2008 Hansard Speaker Index (27th Legislature, First Session)

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Alberta Hansard page and issue number information (27th Leg. / 1st Sess. 2008)

Issue No. Date Pages 1 (Election of presiding officers) ..... April 14 aft ...... 1-4 2 (Throne Speech) ...... April 15 aft ...... 5-10 3 ...... April 16 aft ...... 11-36 4 ...... April 16 eve ...... 37-48 4 ...... April 17 aft ...... 49-78 5 ...... April 21 aft ...... 79-108 6 (Suppl. est. 2007-08 No. 2) ...... April 21 eve ...... 109-28 6 (Budget Address) ...... April 22 aft ...... 129-42 7 ...... April 22 eve ...... 143-62 7 ...... April 23 aft ...... 163-91 8 ...... April 23 eve ...... 193-211 8 (Main estim. 2008-09 start) ...... April 24 aft ...... 213-43 9 ...... April 28 aft ...... 245-74 10 ...... April 28 eve ...... 275-84 10 ...... April 29 aft ...... 285-314 11 ...... April 29 eve ...... 315-35 11 ...... April 30 aft ...... 337-65 12 ...... April 30 eve ...... 367-87 12 ...... May 1 aft ...... 389-416 13 ...... May 5 aft ...... 417-44 14 ...... May 5 eve ...... 445-65 14 ...... May 6 aft ...... 467-96 15 ...... May 6 eve ...... 497-519 15 ...... May 7 aft ...... 521-51 16 ...... May 7 eve ...... 553-73 16 ...... May 8 aft ...... 575-605 17 ...... May 12 aft ...... 607-34 18 ...... May 12 eve ...... 635-54 18 ...... May 13 aft ...... 655-82 19 ...... May 13 eve ...... 683-706 19 ...... May 14 aft ...... 707-34 20 ...... May 14 eve ...... 735-55 20 ...... May 15 aft ...... 757-84 21 ...... May 20 aft ...... 785-811 22 ...... May 20 eve ...... 813-35 22 ...... May 21 aft ...... 837-65 23 ...... May 21 eve ...... 867-91 23 ...... May 22 aft ...... 893-919 24 ...... May 26 aft ...... 921-49 25 ...... May 26 eve ...... 951-68 25 ...... May 27 aft ...... 969-92 26 ...... May 27 eve ...... 993-1011 26 ...... May 28 aft ...... 1013-40 27 ...... May 28 eve ...... 1041-54 27 ...... May 29 aft ...... 1055-81 ... Continued (Issue No.) (Date) (Pages) 28 ...... June 2 aft ...... 1083-1113 29 ...... June 2 eve ...... 1115-39 29 ...... June 3 aft ...... 1141-70 30 ...... June 3 eve ...... 1171-1208 30 ...... June 4 aft ...... 1209-35 31 (late night sitting) ...... June 4 eve ...... 1237-81

[Adjourned for the summer]

Spring sittings: 30 days; 21 evenings

32 ...... Oct. 14 aft ...... 1283-1309 33 ...... Oct. 15 aft ...... 1311-38 34 ...... Oct. 15 eve ...... 1339-47 34 ...... Oct. 16 aft ...... 1349-75 35 ...... Oct. 20 aft ...... 1377-1406 36 ...... Oct. 20 eve ...... 1407-20 36 ...... Oct. 21 aft ...... 1421-49 37 ...... Oct. 21 eve ...... 1451-66 37 ...... Oct. 22 aft ...... 1467-94 38 ...... Oct. 22 eve ...... 1495-1504 38 ...... Oct. 23 aft ...... 1505-32 39 ...... Oct. 27 aft ...... 1533-62 40 ...... Oct. 27 eve ...... 1563-76 40 ...... Oct. 28 aft ...... 1577-1606 41 ...... Oct. 28 eve ...... 1607-22 41 ...... Oct. 29 aft ...... 1623-51 42 ...... Oct. 29 eve ...... 1653-61 42 ...... Oct. 30 aft ...... 1663-82 43 ...... Nov. 3 aft ...... 1683-1711 44 ...... Nov. 3 eve ...... 1713-29 44 ...... Nov. 4 aft ...... 1731-57 45 ...... Nov. 4 eve ...... 1759-74 45 ...... Nov. 5 aft ...... 1775-1803 46 ...... Nov. 5 eve ...... 1805-17 46 ...... Nov. 6 aft ...... 1819-45 [Constituency week] 47 ...... Nov. 17 aft ...... 1847-74 48 ...... Nov. 17 eve ...... 1875-91 48 ...... Nov. 18 aft ...... 1893-1919 49 ...... Nov. 18 eve ...... 1921-35 49 ...... Nov. 19 aft ...... 1937-63 50 ...... Nov. 19 eve ...... 1965-76 50 ...... Nov. 20 aft ...... 1977-2005 51 ...... Nov. 24 aft ...... 2007-36 52 ...... Nov. 24 eve ...... 2037-48 52 ...... Nov. 25 aft ...... 2049-68 53 (Suppl. estimates 2008-09) ...... Nov. 26 aft ...... 2069-98 54 ...... Nov. 27 aft ...... 2099-2127 55 ...... Dec. 1 aft ...... 2129-58 56 ...... Dec. 1 eve ...... 2159-72 56 ...... Dec. 2 aft ...... 2173-95 57 ...... Dec. 3 aft ...... 2197-2213

Fall sittings: 26 days; 15 evenings

Total: 56 days; 36 evenings

ESTIMATES OUTLINE (COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY) 2008-09

SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLY Hansard issue published in

2007-08 No.2 April 21 eve. (Issue 6) p.116-25 2008-09 Nov. 26 aft. (Issue 53) p.2082-97

INTERIM SUPPLY

Bill 6, Appropriation (Interim Supply) April 23 aft. (Issue 7) p.165 [First reading] Act, 2008 April 30 eve. (Issue 12) p.387 [Second reading] May 5 eve. (Issue 14) p.463 [Committee of the Whole] May 6 eve. (Issue 15) p.516 [Third reading] May 15 [Royal Assent; outside of House sitting]

MAIN ESTIMATES

Department Hansard issue published and reported in

Aboriginal Relations ...... April 28 eve. (Issue 10) p.278-84 Advanced Education & Technology ...... May 8 aft. (Issue 16) p.588-605 Agriculture and Rural Development ...... May 1 aft. (Issue 12) p.404-16 ...... May 22 aft. (Issue 23) p.905-07 Children and Youth Services ...... May 14 eve. (Issue 20) p.735-53 Culture and Community Spirit ...... May 6 aft. (Issue 14) p.479-96 Education ...... Apr. 24 aft. (Issue 8) p.225-43 Employment and Immigration ...... April 30 aft. (Issue 11) p.350-65 Energy ...... April 29 eve. (Issue 11) p.315-31 Environment ...... April 30 eve. (Issue 12) p.367-84 Executive Council ...... May 13 aft. (Issue 18) p.667-82 Finance and Enterprise ...... May 21 eve. (Issue 23) p.867-86 Health and Wellness ...... May 13 eve. (Issue 19) p.683-701 Housing and Urban Affairs ...... May 20 eve. (Issue 22) p.813-33 Infrastructure ...... May 6 eve. (Issue 15) p.497-516 International and Intergovernmental Relations ...... May 12 eve. (Issue 18) p.641-53 Justice and Attorney General ...... May 7 eve. (Issue 16) p.553-72 Legislative Assembly Office(s) ...... May 22 aft. (Issue 23) p.908-09 Municipal Affairs ...... May 20 aft. (Issue 21) p.797-811 Seniors & Community Supports ...... April 29 aft. (Issue 10) p.297-314 Service Alberta ...... May 5 eve. (Issue 14) p.449-62 Solicitor General and Public Security ...... May 21 aft. (Issue 22) p.850-65 Sustainable Resource Dev...... May 15 aft. (Issue 20) p.771-84 Tourism, Parks and Recreation ...... May 7 aft. (Issue 15) p.534-51 Transportation ...... May 14 aft. (Issue 19) P.719-34 Treasury Board ...... May 21 eve. (Issue 23) p.867-86

