power Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Demand for ... 1632 2163–64 Electric power, Coal-produced–Taxation Dept. of Environment General remarks ... 814 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Electric power–Export 1220–21, 1628–29, 1631–32, 1643–44 Consultant's advice re ... 2066 Dept. of Finance General remarks ... 816, 2251–52, 2257 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Electric power–Prices 2162–63 General remarks ... 230, 670, 812, 814, 817, 1586 Dept. of Health and Wellness Impact of new electricity transmission regulation on Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ...... 544 1220–21 Increases in, to farmers ... 1266, 1765 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Increases in, to farmers, news release re (SP90/07: Documents from, re Balzac racing complex (SP498- Tabled) ... 231 499/07: Tabled) ... 1330 PC candidate's statement re, in Drumheller by- Former minister's involvement with Balzac racing election campaign ... 1654 complex ... 1332 Regulated option re, letter re (SP904/07: Tabled) ... Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 2108 99 Electric power–Supply Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing General remarks ... 230, 670, 816, 817, 1586 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Shortage of (blackouts) ... 817, 2384 1628–29, 1631–32, 1643–44 Electric power lines Minister's payments received under CAIS program ... Approval process for ... 1632, 1889 98 General remarks ... 230, 2384 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 2252, 2257 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Electric power lines–Construction 1628–29, 1631–32, 1643–44 Compensation to landowners re ... 816 Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee Costs of ... 812, 816, 1888 (Blue books) Provincial involvement in, press release requesting Public release of, letter re (SP188/07: Tabled) ... 409 former Premier's testimony re (SP55/07: Tabled) Direct Energy Business Services ... 51 Brochure mailed to customers, postage costs re ... Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) 815, 816 Construction of, hearings re ... 813, 814, 816, 817, 1643 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 349
MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) Ethane (Continued) Extraction of, from throughput of pipelines ... 811 Construction of, hearings re, resumption of: Letter re Ethane–Royalties (SP252/07: Tabled) ... 598 Reductions in ... 810–11 Construction of, impact on affected landowners ... Farm debt 813, 814, 1643 Member's statement re ... 399 Construction of, public inquiry into: Petitions Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance presented re ... 1852, 1922, 1956, 2034, 2136 Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's Costs of, letter re (SP84/07: Tabled) ... 188 comments on ... 1262–63, 1264–65, 1266 General remarks ... 812–13 Minister of Agriculture's participation in ... 1263 Electric power lines–Regulations Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 29) April 11, 2007 regulation (OC173/2007) ... 605, 813, Second Reading ... 1525–26 814, 816, 817 Third Reading ... 1710 April 11, 2007 regulation (OC173/2007), role of Farmers' Advocate Kellan Fluckiger in ... 544, 816–17 Reduced funding for ... 1266 Electric utilities–Regulations Feeder Associations Guarantee Act Deregulation ... 812, 814, 815, 816–17, 1266, 1586, Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: 1654, 2384 Groeneveld) ... 1140 Deregulation: Cessation of ... 230 Foreign workers, Temporary Deregulation: Letter to now Premier re (SP67/07: Agricultural jobs for ... 130 Tabled) ... 131 General remarks ... 1176–77, 2163 Deregulation: Member's statement re ... 670 For steel manufacturing facility, Tofield ... 879, 1054 Deregulation: PC candidate for Drumheller-Stettler Treatment of: Armando Garcia case ... 130, 131 by-election comments re ... 1654 Treatment/safety of ... 130, 1387–88 Deregulation: PC candidate for Drumheller-Stettler Work visas for, applicability of Charter of Rights to by-election comments re, news article re ... 1176 (SP599/07: Tabled) ... 1658 Work visas for, denied ... 1388 Deregulation: Premier's pledge to review ... 670 Fort McMurray Deregulation: RKS Research and Consulting report Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1632 on (SP677/07: Tabled) ... 1782 Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (Constituency) Electric Utilities Act Member for, cost of preparing for EUB hearings into General remarks ... 812 Voyageur project (Q15/07: Response tabled as Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) SP684) ... 1660 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Fuel Tax Act sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance General remarks ... 1262 du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Second Reading ... 581–82, 583 Second Reading ... 1293–94 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Gas, Natural–Royalties Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1797–98 Henry hub price as basis for ... 817–18, 1623 Employment standards Gas well drilling industry Agricultural workers, application to ... 130 In vicinity of urban areas ... 1643 Energy industry Golf courses Major projects by, regional hearings for ... 1632 Provincial grants to ... 99, 171, 1260 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Provincial grants to: Letters re (SP60, 590/07: General remarks ... 1631–32 Tabled) ... 86, 1623 Provincial support for (Motion 502: Lukaszuk) ... Provincial grants to: Member's statement re ... 1385 214–15 Provincial grants to: Spreadsheet re (SP519/07: Energy Resources Conservation Board Tabled) ... 1385 Reconstitution of: Advertisment for chair of Government Fees and Charges Review Act (SP749/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Letter from Minister of Finance re (SP402/07: Reconstitution of: Contract with consultant for advice Tabled) ... 925 re ... 2027–28, 2066 Government openness Energy strategy General remarks ... 405, 817, 2162–63 Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... Government spending policy 860–61 General remarks ... 811 Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Grains and oilseed farming Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39) Federal funding support for ... 98 Second Reading ... 1528 Grazing lands, Public English as a Second Language General remarks ... 1628 General remarks ... 1177 Groundwater–Pollution Enmax Corporation Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 1220–21 Power plant construction, Calgary area ... 813 350 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Growth Strategy Secretariat (Agriculture) Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Funding increase for ... 1267 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47) Homeless–Housing Second reading ... 2376 General remarks ... 1279 Loan guarantees, Government Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) Continuation of statutory enactments re (Motion 20: Second Reading ... 421 Groeneveld) ... 1140 Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Violation of section 3, re email posted on Save My Committee ... 2011–12, 2016 CWB website ... 405 Third reading ... 2467–68 Hydro and Electric Energy Act Mana Energy Group Limited Amendment by Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Contract with government re AEUB division ... Act ... 1889 2027–28 Hydrocarbon Upgrading Task Force Payments to Kellan Fluckiger, Dept. of Energy General remarks ... 812 (SP859-860/07: Tabled) ... 2036 Immigration Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) Alberta-made policy re ... 1176, 1177 Not subject to Auditor General Act ... 1889 Funding for progams re ... 2163 MEG Energy Corporation Income tax, Provincial Steam line rupture, letter re (SP591,600/07: Tabled) Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ...... 1623, 1658–59 590–91 Members' Statements (2007) Independent System Operator (Electricity industry) Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1850, 2208 Transfer of authority to, from Energy and Utilities Councillor Terry Cavanagh ... 1478 Board ... 544, 605, 813, 814, 816, 817 Electricity deregulation ... 670 Industrial development Farm debt ... 399 Impact on agricultural land ... 1643 Grants to golf courses ... 1385 Insurance, Health (Private) North Saskatchewan River water quality ... 500 Abandonment of government plans to increase: Riverdale net zero energy house ... 2025–26 Petition presented re ... 2099 Royalty program ... 1180–81 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Royalty revenues ... 1622–23 2007-08 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Estimates debated ... 170–72 Second Reading ... 754 Investment of public funds Methane in water General remarks ... 171 General remarks ... 1220 KNM Corporation Ministers (Provincial government) Steel plant, Tofield: Foreign workers at ... 1054 Number of ... 170 Labour laws and legislation Mount Royal College Coverage of agricultural workers ... 130 Letter to, requesting appearance before Public Letters re (SP874, 903, 905, 920, 922, 931, 953, Accounts committee (SP561/07: Tabled) ... 1534 1000, 1036, 1066/07: Tabled) ... 2063, 2108, Municipal District of Rocky View 2145, 2180, 2210, 2292, 2329, 2390 Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing Lake–North-central Alberta entertainment complex, document re (SP500/07: Naming of, after former premier Ralph Klein ... 1628 Tabled) ... 1330 Land agents National Centre for Upgrading Technology Choice of, by landowners ... 475, 1643 An Integrated Energy Solution presentation Land agents–Licensing (SP985/07: Tabled) ... 2257 General remarks ... 475 Natural gas rebates Provincial Court decision re (Raymond Strom case) ... Conversion to green fund for energy efficiency ... 475 98–99 Land Agents Licensing Act Transfer of unused portion to public transit funding ... Industry vs. landowner imbalance ... 475, 1643 98–99 Land-use framework Transfer of unused portion to regional water systems Emergency zone creation (dangerous developments in funding ... 99 vicinity of built up areas) ... 1643 Natural resources revenue General remarks ... 1632, 1643 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 640, 671, 694, Lavesta Area Group (Landowners) 730, 1785, 1889, 2139–40 Presentation to hearings re electric power line Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency between Edmonton and Calgary ... 2027 debate on legislation re ... 1797–98 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Collection of appropriate amount of: Energy dept.'s Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: comments re ... 1785 Hancock) ... 2300–01, 2304 Member's statement re ... 1622–23 Livestock Impact of coal-bed methane extraction process on ... News article re (SP209/07: Tabled) ... 502, 575 1220 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 351
MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Natural resources revenue–Texas Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Level of ... 640, 671, 694, 730, 1048 Steel fabrication plant in Tofield ... 1054 Net zero energy house, Riverdale, Edmonton Temporary foreign workers ... 130, 1387–88 Member's statement re ... 2025–26 Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2137–38 Nexen Canada Inc. Paulgaard (C.G.) Farms Ltd. Royalty payout status ... 1181 Government payment to (SP68/07: Tabled) ... 131 North American Electric Reliability Corporation Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Alberta winter electric power supply ... 2384 Private health insurance abandonment ... 2099 North Battleford water supply contamination situation Public inquiry into AEUB's use of private General remarks ... 500 investigators at hearing by ... 1852, 1922, 1956, Northern Lights Health Region 2034, 2136, 2209 Meeting with Public Accounts committee, letter re School fees elimination ... 2061 (SP537/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Petroleum Economics Limited Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund Comparative royalty regimes report ... 814–15 General remarks ... 814–15 Comparative royalty regimes report (SP337/07: Office of the Premier Tabled) ... 772 Former premier (Ralph Klein), naming of lake after ... Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) 1628 General remarks ... 1643 Premier's leadership campaign pledge to review Point of Order electricity deregulation ... 670 Allegations against a member ... 241, 2301 Official Opposition Clarification ... 809 Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, press Imputing motives ... 991 release re (SP678/07: Tabled) ... 1782 Insulting language ... 2079 Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, proposed Political parties amendments (SP952, 987/07: Tabled)... 2210, 2257 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Oil and gas leases (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1300–01 General remarks ... 1632 Private schools–Finance Oil sands development General remarks ... 1257 Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 1632 Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Royalties paid re ... 671, 811, 812, 1623 7) Royalties paid re, value of reduction of, 1997-2006 Second Reading ... 460 (Q3/07: Defeated) ... 573–75 Committee ... 1845 Single-window oversight and regulation of ... 1632 Professional qualifications, Foreign Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1632 Assessment service for ... 1176 Value-added opportunities ... 1133–34 Property rights Water issues re ... 86 Impact of Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Olds College on ... 1856, 1925–26 Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1332 Property tax Oral Question Period (2007) Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1856–57, 590–91 1888–89, 1925–26, 1959 Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) Alberta Utilities Commission act ... 1856–57, Second Reading ... 547 1888–89 Public contracts for consultants Computer use policy in agriculture department ... 190 Dept. of Energy consultant ... 2027–28, 2066 Crown land adjacent to Bissell Centre ... 1279 Public Inquiries Act Department of Energy consultant ... 2027–28, 2066 Inquiry into AEUB spying practices ... 1852, 1922, E-mail from a government computer ... 405, 441 1956, 2034, 2136, 2209 Electrical power system ... 230 Public lands Electricity deregulation ... 1654 Sale of ... 1628 Electricity exports ... 2251–52 Sale of, for a dollar, for homeless housing ... 1279 Electricity generation and demand ... 1586 Public lands–Edmonton Electricity transmission ... 2384 Adjacent to Bissell Centre, eviction of homeless from Electricity transmission regulation ... 544, 605 ... 1279 Energy and Utilities Board ... 2104 Public lands–Elinor Lake area Farm fuel rebate program ... 1764–65 Sale of ... 1628 Heavy oil upgrading capacity ... 1133–34 Public transit–Finance Internal royalty review ... 509 Use of unused natural gas rebates funding for ... Licensing of land agents ... 475 98–99 Oil sands royalty structure ... 2139–40 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Racing entertainment centre project ... 1332 Project evaluation report (SP502/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Royalty rates ... 1444 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 577, 1332 Royalty revenues ... 640, 671, 694, 730, 1785, 1889 352 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) Rural Utilities Act Committee ... 1949–50 Sections 32 and 33 continuation (loan guarantees) Reforestation (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140 Performance measures for, Auditor General's Save My CWB (Website) comments re ... 1628 Email posted on ... 190, 405, 441, 1266 Rent increases Email posted on, senders apology for ... 441 Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions Email posted on (SP85/07: Tabled) ... 188 presented re ... 2172 Email posted on (SP85/07: Tabled), deputy minister's RKS Research and Consulting apology re (SP200/07: Tabled) ... 468 Report on successful deregulated energy markets Email posted on (SP85/07: Tabled), letter requesting (SP677/07: Tabled) ... 1782 minister's apology re (SP89/07: Tabled) ... 231 Rolls Royce plc School boards General remarks ... 544 Budget process ... 1259–60 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Deficit financing ... 1260 Foreign worker screening ... 1388 Financial statements, interim ... 1260 Royalty Review 2006: A List of Consultant Studies and School nutrition programs Software General remarks ... 1260 Copy tabled ... 730 School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Copy tabled (SP250/07): Response from Minister of Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Energy re (SP413/07: Tabled) ... 1048 Second Reading ... 1287–88 Wood Mackenzie report listed in, censored sections ... Schoolchildren with anaphylaxis 694 Legislation re ... 1256–57 Royalty Review Panel Schools–Closure Consideration of draft 2004 government report on oil General remarks ... 1256 sands royalty structure ... 1889 Schools–Construction General remarks ... 817 Public/private projects re: Supporting documentation Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of re (M2/07: Defeated) ... 577 appropriate level of resource revenue ... 2139–40 Schools–Utilization Royalty structure (Energy resources) General remarks ... 1256 Auditor General's comments re ... 817, 819, 1622 Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Comparison of Alberta vs foreign countries royalty Third Reading ... 550–51, 552 levels, report (SP337/07: Tabled) ... 772 Service Alberta Draft government report of October 2004 re ... 1889 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Draft government report of October 2004 re, tabling 98–99 of ... 1889 Sewage disposal plants–Balzac area Draft government report of October 2004 re, tabling Funding for racing entertainment centre project, of (SP733/07: Tabled) ... 1896 documents re (SP501/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Exemptions re (royalty holidays) ... 810–11 Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray Former Energy minister's speech re ... 2140 Funding for ... 99 Former Energy minister's speech re (SP921/07: Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Tabled) ... 2145 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) General remarks ... 817, 1444, 2139–40 Second Reading ... 1750 Member's statement re ... 1180–81, 1622–23 Social services agencies (Non-profit) New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 2163–64 Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 2163 Review of ... 509, 810, 817 Solar Energy Society of Canada Inc. Review of, 2006, documentation re (M1/07: Sponsorship of Edmonton net zero energy house ... Defeated) ... 575–76 2025 Rural community and leadership development Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1266 Debate ... 181–83, 184 Rural electrification associations Steel fabrication plant, Tofield Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: Foreign workers employment at ... 1054 Groeneveld) ... 1140 Plans for (SP376/07: Tabled) ... 879 Rural Electrification Loan Act Steel industry–Alberta Sections 3 and 36 continuation (loan guarantees) Impact of foreign companies on ... 1054 (Motion 20: Groeneveld) ... 1140 Suncor Inc. Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 811, 812, Section 2 continuation (loan guarantees) (Motion 20: 1444 Groeneveld) ... 1140 Voyageur project hearings by EUB, cost of preparing Rural gas co-ops Member for Fort McMurray for (Q15/07: Response Continuation of loan guarantees for (Motion 20: tabled as SP684/07) ... 1660 Groeneveld) ... 1140 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 353
MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Supplementary estimates Water licences Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 98–99 Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1332 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2162–64 Water quality–North Saskatchewan River Surface rights–Fees Member's statement re ... 500 Adjustment to ... 819 Water supply Surplus, Budgetary Use by energy industry ... 86 Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with Water treatment plants–Fort McMurray (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 590–91 Funding for ... 99 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Royalty payout status ... 1180–81 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 811, 812, 1332 1444 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac: Tax incentives Documentation re (SP498-502/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Wind power 590–91 General remarks ... 1631–32 Teachers–Fort McMurray Wood Mackenzie Northern allowance payments to ... 2163 Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 640, 694 Teachers' Pension Plan Study of Alberta royalty regime: Copy tabled Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP341/07: Tabled) ... (SP290/07) ... 697 800 Workers' Compensation Board Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 130 Committee ... 2367 Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill) Technology commercialization Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Agricultural applications, funding for ... 1267 Second Reading ... 960 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Committee ... 988–90, 1007–08, 1016–17, 1023–25 Agricultural workers Terrorist attacks–Prevention Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour Foreign worker screening re ... 1388 laws ... 1550 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) Alberta–Economic policy Second reading ... 1841 Slowing down of ... 142, 1546, 1637 Tonbridge Power Inc. Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Documents re Alberta/Montana electricity tie line ... Report ... 142, 227–28, 296, 439, 541, 604, 641–42, 2252 877, 897, 930, 1244, 1553, 1554, 1888 Documents re Alberta/Montana electricity tie line, Report: Government response to, letter re (SP317/07: copy tabled (SP986/07) ... 2257 Tabled) ... 724–25 Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) Report: Letter re (SP882/07: Tabled) ... 2100 Second Reading ... 419–20 Report: Referral to Managing Growth Pressures Committee ... 2266 policy field committee ... 698, 730 Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Report: Rent control recommendation ... 641–42 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Report: Rent control recommendation, letter re Second Reading ... 830 (SP843/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Third Reading ... 1712 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) General remarks ... 1220–21 Second reading ... 1831 Treasury Board Committee ... 1944–46 Directives/minutes, availability of ... 2162–63 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Tyson Foods, Inc. Letter from landowner re (SP844/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Involvement in biofuel industry ... 819 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission United States House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Employment of children in licensed premises, Quality approval of, email re (SP79/07: Tabled) ... 188 Alberta submission to (SP362/07: Tabled) ... 842 Inspection of liquor violations at Palace Casino ... University of Alberta 1484 Power plant upgrade, funding for ... 2163 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan University of Calgary Jaw injuries coverage, letter re (SP857/07: Tabled) ... Letter to, requesting appearance before Public 2036 Accounts committee (SP562/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) Elimination of, letter re (SP215/07: Tabled) ... 502 Second Reading ... 416–17 Elimination of, petition presented re ... 1130 Walkerton water supply contamination situation Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 500 Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Water 591–92 Sale of ... 1959 Alberta initiative for school improvement General remarks ... 1359 354 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Mental Health Board Budget Mental health services, value of, 2002-07 (Q5/07: Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Response tabled as SP260/07) ... 573 disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 646 Psychiatrists, number of, 2002-07 (Q6/07: Response Calgary Courts Centre tabled as SP261/07) ... 573 Public/private funding of (P3) ... 1548 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 Capital projects (Bill 35) Deficit re ... 1546, 1548 Second reading ... 1834–35 Funding for ... 1547 Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC Public/private partnerships re ... 2288 proposal) Public/private partnerships re, public sector General remarks ... 1888 comparators for ... 1548–49 Alberta Sustainability Fund Capital projects, Municipal General remarks ... 1548 Funding for ... 2325–26 Alberta Teachers' Association Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1359–60 Deferred projects costs ... 1548 Alberta Treasury Branches Act Centennial Capital Plan Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 373 General remarks ... 1548 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Consultation with, re Alberta/B.C. trade agreement ... 207) 360 Second Reading ... 1090–91 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Children–Employment Second reading ... 2081–82, 2356 General remarks ... 1550 Committee ... 2406–08 In licensed premises, email re (SP79/07: Tabled) ... Alberta Works (Employment training program) 188 Phone information line (rent increase inquiries) ... Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) 876–77 (Proposed) All Party* Agreement (re Assembly sitting times, etc.) General remarks ... 1601, 1603 Implementation of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... Climate Change and Emissions Management 615 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Second Reading ... 377–78 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Third Reading ... 618 funding model for, public-sector comparator Collective bargaining re ... 1446 First-contract certification legislation ... 723, 1552, Apartment buildings 1555 Conversion to condominiums ... 1637, 1962, 2106, First-contract certification legislation, member's 2216 statement re ... 669–70, 1992, 2389 Conversion to condominiums: Letter re (SP358/07: Collective bargaining–Teachers Tabled) ... 842 General remarks ... 1355 Conversion to condominiums: Letters re (SP256, Commission on Legislative Democracy (New 454/07: Tabled) ... 598, 1130 Brunswick) Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 604, General remarks ... 1601 1888 Committee of Supply Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Standing Order changes re (Motion 15: Hancock) ... Wait times for, letter re (SP883/07: Tabled) ... 2100 615 Apprenticeship training Committee of the Whole Assembly General remarks ... 1348 Evening sitting on June 4 in (Motion 25: Hancock) ... Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) 1450 Committee ... 1733–34 Committee on Government Services, Standing Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to ... 1601 20) Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Motion 21: Second Reading ... 237 Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1340 Third Reading ... 302 Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Auditor General Act, 2007, to ... 1601 Contaminated sites cleanup costs comments ... 1121 Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Reports of, referred to Public Accounts committee Act, 2007, to (Motion 23: Hancock) ... 1395–96 (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76–77 Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing Resource royalty system comments ... 1787–88 Referral of Affordable Housing Task Force report to Bitumen–Export ... 698, 730 Letter re (SP583/07: Tabled) ... 1591 Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Boardwalk Rental Communities Beverage container recycling system referral to ... Rental rates ... 541 1121 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 355
Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Committees, Policy field (all-party) Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Continued) Establishment of (Motion 15: Hancock ) ... 615 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... General remarks ... 698, 1395, 1601 1637 Committees, Select standing Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 897–98 Substitute members on (Motion 12: Hancock) ... Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... 76–77 882 Community health centres Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development General remarks ... 884 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Community schools 1637 General remarks ... 1355, 1356–57 Dollar, Canadian Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Impact on Alberta budget ... 1546, 1548 Special Domtar Inc. General remarks ... 1394 Edmonton plant site cleanup ... 1121 Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Early childhood education Second Reading: Referral to Government Services Full-day programs ... 1355 standing committee (Motion 23: Hancock) East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) ... 1395–96 Committee ... 2369–70 Referral to Government Services standing committee Edmonton General Hospital ... 1601 Seniors physical therapy outpatient programs, letter re Constituency weeks (Parliamentary calendar) (SP947/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Establishment of (Motions 12 and 15: Hancock) ... 77 Edmonton Public School Board Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) City centre education project ... 1356–57, 1359 Second Reading ... 198 School closure decisions ... 1359 Contaminated sites Surplus ... 1354 Cleanup of ... 1121 Education Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Best practices development re ... 1359 Final report ... 1858 Education–Finance Democratic Renewal Secretariat (Ontario) General remarks ... 1356, 1357 General remarks ... 1601 Elections, Federal Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Fixed dates for ... 1601 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1348–49 Electoral reform Dept. of Education General remarks ... 1601–02, 1603 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1354–57, Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) 1359–60 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Return of school capital funding to ... 1547 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1550–55 Second Reading ... 345–46 Dept. of Energy Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1806–07 1637 Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 Royalty rate increase comments ... 1787–88 Referral of Affordable Housing Task Force report to Dept. of Environment policy field committee ... 698 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Employment standards 1637 Agricultural workers, application to ... 1550 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1121 Compassionate leave ... 1552 Water Management Framework ... for the Lower Compassionate leave, letters re (SP235/07: Tabled) ... Athabasca River (joint report on) (SP59/07: 544–55 Tabled) ... 86 Employment Standards Code Dept. of Finance Review of (2005), release of ... 1550, 1552 Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation Employment training programs solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 646 Aboriginal peoples ... 1552 Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans (Federal) Environmental Protection and Enhancement Water Management Framework ... for the Lower (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Athabasca River (joint report on) (SP59/07: 2007 (Bill 205) Tabled) ... 86 Second Reading ... 587–88 Dept. of Health and Wellness Executive Council Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 882, 884–85 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1601–04 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Family physicians–Supply Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1546–49 General remarks ... 882 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Farmers Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 142 on ... 330, 360 356 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Foreign workers, Temporary Housing–Prices General remarks ... 1348 Impact of ... 1687 Letter re (SP136/07: Tabled) ... 298 Housing authorities, Nonprofit Replacement of trade union members ... 1552–53 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Gardasil (Vaccine) ... 2053 Government funding of, letters re (SP58/07: Tabled) Housing secretariat (ND proposal) ... 86 General remarks ... 897–98, 898 Government openness Immigrants General remarks ... 361, 1601 Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 69 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 38) 2007 (Bill 12) Committee ... 2514–15 Third Reading ... 1775–76 Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Income tax, Provincial Act, 2007 (Bill 48) Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Second reading ... 2372 591–92 Third reading ... 2507 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2007-08 41) Estimates debated ... 142 Second reading ... 1983–84 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Third reading ... 2495 General remarks ... 1637 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and (No.2) (Bill 50) Injured on the Job Second reading ... 2226 General remarks ... 723 Third reading ... 2480 Labour laws and legislation Health sciences personnel–Education General remarks ... 723 Programs for ... 883 Letters re (SP916/07: Tabled) ... 2137 Health sciences personnel–Supply Member's statement re ... 669–70, 1992 General remarks ... 882, 884, 1349 Reform of, member's statement re ... 2389 Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5) Review of ... 1552 Third Reading ... 1777 Labour Relations Board Health workforce planning Decision re Allen Scott during Shaw Conference General remarks ... 128, 882, 884–85, 1550–51 Centre strike ... 1616 Report on ... 1349 Labour supply Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Shortages, employment of children to solve, email re Second reading ... 2188–89 (SP79/07: Tabled) ... 188 Highway 28 Labour unions Twinning ... 1547 Member's statement re ... 723 Highway 63 Land-use framework Twinning ... 1547 General remarks ... 1637 Holy Cross Manor Incorporated Municipal co-operation re ... 1637 Voting shareholders of (SP64/07: Tabled) ... 131 Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed) Homeless Role of ... 1080 General remarks ... 142 Landlords, Small-scale Letter re (SP882/07: Tabled) ... 2100 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Homeless–Housing ... 2053 Emergency winter shelters ... 897, 2068–69 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Funding for ... 2069 Evening sitting for Committee of the Whole, June 4 General remarks ... 1824 (Motion 25: Hancock) ... 1450 Transitional housing ... 897 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Homeless and eviction prevention fund Hancock) ... 2296 General remarks ... 876–77, 930, 1553–54, 1554, Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of 1962 business, amendments to Standing Orders re Homelessness (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76–77 Elimination of ... 1888 Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Second Reading ... 421 Orders re: Amendment to, and more (Motion 15: Hospitals–Standards Hancock) ... 615 Patient safety issues re ... 570 Legislature Building Hospitals–Sterilization procedures Afforable housing protest at, speech given (SP410/07: Role in blood-borne disease prevention ... 570 Tabled) ... 1048 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 357
Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Licensed practical nurses Nurses–Education Sick leave taken by, 2002-06 (Q8/07: Response General remarks ... 882 tabled as SP263/07) ... 573 Nurses–Supply Licensed premises General remarks ... 1349 Employment of children in, email re (SP79/07: Obesity in children Tabled) ... 188 Reduction of ... 1359 Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Oil sands development Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47) Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 1637 Third reading ... 2481 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1546 Lobbyists–Registration Oral Question Period (2007) General remarks ... 1601 Affordable housing ... 439, 541–42, 604, 641–42, 730 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) 768, 1244–45, 1655–56, 1687, 1961–62, 2216 Second Reading ... 304–05 Affordable housing solutions ... 1080 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services Affordable Housing Task Force report ... 227–28, 296 committee (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1340 Calgary ring road ... 1446 Committee ... 2118–19, 2222, 2224 Condominium conversions ... 2106 Third reading ... 2466–67 Emergency housing ... 2068–69 Third reading: Amendment A1R (recommittal to Health workforce strategy ... 128 Committee) ... 2467 Homeless and eviction fund ... 876–77 Referral to Government Services standing committee Homeless and eviction prevention fund ... 930 ... 1601 Municipal funding ... 2325–26 May Day Palace Casino labour dispute ... 1484 Member's statement re ... 723 Police officer supply ... 1858 Medical care, Primary Public/private partnerships ... 2288 General remarks ... 884 Public/private partnerships for school construction ... Medical profession–Supply 1588 General remarks ... 882, 1349 Rent regulation ... 1824 Members' Statements (2007) Royalty revenues ... 1787–88 Affordable housing ... 1888 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 570 First contract arbitration ... 669–70 Teachers' unfunded pension plan task force ... 1616 Labour law reform ... 2389 Temporary rent regulation ... 839–40 Labour relations ... 1992 Trade, investment, and labour mobility ... 330 May Day ... 723 Palace Casino Trade, Investment, Labour, and Mobility Agreement Liquor violations at ... 1484 ... 360–61 Liquor violations at, photograph of (SP553/07: Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Tabled) ... 1487 Third reading ... 2499 Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) General remarks ... 884 Committee ... 2116 Mental health services Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Contracted by RHAs and Mental Health Board, 2002- Health care premiums elimination ... 1130 07: Value of (Q5/07: Response tabled as SP260/07) Rent increase control ... 1658, 1728–29 ... 573 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Impact of staff shortages on ... 884 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1956 Midwest Property Management Ltd. Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Letter to residents re cost of heat payments Rent control (SP289/07) ... 697 (SP593/07: Tabled) ... 1623 Point of Order Ministerial Statements (2007) Committee proceedings ... 891–92 Premier's awards of excellence ... 2281 Order of business ... 882 Municipal finance Projected government business ... 409–10 Provincial funding for ... 2325–26 Tabling a government report ... 1827 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26) Police Second Reading ... 1361 Municipalities Increase in numbers of ... 1858 Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on Political parties ... 330, 360 Donations to ... 2288, 2389 Natural resources revenue Leadership campaigns, legislation re ... 1601 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1787–88 Postsecondary educational institutions Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Turning away of students ... 1348 debate on legislation re ... 1806–07 Premier's Awards of Excellence Nurses Ministerial statement re ... 2281 Sick leave taken by, 2002-06 (Q7/07: Response tabled as SP262/07) ... 573 Privilege Workplace wellness of ... 882, 884 Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... 646 358 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Rent increases Candidates for executive committee elections, list of Assistance programs re ... 930, 1687 (SP65/07: Tabled) ... 131 General remarks ... 142, 439, 541, 839–40, 1080, Property tax 1554, 1655–56, 1687, 1888 Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Impact on AISH recipients ... 142 591–92 Letter re (SP632/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Property tax–Education levy Letters re (SP255, 359, 430, 469, 631/07: Tabled) ... Nonprofit organizations/campus residences 598, 842, 1074, 1247, 1729 exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2053 Rent increases–Calgary Proportional representation General remarks ... 839–40 Consideration of, in other provinces ... 1601, 1603 Rental housing General remarks ... 1601, 1603 General remarks ... 1637 Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Impact of rent controls on building of ... 768 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15) Increase in supply ... 1656, 1687, 2216 Second Reading ... 478–79 Rents Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) Letter re (SP453/07: Tabled) ... 1130 Second Reading ... 547 Replacement workers Psychiatrists Legislation re ... 1992, 2389 Contracted by RHAs and Mental Health Board, 2002- Right to strike 07: Value of (Q6/07: Response tabled as SP261/07) General remarks ... 2389 ... 573 Ring roads–Calgary Psychiatrists–Supply Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) General remarks ... 884 project, public-sector comparator re ... 1446 Public Affairs Bureau Roads–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 1603–04 Funding for ... 1546, 1547 Public service–Alberta Royal Alexandra Hospital Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Patient's contraction of superbug in, letter re Cao) ... 69 (SP149/07: Tabled) ... 324 Ministerial statement re ... 2281 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Edmonton to Calgary Second Reading ... 1667–68 Speeding problem on ... 1546–47 Committee ... 2050 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville Motion 507: Taft ... 1103 Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re ... Reading recovery program 570 General remarks ... 1355, 1357 Bacterial infection situation in, testing re ... 570 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) School Act Committee ... 1950 School closure provisions ... 1355, 1356, 1359 Reclamation of land School boards General remarks ... 1121 Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Recycling (Waste, etc.) on ... 330, 360 Usage of system for, referral to Resources and School dropouts Environment policy field committee ... 1121 General remarks ... 1355, 1357 Regional health authorities School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) on ... 330, 360 Second Reading ... 1100 Mental health services, value of 2002-07 (Q5/07: Schools–Closure Response tabled as SP260/07) ... 573 General remarks ... 1355, 1356, 1359 Psychiatrists, number of, 2002-07 (Q6/07: Response Schools–Closure–Ontario tabled as SP261/07) ... 573 Policy re ... 1355, 1356, 1359 Rent control Schools–Construction Consideration of, by Managing Growth Pressures Funding for ... 1547 policy field committee ... 698 General remarks ... 1355 General remarks ... 439, 542, 604, 641–42, 768, Public/private projects re ... 1548, 1588 839–40, 877, 897, 930, 1080, 1244–45, 1247, 1553, Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) 1554, 1655–56, 1687, 1824, 1888, 1962, 2216 Second Reading ... 426 Letters re (SP191, 255, 607, 843, 1007/07: Tabled) ... Committee ... 491 444, 598, 1659, 2035, 2292 Third Reading ... 549–50, 552 Letters re (SP632/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Petition tabled re (SP289/07) ... 697 Second Reading ... 336 Petitions presented re ... 1658, 1728–29 Committee ... 700 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 359
Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Act, 2007 (Bill 45) (Continued) Second Reading ... 1748–49 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP404/07: Tabled) ... Petitions presented re ... 1956 997 Social housing Third Reading ... 1059–61 Definition of ... 1244–45 General remarks ... 2106 Funding for ... 897, 898, 1961–62 Letter re (SP593/07: Tabled) ... 1623 General remarks ... 541–42, 730, 768, 897, 1554, Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) 1637, 2216 Second Reading ... 419 Legislature protest re, speech given at (SP410/07: Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Tabled) ... 1048 (Alberta /British Columbia) Member's statement re ... 1888 Alberta legislation re ... 330 Rent supplement program ... 541, 897, 930 British Columbia legislation re (Bill 17, 2007) Speech from the Throne (SP148/07: Tabled) ... 324 Debate ... 150–52 Funding/consultation with MUSH sector re ... 330, Standing Orders 360 Amendment to (sitting times, calendar of sittings, and Impact on municipalities ... 360 order of business) (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 76–77 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... 330 Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the Public consultation re, prior to implementation: House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Member's statement re ... 360–61 Hancock) ... 615 Public release of information re ... 330 Amendments to ... 1601 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Strathcona (County) Second reading ... 2373–74 New urban development ... 1637 Third reading ... 2482–83 Strikes and lockouts–A-Channel employees Treasury Branches General remarks ... 669, 723 Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 373 Strikes and lockouts–Calgary Herald employees Tyson Foods, Inc. General remarks ... 670 General remarks ... 1550, 1552, 1992 Strikes and lockouts–Construction workers Urban sprawl General remarks ... 2389 General remarks ... 1637 Strikes and lockouts–Lakeside Packers employees Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, General remarks ... 669, 723, 1550, 1552, 1992, 2389 Edmonton Strikes and lockouts–Palace Casino employees Funding for ... 1359 General remarks ... 669, 723, 1484, 1552, 1992 Voting in provincial elections Letter re (SP216/07: Tabled) ... 502 Participation rate ... 1601, 1603 Strikes and lockouts–Shaw Conference Centre Wages–Living wage employees General remarks ... 1550, 1552, 1554–55 General remarks ... 669 Wages–Minimum wage Student housing Increasing of ... 1550, 1552, 1554–55 Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Waiting lists (Medical care) ... 2053 Letter re (SP972/07: Tabled) ... 2248 Surgery wait times Workplace safety Letter re (SP765/07: Tabled) ... 1965 General remarks ... 723 Surplus, Budgetary Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with Alberta Capital Finance Authority (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 591–92 Borrowing of seniors' housing authorities from ... Tax incentives 1184 Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Alberta Energy and Utilities Board 591–92 General remarks ... 1719 Teachers' Pension Plan Alberta farm fuel benefit program Unfunded liability ... 1359–60 General remarks ... 1392 Unfunded liability: Task force to review, Allan Scott's Alberta SuperNet membership on ... 1616 General remarks ... 49 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Auditor General Second reading ... 2230–31 Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1392 Committee ... 2367 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Third reading ... 2490–92 10th anniversary of member for's position as Speaker Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) ... 534 Second Reading ... 949–51 Beef–Export–United States Committee ... 983–85, 996–98, 1010–11, 1020, Restrictions on, due to E coli in hamburger ... 1821 1028–29, 1034–35, 1040 360 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) (Continued) (Continued) On Behalf of the Crown (Historical reference work re Kowalski, Hon. Ken (Speaker of the Legislative Lieutenant Governors in Alberta) Assembly) Member's statement re ... 1384 Tribute to, on 10th anniversary as Speaker, member's Bell Canada statement re ... 534 Funding for Olds College e-learning centre, member's Lifesaving Society statement re ... 49 Member's statement re ... 21 Canadian Food Inspection Agency The Mantle of Leadership (Historical reference work re E coli in exported beef situation ... 1821 Premiers in Alberta) Canadian National Vimy Memorial Member's statement re ... 1384 General remarks ... 466 Members' Statements (2007) The Centennial Series: Legislative Assembly of Alberta Barrie and Richard Vickery ... 2060 (Historical reference books) The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 466 Member's statement re ... 1383–84 Bell Canada partnership with Olds College ... 49 A Century of Democracy (Historical reference work re Canadian university women's curling champions ... MLAs in Alberta) 398–99 Member's statement re ... 1384 The Centennial Series (Historical reference books) ... Committee on Community Services, Standing 1383–84 Report on Bill 31, Mental Health Amendment Act, Cremona cribbage champions ... 221–22 2007, presented (SP690/07: Tabled) ... 1817 Lifesaving Society ... 21 Report on Bill 41, Health Professions Statutes Surface rights compensation ... 1719 Amendment Act, 2007, presented and concurred Torrington community wellness centre ... 1850–51 in (SP691/07: Tabled) ... 1817 Tribute to the Hon. Ken Kowalski, 10th anniversary Community health centres–Torrington as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly ... 534 Member's statement re ... 1850–51 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Crest Leadership Centre Act (Bill Pr. 2) Committee ... 2310–12 First Reading ... 670 Committee: Amendment A1(parts A-L) (SP1032/07: Cribbage championships Tabled) ... 2310, 2314, 2315 Cremona team, Alberta-Northwest Territories Committee: Amendment A1 subamendments (parts provincial champions, member's statement re A,C,G-K) (SP1033/07: Tabled) ... 2314, 2315 ... 221–22 Report from Community Services standing Crop insurance program committee, presented (SP690/07: Tabled) ... 1817 Seeding failure, coverage of input costs re ... 1656 Municipal sustainability initiative Curling championships Funding from ... 1926 Canadian university women's champions, member's Office of the Premier statement re ... 398–99 Congratulations to new Premier ... 10 David Thompson Regional Health Authority Olds College Torrington community wellness centre participation E-learning centre, Bell Canada funding for, member's ... 1851 statement re ... 49 Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance Oral Question Period (2007) Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's Affordable housing for rural Alberta ... 1926 comments on ... 1392 Beef safety ... 1821 Food safety Crop insurance for seeding ... 1656 E coli in beef ... 1821 Farm fuel rebate program ... 1392 Gophers–Control Liquid strychnine ... 930–31 General remarks ... 930–31 Maintenance of secondary highways ... 408 Hamburger meat–Safety aspects Protection of Children Abusing Drugs legislation ... E coli in exported beef situation ... 1821 2326–27 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Seniors' housing authorities ... 1184 41) Surface rights compensation ... 262–63 Report from Community Services committee, Pest control presented and concurred in (SP691/07: Tabled) Products for ... 931 ... 1817 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, A Higher Duty (Historical reference work re Speakers in 2005) Alberta) Review of ... 2326–27 Member's statement re ... 1384 Roads–Maintenance and repair Highway 766 Secondary roads ... 408 Maintenance on ... 408 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Highway 791 Third Reading ... 846 Maintenance on ... 408 Social housing–Rural areas Housing authorities, Seniors' Funding for ... 1926 Borrowing power ... 1184 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 361
Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Speaker Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission 10th anniversary as Speaker, member's statement re ... Employment of children in licensed premises, 534 approval of ... 190 28th electoral anniversary of ... 2134 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Strychnine as pesticide 22) Discontinuation of ... 930–31 Committee ... 651 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Alberta Liberal Party Detox/residential services re ... 2326–27 Bob Maskell's seeking of nomination for election as Surface rights–Fees Liberal candidate, news article re (SP234/07: Adjustment to ... 262–63 Tabled) ... 544 Committee to review ... 263 Donation request from Beaver waste management Review of, member's statement re ... 1719 commission ... 1723 Surface Rights Board Donations to ... 2171 General remarks ... 1719 Donations to, from oil companies ... 1816–17, 1890 Vickery, Barrie and Richard Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Member's statement re ... 2060 Second reading ... 2078, 2084–85, 2091, 2094 Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) Committee ... 2400–02 Member's statements re ... 466 Third reading ... 2425–27 Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) Letter re (SP764/07: Tabled) ... 1965 Committee ... 1848 Petition tabled re (SP763/07: Tabled) ... 1965 Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Annexation (Municipal) Aboriginal women General remarks ... 895 Spokeswoman for, Muriel Stanley Venne ... 2135–36 Apartment buildings Agricultural land Conversion to condominiums ... 727, 2028 Protection for ... 895 Conversion to condominiums: Letter re (SP358/07: Alberta–Economic policy Tabled) ... 842 Downturn in, planning for ... 1536 Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 538 General remarks ... 1388 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Slowing down of ... 1388 Third Reading ... 1769–71 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Third Reading: Amendment A1 ... 1769 General remarks ... 895 Athabasca River–Water levels Report ... 436, 504, 538, 600–01, 870, 895, 1388, General remarks ... 1123, 1124 1723, 2028 Auditor General Report: Rent control recommendation ... 690, 870 Annual reports, frequency of ... 2284 Report: Rent control recommendation, letter re Budget for ... 2284 (SP843/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Continuing care facility management investigation Alberta Cancer Board (Seniors care programs): Report ... 2171 Coverage of Avastin drug treatment, letters re Environmental liability for energy exploration (clean- (SP178/07: Tabled) ... 400 up costs) remarks ... 1113 Alberta Clipper pipeline Relations with government ... 2284 General remarks ... 42, 1113, 1584 Resource royalty system comments ... 1784, 1854 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Avastin (Drug) Bitumen export limits ... 1115 Financial assistance re cost of, letters re (SP178, 192, Board members' resignation from ... 2138–39 196, 206/07: Tabled) ... 400, 444, 468, 502 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Calgary, hearing re ... 672 Donation to Alberta Liberal party ... 1723 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1723 Calgary, hearing re: Public inquiry re use of private Bills, Government investigators at ... 2138–39 Bill 3, reasoned amendment at third reading ... 559 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Bill 43, amendment at third reading ... 1769 Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at Bitumen ... 2138–39 Upgrading ... 1480–81, 1584 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Bitumen–Export Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at, General remarks ... 22, 42, 1113, 1480–81, 1584 Perras report on ... 2138 Limitation of ... 1113, 1115 Letter from landowner re (SP844/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Bitumen pipelines Separation into two boards ... 1117 Alberta Clipper pipeline ... 42, 1584 Alberta Federation of Labour General remarks ... 1584 Employment of children in licensed premises, Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust reaction to ... 190 Annual report, 2006 (SP373/07: Tabled) ... 878 362 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Boardwalk Rental Communities Climate Change and Emissions Management Rental rates ... 504, 872–73, 926–27 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) (Continued) Brokers of foreign worker importation Committee ... 452, 515, 517 General remarks ... 1333 Third Reading ... 557, 558–59 Brown, Mr. Bert Third reading: Reasoned amendment ... 559 Appointment to the senate, ministerial statement re ... General remarks ... 1122–23 634 Impact of federal climate change reduction plan on ... Budget 1122–23 Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Coal-bed methane extraction disclosure on ... 638 Clean-up costs re ... 1113 Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Collective bargaining disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 646 First-contract certification legislation, petition Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... presented re ... 724 1536–37 Supreme Court decision re ... 1652 Budget debate Collective bargaining–Teachers Motion 17: Oberg ... 735–37 Impact of education funding on ... 1536–37 By-elections Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five- New school construction announcement before ... year agreement on ... 2025 1759 Committee of Supply Calgary Health Region Evening sittings of, May 8 and 9 (Motion 19 as Holy Cross Centre contract termination ... 470–71 amended: Hancock) ... 880–81 Calgary Homeless Foundation Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing General remarks ... 436 Auditor General's reporting to ... 2284 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Olymel pork plant, Red Deer, situation ... 2065 Minister of Education nonappearance at ... 764 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Community schools Horizon project, collective labour agreement at, Petitions presented re ... 502 impact of Supreme Court decision on ... 1652 Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Capital cost allowance program (Federal) Rent control article ... 1133 For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... Conflict of interest 1076 Minister of Finance's soliciting of campaign Capital Health donations while preparing the budget ... 638 Emergency wait times/ambulance wait times in ... 566 Royalty Review Panel members ... 158 Emergency wait times/ambulance wait times in: Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Report on (SP257/07: Tabled) ... 598 Committee ... 2274 Full-capacity protocol (emergency rooms) ... 566 Constitution Act, 1982 Carbon dioxide pipelines Charter of Rights and Freedoms, collective General remarks ... 1124 bargaining rights included under ... 1652 Carbon dioxide sequestration Constitution Act, 2007 General remarks ... 1124–25 House of Commons seating formula change, Carbon tax ministerial statement re ... 1990–91 General remarks ... 1076, 1123 Continuing/extended care facilities Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Auditor General's review of: Report ... 2171 207) General remarks ... 470–71 Second Reading ... 857 Corporations–Taxation Children–Employment General remarks ... 1958 In licensed premises ... 190, 224–25 Reduction of ... 2103 In restaurants ... 224–25 Crime prevention Christian Labour Association of Canada General remarks ... 1048 Labour agreement with Canadian Natural Resources Dept. of Agriculture (United States) Limited ... 1652 Delisting of Olymel pork processing plant, Red Deer Class size (Grade school) ... 2065 Reduction of ... 2025 Dept. of Education Climate change Minister's nonappearance at Public Accounts Alberta plan for ... 125 committee meeting ... 764 Alberta plan for, impact of federal climate change Dept. of Energy reduction plan on ... 1122–23 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1113–15, 1117 Federal plan to reduce ... 1122–23 Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at Climate Change and Emissions Management EUB hearing ... 2138–39 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Minister's resignation ... 1784 Second Reading ... 312–13 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 363
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Environment Energy industry–Environmental aspects Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1122–25 Clean-up costs re ... 1113 Dept. of Finance Energy strategy Minister's comments to Royalty Review Panel ... Alberta-made strategy, member's statement re ... 22 2251 Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation 858–59, 864–65 solicitation ... 638 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation Department designated by ND opposition, minister's solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 646 nonappearance at meeting for ... 765 Dept. of Health and Wellness Ethane Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 886–89 Extraction of, from throughput of pipelines ... 1114, Dept. of housing (Proposed) 1115 Implementation of rent regulation ... 870 Exxon Mobil Corporation Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Bitumen pipeline, Alberta to Houston ... 1584 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 893–96 Federal/provincial fiscal relations District energy (urban waste heat utilization) General remarks ... 1076 General remarks ... 1115 Food banks Dollar, Canadian Impact of rent increases on usage of ... 1388 Impact on Alberta budget ... 1536–37 Food safety Drugs, Prescription–Costs General remarks ... 2065 General remarks ... 887 Foreign workers, Temporary Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... Death of, on the job ... 687 888 Replacement of trade union members ... 14, 22 East Central Health Replacement of trade union members, letter re Audit of St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, sterilization (SP193/07: Tabled) ... 444 procedures ... 255, 258 Treatment/safety of ... 1333 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Fort McMurray public inquiry re ... 255, 259, 292–93 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Member's Economic growth statement re ... 22 General remarks ... 1958 Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Impact on the environment ... 290 Second Reading ... 57–58 Impact on water supplies ... 1123, 1124 Gas, Natural Edmonton Apartment Association Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1113, Memo re rent increases ... 726 1115 Memo re rent increases (SP314/07: Tabled) ... 724 Volatiles in, as feedstock for petrochemical industry Edmonton Public School Board ... 1114, 1115 School closure policy, petitions presented re ... 502 Gas, Natural–Export Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act General remarks ... 1113 Leadership campaign contributions provisions Gas, Natural–Royalties (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1296–97, 1303 General remarks ... 1113 Electric power, Coal-produced–Environmental aspects Gas, Natural–Supply General remarks ... 672 General remarks ... 1113, 1114, 1115 Electric power–Export Gas pipelines–Mackenzie Valley to Alberta General remarks ... 672 General remarks ... 1114, 1115 Electric power–Supply Glaciers General remarks ... 672 Decline of ... 1123, 1124 Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) Government openness Construction of, hearings re ... 672 General remarks ... 402, 638 Electric utilities–Regulations Greenhouse gas emissions Deregulation ... 1117 Control of, through moratorium on oil sands Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 development, member's statement re ... 290 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1793, 1795–96 Federal plan to reduce ... 1122–23 Emission control credits Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... Federal credits, reinvestment in Alberta ... 1123 1122–23 Employment standards Intensity targets for industry re ... 1122–23 Oil sands industries ... 14–15 Health care facilities–Inspection Encana Corporation Petitions presented re ... 1073 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1533 Health Quality Council Earnings for first quarter, 2007 ... 1442 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Energy industry investigation of ... 292, 293, 324 Value-adding/upgrading in ... 1113 364 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Health sciences personnel Keystone bitumen pipeline Impact of funding cuts on ... 364 General remarks ... 1113 Scope of practice ... 887 National Energy Board hearings re ... 1480–81 Holy Cross Long Term Care Labour laws and legislation Health and safety issues in ... 88–89, 470–71 Review of ... 1652 Termination of contract for, by Calgary Health Labour Relations Code Region ... 470–71 Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major Holy Cross Manor Incorporated projects) ... 1652 Political connections of shareholder of ... 88–89 Labour supply Voting shareholders of (SP64/07: Tabled) ... 131 Shortages, employment of children to solve ... 190 Homeless Labour unions Programs for ... 1958, 2103 Assistance to foreign workers ... 1333 Homeless–Housing Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed) General remarks ... 436 Role of ... 1132 Youth shelters ... 2103 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Homeless and eviction prevention fund Evening sittings for Committee of Supply, May 8 and General remarks ... 2028 9 (Motion 19 as amended: Hancock) ... 880–81 Hospital beds Licensed premises General remarks ... 567 Employment of children in ... 190, 224–25 Hospitals Lloyd Women's Clinic Sterilization equipment for ... 364 Infection concerns in ... 326 Hospitals, Private Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 889 Second Reading ... 309–10 Hospitals–Claresholm Low-income families Sterilization equipment for ... 364 Level of support for ... 1958 Hospitals–Emergency services Mardiros, Mrs. Betty Capacity of ... 566–67 Member's statement re ... 536 General remarks ... 886–87 Maskell, Mr. Bob (Former MLA) Paramedics wait times in ... 566–67 News areticle re his seeking the nomination for Paramedics wait times in, report on (SP257/07: election as a Liberal candidate (SP234/07: Tabled) Tabled) ... 598 ... 544 Red alerts re ... 566–67 Medical care Waiting times in ... 364, 566 General remarks ... 886, 889 Hospitals–Emergency services–Edmonton Innovations in ... 886 Paramedic wait times in ... 566 Restructuring (third way option) ... 886 Paramedic wait times in, report on (SP257/07: Medical care, Private Tabled) ... 598 General remarks ... 471, 886, 889 Hospitals–Standards Medical care–Finance Patient safety issues re ... 255, 292, 324, 326 Implications of underfunding ... 324, 326, 364 Patient safety issues re, member's statement re ... 324 Medical profession Patient safety issues re, monitoring of ... 326 Practicing in public/private health systems ... 886 Patient safety issues re, petition for public inquiry Members of Parliament into ... 326 Additional Alberta members, ministerial statement re Patient safety issues re, petitions presented re ... 1073 ... 1990–91 House of Commons (Canada) Members' Statements (2007) Additional members for Alberta, ministerial statement Betty Mardiros ... 536 re ... 1990–91 Community policing ... 1048 Idaho State Legislature Growth pressures in Fort McMurray ... 22 Motion re withdrawal from security and prosperity Muriel Stanley Venne ... 2135–36 partnership (SSP) agreement, passed (SP526/07: Patient safety in hospitals ... 324 Tabled) ... 1386 Political party donations ... 2171–72 Income tax, Provincial Royalty revenues ... 1816–17 Percentage of revenue from, transfer to municipalities Royalty review ... 1533 ... 894 Temporary moratorium on oil sands development ... Intermunicipal relations 290 General remarks ... 894, 895 Temporary rent regulation ... 870 International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Methane–Export Injured on the Job General remarks ... 1114 Ministerial statement re ... 687 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria) Ipsos-Reid Vegreville hospital case ... 255 Vegreville hospital case, deaths from, letter re Rent control poll ... 1132 (SP147/07: Tabled) ... 324 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 365