2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 1

Ady, Hon. Cindy (PC, -Shaw) Suspension of ... 537 Alberta–Economic conditions Grizzly bears–Protection Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1587, General remarks ... 537 1672 Historic sites Alberta Beach (Town) Meteorite impact crater, Whitecourt ... 1784 Marina construction in ... 546 International finance Alberta project promoting active living and healthy Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1587, eating 1672 General remarks ... 542 Jasper National Park Alberta Recreation Corridors Coordinating Committee Pine beetle control efforts in ... 2078 Trail designation program ... 545 Kananaskis Country Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Logging practices in ... 138 Foundation Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Annual report, 2007-08 (SP444/08: Tabled) ... 1635 General remarks ... 138 Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP47-52/08: Tabled) ... Logging, Clear-cut–Provincial parks areas 81 General remarks ... 138, 538 Funding for Podium Alberta ... 535, 547–48 Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park Alberta Trailnet General remarks ... 534 Trail mapping project, northeast Alberta ... 545 Marinas Arctic Winter Games (2010) As tourism attraction ... 546 Funding for ... 540 Mexicana Airlines Banff National Park Air service to Alberta ... 1218 Pine beetle control efforts in ... 2078 Provincial Park Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation Upgrading of, funding for ... 542 New visitor centre ... 542 Natural areas Calgary Olympic Development Association Texas gate maintenance in ... 538 Funding for ... 534 Obesity Canadian Centre of Sport Excellence Reduction of ... 541 Funding for ... 540 Off-highway vehicles Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area Damage done by ... 543 Gas well drilling in ... 221 Trails for ... 543 Canmore Nordic Centre Olympic and Paralympic Secretariat Funding for ... 540 General remarks ... 1587, 2106 Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park Olympic athletes Fishing promotion in ... 544 Provincial support to ... 347, 535, 539, 547–48 Children–Physical fitness Olympic sports facilities Promotion of ... 1148 Upgrading of ... 550 Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta) Olympic torch relay Sports component ... 540 Alberta segment ... 2106 Cypress Hills Provincial Park Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Upgrading of, funding for ... 542 Alberta tourism potential re ... 347, 534, 543, 550, Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture 1587 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP389/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Cultural aspect ... 534 Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Cultural aspect, Alberta artists at ... 347 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 534–51 Oral Question Period (2008) Main estimates, 2008-09: Reflection of split in dept. Camping in parks and protected areas ... 526 in ... 546 Campsite reservations ... 665 Economic development and the environment Canmore resort development ... 88 General remarks ... 221 Clear-cutting in parks ... 138 Fish and wildlife officers Fish Creek provincial park ... 1064 Presence in provincial parks ... 538, 714 Gasoline pricing ... 975 Radio/phone communications system for ... 536, 538 Impact of gasoline prices on tourism ... 714 Fish Creek Provincial Park International tourists ... 1218 Biological diversity in ... 541, 542 Mountain pine beetle control ... 2078 Flood proofing of ... 542, 549, 1064 Olympic torch relay ... 2106 Gas well drilling industry–Suffield National Wildlife Physical activity target for children ... 1148 Area Suffield national wildlife area ... 221 General remarks ... 221 Tourism marketing ... 1587, 1672 Gasoline–Prices Tourism promotion ... 347 Impact on tourism ... 544, 714, 975 Whitecourt woodlands meteorite impact crater ... Glenbow Ranch provincial park 1784 Development of ... 534 Parks, Provincial Grizzly bear hunting Campground reservations system ... 534, 665 2 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Closures, website re ... 1064 Impact of gasoline prices on ... 544, 714, 975 Fishing opportunities in, promotion of ... 544 Impact of global economic situation on ... 1587, 1672 Funding for ... 534, 542 Impact of visa/passport fees on ... 1218 General remarks ... 534, 536 Investment in ... 88, 534 Industrial development in ... 221 Promotion of, during 2010 Winter Olympics ... 347, Logging practices in ... 138, 538 534, 543, 1587 New plan for ... 542 Tourism–Marketing Policing in ... 714 Funding for ... 534, 547 Staffing in ... 536 General remarks ... 1587, 1672 Temporary liquor ban in ... 526, 536, 714 International marketing efforts ... 543, 547, 1672 Unruly behaviour in ... 538 Tourism levy Upgrading, funding for ... 537, 542 Use to develop new tourist attractions ... 544, 547, Use of off-highway vehicles in ... 543 548, 1672 Parks, Regional– area Tourist attractions River valley park, provincial funding for ... 534, 548, Development of ... 543–44, 547, 1672, 1784 549–50 Development of, joint public/private ... 545 Percy Page Centre Trans Trail General remarks ... 539 Clear-cut logging along ... 138 Physical fitness Funding for Alberta portion of ... 545 Benefits of ... 540–41, 542 Travel Alberta Physical fitness–Teaching General remarks ... 1672 Daily mandatory activities ... 543 Governance structure, changes to (Bill 2) ... 215 Provincial Park International promotional activities ... 1218, 1672 Upgrading, funding for ... 534, 542 Stay tourism campaign ... 544, 714, 975, 1587, 1672 Pine beetles–Control Strategic tourism marketing plan 2008 (SP74/08: General remarks ... 2078 Tabled) ... 225 Pine beetles–Control–Jasper/Banff national parks Travel Alberta Act (Bill 2) General remarks ... 2078 First reading ... 215 Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country Second reading ... 464–65 General remarks ... 2078 Committee ... 754 Podium Alberta Third reading ... 834 Athlete training assistance ... 535, 540, 547–48 General remarks ... 534, 543, 548 Protected areas Travel Alberta International Inc. Industrial development in ... 221 International marketing agreements ... 547 Recreation areas Provincial Park General remarks ... 534 Upgrading of, funding for ... 542 Recreation facilities Whitecourt woodlands meteorite impact crater Improvements to ... 1148 Designation as historic site ... 1784 Recreational trails William A. Switzer Provincial Park Mapping project, northeast Alberta ... 545 Logging practices in ... 138 River Valley Alliance, Edmonton Upgrading, funding for ... 534, 542 Park system proposal ... 549 Allred, Ken (PC, St. Albert) Rural tourism symposium Agriculture–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 545 General remarks ... 1092 , Calgary Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Changes to ... 549 Second reading ... 1867, 2024 Snowmobile trails Alberta Information and Communications Technlogy Tourism aspects ... 545 Institute Sports Strategy document ... 1150 Alberta plan for ... 539, 540, 1148 Alternative dispute resolution (Legal process) Costs of ... 539 Member's statement re ... 1351 Funding for ... 535, 540 Ambulance service, Aerial General remarks ... 534 Importance of Edmonton City Centre Airport to ... Sports development centres, Regional 1982 General remarks ... 539 Assessment Spray Lake Sawmills Market value as basis for, three-year averaging of ... Logging practices ... 138 2058 Stone Creek Properties Inc. Automobile licence plates Village at Silvertip resort, Canmore, impacts of ... 88 Inclusion of identity chip on ... 461 Tour group visas Bullying, Online–Prevention General remarks ... 1218 General remarks ... 1897 Tourism Bullying–Prevention General remarks ... 547 Initiatives re ... 1897 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 3

C. K. Hui heart centre (Royal Alexandra Hospital) Information and communications technology Relation to Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... General remarks ... 1150–51 1981–82 Information and communications technology–Teaching Capital Region Board Decline in enrollment ... 1151 Rural land subdivision plans referral to ... 57 Institute for Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment Voting model of ... 55–56 General remarks ... 1092 Carbon offsets Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) In agriculture ... 1092 Second reading ... 1300–01 City Centre Airport, Edmonton Third reading ... 1500 Importance to air ambulance service ... 1982 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Climate change General remarks ... 57 Alberta plan for: Agricultural applications ... 1092 International Children's Festival Committee on the Economy, Standing Member's statement re ... 971 Bill 204, Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Devices) Amendment Act, 2008, referred to; report Committee ... 1247 presented and concurred in (SP406/08: Tabled) ... Land titles–Registration 1478 Torrens system for, member's statement re ... 1624 Conflict Resolution Day Volume of ... 461 Member's statement re ... 1351 Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) Constitution Act, 1982 Second reading ... 1607 Opting out provisions (sniffer dogs in schools court Land-use framework decision) ... 528 Application to agricultural operations ... 1092 David Thompson Brigade Maiden Speeches Member's statement re ... 617–18 General remarks ... 160–62 Dept. of Service Alberta Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 461 Relation to C. K. Hui heart centre ... 1981–82 Drugs in schools Mediation (Legal process) Use of dogs to detect, Supreme Court ruling on ... Member's statement re ... 1351 527–28 Members' Statements (2008) Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration 150th anniversary of the Torrens system ... 1624 Court Conflict Resolution Day ... 1351 Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 David Thompson Brigade ... 617–18 (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 1548–49 International Children's Festival ... 971 Edmonton International Airport Rotary Club of St. Albert Music Festival ... 164 Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: St. Albert Protestant school board ... 1742 Rogers) ... 639 St. Albert Protestant school board ... 1742 Education–Curricula Métis Nation of Alberta Association Financial literacy courses ... 1321 Provincial funding for ... 765 Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Métis settlements Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Funding for ... 765 First reading ... 224 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16) Second reading ... 265 Second reading ... 1050–51 Elections, Municipal Oral Question Period (2008) Fixed dates for, legislation re (Bill203) ... 224 Bullying ... 1897 Elections, Provincial Capital region municipal planning ... 55–57 Fixed dates for, legislation re (Bill203) ... 224 Cardiac treatment services in Edmonton ... 1981–82 Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Environmentally sustainable agriculture ... 1092 Second reading ... 1886–87 Financial literacy education ... 1321 Financial literacy, Personal–Teaching Home-care programs for seniors ... 793–94 General remarks ... 1321 Information and communications technology ... Foreign workers, Temporary 1150–51 Recruitment of unemployed German workers as ... Métis Nation of Alberta Association ... 765 342 Property tax assessments ... 2058 Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) Random dog searches ... 527–28 Second reading ... 1614 Recruitment of foreign workers ... 342 Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46) Parliamentary democracy Second reading ... 1907–08 Fixed election dates ... 224 Heart–Surgery–Edmonton Port Alberta General remarks ... 1981–82 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 639 Home care program Property tax General remarks ... 793–94 Deferral of, for senior citizens ... 2058 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Queen's Printer Second reading ... 97–98 Sale of provincial statutes ... 461 4 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Rotaty Club of St. Albert Provincial nominee program ... 471 Music festival, member's statement re ... 164 Income Support program St. Albert Protestant Schools Benefits, increase in ... 1584 Member's statement re ... 1742 Land-use framework School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Co-ordination with energy strategy ... 2203 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Co-ordination with oil sands strategy ... 2203 Second reading ... 2146–47 General remarks ... 2203–04 Speech from the Throne Impact on energy industry ... 2203 Debate ... 160–62 Watershed protection aspects ... 2204 Subdivision of land–Urban adjacent areas Low-income families Impact of capital region planning on ... 57 Provincial assistance to, increase in ... 1584 Supplementary estimates Low-income seniors Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2095–96 Special-needs assistance ... 712 Supreme Court of Canada Oil sands strategy Drug-sniffing dogs decision ... 527–28 Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 2203 Surface rights Oral Question Period (2008) Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Health care premiums ... 172–73 Marz) ... 1877 Land-use framework ... 2203–04 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Low-income support programs ... 1584 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Safety in schools ... 1901–02 1) Seniors' benefit programs ... 712 Committee ... 918 Temporary foreign workers ... 471 Third reading ... 1028 Property tax–Education levy Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Seniors' tax relief re ... 712 Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment School employees Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Screening of ... 1902 Second reading ... 2031–32 Schools–Safety aspects Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) General remarks ... 1901 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Senior citizens Second reading ... 942 Government programs ... 712 Second reading: Amendment (referral to Standing Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Committee on the Economy); report presented and Relation to land-use framework ... 2204 concurred in (SP406/08: Tabled) ... 1478 Anderson, Rob (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Alberta–Economic conditions Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2056 Second reading ... 1101 Alberta–Economic policy Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability General remarks ... 2056 Application to agricultural operations ... 1092 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Amery, Moe (PC, Calgary-East) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Alberta Aids to Daily Living Second reading ... 1401–02 Seniors assistance ... 712 Committee ... 1698–99 Alberta Blue Cross Plan–Premiums Committee: Amendment A1 (SP466/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 173 1698 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Third reading ... 1864 Registration system for ... 173 Ambulance service Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Legislation re (Bill 43) ... 1694 Arrears in, collection of ... 172 Automobile drivers' licences Elimination of ... 172–73 Suspension of, due to repeat drunk driving Alberta seniors benefit program convictions ... 563 Optical/dental benefits ... 712 Bicycle helmets Crime prevention Mandatory use of, student letters re (SP359/08: Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion Tabled) ... 1389 508: Amery) ... 1115, 1121 Calgary-Fort (Constituency) Economic development and the environment Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2–3 General remarks ... 2203 Calgary Regional Partnership Energy industry Member's statement re ... 1151 Impact of land-use framework on ... 2203 Chair of Committees Energy strategy Election of, on second ballot ... 2–3 Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 2203 Child abuse–Prevention Foreign workers, Temporary Member's statement re ... 1422 General remarks ... 471 Commuter rail service–Calgary area Transfer to provincial nominee program ... 471 Provincial support for ... 1219 Immigration Consumption tax, Provincial 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 5

Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion Sexual violence against children ... 1422 501: Griffiths) ... 111–12 Multi-employer pension plans Corporations–Taxation Restrictions on, petition tabled re (SP354/08) ... 1389 Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 276–77 Municipal finance–Calgary Cybercrime Provincial funding for ... 1219 International centre for response to ... 564 National Police Week Deficit financing Member's statement re ... 768 General remarks ... 2056 National Victims of Crime Awareness Week Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Member's statement re ... 22 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 562–64 Oral Question Period (2008) Deputy Speaker Calgary commuter rail initiative ... 1219 Election of, on second ballot ... 2–3 Highway 2 Yankee Valley interchange ... 139 Drugs in schools Provincial fiscal strategy ... 2056 Use of dogs to detect, Supreme Court ruling on ... 426 Random dog searches ... 426 Use of dogs to detect, Supreme Court ruling on: Patient records Member's statement re ... 523 Custody of, legislation re (Bill 46) ... 1829 Drunk driving Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Prosecution of ... 563 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, Edmonton Remand Centre proclamation of ... 2110 New facility for ... 562 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2008) Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Multi-employer pension plan restrictions (SP354/08: First reading ... 1694 Tabled) ... 1389 Second reading ... 1801, 1887 Pharmacy technicians Third reading ... 1966 Incorporation under Health Professions Act, Gang-related crime legislation re (Bill 46) ... 1829 Prosecution of ... 563 Podiatrists Government attorneys Incorporation under Health Professions Act, Increase in numbers of ... 562–63 legislation re (Bill 46) ... 1829 Government spending policy Police Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2056–57 Member's statement re ... 768 Gratton, Danial Pornography, Child General remarks ... 1422 On the Internet ... 564 Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46) Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day First reading ... 1829 Proclamation of, petition presented re ... 2110 Second reading ... 1880–81 Private investigators–Law and legislation Third reading ... 2004 Bill 10 ... 586–87 Health sciences personnel Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Airdrie area Standards of practice for, legislation re (Bill 46) ... Yankee Valley Boulevard interchange, safety issues 1829 ... 139 Income tax, Provincial Remand centres Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 276–77 General remarks ... 562 Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: Security guards–Law and legislation Griffiths) ... 111–12 Bill 10 ... 586–87 Intermunicipal relations–Calgary area Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) General remarks ... 1151 First reading ... 586–87 International finance Second reading ... 889, 1602–03 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2056 Committee ... 1637, 1640, 1642–43, 1754–55, Internet (Computer network) 1767–68 Crimes against children on: Provincial initiatives re ... Committee: Amendment A1 (SP445 & 483/08: 564 Tabled) ... 1642 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Third reading ... 1799 Second reading ... 1173, 1179, 1191, 1199 Speaker Committee ... 1226–27, 1253–54, 1256 Congratulations to ... 2 Land-use framework Speech from the Throne Co-ordination of Calgary Regional Partnership with Debate ... 30–32, 154 ... 1151 Supreme Court of Canada Maiden Speeches Drug-sniffing dogs decision ... 426, 523 General remarks ... 30–32 Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Members' Statements (2008) Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Calgary Regional Partnership ... 1151 Act, 2008 (Bill 209) National Police Week ... 768 Second reading ... 2031 National Victims of Crime Awareness Week ... 22 Victims of crime Random dog searches ... 523 Member's statement re ... 22 6 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Victims of Crime Protocol Korean Emigration and Investment Fair General remarks ... 22 Alberta participation in ... 1783 Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Labour recruitment missions–South Korea Second reading ... 1708–09 General remarks ... 1783–84 Benito, Carl (PC, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Maiden Speeches Aboriginal peoples–Employment General remarks ... 42–43 General remarks ... 1542 Medical care Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas Access to ... 17 Government programs for ... 1541–42 Reform of (action plan re) ... 17 Aboriginal workforce planning Members' Statements (2008) General remarks ... 1542 Alberta-Philippines memorandum of understanding ... Alberta Building Code 1625 Changes to, re high-intensity residential fires ... 87 High-intensity residential fires ... 922 Alberta Energy Research Institute Support for the blind and visually impaired ... 1056 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation research ... 1216 Municipal finance Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Provincial funding for ... 1291 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) National Nursing Week Second reading ... 1405–06 General remarks ... 662 Committee ... 1706 Nurses Alberta Research Council Recruitment from overseas ... 168–69 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation research ... 1216 Nurses, Foreign Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Restricted licences for ... 662 Second reading ... 105 Nurses–Education Blind students General remarks ... 662 Provincial support/funding for, member's statement re Upgrading courses for foreign nurses ... 169, 662 ... 1056 Nurses–Supply College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta General remarks ... 168–69, 662 Temporary licence for internationally educated nurses Oil refineries ... 662 Increase to capacity of ... 1388 Upgrading programs for internationally educated Oil sands tailings ponds nurses ... 662 Reclamation of, research into ... 1216 Edmonton International Airport Oral Question Period (2008) Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Career and technology studies ... 294 Rogers) ... 638 Education programs for immigrants ... 1092–93 Education–Curricula Gasoline pricing ... 1387–88 Career and technology courses: Funding for ... 294 High-intensity residential fires ... 87 Career and technology courses: Rural areas ... 294 Municipal financing ... 1291 English as a Second Language Nursing shortage ... 662 General remarks ... 1093 Offender supervision ... 1983 Firearms Oil sands tailings management ... 1216 Removal from streets ... 1983 Overseas mission to Asia ... 1783–84 Foreign workers, Temporary Public health system reform ... 17 Filipino workers, memorandum of understanding re: Recruitment of foreign health care professionals ... Member's statement re ... 1625 168–69 Gasoline–Prices Seniors' housing ... 2016 General remarks ... 1387–88 Urban aboriginal strategy ... 1541–42 Health sciences personnel Patient navigator (Health system) Recruitment from overseas ... 168–69 General remarks ... 17 Health workforce planning Port Alberta General remarks ... 662 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 638 High-Intensity Residential Fires Working Group Prisoners Report ... 87, 922 Rehabilitation services for ... 1983 Housing–Prices Property tax–Education levy Impact of building code changes re fire prevention Transfer to municipalities ... 1291 initiatives on ... 87 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Immigrants General remarks ... 294 Recruitment of ... 1783–84 Repeat offenders Immigrants, Korean General remarks ... 1983 Recruitment of ... 1783–84 Residential fires, High-intensity–Edmonton Immigrants–Education MacEwan neighbourhood fire ... 87, 922 General remarks ... 1092–93 Residential fires, High-intensity–Prevention International Nurses Day General remarks ... 87 General remarks ... 662 Member's statement re ... 922 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 7

Senior citizens–Housing Energy industry–Research and development Provincial initiatives re ... 2016 General remarks ... 329 Speech from the Throne Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Debate ... 42–43 Provincial government usage of ... 507 Supportive living facilities Energy Resources Conservation Board Affordable supportive living initiative ... 2016 Turtle Mountain rockfall monitoring system upgrade, Provincial initiatives re ... 2016 member's statement re ... 286 Seniors' lodges: Assistance program for ... 2016 Ethanol from food crops Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) General remarks ... 906, 907 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Farm produce–Export Second reading ... 944–45 General remarks ... 906 . School of Energy and the WTO negotiations re ... 906 Environment Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Research projects into tailings ponds reclamation ... Second reading ... 1572 1216 First Nations economic partnership initiative Berger, Evan (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Funding for ... 1511 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Flood Risk Management Committee General remarks ... 1511 Recommendations of ... 1150 Agricultural subsidies Floods Reduction of ... 906 Preparedness for ... 925, 1150 Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Provincial assistance re ... 925, 1150 Second reading ... 2024–25 Floods–Southern Alberta Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, General remarks ... 925 2008 (Bill 29) Foreign workers, Temporary Second reading ... 1371, 1433 Housing for ... 360 Alberta Geological Survey Francophone Secretariat Turtle Mountain rockfall monitoring system upgrade, Cité francophone project, funding for ... 360 member's statement re ... 286 Frank Slide Interpretive Centre Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society General remarks ... 286 Member's statement re ... 2207–08 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Assembly of First Nations Second reading ... 94–95 General assembly in Calgary ... 1985–86 Committee ... 433 Barley–Marketing Informa Economics General remarks ... 907, 2110 An Open Market for CWB Grain (final report) Biofuels industry (SP627/08: Tabled) ... 2141 Use of food crops as feedstock ... 329 Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) Blood First Nation Third reading ... 1609 Provincial support to ... 1511 Maiden Speeches Canadian Wheat Board General remarks ... 199–201 Alberta position on ... 907 Members' Statements (2008) Elections, 2008, member's statement re ... 2110 Canadian Wheat Board elections ... 2110 Final report on (SP627/08: Tabled) ... 2141 My Wild Alberta website ... 1093–94 Capital projects Riparian Habitat Management Society ... 2207–08 Cost escalations re, provision for ... 508 Turtle Mountain rockfall monitoring project ... 286 Deficit re ... 507 Mentally disabled Capital projects–Finance Funding for programs for ... 2017 Employment and Immigration dept. project ... 360 Mentally disabled–Safety aspects Continuing/extended care facilities General remarks ... 2017 Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 289 My Wild Alberta (Website) Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Member's statement re ... 1093–94 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 905–07 Natural gas rebates Dept. of Employment and Immigration General remarks ... 508 Capital spending ... 360 Natural resources revenue Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 359–60 General remarks ... 329 Dept. of Energy Oral Question Period (2008) Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 329–30 Assembly of First Nations general assembly ... Revenue ... 329 1985–86 Dept. of Infrastructure First Nations economic development ... 1511 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 506–08 Long-term and continuing care ... 289 Disaster relief Persons with developmental disabilities ... 2017 Southern Alberta flooding, 2008 ... 1150 Spring flooding ... 925, 1150 Employment standards Piikani First Nation Awareness campaign re ... 359 Provincial support to ... 1511 8 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Professional qualifications, Foreign Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 218 Assessment service for ... 359 Employability incentives for recipients of ... 217–18 Public buildings Automobiles, Used–Inspection General remarks ... 508 Legislation re (Bill 205) ... 401 LEED standards for ... 507 Canadian Finals Rodeo Sewage disposal plants Member's statement re ... 1786–87 Funding for ... 507 Capital Region Board Solar power General remarks ... 55 General remarks ... 329 Child care after/before school Speech from the Throne Provincial assistance re ... 612 Debate ... 199–201 Class size (Grade school) Summer Temporary Employment Program K to 3 classes ... 294–95 Funding for ... 359 Climate Change and Emissions Management Supportive living facilities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Affordable supportive living initiative ... 289 Second reading ... 1052–53 Aging in place strategy ... 289 Community spirit program Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing General remarks ... 897 care facilities to ... 289 Construction workers, Female Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Incentives for ... 767 Second reading ... 1882–83 Dept. of Education Third reading ... 2067 Minister's comments re planning of new schools ... Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) 250 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Disabled–Employment Second reading ... 943–44 General remarks ... 217–18 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Disabled children–Education–Finance Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Policy review of, member's statement re ... 1978 Second reading ... 1105–06 Policy review of, minister's forum on ... 1978 Turtle Mountain Diwali (Festival of Lights) Rockfall monitoring project upgrade, member's Member's statement re ... 1579 statement re ... 286 Edmonton International Airport Unemployment–Aboriginal people Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: General remarks ... 1511 Rogers) ... 638 Utility corridors (roadways) General remarks ... 506 Amber Alert warning failure ... 422–23 Wheat–Marketing Education–Curricula General remarks ... 2110 Career and technology courses: Funding for ... 399 Wind power Emergency public warning system General remarks ... 329, 507 Failure of, re Amber alert warning ... 422–23 Workers' compensation Hazardous substances in the home–Disposal Appeal procedure for denied claims ... 360 General remarks ... 1429 Workplace safety High school completion General remarks ... 360 General remarks ... 399 World Trade Organization High school graduates Negotiations at ... 905–07 Transition to postsecondary education ... 399 Bhardwaj, Naresh (PC, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Transition to postsecondary education, incentives for Aga Khan Foundation Canada, Edmonton chapter ... 399 General remarks ... 1015 Homeless–Housing Alberta Aids to Daily Living Provincial initiatives re ... 529–30 General remarks ... 1514 ICE 2008 (Information technology conference) Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Member's statement re ... 2017 (Bill 17) Immigrant doctors Second reading ... 1045 General remarks ... 2133 Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness Information and communications technology General remarks ... 530 General remarks ... 2017 Alberta's Commission on Learning Information and communications technology–Teaching Class size recommendations ... 294 Decline in enrollment ... 2017 Amber Alert (Missing child warning system) Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Failure of warning system re ... 422–23 General remarks ... 55 Apprenticeship training Libraries Aboriginal people ... 767 Aboriginal programs and resources ... 1354 General remarks ... 661, 1987–88 Future direction of, MLA committee to review ... Women ... 767 1354 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Immigrants/foreign workers resources ... 1354 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 9

Libraries–Finance Establishment of ... 477 General remarks ... 1292 Policing Maguire, Mr. Jack Provincial framework for ... 477 90th birthday, member's statement re ... 131 Port Alberta Maiden Speeches Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 638 General remarks ... 193–94 Public safety (From criminal activity) Medical profession General remarks ... 477, 1827 Recruitment of ... 2133 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Medical profession–Supply General remarks ... 767, 1987–88 General remarks ... 2133 Rodeo Members' Statements (2008) Member's statement re ... 1786–87 24th annual World Partnership Walk ... 1015 Safe communities initiative Canadian Finals Rodeo ... 1786–87 General remarks ... 1827 Diwali ... 1579 Safe communities innovation fund ICE 2008 information technology conference ... 2017 General remarks ... 1827 Jack maguire ... 131 Scholarships Special education consultation ... 1978 Registered apprenticeship program scholarships ... Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan 2008 ... 894 1987 Municipal development plans–Capital region Registered apprenticeship program scholarships for Referral to Capital Region Board ... 55 women ... 767 Nanotechnology–Research Schools Commercialization of, funding for ... 846 Daycare spaces in ... 612 nanoWorks program Schools–Construction General remarks ... 846 Minister's comments re planning of ... 250 New Royalty Framework (2007) Schools–Maintenance and repair Application to Suncor and Syncrude ... 85 Minister's comments re planning of ... 250 Nutrition guidelines for children and youth Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1146 Debate ... 193–94 Obesity in children Student testing Reduction of ... 1146 Diploma exams ... 1633 Oral Question Period (2008) Suncor Inc. Aids to Daily Living program ... 1514 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Apprenticeship training ... 661 ... 85 Assured income for the severely handicapped ... Syncrude Canada Ltd. 217–18 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Capital region municipal planning ... 55 ... 85 Child care funding ... 612 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Class sizes ... 294–95 (Alberta /British Columbia) Commercialization of nanotechnology ... 846 Impact on physician recruitment in Alberta ... 2133 Community spirit program ... 897 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Emergency public warning system ... 422–23 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Hazardous household products ... 1429 First reading ... 401 High school completion ... 399 Second reading ... 1100, 1111–12 High school diploma examinations ... 1633 Committee ... 1553 Homelessness initiatives ... 529–30 Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan 2008 Library funding ... 1292 Member's statement re ... 894 New royalty framework ... 85 Women Building Futures Nutrition guidelines for children ... 1146 Provincial contribution to ... 767 Physician recruitment ... 2133 Women in the trades Policing framework ... 477 Incentives for ... 767 Public library services ... 1354 World Partnership Walk, Edmonton (2008) Safe communities innovation fund ... 1827 Member's statement re ... 1015 School construction ... 250 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition) Skilled workforce training programs ... 1987–88 Equipment used at, donation to technical schools in Women in the trades ... 767 Alberta ... 929 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 ... 929 General remarks ... 929 Paint–Disposal Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Government program for ... 1429 Second reading ... 1560 Paint–Recycling Bhullar, Manmeet Singh (PC, Calgary-Montrose) Government program for ... 1429 Alberta Conservation Team Pesticides General remarks ... 1422 Ban on ... 1429 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Police, Provincial First reading ... 1324 10 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Second reading ... 1371–72 General remarks ... 2134 Committee ... 1531 Homeless–Housing–East Calgary Third reading ... 1660–61 General remarks ... 2134 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Information and communications technology Midwifery services coverage ... 425, 1353 General remarks ... 1849 Alberta Regulations Provincial strategy re ... 1849 School/playground zone changes ... 1671 International Day of the Midwife Alberta Social Housing Corporation General remarks ... 424 Cash balance ... 823 Legal aid Operating funding ... 823 General remarks ... 794–95 Apologies (Civil law) Maiden Speeches Legal liability for, eliminated (Bill 30) ... 1324 General remarks ... 29–30 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Manufacturing Week Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 1902 General remarks ... 656–57 General remarks ... 1902–03 Marijuana grow operations Bothwell, Blake Shutting down of ... 1290 Member's statement re ... 1468 Medical care Calgary Inter-faith Food Bank Reform of (action plan re) ... 1353–54 Food and fundraising campaign for ... 838 Members' Statements (2008) Campus Alberta Blake Bothwell ... 1468 Strategic directions committee established (Bill 7) ... Calgary Abbeydale volunteer awards ... 80 348 Canadian Skills Competition ... 1094 Canadian Skills Competition, Calgary (May 2008) Careers in Manufacturing awards ... 656–57 (Trades competition) Culture of innovation in education ... 2183–84 Member's statement re ... 1094 GTEC awards ... 1849 Careers in Manufacturing awards Myanmar relief effort ... 796 Member's statement re ... 656–57 One Simple Act waste reduction program ... 1422 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Registered apprenticeship program ... 2109–10 Essay contest winner, member's statement re ... 164 Reverend David Holmes ... 1152 Crack houses Safe communities initiative ... 1820 Shutting down of ... 1290 Shinia Van ... 164 Crime prevention Walking Away Hunger campaign ... 838 Member's statement re ... 1820 WorldSkills trades competition ... 1741 Cyclone–Myanmar (Burma) Midwives and midwifery Relief effort for (Calgary radiothon), member's Coverage by health care plan ... 425, 1353 statement re ... 796 General remarks ... 424–25 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Nuclear power plants Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 823 Expert panel to review ... 2015 Policy and urban affairs division, administrative costs One Simple Act program (Environmental protection ... 823 campaign) East Calgary health centre Member's statement re ... 1422 Construction of ... 1829 Oral Question Period (2008) Education Assured income for the severely handicapped ... Innovations in, member's statement re ... 2183–84 1902–03 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Calgary ring road ... 2182–83 General remarks ... 2015 Energy efficiency in new buildings ... 223 Environmental protection Health care coverage for midwifery ... 1353 General remarks ... 1422 Health services in Calgary ... 1829 First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Homelessness in east Calgary ... 2134 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) Legal aid ... 794–95 Committee ... 1308 Midwifery sevices ... 424–25 Food banks–Calgary Noise attenuation on Stoney Trail ... 585 Food and fundraising campaign for ... 838 Nuclear Power Expert Panel ... 2015 GTEC (Government technology) awards Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative ... Alberta recipients, member's statement re ... 1849 1290 Health care facilities–Calgary School and playground zones ... 1671 General remarks ... 1829 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) High school graduates Expansion of ... 1829 Early graduation incentives, member's statement re ... Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) 2183–84 First reading ... 348 Holmes, Rev. David Second reading ... 958, 1121–22 Member's statement re ... 1152 Committee ... 1133 Homeless–East Calgary Third reading ... 1445 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 11