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Métis hunting/fishing rights Oil sands development Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... Investment in ... 1442 2322 Labour supply problems in ... 14, 22 Métis Nation of Alberta Association Royalties paid re ... 1076, 1854 Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... Timing/scope of new projects, moratorium on ... 22, 2322 1139 Midwives and midwifery Timing/scope of new projects, moratorium on, General remarks ... 889 member's statement re ... 290 Ministerial Statements (2007) Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 1123 Appointment of Alberta senator ... 634 Use of natural gas supplies ... 1113, 1115 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 434 Water issues re ... 1123, 1124 House of Commons seating formula ... 1990–91 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed Clean-up costs re ... 1113 and Injured on the Job ... 687 Olymel St. Joseph's General Hospital ... 255 Red Deer pork processing plant ... 2065 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2025 Oral Question Period (2007) Mission apartment building, Calgary Affordable housing ... 504, 600–01, 726–27, 802–03, Rent increases in ... 1274 1184, 1240–41, 1274, 2028 Municipal finance Alberta Clipper pipeline proposal ... 42 Provincial funding for ... 894 Auditor General ... 2284 Municipal planning commissions Bitumen exports ... 1584 General remarks ... 894 Climate change ... 125 Municipalities Condominium conversions ... 538 General remarks ... 893 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... National Energy Board (Federal) 638 Keystone bitumen pipeline hearings ... 1480–81 Donations to leadership campaigns ... 402–03 National energy program Election finances ... 1723 Comparison with Royalty Review Panel ... 1821 Electricity line between Edmonton and Calgary ... Natural resources revenue 672 Allocation of percentage of, to municipalities ... 894 Emergency hospital services ... 566–67 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1784, Employment of children ... 190, 224–25 1820–21, 1854, 1890, 1958, 2174–75 Employment standards ... 14–15 Collection of appropriate amount of: Auditor Federal/provincial fiscal relations ... 1076 General's comments re ... 1784 Government policy ... 1388 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Health care funding ... 364 debate on legislation re ... 1793, 1795–96 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 88–89, 470–71 Collection of appropriate amount of: Member's Homeless children ... 2103 statement re ... 1816–17 Homelessness ... 436 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... Keystone pipeline project ... 1480–81 1537 Medical safety standards ... 326 New Democrat Opposition Métis hunting rights ... 2322 Designation of department for estimates debate, Ministerial accountability ... 1784 minister's nonappearance at ... 765 Ministerial appearances before committees ... 764–65 Northeast Community Health Centre, Edmonton New Royalty Framework ... 1820–21, 1854, 1890, General remarks ... 888–89 1924, 2174–75, 2212–13, 2250–51, 2382 Nuclear power New royalty framework ... 1820–21, 1854, 1890 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1115 Olymel pork processing plant ... 2065 Nurse practitioners Provincial labour legislation ... 1652 General remarks ... 889 Public/private partnerships for school construction ... Office of the Premier 1759–60 Congratulations to new Premier ... 9–10 Quality of life in Alberta ... 1958 Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Rental starts ... 926–27 regional waste management commission ... 1723 Royalty review ... 158, 1442 Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 1533 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 258–59, 292–93 Teachers' unfunded pension liability, Premier's St. Joseph's general hospital ... 258–59, 292–93 statement re ... 2025 Strength of Canadian dollar ... 1536–37 Oil–Export–United States Taser use by law enforcement personnel ... 1994–95 Increase in value of due to rise in Canadian dollar ... Temporary foreign workers ... 1333 1537 Temporary rent regulation ... 690–91, 836, 872–73, Oil recovery methods 1051, 1132–33 Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1124–25 Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2138–39 366 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Royalty review, criteria for transparency of ... 158 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Committee ... 661–62 First contract legislation ... 724 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Health facilities inspections and patient safety issues General remarks ... 894 ... 1073 Public safety (From criminal activity) Public inquiry into patient safety in hospitals, petition General remarks ... 1048 initiated re ... 326 Quality of life School closure policy, provincial ... 502 General remarks ... 1958 School closure policy of Edmonton Public School Impact of energy industry expansion on, member's Board ... 502 statement re ... 22 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Recreation areas Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Bill 46 (SP763/07) General remarks ... 895 ... 1965 Referendum, Federal Petrochemical industry Abolition of Senate ... 1991 Natural gas volatiles as feedstock for ... 1114, 1115 Rent control Preservation of ... 1480–81 General remarks ... 600–01, 690–91, 836, 872–73, Pharmaceutical Management Agency (New Zealand) 896, 927, 1051, 1132–33, 1184, 1241, 1274, General remarks ... 887, 889 1388, 2028, 2171 Pharmaceutical savings agency (Proposal) Letter from Doreen Fiddler re (SP354/07: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 887, 888 829 Point of Order Letters re (SP632/07: Tabled) ... 1729 Committee proceedings ... 891 Member's statement re ... 870 Imputing motives ... 1139 Poll results re ... 1132 Insulting language ... 2079 Rent increases Referring to newspaper articles ... 511 Assistance programs re ... 1184 Police Doreen Fiddler case ... 802–03 Neighbourhood patrols, member's statement re ... General remarks ... 504, 690, 726–27, 730, 802–03, 1048 836, 872–73, 927, 1051, 1184, 1240–41, Taser usage, guidelines for ... 1995 1274, 1388 Police–Finance Letter re (SP632/07: Tabled) ... 1729 General remarks ... 1048 Letters re (SP193, 657-658/07: Tabled) ... 444, 1768 Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Limited to one a year ... 690 Third Reading ... 663–64 Rental housing Political parties General remarks ... 1241 Donations to ... 1533, 1816–17, 1890, 1924 Impact of rent controls on building of ... 690–91, Donations to: Legislation re ... 1723 726–27, 896, 927, 2028 Donations to: Member's statement re ... 2171 Increase in supply ... 836 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Secondary suites ... 836 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1296–97, 1303 Restaurants Pork–Export–United States Employment of children in ... 224–25 Prevention of, from Olymel pork plant in Red Deer ... Royalty Review Panel 2065 Conflict of interest of panel members ... 158 Preventive medical services General remarks ... 1113, 1442, 1533, 1537 General remarks ... 889 Minister of Finance's comments to ... 2251 Privilege Our Fair Share (report) ... 1816, 1820–21 Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... 646 Our Fair Share (report): Chart comparing Alberta and Professional qualifications, Foreign other countries royalty share (SP723/07: Assessment service for ... 889 Tabled) ... 852 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Royalty structure (Energy resources) Candidates for executive committee elections, list of Changes to ... 22 (SP65/07: Tabled) ... 131 Exemptions re (royalty holidays) ... 1854 Donations to ... 2171 General remarks ... 1076, 1113, 1537, 1958, 2171 Donations to, from oil companies ... 1816–17, 1890 Member's statement re ... 1533 Leadership campaign contributions, disclosure of ... New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1820–21, 1854, 402–03, 638 1890, 1924, 2174–75, 2250–51, 2382 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, New Royalty Framework (2007): Changes to ... from Beaver regional waste management 2212–13 commission ... 1723 New Royalty Framework (2007): Member's statement Property tax–Education levy re ... 1816–17 Transfer to municipalities ... 894 Review of ... 158, 1442, 1480, 2251 Review of: Public meetings re ... 158 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 367
Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Royalty structure (Energy resources)–Alaska Tabling returns and reports (Parliamentary procedure) General remarks ... 2174–75, 2382 Notes/newspaper articles quoted during OQP ... 1898 Royalty structure (Energy resources)–Newfoundland Tasers (Electroshock weapons) General remarks ... 1924 Use by law enforcement personnel ... 1994–95 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Use by law enforcement personnel, review of ... 1995 Second Reading ... 1900 Taxation, Municipal St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville General remarks ... 894 Bacterial infection situation in ... 324, 326, 364 Teachers' Pension Plan Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from, letter re Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of, (SP147/07: Tabled) ... 324 Premier's statement re ... 2025 Bacterial infection situation in, ministerial statement Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) re ... 255 Second Reading ... 932–34, 953, 961–63, 962–63 Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re ... Committee ... 971–73, 991–92, 1004–05, 1012–13, 255, 259, 292–93, 324 1025–27, 1029–30, 1037 Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re: Committee: Amendment A2 (SP404/07: Tabled) ... Letter requesting (SP135/07: Tabled) ... 298 997 Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re, Committee: Amendment A6 (SP409/07: Tabled) ... petition re ... 326 1029 Board of management appointed for ... 255 General remarks ... 1388 Sterilization procedures ... 255, 258, 326 Timing for discussion at second, committee, and third Schools–Closure readings ... 881 Edmonton Public School Board policy re, petition Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) presented re ... 502 Committee ... 2432–33 General remarks ... 2025 Urban/rural relations Petition presented re ... 502 General remarks ... 894, 895 Schools–Construction Urgent medical care Public/private projects re ... 1759–60 General remarks ... 886–87, 888–89 Public/private projects re: Public sector comparator Vancouver International Airport for ... 1760 Taser incident in ... 1994 Senate Venne, Muriel Stanley Abolishment of ... 634 Member's statement re ... 2135–36 Abolishment of, federal referendum re ... 1991 Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) Senators Ministerial statement re ... 434 Appointment of Alberta nominee for, Bert Brown, Wages–Minimum wage ministerial statement re ... 634 Increasing of ... 1048 Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton Walkerton water supply contamination situation Awards dinner program (SP774/07: Tabled) ... 2001 General remarks ... 292 Social housing Water quality General remarks ... 436, 504, 726–27, 802–03, General remarks ... 1123 895–96, 1048, 1184, 1240–41, 2028 Water rights, Interprovincial South Saskatchewan River basin Alberta-Saskatchewan river flows ... 1123 Overuse of ... 1124 Water supply Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1123 Debate ... 35–37 Impact of economic growth on ... 1123, 1124 Strathcona (County) Use by energy industry ... 1123, 1124 New urban development ... 894 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Bow River Substance abuse–Prevention Impact on growth in the Calgary area ... 1124 General remarks ... 1048 Workplace safety Suncor Inc. General remarks ... 687 Dismissal of employee over language issues ... 15 Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Earnings for first quarter, 2007 ... 1442 Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues Supportive living facilities General remarks ... 17 Assisted living facilities ... 88–89 Alberta Association of Services for Children and Supreme Court of Canada Families Collective bargaining rights decision ... 1652 Staff recruitment and retention report ... 822 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... Staff recruitment and retention survey (SP73/07: 2322 Tabled) ... 156 Surgery waiting lists Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Website re ... 886 Statistics report ... 46, 823 Surplus, Budgetary Women's shelters comments ... 2141, 2142 General remarks ... 1536 368 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Alberta initiative for school improvement Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada Funding for ... 1253 Federal child care funding, non-reporting provinces re Alberta Response Model (Child welfare) ... 1138 General remarks ... 826 Child care after/before school Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Provincial assistance re ... 176–77, 767, 821, 1199, Second reading ... 2095 1334 Committee ... 2409 Child care after/before school–Employees Animal Health Act (Bill 32) General remarks ... 1200, 1334 Third Reading ... 1711 Child care after/before school–Rural areas Animals, Treatment of General remarks ... 1199 Penalties for, letter re (SP82/07: Tabled) ... 188 Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) Apprenticeship training Second Reading ... 166–68 Increase in spaces for, letter re (SP137/07: Tabled) ... Committee ... 280–81 298 Funding for implementation of ... 821 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) General remarks ... 1483 Second Reading ... 1706 Regulations under ... 2324 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25) Regulations under: Letters re (SP780, 869, 889-890, Committee ... 273–75 948-950, 980-982/07: Tabled) ... 2001, 2063, Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 2100–01, 2210, 2257 20) Regulations under: Letters re (SP896/07: Tabled) ... Committee ... 268–69 2101 Third Reading ... 299–301 Child intervention services Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Funding for ... 822 General remarks ... 2171 Child welfare Rent costs assistance for recipients of, letter re Aboriginal children ... 822, 2068 (SP852/07: Tabled) ... 2035 General remarks ... 2064 Rent costs assistance for recipients of, letter re Child welfare–Finance (SP1067/07: Tabled) ... 2390 General remarks ... 1781 Auditor General Child welfare recipients Aboriginal child welfare programs comments ... 2068 Death of, in foster care ... 2283 Autism spectrum disorder Death of, in foster care, member's statement re ... Adult services re ... 1193 1781 Advocate/ombudsman re ... 1193 Child welfare workers Funding for services re ... 728, 1193 Caseloads ... 822, 826 Funding for services re, letter re (SP411/07: Tabled) Casework practice model, champion sites pilot ... 1048 project re ... 822, 825, 826, 2064 Member's statement re ... 723 Compassion fatigue in ... 1764 Multidisciplinary evaluation teams re ... 727–28, 823, Increase in numbers of ... 2064 1078–79, 1193 Child welfare workers–Safety aspects Multidisciplinary evaluation teams re, conflict of General remarks ... 1722, 1763–64 interest concerns re ... 823 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act Relationship development interventions treatment re Role in contributing to repeated child abuse incidents ... 1078 ... 823 Banff Child Care Centre Children–Protective services Renovations, provincial grant for ... 2324 All-party committee to review ... 163 Battered women–Housing General remarks ... 2068 General remarks ... 2141–42 Children and poverty Second-stage housing ... 46, 567–68, 823, 826 Aboriginal children ... 2068 Bullying–Prevention Children's Advocate Funding for ... 822–23 Role of ... 828 General remarks ... 1196 Children's services agencies (Non-profit) Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Co-ordination of ... 825 Funding for ... 177 Government contracts with ... 825 Child abuse–Prevention Staff safety issues ... 826 General remarks ... 823 Staffing problems ... 176 Child and Youth Advocate Staffing problems, survey of (SP73/07: Tabled) ... Annual report ... 828 156 Budget ... 823 Class size (Grade school) Transfer to legislature officer status ... 163 Reduction of, funding for ... 1253 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Climate change 207) Letter re (SP138/07: Tabled) ... 298 First Reading ... 290 Second Reading ... 854–55, 1089–90, 1092–93 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 369
Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Climate Change and Emissions Management Daycare centres–Standards (Continued) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Letter re (SP897/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Second Reading ... 313–14 Letters re (SP753, 854/07: Tabled) ... 1930, 2035 Committee ... 447, 483 Review of ... 1483–84 Collective bargaining Dept. of Children's Services First-contract certification legislation ... 2329 Deputy minister's office budget ... 828 Collective bargaining–Teachers Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 176–77 Impact of education funding on ... 1252 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Community initiatives program 1193, 1195–96, 1199–1202 Banff Child Care Centre renovations grant ... 2324 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 820–26, 828 Community schools Minister's office budget ... 828 General remarks ... 360 Occupational health and safety code in ... 1722, Conflict of interest 1763–64 Multidisciplinary team members evaluating autism ... Staff, hiring of new ... 825 823 Staff change fatigue ... 824–25 A Crisis of Human Capital (Report) Staff turnover ... 825 Copy tabled (SP241/07) ... 564 Dept. of Education Crowfoot, Chief Budget process, relation to school boards' processes General remarks ... 1650 ... 1253 Crystal Meth Task Force Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Report ... 472–73, 823, 1053 1193, 1195–96, 1199–1202 Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse–Prevention Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1252–53 General remarks ... 473 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse–Treatment Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... General remarks ... 472–73 1193, 1195–96, 1199–1202 CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Disabled–Housing Act (Bill Pr. 1) Availability/affordability of ... 1620, 2171 Second Reading ... 1708–09 Availability/affordability of, letter re (SP852/07: Daycare centres Tabled) ... 2035 General remarks ... 821 Disabled children Letters re (SP104, 168, 270-271, 551, 854/07: Government programs for ... 825, 1078–79 Tabled) ... 265, 362, 645, 1487, 2035 Government programs for, funding for ... 1193 Member's statement re ... 2319 Government programs for, letters re (SP321, 401, Municipal involvement in ... 226, 767 433/07: Tabled) ... 732–33, 925, 1074 National plan principles re (revised Conservative Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) government plan) ... 226, 821 Second Reading ... 1715 Spaces for, legislation re (Bill 207) ... 290 Domestic violence Subsidies re: Letter re (SP754/07: Tabled) ... 1930 General remarks ... 46 Daycare centres–Employees Domestic violence–Prevention Incentives for ... 1200 Government programs re ... 1196 Member's statement re ... 1329 Government programs re: Funding for ... 822–23 Salaries of ... 176 Drug abuse resistance education program Salaries of, letters re (SP197-198, 213, 232, 461/07: General remarks ... 1196 Tabled) ... 468, 502, 544, 1182 Early childhood education Shortage of ... 226, 821 Funding: Letter re (SP853/07: Tabled) ... 2035 Training of, bursaries re ... 821 General remarks ... 1199 Daycare centres–Finance Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1199 Federal funding, accounting for ... 1138 Early childhood education–Staffing General remarks ... 226, 766–67, 821, 2323–24 Training for, email and letter to the editor re Letter re (SP81/07: Tabled) ... 188 (SP412/07: Tabled) ... 1048 Daycare centres–Licensing Economic growth Regulations re ... 2324 General remarks ... 563, 1271 Education–Finance Regulations re: Letters re (SP727, 767, 780, 854, 869, General remarks ... 1252 889-890, 948-950, 980-982, 1039/07: Tabled) Letters re (SP328, 705, 779/07: Tabled) ... 771, 1818, ... 1860, 1965, 2001, 2035, 2063, 2100–01, 2001 2210, 2257, 2329 Program unit funding: Extension to grade 3 ... 1195 Regulations re: Letters re (SP896/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Elders (Aboriginal society) Regulations re: Petition tabled re (SP868/07) ... 2063 General remarks ... 1650 Daycare centres–Rural areas Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) General remarks ... 821 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance du fait Daycare centres–Standards franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Cost increase due to ... 1483–84 Second Reading ... 347, 581 370 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Environmental Protection and Enhancement Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment 2007-08 Act, 2007 (Bill 205) Estimates debated ... 176–77 Second Reading ... 712 Intermunicipal relations Family and Community Support Services Association Letter re (SP375/07: Tabled) ... 879 Member's statement re ... 1532–33 International Women's Day Family and community support services program General remarks ... 16 General remarks ... 176, 823, 1720 Labour laws and legislation Out of school care program funding ... 1199 Letters re (SP1010, 1040, 1068/07: Tabled) ... 2292, Review of ... 822, 823, 1334 2329, 2390 Family courts Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Implementation of (Motion 511 amendment) ... Second Reading ... 306–07 1913–14 Members' Statements (2007) Famous Five statue, Ottawa Affordable housing ... 2171 Model of, for Legislature rotunda, member's Alberta's social infrastructure ... 1270–71 statement re ... 2060 Autism spectrum disorder ... 723 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Child care ... 2319 Services to children with ... 1196 Child care professsionals ... 1329 Foreign workers, Temporary Children in care ... 1781 Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Family and Community Support Services Association 1508 ... 1532–33 Foster care Famous Five maquette ... 2060 Funding for ... 821 Foster parents ... 155 General remarks ... 297, 366, 821–22, 2064 Funding for nonprofit human services agencies ... Letter re (SP167/07: Tabled) ... 362 1955 Report on ... 2283 Mental health ... 501 Foster children Millwoods Cultural and Recreational Facility Death of, member's statement re ... 1781 Association ... 290 Deaths of ... 2283 Mini World Cup of Soccer ... 596–97 Housing of, in hotels ... 297, 1539, 2064 Parents Empowering Parents ... 1047 Foster children–Finance Respect for seniors ... 1650 General remarks ... 1083 School closures ... 360 Foster parents Service dogs ... 187 Campaign to attract, costs of (M6/07: Defeated) ... Social workers ... 1720 1083–84 Sustainability of social programs ... 563 Member's statement re ... 155 Temporary rent regulation ... 869–70 Shortage of ... 366, 1539 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Committee ... 2313–15 Second Reading ... 1489–90 Third reading ... 2499–2500 Gasoline–Prices Mental health services–Children Increases in, letter re (SP552/07: Tabled) ... 1487 General remarks ... 825 Government openness Mentally disabled General remarks ... 163 Funding for programs for: Letter re (SP782/07: Health care facilities–Construction Tabled) ... 2001 Funding plans for, 2004-07 (M3/07: Defeated) ... 578 Member's statement re ... 501 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Supports for, letter re (SP434/07: Tabled) ... 1074 41) Mentally disabled children Third reading ... 2492–93 Funding for programs for ... 823 Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5) Programs for ... 825 Third Reading ... 1777 Mill Woods Cultural and Recreational Facility High school education–Finance Association Credit enrollment unit funding ... 1253 Member's statement re ... 290 Homeless Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability Letter re (SP895/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Regional governance discussions, letter re (SP375/07: Letters re (SP704, 726, 736, 781, 870, 983/07: Tabled) ... 879 Tabled) ... 1818, 1860, 1896, 2001, 2063, 2257 Ministers (Provincial government) Immigration Women as ... 16–17 Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Natural resources revenue 509: Agnihotri) ... 1508 Utilization of ... 2171 Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 2007 (Bill 12) Apprenticeship program crowding, letter re Second Reading ... 458–59 Committee ... 494–95 (SP137/07: Tabled) ... 298 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 371
Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Nutrition guidelines for children and youth Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Letter re (SP724/07: Tabled) ... 1860 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 15) Oral Question Period (2007) Second Reading ... 478 Aboriginal children's services ... 2068 Committee ... 659–60 Affordable accessible housing ... 1620 Public assistance Affordable transportation for seniors ... 1651–52 Funding for, member's statement re ... 563 Autism spectrum disorder ... 727–28 Member's statement re ... 1270–71, 2171 Child and Youth Advocate ... 163 Quality of life Child care ... 2323–24 General remarks ... 1084 Child care funding ... 226 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Edmonton to Calgary Child care review ... 1483–84 Maintenance on, letter re (SP214/07: Tabled) ... 502 Children in care ... 2283 Reading recovery program Children's services ... 2064 General remarks ... 1253 Contracted human services agencies ... 1960 Regional health authorities Crystal methamphetamine ... 472–73 Seniors' transportation initiatives ... 1652 Family violence ... 46 Rent control Federal child care funding ... 1138 Letter from Doreen Fiddler re (SP354/07: Tabled) ... Foster care ... 297 829 Foster care delivery ... 366 Letter re (SP233/07: Tabled) ... 544 Foster care system ... 1539 Member's statement re ... 869–70 Out of school care ... 1334 Rent increases Rent supplement programs ... 927–28 Assistance programs re ... 927–28 Safety of human service workers ... 1763–64 General remarks ... 927–28 Safety of human services workers ... 1722 Letters re (SP320, 374, 462, 484, 506/07: Tabled) ... Staffing of human service agencies ... 1821–22 732, 879, 1182, 1272, 1330 Staffing of human services agencies ... 1821–22 Replacement workers Support for child care ... 766–67 General remarks ... 2293, 2390 Support for familities with autistic children ... Royalty Review Panel 1078–79 Our Fair Share (report): Letters re (SP676, 725/07: Women's issues ... 16–17 Tabled) ... 1782, 1860 Women's shelters ... 567–68, 2141–42 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Youth addictions treatment programs ... 1052–53 Second Reading ... 1900–01 Parents Empowering Parents Committee ... 2042 General remarks ... 823, 1052–53 School boards Member's statement re ... 1047 Budget process ... 1253 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Funding ... 1252 Daycare regulations changes (SP868/07) ... 2063 General remarks ... 1252 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) School counsellors Second Reading ... 1498–99 General remarks ... 1196 Point of Order School dropouts Relevance ... 301 Relation to school board funding ... 1253 Police School nutrition programs Domestic violence cases ... 46 General remarks ... 1199, 1253 Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Second Reading ... 456–57 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Second Reading ... 456–57 Second Reading ... 1095–96 Property tax–Education levy Schools–Closure General remarks ... 1252 Member's statement re ... 360 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 716 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Prostitutes, Juvenile Impact on water quality, letter re (SP400/07: Tabled) General remarks ... 1196 ... 925 Recidivism rate after apprehension of (Q16/07: Senior citizens Response tabed as SP666/07) ... 1660 Member's statement re ... 1650 Services to ... 823 Senior citizens–Transportation Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, General remarks ... 1651–52 2005) Service dogs General remarks ... 823, 1052 Member's statement re ... 187 Parents self-help group re ... 823, 1047, 1052 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act Second Reading ... 336–37 Application in rural areas ... 824 Committee ... 700, 703 Children apprehended under: Rate of recidivism of Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment (Q16/07: Response tabled as SP666/07) ... 1660 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Children apprehended under: Services to ... 823 Third reading ... 1972–73 372 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Smoking–Prevention Who Cares? campaign (Non-profit social services Province-wide smoking ban re: Letter re (SP563/07: agencies) Tabled) ... 1534 General remarks ... 1821 Soccer championships Women in politics Mini World Cup winners, member's statement re ... Encouragement to ... 17 596–97 Women's issues Social housing General remarks ... 16–17 For domestic violence victims ... 46, 568 Women's Secretariat General remarks ... 826 General remarks ... 17 Letter re (SP703/07: Tabled) ... 1818 Women's shelters Social services General remarks ... 46, 2141–42 Member's statement re ... 1532–33 Women's shelters–Finance Social services–Finance General remarks ... 567–68, 823 General remarks ... 1781 McFarland, Barry (PC, Little Bow) Social services–Staffing Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) General remarks ... 176 Committee ... 2405–06 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects Case-by-case provincial contracting system re ... 1960 Photographs on, Hutterites exemption from ... Employees of, salaries for ... 1821, 1955, 1960 1689–90 Funding for ... 1533, 1821–22, 1960 Bergen, Mr. Henry Funding for: Member's statement re ... 1955 Member's statement re ... 634 Social workers Court of Appeal Caseloads ... 823 Drivers' licence photos exemption decision ... Compassion fatigue in ... 1764 1689–90 Hiring of new workers ... 825 Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Member's statement re ... 1720 Second Reading ... 555 Social workers–Safety aspects Second Reading ... 555 General remarks ... 826, 1722, 1763–64 GEN Manufacturing Ltd. Special needs aides in high schools General remarks ... 634 Funding for ... 1201, 1253 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Speech from the Throne Second reading ... 2193–94 Debate ... 318–20 Hutterites Spousal abusers Drivers' licence photo exemption for ... 1689–90 Counselling for ... 823 Immigrant doctors Substance abuse–Prevention–Youth Accreditation process for ... 2384–85 General remarks ... 1195–96 Hospital experience for, while qualifying ... 1338 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Residency program for ... 1338 Detox/residential services re ... 823, 1052–53 Members' Statements (2007) Teachers' Pension Plan Henry Bergen ... 634 Unfunded liability: Letters re (SP328, 653/07: Vauxhall Academy of Baseball ... 121 Tabled) ... 771, 1767 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Second Reading ... 751–52 Third Reading ... 1061–62, 1064 National Soil Conservation Week Textbooks General remarks ... 634 Funding for ... 1253 Nuclear power plants–Security aspects Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water General remarks ... 840 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Oral Question Period (2007) Third Reading ... 1712 Disputes about seismic activity ... 505 Unified Family Court Task Force Driver's licence photos ... 1689–90 Report ... 1913–14 Foreign qualifications ... 2384–85 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Foreign-trained physicians ... 1338 General remarks ... 2064 Highway maintenance ... 230 Victims of Crime Fund Nuclear power ... 840 Surplus ... 2142 Order of Canada Wages–Social workers Awarded to Mr. Henry Bergen ... 634 Letter re (SP755/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Professional qualifications, Foreign Water quality–Marie Lake Assessment service for ... 2384–85 Impact of energy development on, letter re Roads–Maintenance and repair (SP400/07: Tabled) ... 925 Potholes and lane marking repairs ... 230 Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society Seismic activity General remarks ... 187 Compensation to landowners re, resolution of Letter from (SP103/07: Tabled) ... 265 disputes over ... 505 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 373
McFarland, Barry (PC, Little Bow) (Continued) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Surface Rights Board (Continued) Seismic activity compensation claims, resolution of Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped disputes re ... 505 (Continued) Vauxhall Academy of Baseball Employment for recipients of ... 1192, 1559, 1572, Member's statement re ... 121 2030, 2070, 2387 Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Funding for ... 765–66, 1558, 1572 Aboriginal children–Education Funding for, lapse of ... 1557–58 Funding for ... 1192 General remarks ... 2070 Aboriginal youth suicide Health benefits ... 1152, 1559, 1572, 2030, 2070 Prevention strategy ... 1192 Health benefits, separation from income support Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force benefits ... 1559 Report ... 2030 Medical examination form questions ... 2387 Alberta Aids to Daily Living Rent costs assistance for recipients of ... 926, Benefits for youth transitioning from children's 2029–30, 2070 services ... 1194 Auditor General Disabled seniors assistance ... 2386 Continuing care facility management investigation Funding for ... 1152–53 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 54 General remarks ... 1572 Brain injured Home care component ... 1081 Support services for ... 678, 1153, 1572 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Bullying–Prevention Seniors' dental benefits ... 1156 General remarks ... 1192 Seniors' drug benefits ... 1152 Calgary issues Alberta Brain Injury Network General remarks ... 1585 General remarks ... 1572 Child and family services authorities Alberta Council on Aging Youth transition services ... 1192 Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 2215 Child intervention services Joint report on seniors' centres funding (SP954 & Funding for ... 1192 959/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Christenson Developments Ltd. Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Aging in place housing ... 1575 Seniors' premiums ... 841, 1152 Committee of Supply Alberta seniors benefit program Cross-ministry discussion rules ... 1191 Benefits increase, funding for, underspending of ... Community mental health services 1557 Staffing ... 1559–60 Dental benefits ... 1152, 1156, 1158, 1537, 1572, Community spirit program for charitable giving 2250 Seniors' centres matching donations ... 2215 Edmonton's rebate of property tax to seniors through Continuing/extended care facilities ... 1540 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 54 General remarks ... 1152, 1537, 1556, 1560, 1572, Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 1587, 1652, 2250, 2386 1691, 1763 Housing benefits ... 841, 1653 General remarks ... 1154–55 Optical benefits ... 1152, 1537, 1572 Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards Animal Health Act (Bill 32) Enforcement of ... 1154, 1587 Third Reading ... 1710 General remarks ... 54, 1154, 1587 Architecture and the disabled Continuing/extended care facilities residents General remarks ... 1573 Bill of rights for ... 1587 Assessment Health requirements of ... 1155 Market value as basis for, impact on seniors ... 2386 Demographic planning commission (Proposed) Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured General remarks ... 1156, 1158, 1537–38, 1560 Funding ... 678 Dept. of Children's Services Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Budget ... 1192 Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 573, 697 1191–92, 1194–95, 1199, 1207 Benefits, indexing of ... 1156–57, 1997 Dept. of Education Benefits for youth transitioning from children's Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... services ... 1194 1191–92, 1194–95, 1199, 1207 Benefits increase for ... 1152, 1192, 1559, 1572, Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports 1893, 1997, 2029–30 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP37/07: Tabled) ... 26 Benefits increase for: Funding of, from uncollected Annual report, 2006-07 (SP808/07: Tabled) ... 2002 resource revenue ... 1893 Budget ... 1192 Budget for, non-spending of ... 2387 Budget, underspending in ... 1557–58 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 642, Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1157, 1560, 1997, 2030, 2070 1191–92, 1194–95, 1199, 1207 374 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports (Continued) Low-income seniors Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1152–58, Special-needs assistance ... 160, 1537, 1542, 1556, 1555–61, 1571–76 1572, 1574, 1585 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Special-needs assistance, Edmonton use of to rebate during (SP532, 665/07: Tabled) ... 1386, 1768 property tax ... 1574 Disabled Mental health facilities–Employees Funding for programs for ... 765–66 General remarks ... 1192, 1574–75 Government policies for ... 1152–53 Mental health services Programs for ... 1572 General remarks ... 1158, 1560 Quality of life issues re ... 1573 Performance measures re ... 1576 Disabled–Employment Mentally disabled General remarks ... 1573 Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: Provincial assistance re ... 1157, 1572, 2324–25 Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 573, 697 Disabled–Housing Funding for programs for ... 44, 191, 765–66, 1153, Government programs for ... 1575 1560, 1572, 1788 Residential access modification program for ... 1572 Supports for ... 1194–95 Short-term vs long-term housing ... 1575 Mortgages, Reverse Disabled children–Education–Finance Awareness programs for seniors re ... 1207 General remarks ... 1192 Oral Question Period (2007) Disabled seniors Affordable housing for AISH recipients ... 2029–30 Government programs for ... 2386 Affordable housing for seniors ... 1653 Home modification programs for ... 2386 Affordable transportation for seniors ... 1651–52 Domestic violence–Prevention Associaltion for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Government programs re ... 1192 Injured ... 678 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 642, Impact on seniors ... 1561 1997, 2070, 2387 Economic growth Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 642, Impact on seniors ... 1574 1997 Edmonton Calgary concerns ... 1585 Rebate of portion of seniors' property taxes ... 1540 Designated assisted living facilities ... 1691 Edmonton Seniors Safe House Fetal alcohol syndrome disorder ... 1727–28 General remarks ... 1199 Funding for persons with developmental disabilities Elder abuse ... 44 General remarks ... 1199, 1207 Long-term and continuing care ... 1587 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Long-term care facilities ... 1763 Holy Cross Long Term Care Centre conditions (not Long-term care funding ... 1081 proceeded with) ... 54 PDD funding ... 191 Family and community support services program Property tax increases ... 1540 Seniors' centres funding ... 2215 Protection for persons in care ... 1587 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Rent supplement programs ... 926, 1056 Services to adults with ... 1727–28 Royalty revenues ... 1893 Services to children with ... 1192 Seniors' benefits ... 2386 Good Samaritan Society Seniors' property taxes ... 160 Recreation program funding cuts ... 191 Staffing of human services agencies ... 1788 Holy Cross Long Term Care Support for seniors ... 1537–38, 1541–42, 2250 Health and safety issues in: Request for emergency Support for seniors' centres ... 2215 debate re ... 54 Support for the developmentally disabled ... 765–66 Holy Cross Manor Incorporated Supports for disabled persons ... 2324–25 Assisted living unit rents ... 842 Temporary rent regulation ... 841–42 Home care program Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) General remarks ... 1081, 1537 School construction in Calgary-North West International Day of Disabled Persons constituency (SP614/07) ... 1693 General remarks ... 2325 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Kerby Rotary House, Calgary Disabilities General remarks ... 1199 General remarks ... 1572 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Property tax hospitals) Capping of, for seniors ... 2386 Fee increase, lawsuit re ... 1561 Property tax–Education levy Funding for ... 1154 Seniors' tax relief re ... 160, 841, 1152, 1537, 1540, Funding for, underspending of ... 1557, 1558 1574 General remarks ... 1153, 1154–55, 1575 Seniors' tax relief re, deferral program for ... 1574 Short term vs long term patients in ... 1575 Seniors' tax relief re, Edmonton rebate program re ... Transfer of responsibility for to Seniors dept. ... 1154 1574 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 375
Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) (Continued) (Continued) Public Guardian's office Wages–Mental health facility employees Funding ... 1153 General remarks ... 44, 191, 1557, 1558 Quality of life World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Performance measures re ... 1997 General remarks ... 1207 Regional health authorities Youth in transition from the child care system Seniors' transportation initiatives ... 1652 Government programs for ... 1192, 1194 Rent control Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) General remarks ... 841–42, 1585, 1653, 2030 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Rent increases Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 1143 Assistance programs re ... 841–42, 926, 1585 Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) General remarks ... 841–42, 926 Committee ... 1871 Impact on AISH recipients ... 926, 1056 Affordable housing trust (Federal) Impact on seniors ... 841–42, 1056, 1585, 1653 General remarks ... 1143 School boards Alberta–Economic conditions Funding for disabled students ... 1192 General remarks ... 1169 Schools–Construction–Calgary-North West constituency Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Petition tabled re (SP614/07) ... 1693 Report ... 507, 764, 1142, 1169, 1170, 1390, 2140–41 Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Report: Home ownership assistance program Third Reading ... 551–52 recommendation ... 1618 Senior citizens Alberta Federation of Labour Fraud awareness programs for ... 1207 Temporary foreign workers, report on ... 2283–84 Government programs ... 1152–53, 1156, 1537–38, Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums 1541–42, 1585, 2250, 2386 Elimination of ... 2174 Government programs, funding for, lapse of ... 1558 Alberta home ownership assistance program Increase in numbers of, planning for ... 1537–38 General remarks ... 1618 Support programs for ... 2250 Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC Senior citizens–Housing proposal) Government programs for ... 1153, 1537, 1575, 1653 General remarks ... 2250 Senior citizens–Transportation Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) General remarks ... 1651–52 Committee ... 2398–2400 Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Alberta Works (Employment training program) General remarks ... 1538, 1652 General remarks ... 1169 Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 2215 Regional offices for rent increase inquiries ... 1448 Joint report on seniors' centres funding (SP954 & Apartment buildings 959/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Conversion to condominiums ... 926, 1390 Seniors' centres Apprenticeship training Financial support to ... 2215 As alternative to temporary foreign workers Seniors' shelters importation ... 408 General remarks ... 1199 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Social housing Second Reading ... 1698–1700 Rent supplement program ... 842 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25) Social services agencies (Non-profit) Committee ... 277–79 Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 1788 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Funding for ... 1788 20) Social services recipients–Protection Committee ... 269–70 General remarks ... 1153, 1575 Auditor General Student Health Initiative Energy resources stewardship comments ... 1781 Funding for ... 1192 Bissell Centre, Edmonton Supportive living facilities Emergency funding for ... 2249–50 Aging in place facilities ... 1575 Brokers of foreign worker importation Aging in place program, performance measure re ... Fees charged by ... 1338 1561 Monitoring of ... 1337–38, 1964 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Prosecutions re ... 2283–84 care facilities to ... 1587, 1691, 1763 Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Funding for, underspending of ... 1557 General remarks ... 1143 General remarks ... 1153 Canada-Alberta Co-operation on Immigration Numbers of, 2001-07 (Q10/07: Response tabled as General remarks ... 1174 SP420/07) ... 1049 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Seniors' lodges: Residents in, disposable income for Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at ... 691, ... 2250 1080 376 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Canadian Natural Resources Limited (Continued) Electric power lines Horizon project, safety issues at ... 1079–80 Manual reclosing of circuit breakers on ... 1174 Horizon project, safety requirements: Meeting notes Manual reclosing of circuit breakers on, letter re re (SP293/07: Tabled) ... 697 (SP538/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Electric power lines–Safety aspects 207) General remarks ... 1174 Second Reading ... 1087–88 Employment benefits Second Reading: Amendment to refer Bill to Prorating of, for part-time employment ... 2174 Community Services standing committee ... 1088 Employment standards Children–Employment Compassionate leave ... 1173 General remarks ... 195–96 Foreign workers, application to ... 408, 1243 In licensed premises ... 195–96 Inspectors for ... 1172 In restaurants ... 195 Review of ... 2174 Children and poverty Employment Standards Code General remarks ... 836 Review of (2005), release of ... 196, 1173, 1690 Climate Change and Emissions Management Energy resources Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Stewardship of, member's statement re ... 1781 Second Reading ... 314–15 Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Collective bargaining Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 39) First-contract certification legislation ... 1824 Second Reading ... 1527–28 Supreme Court decision re ... 1823–24 Third Reading ... 1709–10 Committee on Community Services, Standing Enmax Corporation Referral of Bill 207, Child Care Accountability and Letter to, re manual reclosing of high voltage circuit Accessibility Act, to ... 1088 breakers (SP538/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Community schools Family courts General remarks ... 260 Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1916 Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Implementation of (Motion 511 amendment) ... Second Reading ... 1041–42, 1041–43 1914–15 Constitution Act, 1982 Fatalities, Work-related Charter of Rights and Freedoms, collective General remarks ... 603, 1172 bargaining rights included under ... 1823–24 Foreign workers, Temporary Charter of Rights and Freedoms, member's statement Death of, on the job ... 687, 691, 1080 re anniversary of ... 597 General remarks ... 1174 Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Committee ... 2435–36, 2439 1505–06 County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54) Replacement of trade union members ... 692, 1243 Committee ... 2368–69 Treatment of: Armando Garcia case ... 124 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Treatment of: Armando Garcia case, employment Homeless and eviction fund management ... 1143 contract of (SP69/07: Tabled) ... 131 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1168–75 Treatment/safety of ... 124, 408, 1079–80, 1243, Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing 1337–38, 1963–64, 2283–84 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1142–43 Workplace safety issues re ... 691–92 Discrimination Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 597 Amendments to ... 1365 Easter Seals McQueen Residence Employment Standards Code review request under ... Staffing decrease, letter re (SP330/07: Tabled) ... 771 1690 Economic growth Gangmasters Licensing Authority (United Kingdom) General remarks ... 364, 1169 Monitoring of foreign workers brokers ... 1964 Planning for, legislation to enable (Bill 211) ... 1238 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Edmonton Public School Board 41) School closure decisions ... 298 Second reading ... 2110 School closure policy, petitions presented re ... 265, High Park elementary school, Edmonton 298 Closure ... 260, 298 Edmonton Social Planning Council Closure, letter re (SP105/07: Tabled) ... 265 Report on social assistance levels ... 764 Closure, member's statement re ... 255–56 Education–Curricula Homeless Career and technology courses: Letter re (SP988/07: Programs for ... 2249–50 Tabled) ... 2257 Homeless–Housing Election Act Funding for ... 1143 Voting age under, lowering to 16 (Motion 510: General remarks ... 1390, 2249–50 Chase) ... 1678–79 Transitional housing ... 1143, 2141, 2250 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 377
Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Homeless and eviction prevention fund National Housing Day General remarks ... 764, 1143, 1390, 1448 General remarks ... 2140 Hours of labour Oral Question Period (2007) Working alone regulation ... 1173 Affordable housing ... 507, 764, 1390, 1617–18, Housing–Prices 2140–41 Impact of ... 1617–18 Employment of children ... 195–96 Human rights Employment standards review ... 1690 Member's statement re ... 597 Labour Relations Code ... 1823–24 Immigrants Labour relations code ... 1823–24 Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 67–68 Low-income support programs ... 2174 Immigrants–Employment Provincial labour supply ... 363–64 Barriers to ... 364 Rent supplement programs ... 926 Immigration Renter assistance programs ... 1448 Alberta-made policy re ... 1080 Safety of temporary foreign workers ... 691–92, As alternative to temporary foreign workers ... 408 1079–80 Provincial nominee program ... 363–64, 1174–75, School closures ... 260, 298 2284 Support for low-income Albertans ... 835–36 Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Support for the homeless ... 2249–50 509: Agnihotri) ... 1505–06 Temporary foreign workers ... 124, 408, 1243, Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, 1337–38, 1963–64, 2283–84 2007 (Bill 12) Workplace health and safety ... 603–04 Second Reading ... 423–24 Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) Committee ... 493–94 Second reading ... 1877–78 Income Support program Committee ... 2114–15 Benefit increase ... 764, 1169 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Emergency housing support ... 1169 Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and 1684 Injured on the Job School closure policy of Edmonton Public School Ministerial statement re ... 687 Board ... 265, 298 Labour force planning Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Housing component ... 507, 1618 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2062 Labour laws and legislation Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Letters re (SP892/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Rent increase assistance for low-income/disabled Labour Relations Code (SP634/07) ... 1729 Review of ... 1823–24 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Labour supply First Reading ... 1238 Shortages ... 363–64, 1169 Second Reading ... 1665 Shortages, employment of children to solve ... 195–96 Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Landlords Second Reading ... 455–56 Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases Second Reading ... 455–56 ... 926 Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) 7) Second Reading ... 305–06 Second Reading ... 459–60 Committee ... 2012–14, 2021, 2119, 2123–24 Professional qualifications, Foreign Low-income families Assessment service for ... 364, 1175 Level of support for ... 835–36, 2174 Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) Members' Statements (2007) Third Reading ... 662–63 Anniversary of Canadian Charter of Rights and Public assistance Freedoms ... 597 Funding for ... 836 High Park elementary school ... 255–56 General remarks ... 1169, 1170–71, 1172 Royal Society of Canada fellowships ... 2134–35 Health benefits ... 1169 Stewardship of energy resources ... 1781 Public Interest Alberta Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Cost of living survey, report on ... 1170 Committee ... 2445 Public service–Alberta Ministerial Statements (2007) Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed Cao) ... 67–68 and Injured on the Job ... 687 Northern allowance for Grande Prairie employees ... Monarch Place, Red Deer 1367 Sale of ... 1390 Performance measures re ... 1367 Municipal sustainability initiative Training opportunities for ... 1367 Funding from ... 1143 378 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Voting age (Provincial elections) 213) Lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1678–79 Second reading ... 1907 Wages–Minimum wage Rent control Increasing of ... 836 General remarks ... 836, 1143, 1169 Women–Employment Rent increases General remarks ... 1171 Assistance programs re ... 926, 1448 Women in the trades Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petition Ontario program for ... 1171 tabled re (SP634/07) ... 1729 Women's issues Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions General remarks ... 1171 presented re ... 1684 Workplace safety General remarks ... 835–36, 926, 1169 General remarks ... 603–04, 687, 1172–73, 1174 Impact on AISH recipients ... 926 Inspectors for ... 1172–73 Letters re (SP926-927/07: Tabled) ... 2145 Temporary foreign workers ... 691–92 Replacement workers Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) General remarks ... 1824 Alberta–Economic policy Restaurants General remarks ... 1786 Employment of children in ... 195 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Royal Society of Canada Report ... 875, 1275 Induction of new fellows, member's statement re ... Report: Copies available of, email re (SP377/07: 2134–35 Tabled) ... 879 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) Second Reading ... 1673–74 Second reading ... 1828–31, 1828–1831 Third reading ... 2336 Committee ... 1873–74, 1944 Schools–Closure Third reading ... 2478 Appeal process re ... 298 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Edmonton Public School Board policy re, petition Health card of, security aspects ... 1367 presented re ... 265, 298 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 260, 298 Decrease in value of ... 2180 Member's statement re ... 255–56 Ethical investments by ... 1373, 1374 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment General remarks ... 1370 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Inflation proofing of ... 1372, 2161 Petitions presented re ... 2062 Resource revenue deposit into ... 2102–03, 2180 Social housing Surplus revenue deposit into ... 1370, 1372, 1786, Funding for ... 1143, 2141 2161 General remarks ... 507, 764, 1142–43, 1169, Timberland asset class investment loss ... 605–06, 2140–41 639, 671, 1389 Rent supplement program ... 1143, 1170 Tobacco company investments ... 1372, 1442 Rent supplement program, letter re (SP1001/07: Tobacco company investments: Legislation Tabled) ... 2292 eliminating (Bill 222) ... 1896 Social housing–Red Deer Tobacco company investments: Value of (Q4/07: Funding for ... 1390 Response tabled as SP311/07) ... 573 Supreme Court of Canada Transfer of funds from, to General Revenue ... 1370, Collective bargaining rights decision ... 1823–24 2161–62 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (Tobacco Second Reading ... 963–64 Investment Elimination) Amendment Act, 2007 Committee ... 969–70, 1017–18 (Bill 222) Committee: Amendment A1 (SP403/07: Tabled ) ... First reading ... 1896 970 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Committee: Amendment A3 (SP405/07: Tabled) ... Government investments, management of ... 1372, 1017 1374 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill (Alberta /British Columbia) 22) Impact on labour groups ... 1243 Second Reading ... 426–28 Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... Committee ... 631, 649, 652–53 1243 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP273/07: Tabled) ... Traffic safety 649 McDermid report on ... 1173 General remarks ... 606, 1372 Unified Family Court Task Force Alberta Liberal Party Report ... 1914–15, 1916 Heritage trust fund policy ... 2102 Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) Alberta Order of Excellence Committee ... 1870 Funding for ... 1597 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 379
Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 Budget debate (Bill 35) Motion 17: Oberg ... 740–42, 744–45 Second reading ... 1833–34 Calgary Health Region Committee ... 1942–43 Contracting practices for consultants' services ... Third reading ... 2477 1962–63 Alberta Registries Calgary Herald (Newspaper) Budget for ... 1367 Offical Opposition spending plans article (SP349/07: Alberta Securities Commission Tabled) ... 800 Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1370 Canada Health Transfer (Federal government) Alberta Society for Pension Reform Increase in, for Alberta ... 162 Legal action against government ... 1375 Canada Social Transfer (Federal government) Alberta Sustainability Fund Increase in, for Alberta ... 162 General remarks ... 132 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Alberta Teachers' Association Dinner and awards ceremony, program from New teacher induction ceremony, program from (SP474/07: Tabled) ... 1247 (SP751/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Canadian Mental Health Association Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1185 Sponsor of Celebrate Mental Health Awards ... 842 Alberta Treasury Branches Act Canadian Payday Loan Association Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 372–73 Request for regulations re payday loan companies ... Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) 1365 Third reading: Time allocation on (Motion 39: Canadian Western Bank Hancock) ... 2422 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 Letter re (SP1083/07: Tabled) ... 2390–91 Capital cost allowance program (Federal) Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... Committee ... 1739–41 264 Third Reading ... 1772 Capital projects Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25) Alternative funding methods for ... 1364–65 Second Reading ... 237–38 Cost increases, funding for ... 1370 Third Reading ... 303 Public/private partnerships re ... 1365, 1370, 1372 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Car rental companies 20) Liability re renters having stolen identity ... 1373, Second Reading ... 233–34, 235, 236 1374 Third Reading ... 301–02 Celebrate Mental Health Awards, 2007 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Progam from (SP365/07: Tabled) ... 842 2) (Bill 56) Charlebois Consulting Ltd. Committee ... 2308–10 Contracts with Calgary Health Region ... 1962–63 Arts Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Celebration of, by Catholic school students, program 207) from (SP345/07: Tabled) ... 800 Second Reading ... 1085–86, 1088–89 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Civil service pensions Benefits increase for: Letter re (SP900/07: Tabled) ... Legal action against government re ... 1375 2108 Unfunded liability reduction: Projected costs of Auditor General (Q1/07: Response tabled as SP310/07) ... 572 Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1891–92 Climate Change and Emissions Management Public contracts' awarding process ... 1963 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Resource royalty system comments ... 1786 Second Reading ... 310–11 Review of Treasury Branch investment policy ... 2215 Committee ... 513–14, 516 Securities Commission recommendations ... 1370 Collective bargaining–Correctional officers Timberland investment loss, mention of ... 639, 671, Letter re (SP902/07: Tabled) ... 2108 1389 Collective bargaining–Teachers Aurora Underwriting Services Inc. Impact of education funding on ... 1685–86 Cancellation of licence of, in B.C. ... 2388 Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects Standing Fake licence problem ... 1367 Timberland investment loss, non-discussion of ... 639 Automobile Insurance Rate Board Committees, Policy field (all-party) Chair's comments re patronage appointments to General remarks ... 1597–98 government boards ... 2388 Compassionate Friends of Edmonton Society Hearings into premium levels ... 1371 Member's statement re ... 1438 Budget Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... General remarks ... 1365 1370 380 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Consumer protection Executive Council General remarks ... 1365 Cash held as assets by ... 1597 Re insurance contracts ... 1373 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1597–98, 1604 Continuing/extended care facilities–Finance Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance General remarks ... 132 Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's Corporate Internal Audit Services comments on ... 1891–92 Reports from, inaccessibility of ... 1364, 1365 Fedoration, Ms Sarah (Teacher) Transfer to Treasury Board ... 1364 Member's statement re ... 1129 Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) Financial institutions Committee ... 2436 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 Third reading ... 2485–86 Incentives for ... 1376 Credit unions Fines (Traffic violations) Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 Service charges for payment of ... 438–39 Deficit financing Firefighters/fire departments General remarks ... 1786 Legal actions against, by insurance companies ... Dept. of Education 1373 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 141–42 Fishing, Sport Dept. of Energy Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2347–48 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Premier's knowledge of, news report re (SP783/07: Requests under, answered within 30 days, 2001-06 Tabled) ... 1923 (Q12/07: Response tabled as SP541/07) ... 1082 Dept. of Finance Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Annual report, mention of timberland investment loss Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006) in ... 639, 671 General remarks ... 229, 1364, 1365 Expense and equipment/inventory purchases, Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) decrease in ... 1370 Second Reading ... 58–59 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 133 General remarks ... 132 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1370–76 Glass Houses: A Critical Analysis of Democracy in the Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Legislative Assembly of Alberta (University paper) 2160–62 Copy tabled (SP655/07) ... 1768 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Government agencies, boards, and commissions Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 141 Political appointments to ... 2388 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Government aircraft Minister's campaign pledge re saving of 30% of Manifests for, posted on government website ... 1365 natural resources revenue (SP7/07: Tabled) ... 25 Number of ... 1365 Dollar, Canadian Government chartered aircraft Impact on Alberta budget ... 1370 Policy on usage of ... 1365 East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) Government departments Second reading ... 2237–38 Shared services among, budget for ... 1367 Edmonton Government information Salute to Excellence, program from (SP656/07: Access to ... 229, 1365 Tabled) ... 1768 Government liabilities Edmonton Airports Authority General remarks ... 1375 Annual report, 2006 (SP346/07: Tabled) ... 800 Government of Alberta Edmonton Catholic School District Website, posting of government aircraft manifests on Budget shortfall, impact on students, staff and ... 1365 parents: Report (SP621/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Website, posting of ministerial expenses on ... 1282 Budget shortfall, news release re (SP620/07: Tabled) Government openness ... 1693 General remarks ... 132, 229, 671, 1365, 1389 Teacher awards (SP619/07: Tabled) ... 1693 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Three Year Strategic Education Plan 2007-2010 38) (SP622/07: Tabled) ... 1694 Second reading ... 1880 Edmonton Economic Development Corporation Third reading ... 2516 Annual report, 2006 (SP109/07: Tabled) ... 265 Documents tabled re (SP1125-1126/07) ... 2516 Edmonton-Rutherford (Constituency) Excellence in Teaching awards to teachers in, Government programs member's statement re ... 1129 Managing expectations re ... 1369 Equalization payments Government spending policy Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 47–48, General remarks ... 1786 162 Government vehicles Excellence in Teaching Awards Funding for ... 1365, 1366 Edmonton-Rutherford constituency winners, Grande Prairie Regional College member's statement re ... 1129 Northern allowance for employees of ... 2157 Program from ceremony re (SP329/07: Tabled) ... 771 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 381
Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Guaranteed income program Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) Proposal for ... 1369 Second Reading ... 528 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes (No.2) (Bill 50) Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47) Second reading ... 2227 Committee ... 2430 High Park elementary school, Edmonton Loan guarantees, Government Closure, letter re (SP108/07: Tabled) ... 265 Amount of defaults re ... 1375 Homeless–Housing Loans, Government Letter re (SP899/07: Tabled) ... 2108 Amount of defaults re ... 1375 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 1275 Second Reading ... 307 Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) Committee ... 2130–31, 2222, 2224 Second Reading ... 421 Low-income families Hunting Co-ordination of programs for ... 1369 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2347–48 Members' Statements (2007) Identification, Personal Compassionate Friends of Edmonton Society ... 1438 Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 1367 Excellence in Teaching awards for Edmonton- Theft of, involvement of perpetrators of in accident Rutherford teachers ... 1129 claims against car rental companies, liability Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) issues re ... 1373, 1374 Third reading ... 2505–06 Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, Ministers (Provincial government) 2007 (Bill 12) Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 229, 1365 Third Reading ... 1775 Expenses of, Dec. 15, 2006- Mar. 1, 2007 (M4/07: Income Support program Accepted) ... 1281–82 Co-ordination of, with other low-income programs ... Expenses of, posting on government website ... 1282 1369 Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund Income trusts Claims against, by car renters with stolen identity, Impact on provincial revenues ... 1373 liability issues re ... 1373, 1374 Independent Insurance Brokers of Alberta Natural resources revenue Financial links with insurance companies, policy re Allocation of 30% to Heritage Fund, legislation re disclosure of ... 1373 (Bill 201) ... 132 Insurance brokers, Special–Taxation Allocation to Heritage Fund ... 2102–03, 2180 General remarks ... 1374 Allocation to infrastructure, postsecondary education, Insurance companies and the arts, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 132 Financial links with insurance brokers, disclosure of Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1786, 1856, ... 1373 1891 Legal actions against firefighters/fire departments ... Decrease in ... 1786 1373 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 47–48, 162 Regulation of ... 2388 Saving of 30% of, campaign pledge of Minister of Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Sustainable Resource Development ... 2103 2007-08 Saving of 30% of, campaign pledge of Minister of Estimates debated ... 132–33, 141–42 Sustainable Resource Development (SP7/07: Jim Shewchuk award ceremony Tabled) ... 25 Program from (SP249/07: Tabled) ... 564 Saving of 30% of, Liberal opposition plan re ... Keyano College 2161–62 Fort McMurray staff northern allowance ... 2157 Utilization of ... 19, 1375, 1376 Labour laws and legislation Office of the Controller Letters re (SP1125-1126/07: Tabled) ... 2516 Budget increase ... 1364 Lakeland College Official Opposition Sign language program, letter re funding for Funding Alberta's Future (pamphlet and background (SP459/07: Tabled) ... 1181–82 information re) (SP347-349/07: Tabled) ... 800 Land titles–Registration Official Opposition Leader Budget for ... 1367 Comments re royalty change ... 1856 Performance measures re ... 1367 Oil sands development Security concerns re ... 1365 Impact of phase out of accelerated capital cost Volume of ... 1366 allowance on ... 264 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Oral Question Period (2007) Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Affordable housing ... 1275–76 Hancock) ... 2302–03, 2304, 2307 Capital cost allowance program ... 264 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 133 Farm fuel rebate program ... 1891–92 Light rail transit–Edmonton Federal equalization formula ... 162 Provincial funding ... 133 Federal equalization payments ... 47–48 382 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Government employment contracts ... 1962–63 General remarks ... 1366–67 Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 2102–03, 2180 Rent control Heritage Savings Trust Fund timberland investment General remarks ... 875, 1371 ... 1389 Rent increases Insurance industry regulation ... 2388 Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petitions Investments in tobacco companies ... 1442 presented re ... 1766 New Royalty Framework ... 2256 General remarks ... 875 Nonrenewable resource revenues ... 19 Impact on AISH recipients ... 875 Openness and transparency in government ... 229 Rental housing Private registry service fees ... 438–39 Incentives for ... 1376 Provincial fiscal policies ... 1786 Renters' tax credits Rental increases ... 875 General remarks ... 1376 Royalty framework advertising ... 1855–56 Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) Teachers' salary negotiations ... 1685–86 Costs to administer (Q14/07: Response tabled as Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1185 SP466/07) ... 1082 Timberland investment loss ... 605–06, 639, 671 Costs to recover cheques sent to non-qualified Treasury Branches investments ... 2214–15 recipients (Q13/07: Response tabled as Organized crime SP465/07) ... 1082 Private registry office infiltration ... 1366–67 Revenue Parks, Provincial Dedicated revenue, decrease in ... 1374–75 Letter re (SP901/07: Tabled) ... 2108 Risk management fund Parliamentary Counsel Coverage of legal liability re civil service pensions Reference to during Question Period ... 1276 law suit ... 1375 Patronage Roads–Edmonton Appointments to government agencies, boards and 23rd Avenue/Calgary Trail intersection: Upgrading ... commissions ... 2388 133 Payday loan companies Rod Love Consulting Inc. Provincial regulation of ... 1365 Government contracts with ... 1962–63 Personnel Administration Office Royalty Review Panel General remarks ... 1367 Consideration of impact of capital cost allowance Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) phase out on oil sand companies ... 264 Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... Our Fair Share (report) ... 2256 1766 Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of Photo radar (Traffic safety) appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1786 Demerit points for infractions caught by ... 1371 Royalty structure (Energy resources) General remarks ... 1371 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1786, 2256 Point of Order New Royalty Framework (2007): Advertising costs re Allegations against a member ... 1063, 1247–48, ... 1855–56 2303, 2486 Review of: Opposition leader's comments re ... 1856 Imputing motives ... 1830 Scholarships Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Registered apprenticeship program scholarships, Committee ... 523 program from annual celebration re (SP679/07: Property tax–Education levy Tabled) ... 1790 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 718–19 Securities–Law and legislation Protocol Office National harmonization of (passport system) ... 1371 Funding for ... 1597 Single national regulator for ... 1371 Public Affairs Bureau Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Review of, 2005, report on ... 1604 Second Reading ... 425–26 Public contracts for consultants Service Alberta Awarding of ... 1369, 1372, 1962–63 Air and vehicle services budget increase ... 1365 Public service–Alberta Enterprise services budget ... 1367 Male/female ratio in senior management ... 1369 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 133 Public Service Management Pension Plan Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1364–67, 1369 Unfunded liability ... 141 Traffic fines payment, fees charged for ... 438–39 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) General remarks ... 141 Committee ... 700, 704 Motion 507: Taft ... 1104–05 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Second reading ... 1937–38 Committee ... 1868 Registry offices, Private Smoking–Health aspects Fees ... 438–39, 1365 Costs of ... 1442 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 383
Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Smoking–Prevention Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) General remarks ... 1442 Committee ... 2431–32 Province-wide smoking ban re ... 1442 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP1111/07: Tabled) ... Social housing 2432 Letter re (SP248/07: Tabled) ... 564 Treasury Board Speech from the Throne Alternative capital financing office ... 1364 Debate ... 249–51 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 132–33 Suncor Inc. Staffing ... 1364 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Strategic capital planning office ... 1364 ... 2256 Transfer of Corporate Internal Audit Services to ... Supplementary estimates 1364 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2157, 2158, 2160–62 Treasury Branches General remarks ... 2160–61 Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 372–73 Surplus, Budgetary Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 General remarks ... 1376, 1786, 2102, 2160, 2161 Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 2214–15 Heritage Fund investment ... 1370, 1372 Investment policy ... 2214–15 Management policy for (allocation strategy) ... 132 Investment policy, review of by Auditor General ... Official Opposition plan for ... 2161 2214–15 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of (Bill 23) ... 2256 Second reading ... 1939–40 Tax incentives Third reading ... 2475 For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1376 Utilities Consumer Advocate For renters ... 1376 General remarks ... 1365 Teachers Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) New teacher induction ceremony, program from Second Reading ... 415–16 (SP751/07: Tabled) ... 1930 Committee ... 1847–48, 1869–71 Teachers' Pension Plan Third reading ... 1935 Unfunded liability ... 141–42, 1686 Wages–Public service Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 1185 Funding for ... 2157 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as World No Tobacco Day amended: Flaherty) ... 352–54, 1185 General remarks ... 1442 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) Second reading ... 2227–31 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11) Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 2099 Second reading ... 1978–79 Agriculture Third reading ... 2473 Government assistance programs ... 42 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Second Reading ... 944–46, 954 Report ... 2099 Committee ... 992–94, 1015, 1035–36 Alberta Beef Producers Committee: Amendment A6, subamendment A1 Concerns re food traceability system ... 1420 (SP408/07: Tabled) ... 1035 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Third Reading ... 1057–59 Electricity transmission lines, regulating of ... 571 Royal Assent schedule re ... 1275–76 Public advocacy role ... 571 Time allocation (Parliamentary practice) Separation into two boards ... 570–71 Bill 46 (3r), Alberta Utilities Commission Act Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (Motion 39: Hancock) ... 2422 Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Tobacco companies 589–90 Heritage Fund investment in ... 1372, 1442 Animal diseases Heritage Fund investment in: Legislation eliminating Emergency response to (Bill 32) ... 670 (Bill 222) ... 1896 Animal Health Act (Bill 32) Heritage Fund investment in: Value of (Q4/07: First Reading ... 670 Response tabled as SP311/07) ... 573 Committee ... 1522–23 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) Amendment of, by Bill 47 ... 2000 Second reading ... 1838–40 Barley–Marketing Committee ... 1875 Federal plebiscite re, provincial advertisements re ... Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) 129 Second Reading ... 418–19 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Third reading ... 2473 Federal contribution to ... 42 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Producer savings account component ... 42 (Alberta /British Columbia) Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems Impact on Alberta financial institutions ... 1376 Funding for, member's statement re ... 1780–81 384 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) (Continued) Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) (Continued) Canadian Forces Base, Suffield Hockey championships Member's statement re ... 1477 Medicine Hat Tigers Memorial Cup final, member's Canadian Wheat Board statement re ... 1271 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by, provincial Medicine Hat Tigers WHL champions, member's advertisements re ... 129 statement re ... 1128 Cattle–Export–United States Homeless and eviction prevention fund Opening of border to under 30 months animals ... General remarks ... 2099 1420 Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) Community initiatives program First Reading ... 50 Grants awarded without matching funds ... 1081–82 Second Reading ... 420–21, 422 Crop insurance program Committee ... 497 Spring price endorsement option ... 1420 Third Reading ... 1778 Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Housing authorities, Nonprofit Trapping ban in vicinity of, petition presented re ... Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) 1684 ... 2055–56 Deer–Populations Hunting General remarks ... 1589 Role in wildlife management ... 2388 Impact on crops ... 2388 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2344, 2351 Deer hunting Income tax, Provincial Expansion of season for ... 1589 Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Role in wildlife management ... 2388 589–90 Sunday hunting ... 1589–90 Kraft Hockeyville 2007 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Warner girls hockey school finalist in, member's Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... statement re ... 85 114 Landlords, Small-scale Dept. of Agriculture and Food Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1420 ... 2055–56 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes 114 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47) Dept. of Finance First reading ... 2000 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... Second reading ... 2375–76 114 Committee ... 2430 Dept. of Health and Wellness Third reading ... 2481 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... Livestock diseases 114 Emergency response to (Bill 32) ... 670 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Livestock Diseases Act Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... Replacement by Animal Health Act (Bill 32) ... 670 114 Livestock Identification and Commerce Act Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Amendment of, by Bill 47 ... 2000 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Passed ... Livestock markets–Inspection 114 Legislation re (Bill 47) ... 2000 Elk–Populations Livestock sales Impact on crops ... 2388 Security interest disclosure for, legislation re (Bill 47) Elk hunting ... 2000 Role in wildlife management ... 2388 Members' Statements (2007) Elk hunting–Suffield Block Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems ... General remarks ... 2388 1780–81 Fishing, Sport CFB Suffield ... 1477 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2344, 2351 Medicine Hat Tigers ... 1128, 1271 Food chain traceability programs National Housing Day ... 2099 General remarks ... 1420 National Soil Conservation Week ... 562 Forest firefighters Warner girls hockey school ... 85 Loan to other provinces ... 1541 Mosquito control programs Forest fires–Control Funding for ... 438 General remarks ... 1541 Municipal sustainability initiative Forest fires–Fort McMurray area Funding from ... 2099 General remarks ... 1541 National Housing Day Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Member's statement re ... 2099 Second Reading ... 62–63 National Soil Conservation Week Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Member's statement re ... 562 Second Reading ... 1290–91 Oral Question Period (2007) Agricultural assistance ... 42 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 385
Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) (Continued) Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) AAA Cattle Company Ltd. Barley marketing ... 129 Feedlot, Didsbury area, waste discharge from ... 1655 Community initiatives program ... 1081–82 Agricultural Operation Practices Act Deer and elk hunting ... 2388 Confined feeding operations provisions ... 603 Deer overpopulation ... 1589–90 Agricultural value-added production Energy and Utilities Board ... 570–71 Fibre road map study re ... 476 Forest fires ... 1541 Agriculture–Research Mosquito larviciding program ... 438 General remarks ... 476 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Air tankers (Water bombers) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Upgrading of ... 1451 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1956 Upgrading of bases for (Fort McMurray and Trapping ban in vicinity of Cypress Hills Springbank bases) ... 1451 Interprovincial Park ... 1684 Alberta–Economic policy Plebiscites, Federal Slowing down of ... 1635 Barley marketing choice, provincial advertisements re Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties ... 129 Surface rights review task force report ... 263 Property tax Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... General remarks ... 1389, 1452 589–90 Alberta biodiversity monitoring project Property tax–Education levy General remarks ... 1389–90, 1451, 1452, 1643 Nonprofit organizations/campus residences Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2055–56 2006 Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Pine beetle control discussions ... 601 213) Alberta Forest Products Association Second reading ... 1907–08 Forest industry sustainability discussions with Rural Alberta's Development Fund province ... 1822 Unmanned Vehicle Systems centre funding ... Forestry revenues report ... 262 1780–81 General remarks ... 1410 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Alberta forestry sustainability committee Second Reading ... 1668–69 Establishment of ... 1822 Committee ... 2044–45 Alberta Research Council Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Bioeconomic-supporting research projects ... 1621 Committee ... 703–04 Alberta Sustainability Fund Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Pine beetle control funding from ... 601, 1407, 1408, Act, 2007 (Bill 45) 1451 Petitions presented re ... 1956 Alberta Wilderness Association Social housing Prairie grasslands exchange concerns ... 1963 Funding for ... 2099 Auditor General Member's statement re ... 2099 Forest fire fighting funding method, comments re ... Rent supplement program ... 2099 1408, 1454 Student housing Natural Resources Conservation Board's ability to Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) manage confined feeding operations ... 2217 ... 2055–56 Reforestation programs' performance measures, Surplus, Budgetary comments re ... 1410, 1629 Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with Bears (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 589–90 Human contact issues ... 1189 Tax incentives Human contact issues, Isabelle Dube case ... 1189 Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... BearSmart program 589–90 General remarks ... 1189, 1688 Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Bioeconomy Authorization Act (Bill 33) General remarks ... 1621 Committee ... 1515 Biofuels industry Trapping–Cypress Hills area Funding for ... 1621 Petition presented re ... 1684 Symposium on, Edmonton ... 295 Warner Hockey School for Girls Use of wood debris from logging for ... 295, 770 Member's statement re ... 85 Brown, Mr. Bert West Nile virus Appointment to the senate, ministerial statement re ... Control methods for, funding of ... 438 634 Wildlife management Calgary issues Role of hunting in ... 2388 General remarks ... 1585 World Organisation for Animal Health Calgary Regional Partnership BSE risk status for Canadian beef ... 1420 General remarks ... 1627, 1631 386 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) (Continued) (Continued) Camping, Random–Public lands Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development (Continued) Fort McMurray area ... 1456 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1451–57 General remarks ... 1454 Minister's leadership campaign donation from Spray Canadian Forest Service Lake Sawmills ... 2216 Advantages of forest fires ... 677 Staffing ... 1456 Alberta consultation with, re pine beetle control ... Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 601, 770 2153–54 Canmore Golf and Curling Club Dollar, Canadian Extension of lease of ... 1629 Impact on forest product exports ... 1822, 1826, 2324 Canmore (Town) Economic development and the environment Involvement in sale of land in Wind Valley wildlife General remarks ... 43, 1641 corridor area ... 1280 Economic growth Caribou General remarks ... 43, 676, 1451, 1625, 1627 Impact of pine beetle infection on ... 1896 Elbow River watershed Chronic wasting disease Impact of logging in Kananaskis Country on ... 2142 General remarks ... 1276 Elk–Populations Human risk re ... 477 Impact on crops ... 2388 Chronic wasting disease–Control Elk hunting By hunting ... 476–77, 1276, 2154 Role in wildlife management ... 2388 Chronic wasting disease–Prevention Elk hunting–Suffield Block By eliminating game farms ... 2154 General remarks ... 2388 Funding for ... 2153 Emission control credits Climate change Forestry practices ... 1642 Impact on wildlife habitat ... 931–32 Endangered plant species Mitigation of, by forest companies ... 1246 Identification of ... 932 Compton Petroleum Corporation Endangered Species Conservation Committee Seismic activity in Willow Creek area ... 192 General remarks ... 932 Conflict of interest Endangered wildlife species Minister of Sustainable Resource Development's General remarks ... 1627 acceptance of political donations from forestry Identification of ... 932 company ... 2216 Energy industry Conservation offset (Public lands) Activity in protected areas ... 43 General remarks ... 2213 General remarks ... 1625 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area Energy industry–Eastern Slopes area Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 476–77, 1276, 2154 General remarks ... 192 Deer–Populations Energy industry–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1589 General remarks ... 192 Impact on crops ... 2388 Energy industry–Marie Lake area Deer–Populations–Northern Alberta Impact on lake water quality ... 570, 1187, 1583, 1585 Impact on crops ... 1276 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Deer hunting Use of forest products for ... 1246 Expansion of season for ... 1589, 2154 Environmental impact assessments Extension of season for ... 1276 Biodiversity monitoring project assistance with ... Role in wildlife management ... 2388 1390 Sunday hunting ... 1590 Energy industry development in Marie Lake area ... Dept. of Energy 1583 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Oil sands projects ... 1452, 1456 1624–25, 1627, 1629, 1631, 1635, 1641–43 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Fund Dept. of Environment General remarks ... 1454 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Equalization payments 1624–25, 1627, 1629, 1631, 1635, 1641–43 Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 48, 162 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Farmers' Advocate Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Seismic activity compensation claims, resolution of 1624–25, 1627, 1629, 1631, 1635, 1641–43 disputes re ... 505 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Feedlots Annual report, 2005-06 (SP39/07: Tabled) ... 26 Waste discharge from ... 1655 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP811/07: Tabled) ... 2002 FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention) Budget ... 1407, 1451 General remarks ... 1541 Emergency funds ... 1407 Indication of advantages of forest fires ... 677 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations) 1624–25, 1627, 1629, 1631, 1635, 1641–43 General remarks ... 602 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 387
Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) (Continued) (Continued) Fish and wildlife officers Forest management agreements–Southwest Alberta Enforcement of off-road vehicle use on public lands Co-ordination with provincial land-use framework ...... 1454 127–28 Fish conservation General remarks ... 127–28 Impact of Métis hunting/fishing rights on ... 366 Forest operations monitoring program (FOMP) Fish management–Pigeon Lake Reforestation monitoring ... 1410 General remarks ... 765 Forest products–Export Fish populations–Bow River Impact of Canadian dollar on ... 1822 Decrease in ... 2253 Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta Fish stocking–Bow River Pine beetle management activiities, provincial General remarks ... 2253 funding for ... 1451 Fisheries, Commercial Forestry competitiveness paper Reduction in, compensation program re ... 1456 General remarks ... 262 Fishing, Sport Forestry research Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2348–49 General remarks ... 476 Fishing derbies Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Impact on fish populations ... 1456 Zoo standards compliance information request under Floods–Pine beetle affected areas ... 2000 General remarks ... 264 Game farming Footner Forest Products Ltd. Elimination of ... 2154 High Level mill closure ... 2324 General Revenue Fund Forest conservation Grants to Edmond Lefebvre (Q29/06: Response General remarks ... 927, 1392, 1451 tabled as SP298/07) ... 697 Forest firefighters Grants to Jean Henry Paul (Q28/06: Response tabled Loan to other provinces ... 1456, 1541 as SP297/07) ... 697 Forest fires Grants to Miles Maskalyk (Q27/06: Response tabled Advantages/disadvantages of ... 602, 677, 927, 2143 as SP296/07) ... 697 Phone reporting line re ... 1541 Grizzly bear hunting As pine bark beetle control measure ... 602, 677–78, Suspension of ... 1137, 1688, 1894 927 Grizzly bears–Populations Forest fires–Control DNA-based census of ... 1137, 1688, 1894 Funding for ... 1407, 1408, 1451, 1454, 2153 General remarks ... 1688 Funding for, Auditor General's comments re ... 1408, Grizzly bears–Protection 1454 General remarks ... 1688, 1894 General remarks ... 1541 Healthy forest initiative (Proposed) Forest fires–Crowsnest Pass area General remarks ... 262, 602 Lost Creek fire, 2004 ... 677 Hunting Forest fires–Eastern Slopes As control method for chronic wasting disease in deer General remarks ... 677 ... 476–77 Forest fires–Fort McMurray area Role in wildlife management ... 2388 General remarks ... 1541 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2348–49 Forest fires–Kananaskis Country Hunting–Regulations Pine bark beetle control method ... 677–78 For nonresidents ... 1482 Forest fires–Prevention Hunting guides Contribution to forest vulnerability ... 262 Nonresidents as ... 1445–46 Forest industries Hunting tourism Competitiveness/sustainability ... 262, 1245–46, General remarks ... 1445–46, 1482 1410, 1621, 1642, 1822, 1826, 2324 Industrial development–Eastern Slopes area Competitiveness/sustainability, special committee to Moratorium on ... 675–76 review ... 2324 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Diversification in ... 1246 General remarks ... 1621 Forest land use zones (Recreational access plans) Integrated land management on public lands (ILM) General remarks ... 1410, 1454, 1627, 1962 General remarks ... 43, 1452, 2214 Forest management agreements Intermunicipal relations Hydrological assessment of watersheds requirement General remarks ... 568, 1631 ... 264, 2142, 2143 Kananaskis Country Revision of cutting sequence under, re pine beetle Logging practices in ... 332 eradication ... 16 Karelian dogs West Fraser agreement, Hinton area ... 1391–92 General remarks ... 1189, 1688 Wood debris from timber harvesting, disposal Land-use framework Biodiversity monitoring project assistance with ... requirement under ... 295, 1391–92 1390 388 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) (Continued) (Continued) Land-use framework (Continued) Oil and gas leases Co-ordination with southwest Alberta forest General remarks ... 1627 management plan ... 127–28 Oil sands development General remarks ... 43, 194, 568, 675–76, 927, 1134, Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 1635 1280, 1408–09, 1451, 1455, 1625, 1627, 1631, Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1452 1635, 1641, 1962, 1963, 2213–14 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Inclusion of energy industry in discussion re ... 1627 report on ... 1456 Public consultations re ... 732, 1333–34, 1451–52, Oil sands development–Environmental aspects 1454, 1455, 1635, 1962 General remarks ... 1452 Lefebvre, Paul Oldman River basin committee Details re government grant to (Q29/06: Response Report ... 127 tabled as SP298/07) ... 697 Oral Question Period (2007) Life sciences research Bear encounters ... 1189 General remarks ... 1621 Biodiversity monitoring project ... 1389–90 Livestock industry, Intensive Biodiversity opportunities ... 1621 Regulations changes re ... 1136 Bow River fishery ... 2253 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects C5 forestry management plan ... 127–28 Calmar/Devon dairy farm location ... 603 Calgary concerns ... 1585 General remarks ... 1136, 1655, 2217 Chronic wasting disease control ... 476–77 Logging Confined feeding operations ... 1136, 1655, 2217 As pine bark beetle control measure ... 16, 262, 264, Deer and elk hunting ... 2388 332, 602, 1409–10 Deer overpopulation ... 1276, 1589–90 As pine bark beetle/forest fire prevention measure ... Disputes about seismic activity ... 505 2142, 2143–44 Endangered species ... 931–32 In watersheds ... 2142, 2143 Federal equalization formula ... 162 Logging, Clear-cut Federal equalization payments ... 48 Cessation of ... 224 Fibre road map study ... 476 Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Fishery management at Pigeon Lake ... 765 General remarks ... 332, 1134, 2142, 2143, 2215–16 Forest fires ... 1541 Logging, Clear-cut–Southwest Alberta Forest industry sustainability ... 1245–46, 1822, 1826 General remarks ... 127, 1585, 2143 Forest products industry sustainability ... 2324 Logging–Crowsnest Pass (Mt. Tecumseh area) Forest protection in Kananaskis Country ... 332 General remarks ... 2143 Forest sustainability ... 927 Maskalyk, Miles Grizzly bear management ... 1688, 1894 Details re government grant to (Q27/06: Response Industrial development in the eastern slopes ... tabled as SP296/07) ... 697 675–76 Métis hunting/fishing rights Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 366 Land-use development framework ... 568, 2213–14 Mineral rights–Marie Lake area Land-use framework consultation ... 732, 1333–34 Sale of ... 1583 Large agricultural operations near waterways ... 603 Ministerial Statements (2007) Logging in Kananaskis Country ... 1134, 2142 Appointment of Alberta senator ... 634 Logging in watersheds ... 2143–44, 2215–16 Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26 Métis hunting rights ... 366 Seismic activity in ... 192 Mountain pine beetle ... 16 Natural areas Mountain pine beetle control ... 601–02, 677–78, 770, Industrial development in ... 43 1725–26, 1896 Natural resource information system Mountain pine beetle effect on timber harvesting ... Funding for ... 1452 262 Natural Resources Conservation Board Mountain pine beetle effect on watershed ... 264 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1136, 1655 Nonresident hunting regulations ... 1445–46, 1482 Confined feeding operations regulation, Auditor Off-highway vehicle restrictions ... 1962 General's comments re ... 2217 Off-highway vehicle use ... 1688–89 Cuff report on ... 1136 Oil and gas activity in the eastern slopes ... 192 Dairy farm application, Calmar/Devon area ... 603 Prairie grasslands land exchange ... 1963 Natural resources revenue Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 1187, Exclusion from equalization payments ... 48, 162 1583, 1585 Off-highway vehicles Resource development under lake beds ... 570 Damage done by ... 1409, 1410, 1454, 1625, 1627, Softwood lumber trade agreement ... 541 1688–89 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 407 Designated areas for ... 1627, 1962 Spring grizzly bear hunt ... 1137 Monitoring of use of ... 1454 Surface rights compensation ... 263 Trails for, fees re ... 732 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 389
Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Public lands User fees in provincial parks ... 194 Dispositions of ... 1452 West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ... 1391–92 Industrial activity on ... 1408–09, 1452, 1456, 1625, Wind Valley wildlife corridor ... 1280 1641, 2213–14 Winterkill of fish stock ... 540 Sale of ... 1629 Wood debris from timber harvesting ... 295 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1409, 1410, 1454, Zoo standards ... 2000 1625, 1627, 1688–89 Parks, National Public lands–Elinor Lake area Forest management/pine beetle control in ... 1725–26 Sale of ... 1629 Parks, Provincial Public lands–Indian Graves area Conservation of ... 2213–14 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1409, 1410, 1454, User fees in ... 194 1625, 1688–89 Parks Canada Public lands–Yellowhead corridor Alberta consultation with, re pine beetle control ... Tourism and recreation developments on ... 1409 601, 677–78 Quality of life Forest management policy ... 1726 General remarks ... 43, 568, 1454, 1625 Paul, Jean Henry Reforestation Details re government grant to (Q28/06: Response General remarks ... 927, 1134 tabled as SP297/07) ... 697 Performance measures for, Auditor General's Pine beetles comments re ... 1410, 1629 General remarks ... 1585, 2142, 2143 Reforestation–Southwest Alberta Impact on flooding in affected areas ... 264 General remarks ... 127 Impact on forestry sustainability ... 1245–46, 1822, Rumsey natural area 1826 Industrial activity in ... 43 Studies on the effects of (M5/07: Defeated) ... 1083 Rural economic development Pine beetles–Control Addition of hunting tourism to ... 1446 Cold weather impact on ... 1453–54 Salvage fishing Consultation with other governments re ... 601 General remarks ... 540 Documents and studies re (SP448/07: Tabled) ... 1130 Securing tomorrow's prosperity (Alberta economic Emergency funding for ... 601, 1407, 1408, 1451 strategy) Federal funding for ... 1453 General remarks ... 1621 By forest burns ... 2154 Seismic activity Funding for ... 1826, 2153–54 Compensation to landowners re, resolution of General remarks ... 16, 262, 264, 601–02, 677–78, disputes over ... 505 770, 927, 1451, 1453, 1642, 1725–26, 1895–96 Seismic activity–Lake Wabamun Summit on ... 16 Refusal of application for ... 1585 Pine beetles–Control–Grande Prairie area Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Funding for ... 1826 Impact on water quality ... 570, 1187, 1585 Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country Senate General remarks ... 332, 677–78, 1134, 1725 Reform of ... 634 Pine beetles–Control–Waterton National Park Senators General remarks ... 1725 Appointment of Alberta nominee for, Bert Brown, Pine beetles–Control–Willmore Wilderness Park ministerial statement re ... 634 General remarks ... 1896 Softwoods–Export–United States Political parties Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 262, 407, Leadership campaigns, contributions to ... 2216 541, 1246, 1642 Prairie grasslands–Preservation Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Export General remarks ... 1963 restrictions in (tax/quota system) ... 1822, 1826 Prairie grasslands–Southern Alberta Special places Hays area parcel, conversion to potato production ... General remarks ... 927 1963 Spray Lake Sawmills PricewaterhouseCoopers Logging practices ... 2142, 2215–16 Conference on forest industry sustainability, May Supplementary estimates 2007 ... 1245–46 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2153–54 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Surface rights–Fees Leadership campaign contributions, disclosure of ... Adjustment to ... 263 2216 Committee to review ... 263 Property tax–Education levy Surface Rights Board Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 716 General remarks ... 263 Protected areas Seismic activity compensation claims, resolution of Industrial development in ... 675–76 For wildlife protection ... 927 disputes re ... 505 390 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) Morton, Hon. Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) (Continued) (Continued) Timber World Health Organization Value-added processing re ... 1410, 2324 Meat infected by chronic wasting disease, advice re ... Value-added processing re, fibre road map study of ... 477 476 Zoos–Standards Timber–Royalties Enforcement of ... 2000 General remarks ... 1826 Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Timber killed by pine beetles Aboriginal police services Utilization of ... 476, 770, 1409–10, 1621, 1642, 1896 Funding for ... 684 Time-share company, Canmore Agricultural workers Purchase of land in Wind Valley wildlife corridor ... Strategy to recruit ... 684 1280 Agriculture–Research Tourism–Yellowhead corridor Funding for ... 683 Development of ... 1409 Alberta–Economic policy Urban sprawl Downturn in, planning for ... 1537 General remarks ... 1627 General remarks ... 1539 Wages–Public service Impact on other provinces ... 1241 Funding for ... 2153 Alberta Automobile Insurance Board Walleye fishing–Pigeon Lake Annual report, 2006 (SP585/07: Tabled) ... 1591 General remarks ... 765 Alberta Boot Company Water quality–Eastern Slopes area General remarks ... 681–82, 684 Impact of energy industry on ... 192 Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund Water quality–Kananaskis Country Financial statements, 2006-07 (SP817/07: Tabled) ... Impact of logging on ... 1134 2002 Water quality–Marie Lake Alberta Capital Finance Authority Impact of energy development on ... 570, 1187, 1583, Annual report, 2006 (SP818/07: Tabled) ... 2002 1585 Borrowing of seniors' housing authorities from ... Water supply–Calgary 1184 Impact of logging in Kananaskis Country on ... 2142, Liabilities of ... 1375 2143 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Watershed conservation Endowment fund financial statement, 2006-07 General remarks ... 224 (SP820/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Watershed conservation–Kananaskis Country Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Impact of logging on ... 1134 Engineering Research Watersheds–Pine beetle infected areas Endowment fund financial statement, 2006-07 Hydrological assessment of ... 264 (SP822/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Waterton National Park Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Pine beetle control methods in ... 1725–26 Alberta investments ... 2384 West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Decrease in value of ... 2180 Forest management area practices ... 1391–92 Ethical investments by ... 1373, 1375, 1442 Weyerhaeuser Company General remarks ... 682, 1371 Drayton Valley mill closure ... 2324 Inflation proofing of ... 682, 1371, 1373, 2180 Whitefish fishing–Pigeon Lake Inflation proofing of, excerpt from the AHSTF Act re General remarks ... 765 (SP325/07: Tabled) ... 771 Wildlife conservation Overseas investments ... 2384 General remarks ... 927 Resource revenue deposit into ... 2180 Impact of Métis hunting/fishing rights on ... 366 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 684, 1373 Wildlife corridors–Wind Valley (Canmore area) Third-quarter update, 2006-07 (SP47/07: Tabled) ... Time-share development on ... 1280 26 Wildlife habitat Timberland asset class investment loss ... 605–06, Impact of climate change on ... 931–32 639, 1389 Wildlife habitat–Kananaskis Country Tobacco company investments ... 1373, 1375, 1442, Impact of logging on ... 1134 1651 Wildlife management Tobacco company investments: Value of (Q4/07: Role of hunting in ... 2388 Response tabled as SP311/07) ... 698 Willmore Wilderness Park Venture capital funding ... 2384 Pine beetle infection in ... 1896 Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Winterkill of fish Financial statements, 2006-07 (SP821/07: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 540 2002 Wood debris from timber harvesting Alberta initiative for school improvement Utilization of ... 295, 476 Funding for ... 683 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 391
Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Investment Management Corporation Bitumen upgraders–Industrial Heartland area Creation of, as crown corporation, legislation re (Bill Impact of new federal capital cost allowance on ... 22) ... 223 229 General remarks ... 682 Bridges–Finance Government investments, management of ... 1371, General remarks ... 683 1373 Bridges–Smoky River–High Prairie area Government investments, regulations re ... 606 Funding for ... 683 Head office location in Edmonton ... 1376 Budget Organization and Governance Review report 2006-07 second-quarter activity report (SP41/07: (SP99/07: Tabled) ... 231 Tabled) ... 26 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill 2006-07 second-quarter fiscal update (SP40/07: 22) Tabled) ... 26 First Reading ... 223 2006-07 third-quarter budget report (SP46/07: Second Reading ... 411, 625 Tabled) ... 26 Committee ... 630–31 2007-08 second-quarter fiscal update (SP906/07: Third Reading ... 665 Tabled) ... 2108–09 General remarks ... 606 Impact of economic indicators on ... 1856 Alberta pension plan (Proposed) Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Review of ... 684 disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 645–46 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001) 1371, 1537, 1538–39 Proclamation of ... 259 Public input into 2008 budget ... 1728 Alberta Securities Commission Budget 2007 Annual report, 2007 (SP816/07: Tabled) ... 2002 First Quarter Fiscal Update, 2007-08 (SP819/07: Auditor General's recommendations re ... 1371 Tabled) ... 2002 Alberta seniors benefit program Fiscal plan (SP287/07: Tabled) ... 681 Benefits increase, funding for ... 683 Budget Address Dental benefits, increased funding for ... 683 Motion 17: Oberg ... 681–84 Optical benefits, increased funding for ... 683 Bullying–Prevention Alberta Society for Pension Reform Funding for ... 683 Legal action against government ... 1375 Calgary Courts Centre Alberta Sustainability Fund Provincial funding for ... 683 General remarks ... 1539 Calgary Health Region Pine beetle control funding from ... 684 Funding for ... 728, 768 Alberta Treasury Branches Act Canada–Economic conditions Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 371–72, 374 Impact of Alberta economic growth on ... 1241 Ambulance service–Finance Canada Health Transfer (Federal government) General remarks ... 683 Increase in, for Alberta ... 162 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Canada Pension Plan Funding for ... 683 Unfunded liability ... 2066 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Canada Social Transfer (Federal government) funding model for ... 1373 Increase in, for Alberta ... 162 Arts The Canadian Institute Support for, through tax credit increase ... 682 Oil sands conference, Minister of Finance's speaking Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped notes to (SP1031/07: Tabled) ... 2293 Funding for ... 683–84 Canadian Western Bank Auditor General Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 1892 Capelle Associates Inc. Review of Treasury Branch investment policy ... 2215 Alberta Investment Management Organization and Securities Commission recommendations ... 1371 Governance Review report (SP99/07: Tabled)...231 Timberland investment loss, mention of ... 639, 1389 Capital cost allowance program (Alberta) Aurora Underwriting Services Inc. For biofuel production ... 682 Cancellation of licence of, in B.C. ... 2388 For clean energy generation ... 682 Automobile Insurance Rate Board Capital cost allowance program (Federal) Chair's comments re patronage appointments to For manufacturers, impact on upgrader projects ... government boards ... 2388 229 Hearings into premium levels ... 1372 For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... Balwin school, Edmonton 229, 264, 682 Upgrading, funding for ... 683 Capital gains tax Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Exemption for small business and farmers ... 682 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1651 392 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Capital projects Domestic violence–Legal aspects Cost control measures re ... 684 Funding for ... 684 Cost increases, funding for ... 683, 1371 Domestic violence–Prevention Funding for ... 683 Government programs re: Funding for ... 683 Public/private partnerships re ... 1371, 1373 Donating to charitable organizations Surplus funding for ... 684 Tax credits for ... 682 Capital projects, Municipal Drugs, Prescription–Costs Funding for ... 683 Assistance re rising costs ... 683 Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary Early childhood education Funding for ... 728, 768 Funding ... 683 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Economic growth Funding for ... 684 General remarks ... 681–82, 684 Car rental companies Economic growth–Northern Alberta Liability re renters having stolen identity ... 1374 Funding re impact of ... 683 Child welfare–Finance Edmonton Clinic General remarks ... 683 Funding for ... 683 Children at risk–Education Edmonton Remand Centre Kindergarten programs for, funding for ... 683 New facility for, funding for ... 683 Civil service pensions Education, Postsecondary–Finance Administration of ... 682 Calgary funding levels ... 728, 768 Legal action against government re ... 1375 General remarks ... 683 Unfunded liability reduction ... 684 Education–Finance Unfunded liability reduction: Projected costs of General remarks ... 683 (Q1/07: Response tabled as SP310/07) ... 698 Education–Finance–Calgary Class size (Grade school) General remarks ... 728, 768 Reduction of, funding for ... 683 Employment Pension Plans Act Collective bargaining–Teachers Review of ... 682 Impact of education funding on ... 1537 Encana Corporation Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Earnings for first quarter, 2007 ... 1442 Standing Endowment funds, Public Timberland investment loss, non-discussion of ... 639 General remarks ... 1371 Conflict of interest Energy research Royalty Review Panel members ... 41, 565 Funding for ... 683 Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation Equalization payments Annual report, 2006 (SP823/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 44, Credit unions 47–48, 162 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 O'Brien report on ... 44, 47 Crime database Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Integrated (cross jurisdictional) database, funding for Supplementary estimates 2007-08 transmitted to ... 683 Assembly (SP907/07: Tabled) ... 2108–09 Deficit financing Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance General remarks ... 684 Former farmers' access to, Auditor General's Dept. of Finance comments on ... 1892 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP25/07: Tabled) ... 26 Tax exempt fuel user (TEFU) under ... 1892 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP802/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Financial institutions Annual report, mention of timberland investment loss Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 in ... 639 Incentives for ... 1376 Expense and equipment/inventory purchases, Financial investment and planning commission decrease in ... 1371 (Proposed) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1370–76 General remarks ... 682, 1371, 1373, 1375, 1442 Minister's comments to Royalty Review Panel ... Heritage Fund use for venture capital funding, 2251 consideration of ... 2384 Minister's PC leadership campaign, donations from Firefighters/fire departments Royalty Review Panel members re ... 41 Legal actions against, by insurance companies ... Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation 1374 solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 645–46 Floods–Control Disabled children–Education–Finance Funding for ... 684 General remarks ... 683 Foreign workers, Temporary–Taxation Dollar, Canadian General remarks ... 1241 Impact on Alberta budget ... 1371, 1537, 1538–39, Forest fires–Control 1856 Funding for ... 684 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 393
Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Forestry research Investments, Foreign Funding for ... 683 General remarks ... 1241 Gas, Natural–Prices KPA Advisory Services Ltd. Forecast for ... 682 Alberta Investment Management Organization and Gasoline–Taxation Governance Review report (SP99/07: Tabled)...231 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 728 Laboratories, Medical–Finance Government agencies, boards, and commissions General remarks ... 683 Political appointments to ... 2388 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Government liabilities Transmittal of 2006-07 supplementary estimates General remarks ... 1375 (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26 Government of Alberta Transmittal of 2007-08 supplementary estimates Consolidated financial statements, 2006-07 (SP907/07: Tabled) ... 2108–09 (SP815/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Life sciences research Government programs Funding for ... 683 Cutbacks to, re increased value of Canadian dollar ... Loan guarantees, Government 1538–39 Amount of defaults re ... 1376 Review of ... 684 Loans, Government Government spending policy Amount of defaults re ... 1376 General remarks ... 683–84 Major community facilities program In-year increases discontinued ... 684 Funding for ... 683 Grain–Transportation Manufacturing By rail ... 1278 Impact of new federal capital cost allowance on ... Groundwater 229 Study of ... 683 Mayor of Calgary Highway 4–Milk River area Position on provincial municipal funding ... 728 Bypass, funding for ... 683 Measuring Up, Progress Report on the Government of Hospitals–Calgary Alberta Business Plan New south Calgary hospital: Funding for ... 683, 728 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP814/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Housing authorities, Seniors' Medical care–Finance Borrowing power ... 1184 General remarks ... 683 Ian Bazalgette school, Calgary Medical care–Finance–Calgary Upgrading, funding for ... 683 General remarks ... 728, 768 Identification, Personal Medical care–Northern Alberta Theft of, involvement of perpetrators of in accident Funding for ... 683 claims against car rental companies, liability Medical profession–Fees issues re ... 1374 Amended agreement re: Funding for ... 683 Immigration Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Alberta-made policy re ... 684 Renovations funding ... 683 Immunization Members of the Legislative Assembly Funding for ... 683 Report on payments to (SP42/07: Tabled) ... 26 Income Support program Mentally disabled Funding for ... 684 Funding for programs for ... 684 Income trusts Mines and mineral industry Impact on provincial revenues ... 1373–74 Tax incentives for ... 2384 Information and communications technology Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund Research into, funding for ... 683 Claims against, by car renters with stolen identity, Insurance brokers, Special–Taxation liability issues re ... 1374 General remarks ... 1375 Multiple unit residential buildings (MURBs) program Insurance companies (1981) Financial links with insurance brokers, disclosure of General remarks ... 1337 ... 1374 Municipal finance Legal actions against firefighters/fire departments ... Provincial funding for ... 683 1374 Municipal finance–Calgary Regulation of ... 2388 Provincial funding for ... 728, 768 Intermunicipal relations Municipal sustainability initiative Funding for joint projects re ... 683 Funding from ... 683 International trade–Netherlands Nanotechnology–Research General remarks ... 1761 Funding for ... 683 Investment of public funds Natural resources revenue General remarks ... 682 Allocation to Heritage Fund ... 2180 Allocation to provincial budget, limit on (Bill 24, Use of surplus for ... 684 2006) ... 19 394 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Natural resources revenue (Continued) Pine beetles–Control Collection of appropriate amount of ... 682 Funding for ... 684 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 44, 47–48, Police–Finance 162 General remarks ... 683 Impact of increased value of Canadian dollar on ... Port of Prince Rupert 1537, 1538–39 Alberta initiatives re ... 1278 Utilization of ... 19, 1376 Private schools–Finance Office of the Premier General remarks ... 683 Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Privilege regional waste management commission ... 1651 Finance minister's solicitation of campaign donations Oil–Export–United States while preparing the budget ... 638 Increase in value of due to rise in Canadian dollar ... Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... 1537, 1538–39 645–46 Oil–Prices Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Forecast for ... 682 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, Impact on Alberta budget ... 1856 from Beaver regional waste management Oil sands development commission ... 1651 Impact of phase out of accelerated capital cost Property, Personal allowance on ... 229, 264 Repository and claims system for, legislation re (Bill Investment in ... 1442 23) ... 361 Oral Question Period (2007) Property tax Budget consultation ... 1728 On rental housing ... 1188 Calgary municipal funding ... 728, 768 Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension Capital cost allowance program ... 229, 264 Plan Capital investment in Alberta ... 1241 Annual report, 2005/06 (SP43/07: Tabled) ... 26 Contribution to Premier's leadership campaign ... Public assistance 1651 Funding for ... 683 Farm fuel rebate program ... 1892 Public contracts for consultants Federal equalization formula ... 162 Awarding of ... 1373 Federal equalization payments ... 44, 47–48 Public safety (From criminal activity) Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 2180 General remarks ... 682, 683 Heritage Savings Trust Fund timberland investment Public transit–Finance ... 1389 General remarks ... 683 Incentives for property developers ... 1188, 1337 Quality of life Insurance industry regulation ... 2388 General remarks ... 681 Internal royalty review ... 509 Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie Investments in tobacco companies ... 1442 Funding for ... 683 New Royalty Framework ... 2213, 2251 Rabobank (Netherlands) Nonrenewable resource revenues ... 19 Establishment in Alberta ... 1761 Openness and transparency in government ... 565 Regional health authorities Pension plans ... 2066 Funding ... 683 Royalty review ... 158, 1442–43 Registered education savings plan (Federal) Royalty Review Panel ... 13, 41 Provincial contribution to ... 683 Seniors' housing authorities ... 1184 Rent control Strength of Canadian dollar ... 1537, 1538–39, 1856 General remarks ... 1372 Tax deductions ... 259 Rent increases Timberland investment loss ... 605–06, 639 Assistance programs re ... 1337 Trade corridors to Prince Rupert ... 1278–79 Rental housing Trade with the Netherlands ... 1761 Incentives for ... 1188, 1337, 1376 Treasury Branches investments ... 2211, 2214–15 Increase in supply ... 1188 Venture capital funding ... 2384 Renters' tax credits Patronage General remarks ... 1376 Appointments to government agencies, boards and Research and development commissions ... 2388 Funding for ... 683 Pension income splitting Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) General remarks ... 682 Costs to administer (Q14/07: Response tabled as Pensions, Private-sector SP466/07) ... 1182 Review of legislation re ... 682 Costs to recover cheques sent to non-qualified Photo radar (Traffic safety) recipients (Q13/07: Response tabled as Demerit points for infractions caught by ... 1372 SP465/07) ... 1182 General remarks ... 1372 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 395
Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Revenue Student financial aid Dedicated revenue, decrease in ... 1375 Funding for ... 683 General remarks ... 682 Suncor Inc. Ridley Grain Ltd. Earnings for first quarter, 2007 ... 1442 Alberta loan to ... 1278–79 Supportive living facilities Ring roads–Calgary Seniors' lodges: Assistance program for ... 683 Funding for ... 683, 728 Surplus, Budgetary Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) General remarks ... 682, 684, 1370, 1376 project, public-sector comparator re ... 1371 Heritage Fund investment ... 1373 Risk management fund Management policy for (allocation strategy) ... 682 Coverage of legal liability re civil service pensions Tax incentives law suit ... 1375 For charitable donations ... 682 Road construction Education tax credit increase ... 682 Resource road program, funding for ... 683 Flow-through shares ... 2384 Road construction–Finance General remarks ... 682, 1376 General remarks ... 683 For labour-sponsored venture capital funds ... 259 Royalty Review Panel Personal credits, indexing of ... 682 Conflict of interest of panel members ... 13, 565 For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1188, Consideration of impact of capital cost allowance 1337, 1376 phase out on oil sand companies ... 229, 264 For renters ... 1376 General remarks ... 509, 682, 1442–43, 1537 For trades people's tools ... 259 Minister of Finance responsible for, panelists' For volunteer coaches ... 259 donations to leadership campaign of ... 41 Tax revenue, Provincial Minister of Finance's comments to ... 2251 General remarks ... 682 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Taxation, Provincial General remarks ... 1537 General remarks ... 682 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 2251 Increase in, to offset increased value of Canadian New Royalty Framework (2007): Changes to ... 2213 dollar ... 1539 Review of ... 509, 1442–43, 2251 Taxation–Law and legislation Review of: Public meetings re ... 158 Enforcement of ... 682 Scholarships Teachers Funding for ... 683 Retention of, funding for ... 683 Schools–Construction Teachers' Pension Plan Funding for ... 683 Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 683, 684 Schools–Maintenance and repair Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of ... 2066 Funding for ... 683 Technology commercialization Securities–Law and legislation Funding for ... 683 National harmonization of (passport system) ... 1372 Tobacco–Taxation Single national regulator for ... 1371–72 Increase in ... 683 Sewage disposal plants–Finance Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 834 General remarks ... 683 Tobacco companies Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray Heritage Fund investment in ... 1373, 1375, 1442, Funding for ... 683 1651 Shell Canada Limited Heritage Fund investment in: Value of (Q4/07: Views on royalty system changes ... 565 Response tabled as SP311/07) ... 698 Sheriffs Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) Traffic safety enforcement function, funding for ... First Reading ... 834 684 Third reading ... 1918, 1976 Small business Tools Venture capital for ... 2384 Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) Venture capital for, labour-sponsored, tax break re ...... 259 259 Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) Small business–Taxation First Reading ... 50 Increase in tax credits ... 682 Second Reading ... 417–18 Smoking–Prevention Committee ... 2265–66 General remarks ... 683 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP989/07: Tabled) ... Social housing 2265 Funding for ... 683 Third reading ... 2472 Social housing–Northern Alberta Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Funding for ... 683 (Alberta /British Columbia) Impact on Alberta financial institutions ... 1376 396 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Oberg, Hon. Dr. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Finance Treasury Board Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation Review of government programs ... 684 solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 646–47 Treasury Branches Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Annual report, 2007 (SP824/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1407–08 Continuation of (Motion 14: Oberg) ... 371–72, 374 Drink prices in licensed premises Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1376 Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 2211, ... 2200 2214–15 Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Investment policy ... 2214–15 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Investment policy, review of by Auditor General ... sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance 2214–15 du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Investment policy, role of provincial government in ... First Reading ... 231 2211 Second Reading ... 343–44, 582–83 Tuition fees Fish and wildlife officers Increases in, funding to limit to inflation rate ... 683 Numbers of ... 1407–08 Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act Fisheries revitalization program (Bill 23) General remarks ... 1408 First Reading ... 361 Floods Second reading ... 1938 Preparedness for ... 440–41, 506–07 Committee ... 2365–66 Floods–Northern Alberta Committee: Amendment A1 (SP1060/07: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 441, 506–07 2365 Floods–Pine beetle affected areas Uniform Law Conference of Canada General remarks ... 263–64 Personal property claim system recommendation ... Forest fires–Control 361 Funding for ... 1407 Vicarious liability Land-use framework General remarks ... 1374 General remarks ... 1407 Volunteer sport coaches Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Tax incentives for ... 259 Committee ... 2019 Water resources development Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) Funding for ... 683 Review of Alberta Electric System Operator ... 1078 Water treatment plants Members' Statements (2007) Funding for ... 683 MD of Northern Lights/Peace River partnership ... Water treatment plants–Fort McMurray 187 Funding for ... 683 Members' statements ... 1955 Workers' Compensation Board Members' Statements (Parliamentary procedure) Funds of, administration of ... 682 General remarks ... 1932 Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River) Member's statement re ... 1955 Alberta biodiversity monitoring project Municipal District of Northern Lights No. 22 General remarks ... 1408 Partnership with town of Peace River, member's Alberta Electric System Operator statement re ... 187 Review of purchasing practices of ... 1078 Nuclear power plants Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Opposition to, petition presented re ... 2136 22) Oil sands development Committee ... 631 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 1407 Alberta Sustainability Fund Oral Question Period (2007) Pine beetle control funding from ... 1407 Electric System Operator review ... 1078 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Flood preparedness ... 440–41 Third reading ... 2428 Mountain pine beetle control ... 1725 Budget Mountain pine beetle effect on watershed ... 263–64 Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Spring flooding ... 506–07 disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 646–47 Parks, National Calgary-Varsity (Constituency) Forest management/pine beetle control in ... 1725 Members' statement re member for ... 1955 Peace River (Town) Climate Change and Emissions Management Partnership with MD of Northern Lights, member's Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) statement re ... 187 Committee ... 514–16 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Nuclear power plant, opposition to ... 2136 Act (Bill Pr. 1) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Committee ... 1744–45 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2061 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 397
Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River) (Continued) Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Pine beetles (Continued) Impact on flooding in affected areas ... 263–64 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton (Continued) Pine beetles–Control Northeast portion ... 1724 Emergency funding for ... 1407 Northwest portion: Public open house re ... 542 General remarks ... 263–64, 1725 Northwest portion: Relocation of (noise/safety issues) Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country ... 542 General remarks ... 1725 Overpasses for southwest section of ... 2288 Pine beetles–Control–Waterton National Park Southeast portion: Completion of ... 1999 General remarks ... 1725 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Point of Order funding model for ... 1160, 1161, 1165, 1402, Allegations against a member ... 2200, 2305 1544, 1724 Allegations against members ... 2204 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1698 funding model for, letter from company re Members' Statements ... 1932 (SP265/07: Tabled) ... 645 Privilege Auditor General Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... Capital maintenance planning comments ... 1825 646–47 Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... Progressive Conservative caucus 195 Purchase of radio ads with caucus funds ... 1698 Automobile drivers' licences Public lands Graduated licences, review of ... 473 Industrial activity on ... 1407 Graduated licences, suspension of, following injury School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) collision ... 473 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Automobile seat belts Second Reading ... 1099–1100 General remarks ... 1166 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Battle River Producer Car Group Letter re (SP643/07: Tabled) ... 1767 Assistance to, to prevent closure of rail line 43.03 ... Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment 407 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Bissell Centre, Edmonton Petitions presented re ... 2061 Eviction of homeless from public land adjacent to ... Speech from the Throne 1279 Debate ... 151 Border crossings–Canada/United States Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Wild Horse crossing ... 1403 Third reading ... 2490 Brentwood elementary school, Calgary Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Upgrading ... 1825 Committee ... 1000–01, 1006–09, 1018 Bridges–Athabasca River–Fort McMurray area Watersheds–Pine beetle infected areas Upgrading of ... 1548 Hydrological assessment of ... 264 Bridges–Smoky River–High Prairie area Waterton National Park Funding for ... 1160 Pine beetle control methods in ... 1725 Brooks Crop Diversification Centre Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Funding for greenhouse at ... 1160, 1402, 1544 Access Roads Edmonton Ltd. Calgary Courts Centre Letter re P3 contract for Henday Drive southeast Public/private funding of (P3) ... 1549 portion (SP265/07: Tabled) ... 645 Calgary-Elbow (Constituency) Airports By-election in, won by Liberal candidate ... 1726 Funding for ... 1405 Canadian armed forces Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Trade credentials of, civilian recognition of ... 225 General remarks ... 1167 Capital projects Alberta Liberal Party Deficit re ... 1547 Candidate elected in Calgary-Elbow constituency ... Funding for ... 1401–02, 1403, 1543, 1544 1726 Planning for ... 1403, 1404 Alberta Sustainability Fund Planning for, inflation issues ... 1167, 1545 General remarks ... 1167, 1547 Public/private partnerships re ... 129, 195, 1161, Alberta Transportation Safety Board 1163, 2288 Driver's licence suspension powers ... 473 Public/private partnerships re, public sector Funding for ... 1159, 1402, 1543 comparators for ... 1545–46 Alexis First Nation Reserve Capital projects, Municipal Road maintenance on ... 196 Funding for ... 1159, 1163, 1164, 1402, 1543–44, Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton 1546 Funding for ... 1160, 1402, 1544, 1545 Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary Intersection with 87th Avenue (overpass) ... 1895 Funding for ... 1588 Intersection with Stony Plain Road ... 1895, 2288 Capital projects–Calgary Noise attenuation issues ... 542, 2288 Funding for ... 1788–89 398 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Fort McMurray Auditor General's comments re ... 1825 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Meeting with Deferred projects costs ... 1547, 1549 mayor re, July 27, 1999, documentation from Funding for ... 1163 (M7/07: Defeated) ... 1660 General remarks ... 1825 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Capital region integrated growth management plan Balzac water transfer information request under ... General remarks ... 1724 223 Cellular telephones Gas, Natural–Prices Use while driving, ban on ... 1167 Forecast for ... 1546 Centennial Capital Plan Gasoline–Taxation General remarks ... 1167, 1547 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1588 CN Rail GGC Consultants Incorporated Closure of rail line 43.03, Camrose to Alliance ... 407 Fairness audit of bids for northeast Calgary ring road Grain transportation capacity in northern Alberta ... P3 project (SP547/07: Tabled) ... 1487 1278 Grain–Transportation Service levels in Alberta ... 1727 By rail ... 1278 Container terminal–Edmonton Grey Eagle Casino New CP terminal in south Edmonton ... 1278 Impact on Calgary ring road ... 1998 Container terminals–Grande Prairie area Highway 3 Provincial land provided for ... 408, 602–03 Twinning ... 505, 2176 Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Highway 3–Crowsnest Pass area Maintenance projects on ... 130–31 Relocation of ... 505 Noise attenuation along ... 2286 Highway 4–Milk River area Peigan/Glenmore Trails intersections improvement ... Bypass, funding for ... 1160, 1406 1999 Highway 9–Drumheller area Post and cable barrier safety system at north end of ... Twinning ... 1999 873 Highway 13–Camrose area east Upgrades/safety improvements to ... 873, 1999 Impact of grain trucking on ... 407 Dept. of Education Upgrading of (rut and fill) ... 877 Return of school capital funding to ... 1549 Highway 19 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Snow fences along ... 1996 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP31/07: Tabled) ... 26 Twinning ... 1996 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP805/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Highway 21–Sherwood Park area Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1159–67, Twinning ... 1165, 1999 1401–07, 1543–49 Highway 28 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Twinning ... 1548 during (SP577, 588/07: Tabled) ... 1535, 1591 Highway 28A Disabled–Housing Widening of ... 125 Availability/affordability of ... 2326 Highway 41 Funding for, from deferred Lieutenant Governor's Development as trade corridor ... 1403 residence ... 2326 Highway 43–Grande Prairie area Dollar, Canadian Bypass (highway 43X) ... 506, 1406, 2176 Impact on Alberta budget ... 1547 Highway 43–Grande Prairie to B.C. border Drunk driving–Prevention Twinning ... 506 General remarks ... 1166–67 Highway 43–Grande Prairie to Edmonton East Athabasca road Twinning ... 1999 Construction of ... 1165 Highway 43–Mayerthorpe to Sangudo Economic growth–Edmonton area Twinning ... 506 Impact of ... 125 Highway 63 Edmonton Police Service Collision history document (SP225/07: Tabled) ... 536 Eviction of homeless from public land adjacent to Passing lanes for ... 508 Bissell Centre ... 1279 Twinning ... 508, 1164–65, 1548, 1999, 2176 Edmonton Remand Centre Highway 766 New facility for, cost increases re ... 1823 Maintenance on ... 408 New facility for, funding for ... 1160, 1402, 1544 Highway 779 Enmax Corporation Twinning ... 1160 Lighting maintenance contract for Deerfoot Trail ... Highway 791 130–31 Maintenance on ... 408 Ernest Manning high school, Calgary Highway 881 Roof repairs ... 1825 Upgrading of ... 1165, 1548, 2176 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 399
Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Homeless–Housing Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) General remarks ... 1279 Highway construction ... 2176 Hospitals–Calgary Highway construction and maintenance ... 1996, New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of 1998–99 ... 129 Highway maintenance ... 230 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Industrial projects in Alberta's heartland area ... 125 Regional impact of ... 125 Infrastructure maintenance ... 1186 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Maintenance of secondary highways ... 408 Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... Noise attenuation along freeways ... 2286 125 North-south trade corridor ... 506 Ivanhoe Cambridge Northeast Calgary ring road ... 1137 Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... Northwest Anthony Henday ring road ... 542 224 Operation of traffic on multilane highways ... 2289 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Private/public partnerships ... 129, 195 Naming of accessible housing complex after ... 2326 Public/private partnerships ... 2288 New official residence, deferral of ... 2326 Racing entertainment centre project ... 189, 223–24 Light rail transit Railway safety ... 1727 Funding for ... 1546 Road maintenance on Alexis reserve ... 196 Light rail transit–Calgary St. Albert west regional road ... 368–69 Provincial funding ... 1588 St. Albert west regional road ... 368–69 Members of the Legislative Assembly Southwest Calgary ring road ... 1998 Former MLA (Walter Paskowski), involvement in Speed limit enforcement ... 1279–80 sale of public land in Grande Prairie area ... 602 Trade corridors to Prince Rupert ... 1278 Municipal District of Rocky View Twinning of highway 3 ... 505 Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing Twinning of highway 63 ... 508 entertainment complex ... 223–24 Photo radar (Traffic safety) Natural gas rebates Speed on green light radar ... 1279–80 Funding for ... 1160, 1402, 1544, 1546 Political parties Newman Theological College Donations to ... 2288 Provincial purchase of property of, for Henday Drive Port of Prince Rupert northwest leg ... 542 Alberta initiatives re ... 1278, 1403 Noise attenuation along freeways PricewaterhouseCoopers General remarks ... 542, 2286, 2288 Public-sector comparator to Calgary northeast ring North-south trade corridor road P3 project (SP546/07: Tabled) ... 1487 Completion of ... 506, 1406, 2176 Public lands Funding for ... 1160, 1402, 1544 Sale of, for a dollar ... 602–03 Off-highway vehicles Sale of, for a dollar, for homeless housing ... 1279 Helmet use on, mandatory for children ... 2070–71 Sale of, re Grande Prairie container terminal: Oral Question Period (2007) Involvement of former MLA in ... 602 Affordable housing ... 2326 Public lands–Edmonton All-terrain vehicle safety ... 2070–71 Adjacent to Bissell Centre, eviction of homeless from Alliance-Camrose rail line 43.03 ... 407–08 ... 1279 Anthony Henday drive intersections ... 1895 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Edmonton to Calgary Anthony Henday ring road ... 2288 Speeding problem on ... 1547 Calgary infrastructure funding ... 1588, 1788–89 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Edmonton to Nisku Calgary northeast ring road ... 369 Snow fences along ... 1996 Calgary ring road ... 1446 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Innisfail area Career transition for military personnel ... 225 Interchange upgrade funding ... 1160 Commercial vehicle inspection ... 1726 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Crown land adjacent to Bissell Centre ... 1279 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 189, Deerfoot Trail improvements ... 873 223–24 Deerfoot trail maintenance ... 130–31 Rail service–Alberta Deerfoot trail safety ... 1999 General remarks ... 1727 Deferred infrastructure maintenance ... 1825 Rail service–Alliance to Camrose Edmonton Remand Centre ... 1823 Line 43.03, closure of ... 407–08 Edmonton remand centre ... 1823 Rail service–Edmonton to Prince Rupert Edmonton ring road ... 1724 Upgrading of ... 1278 Electronic driver reporting and enforcement ... 1891 Rail service–Northern Alberta Graduated drivers' licences ... 473 Grain hauling capacity ... 1278 Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act Grande Prairie land sale ... 602–03 (U.S. Senate Bill S.953) Highway 13 ... 877 General remarks ... 1727 400 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Ring roads Traffic Safety Act Reduction of ... 1404 Helmet provisions for children on off-road vehicles ... Ring roads–Calgary 2071 Funding for ... 1160, 1402, 1544, 1545 Right-hand lane usage on multilane highways, Northeast and northwest sections ... 873, 1999 provision for ... 2289 Northeast section, access points to ... 369, 1137 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Northeast section, noise concerns re ... 1137 Third reading ... 2482 Northeast section, public consultations re ... 369, Trans-Canada Highway 2176 Interchange at Highway 9 (Strathmore), funding for Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) ... 1160 project ... 195, 1161, 1163, 1165, 1545–46 Transportation–Industrial Heartland area Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) General remarks ... 1724 project, public-sector comparator re ... 1446 Transportation–Northeast Edmonton Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) General remarks ... 125 project, public-sector comparator re (SP546/07: Transportation Amendment Act (Federal Bill C-44) Tabled) ... 1487 Railway service improvements under ... 1727 Southwest section, land aquisition for, from Tsuu Transtrue Vehicle Safety Inc. T'ina nation ... 369, 1788–89, 1998 Contractor for commercial vehicle inspection Road construction program ... 1726 General remarks ... 1998–99, 2176 Truck drivers Municipal bidding on ... 1403, 1404 Driving records of, electronic ... 1891 Resource road program, funding for ... 1406 Truck drivers, Military Road construction–Finance Transition to civilian occupation ... 225 General remarks ... 1159, 1160, 1401–02, 1544, 1999 Trucks–Inspection Road construction–Fort McMurray area General remarks ... 1726 General remarks ... 1164–65 Tsuu T'ina First Nation Road construction–Industrial Heartland area Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... General remarks ... 1165 369, 1788–89, 1998 Roads, Multilane Urban sprawl Righ-hand lane usage ... 2289 General remarks ... 1403 Roads–Maintenance and repair Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Funding for ... 1159, 1161, 1163, 1402, 1543, 1547, Funding for ... 1159–60, 1161, 1402, 1544 1549 Funding for Wood Buffalo projects ... 1159–60, 1402, General remarks ... 1167, 1186, 1996, 1999 1544 Potholes and lane marking repairs ... 230 Water treatment plants Secondary roads ... 408 Funding for ... 1159, 1161 Royal Alberta Museum Water treatment plants, Regional Renovations ... 1160, 1402, 1544 Funding for ... 1161 Schools–Construction Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Funding for ... 1549 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... Schools–Maintenance and repair 189 Funding for ... 1825 Weaselhead natural area Sewage disposal plants–Finance Impact of Calgary ring road on ... 1998 General remarks ... 1159, 1161 West Regional Road, St. Albert Snow fencing/ridging on highways General remarks ... 368–69, 1163, 1165 General remarks ... 1996 Western Canada high school, Calgary Speed limits Upgrading of ... 1825 Enforcement of ... 1279–80 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Strategic economic corridors (Highway construction) ABC Developmental Learning Centres Pty. Ltd. Funding for ... 1160, 1402, 1544 Purchase of Alberta daycare centres ... 1998 Stuart Olson Inc. Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) Contractor for new Edmonton remand centre ... 1823 Committee ... 1871–72 Summer villages Alberta–Economic policy Provincial funding for ... 1161, 1163 General remarks ... 174–75 Swan Hills Treatment Centre Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Report ... 1055 Operational funding for ... 1160, 1402, 1544 Alberta Disabilities Forum (Document) Trade corridor–Eastern Alberta General remarks ... 1559 General remarks ... 1403 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Traffic safety Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to General remarks ... 1159, 1167, 1186, 1279–80, 1402, Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at, 1404, 1543 email advising of contract re (SP918/07: Tabled) McDermid report on ... 1999 ... 2145 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 401
Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) Complex decongestive therapy (breast cancer Second Reading ... 168–69 treatment condition) coverage under, petition Third Reading ... 391–92 presented re ... 1440 Child intervention services Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Funding for ... 1208 Elimination of ... 176 Child welfare Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Aboriginal children ... 1203 22) China Institute (U of A) Second Reading ... 624–25 Provincial funding for ... 105 Committee ... 653 Class size (Universities) Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 1344 Benefits increase, funding for, underspending of ... Climate Change and Emissions Management 1557 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) General remarks ... 1559 Second Reading ... 245–46 Reinstatement of universal optical/dental benefits ... Collective bargaining 467 First-contract certification legislation ... 2257 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Community mental health services Committee ... 2397–98 Staffing ... 1559 Letters re (SP1003-1004, 1075/07: Tabled) ... 2292, Complex decongestive therapy (Breast cancer treatment 2390 condition) Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Coverage under health care plan: Petition presented re 19) ... 1440 Second Reading ... 622 Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Committee ... 657–58 Second Reading ... 1042–43 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP274/07: Tabled) ... Committee ... 2270 657 Continuing/extended care facilities Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Auditor General's review of: Report ... 53, 467, 891 Third Reading ... 1771–72 Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 891, Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. 1690–91, 1763 2) (Bill 56) Conversion to assisted living facility status, member's Second reading ... 2259 statement re ... 222 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Numbers of, 2001-06 (Q9/07: Response tabled as Benefits, indexing of ... 1558 SP637/07) ... 843 Cut-off level of eligibilty for ... 1559 Waiting lists for ... 891 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 1558 Continuing/extended care facilities–Finance Health benefits, separation from income support General remarks ... 467 benefits ... 1558 Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards Letter re (SP766/07: Tabled) ... 1965 Enforcement of ... 891 Auditor General General remarks ... 53, 891 Continuing care facility management investigation Corrections Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 52) (Seniors care programs): Report ... 53, 467, 891 Third reading ... 2485 Autism spectrum disorder Daycare centres Funding for services re, letter re (SP439/07: Tabled) Five-point plan re ... 1204 ... 1074 National plan principles re (revised Conservative Bethany care centre, Edmonton government plan) ... 161 Alzheimer's patient's death in ... 891 Subsidies re ... 1202 Bullying–Prevention Subsidies re: Impact of rent increases on ... 1202 Funding for ... 1202 Daycare centres–Bow Valley area Calgary Health Region Waiting lists for, news article re (SP847/07: Tabled) Holy Cross Centre contract termination ... 507–08 ... 2035 Holy Cross Centre monitoring ... 53 Daycare centres–Employees Canada Millenium Scholarship Foundation Incentives for ... 1203–04 Report on tax credits for students ... 1342, 1344 Incentives for, federal funds for ... 1204 Centre for Urban and Community Studies (U of T) Salaries of ... 1203–04, 1541 Article on rent control in Alberta (SP475/07: Tabled) Daycare centres–Finance ... 1247 Federal funding ... 1998 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Federal funding, accounting for ... 1204 207) General remarks ... 161, 175, 1204, 1540–41, 2386 Second Reading ... 1085 Daycare centres–Licensing Child care after/before school Regulations re ... 2386 Provincial assistance re ... 161, 175 Daycare centres–Standards General remarks ... 2386 402 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Ethics Commissioner Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1342–47 Report on allegations involving the Premier, and Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Ministers of Finance, and Health and Wellness 104–05 ... 1136 Dept. of Children's Services Foreign workers, Temporary Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 175 Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1509–10 1202–04, 1207–08 Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Dept. of Education Second Reading ... 1490 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Genome Alberta 1202–04, 1207–08 Funding for, re pine beetle control research ... 105 Dept. of Health and Wellness Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 175–76 38) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 890–91 Committee ... 2458–59 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Grant MacEwan Community College Budget, underspending in ... 1557 Nursing degree program, funding for ... 105 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 175 Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Act, 2007 (Bill 48) 1202–04, 1207–08 Committee ... 2455 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1556–61 Health sciences personnel–Supply Disabled General remarks ... 1347 Funding for programs for ... 1557 Health workforce planning Programs for ... 1556–57 Report on ... 1347 Domestic violence Holy Cross Long Term Care General remarks ... 12 Health and safety issues in ... 222, 507–08, 891 Domestic violence–Prevention Health and safety issues in: Request for emergency Government programs re: Funding for ... 1202 debate re ... 53–54 United Nations study re (SP6/07: Tabled) ... 25 Termination of contract for, by Calgary Health Drink prices in licensed premises Region ... 507–08 Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) Holy Cross Manor Incorporated ... 2200–01 Afforable housing grants to ... 507–08 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Afforable housing unit rents ... 507–08 General remarks ... 1187 Health and safety issues in ... 891 Impact on seniors ... 1560 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... General remarks ... 1439 1187 Immigration Education, Postsecondary Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Access to, affordability review to improve ... 92, 509: Agnihotri) ... 1509–10 806–07, 1342 Institute for Research on Public Policy Access to, new spaces to improve ... 262, 1342, 1345 Daycare policy comparison between Alberta and B.C. Public Interest Alberta report on (SP112/07: Tabled) (report) ... 175 ... 266 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Quality of ... 1344, 1346 2007-08 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Estimates debated ... 174–76 General remarks ... 261–62, 1344 International Day of Disabled Persons Election Act General remarks ... 2330 Voting age under, lowering to 16 (Motion 510: International Women's Day Chase) ... 1677–78 General remarks ... 25 Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Ministerial statement re ... 12 Committee ... 654–55 Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Second Reading ... 531 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Committee ... 1774 sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance Labour laws and legislation du fait franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Letters re (SP984/07: Tabled) ... 2257 Second Reading ... 580–81, 583 A Learning Alberta review Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Report ... 92 Holy Cross Long Term Care Centre conditions (not Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) proceeded with) ... 53 Second Reading ... 527 Enterprise Universal Incorporated Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor ... Second Reading ... 251–52 507–08 Committee ... 2015–17, 2020 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 403
Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) hospitals) Postsecondary education funding ... 261–62 Fee increase, lawsuit re ... 1561 Prescription drug coverage ... 1187 Funding for, underspending of ... 1557 Tuition fees for postsecondary education ... 406 Private vs public facilities ... 1561 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Transfer of residents in, to community-based facilities Complex decongestive therapy coverage under health ... 1560 care plan ... 1440 Waiting lists re ... 1561 Rent increase control ... 1728 MacAdams, Roberta (Second woman MLA in Alberta) Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) Ministerial statement re ... 1613 Rent increases (SP608/07) ... 1659 Mactaggart Art Collection Pharmaceutical savings agency (Proposal) Government matching funds for ... 105 General remarks ... 1187 Medical care, Private Pine beetles–Control General remarks ... 890 Research on (Genome Alberta), funding for ... 105 Medical profession–Supply Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) General remarks ... 1347 Second Reading ... 1503–04 Members of the Legislative Assembly Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Electoral anniversary of several members ... 53 Committee ... 521–24 First female MLAs elected, 90th anniversary of, Political parties ministerial statement re ... 1613 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Members' Statements (2007) ... 1136 Affordable housing ... 1439–40 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to: Affordable student housing ... 1329 All-party committee to review ... 1136 Continuing care accommodations ... 222 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6) Seniors' benefits ... 467 Second Reading ... 413–15 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Postsecondary educational institutions Second Reading ... 750–51 Disabled students accessibility issues re, letter re Mentally disabled (SP1045/07: Tabled) ... 2330 Funding for programs for ... 1559 Provincial grants to ... 1342 Funding for programs for: Letter re (SP917/07: Turning away of students ... 1342, 1344–45, 1346–47 Tabled) ... 2145 Postsecondary educational institutions–Admissions Michener Services (enrollment) Letter re (SP940/07: Tabled) ... 2181 Requirements/standards for ... 1345 Ministerial Statements (2007) Postsecondary educational institutions–Fees 90th anniversary of the election of the first female Mandatory fees ... 93 MLAs ... 1613 Preventive medical services Mount Royal College General remarks ... 890–91 Nursing degree program ... 105, 1347 Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Municipal finance 7) Provincial funding for: Leader of the Official Second Reading ... 394–95 Opposition's news article re (SP737/07: Tabled) Property rights ... 1896 Impact of Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Nurses–Supply on ... 2390 General remarks ... 1347 Property tax–Education levy Office of the Premier Seniors' tax relief re ... 467 Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 1136 Prostitutes, Juvenile Official Opposition Aboriginal children ... 1203, 1208 Spending policy (SP738/07: Tabled) ... 1896–97 Numbers of ... 1208 Official Opposition Leader Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act News article re municipal infrastucture funding Children apprehended under: Services to ... 1202–03, formula (SP737/07: Tabled) ... 1896 1208 Oral Question Period (2007) Public Interest Alberta Affordability of postsecondary education ... 806–07 Postsecondary education report (Where to From Assistance for student housing ... 1055 Here) ... 261–62 Child care funding ... 161, 1540–41, 1998 Postsecondary education report (Where to From Daycare funding ... 2386 Here) (SP112/07: Tabled) ... 266 Designated assisted living facilities ... 1690–91 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... Committee ... 2267 1136 Rent control Holy Cross Care Centre ... 507–08 Article re (SP475/07: Tabled) ... 1247 Long-term care facilities ... 1763 General remarks ... 467, 1329 Postsecondary education costs ... 92–93 Letter re (SP554/07: Tabled) ... 1488 Petitions presented re ... 1728 404 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued Rent increases Telecommunications Act Repeal Act (Bill 11) General remarks ... 467, 1202 Committee ... 2267 Impact on payment of daycare expenses ... 1202 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Impact on seniors ... 467 Second Reading ... 938–40 Impact on seniors: Member's statement re ... 1439–40 Committee ... 976–77, 1033–34, 1039–40 Impact on student housing ... 806–07, 1055, 1329 Third Reading ... 1066–67 Letter re (SP766/07: Tabled) ... 1965 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) Petition tabled re (SP608/07) ... 1659 Third reading ... 1976–77 Research and development Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water General remarks ... 105 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Second Reading ... 1212–13 Committee ... 2043–44 Tuition fees Senior citizens General remarks ... 93 Government programs, funding for ... 467 Policy re ... 406 Senior citizens–Medical care Reduction of ... 262 General remarks ... 890–91 Report re, by U of A Students' Union (SP57/07: Seniors' Action and Liason Team Tabled) ... 85 Letter re impact of rent increases on seniors Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act (SP554/07: Tabled) ... 1488 (Bill 23) Seniors' advocate (Proposal) Committee ... 2268 General remarks ... 175 University of Alberta Letter re (SP1076/07: Tabled) ... 2390 Donations to, matching grant for ... 105 Seniors' issues University of Alberta Students' Union Member's statement re ... 467 Alberta Needs Students (report) (SP57/07: Tabled) ... Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment 85 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) University teachers Committee ... 1865–68 Number of ... 1346 Third reading ... 1970–71 Recruitment of ... 262 Speech from the Throne Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) Debate ... 180–81 Second Reading ... 416 Student financial aid Committee ... 1869 General remarks ... 1343 Voting age (Provincial elections) Living allowance element ... 92, 1055, 1329 Lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1677–78 Loan interest rates reduction ... 92 Women's shelters–Finance Loan relief program ... 1344, 1346 General remarks ... 1202 Qualifying requirements for ... 105 Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Underspending of funding for ... 1346 Agriculture Student grants Government assistance programs ... 2179 General remarks ... 1342 Alberta Act Student housing Amendment of, to recognize municipal government Costs, impact of rent increases on ... 1329 level ... 1148 Costs, member's statement re ... 1329 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Supplementary estimates General remarks ... 1151 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 104–05 Report ... 929, 2030 General remarks ... 104 Alberta Brain Injury Network Supportive living facilities General remarks ... 1193 Aging in place program, performance measure re ... Alberta Council of Women's Shelters 1560 Seniors' shelters report ... 1198 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee care facilities to ... 1690–91, 1763 Elimination of / review of ... 778 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill care facilities to, member's statement re ... 222 22) Funding for, underspending of ... 1557 Committee ... 651 General remarks ... 891 Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association Numbers of, 2001-07 (Q10/07: Response tabled as Awards ceremony, member's statement re ... 1237–38 SP420/07) ... 843 Alberta seniors benefit program Seniors' lodges: Funding for ... 1559 Dental benefits ... 1157, 2250 Tax incentives General remarks ... 2250 For postsecondary students ... 1342, 1344 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Taxation, Provincial Committee ... 2403–05 General remarks ... 174 Letters re (SP934, 975/07: Tabled) ... 2181, 2248 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 405
Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) (Continued) Ammolite (Gemstone) Continuing/extended care facilities (Continued) Official gemstone of Lethbridge, member's statement General remarks ... 1153 re ... 924 Health impacts of policies re ... 1542 Animal Health Act (Bill 32) MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1154 Second Reading ... 1070 Residents' committees in ... 778 Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Training for operators of ... 1153 Committee ... 1734–36 Continuing/extended care facilities–Fort McMurray Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Construction of ... 2106 2) (Bill 56) Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards Second reading ... 2261–62 Enforcement of ... 778, 1154, 1587 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped General remarks ... 91, 777, 778, 1153, 1587 Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: Continuing/extended care facilities residents Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 573 Bill of rights for ... 1587 Benefits, indexing of ... 1997 Coulee Pictures Benefits increase for ... 328, 1997 General remarks ... 1237–38 Benefits increase for: Funding of, from uncollected Crowsnest Pass Food Bank resource revenue ... 1893 Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Benefits increase for: Member's statement re ... 1991 salary increase to, letter re (SP1055/07: Tabled) Budget for, non-spending of ... 2387 ... 2330 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 1991 Davidson, Chancellor Richard Funding for ... 765–66 General remarks ... 1582 Medical examination form questions ... 2387 Daycare centres–Employees Rent costs assistance for recipients of ... 2029–30 Salaries of ... 328 Auditor General Demographic planning commission (Proposed) Agricultural aid delivery problems, comments re ... General remarks ... 1157 2179 Dept. of Agriculture and Food Continuing care facility management investigation Regional offices of, closure ... 2179 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 778, 1154 Dept. of Children's Services Autism spectrum disorder Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... General remarks ... 1193 1192–93, 1197–98, 1201, 1211 Brain injured Dept. of Education Support services for ... 1193 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 137 Canadian Panel on Violence against Women Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Elder victims statistics ... 1198 1192–93, 1197–98, 1201, 1211 Capital projects, Municipal Dept. of Health and Wellness Funding for ... 1148, 1151 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 138 Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 777–78, 786–88 Third Reading ... 392–93 Dept. of housing (Proposed) Chinook Regional Health Authority General remarks ... 1151 Continuing/extended care programs ... 1153 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Climate Change and Emissions Management Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1167 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Committee ... 516–17 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1147–49, Coaldale Community Food Bank Association 1151–52 Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports salary increase to, letter re (SP933/07:Tabled)...2181 Consolidation of seniors continuing care facilities Commissioner on continuing care (Proposed) under ... 788 General remarks ... 778 Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 138 Committee of Supply Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Cross-ministry discussion rules ... 1191 1192–93, 1197–98, 1201, 1211 Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1153–54, Committee ... 2271 1157–58 Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Second Reading ... 203–04 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1318 Continuing Care Standards Act (Bill 205, 2006) Disabled General remarks ... 778 Funding for programs for ... 765–66 Continuing/extended care facilities Member's statement re ... 2328 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 778 Programs for: Co-ordination of ... 1192–93 Consolidation under Seniors dept. ... 788 Disabled–Education Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 788 Postsecondary education ... 2325 Conversion to assisted living facility status, letter re (SP935/07: Tabled) ... 2181 406 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) (Continued) Disabled–Employment Highway 3 General remarks ... 2328 Twinning ... 505 Provincial assistance re ... 2324–25 Holy Cross Manor Incorporated Disabled children–Education Assisted living unit rents ... 842 General remarks ... 1193 Health and safety issues in ... 91 Disabled children–Education–Finance Home care program Coding system re ... 1201 General remarks ... 1081 Distance education Health impacts of policies re ... 1542 For disability services workers ... 1158 Letter re (SP786/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Domestic violence–Prevention Home education Government programs re ... 1198, 1211 For special needs children ... 1198 Government programs re: For disabled women ... Horned Cattle Purchases Act Repeal Act (Bill 10) 1198 Second Reading ... 422 Member's statement re ... 21 Housing authorities, Nonprofit Education–Curricula Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Involvement of teachers in ... 1201 ... 2057 Elder abuse A Human Resource Crisis in the Disability Services General remarks ... 1198 Field (Report) Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) General remarks ... 1158 Third Reading ... 664–65 Income and Employment Supports Amendment Act, Emergency planning 2007 (Bill 12) Funding for ... 1151 Second Reading ... 424–25 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Integrated child exploitation teams Clean-up costs re ... 2179 General remarks ... 1318 Family physicians Interfaith Food Bank, Lethbridge General remarks ... 777 Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Federation of Canadian Municipalities salary increase to, letter re (SP440 & 785/07: Legitimacy of municipal government level, Tabled) ... 1074, 2001 discussions re ... 1148 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder 2007-08 Services to adults with ... 1727–28 Estimates debated ... 137–38 Films, Alberta made International Day of Disabled Persons Distribution across Alberta ... 1238 General remarks ... 2324 Foreign workers, Temporary–Housing Member's statement re ... 2328 General remarks ... 1151 International Women's Day Gogo, Dr. John (Former MLA) Member's statement re ... 21 Member's statement re ... 1582 Kainai Food Bank, Standoff, Alberta Good Samaritan residence, Medicine Hat Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Facilities for MS patients, letter re (SP1057/07: salary increase to, letter re (SP973/07:Tabled)...2248 Tabled) ... 2330 Landlords, Small-scale Good Samaritan Society Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) Recreation program funding cuts ... 191 ... 2057 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill A Learning Alberta review 38) Report ... 2325 Second reading ... 1882 Lethbridge-East (Constituency) Health Facilities Accountability Statutes Amendment Member for's donation of half of salary increase to Act, 2007 (Bill 48) food bank, letters re (SP440, 785, 933, 973, 1055, Second reading ... 2371–72 1084/07: Tabled) ... 1074, 2001, 2181, 2248, Third reading ... 2508–09 2330, 2391 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Libraries–Finance 41) General remarks ... 1151 Second reading ... 2110–12 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Committee ... 2450–51 Committee ... 2011, 2120, 2127–29, 2223 Third reading ... 2496 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 hospitals) (No.2) (Bill 50) Assessment criteria for admission to ... 787 Second reading ... 2226 Fee increase, letter re (SP974/07: Tabled) ... 2248 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Funding for ... 1153 Second reading ... 2191–92 General remarks ... 1157 High school education–Curricula Transfer of residents in, to community-based facilities ... 1157 Gender/women's studies courses ... 1211 Transfer of responsibility for to Seniors dept. ... 1154 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 407
Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) (Continued) Medical care–Standards of practice Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) General remarks ... 138 Agricultural assistance ... 2179 Medical records, Electronic Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... Opting out of ... 786 1997, 2387 Medical records, Electronic–Security aspects Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 1997 General remarks ... 786 Continuing care needs in Ford McMurray ... 2106 Medicine Hat and District Food Bank Fetal alcohol syndrome disorder ... 1727–28 Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Funding for persons with developmental disabilities salary increase to, letter re (SP1084/07: Tabled) ... 44 ... 2391 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 91 Members of the Legislative Assembly Long-term care funding ... 1081 Salary increase for ... 328 PDD funding ... 191 Salary increase for, donation to charitable cause ... Protection for persons in care ... 1587 328, 1074, 2001, 2330, 2391 Royalty revenues ... 1892–93 Members' Statements (2007) Support for low-income Albertans ... 328 AMPIA Awards ... 1237–38 Support for seniors ... 1541–42, 2250 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... Support for the developmentally disabled ... 765–66 1991 Supports for disabled persons ... 2324–25 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 442 Temporary rent regulation ... 841–42, 929 Caregivers for the developmentally disabled ... 761 Twinning of highway 3 ... 505 Dr. John Gogo ... 1582 Park Lake Provincial Park International Day of Disabled Persons ... 2328 Letter re condition of (SP1085/07: Tabled) ... 2391 International Women's Day ... 21 Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) Official gemstone of Lethbridge: Ammolite ... 924 Second reading ... 1876–77 School construction in Lethbridge ... 1385 Committee ... 2114, 2116–17 Support for seniors ... 2246–47 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP908/07: Tabled) ... Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) 2114 Committee ... 2445–46 Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Mental health facilities–Employees Board General remarks ... 1158 Elimination of ... 1158 Member's statement re ... 761 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Mental health services–Finance Remuneration for employees working with persons General remarks ... 786 with developmental disabilities ... 1766 Mental illness Remuneration for employees working with the Definition of ... 786 disabled ... 762, 1073 Mentally disabled Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Applications for support to, 2004-06 (Q2/07: Committee ... 524 Response tabled as SP299/07) ... 573 Property tax Funding for programs for ... 44, 191, 765–66, General remarks ... 1147 1157–58 Property tax–Education levy Mentally disabled–Education Nonprofit organizations/campus residences Assistance programs for ... 1158 exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2057 Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Report, municipal taxation recommendation ... General remarks ... 1151 1147–48 Quality of life Municipal finance Performance measures re ... 1997 Provincial funding for ... 1148 Reclamation of land Municipal Government Act Energy industry activity ... 2179 General remarks ... 1148 Regional health authorities Municipal sustainability initiative Funding ... 138 Funding from ... 1148 Home care programs ... 1081 Municipalities Rent control General remarks ... 1148 General remarks ... 841–42, 929, 2030 Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on Rent increases ... 1148 General remarks ... 841–42 Natural resources revenue Impact on AISH recipients ... 929 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1892, 1997 Impact on seniors ... 841–42 Ombudsman Rental housing Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 137 Increase in supply ... 929 Oral Question Period (2007) Secondary suites ... 1151 Secondary suites, use for seniors' accommodation ... Affordable housing for AISH recipients ... 2029–30 1147 408 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) (Continued) Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Committee ... 2043 Second Reading ... 951–55 School boards Committee ... 1009–12 Funding: Letters re (SP522/07: Tabled) ... 1385 Third Reading ... 1069 Senior citizens General remarks ... 1151 Government programs ... 1541–42, 2250 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) Support programs for ... 2246–47, 2250 Committee ... 1874–75 Senior citizens–Housing Third reading ... 1977 Health impacts of policies re ... 1542 Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) In secondary suites ... 1147 Second Reading ... 420 Senior community centres Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement General remarks ... 2247 (Alberta /British Columbia) Seniors' shelters Impact on municipalities ... 1148 General remarks ... 1198 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 49) Seniors' Week 2007 Committee ... 2432 General remarks ... 1541 Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Member's statements re ... 442 Second Reading ... 339–40 Vulcan Food Bank Sheriffs Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Traffic safety enforcement function, letter re salary increase to, letter re (SP1056/07: Tabled) (SP367/07: Tabled) ... 843 ... 2330 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Wages–Disabled facility employees Act, 2007 (Bill 45) General remarks ... 2328 Second Reading ... 1749 Petitions presented re ... 762, 1073 Committee ... 1864, 1866, 1868 Wages–Emergency shelter workers Third reading ... 1973 General remarks ... 328 Social housing Wages–Mental health facility employees Funding for ... 1151 General remarks ... 44, 191, 328, 761 General remarks ... 1151 Petition presented re ... 1766 Social services–Finance Wages–Social workers Funding from uncollected resource revenues ... General remarks ... 328 1892–93 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Social services–Staffing Funding for ... 1151 General remarks ... 138 West Lethbridge Centre Social services agencies (Non-profit) Provincial funding for ... 137, 1385 Employees of, salaries for ... 328 Women's shelters Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 21 Debate ... 148–50 Youth in transition from the child care system Status of women department (Alberta) Government programs for ... 1192–93 General remarks ... 1211 Pham, Hung Kim (PC, Calgary-Montrose) Student housing Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) 22) ... 2057 Committee ... 651 Supportive living facilities Computers in schools Assisted living facilities ... 91 Standardized instruction on ... 1210 Assisted living facilities: Funding for, from Dept. of Children's Services uncollected resource revenues ... 1893 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Funding for ... 1153 1210 Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... Dept. of Education 1893 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Seniors' lodges: Residents in, disposable income for 1210 ... 2250 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Supportive living facilities–Staffing Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Medical training of ... 786–87 1210 Taxation, Municipal English as a Second Language Recommendations of the Council on Municipal General remarks ... 1210 Sustainability on ... 1147–48 Foreign workers, Temporary Teachers' Pension Plan Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP522/07: Tabled) ... 1508–09 1385 Human potential Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as amended: Flaherty) ... 357 Utilization of, member's statement re ... 322–23 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 409
Pham, Hung Kim (PC, Calgary-Montrose) (Continued) Prins, Ray (PC, Lacombe-Ponoka) (Continued) Human rights Canadian Wheat Board Member's statement re ... 322–23 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by ... 472 Immigration Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by, member's Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion statement re ... 324 509: Agnihotri) ... 1508–09 Canola–Export–China Members' Statements (2007) Impact of Chinese tariffs on ... 2144 Opportunities for new Canadians ... 322–23 Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force Oral Question Period (2007) (Federal/provincial) Northeast Calgary ring road ... 1136–37 General remarks ... 290 Ring roads–Calgary Carbon dioxide emissions Northeast section, access points to ... 1136–37 Reduction in, Joffre carbon capture and storage Northeast section, noise concerns re ... 1137 project, member's statement re ... 289–90 Securities–Law and legislation Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill National harmonization of (passport system), 207) legislation re (Bill 21) ... 187 Second Reading ... 1092 Securities Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 21) Children–Employment First Reading ... 187 General remarks ... 259–60 Second Reading ... 410–11 In restaurants ... 259–60 Third Reading ... 548 In restaurants, monitoring of ... 260 Student testing Climate Change and Emissions Management Achievement tests ... 1210 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Cost of complying with ... 1412–13 Committee ... 1032–33 Dept. of Agriculture (United States) Prins, Ray (PC, Lacombe-Ponoka) Ban on import of potato cyst nematode infested seed 4-H clubs potatoes ... 1999–2000 Member's statement re ... 2135 Delisting of Olymel pork processing plant, Red Deer Agriculture competitiveness initiative ... 1959 General remarks ... 1334–35 Dept. of Environment Airports Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1412–13 Funding for ... 1405 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1403–05 2006 Disaster Services Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 30) Pine beetle control discussions ... 601 First Reading ... 468 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Committee ... 1746 Legislation re (Bill 30) ... 468 Third Reading ... 1747 Alberta Farm Safety Week Drinking water General remarks ... 120 Quality of ... 1135 Alberta Sustainability Fund East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) Pine beetle control funding from ... 601 Committee ... 2370 Alberta utilities commission Edible oil tariffs–China Hearing/appeal processes ... 2214 Impact on Alberta canola imports ... 2144 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Emergency Management Act Second reading ... 2074–76 New name for Disaster Services Act ... 468 Committee ... 2408–09 Emergency planning Amending of ... 2214 Member's statement re ... 833 Animal Health Act (Bill 32) Emergency Preparedness Week Second Reading ... 1070 General remarks ... 833 Amendment of, by Bill 47 ... 2000 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay race (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Member's statement re ... 669 2007 (Bill 205) Barley–Marketing Second Reading ... 851 Federal plebiscite re ... 472 Farm safety Federal plebiscite re, member's statement re ... 324 Member's statement re ... 120 General remarks ... 472 Feed Bashaw (Town) Enhanced ban on, federal/provincial funding re ... 93 Supplying of water to Ferintosh (Bill 33) ... 697 Ferintosh (Village) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Receipt of water from Bashaw (Bill 33) ... 697 Impact on cattle industry ... 93 Glencoe Resources Ltd. Canadian Agricultural Safety Week Joffre carbon capture and storage project ... 289–90 Member's statement re ... 120 Groundwater Canadian Food Inspection Agency Quality of ... 1135 Olymel pork plant, Red Deer, situation ... 1959 410 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Prins, Ray (PC, Lacombe-Ponoka) (Continued) Prins, Ray (PC, Lacombe-Ponoka) (Continued) Hunting–Regulations Pork–Export–United States For nonresidents ... 1482 Prevention of, from Olymel pork plant in Red Deer ... Hunting tourism 1959–60 General remarks ... 1482 Pork industry Labour supply Provincial assistance to ... 1960 Shortages, employment of children to solve ... 259 Potato cyst nematode Livestock Commerce and Animal Inspection Statutes Presence in seed potato fields ... 1999–2000 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 47) Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal First reading ... 2000 Awarding of, member's statement re ... 1384 Livestock Identification and Commerce Act Restaurants Amendment of, by Bill 47 ... 2000 Employment of children in ... 259–60 Livestock markets–Inspection Employment of children in, monitoring of ... 260 Legislation re (Bill 47) ... 2000 Road construction Livestock sales Municipal bidding on ... 1403–04 Security interest disclosure for, legislation re (Bill 47) Seed potatoes ... 2000 Infestation by potato cyst nematode ... 1999–2000 MEGlobal Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Joffre carbon capture and storage project ... 289–90 Committee ... 705 Members' Statements (2007) Shelter-in-place protocol (Emergency planning) 90th anniversary of 4-H ... 2135 General remarks ... 833 Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay race ... 669 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Canadian Agricultural Safety Week ... 120 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Emergency preparedness ... 833 Petitions presented re ... 1888 Federal barley plebiscite ... 324 Soybeans–Import–China Joffre carbon capture and storage project ... 289–90 Tariffs on, impact on import of Alberta canola ... Liberation of Holland ... 798 2144 Queen's golden jubilee citizenship medals ... 1384 Specified risk material (Cattle parts) Methane in water Research into, federal/provincial funding for ... 93 General remarks ... 1135 Summer villages Netherlands Enhancement of emergency response capabilities, Liberation of, member's statement re ... 798 legislation re (Bill 30) ... 468 Nova Chemicals Corporation Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Joffre carbon capture and storage project ... 289–90 Authorization Act (Bill 33) Oil recovery methods First Reading ... 697 Carbon dioxide sequestering, Joffre carbon capture Second Reading ... 829–30 and storage project ... 289–90 Committee ... 1513–14, 1516 Olymel Third Reading ... 1711 Red Deer pork processing plant ... 1959–60 General remarks ... 1412 Oral Question Period (2007) Water pipelines–Bashaw to Ferintosh Agriculture competitiveness initiative ... 1334–35 Legislation re (Bill 33) ... 697 Alberta Utilities Commission Act amendments ... World Trade Organization 2214 Alberta/China agricultural trade issues, resolution of Barley marketing ... 472 ... 2144 Edible oil tariffs ... 2144 Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) Employment of children ... 259–60 Air quality Enhanced feed ban for cattle ... 93 Consideration of, under land-use framework ... 1634 Groundwater quality ... 1135 Strategy re ... 1119, 2141 Mountain pine beetle control ... 601 Air quality–Fort McMurray area Nonresident hunting regulations ... 1482 Monitoring of, studies re ... 1217 Olymel pork processing plant ... 1959–60 Airshed working group Potato cyst nematode ... 1999–2000 General remarks ... 2141 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Airsheds Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Monitoring of ... 2141 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1888 Alberta–Environmental policy Pine beetles–Control General remarks ... 224 Consultation with other governments re ... 601 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Emergency funding for ... 601 Minister's remarks to, re cumulative impact General remarks ... 601 assessment processes ... 293 Plebiscites, Federal Alberta Building Code Barley marketing choice ... 472 Improvements to ... 1381 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Barley marketing choice, member's statement re ... Bitumen upgrader, Edmonton area, application review 324 ... 600 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 411
Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Continued) Carbon dioxide sequestration Supply/demand outlook report ... 1632 General remarks ... 18, 368, 1124, 1125–26, 2140, Voyageur project (Suncor) hearings: Cost to prepare 2387 Member for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo for Carbon tax (Q15/07: Response tabled as SP684/07) ... 1790 General remarks ... 1124 Alberta Energy Research Institute Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Carbon dioxide pipeline feasibility study ... 2140 207) Carbon storage research ... 1126, 2140 Second Reading ... 1090 Alberta Forest Products Association Clean Air Strategic Alliance Forest reclamation agreement ... 1232 Partnership of Environment dept. with ... 1119 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill Vehicle emission reduction initiatives ... 2218 22) Climate change Committee ... 650 Alberta plan for ... 125, 606, 694, 1119, 1232, 1381, Third Reading ... 665 2387 Alberta support and emergency response team Alberta plan for, funding re ... 1411 General remarks ... 1232, 1382 Alberta plan for, impact of federal climate change Alberta Urban Municipalities Association reduction plan on ... 1123–24, 1413 Annual convention, resolutions from ... 2253 Alberta plan for, update of ... 2218 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Federal plan to reduce ... 695, 1123–24, 1413 Second reading: Time allocation on (Motion 37: General remarks ... 193–94, 1219, 1233, 1381, 1391, Hancock/Renner) ... 2353 2140 Committee ... 2413–15 Climate change–Public consultations Sale of water provisions under ... 1959 Aboriginal groups, consultation with ... 126 Alberta Water Council General remarks ... 125–26, 606, 766, 1119, 1232, Public consultations re Water for Life strategy ... 1379, 1391, 1859 1118–19 Climate Change and Emissions Management Water conservation policies, review of ... 90 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Apartment fire, Fort McMurray First Reading ... 23 Impact of, emergency debate re ... 648 Second Reading ... 241–42 Arsenic in food chain–Fort Chipewyan Committee ... 445–47 Reporting system re ... 2178 Third Reading ... 555, 620 Athabasca River–Water levels Cost of complying with ... 1413 General remarks ... 1124, 1125, 1225, 1382, 1995, General remarks ... 125, 193, 1381, 1391, 1411, 1858, 2102, 2212 2387 Athabasca River basin Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund In-stream flow targets for ... 90, 2102 General remarks ... 23, 1413 Battle River–Water levels Coal-bed methane extraction Fluctuation of ... 2255 Animal/human health issues re ... 1221 Battle River watershed Groundwater pollution issues ... 43, 726, 1118, 1221, Plan for ... 1382 1232, 1379–80, 2255 Battle River Watershed Alliance Multi-stakeholder Advisory Committee on: Report ... Funding for ... 677 726 Beaver River Basin Coal-bed methane extraction–Environmental aspects Plan for ... 1382 Cumulative impact assessment re ... 1378 Beverage containers–Recycling Coal gasification Reduction in ... 1393 General remarks ... 1126 Referral to policy field committee ... 1232, 1393 Coal gasification–Tofield area Bow River basin Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental Moratorium on water licences in ... 1124 aspects ... 130, 2285 Bridges–Snake River–Cardston area Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, use of wastewater Replacement of, for ranch access ... 691 ... 2285 Canada ecoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change Coal mines and mining–Tofield area (Federal) Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project, environmental Report ... 2387 aspects ... 130 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Committee of Supply Forest reclamation agreement ... 1232 Evening sittings of, May 8 and 9 (Motion 19 as Carbon dioxide emissions amended: Hancock) ... 880 Impact of logging on ... 1231–32 Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Reduction in ... 18, 193–94, 368, 694–95, 1219, 1381 Report concurred in (reappointment of Information Carbon dioxide pipelines and Privacy Commissioner) (Motion 34: Hancock/ Feasibility study re ... 2140 Renner) ... 2071 General remarks ... 18, 368, 1126 412 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Domtar Inc. Beverage container recycling system referral to ... Edmonton plant site cleanup ... 1122 1232, 1393 Drinking water Committees, Policy field (all-party) Quality of ... 1135 Referral of beverage container recycling to ... 1393 Quality of: Performance measures re ... 1412 Contaminated sites Drinking water–County of Westlock Cleanup of ... 1121–22, 1382 Intermunicipal delivery within, legislation re (Bill 54) Contaminated sites–Calgary ... 2136 Cleanup of ... 329 Drumheller Contaminated soil–Lynnview Ridge, Calgary Awareness of water withdrawal from Red Deer River Cleanup of ... 329, 1122 ... 87, 90, 404, 1414 County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54) East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) First reading ... 2136 Second reading ... 2235–36 Second reading ... 2231–33 Committee ... 2369 Committee ... 2367–68 Third reading ... 2509 Third reading ... 2511 Eastern Irrigation District CP Rail Sale of water to other users ... 1857 Ogden rail yards, Calgary: Toxic materials runoff Economic development and the environment from ... 329 General remarks ... 43, 293–94, 330–31, 1634, 1995 Dairy containers–Recycling Economic growth General remarks ... 1232 Impact on the environment ... 1995 Reduction in ... 1393 Impact on water supplies ... 1125, 2139 Dept. of Agriculture and Food Elbow River watershed Balzac racing complex water licence, director's Preservation of ... 1055–56 decision re ... 87, 90 Electric power, Coal-produced–Environmental aspects Dept. of Education Emission standards, funding for ... 1412 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1563 Emblems of Alberta Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 27) Dept. of Energy Third Reading ... 664 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 1215, 1217, 1219–25, 1231–33, 1631–32, Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray (not 1634, 1636 proceeded with) ... 648 Dept. of Environment Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1807–08 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP23/07: Tabled) ... 26 Emergency planning Annual report, 2006-07 (SP800/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Flood management plans ... 1485 Budget adequacy ... 294, 474, 1118, 1120, 1121, Fort McMurray apartment fire, emergency debate re 1377, 1411 ... 648 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Fort McMurray flooding potential ... 648 1215, 1217, 1219–25, 1231–33, 1631–32, General remarks ... 1232 1634, 1636 Emission control credits Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion, Federal credits, reinvestment in Alberta ... 695, 1859 responses to questions during (SP543 & 683/07: General remarks ... 1124, 1413 Tabled) ... 1440, 1790 Purchase of, to achieve intensity targets ... 23, 695 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1118–26, Energy efficiency 1377–82, 1411–15 Incentives for ... 1232, 1381 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Energy industry during (SP542/07: Tabled) ... 1440 Use of water supplies ... 1222 Monitoring function ... 1120, 1121, 1377–78 Energy industry–Marie Lake area Oil sands environmental management division ... Impact on lake water quality ... 330–31, 473–74, 1118, 1120, 2102 1187, 1583 Role of ... 1379, 1762 Energy Innovation Fund Staffing ... 1118, 1411 General remarks ... 1378, 1412 Dept. of Health and Wellness Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... General remarks ... 1632 1215, 1217, 1219–25, 1231–33 Environmental Appeal Board Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion, Strathmore wastewaster discharge into Bow River, responses to questions during (SP481, 543/07: temporary permit for ... 194–95, 1380 Tabled) ... 1440 Water licence for Balzac racing entertainment Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing complex ... 87, 90, 2105 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Environmental impact assessments 1631–32, 1634, 1636 Balzac racing entertainment complex water Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development requirements, studies/reports on (M8/07: Response Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661, 1790 1631–32, 1634, 1636 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 413
Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Environmental impact assessments (Continued) Glaciers Cumulative assessments ... 293–94, 695, 1118, 1219, Decline of ... 1125 1223–24, 1225, 1378, 1379, 1411, 1634, 1995, Government vehicles 2102, 2141, 2175, 2285 Emissions reduction in ... 2217–18 Cumulative assessments: Funding for ... 1378, 1380, Gravel pits 1411 Reclamation of ... 44–45 Energy industry development in Marie Lake area ... Greenhouse gas emissions 1187, 1583 Federal plan to reduce ... 695, 1123–24 General remarks ... 1378 Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 18, Oil sands projects ... 1118, 2102 193–94, 694–95, 766, 1123–24 Sherritt coal mine/coal gasification project ... 130 Intensity targets for industry re ... 18, 125–26, Environmental law 193–94, 766, 1123, 1124 Strengthening of ... 766 Intensity targets for industry re: Legislation re (Bill 3) Environmental protection ... 23 General remarks ... 224, 766, 1119 Monitoring of ... 1377–78 Monitoring of ... 1120 Reduction of ... 1219, 1858–59, 2140, 2285, 2387 Partnerships re (intergovernmental/ aboriginal), Groundwater funding for ... 1378 Impact of confined feeding operations on ... 1136 Provision for, under land-use framework ... 1634 Inventory/mapping of ... 1135, 2255 Public information re ... 766, 1120–21, 1379 Inventory/mapping of, funding for ... 1118, 1120, Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act 1378, 1412 Review of North Saskatchewan River water Inventory/mapping of, Highway 2 corridor ... 2255 withdrawal application under ... 600 Quality of ... 1135 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Testing of ... 726, 1232, 1380 (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Use for deep well flooding, AUMA resolution re ... 2007 (Bill 205) 2253 Second Reading ... 710–11 Groundwater–Industrial Heartland area General remarks ... 1232 Inventory/mapping of ... 2212 Environmental Protection Security Fund Groundwater–Pollution Annual report, 2006-07 (SP686/07: Tabled) ... 1790 Beverly Channel, Industrial Heartland area ... 2212 Environmental technology Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 43, 726, 1118, General remarks ... 1124, 1233, 1859, 2387 1221, 2255 Environmentally friendly automobiles Groundwater–Supplies Incentives for ... 1232 General remarks ... 2255 Use in government vehicle fleet ... 2218 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan EPCOR Group of Companies Investigations re ... 1929, 2178 Power, water and waste-water plants for Dods-Round Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 Hill coal gasification project ... 2285 (No.2) (Bill 50) Floods Third reading ... 2480 Preparedness for ... 440–41, 1485 Horseshoe Canyon Risk mapping re ... 440 Industrial development in, impact on groundwater Floods–Fort McMurray supplies ... 43 Emergency planning for ... 648 Hub Oil Company Ltd. Floods–Northern Alberta Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 329, 1762 General remarks ... 441 Risk management plan ... 1762 Flue gas emissions (Coal-fired power plants) Hydrogen sulphide emissions Capture and reuse of ... 1412 General remarks ... 2141 Foreign workers, Temporary Immigration Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion 1506 509: Agnihotri) ... 1506 Fort Air Partnership Imperial Oil Ltd. Air monitoring, Industrial Heartland area ... 1220 Cleanup of contaminated site, Lynnview Ridge, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (Constituency) Calgary ... 329 Member for, cost of preparing for EUB hearings into Industrial development Voyageur project (Q15/07: Response tabled as Public input into ... 1220 SP684) ... 1790 Industrial development–Environmental impact Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 1858–59, 1995 Balzac water transfer information request under ... Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area 1661 Carbon dioxide pipeline from ... 2140 Gas recovery methods Carbon dioxide supply source ... 2140 Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1412, 2140 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 600, 1118, 1219, 1225, 1378, 1634, 1995, 2102, 2175, 2212, 2285 414 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Nitrogen oxide emissions (Continued) Reduction of ... 694–95 Environmental impact of ... 1220, 2175 North Saskatchewan River–Water levels Impact on water supplies ... 1225, 1636, 2102, 2212 Study of ... 1225, 1382, 2212 Information and Privacy Commissioner Northern River Basins Study Reappointment of, concurred in (Motion 34: General remarks ... 1217 Hancock/Renner) ... 2071 Nuclear power plants Irrigation districts Use of water supplies ... 579 Sale of water to other users ... 1857 Oil recovery methods Kneehill water co-operative Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1412, 2140 Waterline of, extension to Balzac complex ... 1414 Flooding of wells with groundwater ... 2253 Land-use framework Oil sands development Air quality considerations under ... 1634 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... Environmental considerations under ... 1634 293–94, 1219 General remarks ... 43, 1119, 1631 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Setbacks from rivers (logging purposes) inclusion in Industry involvement with ... 1120–21 ... 1631 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Legislative Assembly of Alberta committee re ... 1118 Evening sittings for Committee of Supply, May 8 and Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke 9 (Motion 19 as amended: Hancock) ... 880 report on ... 1379, 2102 Livestock Water issues re ... 1124 Impact of coal-bed methane extraction process on ... Oil sands development–Environmental aspects 1221 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 1118, 1411, 1995 Livestock industry, Intensive General remarks ... 330–31, 1118, 1120, 1217 Regulations changes re ... 1136 Programs to reduce ... 368 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Studies re ... 1217 General remarks ... 1136 Oil sands development–Health aspects Logging General remarks ... 2178, 2287 Maintenance of setbacks from rivers, etc. during ... Oil sands development–Waste disposal 1631 Tailings ponds, monitoring of ... 1217 As pine bark beetle control measure, impact on Oldman River basin carbon dioxide emissions ... 1231–32 Moratorium on water licences in ... 1124 Logging, Clear-cut Oral Question Period (2007) Cessation of ... 224 Air quality ... 2141 Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1959 General remarks ... 1055–56 Calgary industrial sites cleanup ... 329 Mercury–Emissions Calgary municipal funding ... 728 Reduction of ... 1412 Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration ... 2140 Methane in water Carbon dioxide emissions ... 18, 193–94 General remarks ... 1135, 1221, 1379 Climate change ... 125, 368, 694–95, 1391, 2387 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 2) Climate change consultation ... 606 (Bill 57) Climate change public consultation ... 125–26, 766 Third reading ... 2516 Confined feeding operations ... 1136 Municipal District of Rocky View Dodds-Round Hill coal gasification project ... 130, Balzac racing entertainment complex water 2285 requirements, studies/reports re (M8/07: Response Elbow River watershed ... 1055–56 tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661, 1790 Energy efficiency in government vehicles ... 2217–18 Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing Environmental management of industrial projects ... entertainment complex ... 224, 503, 1414 1995 Memo re water licence for Balzac racing Environmental policy ... 224 entertainment complex ... 90, 189 Flood preparedness ... 440–41, 1485 Municipal finance–Calgary Gravel pit reclamation ... 44–45 Provincial funding for ... 728 Greenhouse gas emissions ... 1858–59 Municipal sustainability initiative Groundwater quality ... 1135 Funding from ... 691 Groundwater stewardship ... 726, 2255 Funding from, review of ... 2256 Health issues in Fort Chipewyan ... 2178 Municipalities Hub Oil contaminated site cleanup ... 1762 Issues involving ... 2253 Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... Natural resources revenue 600, 2175 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Industrial development in Alberta's heartland area ... debate on legislation re ... 1807–08 600 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 415
Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Reservoirs Industrial development in Fort McMurray area ... General remarks ... 261, 293, 1125 2102 Rivers–Water levels Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 General remarks ... 1636 Local government issues ... 2253 Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 691 Report ... to the Ministry of Environment, Province of Nuclear power ... 763 Alberta ... 261, 1136 Petro-Canada refinery fire ... 19 Sanitary landfills Racing entertainment centre project ... 224, 404, 503 Siting of ... 1232 Recycling ... 1393 Schools–Construction Red Deer River water transfer ... 87, 90, 157 Alternative funding of ... 1563 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 330–31, Public/private projects re ... 1563 473–74, 1187, 1583 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Ryley landfill project ... 189 Impact on water quality ... 330–31, 473–74, 1187 Sustainable water management ... 2212 Sewage, Treated Waste-water discharge into Bow River ... 194–95 Use in industrial manufacturing ... 1636, 2285 Water licence transfer ... 2105 Sewage, Treated–Strathmore Water management ... 261, 293–94, 1857–58, 2139, Disposal into Bow River ... 194–95, 1380 2381 Sewage disposal plants–Finance Water management and erosion control program ... General remarks ... 1119 2256 Sherritt International Corporation Water quality in Fort Chipewyan ... 1929, 2287 Coal mine/coal gasification project, Tofield area ... Water storage ... 293 130, 2285 Watershed management ... 677 Siksika Nation Pandemic Response Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Water supply contamination from upstream treated 14) wastewater discharge ... 194–95 Third Reading ... 1776 Snake River ranch Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Road connection to ... 691 Carbon sequestration comments ... 2140 South Saskatchewan River basin Groundwater report ... 726 Affect on Industrial Heartland projects ... 2102 Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) Cumulative impact assessment re ... 1378 Third reading ... 2479 Overuse of ... 1124, 1414, 1858, 2105 Petro-Canada Plan for ... 1382, 2139 Refinery fire, Strathcona County ... 19 Specified gas emitters regulation Refinery fire, Strathcona County, environmental Intensity targets under ... 23 impact ... 19 Intensity targets under, draft copy (SP4/07: Tabled) ... Pine beetles–Control 25 Impact on carbon dioxide emissions ... 1231–32 Sulphur dioxide emissions Point of Order Reduction of ... 694–95 Projected government business ... 410 Suncor Inc. Tabling a government report ... 1827 Voyageur project hearings by EUB, cost of preparing Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Member for Fort McMurray for (Q15/07: Response Third Reading ... 663 tabled as SP684/07) ... 1790 Provincial/municipal relations Sustainable resource and environmental management General remarks ... 2253 (cross-ministry initiative) Racing entertainment centres–Balzac General remarks ... 1378 General remarks ... 2105 Tank site remediation program (2006) Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 189, 224, General remarks ... 1122 404, 503, 2105 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Studies, reports on (M8/07: Response tabled as Second reading ... 2227 SP685/07) ... 1661, 1790 Time allocation (Parliamentary practice) Reclamation of land Bill 46 (2r), Alberta Utilities Commission Act General remarks ... 1121–22, 1232, 1382 (Motion 37: Hancock/Renner) ... 2353 Gravel pit, Camrose county ... 44–45 Tourism Levy Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 9) Recycling (Waste, etc.) Second Reading ... 417–18 Provincial program for ... 224 Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Red Deer River–Water levels Authorization Act (Bill 33) Studies re (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... General remarks ... 1413, 1414 1661, 1790 Tsuu T'ina First Nation Reforestation Appeal of water licence transfer from WID to Balzac General remarks ... 1231–32 megamall ... 2105 416 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Unclaimed Personal Property and Vested Property Act Water quality–Northern Alberta (Bill 23) Studies re ... 1217 Second reading ... 1938 Water quality–Tofield area United Nations summit on climate change, Bali Impact of Sherritt coal mine/coal gasification project (December 2007) on ... 130 General remarks ... 2387 Water-related erosion–Control Vehicle emissions Funding for ... 2256 Reduction of ... 2217–18 Water resources development Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) Funding for ... 1119 Committee ... 1848 General remarks ... 261, 293–94, 1124, 1381, 1382, Water 1857–58, 2139, 2381 Sale of ... 1959 Water resources development–Southern Alberta Water–Recycling Cumulative impact assessment of ... 1378 General remarks ... 1124, 1125, 1233 Water rights, Interprovincial Water Act Alberta-Saskatchewan river flows ... 1125 General remarks ... 331 Water storage Review of North Saskatchewan River water General remarks ... 261, 293, 1125 withdrawal application under ... 600 Public input into plans for ... 261, 293 Water licence provisions ... 90 Water storage–Battle River watershed Water use provisions, updating of ... 1858 General remarks ... 2255 Water conservation Water storage–Elbow River watershed General remarks ... 1124 General remarks ... 1055–56 Water diversion Water supply Costs of ... 261 General remarks ... 261, 1124, 1125 General remarks ... 1414 Impact of economic growth on ... 1125, 2139 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Use by energy industry ... 1124, 1222 Funding for ... 1118, 1378, 1381, 1412 Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1225, 1636, General remarks ... 90, 261, 293, 331, 2139, 2255, 2102, 2212 2381 Use by nuclear power plants ... 579 Nuclear power plants' water usage inclusion under ... Water supply–Red Deer River basin 763 General remarks ... 90 Review of ... 1119 Water treatment plants Role of watershed planning and advisory councils in Funding for ... 1119 ... 677 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers Water licences Impact of ... 1636 Ban on new leases for Oldman, South Saskatchewan, Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Bow River and Bow rivers ... 2105 Impact on growth in the Calgary area ... 1125 Deep well flooding, cessation of ... 2253 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90, Elbow River watershed ... 1055–56 2105 Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1225 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–North Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 87, 90, Saskatchewan River 189, 404, 503, 1414 Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... 600 Review of ... 2381 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Sherritt coal mine/coal gasification project ... 130 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 87, Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing 90, 189, 1414–15 entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1415, 2105 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac, Water pipelines–Beiseker/Irricana/Acme documentation re (M8/07: Response tabled as General remarks ... 1414 SP685/07) ... 1661, 1790 Water pollution Watershed conservation Prevention of, during logging, by setback requirments General remarks ... 224, 677, 2139 ... 1631 Watershed planning Water quality General remarks ... 2381 Performance measures re ... 1411–12 Watershed planning and advisory councils Water quality–Bow River Consultations with First Nations ... 677 Impact of Strathmore wastewater discharge on ... 194 Funding for ... 677 Water quality–Fort Chipewyan General remarks ... 1055–56, 1379, 1381–82, 2139 Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on Role in Water for Life strategy ... 677 ... 1929, 2287 Western Irrigation District Water quality–Marie Lake Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Impact of energy development on ... 330–31, 473–74, complex ... 2105 1187, 1583 Water use efficiencies ... 1858 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 417
Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Rodney, Dave (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) (Continued) Westlock (County) Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Delivery of treated municipal water within, Final report ... 2069 legislation re (Bill 54) ... 2136 Demong, Dr. Thaddeus Westridge Utilities Inc. Member's statement re ... 323 Appeal of water licence transfer from WID to Balzac Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency) megamall ... 2105 By-election in, Chief Electoral Officer's report on Wood Buffalo Environmental Association (SP970/07: Tabled) ... 2248 Air quality monitoring, Fort McMurray area ... 1217 Education, Postsecondary Rodney, Dave (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) Access to: Legislation re (Bill 13) ... 50 4-D human atlas project (Federal/provincial) Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Member's statement re ... 1328 Leadership campaign contributions provisions Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1301 First Reading ... 50 Executive Council Second Reading ... 460–61 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1604 Third reading ... 2474 Farm safety Access to the Future Fund Member's statement re ... 1683–84 Legislation re (Bill 13) ... 50 Foreign workers, Temporary Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Reduction in number of (Motion 509: Agnihotri) ... Claims verification, legislation re (Bill 5) ... 24 1506–07 Opting out of, legislation re (Bill 5) ... 24 Forest industries Alberta Mental Health Board Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1621 General remarks ... 870 Forest management agreements–Southwest Alberta Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton General remarks ... 127 Northwest portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) funding model for ... 2247 Second Reading ... 64–65 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) funding model for ... 2247 Second Reading ... 1292–93 Bioeconomy Grey Cup game, 2007 General remarks ... 1621 Member's statement re ... 2172 Biofuels industry Health sciences personnel–Supply Funding for ... 1621 General remarks ... 2069 Board Governance Review Task Force Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 5) General remarks ... 1604 First Reading ... 24 Boards of directors Second Reading ... 315, 317 Training for ... 1604 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Bullying–Prevention Second reading ... 2187–88 Member's statement re ... 2098 Immigration Calgary Courts Centre Provincial nominee program, expansion of (Motion Provincial funding for ... 1388–89 509: Agnihotri) ... 1506–07 Calgary-Elbow (Constituency) Industrial development (Value-added industries) By-election in, Chief Electoral Officer's report on General remarks ... 1621 (SP970/07: Tabled) ... 2248 Information and Privacy Commissioner Canadarms (space equipment) Reappointment of, recommendation re (SP773/07: General remarks ... 2061 Tabled) ... 2000 Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary Insurance Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 42) Funding for ... 728 First Reading ... 1693 Chief Electoral Officer Insurance contracts Report on by-elections in Calgary-Elbow and Legislation re (Bill 42) ... 1693 Drumheller-Stettler (SP970/07: Tabled) ... 2248 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate change Report, member's statement re ... 501 Member's statement re ... 501 Kananaskis Country Climate change–Public consultations Logging practices in ... 332 General remarks ... 501 Life sciences research Climb and run for wilderness (Fund-raising event) General remarks ... 1621 Member's statement re ... 722 Logging Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing As pine bark beetle control measure ... 332 Report presented (reappointment of Information and Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Privacy Commissioner) (SP773/07: Tabled) General remarks ... 332, 1134 ... 2000 Logging, Clear-cut–Southwest Alberta Consumer protection General remarks ... 127 Re insurance contracts, legislation re (Bill 42) ... 1693 Mayor of Calgary Position on provincial municipal funding ... 728 418 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Rodney, Dave (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) (Continued) Rodney, Dave (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) (Continued) Medical technology Quality of life Member's statement re ... 1328 General remarks ... 870 Members' Statements (2007) Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary 4-D human atlas project ... 1328 Motion 507: Taft ... 1103–04 Climate change ... 501 Ring roads–Calgary Climb and run for wilderness ... 722 Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) Contributions to NASA space program ... 2060–61 project: Award for, member's statement re ... 2247 Dr. Thaddeus Demong ... 323 Road construction–Finance Farm safety ... 1683–84 Public/private partnerships re ... 2247 Grey Cup ... 2172 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Mental Health Week ... 870 Committee ... 2184–85 National Bullying Awareness Week ... 2098–99 Schools–Construction Stoney Trail project P3 award ... 2247 General remarks ... 1857 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Public/private projects re ... 1857 Third reading ... 2503 Schools–Maintenance and repair Mental health facilities–Employees Funding for ... 1857 Shortage of ... 2069 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Mental health services Committee ... 706 Impact of staff shortages on ... 2069 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP312/07: Tabled) ... Member's statement re ... 870 707 Mental Health Week Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Member's statement re ... 870 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Municipal finance–Calgary Petitions presented re ... 2061 Provincial funding for ... 728 Substance abuse–Prevention National Aeronautics and Space Administration General remarks ... 2069 Albertans' contributions to space program of, Substance abuse–Treatment member's statement re ... 2060–61 Impact of staff shortages on ... 2069 National Bullying Awareness Week Teachers' Pension Plan Member's statement re ... 2098 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as Oral Question Period (2007) amended: Flaherty) ... 355–56 Addictions and mental health treatment ... 2069 Timber killed by pine beetles Biodiversity opportunities ... 1621 Utilization of ... 1621 C5 forestry management plan ... 127 Virginia Tech (University) Calgary courthouse ... 1388–89 Shooting incident at ... 605 Calgary municipal funding ... 728 Water quality–Kananaskis Country Forest protection in Kananaskis Country ... 332 Impact of logging on ... 1134 Logging in Kananaskis Country ... 1134 Watershed conservation–Kananaskis Country Safety at postsecondary institutions ... 605 Impact of logging on ... 1134 School construction and renovation ... 1857 Wildlife habitat–Kananaskis Country Parazynski, Mr. Scott Impact of logging on ... 1134 Space walk by ... 2060 Rogers, George (PC, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Agricultural value-added production Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment General remarks ... 1180 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2061 Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country Member's statement re ... 1180 General remarks ... 332 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 36) Police First Reading ... 834 Campus security involvement ... 605 Second reading ... 1828, 1832 Political parties Committee ... 1873, 1943–46 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Third reading ... 2478 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1301 Alberta Diabetes Institute Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6) Member's statement re ... 1954–55 First Reading ... 24 Alberta Emergency Management Agency Postsecondary educational institutions General remarks ... 2179 Board members of, length of term (Bill 6) ... 24 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Degree-granting programs, approval processes re Surplus investment in (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 592 (Bill 6) ... 24 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 Postsecondary educational institutions–Security aspects (Bill 35) Campus security, arming of ... 605 First Reading ... 834 General remarks ... 605 Second reading ... 1832–33, 1838 Property tax–Education levy Committee ... 1940–43 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 717–18 Third reading ... 2477 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 419
Rogers, George (PC, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon) Rogers, George (PC, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon) (Continued) (Continued) Beverage containers–Recycling Members' Statements (2007) (Continued) Reduction in ... 1393 Grant MacEwan Griffins volleyball team ... 155 Black History Month Leduc No. 1 oil discovery ... 1649 Member's statement re ... 84 Nate Gartke ... 1532 Canadian Petroleum Discovery Centre National Child Day ... 2060 General remarks ... 1649 Royal Alberta Museum 40th anniversary ... 2320 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Youth Secretariat ... 922–23 207) Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria) Second Reading ... 855 Preventive measures re ... 368 Children's rights Municipal sustainability initiative Member's statement re ... 2060 Funding from ... 912 Corporations–Taxation National Child Day Legislation re (Bill 36) ... 834 Member's statement re ... 2060 Dairy containers–Recycling National Housing Day Reduction in ... 1393 General remarks ... 2104 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 911–12 General remarks ... 693 Diabetes–Research Oral Question Period (2007) Member's statement re ... 1954–55 Affordable housing for smaller communities ... Edmonton Protocol (Diabetes treatment) 2104–05 General remarks ... 1955 Emergency preparedness ... 2179 Election Act Highway construction and maintenance ... 1996 Voting age under, lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Land titles wait times ... 542 Chase) ... 1676 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ... 368 Emergency planning Organ and tissue donation ... 693–94 General remarks ... 2179 Recycling ... 1393 Energy strategy Organ and tissue donation Alberta-made strategy (Motion 506: Mason) ... 863 General remarks ... 693–94 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment 2007 (Bill 205) Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 1852 Second Reading ... 712–13, 850–51 Property tax Excellence in Teaching Awards Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 592 Award given to Don Steenwinkel, member's Public service–Alberta statement re ... 1073 Internship program for new immigrants (Motion 501: Food industry and trade Cao) ... 70–71 General remarks ... 1180 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Edmonton to Nisku Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Snow fences along ... 1996 Second Reading ... 56–57, 65–66 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 24) Gartke, Nate First Reading ... 231 Member's statement re ... 1532 Second reading ... 1917–18, 1938 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Committee ... 1946, 1948–51, 2267 Second reading ... 2195–96 Third reading ... 2475–77 Highway 19 Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Snow fences along ... 1996 213) Twinning ... 1996 Second reading ... 1904–05 Immigrants Roads–Maintenance and repair Internship program for (Motion 501: Cao) ... 70–71 General remarks ... 1996 Income tax, Provincial Royal Alberta Museum Legislation re (Bill 35) ... 834 40th anniversary ... 2320 Surplus funds to reduce (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 592 Aboriginal artifacts acquisition (Southesk collection) Land titles–Registration ... 2320 Wait times re ... 542 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Leduc No. 1 oil discovery Second Reading ... 1672–73 60th anniversary, member's statement re ... 1649 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Washington, D.C. (May Members' Statements (2007) 2007) Agrivalue Processing Business Incubator ... 1180 Alberta semifinalist at, member's statement re ... 1532 Alberta Diabetes Institute ... 1954–55 Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Black History Month ... 84 Second Reading ... 342–43 Excellence in Teaching awards for Don Steenwinkel Committee ... 701 ... 1073 Third Reading ... 849–50 420 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Rogers, George (PC, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon) Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Agriculture and Food Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Dept. of Children's Services Petitions presented re ... 1852 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Snow fencing/ridging on highways Dept. of Education General remarks ... 1996 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Social housing–Rural areas Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Funding for ... 2104–05 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Steenwinkel, Mr. Don Dept. of Energy Received excellence in teaching award, member's Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 statement re ... 1073 Dept. of Environment Surplus, Budgetary Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Heritage Fund investment/personal tax relief with Dept. of Finance (Motion 504: Hinman) ... 592 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Tax incentives Dept. of Health and Wellness Surplus funds to provide (Motion 504: Hinman) ... Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 592 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Committee ... 1037 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Transplantation of organs Relations General remarks ... 693–94 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Measures to prevent ... 693–94 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 General remarks ... 2060 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Uniting for Children and Youth Forum, Edmonton (May Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 2007) Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports General remarks ... 922 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Edmonton Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Scripps spelling bee semifinalist student at ... 1532 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Volleyball championships Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Grant MacEwan Griffins women's team champions ... Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture 155 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Voting age (Provincial elections) Ethics Commissioner Lowering to 16 (Motion 510: Chase) ... 1676 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 World Diabetes Day Executive Council General remarks ... 1955 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Youth Advisory Panel Give the Gift of Life (Card and pin) Member's statement re ... 922–23 General remarks ... 733 Youth Secretariat Holy Cross Long Term Care Member's statement re ... 922–23 Health and safety issues in ... 366–67 Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall) Information and Privacy Commissioner Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Racism prevention involvement ... 255 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Discrimination Racism prevention involvement ... 255 Member's statement re ... 255 Auditor General Legislative Assembly of Alberta Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Calgary Health Region Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Holy Cross Centre monitoring ... 366–67 Committee: Amendment A1(Part A), subamendment Chief Electoral Officer A1 (SP833/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Committee: Amendment A1(Part B), subamendment Committee of Supply B1 (SP835/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Calendar of discussions, spring 2007 (SP313/07: Committee: Amendment A1(Part B) (SP836/07: Tabled) ... 733 Tabled) ... 2022 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Committee: Amendment A1(Part C), subamendment Bursaries, member's statement re ... 1384 C1 (SP837/07: Tabled) ... 2022 Damage deposits Committee: Amendment A1(Part C) (SP838/07: Interest due on ... 159 Tabled) ... 2022 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Committee: Amendment A1(Part D) (SP839/07: Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Tabled) ... 2022 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 421
Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall) (Continued) Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) (Continued) (Continued) Committee: Amendment A1(Part E) (SP840/07: Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Tabled) ... 2022 Drug treatment programs, funding for ... 2150 Committee: Amendment A1(Part F) (SP841/07: Funding for ... 2149, 2150 Tabled) ... 2022 Alberta Federation of Labour Members' Statements (2007) Temporary foreign workers, report on ... 2284 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association bursaries Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan ... 1384 Health card of, improvement for use as proof of International Day for the Elimination of Racial identity ... 1368 Discrimination ... 255 Health card of, security aspects ... 1368 National Social Work Week ... 186 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Private John George Pattison, Vimy Ridge Victoria Funding for ... 1786 Cross holder ... 466 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Shamsher Singh Sandhu ... 1684 Surplus revenue deposit into ... 1786, 2109, 2147, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 2) 2162 (Bill 57) Timberland asset class investment loss ... 671 Second reading ... 2465 Alberta Hospital, Edmonton National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week Food services upgrade ... 2150 Card and pin re ... 733 Alberta Investment Management Corporation National Social Work Week Government investments, management of ... 2162 Member's statement re ... 186 Alberta Registries Office of the Premier Budget for ... 1368 Congratulations to new Premier ... 10 Input of car insurance data into database of ... 569 Ombudsman Alberta Regulations Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1760 Oral Question Period (2007) MLA task force to review, elimination of ... 1760 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 366–67 Review of ... 906, 1760 Rent regulations ... 159 Alberta Residential Tenancies Advisory Committee Organ and tissue donation Report to, re rent control experience in Ontario Card and pin re ... 733 (SP642/07: Tabled) ... 1767 Pattison, Private John George (50th Battalion, Alberta Alberta SuperNet regiment, CEF) General remarks ... 1364 Vimy Ridge Victoria Cross holder, member's Alberta Sustainability Fund statement re ... 466 Disaster emergency assistance ... 2109, 2147 Point of Order General remarks ... 1536 Allegations against a member ... 241, 2200 Alberta Teachers' Association Allegations against members ... 2204 Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1185 Referring to a member by name ... 1298 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Race discrimination–Prevention Second reading ... 2093–94 Member's statement re ... 255 Third reading ... 2428–29 Residential Tenancies Act Apartment buildings Damage deposit requirements under ... 159 Conversion to condominiums ... 369, 727, 2106–07 Sandhu, Mr. Shamsher Singh Conversion to condominiums: Legislation re Member's statement re ... 1684 notification time re (Bill 34) ... 727, 771 Translations into Punjabi of national anthem and Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Alberta centennial song (SP615/07: Tabled)... 1693 First Reading ... 1658 Service Alberta Second Reading ... 1698 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Third Reading ... 1768 Speaker–Rulings Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill 25) Referring to a member by name ... 2262 First Reading ... 187 Treasury Board Second Reading ... 237 Main estimates 2007-08: Passed ... 1646 Committee ... 270 Vimy Ridge Victoria Cross Third Reading ... 302–03 General remarks ... 466 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (Bill Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) 20) First Reading ... 131 Alberta–Economic policy Second Reading ... 232 Downturn in, planning for ... 1536 Committee ... 266, 268 General remarks ... 1536, 1786 Third Reading ... 299, 302 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Report ... 369, 875, 930 2) (Bill 56) Alberta Aids to Daily Living First Reading ... 2209 General remarks ... 2280 Second reading ... 2257 Committee ... 2308 422 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) (Continued) (Continued) Auditor General Committee of Supply (Continued) Capital maintenance planning comments ... 904, 1859 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681 Fund) 2007-08 referred to (Motion 10: Snelgrove) Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ...... 95 577 Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2007-08 Resource royalty system comments ... 1786 referred to (Motion 16: Snelgrove) ... 681 Timberland investment loss, mention of ... 671 Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Snelgrove) ... 27 Automobile drivers' licences Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) considered Adaptation for use as passport substitute ... 2108 for one day (Motion 6: Snelgrove) ... 27 Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) referred to Fake licence problem ... 1368 (Motion 5: Snelgrove) ... 27 Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Supplementary estimates 2007-08 considered for one Donation requests to, from other PC leadership day (Motion 33: Snelgrove) ... 2109 contenders ... 1615 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 referred to (Motion Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1535, 32: Snelgrove) ... 2109 1542–43, 1615 Community facility enhancement program Boardwalk Rental Communities Grant applications process ... 805 Rental rates ... 927 Community initiatives program Border crossings–Canada/United States Grants awarded without matching funds ... 805 Security issues re ... 2108 Community spirit program for charitable giving Bridges treatment program (Youth mental care) General remarks ... 1657 General remarks ... 2280 Competition Bureau (Federal) Brokers of foreign worker importation Gasoline price increases investigations ... 1245 Monitoring of ... 20 Computers, Government Prosecutions re ... 2284 Compatability of ... 904, 1364, 1368 Budget Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Rent control article ... 1133 disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 647 Rent control article (SP441/07: Tabled) ... 1080 Calgary Health Region Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Capital maintenance project funding ... 2150 Second Reading ... 204–05 Funding for ... 725 General remarks ... 2157 Canada awards of excellence Consumer advocate (Proposed) General remarks ... 2280 General remarks ... 2157–58 Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Consumer protection Report on gasoline pricing ... 1245 Re gasoline price increases ... 1245 Capital Health General remarks ... 1363 Capital maintenance project funding ... 2150 Corporate Internal Audit Services Capital projects Role of ... 902 Alternative funding methods for ... 901, 1364 Transfer to Treasury Board ... 1364, 1366 Co-ordination of, with municipal plans ... 904 Damage deposits Planning for ... 901, 902 Interest due on ... 159 Public/private partnerships re ... 901, 902, 1364, Deficit financing 2380–81 General remarks ... 1786, 2160 Surplus funding for ... 1786, 1994, 2109, 2147 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary Supplementary estimates 2006-08: Debated ... 2164 Funding for ... 725 Dept. of Education Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Auditor General's comments re ... 904, 1859 Reconciliation of adjusted gross amounts ... 102 Surplus funding for ... 1786, 1859, 2109, 2147 Dept. of Finance Centennial Capital Plan Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver General remarks ... 1536 regional waste management commission ... 1615 Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation Definition of ... 1657 solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 647 Staffing issues ... 1657 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2160, Chief Electoral Officer Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681 2162 Children's services agencies (Non-profit) Dept. of Government Services Staffing problems, funding re ... 2109 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP27/07: Tabled) ... 26 Committee of Supply Dept. of Health and Wellness Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Fund) 2007-08 considered for two days 2149–50 (Motion 11: Snelgrove) ... 95 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 423
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Ethics Commissioner (Continued) Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... Report on allegations involving the Premier, and 1075 Ministers of Finance, and Health and Wellness Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2155 ... 1136 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Executive Council Annual report, 2005-06 (SP36/07: Tabled) ... 26 Strategic communications office ... 2155–56 Disabled–Employment Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... Provincial assistance re ... 928–29 2155–56 Disaster relief Fair Trading Act Funding for ... 2109, 2147 Application to foreign worker importation brokers ... Diversification 20 General remarks ... 2160 Fairview Health Complex Economic growth Roof repair funding ... 2150 General remarks ... 602, 1364, 1958–59 Fines (Traffic violations) Planning for ... 901 Service charges for payment of ... 438–39 Edmonton Clinic Fishing, Sport General remarks ... 2164 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2346 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Foreign workers, Temporary Calgary funding levels ... 725 Treatment of: Armando Garcia case ... 124 General remarks ... 1536 Treatment/safety of ... 20, 124, 1964, 2284 Education–Finance Forest fires–Control General remarks ... 1536, 1994 Funding for ... 2162 Education–Finance–Calgary Fort McMurray General remarks ... 725 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 602, 902 Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... 2109 Leadership campaign contributions provisions Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1303 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP518/07: Tabled) ... 1331 Energy conservation Requests under ... 1363 Gasoline consumption reduction method re ... 1245 Requests under, answered within 30 days, 2001-06 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) (Q12/07: Response tabled as SP541/07) ... 1440 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Fund) 2007-08 considered for two days Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006) (Motion 11: Snelgrove) ... 95 General remarks ... 1366 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Fund) 2007-08 referred to Committee of Supply Second Reading ... 1493–94 (Motion 10: Snelgrove) ... 95 Gangmasters Licensing Authority (United Kingdom) Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Monitoring of foreign workers brokers ... 1964 Fund) 2007-08 transmitted to Assembly (SP63/07: Gasoline–Prices Tabled) ... 95 Increases in ... 1245 Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2007-08 Gasoline consumption referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 16: Use of prices to control ... 1245 Snelgrove) ... 681 General Revenue Fund Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2007-08 Details of grants, supplies and services, 2005-06 transmitted to Assembly (SP284-285/07: (SP44/07: Tabled) ... 26 Tabled) ... 681 Government agencies, boards, and commissions Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) considered Solicitation of political funds from ... 1535 for one day (Motion 6: Snelgrove) ... 27 Government aircraft Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) referred to Number of ... 1366 Committee of Supply (Motion 5: Snelgrove) Government chartered aircraft ... 27 Policy on usage of ... 1366 Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) transmitted Government departments to Assembly (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26 Shared services among ... 1363–64 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 considered for one Shared services among, budget for ... 1368 day (Motion 33: Snelgrove) ... 2109 Government information Supplementary estimates 2007-08 referred to Access to ... 1363, 1366 Committee of Supply (Motion 32: Snelgrove) Government openness ... 2109 General remarks ... 805 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 transmitted to Government programs Assembly (SP907/07: Tabled) ... 2108–09 Co-ordination of ... 906 Ethics Commissioner Managing expectations re ... 1369 Performance measures for ... 906 Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681 Review of ... 901, 904 424 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) (Continued) (Continued) Government spending policy Lieutenant Governor of Alberta General remarks ... 901, 906, 1536, 1786 Transmittal of 2006-07 supplementary estimates Government vehicles (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26 Funding for ... 1366 Transmittal of 2007-08 interim supply estimates Guaranteed income program (SP63/07: Tabled) ... 95 Proposal for ... 1369 Transmittal of 2007-08 main and Legislative Offices Health Benefits Review Committee estimates (SP284-285/07: Tabled) ... 681 General remarks ... 2280 Transmittal of 2007-08 supplementary estimates Health care facilities–Maintenance and repair (SP907/07: Tabled) ... 2108–09 Funding for ... 2149 Light rail transit–Calgary Health workforce planning Provincial funding ... 725 Workplace injury prevention component, funding for Lobbyists–Registration ... 2150 Financial statements consolidated with government Homeless–Housing statements ... 1366 Funding for ... 725 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Homeless and eviction prevention fund Committee ... 2019 General remarks ... 930 Low-income families Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention Co-ordination of programs for ... 1369 Funding for ... 2149–50 Major community facilities program Hospitals General remarks ... 805 Patient lift devices in, funding for ... 2150 Medical care–Finance Hospitals–Emergency services–Calgary General remarks ... 1536 Medication rooms upgrading, funding for ... 2150 Medical care–Finance–Calgary Housing–Supply General remarks ... 725 General remarks ... 1656 Ministerial Statements (2007) Hunting Premier's awards of excellence ... 2280 Tradition re (Motion 515: Mitzel) ... 2346 Municipal District of Rocky View Identification, Personal Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 1368 entertainment complex ... 1536 Income Support program Municipal finance–Calgary Co-ordination of, with other low-income programs ... Provincial funding for ... 725 1369 Natural resources revenue Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1786, 1856 Regional impact of ... 1364, 2138 Decrease in ... 1786 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Saving of 30% of, Liberal opposition plan re ... 2162 General remarks ... 2160 Utilization of ... 19 Information and Privacy Commissioner Northern Gateway school division Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681 Whitecourt high school upgrading ... 902 Insurance, Automobile Office of the Controller Verification of, by police agencies ... 569 Budget increase ... 1364, 1366 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, General remarks ... 901, 902 2007-08 Office of the Premier Estimates debated ... 131–34, 172 General remarks ... 172 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... regional waste management commission ... 1535, 2138 1542–43, 1615 Irrigation Districts Act Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 1136 Plebiscite provisions ... 1536 Official Opposition Land titles–Registration Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Staff training re ... 542 accounting for: Point of order re ... 1695 Volume of ... 1366 Oil sands development Wait times re ... 542–43 General remarks ... 602 Landlord and Tenant Advisory Board Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 602, 902 General remarks ... 1075, 1080 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed) 901–02, 906 Role of ... 1075, 1080 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Landlords report on ... 602, 901, 902, 906, 2138 Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat ... 1075 General remarks ... 602, 901–02, 906 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Ombudsman Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Main estimates 2007-08: Tabled (SP284/07) ... 681 Hancock) ... 2306 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 425
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) Plebiscites, Provincial Affordable housing ... 369, 725–26, 726–27, 801–03, Western Irrigation District plebiscite to transfer water 1241, 1245, 1276, 1656, 1787 licence to racing entertainment complex in Balzac Affordable housing solutions ... 1080 ... 1536 Assistance for student housing ... 1055 Point of Order Calgary municipal funding ... 725 Allegations against a member ... 1695 Community initiatives program ... 805 Allegations against members ... 1248–49 Condominium conversions ... 2106–07 Political parties Contribution to Premier's leadership campaign ... Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to 1535 ... 1136 Contributions to leadership campaign ... 1615 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to: Contributions to Premier's leadership campaign ... All-party committee to review ... 1136 1542–43 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Deferred infrastructure maintenance ... 1859 (Motion 508: Mason) ... 1303 Deferred school infrastructure maintenance ... 1994 Postsecondary educational institutions Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... Financial statements consolidated with government 1136 statements ... 1366 Economic strategy ... 1536 Premier's Awards of Excellence Employment for persons with disabilities ... 928–29 Ministerial statement re ... 2280 Foreign workers ... 20 Privilege Gasoline prices ... 1245 Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... 647 High-security drivers' licences ... 2108 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Homeless and eviction prevention fund ... 930 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, Incentives for property developers ... 1188 from Beaver regional waste management Land titles wait times ... 542–43 commission ... 1535, 1615 Nonrenewable resource revenues ... 19 Provincial/municipal relations Not-for-profit sector ... 1657 General remarks ... 904 Oil sands development ... 602 Public Affairs Bureau Private/public partnerships ... 2380–81 Canvass of public opinion re rent control ... 876 Private registry service fees ... 438–39 Public contracts for consultants Provincial fiscal policies ... 1786 Awarding of ... 1369 Quality of life in Alberta ... 1958–59 Public Guardian's office Regional municipal planning ... 2138 General remarks ... 2280 Registries database access ... 569 Public lands Regulatory reform ... 1760 Sale of, for a dollar, for affordable housing ... 726 Rent regulations ... 159 Public service–Alberta Rental increases ... 875 Disabled employees ... 928–29, 1369 Rental starts ... 927 Future planning for ... 1363, 1364 Royalty framework advertising ... 1855–56 General remarks ... 1363 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1185 Male/female ratio in senior management ... 1369 Temporary foreign workers ... 1964, 2284 Ministerial statement re ... 2280 Temporary rent regulation ... 690, 840, 876, 1075, Northern allowance for Grande Prairie employees ... 1133 1368 Timberland investment loss ... 671 Performance measures re ... 1368 Western irrigation district ... 1536, 1616 Student work experience programs by ... 1368 Organized crime Purchases, Government Private registry office infiltration ... 1367–68 Co-ordination of ... 905 Payday loan companies Quality of life Provincial regulation of ... 1366 General remarks ... 1958–59 Peace Country Health Performance measures re ... 905–06 Capital maintenance project funding ... 2150 Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie Personnel Administration Office Emergency department upgrade, funding for ... 2150 Budget ... 1364 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac General remarks ... 1363, 1368 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 1536, 1616 Persons with Developmental Disabilities Central Region Radio communications system (first responder system) Community Board General remarks ... 904 General remarks ... 2280 Regional health authorities Pine beetles–Control Financial statements consolidated with government Funding for ... 2162 statements ... 1366 Registry offices, Private Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Fees ... 438–39, 1366 Second Reading ... 1496 General remarks ... 1363 426 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) (Continued) (Continued) Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Schools–Maintenance and repair–Calgary General remarks ... 1367–68 Funding for ... 1994 Regulatory Review Secretariat Service Alberta General remarks ... 1760 Air and vehicle services budget increase ... 1366 Rent control Annual report, 2006-07 (SP809/07: Tabled) ... 2002 General remarks ... 725, 801–02, 840, 875, 876, 930, Budget ... 1363 1075, 1080, 1133, 1188, 1241, 1245, 1656, 1787 Enterprise services budget ... 1368 Public opinion poll re ... 876 Gasoline price increases, investigation of ... 1245 Rent control–Ontario Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1363–69 Report on, to Alberta Residential Tenancies Advisory Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Committee (SP642/07: Tabled) ... 1767 during (SP596/07: Tabled) ... 1624 Rent increases Role of ... 1363 Assistance programs re ... 930, 1656 Supplementary estimates 2007-08: Debated ... General remarks ... 725, 726–27, 803, 875, 876, 927, 2157–58 1080, 1241, 1656 Traffic fines payment, fees charged for ... 438–39 Impact on AISH recipients ... 875 Social housing Impact on student housing ... 1055 Definition of ... 1245 Limited to one a year ... 690, 801, 875 Funding for ... 725–26 Limited to one a year: Legislation re (Bill 34) ... 771 Funding for, from surplus ... 2109 Rent increases–Calgary General remarks ... 369, 726–27, 801–03, 1241, 1787 General remarks ... 840 Rent supplement program ... 2155–56 Rental housing Social services agencies (Non-profit) General remarks ... 1241 Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 2109, 2147, Impact of rent controls on building of ... 725, 726–27, 2149 802, 1188, 1245, 2106–07 Speech from the Throne Incentives for ... 1188 Debate ... 384–85, 390 Increase in supply ... 876, 1188, 1656 Supplementary estimates Legislation re (Bill 34) ... 771 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 102 Residential Tenancies Act Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2147, 2149–50, Damage deposit requirements under ... 159 2155–56, 2157–58, 2160, 2162, 2164 Ring roads–Calgary General remarks ... 2162 Northeast section as public/private partnership (P3) Surplus, Budgetary project ... 901 Deferred maintenance funding with ... 904, 1859, Risk management procedures 1994 General remarks ... 901, 902 General remarks ... 904, 1536, 1786, 2147 Road construction Heritage Fund investment ... 2147 Map of planned projects ... 904 Tax incentives Royalty Review Panel For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1188 General remarks ... 1856 Teachers–Fort McMurray Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of Northern allowance payments to ... 2147 appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1786 Teachers' Pension Plan Royalty structure (Energy resources) Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 1185 New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1786, 1856 Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as New Royalty Framework (2007): Advertising costs re amended: Flaherty) ... 356–57 ... 1855–56 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Review of ... 1856 Third reading ... 2491–92 Sacred Heart Community Health Centre, McLennan Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Roof repair funding ... 2150 First Reading ... 771 School boards Second Reading ... 829, 932, 940, 942, 946, 948–49, Financial statements consolidated with government 967 statements ... 1366 Committee ... 968–69, 1011, 1015–17, 1019, Funding ... 1994 1027–28, 1028, 1030, 1036–37, 1040 Schools–Construction Third Reading ... 1057 Funding for ... 1536 General remarks ... 840, 875, 930, 2106–07 Grouping of, for cost efficiencies ... 904 Royal Assent schedule re ... 1276 Public/private projects re, cost increases re ... Tobacco–Taxation 2380–81 Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 834 Public/private projects re: Supporting documentation Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) re (M2/07: Defeated) ... 576–57 First Reading ... 834 Schools–Maintenance and repair Second reading ... 1838 Funding for ... 1994 Funding for, public/private projects ... 902 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 427
Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) (Continued) Auditor General (Continued) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), (Alberta /British Columbia) point of order re ... 1968–69 Impact on Alberta regulations ... 1760 Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Treasury Board Donation to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Alternative capital financing office ... 901, 902, 1364 Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency Annual report, 2006-07 (SP813/07: Tabled) ... 2002 motion re ... 1660 Directives/minutes, availability of ... 2164 Budget Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 133–34 Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 901–06 disclosure on, point of privilege re ... 647, 679–80 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Calgary-Buffalo (Constituency) during (SP497, 596/07: Tabled) ... 1330, 1624 Ethics Commissioner's report on allegations involving Role of ... 901 (SP13/07: Tabled) ... 26 Spending management and planning office ... 902 Calgary-Elbow (Constituency) Staffing ... 1364 New member for, presented to Assembly ... 1779 Strategic capital planning office ... 901, 902, 1364 Calgary-Mackay (Constituency) Transfer of Corporate Internal Audit Services to ... Member for, resignation from Assembly ... 2281 1364 Calgary-Montrose (Constituency) Treasury Board Secretariat Ethics Commissioner's report on allegations involving General remarks ... 901 (SP12/07: Tabled) ... 25–26 University of Alberta Calgary-Varsity (Constituency) Power plant upgrade, funding for ... 2164 Birthday congratulations to ... 2176 Utilities Consumer Advocate Canadian armed forces General remarks ... 1363, 1366 Service in Afghanistan, statement re ... 1 W. W. Cross Cancer Institute Caucus funding General remarks ... 2164 Discepancies in ... 15 Wages–Public service For research work ... 617 Funding for ... 2109, 2147, 2157–58 The Centennial Series: Legislative Assembly of Alberta Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability (Historical reference books) General remarks ... 1616 Copy tabled (SP527/07) ... 1386 Water licences Launch ceremony for ... 1383 Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing Speaker's statement re ... 1383 entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1536, 1616 Cheffins, Mr. Craig Water treatment plants New member for Calgary-Elbow, presented to For Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1616 Assembly ... 1779 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Chief Electoral Officer Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... Annual report, 2005 (SP117/07: Tabled) ... 266 1616 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Western Irrigation District 207) Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Second Reading: Amendment to refer Bill to complex ... 1616 Community Services standing committee ... 1396 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Committee of Supply complex: Plebiscite re ... 1536 Evening sittings of, May 8 and 9 (Motion 19 as Whitecourt high school amended: Hancock) ... 880 Upgrading, P3 process for ... 902 Opposition officials on floor of House during, request Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) for information re ... 843 Afghanistan Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Canadian forces' service in, statement re ... 1 Ethics Commissioner' annual report, 2006-07, Alberta Legislature Grounds: Self-guided Tour referred to ... 1790 (Brochure) Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing Copy tabled (SP156/07) ... 332 Beaver waste management commission's donation to Alberta Trappers Association Premier's leadership campaign referral to, Donation of beaver pelt mace rest cover to Assembly, emergency motion re ... 1660 Speaker's statement re ... 1953 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Ambassador of France to Canada Caucus funding decisions ... 15, 617 Letter to Alberta on occasion of 90th anniversary of Caucus radio ads funding from caucus budgets, Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 433 consideration of ... 1695 Apartment fire, Fort McMurray Meeting of, April 4, 2007: Letter re (SP158/07: Impact of, emergency debate re ... 648–49 Tabled) ... 332–33 Auditor General Members' indemnities increase decision, letter and MLA promotional items budget, recommendation to factsheet re (SP157/07: Tabled) ... 332 review, Members Services order 1/07 re (SP680/07: Tabled) ... 1790 428 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Elections, Provincial–Manitoba (Continued) General remarks ... 808, 1301 Members' Services order no. 1/07 (constituency Elections, Provincial–Prince Edward Island services amendment order no. 19) (SP680/07: General remarks ... 808, 1299, 1301 Tabled) ... 1790 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Members' Services order no. 6/07 (transportation Holy Cross Long Term Care Centre conditions (not amendment order no. 9) (SP880/07: Tabled) proceeded with) ... 54 ... 2071 Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray (not Members' Services order no.1/06 (members' proceeded with) ... 648–49 allowances amendment order no. 13) (SP8/07: Parkland teachers' labour dispute (not proceeded Tabled) ... 25 with) ... 165–66 Members' Services order nos. 2-3/07 (constituency Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1794–95 services amendment orders no. 20-21) Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 (SP876-877/07: Tabled) ... 2071 Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's Members' Services order nos. 4-5/07 (members' leadership campaign, referral to Managing Growth allowances amendment orders no. 14-15) Pressures committee ... 1660 (SP878-879/07: Tabled) ... 2071 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Members' Services order nos.2 & 3/06 (constituency Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery services amendment orders no. 17-18) Fund) 2007-08 transmitted to Assembly (SP63/07: (SP9-10/07: Tabled) ... 25 Tabled) ... 95 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2007-08 and Printing, Standing transmitted to Assembly (SP284-285/07: Review of Standing Orders changes ... 617 Tabled) ... 681 Committees, Policy field (all-party) Supplementary estimates 2006-07 (No. 2) transmitted Caucus funding for research re ... 617 to Assembly (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26 Committees, Select standing Ethics Commissioner General remarks ... 2285 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP11/07: Tabled) ... 25 Commonwealth Day Annual report, 2006-07 (SP682/07: Tabled) ... 1790 Statement re ... 48 Members' leadership campaign contributions, review Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of ... 14 Annual meeting, Winnipeg, summer 2008 ... 617 Report on allegations involving the Member for Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Alberta Calgary-Buffalo (SP13/07: Tabled) ... 26 branch Report on allegations involving the Member for Annual report, 2006 (In Legislative Assembly Office, Calgary-Montrose (SP12/07: Tabled) ... 25–26 Annual report, 2006) ... 1768 Report on allegations involving the Premier, and Community initiatives program Ministers of Finance, and Health and Wellness Grants awarded without matching funds, point of (SP421/07: Tabled) ... 1073–74, 1136 order re ... 370–71 Financial Management and Administrative Services Dept. of Agriculture and Food (LAO) Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement Liberal caucus radio ads re environmental laws: with: Point of order re ... 1281 Memo approving expenditures re (SP616/07: Dept. of Energy Tabled) ... 1695 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Point of French language Order re ... 1968–69 Use in Legislative Assembly ... 27 Minister's misleading statements, point of privilege re Give Your Other Vote to the Sister: A Woman's Journey ... 1793 into the Great War (Biography) Dept. of Finance General remarks ... 1579 Minister of, Ethics Commissioner's report into Hayden, Mr. Jack allegations re (SP421/07: Tabled) ... 1073–74 New member for Drumheller-Stettler, presented to Minister's PC leadership campaign, donations from Assembly ... 1779 Royalty Review Panel members re ... 14 Holy Cross Long Term Care Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation Health and safety issues in: Request for emergency solicitation: Point of privilege re ... 647, 679–80 debate re ... 54 Dept. of Health and Wellness Information and Privacy Commissioner Minister of, Ethics Commissioner's report into Annual report, 2005-06 (SP259/07: Tabled) ... 598 allegations re (SP421/07: Tabled) ... 1073–74 Internet (Computer network) Dixon, Mr. Arthur (Former MLA) Assembly proceedings streamed on ... 477 Tribute to ... 7 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency) 100th anniversary ... 1 New member for, presented to Assembly ... 1779 Evening sittings for Committee of Supply, May 8 and Edmonton-Ellerslie (Constituency) 9 (Motion 19 as amended: Hancock) ... 880 Naming of member for ... 371 Proceedings of, streamed on Internet ... 477 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 429
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Legislative Assembly of Alberta (Continued) Office of the Premier (Continued) Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of Ethics Commissioner's report into allegations re business, amendments to Standing Orders re: (SP421/07: Tabled) ... 1073–74 Speaker's statement re ... 86 Premier's leadership campaign donors, point of order Sitting times, calendar of sittings, and order of on comments re ... 2392 business, Motion 12 amendments to Standing Official Opposition Orders re: Amendment to, and more: Speakers Radio ads re environmental laws, financial statement re ... 617–18 accounting for: Accounting memo re (SP616/07: Third session, spring 2007, statistics ... 1765–66 Tabled) ... 1695 Legislative Assembly Office Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Annual report, 2006 (Includes CPA Alberta branch accounting for: Point of order re ... 1695–96 annual report) (SP663/07: Tabled) ... 1768 Ombudsman Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Annual report, 2005-06 (SP14 & 681/07: Tabled) ... Transmittal of 2006-07 supplementary estimates 26, 1790 (SP48/07: Tabled) ... 26 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP14/07: Tabled) ... 26 Transmittal of 2007-08 interim supply estimates Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) (SP63/07: Tabled) ... 95 Amended start time for ... 86 Transmittal of 2007-08 main and Legislative Offices Statement re time limit on questions/answers in ... estimates (SP284-285/07: Tabled) ... 681 122–23 MacAdams, Roberta (Second woman MLA in Alberta) Pages (Legislative Assembly) Speaker's statement re ... 1579 Biographies re (SP56 & 710/07: Tabled) ... 51, 1818 Mace rest cover of beaver pelt Letter to Speaker on their retirement ... 1757 Donation to Assembly, Speaker's statement re ... 1953 Presentation of gifts to, on last day of session ... 2516 Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Paproski, Dr. Kenneth (Former MLA) Former MLA's government contract, point of order re Tribute to ... 7 questions re ... 546 Parliamentary Counsel McKinney, Louise (Former MLA) Reference to during Question Period ... 1280 First female MLA in Alberta and British Empire ... Parliamentary language 1579 General remarks ... 1931–32, 1957, 1968–69 Members of the Legislative Assembly Poems Anniversary congratulations to ... 808 Remembrance Day poem read by student ... 1885 Birthday congratulations to ... 48, 221, 2176 Point of Order Electoral anniversary of several members ... 48, 84, Allegations against a member ... 546, 1139, 1248, 221, 1754, 2133–34 1695–96, 2392, 2486 Leadership campaign contributions, review of by Allegations against members ... 1249, 1299 Ethics Commissioner ... 14 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1698 MLA promotional items budget, Members Services Factual accuracy ... 1139–40, 1395, 1396, 2003–04, order 1/07 re (SP680/07: Tabled) ... 1790 2074, 2147, 2181 New member for Calgary-Elbow, presented to False allegations ... 1488, 2295 Assembly ... 1779 Imputing motives ... 1139, 1281, 1449, 1830 New member for Drumheller-Stettler, presented to Interrupting a member ... 1697 Assembly ... 1779 Members' Statements ... 1932 Salary increase for, letter and factsheet re (SP157/07: Ministerial responsibilities ... 2146 Tabled) ... 333 Parliamentary language ... 1931–32, 1968–69 Tribute to former members ... 7 Preambles to supplementary questions ... 94–95 Members' Statements (2007) Projected government business ... 410 Calendar of special events ... 563–64 Question and comment period ... 2074 Members' Statements (Parliamentary procedure) Referring to newspaper articles ... 511 General remarks ... 1932 Reflections on members ... 370–71 Members' withdrawal of remarks Relevance ... 2511 Question re CIP grant payments ... 371, 397 Tabling a government report ... 1827 Naming of a member (Parliamentary procedure) Political parties Member for Edmonton-Ellerslie (re CIP grant Donations to: Point of Order on comments re ... 2392 payments question) ... 371, 397 Privilege Natural resources revenue Misleading the House (Minister of Energy) ... 1793, Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency 1826–27, 1860–61 debate on legislation re ... 1794–95 Reflections on a member (Minister of Finance) ... Office of the Premier 647, 679–80 Congratulations to new Premier ... 1 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's Leadership campaign contributions to Premier, from leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Royalty Review Panel members ... 41 Pressures committee, emergency motion re...1660 430 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Progressive Conservative caucus Speaker–Statements (Continued) Purchase of radio ads with caucus funds ... 1696 Gift of mace rest to the Legislative Assembly ... 1953 Public contracts Length of Progressive Conservative government in Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Point of Alberta ... 1758 order re questions re ... 546 Manitoba election results ... 1301 Questions, Written New Premier, welcome to ... 1 Amendment to procedure re ... 86 Opposition officials on the floor of the House during Remembrance Day 2007 estimates, request for information re ... 843 Student's poem re ... 1885 Oral Question Period ... 122–23 Royalty Review Panel Prince Edward Island election results ... 1299, 1301 Minister of Finance responsible for, panelists' Private members' business from Nov.5/07, donations to leadership campaign of ... 14 completion of debate re on Nov.8/07 ... 1898 Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Provincial elections in other provinces ... 808 Memo re early committee reading of (SP756/07: Remembrance Day poem, student's reading of ... 1885 Tabled) ... 1930 Roberta MacAdams ... 1579 Schmidt, Mr. Dallas Wilbur (Former MLA) Spring session statistics ... 1765–66 Memorial tribute to ... 2169 Tablings ... 1897–98 School at the Legislature (Educational program) Speech from the Throne Report card, 2005-06 (SP219/07: Tabled) ... 502 Copy tabled (SP1/07) ... 5 Soetaert, Mr. Arthur (Former MLA) Standing Orders Tribute to ... 7 Amendment to (sitting times, calendar of sittings, and Speaker–Rulings order of business) (Motion 12: Hancock): Speaker's Criticizing a committee ... 2285 statement re ... 86 Decision of the Ethics Commissioner ... 1136 Amendment to Motion 12 re, and further effect to the Decisions of Members' Services Committee ... 15 House Leaders' Agreement (Motion 15: Hancock): Decisions of the Assembly ... 1396 Speaker's statement re ... 617–18 Decorum ... 1796 Strikes and lockouts–Teachers Hypothetical questions ... 1925, 1959 Parkland school division labour dispute: Request for Interjections by a member ... 1726 emergency debate re (not proceeded with) Legal decisions ... 1337 ... 165–66 Matters referred to Ethics Commissioner ... 14 Strong, Mr. Bryan (Former MLA) Oral Question Period rules ... 19, 402, 1280, 1889 Tribute to ... 7 Parliamentary language ... 1957 Tabling returns and reports (Parliamentary procedure) Preambles to supplementary questions ... 88 Notes/newspaper articles quoted during OQP ... Questions about legislation ... 470 1897–98 Reference to a deity ... 806 Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) Referral of Bills to a policy field committee ... 1340 Speaker's statement re ... 432–33 Referring to the absence of a member ... 769 Speech from the Throne Relevance ... 2296–97 Aboriginal workforce action plan Tabling cited documents ... 510–11, 932, 1859–60, General remarks ... 2 2391 Agriculture–Environmental aspects Tabling Committee of Supply responses ... 1394 General remarks ... 4 Tabling documents ... 879–80 Agriculture–Research Use of laptop in the Chamber ... 2218 General remarks ... 4 Speaker–Statements Alberta–Economic conditions 2007 session statistics ... 2516–17 General remarks ... 2 All-night sitting ... 2486–87 Alberta–Economic policy Amendments to Standing Orders ... 86, 617–18 General remarks ... 2 Anniversary congratulations to members ... 808 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 432–33 General remarks ... 2 Birthday congratulations to members ... 48, 221, 2176 Alberta Water Council Calendar of special events ... 563–64, 772, 1543 Public consultations re Water for Life strategy ... 3 Canadian forces' service in Afghanistan ... 1 Apprenticeship training–Finance The Centennial Series book launch ... 1330 General remarks ... 3 The Centennial Series books (four volumes) ... 1383 Biofuels industry Commonwealth Day 2007 message ... 48 General remarks ... 4 Electoral anniversary of several members ... 48, 84, Campus Alberta 221, 1754, 2133–34 General remarks ... 3 Gary Mar, MLA for Calgary-Mackay, resignation of Capital projects ... 2281 Alternative funding methods for ... 3 Gavel-to-gavel streaming of Assembly proceedings ... Planning for ... 3 477 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 431
Speech from the Throne (Continued) Speech from the Throne (Continued) Chronic disease management Environmental protection Self-management ... 3 General remarks ... 2, 3 Climate change Environmental research Alberta plan for ... 3 General remarks ... 4 Climate change–Law and legislation Ethanol in fuels General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 4 Coal energy, Near zero emission Forestry research General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 4 Community education Fort McMurray General remarks ... 3 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 3 Community spirit fund Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... 3 Creation of ... 3 Governing Community spirit program for charitable giving General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 3 Government agencies, boards, and commissions MLA committee to establish ... 3 Governance of, review of ... 2 Continuing/extended care facilities Government openness General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 2 Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards Government spending policy General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 2, 3 Crime reduction Greenhouse gas emissions Integrated strategy for ... 4 Intensity targets for industry re ... 3 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Greenhouse gas emissions–Law and legislation Establishment of ... 4 General remarks ... 3 Disabled Health workforce planning Government policies for ... 3 General remarks ... 3 Disease prevention High school completion General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 3 Diversification Homeless–Housing General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 2 Donating to charitable organizations Immigration Tax credits for ... 3 Co-ordination of ... 2 Economic development Information and communications technology Co-ordination of ... 2 Research into ... 4 Economic growth Injury reduction General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 3 Impact on water supplies ... 3 Institute for agriculture, forestry and the environment Provincial long-term funding arrangement re ... 4 (Proposed) Education General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 2, 3 Labour force planning Education, Postsecondary Co-ordination of ... 2 Access to ... 3 Land-use framework Education, Postsecondary–Finance General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 3 Life sciences research Employment training programs General remarks ... 4 Aboriginal peoples ... 2 Literacy Funding for ... 3 General remarks ... 3 Energy conservation Lobbyists–Registration Personal initiatives re ... 3, 4 General remarks ... 2 Energy efficiency Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 2 Energy industry Medical care Value-adding/upgrading in ... 4 General remarks ... 3 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Medical care, Primary General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 3 Energy research Medical care–Fort McMurray General remarks ... 4 Funding for ... 3 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Mental health services General remarks ... 4 Drug strategy re ... 3 Energy strategy, Integrated (Renewable/ nonrenewable General remarks ... 3 resource development) Municipal finance General remarks ... 4 Provincial funding for ... 4 432 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Speech from the Throne (Continued) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Nanotechnology–Research (Continued) General remarks ... 4 Agricultural land National Institute for Nanotechnology Energy industry entry onto, compensation re ... 13 General remarks ... 4 Agricultural value-added production Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee General remarks ... 42 General remarks ... 3 Agricultural workers Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat Inclusion under workers' compensation and labour General remarks ... 3 laws ... 294–95 Postsecondary educational institutions Agriculture–Environmental aspects Role of ... 3 General remarks ... 13 Preventive medical services Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 3 Downturn in, planning for ... 1481 Public contracts General remarks ... 1388 Policy re ... 2 Slowing down of ... 638, 1388 Public safety (From criminal activity) Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues General remarks ... 2, 3–4 General remarks ... 17 Quality of life Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Aboriginal peoples ... 3 Report ... 296, 402, 436, 504, 566, 600–01, 641–42, General remarks ... 2, 3 1182, 2028 Research and development Report: Rent control recommendation ... 641–42 General remarks ... 4 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Royalty Review Panel Position on municipal sustainability report ... 565, General remarks ... 4 1077 Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray TILMA agreement, discussions with province re ... Funding for ... 3 329 Social housing Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, April General remarks ... 2 2006 Social housing–Fort McMurray Rail service to Port of Prince Rupert discussion at ... Funding for ... 3 403 Specified gas emitters regulation Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, May Intensity targets under ... 3 2007 Surplus, Budgetary General remarks ... 1240 Management policy for (allocation strategy) ... 4 Alberta Capital Region Alliance Tax incentives Failure of ... 565 For charitable donations ... 3 General remarks ... 1077 Technology commercialization Alberta Clipper pipeline General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 42, 1584 Tourism Alberta Connects (Government information initiative) General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 1600 Volunteers Alberta Energy and Utilities Board General remarks ... 3 Bitumen upgrader, Edmonton area, application review Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability ... 599–600 General remarks ... 3 Electricity transmission line, Alberta/Montana, Water resources development hearing re ... 45–46 General remarks ... 3 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Water supply Calgary, Energy dept.'s letter re ... 2320–21 Impact of economic growth on ... 3 Government interference in decisions of ... 2320–21 Water treatment plants–Fort McMurray New chair appointed to ... 2321 Funding for ... 3 Separation into two boards: Contract with consultant Wind power for advice re ... 2027 General remarks ... 4 Utility rate increases applications ... 871 Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Alberta Federation of Labour 4-H clubs Employment of children in licensed premises, Highway clean-up campaign ... 2283 reaction to ... 190 Aboriginal peoples–Education Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission General remarks ... 327 Employment of children in licensed premises, Aboriginal peoples–Employment approval of ... 190, 225 General remarks ... 2323 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Industrial Heartland projects ... 2175 Role in monitoring patient safety in hospitals ... 326 Aboriginal workforce action plan Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 14 Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1783 Resource revenue deposit into ... 2102–03 Timberland asset class investment loss ... 671 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 433
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Athabasca River–Water levels Religious headwear bans in sports cases ... 2211 General remarks ... 2102 Alberta Liberal Party Athabasca River basin Donation request from Beaver waste management Management plan for ... 2102 commission ... 1687–88, 1994 Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Donation request from Beaver waste management Provision of reactors to the energy industry ... 763 commission, letter re (SP618/07: Tabled) ... 1693 Auditor General Fundraising dinner tickets sale to a municipality ... Annual reports, frequency of ... 2284 1479 Budget for ... 2284 Housing policy ... 566 Community initiatives program audit ... 401 Alberta Order of Excellence Other initiatives program criteria, report on ... 435 Council for ... 1592 Payments made to individuals/corporations, review of Funding for ... 1594, 1598 ... 504, 537–38 General remarks ... 1598 Public Affairs Bureau secondments to government Alberta pension plan (Proposed) departments, review of ... 1596 Review of ... 2066 Public contracts' awarding process, review of ... 599 Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... proposal) 1758, 2381 General remarks ... 2321 Relations with government ... 2284–85 Alberta Sustainability Fund Resource royalty system comments ... 1784, 1819–20, General remarks ... 1481, 1784 1853, 1854–55 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Resource royalty system reporting in Energy dept.'s Position on municipal sustainability report ... 565, annual reports, comments re ... 1923–24 1077 Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), Alberta utilities commission discused with cabinet ... 1853, 1993 Creation from former Alberta Energy and Utilities Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), Board: Contract with consultant for advice re...2027 release of ... 1853–54, 1924 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), Amending of ... 1925 tabling of ... 1819–20 General remarks ... 1925–26, 2321 Timberland investment loss, mention of ... 671 Impact on property rights of landowners ... 1925–26 Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Alberta's Promise Donation requests to, from other PC leadership Annual report, 2006 (SP494/07: Tabled) ... 1330 contenders ... 1583, 1651 Annual report, 2007 (SP928/07: Tabled) ... 2180 Donation requests to, from other political parties ... AltaLink Management Ltd. 1687–88 Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Donation to Alberta Liberal party ... 1687–88, 1994 Government interference re ... 2320–21 Donation to Alberta Liberal party, letter re Official of, conflict of interest re provincial electricity (SP618/07: Tabled) ... 1693 transmission policy ... 2321 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton 1479–80, 1542, 1582–83, 1650–51, 1687–88, 1994 General remarks ... 1077 Licence renewal ... 1651 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Public hearings re Ryley landfill ... 189 funding model for ... 159, 1758 Biofuels industry Antilitter campaign, province-wide General remarks ... 1654 General remarks ... 2283 Bitumen Apartment buildings Upgrading ... 1133–34, 1480–81, 1584 Conversion to condominiums ... 638, 2028 Bitumen–Export Conversion to condominiums: Calgary-Varsity General remarks ... 42, 1133–34, 1480–81, 1584 constituency ... 638 Bitumen–Royalties Conversion to condominiums: Legislation re General remarks ... 1444 notification time re (Bill 34) ... 1274 Bitumen pipelines Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 538, Alberta Clipper pipeline ... 42, 1584 566, 600 General remarks ... 1584 Apartment fire, Fort McMurray Board Governance Review Task Force Impact of ... 637 General remarks ... 1240, 1592, 1593–94, 1604, 1685 Arts Boardwalk Rental Communities Provincial support for ... 672 Rental rates ... 504, 872–73 Assessment Border crossings–Canada/United States General remarks ... 1183 Coutts crossing safety fence location ... 567, 837 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Benefits increase for ... 328 Compensation plans re ... 1050 434 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Bridges–Snake River–Cardston area Capital projects (Continued) Replacement of, for ranch access ... 567, 837 Funding for ... 1441, 1784 Brokers of foreign worker importation Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1783 General remarks ... 1333 Public/private partnerships re ... 159, 2381 Budget Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary Fixed date for ... 1592, 1598 Funding for ... 1387 Impact of Finance minister's campaign donations non- Capital projects–Maintenance and repair disclosure on ... 638 Funding for ... 1441, 2102, 2173 Quarterly reports ... 1481 Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1783 Budget 2007 Capital region integrated growth management plan Business plans 2007 (SP286/07: Tabled) ... 681 General remarks ... 1721–22, 1723 General remarks ... 1388 Carbon dioxide emissions By-elections Reduction in ... 367–68 New school construction announcement before ... Carbon dioxide pipelines 1759 General remarks ... 367–68 By-elections–Calgary-Elbow constituency Carbon tax Debate between Offical Opposition Leader and General remarks ... 1076 Premier re Balzac racing complex issue Cardston-Taber-Warner (Constituency) before ... 1274 Issues in ... 567, 2383 Release of information re Balzac racing complex Caucus funding issue before ... 1386–87 Discepancies in ... 15 By-elections–Drumheller-Stettler constituency Cellular telephones Debate between Offical Opposition Leader and Use while driving, ban on ... 2282 Premier re Balzac racing complex issue before Use while driving, ban on, legislation re ... 2282 ... 1274 Cheffins, Mr. Craig PC candidate's statement re electricity deregulation ... New member for Calgary-Elbow, presented to 1654 Assembly ... 1779 Release of information re Balzac racing complex Chief Electoral Officer issue before ... 1386–87 Ballot irregularities during 2004 provincial election Calgary-Elbow (Constituency) reported to ... 1606 By-election in, debate between Premier and Official Child and youth support program Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue General remarks ... 2064 during ... 1274 Children–Employment New member for, presented to Assembly ... 1779 In licensed premises ... 190, 224–25 Calgary Health Region In restaurants ... 224–25 Holy Cross Centre contract termination ... 470 Children–Health care Holy Cross Centre monitoring ... 41 General remarks ... 2063 Calgary issues Children and poverty General remarks ... 1721 General remarks ... 836 Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) Grants to Holy Cross Manor, Calgary ... 261, 295–96 (Proposed) Canada-Alberta Co-operation on Immigration General remarks ... 1603 General remarks ... 1076 Climate change Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund Alberta plan for ... 125 Funding for Taber water treatment plant ... 567 General remarks ... 161, 1391 Canada ecoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change Climate change–Public consultations (Federal) General remarks ... 1391 Alberta share ... 367–68 Climate Change and Emissions Management Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) General remarks ... 835 General remarks ... 45, 87, 161, 367 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Collective bargaining Royalty system comments ... 640 Supreme Court decision re ... 1652 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Collective bargaining–Flagstaff ambulance operators Olymel pork plant, Red Deer, situation ... 2065 General remarks ... 160 Capital cost allowance program (Federal) Collective bargaining–Teachers For oil sands developments, impact of phase out of ... Impact of education funding on ... 1685–86 1076 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five- Capital Health year agreement on ... 2024 General remarks ... 364 Committee of Supply Capital projects Hours of sitting ... 1598, 1600 Cost increases, funding for ... 2382 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 435
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Committee on Community Services, Standing Corporations–Taxation Referral of Bill 31, Mental Health Amendment Act, Reduction of ... 2103 2007, to ... 1598 Council of the Federation Committee on Government Services, Standing Letter from Prime Minister to, re equalization formula Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to ... 1598 ... 158 Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Motion 21: County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54) Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339 General remarks ... 2212 Referral of Bill 2, Conflicts of Interest Amendment Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Act, 2007, to ... 1598 General remarks ... 1600 Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Daycare centres Auditor General's reporting to ... 2285 Subsidies re ... 2064 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Daycare centres–Employees Members' indemnities increase decision ... 328 Salaries of ... 328 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing DDB Canada Minister of Education nonappearance at ... 764 Government advertising contracts ... 1596 Committees, Policy field (all-party) Debts, Public (Provincial government) General remarks ... 229, 1592, 1595, 1598 General remarks ... 1783, 1784 Referral of unethical donations to leadership Incursion of, re P3 school projects ... 2381 campaigns to ... 1650 Dept. of Agriculture and Food Community initiatives program Balzac racing complex, briefing note re ... 1274 Audit of, by Auditor General ... 401 Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement Grants awarded without matching funds ... 401, 434 with ... 1273 Community schools Balzac racing complex water licence, director's General remarks ... 257–58 decision re ... 87, 123, 1273–74 Conflict of interest Dept. of Agriculture (United States) Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission Delisting of Olymel pork processing plant, Red Deer projects ... 2320–21 ... 2065 Minister of Finance's soliciting of campaign Dept. of Education donations while preparing the budget ... 638 Minister's nonappearance at Public Accounts Royalty Review Panel members ... 13, 41, 87, 158, committee meeting ... 764 565–66 Dept. of Energy Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in ... General remarks ... 229, 469 1923–24 Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: General remarks ... 1723, 2213 Accountability for ... 1923–24 Referral to Government Services standing committee Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: ... 1598 Premier's knowledge of ... 1923 Constitution Act, 1982 Contract with consultant re AEUB division ... 2027 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, collective Electricity branch director's (Kellan Fluckiger) letter bargaining rights included under ... 1652 to EUB re AltaLink transmission line application Constitution Act, 2007 ... 2320–21 House of Commons seating formula change, Former ministers' briefings on royalty revenue ministerial statement re ... 1990 appropriateness ... 1819 Construction trades Heavy oil production in Alberta, 2002 report on ... Employment levels: Impact of Industrial Heartland 1133 projects on ... 2175 Minister's resignation ... 1783, 1784, 1994 Employment levels: Relation to immigration policy ... Royalty rate increase comments ... 1785, 1819, 1853, 2175 1924, 1993 Employment of foreign workers ... 2323 Dept. of Finance Workforce strategy re ... 2175 Annual report, mention of timberland investment loss Container terminal–Edmonton in ... 671 Development of ... 403 Minister's PC leadership campaign, donations from Continuing/extended care facilities Royalty Review Panel members re ... 14, 41 General remarks ... 41–42, 470 Minister's PC leadership campaign, ongoing donation Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards solicitation ... 638 General remarks ... 41, 292 Dept. of Health and Wellness Corporate Internal Audit Services Monitoring and enforcement branch, restoration of ... Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as 363 public member of ... 599 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Transfer to Treasury Board ... 1592 Former minister's involvement with Balzac racing complex ... 1273, 1331 436 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Elections, Provincial Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ... Fixed dates for ... 1602 1049 Electoral reform Deputy Premier (Former) General remarks ... 1602 Involvement with racing entertainment centre Electric power, Coal-produced–Environmental aspects development in Balzac ... 503 General remarks ... 45 Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee Electric power–Export (Blue books) General remarks ... 45 General remarks ... 1607 Electric power–Prices Posting on government website ... 14, 638 General remarks ... 230 Disabled–Housing PC candidate's statement re, in Drumheller by- Availability/affordability of ... 2172–73 election campaign ... 1654 Disputes Inquiry Board Electric power–Supply Flagstaff county ambulance operators dispute ... 160 General remarks ... 230 Parkland school division teachers' strike ... 88 Shortage of (blackouts) ... 2384 Diversification Electric power lines General remarks ... 1133–34, 1441 General remarks ... 230, 2384 Drugs, Prescription Tie line with Montana, environmental aspects ... 45 Provincial pharmacare program ... 2173 Tie line with Montana, hearings re ... 45–46 Drumheller Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 45 Awareness of water withdrawal from Red Deer River Electric utilities–Regulations ... 87 Deregulation ... 1654, 2384 Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency) Deregulation: Cessation of ... 230 By-election in, debate between Premier and Official Electrogeneration from coal Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue General remarks ... 230 during ... 1274 Emergency planning By-election in, PC candidate's statement re electricity Fort McMurray apartment fire ... 637 deregulation ... 1654 Public communications re ... 1593 Former member for, involvement with Balzac racing Emission control credits entertainment centre ... 503 Federal credits, reinvestment in Alberta ... 1076 New member for, presented to Assembly ... 1779 Purchase of, to achieve intensity targets ... 161 Early childhood education Employment standards Full-day programs ... 1685 Agricultural workers, application to ... 294–95 East Central Health Oil sands industries ... 14–15 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville Employment training programs ... 327, 363 Aboriginal peoples ... 327 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, General remarks ... 537 public inquiry re ... 293 Endowment funds, Public Bacterial infection to Robert Bruce in St. Joseph's Investment of new royalty revenues into ... 1783 hospital, Vegreville, letter re ... 325–26 Energy industry Economic development and the environment Activity in protected areas ... 43 General remarks ... 43, 293, 404–05, 539–40 Developments under lake beds ... 570 Economic growth Value-adding/upgrading in ... 42 General remarks ... 87, 158, 600, 638, 836, 1441, Energy industry–Environmental aspects 1481, 1605 Expertise in, representation on Royalty Review Panel Impact on the environment ... 539–40 ... 13 Impact on water supplies ... 539–40 Energy industry–Marie Lake area Edmonton Catholic School District Impact on lake water quality ... 404–05, 570, 1584, Budget shortfall ... 1685, 1726 1585 Full-time kindergarten program funding ... 1685 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Edmonton Public School Board General remarks ... 230 Budget ... 1726 Energy Resources Conservation Board Edmonton Remand Centre Reconstitution of: Contract with consultant for advice New facility for, cost increases re ... 2382 re ... 2027 Education, Postsecondary Enterprise Universal Incorporated Access to, affordability review to improve ... 331–32 Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor, Education–Finance repayment of, if project fails ... 261, 295–96 General remarks ... 88, 1441–42, 1726 Environmental Appeal Board Election ballots (2004 election) Water licence for Balzac racing entertainment Irregularities in ... 1606 complex ... 87, 123 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 437
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Environmental impact assessments Free votes (Parliamentary procedure) Cumulative assessments ... 2102, 2381 Temporary rent regulations ... 1183 Energy industry development in Marie Lake area, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act petition presented re ... 1585 Balzac water transfer information request under ... Oil sands projects ... 2102 1331, 1386–87, 1441 Ryley landfill project ... 1239 Premier's leadership campaign donations disclosure Environmental protection under ... 1583 Expertise in, representation on Royalty Review Panel Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy ... 13 Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006) Equalization payments General remarks ... 229, 1600 Exclusion of nonrenewable resources from ... 43, Gas, Natural–Royalties 158–59 Level of ... 1759 General remarks ... 1051 Golf courses–Taber Sunset clause for ... 159 Premier's leadership campaign fundraiser at ... 2383 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Government advertising Department designated by ND opposition, minister's Allocation of costs re ... 1597 nonappearance at meeting for ... 765 General remarks ... 1595–96 Ethics Commissioner Government agencies, boards, and commissions Ballot irregularities during 2004 provincial election Solicitation of political funds from ... 1479, 1583 reported to ... 1606 Government aircraft Lobbyist registry administration ... 5 Manifests for, posted on government website ... 229, Executive Council 469, 1592, 1606 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP24/07: Tabled) ... 26 Government appointments Annual report, 2006-07 (SP801/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Guidelines for ... 1240 Budget ... 1592, 1593 PC party supporters' appointments ... 1240 Corporate communications division ... 1592, 1594 Government communications Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1592–1600, General remarks ... 1592–93 1602–09 Performance measures re ... 1608 Policy co-ordination office ... 1592, 1593 Government departments Role of ... 1592 Communications (public announcements) function in Salaries ... 1597 ... 1594, 1596, 1597 Strategic communications office ... 1592, 1594 Government information Exxon Mobil Corporation Access to ... 229, 1600, 1606 Bitumen pipeline, Alberta to Houston ... 1584 Government of Alberta Farmers Website ... 1592, 1595, 1606 Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Website, Alberta lobbyist registry accessible on ... 5, on ... 330 469 Representation on Royalty Review Panel ... 12–13 Website, blue books (government grants) accessible Federal/provincial fiscal relations on ... 14, 469, 638 General remarks ... 1076 Website, posting of government aircraft manifests on Financial investment and planning commission ... 229, 469, 1592, 1606 (Proposed) Website, posting of ministerial expenses on ... 229, General remarks ... 2103 1592, 1606 First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Showcase Government openness Organization of ... 503 General remarks ... 13–14, 41, 229, 401, 402, 405, Fiscal Responsibility Act 435, 469, 537, 538, 565–66, 599, 601, 638, Amendment to allow public debt ... 2381 672, 1387, 1606, 1685, 1688, 1723 Food banks Government programs–Calgary Impact of rent increases on usage of ... 1388 Funding for ... 1607 Food safety Government programs–Edmonton General remarks ... 2065 Funding for ... 1607 Foreign workers, Temporary Grande Prairie Replacement of trade union members ... 14–15 Impact of economic growth on ... 158 Treatment/safety of ... 1333, 2323 Grant MacEwan Community College Fort McMurray Student housing ... 1239 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1605, 2173 Greenhouse gas emissions Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 45, 2027, 2101 1391, 1584 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for, from Intensity targets for industry re ... 45, 87, 367, 1391 uncollected resource revenues ... 2101 Greenhouse gas emissions–Measurement General remarks ... 161 438 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Groundwater–Ryley area Hospitals–Emergency services Impact of landfill project on ... 1239 Capacity of ... 566–67 Hayden, Mr. Jack Red alerts re ... 566–67 New member for Drumheller-Stettler, presented to Reducing visits to ... 567 Assembly ... 1779 Waiting times in ... 364 Health Quality Council Hospitals–Grande Prairie Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, New hospital ... 367, 1820 investigation of ... 326, 363, 364 Hospitals–Standards Health sciences personnel Patient safety issues re ... 257, 291, 292, 325–26, 326 Impact of funding cuts on ... 364 Patient safety issues re, monitoring of ... 326, 363 Health workforce planning House of Commons (Canada) General remarks ... 470 Additional members for Alberta, ministerial statement Highway 3 re ... 1990 Twinning: Funding for, from uncollected resource Housing–Prices revenues ... 1820 Impact of ... 1687 Highway 4–Milk River area A Housing Symposium: Affordable Housing for Bypass, Premier's involvement in ... 2383 Albertans (1998) Highway 43–Grande Prairie area General remarks ... 600 Bypass (highway 43X) ... 1820 Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act Highway 63 Violation of section 3, re email posted on Save My Twinning ... 2173 CWB website ... 405 Highway 881 Immigrants–Employment Upgrading of ... 2173 Industrial Heartland projects ... 2175 Highwood Communications Ltd. Income Support program Government advertising contracts ... 1596 Benefit increase ... 537 Holy Cross Long Term Care Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Health and safety issues in ... 40–42, 292, 470 Construction aspects ... 2175 Health and safety issues in: Public inquiry into ... 41 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 599, 2102, 2381 Termination of contract for, by Calgary Health Environmental impact of ... 540 Region ... 470 Health impact of ... 540 Holy Cross Manor Incorporated Impact on water supplies ... 2212 Afforable housing grants to, repayment with interest Regional impact of ... 565, 1077–78, 1131–32, 1605 if project fails clause ... 261, 295–96 Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Health and safety issues in ... 40, 41–42 Economy (U of C) Homeless Provincial funding for ... 2382 Programs for ... 2064–65, 2103, 2321 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Homeless–Fort McMurray Raising of, regulations re ... 871, 1051 Funding for programs for ... 2101 Intermunicipal relations Homeless–Housing General remarks ... 565, 568, 1183, 1609, 1721 Emergency winter shelters ... 2321 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Funding for ... 871, 2321 General remarks ... 1077–78, 1131–32, 1183, General remarks ... 402, 436, 764, 1131, 1133, 1721–22 2064–65, 2321–22 Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... Youth shelters ... 2103 565, 1077–78, 1131–32, 1605 Homeless–Housing–Fort McMurray International trade–China Transitional housing funding ... 2101 General remarks ... 403 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Interprovincial trade Fort McMurray clients funding ... 2101 Internal trade agreement ... 1275 General remarks ... 836, 871, 1049, 2028, 2103 Ipsos-Reid Horse racing Rent control poll ... 1131, 1132 Lottery funding for ... 1685, 1758–59, 2063 Ivanhoe Cambridge Hospital-acquired infections Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... Legal liability re ... 257 87–88 Hospital beds Keystone bitumen pipeline General remarks ... 567 National Energy Board hearings re ... 1480–81 Hospitals Labour laws and legislation Sterilization equipment for ... 362–63, 364 Coverage of agricultural workers ... 294–95 Hospitals–Calgary Review of ... 14–15, 1652 New south Calgary hospital ... 18 Labour mobility Hospitals–Claresholm General remarks ... 45 Sterilization equipment for ... 362–63, 364 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 439
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Labour supply Mediation (Labour relations) Shortages, employment of children to solve ... 190 Parkland school division teachers' strike ... 88 Labour unions Medical care–Finance Assistance to foreign workers ... 1333 General remarks ... 292 Land-use framework Implications of underfunding ... 326, 363, 364 General remarks ... 43, 539, 568 Medical care–Grande Prairie Public consultations re ... 1600 General remarks ... 367 Land-use planning Members of Parliament General remarks ... 565 Additional Alberta members, ministerial statement re Land-use planning–Edmonton area ... 1990 General remarks ... 565, 1722 Members of the Legislative Assembly Landlord and Tenant Advisory Board Accommodation allowance increase ... 925 General remarks ... 1075, 1131 Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed) ... 469–70, 503–04 Role of ... 1075, 1131, 1132 New member for Calgary-Elbow, presented to Landlords Assembly ... 1779 Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases New member for Drumheller-Stettler, presented to ... 1049 Assembly ... 1779 Rent increase approval mechanism for ... 1050–51 Salary increase for ... 328 Website listing re ... 1131 Salary increase for, donation to charitable cause ... Laurier Heights school students 328 Questions to Assembly ... 2282–83 Transition allowance for, on leaving office ... 469–70 Lavesta Area Group (Landowners) Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Presentation to hearings re electric power line Referral to Community Services standing committee between Edmonton and Calgary ... 2027 ... 1598 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Mental health services–Grande Prairie Sitting calendar ... 1592, 1598 Funding for ... 367 Sitting calendar, conducive to family life ... 17 Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria) Licensed premises Vegreville hospital case, deaths from ... 291 Employment of children in ... 190, 224–25 Vegreville hospital case, letters/investigations re ... Light rail transit 325 Planning for ... 1605 Vegreville hospital case, testing re ... 257 Light rail transit–Calgary Métis–Education Provincial funding ... 1721 General remarks ... 327 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Métis hunting/fishing rights General remarks ... 1050–51 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... Lobbyists–Registration 2322 Accessibility of information re, on government Métis Nation of Alberta Association website ... 5, 2213 Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... General remarks ... 14, 402, 469 2322 Legislation re (Bill 1) ... 5 Métis settlements Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Funding for ... 2322 First Reading ... 5 Mineral rights Second Reading ... 232 Sale of, for under lake bed areas ... 570 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services Ministerial Statements (2007) committee (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 433 Third reading ... 2465–66 House of Commons seating formula ... 1990 General remarks ... 229, 638, 2213 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2024 Referral to Government Services standing committee Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability ... 1598 Report ... 565 Low-income families Report, municipal taxation recommendation ... 436, Level of support for ... 537, 835–36 1077 Mana Energy Group Limited Ministers (Provincial government) Contract with government re AEUB division ... 2027 Accountability of ... 764–65 Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Briefing books, confidentiality of ... 229 Former MLA's government contract ... 469–70, Dismissal of ... 1783 503–04, 537–38, 565–66, 599 Expenses of, posting on government website ... 229, Receipt of registration fee from aboriginal children re 1592, 1606 conference attendance ... 503 Women as ... 17 Mayor of Calgary Mission apartment building, Calgary Position on provincial municipal funding ... 725, 1075, 1183, 1387 Rent increases in ... 1274 440 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Mount Royal College Off-highway vehicles Degree granting status ... 1721 Helmet use on, by children ... 2211 Municipal District of Rocky View Prevention of accidents on, as means of reducing Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing emergency room visits ... 567 entertainment complex ... 189, 223, 503, 1331–32 Office of the Premier Memo re water licence for Balzac racing Budget increase ... 1685 entertainment complex ... 88 Congratulations to new Premier, response to ... 11 Municipal finance Debate with Official Opposition Leader re Balzac Provincial funding for ... 436, 1077, 1183, 1275, racing complex issue ... 189, 1274 1387, 1481, 1652–53, 1721 Media access to ... 1076, 1600 Provincial funding for: To enable compliance with Premier's activities in Cardston-Taber-Warner interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 constituency ... 2383 Municipal finance–Calgary Premier's awareness of St. Joseph's Hospital infection Provincial funding for ... 1074–75, 1183, 1387 situation ... 257, 291, 325 Municipal Government Act Premier's comments re Alberta public service ... 1854 General remarks ... 540 Premier's knowledge of Energy dept.'s annual reports' Municipal sustainability initiative royalty revenue reporting ... 1923 Funding from ... 837, 1075 Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Funding from, for Fort McMurray projects ... 2101 regional waste management commission...1479–80, Funding from, for Métis settlements ... 2322 1542, 1582–83, 1650–51, 1687–88, 1723, 1994 Municipalities Premier's leadership campaign donors ... 2383 Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement (TILMA) on Premier's leadership campaign donors, membership ... 329–30 on Royalty Review Panel ... 13–14, 41 National Energy Board (Federal) Premier's meetings, list of ... 2213 Keystone bitumen pipeline hearings ... 1480–81 Premier's role ... 1592 National energy program Royalty collection level appropriateness, Premier's Comparison with Royalty Review Panel ... 1821 knowledge of ... 1783–84 Natural areas Teachers' unfunded pension liability, Premier's Industrial development in ... 43 statement re ... 2024 Natural gas rebates Official Opposition General remarks ... 871 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Natural Resources Conservation Board accounting for ... 1607, 1651, 1685, 1688, 2320, Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1050–51 2321, 2382 Natural resources revenue Official Opposition Leader Allocation to Heritage Fund ... 2102–03 Comments re royalty change ... 1853 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 640, 1783, Debate with Premier re Balzac racing complex issue 1784, 1785, 1819–20, 1820–21, 1853–54, ... 189, 1274 1854–55, 1923, 1993, 2174–75 Oil–Prices Collection of appropriate amount of: Auditor General remarks ... 1925 General's comments re ... 1784 Oil sands development Collection of appropriate amount of: Energy dept.'s Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 1605 comments re ... 1785, 1819 Labour supply problems in ... 14–15 Collection of appropriate amount of: Premier's Royalties paid re ... 1076, 1759, 1854 knowledge re ... 1783–84 Timing/scope of new projects, moratorium on ... 1134 Exclusion from equalization payments ... 43, 158–59 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 2101, General remarks ... 1924, 1993 2382 Natural resources revenue–Texas Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Level of ... 640 report on ... 2102 New Democrat Opposition Value-added opportunities ... 1133–34 Designation of department for estimates debate, Oil sands development–Environmental aspects minister's nonappearance at ... 765 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 2102, 2381 North American Electric Reliability Corporation General remarks ... 404–05 Alberta winter electric power supply ... 2384 Programs to reduce ... 367–68 Northeast Capital Industrial Association Oil Sands Underground Mining (OSUM) Corporation Position on mandatory regional planning ... 1077 Seismic testing under Marie Lake ... 404–05 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Olds College Grande Prairie campus, funding for, from uncollected Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1332 resource revenues ... 1820 Olymel Nuclear power Red Deer pork processing plant ... 2065 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 763 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 441
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Alberta potential ambassador/co-ordinator to (Mark Health care funding ... 364 Norris) ... 1240 Health care standards ... 292 Oral Question Period (2007) Health system pressures in Grande Prairie ... 367 Affordability of postsecondary education ... 331–32 Heavy oil upgrading capacity ... 1133–34 Affordable housing ... 402, 504–05, 566, 600–01, Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 2102–03 638, 641–42, 764, 835, 1131, 1182, 1184, Highway bypass project in Grande Prairie ... 158 1240, 1274, 1687, 2026–27, 2028, 2172–73 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 40–42, 261, 295–96, 470 Affordable housing in Fort McMurray ... 2173 Homeless children ... 2103 Affordable Housing Task Force report ... 296 Homelessness ... 436 Alberta Clipper pipeline proposal ... 42 Homelessness initiatives ... 2064–65, 2321–22 Alberta/Montana electricity transmission line ... Horse-racing industry ... 1758–59 45–46 Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 18 Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1925–26 Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray ... 637 Ambulance operators' labour dispute ... 160 Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... Auditor General ... 2284–85 599–600, 2175 Bitumen exports ... 1584 Industrial development in Alberta's heartland area ... Calgary concerns ... 1721 599–600 Calgary municipal funding ... 1074–75, 1387 Industrial development in Fort McMurray area ... Capital cost overruns ... 2382 2101–02 Capital region municipal planning ... 1077–78, Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 1131–32, 1721–22, 1723 Keystone pipeline project ... 1480–81 Cardston-Taber-Warner constituency issues ... 567 Land-use development framework ... 568 Cardston-Taber-Warner issues ... 2383 Media access to Premier's office ... 1076 Caucus funding ... 15 Medical safety standards ... 326 Child hunger ... 2063–64 Métis hunting rights ... 2322 Climate change ... 125, 161, 367–68, 1391 Ministerial accountability ... 1784 Community initiatives program ... 401, 434 Ministerial appearances before committees ... 764–65 Condominium conversions ... 538 Monitoring of health delivery ... 363 Contribution to Premier's leadership campaign ... Municipal financing ... 1275 1582–83, 1650–51 Municipal funding ... 1077 Contributions to Premier's leadership campaign ... Municipal planning ... 1183 1479–80 Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 837 Department of Energy consultant ... 2027 Municipal taxation ... 1652–53 Disclosure of leadership campaign contributions ... Municipal waste-water infrastructure assistance ... 638, 837–38 223 Donations to leadership campaigns ... 402–03 New Royalty Framework ... 1784–85, 1820–21, E-mail from a government computer ... 405 1854–55, 1924–25, 2174–75, 2212–13, 2382 Economic strategy ... 1481 New royalty framework ... 1784–85, 1820–21, Education funding ... 1685, 1726 1854–55 Election finances ... 1723 Nuclear power ... 763 Electrical power system ... 230 Olymel pork processing plant ... 2065 Electricity deregulation ... 1654 Openness and transparency in government ... 229, Electricity transmission ... 2384 565–66, 599 Emergency hospital services ... 566–67 Other initiatives program ... 435 Employment of children ... 190, 224–25 Pension plans ... 2065–66 Employment standards ... 14–15 Political party donations ... 1687–88 Energy and Utilities Board ... 2320–2321 Poverty ... 536–37 Environmental sustainability ... 539–40 Private/public partnerships ... 159, 2381 Ethics in government ... 2213 Provincial labour legislation ... 1652 Farm worker exemptions from labour legislation ... Provincial tax regime ... 436 294–95 Public/private partnerships for school construction ... Federal equalization formula ... 158–59 1758, 1759–60 Federal equalization payments ... 43 Questions from Laurier Heights school students ... Federal/provincial fiscal relations ... 1076 2282–83 Financial support for renters ... 835 Racing entertainment centre project ... 157, 188–89, Free vote on temporary rent regulation ... 1183 404, 470, 503, 1441 Government appointments ... 1240 Red Deer River water transfer ... 87–88, 123–24, 157, Government contract with former MLA ... 503–04 1273–74, 1331–32, 1386–87 Government contracting policies ... 469–70, 537–38 Regional municipal planning and development ... 565 Government policy ... 1388 Rent supplement programs ... 925 442 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Political parties Rental starts ... 927 Donations to ... 1687–88, 2213 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 404–05, Donations to: Legislation re ... 1723 1584, 1585 Leadership campaigns, contributions to ... 1650, 2383 Resource development under lake beds ... 570 Leadership campaigns, legislation re ... 1602 Royal Alberta Museum renovations ... 672 Leadership campaigns, legislation re contributions to Royalty rates ... 1444 ... 837–38, 1650, 1688, 1723 Royalty revenues ... 640, 1783–84, 1785, 1819–20, Pork–Export–United States 1853–54, 1923–24, 1993–94 Prevention of, from Olymel pork plant in Red Deer ... Royalty review ... 158 2065 Royalty Review Panel ... 12–14, 41, 87 Port of Prince Rupert Ryley landfill project ... 189, 1239 Container terminal at, Alberta involvement in ... 403 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257–58, 291–93, Postsecondary educational institutions 325–26, 327 Provincial funding for, to enable compliance with St. Joseph's general hospital ... 257–58, 291–93, interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 325–26, 327 Postsecondary educational institutions–Calgary School closures ... 257–58 General remarks ... 1721 School construction ... 1441–42 Poverty Soccer ban on religious headgear ... 2211 General remarks ... 536–37 Sterilization equipment for hospitals ... 362–63 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Student accommodation costs ... 1239 Female candidates, recruitment of ... 17 Support for low-income Albertans ... 328–29, 835–36 Leadership campaign ... 1602 Sustainable water management ... 2212 Leadership campaign contributions, disclosure of ... Taser use by law enforcement personnel ... 1994–95 402–03, 638 Teachers' labour dispute ... 88 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, Teachers' salary negotiations ... 1685–86 from Beaver regional waste management Temporary foreign workers ... 124, 1333, 1387, 2323 commission ... 1479–80, 1542, 1583, 1651, Temporary rent guidelines ... 1759 1687–88, 1723, 1994 Temporary rent regulation ... 836, 837, 871–73, Leadership campaign contributions to Premier, from 1049–51, 1075, 1132–33 Royalty Review Panel members ... 13–14, 41 Timberland investment loss ... 671 Vice-president (finance, Gary C. Campbell) of, as Trade, investment, and labour mobility ... 45, 329–30 public member of Corporate Internal Audit Trade route to Prince Rupert ... 403 Services ... 599 Treasury Branches investments ... 2212 Property rights Water management ... 293, 2381 Impact of Bill 46, Alberta Utilities Commission Act, Water storage ... 293 on ... 1925–26 Watershed management ... 2102 Property tax Women's issues ... 17 General remarks ... 1275 Other initiatives program (Lottery funds) Proportional representation Accessibility of information re ... 435 Consideration of, in other provinces ... 1602, 1603 Parkland school board General remarks ... 1602 Teachers' strike ... 88 Protection for People in Care Act Patronage Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for investigation under ... 325–26 ... 469, 503–04, 537–38, 565–66, 599 Protocol Office Peace Country Health Funding for ... 1598 Funding ... 367 General remarks ... 1592, 1594, 1598 Mental health services funding ... 367 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development General remarks ... 436, 1074–75 Royalty review, criteria for transparency of ... 158 Public Affairs Bureau Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Budget increase ... 1685 Marie Lake seismic testing, environmental impact General remarks ... 1592–93, 1595–96, 1597 assessment of ... 1585 Public opinion surveying ... 1600 Petrochemical industry Review of, 2005, report on ... 1604 Preservation of ... 1481 Public assistance Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Funding for ... 836, 1388 General remarks ... 1721 General remarks ... 2172–73 Police Public contracts Taser usage, guidelines for ... 1995 All-party committee report on ... 261 Political ethics Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 469–70, General remarks ... 2213 503–04, 537–38, 599 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 443
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Public contracts (Continued) Report to Albertans: The Alberta Government Plan Clause in, re repayment of funds if project fails ... (Brochure) 261, 296 Cost of ... 362–63, 1607 Public contracts for consultants General remarks ... 1594, 1600, 1607, 1608 Awarding of ... 1597 Research and development Dept. of Energy consultant ... 2027 General remarks ... 331, 1441, 1685–86 Public lands–Fort McMurray Reservoirs Sale of, for housing ... 2173 General remarks ... 1605 Public service–Alberta Residential tenancies dispute resolution service General remarks ... 1607 General remarks ... 1075 Premier's remarks re ... 1854 Restaurants Public transit Employment of children in ... 224–25 Planning for ... 1605 Revenue Public utilities–Rates Forecasting of, policy re ... 1481 Rate increase regulations ... 871 Ring roads Quality of life Planning for ... 1605 General remarks ... 296, 537, 601, 1783, 1784, 2173 Royal Alberta Museum Impact of energy industry expansion on ... 404–05 Renovations ... 672, 2382 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Airdrie area Royalty Review Panel Overpass/underpass at, congestion re ... 1605 Conflict of interest of panel members ... 13, 41, 87, Queen Elizabeth II hospital, Grande Prairie 158, 565–66 Conversion to community health centre ... 367 General remarks ... 640, 1133–34, 1600 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Makeup of panel ... 12–13 Debate between Official Opposition Leader and Minister of Finance responsible for, panelists' Premier re ... 189, 1274 donations to leadership campaign of ... 14, 41 Former deputy premier's involvement with ... 503 Our Fair Share (report) ... 1819, 1820–21, 1854, 1925 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 87–88, Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of 157, 188–89, 223, 404, 470, 503, 1273–74, appropriate level of resource revenue...1819, 1853 1331–32, 1386–87, 1441 Panelists' donations to Premier's leadership campaign Rail service–Edmonton to Prince Rupert ... 13–14, 41 Upgrading of ... 403 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Recreation centre, Grande Prairie Auditor General's comments re ... 1924 Construction of ... 1820 Energy dept.'s annual reports' coverage of ... Regional health authorities 1923–24, 1993 Funding, to enable compliance with interprovincial Exemptions re (royalty holidays) ... 1854 trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 General remarks ... 1076, 1444, 1759 Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) New Royalty Framework (2007) ... 1783, 1784–85, on ... 45, 330 1819, 1820–21, 1854–55, 1924–25, 1993, Religious headwear 2174–75, 2382 Sports regulations re ... 2211 New Royalty Framework (2007): Changes to ... Rent control 2212–13 Free vote on ... 1183 New Royalty Framework (2007): Investment of funds General remarks ... 600–01, 641–42, 835, 836, 837, from ... 1783–84 871–73, 925, 927, 1049–51, 1075, 1131, 1132–33, Review of ... 158, 1076, 1444, 1480, 1600, 1759, 1184, 1388, 1687, 1759, 2027, 2028 1783, 1784, 1819, 1924, 1993 Poll results re ... 1131, 1132 Review of: Opposition leader's comments re ... 1853 Rent increases Review of: Public meetings re ... 158 Assistance programs re ... 1050, 1051, 1131, 1132, Royalty structure (Energy resources)–Alaska 1184, 1274, 1687 General remarks ... 2174–75, 2382 General remarks ... 504, 566, 638, 835–37, 872–73, Royalty structure (Energy resources)–Newfoundland 925, 927, 1051, 1184, 1240, 1274, 1388, 1687 General remarks ... 1924 Impact on student housing ... 1239–40 Rumsey natural area Limited to one a year ... 566 Industrial activity in ... 43 Rental housing Rural Alberta's Development Fund General remarks ... 2103 Balzac racing entertainment centre funding from ... Impact of rent controls on building of ... 642, 927, 503 1759, 2028 Rural economic development Incentives for ... 1182 General remarks ... 1609 Increase in supply ... 835, 836, 837, 872, 1049, 1131, St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville 1182, 1183, 1687, 1759 Bacterial infection situation in ... 292, 326, 364 Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from ... 291 444 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville (Continued) Snake River ranch Bacterial infection situation in, lawsuits re ... 257 Road connection to ... 567, 837 Bacterial infection situation in, Premier's awareness Soccer regulations of ... 325–26 Religious headwear ban ... 2211 Bacterial infection situation in, public information Social housing session re ... 292, 327, 363 Funding for ... 835, 836, 837, 871, 1049, 1050, 1051, Bacterial infection situation in, public inquiry re ... 1131, 1132, 1182, 1183, 1274, 1605, 1687, 1721 293 General remarks ... 402, 436, 504–05, 566, 638, 764, Bacterial infection situation in, testing re ... 257 1131, 1182, 1184, 1240, 2026–27, 2028, 2103, Sterilization procedures ... 257, 326 2172–73 Sanitary landfills–Ryley Planning for ... 1605 Environmental concerns re ... 1239 Public debate on ... 925 General remarks ... 189 Rent supplement program ... 1049, 1274, 2026–27 Sanitary landfills–Thorhild Rent supplement program in Fort McMurray ... 2101 General remarks ... 540 Social housing–Calgary Save My CWB (Website) Funding for ... 1721 Email posted on ... 405 Social housing–Fort McMurray School boards Funding for ... 2027, 2101, 2173 Funding ... 88, 1685 Impact of apartment fire on ... 637 General remarks ... 88 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Impact of interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) Employees of, salaries for ... 328 on ... 330 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Provincial funding for, to enable compliance with Trades and technology complex funding ... 2382 interprovincial trade agreement (TILMA) ... 45 Speech from the Throne School buses Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 13: Stelmach) ... Use of seat belts in ... 2283 390 School nutrition programs Motion to consider (Motion 1: Stelmach) ... 5 General remarks ... 2063–64 Standing Orders Schoolchildren–Transportation Amendments to ... 1602 Cost increase for ... 1685 Strikes and lockouts–Teachers Schools–Closure Parkland school division labour dispute ... 88 General remarks ... 257–58 Student financial aid Schools–Construction Living allowance element ... 1239 Funding for ... 1441 Student housing Public/private projects re ... 1758, 1759–60 Costs, impact of rent increases on ... 1239–40 Public/private projects re, incursion of public debt re Suncor Inc. ... 2381 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Public/private projects re: Public sector comparator ... 1784–85 for ... 1760 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 1444 Template for ... 1758, 1760 Supportive living facilities–Taber Schools–Maintenance and repair Assisted living facilities ... 837 Funding for ... 1726 Supreme Court of Canada Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Collective bargaining rights decision ... 1652 Environmental impact assessment of, petition Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... presented re ... 1585 2322 Impact on water quality ... 404–05, 570, 1585 Surface rights–Fees Impact on water quality, public consultation re ... General remarks ... 13 1584 Surplus, Budgetary Sewage, Untreated–Recycling Hospital funding with ... 18 Use of recycled lagoon water by petrochemical Management policy for (allocation strategy) ... 1441 industry ... 1605 Municipal funding from ... 436 Sewage disposal plants–Finance Syncrude Canada Ltd. General remarks ... 1275 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Shell Canada Limited ... 1784–85 Views on royalty system changes ... 565 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 1444 Single-parent families Tasers (Electroshock weapons) Public assistance for ... 537 Use by law enforcement personnel ... 1994–95 Slot machines in racing entertainment centres Use by law enforcement personnel, review of ... 1995 Revenue from: Transferred to horse racing industry ... Task forces, Government 1758 Cost of ... 1606 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 445
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Tax exemptions Voting in provincial elections Low-income earners ... 537 Participation rate ... 1602 Tax incentives Wages–Emergency shelter workers For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1182 General remarks ... 328 Taxation, Municipal Wages–Mental health facility employees General remarks ... 1077 General remarks ... 328 Recommendations of the Council on Municipal Wages–Minimum wage Sustainability on ... 436, 1077 Increasing of ... 836 Taxation, Provincial Wages–Social workers General remarks ... 436, 1077 General remarks ... 328 Teachers' Pension Plan Water diversion Unfunded liability ... 1726 General remarks ... 2212 Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of ... Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability 2065–66 General remarks ... 293, 1441, 1481, 1605, 2102, Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of, 2381 Premier's statement re ... 2024 Water licences Technology commercialization Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 87, General remarks ... 331 123–24, 157, 470, 503, 1273–74, 1331–32 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Water pipelines–Beiseker/Irricana/Acme General remarks ... 872, 1049, 1274 General remarks ... 1331 Timber Water quality Value-added processing re ... 42 General remarks ... 2102 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Water quality–Marie Lake (Alberta /British Columbia) Impact of energy development on ... 404–05, 570, Alberta legislation re ... 330 1584, 1585 Discussion in Alberta legislature ... 45, 329 Water quality–Ryley area Funding/consultation with MUSH sector re ... 45, 330 Impact of landfill project on ... 1239 General remarks ... 1608 Water resources development Impact on Alberta regulations ... 329 General remarks ... 293, 2381 Impact on municipalities ... 329 Water resources development–Athabasca River Public consultation re, prior to implementation ... 330 General remarks ... 2102 Public release of information re ... 329–30 Water storage Traffic accidents–Prevention General remarks ... 293, 1605 As means of reducing emergency room visits ... 567 Water supply Transportation Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 2212 Planning for ... 1605 Water supply–Southern Alberta Treasury Board General remarks ... 1441 Transfer of Corporate Internal Audit Services to ... Water treatment plants 1592 Funding for ... 1275 Treasury Branches Water treatment plants–Taber Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 2212 Funding for ... 567, 837 Investment policy, role of provincial government in ... Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers 2212 Impact of ... 1605 Trucks–Inspection–Alberta/B.C. border Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–North Joint inspection station ... 1608–09 Saskatchewan River Tuition fees Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... 600 Policy re ... 331–32 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. Debate between Official Opposition Leader and Agreement with province re Balzac racing Premier re ... 189, 1274 entertainment complex ... 157, 188, 1273–74 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 87–88, 123–24, 157, 188–89, 223, 1273–74, 87–88 1331–32, 1386–87, 1441 United Nurses of Alberta Watershed planning Letter to East Central health region re public General remarks ... 2102 confidence in it ... 363 Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society Urban/rural relations CIP grant funding for ... 434 General remarks ... 1608, 1609 Whistle-blower protection Vancouver International Airport Legislation re ... 537 Taser incident in ... 1994 Women in politics Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) Encouragement to ... 17 Ministerial statement re ... 433 446 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) (Continued) (Continued) Women's issues Canadian Judicial Council General remarks ... 17 Guidelines re circumstantial evidence ... 470 Women's Secretariat Civil law General remarks ... 17 Public education re ... 1432 Wood Mackenzie Civil law–Finance Study of Alberta royalty regime ... 640 General remarks ... 1305 Workers' Compensation Board Committee on Government Services, Standing Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 294–95 Referral of Bill 1, Lobbyists Act, to (Motion 21: Zoning, Municipal Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339 Impact of Alberta/B.C. trade agreement on ... 329 Constitution Act, 1982 Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... 674 Alberta Opting out provisions (drivers' licince photo Aboriginal litigation against, funding to deal with ... exemption issue) ... 1690 1305, 1431 Court cases, Mega Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Additional prosecutors for ... 1305 Role re drug courts ... 878 Court of Appeal Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Drivers' licence photos exemption decision ... Board members' resignation from ... 2138 1689–90 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Jurisdiction re vexatious litigant applications, Calgary, hearing re: Public inquiry re use of private legislation re (Bill 18) ... 122 investigators at ... 2138 Court of Queen's Bench Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Jurisdiction re vexatious litigant applications, Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at legislation re (Bill 18) ... 122 ... 2137, 2138–39 Court services–Finance Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to General remarks ... 1305 Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at, Courts Perras report on ... 2138 Independence of ... 674–75 Alberta Health Care Insurance Act Information management system upgrade for, funding Cost of administering (Q33/06: Response tabled as for ... 1305, 1431 SP101/07) ... 265 Courts–Staff Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Increase in ... 1305 Accounts in arrears, payments to collection agencies Crime prevention re (Q34/06: Response tabled as SP101/07) ... 265 General remarks ... 1855 Cost of administering, including subsidies and Role of communities in ... 1892 collection of arrears (Q34/06: Response tabled as Treatment programs re ... 1855 SP101/07) ... 265 Crime reduction Cost of administering (Q33/06: Response tabled as General remarks ... 1307 SP101/07) ... 265 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Alberta Justices of the Peace Compensation Commission Drug treatment courts recommendation ... 2107 Salary increase recommendation ... 1305 Final report ... 1858, 1892 Alberta Law Foundation Final report and government response to ... 1855 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP744/07: Tabled) ... 1897 Funding for task force's work ... 1306, 1431 Alberta Registries General remarks ... 1432, 1689 Input of car insurance data into database of ... 569 Purpose of ... 1307 Alexander First Nation Repeat offender recommendations ... 1891 Internet gambling plans ... 437 Criminal Code (Federal) Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Internet gambling provisions ... 437 19) Criminal justice system Committee ... 658 Funding for ... 1305 Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects General remarks ... 1305 Photographs on, Hutterites exemption from ... Public education re ... 1432 1689–90 Criminals Bail Treatment programs for ... 1855 Attendance of crown prosecutors at hearings for, in Crystal Meth Task Force lieu of police ... 1891 Report ... 2107 Butler, Stephanie CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Murder of, inquiry into ... 472 Act (Bill Pr. 1) Calgary Courts Centre Committee ... 2218–19 Provincial funding for ... 1306, 1388–89, 1431 Dept. of Energy Calgary Legal Guidance Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at General remarks ... 1433 EUB hearing ... 2138 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 447
Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Judges, Part-time Annual report, 2005-06 (SP34/07: Tabled) ... 26 Legislation re (Bill 28) ... 467–68 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP807/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Judges, Provincial Court Bill forfeiture collection team, budget for ... 1306, Appointment process ... 675 1431 Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) Court services division funding ... 1305 First Reading ... 122 Legal services division funding ... 1305, 1431 Second Reading ... 528–29, 532 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1305–08, Committee ... 1750, 1774 1431–35 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP641, 671/07: Tabled) Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions ... 1750 during (SP586-587/07: Tabled) ... 1591 Third Reading ... 1776 Minister's knowledge of use of private investigators at Judicial advisory committees (Federal) EUB hearing ... 2137 Changes to ... 675 Staffing ... 1306 Judicial Council, Alberta Strategic leadership team, budget for ... 1306 Provincial Court judges selection process ... 675 Dispute resolution (Justice system) Judicial power General remarks ... 1433 Independence of ... 674–75 Domestic violence–Legal aspects Justice information management system (JIMS) Family violence prosecutors ... 1305, 1431 Funding for ... 1305, 1431 Drug courts Justice system General remarks ... 878, 1855, 2107 Access to, funding for ... 1305 Edmonton Centre for Equal Justice General remarks ... 1432, 1892 General remarks ... 1432, 1433 Public confidence in ... 1434 Edmonton Police Service Public education re ... 1432 Stephanie Butler murder investigation ... 472 Law Information Centres (LInC) Education–Curricula General remarks ... 1432 Justice system module ... 1432 Law Society of Alberta Family courts Annual report, 2006 (SP743/07: Tabled) ... 1897 General remarks ... 1855 Pro bono Alberta program ... 1434 Family law Legal aid General remarks ... 1434 Federal funding for ... 1433 Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act Funding for ... 1433–34 Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329 Legal Aid Society of Alberta Fatal Accidents Act Funding for ... 1305, 1431 Section 8, review of (SP742/07: Tabled) ... 1897 General remarks ... 1434 Fatality inquiries Legal Profession Act Stephanie Butler murder ... 472 Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329 Forest and Prairie Protection Act Lethbridge Legal Guidance Amendment of ... 1658 General remarks ... 1433–34 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 437 Second Reading: Referral to Government Services Government attorneys committee (Motion 21: Stelmach/Stevens) ... 1339 Bail hearing attendance, in lieu of police ... 1891 Maintenance (Domestic relations) Bail hearing attendance, in lieu of police: Wetaskiwin Caseload ... 1305–06, 1308, 1431, 1432–33 pilot project re ... 1891 Co-operation with other jurisdictions re ... 1308 Increase in numbers of ... 1305, 1307, 1308, 1431, Funding ... 1306, 1308, 1431 1434 Funding for information system upgrade re ... 1306 Prosecution of family violence cases ... 1305, 1431 Staff attitude towards clients ... 1432–33 Workload ... 875–76 Mediation (Legal process) Government legal services Funding for ... 1433 Funding ... 1305, 1431 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 44) Hutterites First Reading ... 1658 Drivers' licence photo exemption for ... 1689–90 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (No. 2) Identification, Personal (Bill 57) Theft of ... 1689 First reading ... 2329 Insurance, Automobile Third reading ... 2516 Driving without, cost of claims re ... 569 Mortgage fraud Integrated Response to Organized Crime Additional prosecutors re ... 1305 General remarks ... 1305 Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund Internet (Computer network) General remarks ... 569 Gambling on ... 437 448 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) (Continued) (Continued) Municipalities Safe communities secretariat Role in crime reduction and safe communities ... 1892 Proposal for ... 1855 Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act (Bill 212) Funding for equipment upgrades ... 1306 Third reading ... 2331–32 Funding increase for ... 1305, 1431 General remarks ... 1892 Oral Question Period (2007) School Act Calgary courthouse ... 1388–89 Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1855, 1892 Schools–Security aspects Criminal justice system ... 1654 Funding for ... 1689 Crown prosecutors ... 875–76 General remarks ... 1689 Driver's licence photos ... 1689–90 Self-representation in court Drug treatment courts ... 878, 2107 Assistance re ... 1432 Internet gaming ... 437 Sentences (Criminal procedure) Judicial system ... 674–75 For young offenders ... 1654 Police officer supply ... 1858 For young offenders, federal changes to ... 1654 Racing entertainment centre project ... 470 Sheriffs Registries database access ... 569 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1432 Repeat offenders ... 1891 Substance abuse–Treatment School security ... 1689 General remarks ... 2107 Stephanie Butler homicide ... 472 Supreme Court of Canada Use of private investigators by EUB ... 2137–38 Appeal of Alberta Court of Appeal decision re Police drivers' licence photo exemption to ... 1690 Increase in numbers of ... 1858 Traffic Safety Act Port of Prince Rupert Amendment re drivers' licence photos exemption ... Alberta access to, joint initiatives re (Q27/06: 1690 Response tabled as SP102/07) ... 265 Traffic tickets Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper) Electronic processing of ... 1432, 1435 Judicial advisory committee changes ... 675 Increase in number of, impact on court staffing ... Project Infiltrate 1305, 1431, 1432 General remarks ... 1305 Traffic violations Project Kare Faster handling of ... 1432 General remarks ... 1305 Vexatious litigants Provincial Court Act Legislation re (Bill 18) ... 122 Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329 Wages–Justices of the peace Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 28) Increase to ... 1305, 1431 First Reading ... 467–68 Women, Murdered/missing Second Reading ... 546–47 Investigation of ... 1305 Committee ... 626 Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) Third Reading ... 662 Review of ... 1654 Provincial Court Nominating Committee Stewart, Ms Nicole (Student, Catholic Central High, Judicial selection process ... 675 Lethbridge) Provincial Court of Alberta Poems Jurisdiction re vexatious litigant applications, Remembrance Day poem read by student ... 1885 legislation re (Bill 18) ... 122 Remembrance Day 2007 Staff increase for ... 1305, 1431 Student's poem re ... 1885 Provincial Offences Procedure Act Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) Amendment of (Bill 57) ... 2329 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Public Legal Education Network of Alberta Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 910 General remarks ... 1432 Agricultural value-added production Public safety (From criminal activity) Performance measures re ... 1421 General remarks ... 1305, 1307, 1431, 1891 Alberta biodiversity monitoring project Public Service Act General remarks ... 1389–90 Amendment of ... 1658 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Public Trustee Funding for ... 1399 Budget ... 1305, 1431 Alberta Government Offices Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Ottawa office, creation of ... 1427 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 470 Alberta Outfitters Association Repeat offenders Involvement with tourism development projects ... Flagging system re ... 1891 1423 Initiatives re ... 1891 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 449
Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) Alberta Recreation Corridors Coordinating Committee Dept. of Health and Wellness (2006) Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... General remarks ... 1423 1229–30 Alberta royalty tax credit Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Elimination of ... 1401 Relations Alberta Summer Games Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1427 Funding for ... 1423 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Alberta Winter Games Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1431–32 Funding for ... 1423 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Animal Health Act (Bill 32) Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 910–11 General remarks ... 1421 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Auditor General Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1409 Reforestation programs' performance measures, Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture comments re ... 1409 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1423 Bighorn wildlife recreation area Dinosaur trail Protected status for, petition presented re ... 2389 Development of, throughout Alberta ... 1423 Biofuels industry Drinking water General remarks ... 1230 Quality of: Performance measures re ... 1411 Use of wood debris from logging for ... 295 Ecotourism Camping, Random–Public lands Develoment of ... 1423 General remarks ... 1409 Electric power, Coal-produced Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program General remarks ... 1229 General remarks ... 910 Electric power–Prices Carbon dioxide emissions General remarks ... 1399 Impact of logging on ... 1230 Electric power–Supply Caribou General remarks ... 1229 Impact of pine beetle infection on ... 1896 Electric power plants Civil law Siting of ... 1399 Public education re ... 1431 Electricity meters Climate change Reading of ... 1230 Alberta plan for, funding re ... 1411 Endangered wildlife species Climate Change and Emissions Management Funding for recovery plans re ... 1409 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Separate legislation re ... 1409 General remarks ... 290, 1399, 1411 Energy efficiency CN Rail Incentives for ... 1230 Service levels in Alberta ... 1727 Enmax Corporation Coal–Export Power plant construction, Calgary area ... 1399 Promotion of ... 1230 Environment Week Coal–Royalties Member's statement re ... 1581 General remarks ... 1399 Environmental impact assessments Coal-bed methane extraction Biodiversity monitoring project assistance with ... Groundwater pollution issues ... 1230 1390 Coal energy, Clean Environmental protection Research into ... 1230 Member's statement re ... 1581 Coal gasification Environmental Protection and Enhancement General remarks ... 1399 (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Community development master agreement (Edson, 2007 (Bill 205) Hinton, Yellowhead County) First Reading ... 290 Member's statement re ... 534 Second Reading ... 853 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force General remarks ... 1230 General remarks ... 1431 Environmentally friendly automobiles Criminal justice system Incentives for ... 1230 Public education re ... 1431 Fish management Dept. of Agriculture and Food General remarks ... 1409 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1421 Food chain traceability programs Dept. of Energy General remarks ... 1421 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Forest conservation 1229–30 General remarks ... 927 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1399, 1401 Forest management agreements Dept. of Environment West Fraser agreement, Hinton area ... 1409 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Grande Cache Coal Corporation 1229–30 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1411 Tailings, disposal of ... 1399 450 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) Grazing lands, Public Passport requirements, Canadian Performance measures re ... 1409 Impact on tourism ... 2176–77 Groundwater Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Testing of ... 1230 Protected area designation for Kakwa, Little Smoky, Groundwater–Pollution and Bughorn areas ... 2389 Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 1230 Pine beetles–Control Happy Creek Estates housing project, Hinton General remarks ... 16, 770, 1895–96 Funding for ... 2105 Impact on carbon dioxide emissions ... 1230 Intermunicipal relations Pine beetles–Control–Willmore Wilderness Park Member's statement re ... 534 General remarks ... 1896 Jasper National Park Property tax–Education levy 100th anniversary ... 1423 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 719 Kakwa area Protected areas Protected status for, petition presented re ... 2389 For wildlife protection ... 927 Land-use framework Public lands Biodiversity monitoring project assistance with ... Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 1409 1390 Public lands–Yellowhead corridor Public consultations re ... 732 Tourism and recreation developments on ... 1409, Little Smoky area 1423 Protected status for, petition presented re ... 2389 Rail service–Alberta Logging General remarks ... 1727 Impact on carbon dioxide emissions ... 1230 Railroad Competition and Service Improvement Act As pine bark beetle control measure ... 1409 (U.S. Senate Bill S.953) As pine bark beetle control measure, impact on General remarks ... 1727 carbon dioxide emissions ... 1230 Reclamation of land Logging industry Abandoned well sites ... 1230, 1401 Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1427 General remarks ... 1230 Lumber–Export Reclamation of land–Standards Diversification of markets for ... 1409 Review of, legislation re (Bill 205) ... 290 Maintenance (Domestic relations) Recreational trails Staff attitude towards clients ... 1431–32 Funding for development of ... 1423 Major community facilities program Reforestation General remarks ... 1423 General remarks ... 1409 Members' Statements (2007) Performance measures for, Auditor General's Community development master agreement ... 534 comments re ... 1409 Environment Week ... 1581 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology Supportive living project in Jasper ... 688 Gallery renovation funding ... 1423 Métis hunting/fishing rights School (Canadian History Content) Amendment Act, Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 2007 (Bill 215) 1427 Second reading ... 2340–41 Milner Power Inc. Senior citizens–Housing Grande Cache electric power plant ... 1399 West Yellowhead projects ... 910–11 Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) General remarks ... 534 Committee ... 702 Off-highway vehicles Third Reading ... 848–49 Damage done by ... 1409 Social housing Trails for, fees re ... 732 Funding for ... 911, 2105 Oil and gas leases Rent supplement program ... 910 Revenue from, decline of ... 1399 Rent supplement program in West Yellowhead Oral Question Period (2007) constituency ... 2105 Affordable housing in West Yellowhead ... 2105 Social housing–West Yellowhead constituency Biodiversity monitoring project ... 1389–90 Funding for ... 910, 2105–06 Forest sustainability ... 927 Softwoods–Export–United States Land-use framework consultation ... 732 Countervail duties re, return to producers ... 1427 Mountain pine beetle ... 16 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 407 Mountain pine beetle control ... 770, 1895–96 Speech from the Throne Railway safety ... 1727 Debate ... 385–86 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 407 Sports Tourism promotion ... 2176–77 Provincial support for ... 1423 Wood debris from timber harvesting ... 295 Supportive living facilities Parks, Provincial Assisted living facility, Jasper: Member's statement re 75th anniversary of ... 1423 ... 688 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 451
Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Timber (Continued) Value-added processing re ... 1409 Alberta–Environmental policy Timber killed by pine beetles General remarks ... 224 Utilization of ... 770, 1409, 1896 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Tourism Minister's remarks to, re cumulative impact Impact of TILMA agreement on ... 1427 assessment processes ... 293 Tourism, Aboriginal Alberta Building Code General remarks ... 1423 Improvements to ... 1381 Tourism–Marketing Alberta Energy and Utilities Board General remarks ... 1423, 2176–77 Marie Lake energy development project decision ... Tourism–Yellowhead corridor 331 Development of ... 1409, 1423 Public hearings, letter re (SP280/07: Tabled) ... 678 Tourists, American Public hearings process ... 1222 Numbers of ... 2176–77 Sour gas wells, approval of ... 1928–29 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Alberta Liberal Party (Alberta /British Columbia) Climate change policy, member's statement re ... 636 General remarks ... 1423 Alberta Medical Association Impact on logging industry ... 1427 Amended agreement re fees ... 107 Impact on tourism industry ... 1427 Alberta support and emergency response team Traffic Safety Act General remarks ... 1377 Enforcement of ... 1431 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Traffic violations Impact on public nuclear energy discussions ... 2032 Faster handling of ... 1431 Animal health investigation committee (Dept. of Transportation Amendment Act (Federal Bill C-44) Agriculture and Food) Railway service improvements under ... 1727 Disbanding of ... 1929 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Funding for ... 1411 2) (Bill 56) General remarks ... 1411 Second reading ... 2262–63 Water quality Arsenic in food chain–Fort Chipewyan Performance measures re ... 1411 General remarks ... 1222, 2287 Well sites, Abandoned Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Remediation of ... 1230, 1401 Funding for, letter re (SP523/07: Tabled) ... 1386 Remediation of, funding for ... 1230 Athabasca River–Water levels West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. General remarks ... 2212 Forest management area practices ... 1409 Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd. Wildlife Act Sour gas leak, Stettler area ... 1928–29 Species not covered by ... 1409 Cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan Wildlife conservation General remarks ... 1222 General remarks ... 927 Carbon dioxide emissions Wildlife management Reduction in ... 193, 636, 1380–81 General remarks ... 1409 Carbon dioxide sequestration Willmore Wilderness Park General remarks ... 636 General remarks ... 1423 Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Pine beetle infection in ... 1896 207) Wood debris from timber harvesting Second Reading ... 857–58 Utilization of ... 295, 1230 Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) World Environment Day Third Reading ... 391 General remarks ... 1581 Climate change Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Alberta plan for ... 1377, 1380 AAA Cattle Company Ltd. General remarks ... 160–61, 193, 289, 535, 1379, Feedlot, Didsbury area, waste discharge from ... 1655 1391 Feedlot, Didsbury area, waste discharge from: Photos Impact on water supplies ... 1218 of (SP602/07: Tabled) ... 1659 Member's statement re ... 85, 635–36 Agricultural land–Edmonton area Climate change–Public consultations Loss of ... 535 General remarks ... 1391 Agrium Inc. Climate Change and Emissions Management Fluoride emissions, Industrial Heartland area ... 1218 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Air quality–Industrial Heartland area Second Reading ... 242–44, 378, 380 General remarks ... 1218, 1222 Committee ... 481, 485, 487–88 Air quality–Standards Committee: Amendment A5 (SP221/07: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1377 511 452 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) (Continued) (Continued) Climate Change and Emissions Management Elbow River watershed Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) (Continued) Preservation of ... 1055–56 Committee: Amendment A6 (SP222/07: Tabled) ... Electric power, Coal-produced–Environmental aspects 514 General remarks ... 1381 Third Reading ... 618, 619–20 Energy conservation General remarks ... 1391 General remarks ... 107 Climate Change Central Personal initiatives re ... 636 General remarks ... 1381 Energy efficiency Coal-bed methane extraction General remarks ... 636 Animal/human health issues re ... 1222 Incentives for ... 1381 Groundwater pollution issues ... 43, 535, 726, 1222, Energy industry 1379 Activity in protected areas ... 43 Coal-bed methane extraction–Rumsey ecological area Developments under lake beds ... 569–70 General remarks ... 43 Energy industry–Marie Lake area Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Impact on lake water quality ... 330–31, 473–74, Committee ... 2273–74 569–70 Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Impact on lake water quality, letter re (SP212, Second Reading ... 207 240/07: Tabled) ... 502, 564 Contaminated sites Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Cleanup of ... 107, 1382 General remarks ... 85, 107, 224, 636, 1380–81 Cleanup of, member's statement re ... 1650 Environmental Appeal Board Council on carbon emissions and climate change, All- Water licence for Balzac racing entertainment party (Proposed) complex ... 2105 General remarks ... 636 Environmental impact assessments County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54) Balzac racing entertainment complex water Second reading ... 2232–33 requirements, studies/reports on (M8/07: Response General remarks ... 2212 tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661 Dept. of Energy Cumulative assessments ... 289, 293–94, 535, 1218, Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 1222, 1378–79, 2026 1217–19, 1222 Cumulative assessments: Funding for ... 1380 Dept. of Environment Ryley landfill project ... 1239 Budget adequacy ... 107, 294, 474, 535, 1377, 1378 Environmental protection Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... General remarks ... 85, 224 1217–19, 1222 Partnerships re (intergovernmental/ aboriginal), Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1377–82 funding for ... 1377 Monitoring function ... 1377 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Role of ... 1378–79, 1762 Act, 2006 (Bill 29, 2006) Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... General remarks ... 1382, 1650, 1762 107 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Dept. of Health and Wellness (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... 2007 (Bill 205) 1217–19, 1222 Second Reading ... 585–86, 853 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Farm fatalities 107–08 Death of Kevan Chandler, letter re (SP650/07: Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Tabled) ... 1767 Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Farm safety 107 Standards for ... 1767 Drumheller Farm worker day Awareness of water withdrawal from Red Deer River Letter re (SP651/07: Tabled) ... 1767 ... 90, 404 Feedlots Earth Day Waste discharge from ... 1655 General remarks ... 635, 636 Fort McMurray East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 535 Second reading ... 2234–38 Gas well drilling industry–Eastern Slopes area Eastern Irrigation District Petition tabled re (SP648/07) ... 1767 Sale of water to other users ... 1857 Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Economic development and the environment General remarks ... 1928–29 General remarks ... 43, 289, 293–94, 330–31, 539–40 Gas well drilling industry–Tomahawk area Member's statement re ... 85, 535 Petition presented re ... 1658 Economic growth Petition tabled re (SP649/07: Tabled) ... 1767 Impact on the environment ... 535, 539–40, 635 Impact on water supplies ... 289, 293–94, 539–40 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 453
Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) (Continued) (Continued) Genocide–Sudan Land-use framework Green ribbons and brochures campaign re (SP991/07: General remarks ... 43, 107 Tabled) ... 2291 Land-use planning Member's statement re ... 1851 General remarks ... 535 Geothermal power Livestock General remarks ... 636 Impact of coal-bed methane extraction process on ... Greenhouse gas emissions 1222 Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 193, Impact of sour gas emissions on ... 1928–29 1391 Livestock industry, Intensive Intensity targets for industry re ... 193, 1391 Regulations changes re ... 1135–36 Groundwater Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Impact of confined feeding operations on ... 1135–36 General remarks ... 1135–36, 1655 Inventory/mapping of ... 107, 289, 1377 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Testing of ... 1222, 1377, 1379 Committee ... 2221 Groundwater–Industrial Heartland area Logging, Clear-cut Inventory/mapping of ... 2212 Cessation of ... 224 Groundwater–Pollution Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Beverly Channel, Industrial Heartland area ... 2212 General remarks ... 1055–56 Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 43, 535, 726 Letter re (SP452/07: Tabled) ... 1130 Coal bed methane drilling impact on: Independent Medical profession review of ... 726 Scope of practice issue ... 107 Groundwater–Ryley area Medical profession–Fees Impact of landfill project on ... 1239 Amended agreement re ... 107 Health impact assessments of industrial development Medical profession–Fort McMurray General remarks ... 107–08, 1218, 1222 Relief of, by stand in doctor for a day program ... 108 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Members' Statements (2007) Investigations re ... 1222 Climate change ... 85, 635–36 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Conflict in Darfur, Sudan ... 1851–52 41) Contaminated sites cleanup ... 1650 Second reading ... 2109–10 Environmental sustainability ... 535 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 Oil sands multistakeholder consultation ... 2026 (No.2) (Bill 50) Water management ... 289 Second reading ... 2225–26 Mental health services Health sciences personnel General remarks ... 107 Scope of practice ... 107 Methane in water Home care program General remarks ... 1222, 1379 General remarks ... 107 Mineral rights Horseshoe Canyon Sale of, for under lake bed areas ... 570 Industrial development in, impact on groundwater Mineral rights–Marie Lake area supplies ... 43 Sale of ... 474 Horseshoe Lands, Bow Valley Municipal District of Rocky View Development of, letter re (SP211/07: Tabled) ... 502 Balzac racing entertainment complex water Hospitals–Calgary requirements, studies/reports re (M8/07: Response New south Calgary hospital: Petition presented re ... tabled as SP685/07) ... 1661 122 Natural areas Hub Oil Company Ltd. Industrial development in ... 43 Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 1762 Natural gas rebates Risk management plan ... 1762 Conversion to green fund for energy efficiency ... 636 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Natural Resources Conservation Board Cumulative impact assessment of ... 1218–19, 1379, Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1136, 1655 2212 Cuff report on ... 1136 Environmental impact of ... 540 Nuclear power Health impact of ... 107–08, 540, 1218, 1222 General remarks ... 2032 Impact on water supplies ... 1218, 2212 Public discussions re ... 2032 Integrated land management on public lands (ILM) Public funding for ... 2032 General remarks ... 43 Oil sands development Intermunicipal relations Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 535 General remarks ... 404 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... Irrigation districts 293–94 Sale of water to other users ... 1857 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 2026 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke report on ... 1379 454 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) (Continued) (Continued) Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Reclamation of land Cumulative effects assessment of ... 535, 2026 General remarks ... 1219, 1382, 1650 General remarks ... 330–31, 2026 Oil sands area ... 2026 Oil sands development–Health aspects Recycling (Waste, etc.) General remarks ... 1222, 2286–87 Provincial program for ... 224, 636 Oil sands development–Waste disposal Red Deer River–Water levels Tailings ponds, reclamation of ... 2026 Studies re (M8/07: Response tabled as SP685/07) ... Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee 1661 Recommendations, member's statement re ... 2026 Regional health authorities Oldman River basin Health impact assessment capability re industrial Moratorium on water licences in ... 1381 development ... 107, 1218 Oral Question Period (2007) Sour gas leaks, notification re ... 1929 Affordable housing in Calgary ... 840 Rent control Carbon dioxide emissions ... 193 Letters re (SP210/07: Tabled) ... 502 Climate change ... 160–61, 1391 Rent increases Confined feeding operations ... 1135–36, 1655 General remarks ... 840 Elbow River watershed ... 1055–56 Impact on AISH recipients: Letter re (SP523/07: Environmental policy ... 224 Tabled) ... 1386 Environmental sustainability ... 539–40 Rent increases–Calgary Groundwater stewardship ... 726 General remarks ... 840 Hub Oil contaminated site cleanup ... 1762 Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy Integrated land-use management strategy ... 43 Report ... to the Ministry of Environment, Province Nuclear power ... 2032 of Alberta ... 293, 294, 726, 1135–36, 1379 Racing entertainment centre project ... 403–04 Report ... to the Ministry of Environment, Province of Red Deer River water transfer ... 90 Alberta, member's statement re ... 289 Resource development in Marie Lake area ... 330–31, Rumsey natural area 473–74 Industrial activity in ... 43 Resource development under lake beds ... 569–70 Sanitary landfills–Ryley Ryley landfill project ... 1239 Environmental concerns re ... 1239 Sour gas well safety ... 1928–29 Sanitary landfills–Thorhild Sustainable water management ... 2212 General remarks ... 540 Water licence transfer ... 2105 School boards Water management ... 293–94, 1857–58 Funding: Letter re (SP652/07: Tabled) ... 1767 Water quality in Fort Chipewyan ... 2286–87 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Impact on water quality ... 330–31, 473–74, 569–70 Groundwater report ... 726 Impact on water quality, letters re (SP212, 240/07: Progress indicators for environmental sustainability ... Tabled) ... 502, 564 1218 Sewage, Treated–Strathmore Personal Directives Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 40) Disposal into Bow River ... 1380 Second reading ... 1878–79 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Second Reading ... 1750 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of ... 2034 Committee ... 1867–68 Sour gas wells, Tomahawk area ... 1658, 1767 Petitions presented re ... 2034 South Calgary hospital construction ... 122 Solar power Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2007) General remarks ... 636 Sour gas well drilling on the Eastern Slopes South Saskatchewan River basin (SP648/07) ... 1767 Overuse of ... 535, 1381, 1857–58 Police Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 16) Speech from the Throne Committee ... 525 Debate ... 178–80, 386, 388 Preventive medical services Spills (Pollution) General remarks ... 107 Cleanup re ... 1650 Progress indicators (environmental sustainability) Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change General remarks ... 1218 General remarks ... 636, 1380 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Sudan–Politics and government General remarks ... 2105 Member's statement re ... 1851–52 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 403–04, Supplementary estimates 2105 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 107–08 Studies, reports on (M8/07: Response tabled as Sustainable resource and environmental management SP685/07) ... 1661 (cross-ministry initiative) General remarks ... 1378 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 455
Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) (Continued) (Continued) Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Watershed conservation Second Reading ... 951–53 General remarks ... 224, 1378–79 Committee ... 1027 Watershed planning and advisory councils Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 37) General remarks ... 1381 Committee ... 1874 Western Irrigation District Town of Bashaw and Village of Ferintosh Water Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Authorization Act (Bill 33) complex ... 2105 Second Reading ... 1043–44 Westridge Utilities Inc. Tsuu T'ina First Nation Appeal of water licence transfer from WID to Balzac Appeal of water licence transfer from WID to Balzac megamall ... 2105 megamall ... 2105 Wind power Water Act General remarks ... 636 Water use provisions, updating of ... 1858 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) Water conservation Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 1378–79 Downturn in, planning for ... 1535 Legislation re (Bill 216) ... 1888 General remarks ... 1535–36 Water diversion Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force General remarks ... 2212 Report ... 566, 801–02, 1182 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Alberta Capital Region Alliance Funding for ... 1377, 1381 Failure of ... 565 General remarks ... 107, 289, 331 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Water licences Bitumen upgrader, Edmonton area, application review Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90, 404, ... 599 1857 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing Calgary, Energy dept.'s letter re ... 2320–21 entertainment complex in Balzac ... 2105 Government interference in decisions of ... 2320–21 Water Protection and Conservation Statutes Amendment Nuclear power plants hearings ... 763 Act, 2007 (Bill 216) Utility rate increases applications ... 871 First reading ... 1888 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Water quality–Fort Chipewyan Role in monitoring patient safety in hospitals ... 326 Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 2286–87 Allocation of natural resources revenue to, legislation Water quality–Marie Lake re (Bill 201) ... 25 Impact of energy development on ... 330–31, 473–74, Tobacco company investments ... 1651 569–70 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Impact of energy development on, letters re (SP212, Religious headwear bans in sports cases ... 2211 240/07: Tabled) ... 502, 564 Alberta Liberal Party Water quality–Ryley area Housing policy ... 566 Impact of landfill project on ... 1239 Alberta Teachers' Association Water resources development Letter to, re unfunded pension liability funding from General remarks ... 293–94, 535, 1379, 1381, province ... 689 1857–58 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Legislation re (Bill 216) ... 1888 Second reading ... 2085–92 Member's statement re ... 289 General remarks ... 2321 Water supply Time allocation on debate of ... 2249 General remarks ... 535 Alberta Works (Employment training program) Use by Industrial Heartland upgraders ... 1218, 2212 Phone information line (rent increase inquiries) ... Water supply–Red Deer River basin 871–72, 925 General remarks ... 90 Alpha Gamma Delta (Sorority) Water treatment plants CIP grant given to ... 401 Funding for ... 1377 AltaLink Management Ltd. Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers Electric power line (500kV), Edmonton to Calgary: Impact of ... 107, 289 Government interference re ... 2320–21 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Bow River Official of, conflict of interest re provincial electricity Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... transmission policy ... 2321 2105 Antilitter campaign, province-wide Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 90, General remarks ... 2283 1857 Apartment buildings Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac, Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 566 documentation re (M8/07: Response tabled as Apartment fire, Fort McMurray SP685/07) ... 1661 Impact of ... 637 456 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Arts–Finance Calgary Health Region Allocation of natural resources revenue to, legislation Emergency services capacity ... 688–89 re (Bill 201) ... 25 Emergency services capacity, public inquiry re ... 689 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Calgary issues Clawback of benefits from, letter re (SP535/07: General remarks ... 1721 Tabled) ... 1440 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Athabasca River–Water levels General remarks ... 835 General remarks ... 2102 Canadian National Vimy Memorial Athabasca River basin General remarks ... 433 Management plan for ... 2102 Capital projects Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Allocation of natural resources revenue to, legislation Provision of reactors to the energy industry ... 763 re (Bill 201) ... 25 Radioactive waste disposal methods ... 764 Public/private partnerships re ... 2380–81 Auditor General Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Community initiatives program audit ... 401 Funding for ... 1441, 2173 Continuing care facility management investigation Cellular telephones (Seniors care programs): Report ... 40 Use while driving, ban on ... 2282 Other initiatives program criteria, report on ... 435 Use while driving, student's letter re (SP994/07: Public Affairs Bureau secondments to government Tabled) ... 2291 departments, review of ... 1595 Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) Public contracts' awarding process ... 1596 (Proposed) Public/private partnership projects (P3s), report on ... General remarks ... 1990 1758 Coalition of Seniors Advocates Resource royalty system comments ... 1783, 1819–20, Letter re seniors' exemption from education property 1853 tax (SP951/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Resource royalty system reporting in Energy dept.'s Collective bargaining–Teachers annual reports, comments re ... 1923–24, 1956–58 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension funding on ... Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), 689 discused with cabinet ... 1993 Committee on Managing Growth Pressures, Standing Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), Beaver waste management commission's donation to release of ... 1853–54, 1924, 1957, 1958 Premier's leadership campaign referral to, Resource royalty system reports (2004 and 2005), emergency motion re ... 1659 tabling of ... 1819–20 Committees, Policy field (all-party) Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Referral of unethical donations to leadership Donation requests to, from other PC leadership campaigns to ... 1650 contenders ... 1583, 1614–15, 1651 Community initiatives program Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... Audit of, by Auditor General ... 401 1479–80, 1535, 1582–83, 1615, 1650–51 Grants awarded without matching funds ... 401, 434 Donation to Premier's leadership campaign referred to Political influence in granting process re ... 401, 435 Managing Growth Pressures committee, emergency Conflict of interest motion re ... 1659 Kellan Fluckiger and electric power transmission Independent inspection of, re leadership campaign projects ... 2320–21 donations ... 1615 Royalty Review Panel members ... 13, 41, 86–87, 565 Inspection of ... 1535 Conflicts of Interest Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 2) Licence renewal ... 1651 Committee ... 2239–42 Minutes from Aug. 17 meeting of (SP545/07: Tabled) Third reading ... 2471–72 ... 1487 Constitution Act, 2007 Budget debate House of Commons seating formula change, Motion 17: Oberg ... 733–35 ministerial statement re ... 1990 By-elections–Calgary-Elbow constituency Continuing/extended care facilities Debate between Offical Opposition Leader and Auditor General's review of: Report ... 40 Premier re Balzac racing complex issue Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards before ... 1274 General remarks ... 40, 292 By-elections–Drumheller-Stettler constituency Corporate Internal Audit Services Debate between Offical Opposition Leader and Gary C. Campbell (VP for Alberta PC party) as Premier re Balzac racing complex issue public member of ... 599 before ... 1274 Transfer to Treasury Board ... 1593 Release of information re Balzac racing complex County of Westlock Water Authorization Act (Bill 54) issue before ... 1274 Third reading ... 2511 Calgary-Elbow (Constituency) Debts, Public (Provincial government) By-election in, debate between Premier and Official Incursion of, re P3 school projects ... 2381 Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue during ... 1274 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 457
Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Dept. of Agriculture and Food East Central Health Balzac racing complex, briefing note re ... 1274 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville Balzac racing complex, former minister's involvement ... 327, 363 with ... 1273 Bacterial infection to Robert Bruce in St. Joseph's Dept. of Energy hospital, Vegreville, letter re ... 325–26 Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in ... Bacterial infection to Robert Bruce in St. Joseph's 1923–24, 1956–58 hospital, Vegreville, letter re (SP154/07: Tabled) Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: ... 332 Accountability for ... 1923 East Central Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 55) Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: Second reading ... 2237–38 Premier's knowledge of ... 1923 Economic growth Annual reports, royalty revenue reporting in: General remarks ... 87, 158, 1441 Premier's knowledge of, news report re (SP783/07: Edmonton Catholic School District Tabled) ... 1923 Budget shortfall ... 1685 Electricity branch director's (Kellan Fluckiger) letter Full-time kindergarten program funding ... 1685 to EUB re AltaLink transmission line application ... Edmonton Social Planning Council 2320–21 Report on social assistance levels ... 537 Former ministers' briefings on royalty revenue Education, Postsecondary–Finance appropriateness ... 1819 Allocation of natural resources revenue to, legislation Minister's resignation ... 1783, 1994 re (Bill 201) ... 25 Royalty rate increase comments ... 1819, 1853, 1924, Education–Finance 1993 General remarks ... 1441, 1536 Dept. of Finance Elections, Provincial Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Fixed dates for ... 1990 regional waste management commission ... 1615 Electoral boundaries–Alberta Minister's PC leadership campaign, donations from Redistribution of ... 1990 Royalty Review Panel members re ... 14, 41 Electoral reform Dept. of Health and Wellness General remarks ... 1990 Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 regional waste management commission ... 1615 Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1804–05 Monitoring and enforcement branch, restoration of ... Emergency motions under Standing Order 42 363 Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation leadership campaign, referral to Managing Growth Former minister's involvement with Balzac racing Pressures committee ... 1659 complex ... 1273 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Expertise in, representation on Royalty Review Panel Minister's meeting with landlords re rent increases ...... 13 871, 1049, 1075 Environmental impact assessments Minister's meeting with tenants re rent increases ... Cumulative assessments ... 2102, 2381 871 Oil sands projects ... 2102 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Environmental protection Minister's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Expertise in, representation on Royalty Review Panel regional waste management commission ... 1614 ... 13 Deputy Premier (Former) Executive Council Involvement with racing entertainment centre Budget ... 1593 development in Balzac ... 503 Corporate communications division ... 1593, 1595 Disabled–Housing Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1593–1597 Availability/affordability of ... 2172–73 Salaries ... 1597 Drugs, Prescription Staffing ... 1593 Provincial pharmacare program ... 2173 Strategic communications office ... 1593, 1594–95 Drumheller Farmers Awareness of water withdrawal from Red Deer River Representation on Royalty Review Panel ... 12–13 ... 87 Fatality inquiries Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency) Vince Motta case ... 688–89 By-election in, debate between Premier and Official First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Showcase Opposition Leader re Balzac racing complex issue Information package re (SP207/07: Tabled) ... 502 during ... 1274 Organization of ... 503 Former member for, involvement with Balzac racing Fiscal Responsibility Act entertainment centre ... 503 Amendment to allow public debt ... 2381 Early childhood education Fort McMurray Full-day programs ... 1685 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 2173 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for, from uncollected resource revenues ... 2101 458 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Free votes (Parliamentary procedure) Hospitals–Standards Temporary rent regulations ... 1183 Patient safety issues re ... 292, 325–26 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Patient safety issues re, monitoring of ... 326, 363 Balzac water transfer information request under ... House of Commons (Canada) 223, 503, 1440–41 Additional members for Alberta, ministerial statement Lottery funding for horse racing industry request re ... 1990 under, document re (SP654/07: Tabled) ... 1767–68 Income Support program Premier's leadership campaign donations disclosure Benefit increase ... 537 under ... 1582–83 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Cumulative impact assessment of ... 599, 2102, 2381 First Reading ... 25 Regional impact of ... 565, 1131–32 Second Reading ... 55–56 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Government advertising Raising of, regulations re ... 871 Agencies of record re, assignment process re ... 1596 Intermunicipal relations Allocation of costs re ... 1596 General remarks ... 565, 1183 General remarks ... 1595 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Government agencies, boards, and commissions General remarks ... 1131–32, 1183 Solicitation of political funds from ... 1479, 1535, Relation to Industrial Heartland upgrader projects ... 1583 565, 1131–32 Government departments Ipsos-Reid Communications (public announcements) function in Rent control poll ... 1131 ... 1594–95 Ivanhoe Cambridge Government openness Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... General remarks ... 13–14, 41, 401, 435, 565, 599, 87–88 1183 Labour laws and legislation Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Letters re (SP995/07: Tabled) ... 2291–92 38) Land-use planning Committee ... 2462–65, 2513–14 General remarks ... 565 Government spending policy Land-use planning–Edmonton area General remarks ... 1536 General remarks ... 565 Grande Prairie Landlord and Tenant Advisory Board Impact of economic growth on ... 158 General remarks ... 1075, 1131 Health Quality Council Landlord/tenant body (for rent review) (Proposed) Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Role of ... 1075, 1131 investigation of ... 326 Landlords Highway 3 Minister of housing's meeting with, re rent increases Twinning: Funding for, from uncollected resource ... 1049, 1075 revenues ... 1820 Website listing re ... 1075, 1131, 1721 Highway 43–Grande Prairie area Laurier Heights school students Bypass (highway 43X) ... 158 Questions to Assembly ... 2282–83 Highwood Communications Ltd. Legislative Assembly of Alberta Government advertising contracts ... 1596 Fall session timetable, 2007 ... 2249 Holy Cross Long Term Care Light rail transit–Calgary Health and safety issues in ... 40, 292 Provincial funding ... 725, 1721 Holy Cross Manor Incorporated Littering Health and safety issues in ... 40 Student's letter re (SP993/07: Tabled) ... 2291 Homeless–Housing Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 566 Second Reading ... 248–49 Horse racing Third reading ... 2466 Lottery funding for ... 1685, 1758–59, 2063 General remarks ... 565 Lottery funding for, document re (SP654/07: Tabled) Low-income families ... 1767–68 Level of support for ... 537 Horse Racing Alberta Microcredit for, re security deposits and first month's CEO's article re Balzac racing entertainment centre rent ... 566 (SP78/07: Tabled) ... 188 Maskell (Bob) & Associates Inc. Hospitals Former MLA's government contract ... 469, 503, 537, Sterilization equipment for ... 362–63 565, 599 Hospitals–Claresholm Former MLA's government contract. invoices re Sterilization equipment for ... 362–63 (SP208/07: Tabled) ... 502 Hospitals–Emergency services–Calgary Receipt of registration fee from aboriginal children re Capacity of ... 688–89 conference attendance ... 503 Capacity of, public inquiry into ... 689 Death of Jordan Johanson in ... 688–89 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 459
Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Mayor of Calgary Natural resources revenue (Continued) Position on provincial municipal funding ... 725, Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1782–83, 1075, 1183 1819–20, 1853–54, 1923, 1957, 1958, 1993, Medical care–Finance 1994, 2101 General remarks ... 292 Collection of appropriate amount of: Auditor Implications of underfunding ... 363 General's comments re ... 1783 Medical care–Fort McMurray Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Impact of apartment fire on ... 637 debate on legislation re ... 1804–05 Medicine Hat Collection of appropriate amount of: Energy dept.'s Member's statement re ... 2099 comments re ... 1819 Members' apologies to the House Collection of appropriate amount of: Premier's General remarks ... 1969 knowledge re ... 1783–84 Members of Parliament General remarks ... 1536, 1993 Additional Alberta members, ministerial statement re Northern Alberta Institute of Technology ... 1990 Grande Prairie campus, funding for, from uncollected Members of the Legislative Assembly resource revenues ... 1820 Accommodation allowance increase ... 801, 925 Nuclear power Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for Use as power source in oil sands production ... 763 ... 469, 503 Nuclear power plants Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract Use of water supplies ... 579 for, copy tabled (SP199/07) ... 468 Nuclear power plants–Security aspects Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract General remarks ... 763 for, invoices re (SP208/07: Tabled) ... 502 Nuclear power plants–Waste disposal Transition allowance for, on leaving office ... 469 General remarks ... 763–64 Members' Statements (2007) Off-highway vehicles Alberta Liberal affordable housing policy ... 832 Helmet use on, by children ... 2211 Medicine Hat ... 2099 Office of the Premier U of A Pandas volleyball team ... 121 Budget increase ... 1685 Members' withdrawal of remarks Congratulations to new Premier ... 9 Allegations against Minister of Employment, Debate with Official Opposition Leader re Balzac Immigration and Industry ... 1139 racing complex issue ... 189, 1274 Questions re Energy dept.'s annual reports accuracy ... Donation by Beaver waste commission to Premier's 1969 leadership campaign referred to Managing Growth Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (Bacteria) Pressures committee, emergency motion re ... 1659 Vegreville hospital case, deaths from ... 291 Media access to ... 1075–76 Vegreville hospital case, letters/investigations re ... Premier's awareness of St. Joseph's Hospital infection 325 situation ... 257, 291, 325 Ministerial Statements (2007) Premier's comments re Alberta public service ... 1854 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 433–34 Premier's knowledge of Energy dept.'s annual reports' House of Commons seating formula ... 1990 royalty revenue reporting ... 1923 Ministers (Provincial government) Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Dismissal of ... 1782–83 regional waste management commission...1479–80, Motta, Vincenzo Dominic 1535, 1582–83, 1615, 1650–51 Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 688–89 Premier's leadership campaign donors, membership Mount Royal College on Royalty Review Panel ... 13–14, 41 Degree granting status ... 1721 Royalty collection level appropriateness, Premier's Municipal District of Rocky View knowledge of ... 1783–84 Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing Official Opposition entertainment complex ... 188, 223–24, 502–03 Housing policy ... 801 Memo re water licence for Balzac racing Housing policy, member's statement re ... 832 entertainment complex ... 87–88, 189 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Municipal finance accounting for ... 2320 Provincial funding for ... 1183 Royalty structure policy, media releases/speech re Municipal finance–Calgary (SP791-793/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Provincial funding for ... 725, 1074–75, 1183 Official Opposition Leader Natural gas rebates Debate with Premier re Balzac racing complex issue General remarks ... 871 ... 189, 1274 Natural resources revenue Oil sands development Allocation of 30% to Heritage Fund, legislation re Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 2101 (Bill 201) ... 25 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Allocation to infrastructure, postsecondary education, report on ... 2101–02 and the arts, legislation re (Bill 201) ... 25 460 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Oral Question Period (2007) (Continued) Cumulative effects assessment of ... 2102, 2381 Ryley landfill project ... 189 Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee St. Joseph's general hospital ... 291, 325–26, 327 Recommendations ... 2102 St. Joseph's general hospital ... 291, 325–26, 327 Oral Question Period (2007) School construction ... 1441 Affordable housing ... 566, 801–02, 834–35, 1131, Soccer ban on religious headgear ... 2211 1182, 2172–73 Sterilization equipment for hospitals ... 362–63 Affordable housing in Fort McMurray ... 2173 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 689 Calgary concerns ... 1721 Temporary rent regulation ... 871–72, 1049–50, 1075 Calgary municipal funding ... 725, 1074–75 Treasury Branches investments ... 2211–12 Capital region municipal planning ... 1131–32 Water management ... 2381 Child hunger ... 2063–64 Watershed management ... 2102 Community initiatives program ... 401, 434 Western irrigation district ... 1615–16 Contribution to Premier's leadership campaign ... Other initiatives program (Lottery funds) 1535, 1582–83, 1650–51 Accessibility of information re ... 435 Contributions to leadership campaign ... 1614–15 Patronage Contributions to Premier's leadership campaign ... Former MLA (Bob Maskell), government contract for 1479–80 ... 469, 503, 537, 565, 599 Economic strategy ... 1535–36 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Education funding ... 1685 Second Reading ... 1663–64 Emergency health services ... 688–89 Point of Order Energy and Utilities Board ... 2320–2321 Allegations against a member ... 1139 Fall session timetable ... 2249 Political influence Financial support for renters ... 835 CIP granting process ... 401 Free vote on temporary rent regulation ... 1183 Political parties Government contract with former MLA ... 503 Leadership campaigns, contributions to ... 1650 Government contracting policies ... 469, 537 Postsecondary educational institutions–Calgary Health care standards ... 292 General remarks ... 1721 Highway bypass project in Grande Prairie ... 158 Poverty Holy Cross Care Centre ... 40 General remarks ... 536–37 Horse-racing industry ... 1758–59 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray ... 637 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, Industrial development in Alberta's Heartland area ... from Beaver regional waste management 599–600 commission...1479–80, 1535, 1583, 1614–15, 1651 Industrial development in Alberta's heartland area ... Leadership campaign contributions to Premier, from 599–600 Royalty Review Panel members ... 13–14, 41 Industrial development in Fort McMurray area ... Vice-president (finance, Gary C. Campbell) of, as 2101–02 public member of Corporate Internal Audit Media access to Premier's office ... 1075–76 Services ... 599 Monitoring of health delivery ... 363 Property tax–Education levy Municipal planning ... 1183 Seniors' tax relief re, letter re (SP951/07: Tabled) ... Municipal waste-water infrastructure assistance ... 2210 223 Proportional representation Nuclear power ... 763–64 General remarks ... 1990 Openness and transparency in government ... 565, Protection for People in Care Act 599 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Other initiatives program ... 435 investigation under ... 325–26 Poverty ... 536–37 Bacterial infection in St. Joseph's hospital, Vegreville, Private/public partnerships ... 2380–81 investigation under: Report on (SP154/07: Tabled) Public/private partnerships for school construction ...... 332 1758 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Questions from Laurier Heights school students ... General remarks ... 1074–75 2282–83 Public Affairs Bureau Racing entertainment centre project ... 157, 188–89, Budget increase ... 1685 223–24, 502–03, 1440–41 General remarks ... 1593, 1594–95, 1596 Red Deer River water transfer ... 87–88, 123–24, 157, Public assistance 1273–74 General remarks ... 2172–73 Regional municipal planning and development ... 565 Public contracts Rent supplement programs ... 925–26, 1050 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell ... 469, Royalty revenues ... 1782–84, 1819–20, 1853–54, 503, 537, 599 1923–24, 1956–58, 1993–94 Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Copy Royalty Review Panel ... 12–14, 41, 86–87 tabled (SP199/07) ... 468 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 461
Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Public contracts (Continued) Royalty Review Panel (Continued) Awarding of, to former MLA Bob Maskell: Invoices Presentation to, by Official Opposition energy critic, re (SP208/07) ... 502 website confirmation of (SP790/07: Tabled) Public contracts for consultants ... 2002 Awarding of ... 1596 Presentation to, by Official Opposition energy critic Public lands–Fort McMurray (SP789/07: Tabled) ... 2001 Sale of, for housing ... 2173 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Public service–Alberta Auditor General's comments re ... 1924 Premier's remarks re ... 1854 Energy dept.'s annual reports' coverage of ... Public utilities–Rates 1923–24, 1993 Rate increase regulations ... 871 Official Opposition policy re, media releases/speech Quality of life re (SP791-793/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Impact of energy industry expansion on ... 87 Rural Alberta's Development Fund Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Balzac racing entertainment centre funding from ... Debate between Official Opposition Leader and 503 Premier re ... 189, 1274 St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville Former deputy premier's involvement with ... 503 Bacterial infection situation in ... 292 Horse Racing Alberta CEO's journal article re Bacterial infection situation in, correspondence re (SP78/07: Tabled) ... 188 (SP154/07: Tabled) ... 332 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 87–88, Bacterial infection situation in, deaths from ... 291 157, 188–89, 223–24, 502–03, 1273–74, 1440–41, Bacterial infection situation in, Premier's awareness 1615–16 of ... 325–26 The Racing Journal (Website edition) Bacterial infection situation in, public information Horse Racing Alberta CEO's journal article re Balzac session re ... 327, 363 racing entertainment centre (SP78/07: Tabled)...188 Sterilization procedures ... 291 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Sterilization procedures, use by other health Motion 507: Taft ... 1100–02, 1103, 1107 professionals ... 291 Recreation centre, Grande Prairie Sanitary landfills–Ryley Construction of ... 1820 General remarks ... 189 Religious headwear School boards Sports regulations re ... 2211 Funding ... 1685 Rent control School buses Free vote on ... 1183 Use of seat belts in ... 2282 General remarks ... 801–02, 832, 834–35, 871–72, Use of seat belts in, student's letter re (SP993/07: 925, 1049–50, 1075, 1131 Tabled) ... 2291 Liberal policy re ... 832 School nutrition programs Poll results re ... 1131 General remarks ... 2063–64 Rent increases Liberal opposition policy re ... 2064 Assistance programs re ... 925–26 Schoolchildren–Transportation General remarks ... 566, 801, 834–35, 925–26 Cost increase for ... 1685 Limited to one a year ... 566, 832 Schools–Construction Rental housing Funding for ... 1441, 1536 Impact of rent controls on building of ... 802 Public/private projects re ... 1758 Incentives for ... 1182 Public/private projects re, cost increases re ... 2380 Increase in supply ... 1182 Public/private projects re, incursion of public debt re Report to Albertans: The Alberta Government Plan ... 2381 (Brochure) Sewage disposal plants–Balzac area Cost of ... 362–63 Funding for racing entertainment centre project ... 223 Residential tenancies dispute resolution service Shell Canada Limited General remarks ... 1075 Views on royalty system changes ... 565 Rod Love Consulting Inc. Single-parent families Government contracts with ... 1596 Public assistance for ... 537 Royalty Review Panel Slot machines in racing entertainment centres Conflict of interest of panel members ... 13, 41, Revenue from: Transferred to horse racing industry ... 86–87, 565 1758 Makeup of panel ... 12–13 Soccer regulations Minister of Finance responsible for, panelists' Religious headwear ban ... 2211 donations to leadership campaign of ... 14, 41 Social housing Our Fair Share (report): Comments re collection of Funding for ... 1721 appropriate level of resource revenue ... 1819, 1853 General remarks ... 566, 801–02, 1131, 1182, Panelists' donations to Premier's leadership campaign 2172–73 ... 13–14, 41 Liberal opposition plan for ... 801 462 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Social housing (Continued) Water licences Liberal opposition plan for, member's statement re ... Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 87, 832 123–24, 157, 189, 502–03, 1273–74 Public debate on ... 925 Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing Rent supplement program ... 1050 entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1615–16 Social housing–Calgary Water resources development Funding for ... 1721 General remarks ... 2381 Social housing–Fort McMurray Water resources development–Athabasca River Funding for ... 2173 General remarks ... 2102 Impact of apartment fire on ... 637 Water supply South Saskatchewan River basin Use by nuclear power plants ... 579 Plan for ... 2102 Water supply–Southern Alberta Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1441 Debate ... 31–35 Water treatment plants Supportive living facilities For Balzac racing entertainment complex ... 1616 Assisted living facilities ... 40 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–North Surplus, Budgetary Saskatchewan River General remarks ... 1535, 2381 Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... Tax incentives 599–600 For rental housing/apartments construction ... 1182 Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Teachers' Pension Plan Debate between Official Opposition Leader and Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 689 Premier re ... 189, 1274 Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... negotiations ... 689 87–88, 123–24, 157, 188–89, 223, 925, 1273–74, Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP468/07: Tabled) ... 1440–41, 1615–16 1246 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac: Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Documentation re (SP491/07: Tabled) ... 1272 Second Reading ... 940–42 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac: Committee ... 1039 Premier's comments re, in news article (SP66/07: Third Reading ... 1068–69 Tabled) ... 131 Terrorist attacks Watershed planning On nuclear power plants ... 763 General remarks ... 2102, 2381 Time allocation (Parliamentary practice) Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society Fall 2007 session bills ... 2249 CIP grant funding for ... 434 Tobacco companies Western Irrigation District Heritage Fund investment in ... 1651 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Treasury Board complex ... 1615–16 Meeting minutes, November 14, 2007 (SP1062/07: Whistle-blower protection Tabled) ... 2389 Legislation re ... 537, 1990 Transfer of Corporate Internal Audit Services to ... Who Cares? campaign (Non-profit social services 1593 agencies) Treasury Branches General remarks ... 1821 Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 2211 Tarchuk, Hon. Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) Investment policy, role of provincial government in ... ABC Developmental Learning Centres Pty. Ltd. 2211–12 Purchase of Alberta daycare centres ... 1998 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. Alberta Association of Services for Children and Agreement with province re Balzac racing Families entertainment complex ... 157, 1273–74 Staff recruitment and retention report ... 824 Partner in Balzac racing entertainment complex ... Alberta Council of Women's Shelters 87–88 Statistics report ... 46 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Alberta Foster Parent Association General remarks ... 2063 General remarks ... 820, 1207, 1539, 1577, 2064 United Nurses of Alberta Alberta Response Model (Child welfare) Letter to East Central health region re public General remarks ... 825, 826, 1204 confidence in it ... 363 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) Benefits for youth transitioning from children's Ministerial statement re ... 433–34 services ... 1194 Volleyball championships Auditor General U of A Pandas CIS champions ... 121 Foster child deaths, comments re ... 2283 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Autism spectrum disorder General remarks ... 2381 Multidisciplinary evaluation teams re ... 1078–79, Nuclear power plants' water usage inclusion under ... 1196 763 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 463
Tarchuk, Hon. Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) (Continued) Tarchuk, Hon. Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) (Continued) Autism spectrum disorder (Continued) Daycare centres Relationship development interventions treatment re Five-point plan re ... 226, 766–67, 820, 822, 1203, ... 1078 1206, 1576–77, 1998, 2323, 2386 Banff Child Care Centre Municipal involvement in ... 226, 767 Renovations, provincial grant for ... 2324 National plan principles re (revised Conservative Battered women–Housing government plan) ... 226 Second-stage housing ... 567–68, 824 Subsidies re ... 820, 1203, 1206, 1576–77 Bullying–Prevention Daycare centres–Employees Funding for ... 820, 1203 General remarks ... 2324 General remarks ... 824, 826, 1205–06 Incentives for, federal funds for ... 1204 Child and family services authorities Salaries of ... 820, 1541, 1576–77, 1998 Aboriginal co-chairs for ... 1204 Shortage of ... 820, 822, 1203, 1576–77 Funding for ... 820 Training of, bursaries re ... 1576, 1998 Child and Youth Advocate Daycare centres–Finance Transfer to legislature officer status ... 163 Federal funding ... 767, 1998 Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada Federal funding, accounting for ... 1138, 1204, 1208 Federal child care funding, non-reporting provinces re General remarks ... 161, 226, 766–67, 820, 1540–41, ... 1138 1576–77, 2323–24, 2386 Child care after/before school Daycare centres–Licensing Provincial assistance re ... 161, 226, 767, 822, Legislation re (Bill 4) ... 24 1200–01, 1334, 1577 Regulations re ... 1960–61, 2323, 2324, 2386 Child care after/before school–Employees Daycare centres–Rural areas General remarks ... 1334 General remarks ... 822 Training of, bursaries re ... 1201 Daycare centres–Standards Child Care Licensing Act (Bill 4) Cost increase due to ... 1484 First Reading ... 24 General remarks ... 2323, 2386 Second Reading ... 166 Review of ... 1484 Committee ... 279–80 Daycare in family members' homes Third Reading ... 390–91, 393 Aboriginal children ... 1204 General remarks ... 822 General remarks ... 822, 1203, 1207 Regulations under ... 1960–61, 2324 Daycare in private homes Child intervention services General remarks ... 822 Funding for ... 820, 1208 Delegated First Nations agencies (Child welfare) Child welfare General remarks ... 1204 Aboriginal children ... 1204, 2068 Dept. of Children's Services General remarks ... 824, 2064 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP18/07: Tabled) ... 26 Child welfare recipients Annual report, 2006-07 (SP796/07: Tabled) ... 2002 Death of, in foster care ... 2283 Budget ... 827 Child welfare workers Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Casework practice model, champion sites pilot 1194, 1196, 1198–1201, 1203–08, 1212 project re ... 823–24, 825–26, 2064 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 819–20, 822–27, General remarks ... 1199 1576–77 Increase in numbers of ... 2064 Main estimates 2007-08: Responses to questions Child welfare workers–Safety aspects during (SP476, 540/07: Tabled) ... 1247, 1440 General remarks ... 1722–23 Occupational health and safety code in ... 1722 Children–Protective services Staff change fatigue ... 825, 826 All-party committee to review ... 163 Dept. of Education General remarks ... 2068 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Children and poverty 1194, 1196, 1198–1201, 1203–08, 1212 Aboriginal children ... 2068 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Choosing Child Care (Booklet) Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Copy tabled (SP163/07) ... 361 1194, 1196, 1198–1201, 1203–08, 1212 Community initiatives program Disabled Banff Child Care Centre renovations grant ... 2324 Programs for: Telephone information line re ... 1194 Crystal Meth Task Force Disabled children Report ... 472–73 Government programs for ... 826, 1078–79, 1196 Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse–Prevention Government programs for, funding for ... 820, 1194 General remarks ... 473 Domestic violence Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse–Treatment General remarks ... 46 General remarks ... 472–73 Domestic violence–Prevention Government programs re ... 826, 1198–99 Government programs re: Funding for ... 820 464 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Tarchuk, Hon. Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) (Continued) Tarchuk, Hon. Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) (Continued) Economic growth Parents Empowering Parents General remarks ... 827 General remarks ... 1052 Elder abuse Prostitutes, Juvenile General remarks ... 1199 Aboriginal children ... 1208 Family and community support services program Numbers of ... 1208 Funding for ... 820, 827, 1577 Recidivism rate after apprehension of (Q16/07: General remarks ... 824, 1200 Response tabed as SP666/07) ... 1768 Out of school care program funding ... 161, 226, 822, Services to ... 824 1200–01, 1334 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202, Review of ... 822, 824, 1200, 1334, 1577 2005) Fatality inquiries General remarks ... 1052 Foster children's deaths ... 2283 Parents self-help group re ... 1052 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act Services to adults with ... 1728 Application in rural areas ... 825 Services to children with ... 820, 826, 1196 Children apprehended under: Rate of recidivism of Foster care (Q16/07: Response tabled as SP666/07) ... 1768 Funding for ... 820, 1207, 1577 Children apprehended under: Services to ... 824, General remarks ... 297, 366, 822, 1207, 2064 1203, 1208 Report on ... 2283 Public Guardian's office Foster children Services for youth transitioning from children's Deaths of ... 2283 services ... 1194 Housing of, in hotels ... 297, 1539, 2064 Roots of empathy project (Bullying prevention) Foster parents General remarks ... 1206 Campaign to attract, costs of (M6/07: Defeated) ... Seeds of empathy project (Immigrant children bullying 1083 prevention) Shortage of ... 366, 1539 General remarks ... 1206 Government openness Sexual assault centres–Finance General remarks ... 163 General remarks ... 1199 Mental health services Social Care Facilities Review Committee For youth transitioning from children's services ... Annual report, 2005-06 (SP283/07: Tabled) ... 679 1194 Social housing Ombudsman General remarks ... 826–27 Child protection services jurisdiction ... 163 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Oral Question Period (2007) Case-by-case provincial contracting system re ... 1960 Aboriginal children's services ... 2068 Employees of, salaries for ... 1821, 1960 Child and Youth Advocate ... 163 Employees of, salaries for: Funding re ... 1788 Child care ... 2323–24 Funding for ... 1821–22, 1960 Child care funding ... 161, 226, 1540–41, 1998 Social workers–Safety aspects Child care licensing regulation ... 1960–61, 2323 General remarks ... 1722 Child care licensing regulations ... 1960–61 Stalking Child care review ... 1484 Inclusion in definition of domestic violence ... Children in care ... 2283 1198–99 Children's services ... 2064 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Contracted human services agencies ... 1960 Detox/residential services re ... 1052 Crystal methamphetamine ... 472–73 Wages–Emergency shelter workers Daycare funding ... 2386 General remarks ... 1199 Family violence ... 46 Women–Employment Federal child care funding ... 1138 Impact of daycare availability on ... 1212 Fetal alcohol syndrome disorder ... 1728 Women's shelters Foster care ... 297 General remarks ... 46, 820, 824, 1199 Foster care delivery ... 366 Report on ... 567–68 Foster care system ... 1539 Review of ... 46, 824 Out of school care ... 1334 Women's shelters–Employees Safety of human services workers ... 1722–23 Training of, bursaries re ... 824, 1199 Staffing of human service agencies ... 1821–22 Women's shelters–Finance Staffing of human services agencies ... 1788, 1821–22 General remarks ... 567–68, 824 Support for child care ... 766–67 Women's shelters–Rural areas Support for familities with autistic children ... Funding for ... 824 1078–79 Youth in transition from the child care system Women's shelters ... 567–68 Government programs for ... 1194 Youth addictions treatment programs ... 1052 Youth leadership initiative (Bullying prevention) Parent Link Centres General remarks ... 1206 General remarks ... 827 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 465
Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Aboriginal peoples–Housing Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 103 Second Reading ... 200–01 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Dept. of Agriculture and Food Report ... 103, 126, 296, 402, 600 Balzac racing complex, documents re (SP503/07: Report: Rent control recommendation ... 690 Tabled) ... 1330 Alberta Cancer Board Dept. of Finance Funding for treatment, Calgary vs Edmonton ... 791 Balzac racing entertainment centre, memos re Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill (SP503/07: Tabled) ... 1330 22) Dept. of Health and Wellness Committee ... 650 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 781–83, 790–92 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2007 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Bill 35) Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... Second reading ... 1835 103–04 Alberta secretariat for action on homelessness (PC Deputy Premier (Former) proposal) Involvement with racing entertainment centre General remarks ... 1787, 2065, 2321 development in Balzac ... 1332 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Drink prices in licensed premises Annual convention, resolutions from ... 2253 Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) Apartment buildings ... 2199–2200 Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 600 Drumheller-Stettler (Constituency) Conversion to condominiums: Petition presented re Former member for, involvement with Balzac racing avoiding legislation re ... 2099 entertainment centre ... 1332 Apartment fire, Fort McMurray Economic growth Impact of ... 637–38 General remarks ... 807 Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Planning for, legislation to enable (Bill 211) ... 1238 Evaluation of Mount Royal degree-granting Edmonton application ... 2289 Portable rent supplement program ... 103 Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission Education, Postsecondary–Finance Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1542 Calgary funding levels ... 768 Minutes from Aug. 17 meeting of (SP545/07: Tabled) Education–Finance–Calgary ... 1487 General remarks ... 768 By-elections–Calgary-Elbow constituency Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Release of information re Balzac racing complex Royalty revenues (proceeded with) ... 1810 issue before ... 1386–87 Emergency planning By-elections–Drumheller-Stettler constituency Fort McMurray apartment fire ... 637 Release of information re Balzac racing complex Enterprise Universal Incorporated issue before ... 1386–87 Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor ... Calgary Health Region 225–26 Cancer treatment services ... 791 Affordable housing grant to, for Holy Cross Manor, Electronic heath records system ... 782–83 repayment of, if project fails...225–26, 261, 295–96 Funding for ... 768, 792 Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations) General remarks ... 781–82 General remarks ... 673–74 Mental health services, funding for ... 792 Foothills Medical Centre Staff shortages ... 782, 783 Expansion of ... 782 Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Foothills Shelter, Calgary Grants to Holy Cross Manor, Calgary ... 225–26, 261, Opening of ... 2064 295–96 Fort McMurray Canadian Judicial Council Impact of oil sands expansion on: Funding for ... 2027 Guidelines re circumstantial evidence ... 470 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Cancer–Treatment–Calgary Balzac water transfer information request under ... General remarks ... 791 1331, 1386–87 Capital Health Balzac water transfer information request under, Cancer treatment services ... 791 correspondence re (SP521/07: Tabled) ... 1385 Funding for ... 792 Funding Alberta's Future Act (Bill 201) Capital projects, Municipal–Calgary Second Reading ... 59–60 Funding for ... 767–68, 1387 Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Climate Change and Emissions Management Second Reading ... 1492–93 Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Gas, Natural–Royalties Second Reading ... 381–82 Level of ... 1759 Collective bargaining–Teachers Government Organization Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five- 38) year agreement on ... 2024 Committee ... 2457–58 466 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Groundwater Light rail transit–Calgary Use for deep well flooding, AUMA resolution re ... Provincial funding ... 767–68 2253 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Health sciences personnel–Education Committee ... 2221, 2223–24 Programs for, in Calgary ... 783 Mayor of Calgary Health sciences personnel–Supply Open letter to citizens (SP520/07: Tabled) ... 1385 General remarks ... 783 Position on provincial municipal funding ... 1387 Healthy Futures Act (Bill 214) Medical care–Finance Second reading ... 2196–97 General remarks ... 791 Holy Cross Long Term Care Medical care–Finance–Calgary Health and safety issues in ... 41 General remarks ... 768 Health and safety issues in: Public inquiry into ... 41 Medical records, Electronic Holy Cross Manor Incorporated General remarks ... 782–83 Afforable housing grants to ... 225–26 Members' Statements (2007) Afforable housing grants to, repayment with interest Affordable housing ... 923 if project fails clause ... 225–26, 261, 295–96 Hospital construction in south Calgary ... 21 Health and safety issues in ... 41 Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) Homeless Third reading ... 2503–04 Official Opposition strategy re ... 2321 Mental health services–Calgary Outreach programs for ... 103–04 Funding for ... 792 Programs for ... 2064–65, 2321 Ministerial Statements (2007) Homeless–Fort McMurray Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 2024 Report on youth housing needs (SP858/07: Tabled) ... Mount Royal College 2036 Degree granting status ... 2289 Homeless–Housing Degree granting status, name change following ... Emergency winter shelters ... 2321 2289 Funding for ... 2321 Library upgrade ... 2289 General remarks ... 402, 2064–65, 2321 Municipal District of Rocky View Horse racing Deal with province re water licence for Balzac racing General remarks ... 1331 entertainment complex ... 1331–32, 1536 Hospital beds–Calgary Municipal finance Shortages of ... 782, 791 Provincial funding for ... 1961 Hospitals–Calgary Provincial funding for: From uncollected resource General remarks ... 782, 791 revenues ... 1961 New south Calgary hospital ... 782 Municipal finance–Calgary New south Calgary hospital: Member's statement re Provincial funding for ... 767–68, 1387 ... 21 Municipal Government Act Hospitals–Emergency services Natural areas protection authority under ... 2253 Red alerts re ... 790–91 Regional service commissions provisions ... 807 Waiting times in ... 791 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 26) Hospitals–Emergency services–Calgary Second Reading ... 1360–61 Capacity of ... 790–91 Committee ... 1516–18 Housing authorities, Nonprofit Committee: Amendment A1 (SP556/07: Tabled) ... Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) 1516 ... 2054–55 Municipal sustainability initiative Housing First program, New York City Funding from ... 1961 General remarks ... 2321 Municipalities A Housing Symposium: Affordable Housing for Issues involving ... 2253 Albertans (1998) Mustard Seed Street Ministry General remarks ... 600 Operation of Foothills Shelter in Calgary ... 2064 Report from (SP254/07: Tabled) ... 598 Natural areas–Urban areas Housing symposium (June 1998) Protection of ... 2253 General remarks ... 923 Natural resources revenue Intermunicipal relations Collection of appropriate amount of ... 1787, 1961 General remarks ... 807 Collection of appropriate amount of: Emergency Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area debate on legislation re ... 1810 General remarks ... 1961 Office of the Premier Irrigation Districts Act Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Plebiscite provisions ... 1536 regional waste management commission ... 1542 Landlords, Small-scale Teachers' unfunded pension liability, Premier's Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) statement re ... 2024 ... 2054–55 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 467
Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Official Opposition Property tax–Education levy Homelessness strategy ... 2321 General remarks ... 2024 Oil recovery methods Nonprofit organizations/campus residences Flooding of wells with groundwater ... 2253 exemption from (Motion 513: Elsalhy) ... 2054–55 Oil sands development Provincial/municipal relations Royalties paid re ... 1759 General remarks ... 2253 Olds College Public contracts Support for Balzac equine centre ... 1332 Clause in, re repayment of funds if project fails ... Oral Question Period (2007) 261, 296 Affordable housing ... 126, 402, 600, 725–26, 1787, Public lands 2026–27 Sale of, for a dollar, for affordable housing ... 726 Calgary municipal funding ... 767–68, 1387 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Contributions to Premier's leadership campaign ... Departmental memos re (SP503/07: Tabled) ... 1330 1542 Provincial agreement with promoters of ... 470, Federal/provincial relations ... 673–74 1331–32, 1386–87, 1536 Holy Cross Care Centre ... 41, 225–26, 261, 295–96 Regional service commissions Homelessness initiatives ... 2064–65, 2321 Monitoring of ... 807 Impacts of apartment fire in Fort McMurray ... Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill 637–38 213) Local government issues ... 2253 Second reading ... 2040 Mount Royal College ... 2289 Rent control New Royalty Framework ... 1787 General remarks ... 126, 600, 690, 725, 872, 1759, New royalty framework ... 1787 1787, 2027 Racing entertainment centre project ... 470 Member's statement re ... 923 Red Deer River water transfer ... 1331–32, 1386–87 Rent increases Regional municipal funding ... 1961 General remarks ... 725, 872 Regional municipal planning ... 807 Limited to 10% per year, petition presented re ... 2099 Temporary rent guidelines ... 1759 Limited to one a year ... 126, 690 Temporary rent regulation ... 690, 872 Rental housing Western irrigation district ... 1536 Impact of rent controls on building of ... 690, 725 Personal care attendants Increase in supply ... 872, 1759 General remarks ... 783 Secondary suites ... 1787 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Rockyview General Hospital Expansion of ... 782 Capacity ... 21 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) Expansion of ... 782 Rent increase limit/condo conversion prevention ... Royalty structure (Energy resources) 2099 General remarks ... 1759 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Rural Alberta's Development Fund First Reading ... 1238 Balzac racing entertainment centre funding from ... Second Reading ... 1495–96 1331, 1332 Plebiscites, Provincial School boards Western Irrigation District plebiscite to transfer water Independence of ... 2024 licence to racing entertainment complex in Balzac Seniors' issues ... 1536 Letter re (SP52/07: Tabled) ... 51 Point of Order Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary Allegations against a member ... 2200 General remarks ... 782 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6) Social housing Second Reading ... 412–13 Funding for ... 103–04, 725–26 Committee ... 497 General remarks ... 103–04, 126, 402, 1787, 2026–27 Postsecondary educational institutions Government grants re ... 225–26 Degree-granting programs, name change policy Member's statement re ... 923 following ... 2290 Rent supplement program ... 103, 2026–27 Prime Minister of Canada (Stephen Harper) Social housing–Fort McMurray General remarks ... 674 Funding for ... 2027 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Impact of apartment fire on ... 637–38 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, Speech from the Throne from Beaver regional waste management Debate ... 388–90 commission ... 1542 Student housing Property tax–Edmonton Exemption from property tax (Motion 513: Elsalhy) General remarks ... 1961 ... 2054–55 Supplementary estimates Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 103–04 General remarks ... 103 468 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) Supportive living facilities (Continued) Assisted living facilities ... 41 Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Tax incentives Evaluation of Mount Royal degree-granting For rental housing/apartments construction ... 2253 application ... 1621 Teachers' Pension Plan Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as General remarks ... 443 amended: Flaherty) ... 2024 Campus Calgary Unfunded liability: Provincial assumption of, Additional instruction spaces ... 1621 Premier's statement re ... 2024 Campus Calgary Digital Library Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Funding for ... 1321 Second Reading ... 934–35 Capital projects University of Calgary Cost increases, funding for ... 2382 Medical school spaces increase ... 783 Centennial centre for interdisciplinary science (U of A) W. W. Cross Cancer Institute (Proposed) General remarks ... 791 Funding for ... 1321 Water licences Child Care Accountability and Accessibility Act (Bill Deep well flooding, cessation of ... 2253 207) Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 470, Second Reading ... 1091–92 1331–32 China Institute (U of A) Western Irrigation District licence, transfer to racing Provincial funding for ... 97 entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1536 Climate Change and Emissions Management Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Red Deer River Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 3) Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... Second Reading ... 379–80 1331–32, 1386–87 Third Reading ... 556–57 Use for racing entertainment complex in Balzac: Community initiatives program Documentation re (SP503/07: Tabled) ... 1330 Grants awarded without matching funds ... 435 Western Irrigation District Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Interim estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 170 complex ... 1536 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1319–25 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Supplementary estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... complex: Plebiscite re ... 1536 97 Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) Supplementary estimates 2006-08: Debated ... Academy of Learning career and business college 2156–57 Information package from (SP549/07: Tabled) ... Drink prices in licensed premises 1487 Minimum prices establishment (Motion 514: Tougas) Access to the Future Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 13) ... 2197–98, 2202, 2204–05 Second Reading ... 461 Edmonton Remand Centre Third reading ... 2474 New facility for, cost increases re ... 2382 Access to the Future Fund Education, Postsecondary Administration of ... 97, 192, 1320 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 331–32 General remarks ... 1320, 1321, 1761 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Inclusion of equipment donations in matching General remarks ... 97, 170, 1319, 1588–89, 1761 formula ... 1320 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Alberta Energy Research Institute Funding for research re ... 2177 Funding for ... 2177 Gaming industry Alberta Investment Management Corporation Act (Bill All-party review of, legislation re (Bill 210) ... 800 22) Gaming Planning Act (Bill 210) Committee ... 651–52 First Reading ... 800 Alberta Roundtable on Violence In and Around Licensed Second Reading ... 1289–90, 1494–95 Premises Government openness Report: Minimum drink price recommendation ... General remarks ... 192 2197 Grant MacEwan Community College Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Nursing degree program ... 97 Intersection with 87th Avenue (overpass) ... 1895 Student housing ... 1239 Intersection with Stony Plain Road ... 1895 Hockey championships Appeal Procedures Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill World men's hockey champions (Team Canada), 19) member's statement re ... 1072 Third Reading ... 666 Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Apprenticeship training Economy (U of C) Provincial funding for ... 2382 Increase in spaces for ... 97 Interim supply (Main, Legislative Offices) estimates, Apprenticeship training–Finance 2007-08 General remarks ... 97 Estimates debated ... 170 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 469
Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) (Continued) (Continued) Judicature Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 18) Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Third Reading ... 1776 7) Keyano College Second Reading ... 394 Fort McMurray staff northern allowance ... 2156, Property tax 2157 On student residences ... 1240 Lakeland College Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Sign language program, funding for ... 1446 213) Limitation Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 17) Second reading ... 1908–09 Third Reading ... 1776 Rent increases Mactaggart Art Collection Impact on student housing ... 1239–40 Government matching funds for ... 97, 192 Research and development Medical profession–Education Funding for ... 2177 Cost of, reduction of ... 693 Road construction–Finance Instructors for ... 693 Public/private partnerships re ... 1895 Residency program enrollments ... 693 Royal Alberta Museum Medical profession–Supply Renovations ... 2382 General remarks ... 693 School (Restrictions on Fees and Fundraising) Medical residents Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 208) Student loan debt load ... 693 Second Reading ... 1285 Members' Statements (2007) Seneca, Mrs. Shauna Shauna Seneca ... 443 Member's statement re ... 443 Team Canada world hockey champions ... 1072 Small business Mount Royal College Venture capital for ... 2177 Degree granting status ... 1621 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Library upgrade ... 1621 Equipment donation offers to ... 1320 Nursing degree program ... 97 Funding ... 170 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Trades and technology complex funding ... 1321, Equipment donation offers to ... 1320 2382 Ralph Klein campus project funding ... 1321 Steamfitter-pipefitter red seal exams Office of the Premier Cancellation of ... 540–41 Premier's comments re tuition fees returning to Student financial aid legislation, from regulation ... 1324 General remarks ... 1324 Oil sands development Living allowance element ... 1239, 1325 Timing/scope of new projects, slow down of ... 2382 Loan relief program ... 1324 Oral Question Period (2007) Underspending of funding for ... 1324 Access to the future fund ... 192 Student housing Affordability of postsecondary education ... 331–32 Costs, impact of rent increases on ... 1239–40 Anthony Henday drive intersections ... 1895 Supplementary estimates Capital cost overruns ... 2382 Estimates 2006-07, No. 2: Debated ... 97 Community initiatives program grant ... 435 Estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 2156–57 Physician supply ... 693 General remarks ... 97 Postsecondary education affordability ... 1761 Supreme Court of Canada Postsecondary education funding ... 1588–89 Deaf peoples' rights to government service in sign Research and development funding ... 2177 language ... 1446 Sign language interpreter program ... 1446 Surplus, Budgetary Steamfitter-pipefitter red seal exams ... 540–41 Access to the Future Fund contribution from ... 1321 Student accommodation costs ... 1239–40 Postsecondary education funding with ... 1321 Urban campus partnership ... 1621 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Other initiatives program (Lottery funds) Committee ... 1015–16 Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society grant Tuition fees request from ... 435 General remarks ... 1761 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211) Policy re ... 331–32 Second Reading ... 1502–03 Policy re, in legislation vs. regulation ... 1324 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 6) Universities and colleges Third Reading ... 666 Research projects, funding for ... 1588–89 Postsecondary educational institutions University of Alberta Capital project funding for ... 1321–22 Funding level ... 1588–89 Donations of equipment to ... 192 Health Research Innovation Facility, additional Postsecondary educational institutions–Maintenance and funding for ... 1321 repair Power plant upgrade, funding for ... 2156–57 Funding for ... 1322, 2156, 2157 Student residences, property tax on ... 1240 470 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) (Continued) (Continued) University of Calgary Bison–Export–United States Health Research Innovation Centre, funding for ... Opening of border to over 30 months animals ... 1321 2033–34 Maintenance funding for ... 1322 Campgrounds, Provincial Urban campus concept Increase in numbers of ... 1424 General remarks ... 1621 Campgrounds, Roadside Western Guide and Assistance Dog Society Closure of ... 1424 CIP grant funding for ... 435 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Other initiatives program funding for ... 435 Administration of Alberta farm recovery program WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition) through ... 2107 Funding for ... 97 Changes to ... 2107 VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) General remarks ... 2107 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Reference margins adjustment in ... 437 Off-reserve housing, funding for ... 1429, 1447–48 Canadian Energy Research Institute Alberta Council on Aging General remarks ... 870 Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 2215 Capital projects Joint report on seniors' centres funding (SP954 & Public/private partnerships re ... 902 959/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park Alberta Diabetes Institute Upgrades to ... 1424 Provincial funding for ... 1964 Cattle Alberta farm recovery program Age verification system re ... 2034 General remarks ... 2107 Cattle–Export–United States Alberta Forest Products Association Opening of border to over 30 months animals ... Forestry revenues report ... 1641 2033–34 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Change of Name Act Health card of, availability through private registry Consolidation into Vital Statistics Act, legislation re offices ... 919 (Bill 8) ... 24 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Child welfare workers Alberta investments ... 2384 General remarks ... 1206 Overseas investments ... 2384 Climate change Venture capital funding ... 2384 Mitigation of, by forest companies ... 1246 Alberta Liberal Party Collective bargaining–Teachers Donation request from Beaver waste management Impact of teachers' unfunded pension funding on ... commission ... 1687–88 1277 Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Committees, Policy field (all-party) Agreement with landowners to grow trees ... 1410 Referral of Lobbyists Act to ... 674 Alberta School Boards Association Community spirit program for charitable giving Application of lobbyist legislation to ... 674 Seniors' centres matching donations ... 2215 Alberta support and emergency response team Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202) General remarks ... 1231 Second Reading ... 208 Alberta Teachers' Association Dairy containers–Recycling Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 1276–77 General remarks ... 1231 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46) Dept. of Children's Services Second reading ... 2008–09 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Committee ... 2361–63, 2394 1206–07, 1209 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP1059/07: Tabled) ... Staff recognition ... 1206 2361 Dept. of Education Member's statement re ... 1920–21 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Alexis First Nation 1206–07, 1209 Affordable housing projects ... 1447–48 Dept. of Energy Alexis First Nation Reserve Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Road maintenance on ... 196 1231, 1641–42 Apprenticeship training Dept. of Environment Aboriginal people ... 1895 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Beaver River Regional Waste Management Commission 1231, 1641–42 Donation requests to, from other political parties ... Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1412 1687–88 Dept. of Health and Wellness Donation to Alberta Liberal party ... 1687–88 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Donation to Premier's leadership campaign ... 1231 1687–88 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 918–19 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 471
VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Forest products–Export Relations Impact of Canadian dollar on ... 1822 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1429–30 Foster care Dept. of Justice and Attorney General General remarks ... 1206 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1433 Gasoline–Prices Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Impact of Petro-Canada refinery fire on ... 19 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... Gibson, Mr. Harold 1641–42 Member's statement re ... 534–35 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 906–07 Good Samaritan Pembina Village, Evansburg Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Conditions in ... 1137–38 Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... High school education–Curricula 1206–07, 1209 Vocational/trades courses ... 1206 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Home education Main estimates 2007-08: Cross-ministry discussion ... General remarks ... 1209 1641–42 International trade–Netherlands Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1410–11 General remarks ... 1760–61 Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture Justice system Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1424 Public confidence in ... 1433 Diabetes–Research Legal aid General remarks ... 1964 Funding for ... 1433 Diabetes–Treatment Legislative Assembly of Alberta Aboriginal programs re ... 1964 Evening sittings on Dec. 3, 4, and 5 (Motion 35: Dialysis treatment, Mobile Hancock) ... 2297, 2304 General remarks ... 918–19 Lobbyists–Registration Dollar, Canadian School board trustees ... 674 Impact on forest product exports ... 1822 Lobbyists Act (Bill 1) Education, Postsecondary Committee ... 2123 Aboriginal students ... 1895 General remarks ... 674 Education–Curricula Low-income seniors Career and technology courses ... 1206 Provincial/municpal assistance to, member's Elder abuse statement re ... 1755–56 General remarks ... 1206 Meat packing industry Electric power, Coal-produced CAIS reference margin initiative, eligibility for ... 437 Flue gas emissions from, capture and reuse of ... 1412 Mediation (Legal process) Electric power, Coal-produced–Environmental aspects Funding for ... 1433 Emission standards, funding for ... 1412 Members of the Legislative Assembly Electric power lines Discussions with school boards ... 674 Siting of, funding for local intervenors re ... 1920–21 Members' Statements (2007) Electric power lines–Construction Alberta Utilities Commission Act ... 1920–21 Compensation to landowners re ... 1410 Assistance for low-income seniors ... 1755–56 Emergency planning Harold Gibson ... 534–35 General remarks ... 1231 Minister's seniors' service awards ... 1581–82 Emission control credits Nuclear power ... 870–71 Forestry practices ... 1642 Seniors' Week 2007 ... 1532 Environmental Protection and Enhancement World Elder Abuse Awareness Day ... 1719 (Conservation and Reclamation) Amendment Act, Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31) 2007 (Bill 205) Committee ... 2446–47 Second Reading ... 584–85 Mercury–Emissions Family and community support services program Reduction of ... 1412 Seniors' centres funding ... 2215 Mines and mineral industry Feedlots Tax incentives for ... 2384 CAIS reference margin initiative, eligibility for ... 437 Minister's seniors' service awards Fish and wildlife officers Member's statement re ... 1581–82 Adequate funding for ... 1410–11 Mortgages, Reverse Flue gas emissions (Coal-fired power plants) Awareness programs for seniors re ... 1206 Capture and reuse of ... 1412 Municipal finance Forest industries Provincial funding for ... 906–07 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1245–46, 1641–42, Municipal sustainability initiative 1822 Funding from ... 906 Diversification in ... 1246 Municipal water monitoring program General remarks ... 1231 472 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) (Continued) (Continued) Netherlands Property tax–Education levy Prime Minister of, visit to Alberta ... 1760 Seniors' tax relief re ... 1755 Northern Gateway school division Protection for People in Care Act Whitecourt high school upgrading ... 902 Elder abuse reporting requirement ... 1719 Nuclear power Rabobank (Netherlands) Member's statement re ... 870–71 Establishment in Alberta ... 1761 Nuclear power plants–Security aspects Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) General remarks ... 870–71 Court challenges re Canadian beef imports ... 2034 Nuclear power plants–Waste disposal Reforestation on burnt-out areas General remarks ... 870 General remarks ... 1410 Obesity Regional health authorities Reduction of ... 1964 Board governance review ... 331 Office of the Premier Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Premier's leadership campaign donation from Beaver Aboriginal students ... 1895 regional waste management commission... 1687–88 General remarks ... 1894–95 Oil sands development Registry offices, Private Royal Dutch Shell investment in ... 1761 Health care cards availability through ... 919 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues) ... 902 Royal Dutch Shell plc Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat Investment in Alberta oil sands ... 1761 General remarks ... 902 Sanitary landfills Oral Question Period (2007) Siting of ... 1231 Aboriginal housing program ... 1447–48 School trustees Agricultural income stabilization program ... 437, Registration as lobbyists ... 674 2107 Schoolchildren–Transportation Alberta Diabetes Institute ... 1964 General remarks ... 1209 Apprenticeship training ... 1894–95 Schools–Architectural design Forest industry sustainability ... 1245–46, 1822 Standardization of ... 1209 Good Samaritan Pembina Village ... 1137–38 Schools–Maintenance and repair Health regions board governance ... 331 Funding for, public/private projects ... 902 Lobbying government ... 674 Senior citizens Opening of U.S. border to live cattle ... 2033–34 Fraud awareness programs for ... 1206 Petro-Canada refinery fire ... 19 Member's statement re ... 1532 Political party donations ... 1687–88 Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Road maintenance on Alexis reserve ... 196 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP891/07: Tabled) ... 2101 Softwood lumber trade agreement ... 541 General remarks ... 1532 Support for seniors' centres ... 2215 Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 2215 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1276–77 Joint report on seniors' centres funding (SP954 & Trade with the Netherlands ... 1760–61 959/07: Tabled) ... 2210 Venture capital funding ... 2384 Seniors' centres Parks, Provincial Financial support to ... 2215 Campground spaces in, P3 opportunities re ... 1424 Seniors' homeowner grant program (City of Edmonton) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2007) General remarks ... 1755 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Seniors' Week 2007 Act, 2007 (Bill 45), passage of (not in order to be Member's statement re ... 1532 presented) ... 1782 Small business Petro-Canada Venture capital for ... 2384 Refinery fire, Strathcona County ... 19 Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Refinery fire, Strathcona County, environmental Act, 2007 (Bill 45) impact ... 19 Petitions presented re (not in order) ... 1782 Pine beetles Softwoods–Export–United States Impact on forestry sustainability ... 1642, 1822 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 541 Point of Order Speech from the Throne Projected government business ... 410 Debate ... 152 Question and comment period ... 2304 Student exchanges Political parties Provincial funding for ... 1429 Donations to ... 1687–88 Tax incentives Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Flow-through shares ... 2384 Leadership campaign contributions to contenders, Teachers from Beaver regional waste management Working conditions ... 1206 commission ... 1687–88 Teachers' Pension Plan Unfunded liability: Funding for ... 1276–77 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 473
VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) Webber, Len (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) (Continued) Private vocational schools Teachers' Pension Plan (Continued) Licensing of, legislation re (Bill 7) ... 24 Unfunded liability: Funding for, impact on bargaining Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill negotiations ... 1277 7) Unfunded liability: Task force to review ... 1277 First Reading ... 24 Terrorist attacks Second Reading ... 393–94, 460 On nuclear power plants ... 870–71 Committee ... 1843–44, 1846 Treasury Board Third reading ... 1932–35 Alternative capital financing office ... 902 Quality of life Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 902 General remarks ... 635 Twinning of cities, provinces, etc. Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act (Bill Hokkaido, Japan ... 1429 213) Utilities Consumer Advocate Second reading ... 1906–07 Member's statement re ... 1920–21 Report to Albertans: The Alberta Government Plan Vital Statistics Act (Bill 8) (Brochure) First Reading ... 24 Cost of ... 1607 Second Reading ... 415, 417 General remarks ... 1607 Committee ... 1846–47, 1869–71 Schools–Construction Third reading ... 1935 Public/private projects re ... 1762 Whitecourt, Town of Schools–Maintenance and repair Twinning with Kamiyubetsu, Japan ... 1429 Funding for ... 1762 Whitecourt high school Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Upgrading, P3 process for ... 902 Second Reading ... 335–36 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Member's statement re ... 1719 Second Reading ... 949 Webber, Len (PC, Calgary-Foothills) Unified Family Court Task Force Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured Report ... 1915 Funding ... 678 Volunteers Brain injured Member's statement re ... 635 Support services for ... 678 Wild Rose Foundation Calgary Health Region General remarks ... 635 Brain injured programs funding ... 678 World Cup downhill skiing competition–Lake Louise Consumer protection General remarks ... 2208 Re private vocational schools, legislation re (Bill 8) ... Zwozdesky, Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) 24 Advisory Council on Alberta-Ukraine Relations Executive Council General remarks ... 1430 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1607 Aga Khan Foundation Canada Family courts General remarks ... 1384–85 Implementation of (Motion 511: Chase) ... 1915 Alberta film and television awards Government programs–Calgary Member's statement re ... 722–23 Funding for ... 1607 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Hamptons school, Calgary Annual report, 2005-06 (SP559/07: Tabled) ... 1534 Renovations to ... 1762 Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association Hockey Alberta General remarks ... 722 Centennial celebration, member's statement re ... Alberta School Boards Association 2319 Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 327 Hudec, Jan Alberta Teachers' Association Member's statement re ... 2208 Role re teachers' pension plan liability ... 327 Members' Statements (2007) Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Hockey Alberta centennial ... 2319 Northeast portion ... 1724 Jan Hudec ... 2208 Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Volunteerism ... 635 funding model for ... 1724 National Volunteer Week Appropriation Act, 2007 (Bill 43) Member's statement re ... 635 Second Reading ... 1706 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2007 (No. Alberta touism potential re ... 2208 2) (Bill 56) Oral Question Period (2007) First Reading ... 2209 Associaltion for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Arts Injured ... 678 Provincial support for ... 1328 Public/private partnerships for school construction ... Arts–Finance 1762 General remarks ... 1328 474 2007 Hansard Speaker Index
Zwozdesky, Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Auditor General Members' Statements (2007) (Continued) Capital maintenance planning comments ... 2325 The Battle of Vimy Ridge ... 466 Capital projects Ford world men's curling championship ... 563 Planning for ... 2325 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta arts awards ... Capital projects–Maintenance and repair 1328–29 Auditor General's comments re ... 2325 Millwoods Cultural and Recreational Facility Surplus funding for ... 2325 Association ... 186 Capital region integrated growth management plan Ukrainian Shumka Dancers ... 1755 General remarks ... 1724 Mill Woods Cultural and Recreational Facility Climate change–Public consultations Association General remarks ... 766 Member's statement re ... 186 Committee on Community Services, Standing Office of the Premier Membership change (Motion 30: Zwozdesky/ Congratulations to new Premier ... 11 Hancock) ... 2004 Oil sands development Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders General remarks ... 602 and Printing, Standing Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 602 Membership change (Motion 31: Zwozdesky/ Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Hancock) ... 2004 report on ... 602 Council of Alberta University Students Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat Postsecondary education funding concerns ... 190–91 General remarks ... 602 Curling championships Oral Question Period (2007) Ford World Men's Championship winners (Glenn Affordability of postsecondary education ... 190–91 Howard team), member's statement re ... 563 Capital infrastructure planning ... 2325 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Climate change public consultation ... 766 Relations Edmonton ring road ... 1724 Main estimates 2007-08: Debated ... 1430 Health care service wait times ... 508–09 Economic growth Oil sands development ... 602 General remarks ... 602 Seniors' property taxes ... 160 Education, Postsecondary Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 326–27 General remarks ... 190–91 Postsecondary educational institutions Emblems of Alberta (Franco-Albertan Recognition) Facilities for undergraduate students ... 191 Amendment Act, 2007 / Loi modificative de 2007 Private Vocational Schools Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill sur les emblèmes de l'Alberta (reconnaissance du fait 7) franco-albertain) (Bill 204) Third reading ... 1934 Second Reading ... 346–47 Property tax–Education levy Environmental law Seniors' tax relief re ... 160 Strengthening of ... 766 Seniors' tax relief re (Motion 505: Amery) ... 713–14, Environmental protection 719 General remarks ... 766 Radiation therapy services Public information re ... 766 Wait time reduction for, federal funding re ... 508–09 Film development grant program Service Dogs Act (Bill 203) Increase in funding for ... 723 Third Reading ... 846–47 Film industry Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment General remarks ... 722 Act, 2007 (Bill 45) Fort McMurray Third reading ... 1971–72 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 602 Surplus, Budgetary Greenhouse gas emissions Deferred maintenance funding with ... 2325 Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 766 Teachers' Pension Plan Intensity targets for industry re ... 766 Unfunded liability ... 326–27 Health Professions Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill Unfunded liability: Negotiations re (Motion 503 as 41) amended: Flaherty) ... 351, 352 Third reading ... 2493–94 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 53) Hip and knee surgery Second reading ... 2231 Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 509 Tenancies Statutes Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 34) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Committee ... 1013–14 Arts awards, member's statement re ... 1328–29 Trade missions–Ukraine Louise McKinney park, Edmonton General remarks ... 1430 Shumka stage in ... 1755 Transportation–Industrial Heartland area Members' Statements (2007) General remarks ... 1724 23rd annual World Partnership Walk ... 1384–85 Tuition fees Increases in ... 190–91 Alberta film and television awards ... 722–23 Policy re, in legislation vs. regulation ... 191 2007 Hansard Speaker Index 475
Zwozdesky, Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Ukrainian Shumka Dancers Waiting lists (Medical care) Member's statement re ... 1755 Reduction of, federal funding for ... 508–09 Vimy Ridge, Battle of (April 9, 1917) World Partnership Walk, Edmonton (May 2007) Member's statements re ... 466 Member's statement re ... 1384–85 476 2007 Hansard Speaker Index