Postsecondary educational institutions Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP26-31/08: Tabled) ... Research programs at, legislation re (Bill 7) ... 348 24 Public buildings Funding for ... 491 Environmental impact of, reduction of ... 223 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission LEED standards for ... 223 Annual review, 2006-07 (SP112/08: Tabled) ... 402 Public service–Alberta Caseload ... 485 GTEC award recipients, member's statement re ... Educational programs ... 489 1849 Location within Dept. of Culture and Community Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Spirit ... 488–89 Member's statement re ... 2109–10 New chief commissioner ... 485, 584, 1430, 1632 Ring roads–Calgary Remedial authority ... 489 Interchange at 17 Ave. S.E. ... 2182 Review of ... 344, 764, 1584–85, 1632, 1944 Noise attenuation on ... 585 Role of ... 485 Southeast section ... 2183 Alberta SuperNet Safe communities initiative Alberta-made films availability on ... 494 Member's statement re ... 1820 Amusements Act Safe communities innovation fund Replaced by Film and Video Classification Act (Bill General remarks ... 1820 18, 2008) ... 848 Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative Arena– General remarks ... 1290 Provincial involvement ... 766 Scholarships Theatre in ... 766 Registered apprenticeship program scholarships ... Arlington Apartments, Edmonton 2109–10 Loss of historic site designation ... 1387 Skilled Trades Week Artists General remarks ... 1741 Promotion of, outside Alberta ... 2073 Skills/Compétences Canada Artists–Housing General remarks ... 1741 General remarks ... 481, 493 Speech from the Throne Temporary rent caps re ... 493 Debate ... 29–30, 45 Arts Speed limits, Municipal Provincial ministers' meeting re, Quebec City, Alberta School/playground zones designation ... 1671 minister's presence at ... 1315 Van, Shinia (Student) Arts–Finance Member's statement re ... 164 Federal cuts to, provincial response to ... 1288, 1315 Volunteers–Calgary General remarks ... 480, 491, 1288, 1315, 1689 Abbeydale community volunteers of the year, Arts festival member's statement re ... 80 Creation of ... 481 Walking Away Hunger campaign Auditor General Member's statement re ... 838 Community initiatives program auditing ... 1898 Waste management Bingo associations Member's statement re ... 1422 Funding for ... 487 Waste Reduction Week Bitumount, Alberta (Historic site) Member's statement re ... 1422 Maintenance funding for ... 484 Wood products, Albertan Blackfoot First Nations Acceptability for LEED designed projects ... 223 Repatriation of ceremonial objects to (Bill 19) ... 848 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition) Book Publishers Association of Alberta General remarks ... 1094 Meeting with minister ... 482 Member's statement re ... 1741 Provincial support to ... 1147 Blackett, Hon. Lindsay (PC, Calgary-North West) Book publishing 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Provincial support for ... 482, 1147 Funding of Passchendaele movie from ... 496 Brooks Aquaduct (Historic site) Alberta Arts Day Maintenance funding for ... 484 Creation of ... 481 Building Canada Plan (Federal) General remarks ... 1288 Alberta funds from ... 494 Alberta creative development initiative Canada Council for the Arts Promotion of Alberta artists outside Alberta ... 2073 Alberta Culture minister's meeting with ... 1315 Alberta Foundation for the Arts General remarks ... 2073 Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP14-19/08: Tabled) ... Centennial legacies grant program 24 Passchendaele movie funding from ... 496, 1382 Book publishing program ... 1147 Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Funding for ... 480, 491, 1288 Casino revenue for, impact on Community Spirit General remarks ... 480, 1315, 2073 funding ... 484 Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Corporate donations to, impact on Community Spirit funding for ... 484 12 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Funding for ... 424, 480, 492, 1855–56 Film development grant program Funding for, to cover rent increases of ... 492 Increase in funding for ... 480, 490, 491, 495, 496 Citizenship courses Film industry Provincial funding for ... 398 General remarks ... 494 Community facility enhancement program Tax incentives for ... 491, 494 General remarks ... 480, 483, 484, 492, 581, 1668, Film studio 1855–56, 1985 Funding for ... 494 Community initiatives program Films–Classification Audit by Auditor General ... 1898 Legislation re (Bill 18) ... 848 General remarks ... 483, 484, 486, 1315, 1668, 1856, First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation 1898, 1985 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) Community spirit program First reading ... 848 General remarks ... 480, 483–84, 490, 492, 581, 897, Second reading ... 967–68 1856, 1985 Committee ... 1302 Tax credit component ... 424, 480, 483–84, 490, Third reading ... 1465 1856, 1985 Gasoline–Prices Conflict of interest Impact on tourism ... 714 Human Rights Commission location within Justice Government spending policy ministry ... 488 General remarks ... 1665, 1667, 1668 Constitution Act, 1982 Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities Charter of Rights and Freedoms, sexual orientation Lottery funding for ... 581 provisions ... 15–16 Historic sites Crime prevention Funding for maintenance/upgrading at ... 480, 484 Funding for ... 581 General remarks ... 480 Cultural facilities–Construction Impact on attendance at, of gasoline prices ... 714 General remarks ... 494 Meteorite impact crater, Whitecourt ... 1784 Cultural facilities–Finance Historical Resources Fund General remarks ... 492 Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP20-25/08: Tabled) ... Cultural property, Indigenous 24 Repatriation of ceremonial objects to Blackfoot First Horse breeding Nations by Royal Alberta Museum ... 848 Lottery funding for ... 2179 Culture–Finance Horse racing General remarks ... 1147 Lottery funding for ... 480, 491, 2179 Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta) Horse Racing Alberta Funding for ... 480 Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... General remarks ... 481, 491, 492, 494, 1689 1219 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit Funding ... 480 Budget: Equipment fund ... 495, 496 Loans to Balzac racing entertainent complex ... 1219 Budget: Minister's office funding ... 495 Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act Location of Human Rights Commission within ... 488 Review of ... 489, 1632, 1781–82 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 479–96 Sexual orientation provisions in ... 15–16, 485–86, Minister's attendance at provincial ministers' meeting 489, 763–64, 846–47, 1584–85, 1632, 1782, 1944 re the arts ... 1315 Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Other initiatives program ... 486 Education Fund Staffing ... 495 Funding for citizenship education programs ... 398 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General General remarks ... 484–85, 489, 581, 1944, 1946 Location of Human Rights Commission within ... 488 Human rights–Alberta Discrimination–Prevention General remarks ... 15–16, 344, 763–64, 846–47 General remarks ... 1946–47 International Day of Tolerance Discrimination–Sex General remarks ... 1946 General remarks ... 15–16, 344, 485–86, 489, 763–64, Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) 846–47, 1584–85, 1632, 1782 Committee ... 1250 Donating to charitable organizations Legislature grounds General remarks ... 480, 483–84, 1985 Redevelopment of ... 487 Tax credits for ... 424, 480, 483–84 Leitch Collieries (Historic site) Edmonton Maintenance funding for ... 484 Cultural policy ... 481 Lottery Fund Federal Building, Edmonton Balzac racing entertainent complex funding ... 1219 Renovation of ... 487 Funds allocation ... 480, 581, 1665, 1668 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Funds allocation, political bias in ... 1898, 1940 First reading ... 848 Website of, posting of MCFP grant information on ... Second reading ... 1572 847 Third reading ... 1769 Maiden Speeches 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 13

General remarks ... 127–28 Funding for ... 496 Major community facilities program Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Distribution of funds from ... 480, 483, 486, 492, 847, Horse Racing Alberta's loans to ... 1219 1665, 1667, 1668, 1855–56 Rent control Edmonton projects approved (SP449/08: Tabled) ... For artists ... 493 1674 Royal Alberta Museum Shortfall in funding for ... 847 Redevelopment of ... 487 Members of the Legislative Assembly Repatriation of ceremonial objects to Blackfoot First Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1898 Nations (Bill 19) ... 848 Museums Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing, Red Deer Funding for maintenance/upgrading at ... 480 Lottery funding for ... 581 General remarks ... 480 Seniors' centres Impact on attendance at, of gasoline prices ... 714 Financial support to ... 139 Okotoks Erratic Sexual orientation Upgrading of ... 484 Inclusion in Alberta human rights legislation ... Oral Question Period (2008) 15–16, 344, 485–86, 489, 763–64, 846–47, 1782, Arlington Apartments ... 1387 1944 Arts and culture funding ... 1288, 1315 Slot machines in racing entertainment centres Arts funding ... 1689 Revenue from: Transferred to horse racing industry ... Book publishing industry ... 1147 480, 491, 2179 Charitable donations ... 1985 Snow Valley Ski Club Charitable tax credit ... 424 High-speed chairlift, provincial funding for ... 1667 Chief commissioner of the Human Rights Speech from the Throne Commission ... 584 Debate ... 127–28 Citizenship education ... 398 Supplementary estimates Community development funding ... 1668 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2097 Community spirit program ... 897 Supreme Court of Canada Crime reduction and safe communities ... 581 Delwin Vriend case ... 15–16, 344, 764, 846, 1584, Diversity and tolerance ... 1946–47 1944 Downtown Edmonton arena ... 766 Tax incentives Funding for nonprofit agencies ... 1855–56 For charitable donations ... 424, 480, 483–84, 490, Government spending ... 1665 1856 Human Rights Commissioner ... 1430 For film and television creation ... 491, 494 Impact of gasoline prices on tourism ... 714 Telus World of Science, Calgary Lottery funding ... 1898, 1940 Expansion of ... 480, 492–93 Major community facilities program ... 847 Terrace Building, Legislature grounds Passchendaele ... 1382 Replacement by RAM history museum ... 487 Seniors' facilities ... 139 Tolerance Sexual orientation ... 1584–85, 1632, 1781–82 Promotion of ... 1946–47 Sexual orientation and human rights ... 15–16, 344, Tourism 763–64, 846–47, 1944 Impact of gasoline prices on ... 714 Snow Valley Ski Club funding ... 1667 Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site) Support for the arts ... 2073 Maintenance funding for ... 484 Support for the horse-racing industry ... 2179 Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1219 Maintenance funding for ... 484 Whitecourt woodlands meteorite impact crater ... United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. 1784 Agreement with province re Balzac racing Passchendaele (Movie) entertainment complex ... 1219 Funding for ... 496, 1382 Videos–Classification Portrait Gallery of Canada Legislation re (Bill 18) ... 848 Funding for Alberta bid for ... 480, 487 Volunteers Premier's citizenship awards General remarks ... 480 General remarks ... 496 Whitecourt woodlands meteorite impact crater Premier's Council on Arts and Culture Designation as historic site ... 1784 Creation of ... 480 Wild Rose Foundation Public safety (From criminal activity) Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP32-37/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 581 24 Quality of life General remarks ... 1985 General remarks ... 480 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Funding for ... 496 Funding of Passchendaele movie from ... 496 Queen's Golden Jubilee scholarship for the visual and Access to the Future Fund performing arts General remarks ... 869 14 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Second reading ... 1589–90, 1592 General remarks ... 924, 1896 Third reading ... 1842–43 Inflation-proofing of ... 868, 1896, 1987 Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario Natural resources revenue investment in ... 868 Zapping Tenants (submetering report) (SP239/08: Regular investment in ... 166–67, 868 Tabled) ... 1066 Surplus funds investment in ... 167, 868 Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Tobacco company investments ... 869 Second reading ... 996–97 Alberta Hospital, Ponoka Committee ... 1309 General remarks ... 694 Airports–Red Deer Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Funding for ... 734 Caseload ... 485 Alberta–Economic conditions Review of ... 1584–85 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1427, Role of ... 485 1475–76, 1854, 1896, 1987, 2014–15, 2073–74 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues General remarks ... 869 Midwifery services recommendation ... 1378 Pension funds management, impact of 2008 Alberta Arts Day international financial crisis on ... 1854 General remarks ... 1288 Tobacco company investments, review of ... 869 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Alberta Mental Health Board Seniors' drug benefits ... 694 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Alberta Cancer Board Board, letter re (SP333/08: Tabled) ... 1324 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Board, letter re (SP333/08: Tabled) ... 1324 (Bill 17) Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund Second reading ... 993–94 General remarks ... 694, 698, 869, 1316–17 Third reading ... 1204–06 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) 2008 (Bill 29) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Second reading ... 1371, 1433–36 Third reading ... 1861 Committee ... 1933 Alberta Securities Commission Third reading ... 1962 Regulation of asset-backed commercial paper ... 582 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Alberta seniors benefit program Second reading ... 1923–25, 1954–55 General remarks ... 2074 Alberta Craft Council Optical/dental benefits ... 304, 313, 2074 Open house, member's statement re ... 1947–48 Review of cut-off levels re rent increases ... 1144 Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4) Alberta SuperNet Committee ... 891 Public library access to ... 806 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund Second reading ... 1440–41 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Committee ... 1616–17 presented re ... 165, 257, 296, 400, 478, 618, 666, Alberta Foodbank Network Association 718, 769, 796, 847–48, 904, 1024, 1065, 1094 Funding for, to provide fresh food ... 1515 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Alberta Foundation for the Arts Second reading ... 103–04 Book publishing program ... 482 Ambulance service Funding for ... 481, 490, 491 Funding for ... 693 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Provincial governance of ... 693 Casino deal with Edmonton arena developers ... 766 , Edmonton Alberta Health Authority Engine retarder brakes usage on ... 842, 902 Impact on health facilities P3 projects ... 873 Interchanges on ... 842–43, 901–02 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Noise attenuation issues ... 842–43, 902, 929–30 Midwifery services coverage ... 419, 420, 693 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 249–50 Midwifery services coverage, petition presented re ... Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) 478, 619, 1221, 1294 Second reading ... 997–1001, 1003 Seniors coverage ... 694, 2074 Committee ... 1030–32, 1035–37 Smoking cessation products coverage under ... Third reading ... 1071 698–99 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums 5) Elimination of ... 924 Second reading ... 158–59 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. General remarks ... 304 2) (Bill 51) Alberta Health Services Board Committee ... 2188–90, 2193–95 Chief executive officer, role of, cost cutting element: Third reading ... 2212–13 Document re (SP643/08: Tabled) ... 2209 Arena–Downtown Edmonton Letter re (SP/33308: Tabled) ... 1324 Casino in, revenue from to offset costs of ... 766 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 15

Community revitalization levy to pay for ... 766 Basing on outcomes ... 883–84 Provincial involvement ... 766 Process re ... 882–84 Theatre in ... 766 Budget 2008 Art Gallery of Alberta 2008-09 second quarter fiscal update ... 1896 Federal funding for ... 1738 Building Canada Plan (Federal) Artist, Status of Alberta funds from ... 728, 733–34, 1738–39 Legislation re ... 481 Calgary Board of Education Artists Dismissal of ... 232 Report on ... 487 Calgary Health Region Artists–Housing Funding for ... 700 General remarks ... 481 Calgary Inter-faith Food Bank Arts Funding for, to provide fresh food ... 1515 General remarks ... 1947–48 Canadian Mental Health Association Arts–Finance General remarks ... 693–94 Federal cuts to, provincial response to ... 1288 Capital projects General remarks ... 481–82, 490–91, 1288 Deficit re ... 881 Arts festival Public/private partnerships re ... 249–50, 395, 870–73 Creation of ... 481 Public/private partnerships re: Contracts for, public Asset-backed commercial paper access to ... 871, 872 Investment protection re ... 582–83 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Treasury Branch investment in ... 1382, 1428 Deferred projects costs ... 881 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Capital region integrated growth management plan Benefits increase for ... 303 General remarks ... 728 Clients of, access to rent supplement program ... 305 Carbon dioxide sequestration Indexing of benefits under ... 303 Funding for projects re ... 1987 Paperwork requirements under ... 790 Centennial legacies grant program Auditor General Passchendaele movie funding from ... 496 ATB, asset-backed commercial paper investments ... Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations 1427 Casino revenue for, impact on Community Spirit Mental health strategy, report on ... 694 funding ... 483, 484 Automobile drivers' licences Corporate donations to, impact on Community Spirit Application process for out-of-country arrivals ... 978, funding for ... 483, 484 1689, 1855 Funding for ... 491, 492 Suspension of, for nonpayment of maintenance orders Funding for, to cover rent increases of ... 491–92 ... 565 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Automobile Insurance Rate Board 2008 (Bill 40) Hearings into premium levels ... 85, 874, 2138 Second reading ... 1951–52 Insurance companies' profit margin increase ... 472 Third reading ... 2122–23 Mandatory premiums review, website article re Children and poverty (SP46/08: Tabled) ... 81 Elimination of, petition presented re ... 1545 Bail hearings General remarks ... 365, 1357 Attendance of crown prosecutors at, impact on Children from broken marriages remand centre populations ... 584 Access to ... 565 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Christian Labour Association of Canada Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1 General remarks ... 358 Bills, Government Civil service pensions Bill 26, second reading amendment (right of Early retirement provisions ... 885 association concerns) ... 1178 Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... Bingo associations 1355–56, 1898 Funding for ... 486 Potential unfunded liability ... 1355–56 Birth Unlimited Climate Change and Emissions Management General remarks ... 1378 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Blind students Committee ... 1372–74 Provincial support/funding for ... 229–30 Third reading ... 1451–52 Bon Ton Bakery Collective bargaining Fundraising for Terra child care space ... 1510 First-contract certification legislation ... 23, 357, 666, Book Publishers Association of Alberta 1024, 1096 Proposal to province ... 482 Collective bargaining–Public service Book publishing General remarks ... 666 Provincial support for ... 481, 482 Committee on Community Services, Standing Boyle Street Community Services Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 385–86 General remarks ... 1015 Committee on the Economy, Standing Budget Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 385–86 16 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Committee on Health, Standing Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 481–87, Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 385–86 490–92, 494–96 Committee on Public Safety and Services, Standing Other initiatives program ... 486 Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 385–86 Staffing ... 495 Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Dept. of Education Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 385–86 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 229–32 Committees, Policy field Dept. of Employment and Immigration Consideration of public surveillance issue ... 571 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 357–59, 364–65 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 65–68 Dept. of Environment Members' lists for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 385–86 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 371–73 Community facility enhancement program Dept. of Finance and Enterprise General remarks ... 484, 492 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 868–74, 881–86 Community initiatives program Dept. of Health and Wellness General remarks ... 484, 486 Budget ... 698–99 Community spirit program Cross-ministry efforts with Seniors dept. ... 302–03, General remarks ... 482–84, 490, 491 312–13 Tax credit component ... 482–84 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 692–94, Connect Logistics Services 698–701 Liquor products warehousing, costs and handling Dept. of Justice and Attorney General issues ... 1214 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 564–66, 570–71 Consumer protection Staffing ... 571 Re asset-backed commercial paper investments ... Dept. of Municipal Affairs 582–83 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 805–06 Continuing/extended care facilities Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports McKinsey report on ... 2182 Contracted employees salaries (Q1/08: Response Rent increases in, member's statement re ... 286–87 tabled as SP566/08) ... 622–23 Rent increases in, petition tabled re (SP83/08: Tabled) Cross-ministry efforts with Health and Wellness dept. ... 287, 297 ... 302–03, 312–13 Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 302–04, 312–14 Accommodation standards ... 302–03 Dept. of Transportation Enforcement of ... 304 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 726–28, 733–34 Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Discrimination–Sex Third reading ... 1454 General remarks ... 485–86, 1584–85, 1632, 1782 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Domestic violence–Prevention Report ... 570–71 Provincial initiatives re ... 570, 571 Cultural facilities–Finance Donating to charitable organizations General remarks ... 491 General remarks ... 482–84 Culture–Ontario Tax credits for ... 482–84 General remarks ... 482 Drugs, Prescription Culture–Québec Approval process re ... 303 General remarks ... 482 Edmonton Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta) Cultural policy ... 484, 487, 490 General remarks ... 487, 491, 494–95 Edmonton-Centre (Constituency) Cybercrime Member for, nominated as Speaker ... 1 International centre for response to ... 571 Edmonton Community Legal Centre CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Funding for ... 564 Act (Bill Pr. 1, 2007) Edmonton Remand Centre General remarks ... 571 Increase in inmate numbers due to bail hearing Daycare centres changes ... 584 National plan principles re (Conservative government Elections, Provincial plan): Benefit clawbacks re ... 358–59 Seat distribution outcome from 2008 election, letter re Spaces for ... 357, 358 (SP160/08: Tabled) ... 666 Daycare centres–Finance Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 General remarks ... 1510 Safety of oil sands tailings ponds (not proceeded Deficit financing with) ... 620 General remarks ... 2014 Temporary Standing Order amendments (not Dentures proceeded with) ... 24–25 Assistance to seniors re ... 304, 313 Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit Second reading ... 1843–44 Budget: Equipment fund ... 495, 496 Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Budget: Minister's office funding ... 495 34) Creation of ... 481, 490 Second reading ... 1464–65 Third reading ... 1727 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 17

Employment standards Francophone Secretariat Compassionate leave ... 365 Cité francophone project, funding for ... 365 Maternity/parental leave benefits ... 365 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Endicott, Marina (Writer) Jack Mintz report on provincial savings plan request General remarks ... 2208 under ... 1824 Endowment funds, Public Friends for World Development Investment of natural resources revenue into ... 868 Brochure re (SP89/08: Tabled) ... 349 Investment of surpus funds into ... 167 Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) Engine retarder brakes Second reading ... 1611–13 Use within city limits ... 842, 902, 929–30 Committee ... 1723 Environmental impact assessments Third reading ... 1771 Funding for monitoring of ... 372 Galleries (Legislative Assembly Chamber) Environmental law/regulations Closed captioning system in, for hearing impaired ... Enforcement of ... 372 530 Inspectors for ... 372 Closed captioning system in, for hearing impaired, Liberal opposition media/radio ads re (SP148-150/08: member's statement re ... 709 Tabled) ... 619 Government attorneys Public education re ... 373 Bail hearing attendance, impact on remand centre Ethics Commissioner populations ... 584 New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) Terms of employment/salaries improvement ... 1020 ... 1518–19 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special 35) Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred Second reading ... 1523–25 in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1518–19 Committee ... 1646–49 Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) Third reading ... 1729 Third reading ... 1455–56 Government programs Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Benefits from, impact of clawbacks of ... 359 Second reading ... 1593–96, 1599 Government spending policy Committee ... 1719–21 General remarks ... 882, 1318 Film development grant program Government vehicles Increase in funding for ... 490, 495, 496 Emissions reduction initiatives for ... 1540 Film industry Greater Edmonton Foundation Tax incentives for ... 481, 491 Increased funding for seniors housing ... 1144 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Greenhouse gas emissions 31) Reduction of, monitoring/auditing re ... 372–73 Second reading ... 1442–44, 1527 Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Committee ... 1617–18 Second reading ... 1745–47 Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Committee ... 1838–39 (Bill 13) Third reading ... 1962–63 Second reading ... 887 Health Information Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 52) Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Second reading ... 2125–27 Commission Health Professions Act Report ... 616, 1824–25, 1939–40, 2015 Changes to ... 701 First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) Committee ... 1333–34 Second reading ... 1075–76 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP338/08: Tabled) ... Committee ... 1302–03 1334 Third reading ... 1465 Third reading ... 1453–54 Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) Highway 2–Morinville to Clyde corner Second reading ... 703–06 Passing lane for ... 733 Food banks Highway 63–Fort McMurray Nutritional impact of processed food from ... 1515 Interchanges ... 734 Support for ... 1357 Historic sites Foothills Country Hospice Funding for maintenance/upgrading at ... 484 MLAs presentation of cheque to, article re (SP586/08: HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) Tabled) ... 2018 General remarks ... 2139 Foreign workers, Temporary Home care program General remarks ... 357 General remarks ... 303 Housing for ... 364–65 Homeless–Housing Forest conservation–Wood Buffalo area General remarks ... 2073 Letter re (SP69/08: Tabled) ... 224 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Fort McMurray Eligibility crieria ... 658 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 881 Horse racing 18 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Lottery funding for ... 491 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Hospitals–Calgary Second reading ... 1171–85, 1197–99 New south Calgary hospital: Mental health beds in ... Second reading: Amendment (right of association 2074 concerns) ... 1178 Hospitals–Emergency services Committee ... 1259–60, 1265 Paramedics wait times in ... 693 Third reading ... 1273–76, 1281 Housing–Fort McMurray General remarks ... 1222 Public/private partnership re ... 873 Labour Relations Code Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act Review of ... 357 Review of ... 1781–82 Labour supply Sexual orientation provisions in ... 485–86, 1584–85, Shortages ... 357 1632, 1782, 2139 Labour unions Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism General remarks ... 357, 358 Education Fund Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) General remarks ... 484–85 Second reading ... 995–96 Hunter, Hope Committee ... 1337–38 Member's statement re ... 1015 Third reading ... 1607–09 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) Third reading ... 628–29 Second reading ... 1604–06 Imperial Oil Ltd. Third reading ... 1728 Kearl Lake project, federal court decision re ... Learner benefits program 371–72 Adequacy of, letter re (SP161/08: Tabled) ... 666 Income Support program Legal aid Benefits, retention of ... 359 Funding for ... 571 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Legislature Building Cumulative impact assessment of ... 372 Disabled access to, member's statement re ... 709 Insurance, Automobile Legislature grounds Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and Redevelopment of ... 487 suffering): Cap on, court case re ... 874, 2139 Libraries Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Future direction of, MLA committee to review ... 805, Raising of ... 85, 2138 806 Review of ... 472 Newcomers usage of ... 805 Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Libraries–Finance Second reading ... 1296–98, 1301 General remarks ... 805–06 Committee ... 1363–64, 1368–70 Light rail transit–Edmonton Insurance Bureau of Canada Extension to Capital region ... 728 Alberta insurance companies' profit margin Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 728, adjustment ... 472 733–34 International Day of the Midwife Linden, Dianne (Writer) General remarks ... 420 General remarks ... 2208 Member's statement re ... 419 Liquor distribution network International finance General remarks ... 1214 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1427, Local Authorities Pension Board 1475–76, 1854, 1896, 1987, 2014–15, 2073 Union representatives on, provision of information to Investment of public funds ... 16 General remarks ... 869–70 Local Authorities Pension Plan Long-term policy re ... 924 Changes to, informing union representatives of ... 16 Investments, Personal General remarks ... 885 Consumer protection re ... 582–83 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1854 Ironworkers union local 720 Public inquiry into administration of ... 885 Pin and award banquet, program from (SP147/08: Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Tabled) ... 619 presented re ... 165, 257, 296, 400, 478, 618, 666, Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) 718, 769, 796, 847–48, 904, 1024, 1065, 1094 Second reading ... 1438–39 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Committee ... 1530 hospitals) Justice system Advocate for ... 303 Access to, by women ... 566 Assessment of, by international consulting firm, letter Kiwanis Place (Seniors' residence) re (SP333/08: Tabled) ... 1324 New elevator for ... 2135 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Labour laws and legislation hospitals)–Staffing Changes to, letters re (SP7, 39, 162, 191, 220, 238, Shortages of, letter re (SP190/08: Tabled) ... 904 248, 283, 321/08: Tabled) ... 23, 59, 666, 904–05, Lottery Fund 1024, 1066, 1096, 1222, 1295 Funds allocation, political bias in ... 2019–20 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 19

Funds allocation, political bias in, website blog entry Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) re (SP587/08: Tabled) ... 2018 (Bill 41) Low-income families Second reading ... 1835–36 Provincial assistance to ... 2073–74 Municipal sustainability initiative Maintenance (Domestic relations) Public library funding under ... 806 Funding for ... 571 Nanji, Shenaaz (Writer) General remarks ... 564–65 General remarks ... 2208 Maintenance Enforcement Amendment Act, 2004 (Bill Nanton and area food bank 18, 2004) General remarks ... 1357 Interest payment provisions ... 565 Natural resources revenue Major community facilities program General remarks ... 616, 1896 Distribution of funds from ... 486, 491 Investing of, in endowment funds ... 868 Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Investing of, in Heritage Fund ... 868 Second reading ... 1527–28 New Royalty Framework (2007) Committee ... 1756–57 Royalty projections in, documents based on (M3/08: Medical care Defeated) ... 624 Costs, initiatives to control ... 2209 Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund Medical care–Finance General remarks ... 1896 General remarks ... 699 Nuclear power plants Members of the Legislative Assembly Expert panel to review: Documents re appointment of Presentation of cheques re government programs, (M15/08: Defeated) ... 1392–94 article re (SP586/08: Tabled) ... 2018 Expert panel to review: Report ... 1394 Members' Statements (2008) Nurses–Employment Access to the Alberta Legislature ... 709 Impact of lack of daycare on ... 357 Alberta Craft Council open house ... 1947–48 Official Opposition Assistance for seniors ... 286–87 Arts policy ... 481, 482 Hope Hunter ... 1015 Media releases re environmental laws (SP148/08: International Day of the Midwife ... 419 Tabled) ... 619 Midwifery services ... 1378 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Tribute to Alberta writers ... 2208 accounting World AIDS Day ... 2139 for ... 1635 Mental health services Radio ads re environmental laws, script and purchase Funding for ... 693–94 order for (SP149-150/08: Tabled) ... 619 General remarks ... 304, 2074 Oil sands development Provincial strategy re, Auditor General's report on ... Kearl Lake project, federal court decision re ... 694 371–72 Provincial strategy re, funding for ... 694 Strategic plan completion for ... 881 Mental health services–Prisoners Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke General remarks ... 693 report on ... 734, 882 Mental health services agencies (Nonprofit) Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat Funding for ... 693–94 General remarks ... 882 Midwives and midwifery Oil sands tailings ponds–Safety aspects Coverage by health care plan ... 419, 420, 692–93, Request for emergency debate re ... 620 1378 Ontario Health Coalition Coverage by health care plan, petition presented re ... Report on P3 projects ... 395 478, 619, 1221, 1294 Oral Question Period (2008) Coverage by health care plan, petition tabled re Alberta Treasury Branches ... 1382 (SP282/08) ... 1222 Anthony Henday Drive interchanges ... 842–43, General remarks ... 420 901–02 Member's statement re ... 419, 1378 Anthony Henday Drive noise levels ... 929–30 Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Arts and culture funding ... 1288 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) Asset-backed commercial paper ... 582–83 Second reading ... 1953–54 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 790 Ministers (Provincial government) Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 790 Vehicles used by, fuel efficiency standards for ... Automobile insurance ... 85, 472, 2138–39 1540 Building Canada infrastructure funding ... 1738–39 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 25) Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund ... 1316–17 Second reading ... 1296 CART services in the Legislative Assembly ... 530 Municipal Government Act Climate change initiatives ... 1987 Amendment to allow daycare spaces in buildings ... Continuing care strategy ... 2182 357 Crown prosecutors ... 1020 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16) Downtown Edmonton arena ... 766 Committee ... 1330–32 Driver licensing ... 1689 20 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Edmonton Remand Centre ... 584 904, 1024, 1065, 1094 Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2008) Commission ... 616 Midwifery funding (SP282/08) ... 1222 Food banks ... 1515 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) Funding for human services agencies ... 1510 Second reading ... 1844–45 Government pension plans ... 1355–56 Committee ... 1956–58 Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 166–67 Point of Order Homeless and eviction prevention fund ... 658 Allegations against a member ... 1635 International drivers' licences ... 978, 1855 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 60, 888 Kiwanis Place seniors' residence ... 2135 Factual accuracy ... 2019–20 Local Authorities Pension Plan ... 16 Inflammatory language ... 402, 1636 Local authorities pension plan ... 16, 1854 Insulting language ... 722 Lottery funding ... 1898 Political advertising, Third-party Midwifery sevices ... 420 Control/elimination of ... 1822 Ministerial vehicle fleet ... 1540 Political parties National securities regulation ... 2055 Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Payday loan industry ... 1629 1518–19 Provincial fiscal strategy ... 2014–15, 2052 Portrait Gallery of Canada Provincial savings policy ... 1317–18 Funding for Alberta bid for ... 486 Provincial savings strategy ... 1896, 1939–40 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Public-private partnerships ... 395 Second reading ... 1038 Public-private project funding ... 249–50 Third reading ... 1446 Rental properties ... 1059–60 Proceeds of crime Report on financial and investment policies ... 1824 Funding of victims programs with ... 566 Savings and investments ... 924 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Seniors' housing ... 1144 Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Sexual orientation ... 1584–85, 1632, 1781–82 1518–19 Support for food banks ... 1357 Property tax–Education levy Support for low-income Albertans ... 2073–74 Authority for, return to school boards ... 231–32 Third-party advertising ... 1822 Seniors' tax relief re ... 230 Treasury Branches board of directors ... 1475–76 Public inquiries Treasury Branches investments ... 1426–27 Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, Warehousing of liquor products ... 1214 and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 165, 257, 296, Women's equality ... 713 400, 478, 618, 666, 718, 769, 796, 847–48, 904, Workplace safety ... 2207 1024, 1065, 1094 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Public service–Alberta Rotation of questions/35-second rule ... 60 Hiring freeze on ... 2015 ParaMed Home Health Care Public Service Pension Plan Letter re (SP190/08: Tabled) ... 904 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Parliamentary democracy presented re ... 165, 257, 296, 400, 478, 618, 666, Standing Order amendment motion ... 24–25 718, 769, 796, 847–48, 904, 1024, 1065, 1094 Passchendaele (Movie) Public transit Funding for ... 496 Federal funding for ... 1739 Pay equity legislation Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce Plans for ... 365 greenhouse gas emissions ... 1987 Payday loan companies Queen Mary Park school Provincial regulation of ... 1629 Clousure ... 231 Payday loans–Interest rates Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal Cap on ... 1629 Funding for ... 496 Cap on, for low-income families on assistance ... Queen's Golden Jubilee scholarship for the visual and 1629 performing arts Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1713–14, Funding for ... 495–96 1718–19 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Pensions Land purchases in downtown Edmonton and Calgary Impact of global financial crisis on ... 2074 re ... 727–28 Percy Page Centre Report ... 728 Funding for ... 492 Regional health authorities Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Changes to governance of ... 694 Child poverty elimination ... 1545 Changes to governance of, letter re (SP333/08: Midwifery coverage by health care plan ... 478, 619, Tabled) ... 1324 1221, 1294 Funding for ... 700 Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 165, 257, Mental health services ... 694 296, 400, 478, 618, 666, 718, 769, 796, 847–48, Seniors' programs ... 700 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 21

Remand centres Senior citizens–Medical care Impact of bail hearing changes on populations in ... Funding for ... 700 584 Seniors, Female Rent increases Economic status ... 359 Impact on seniors ... 1144, 1156 Seniors' advocate (Proposal) Rental housing General remarks ... 303 Heating costs of, transferred to tenants ... 1059–60 Seniors' apartment buildings Replacement workers General remarks ... 1144 General remarks ... 23, 59, 357, 666, 905, 1024, 1096 Seniors' self-contained housing program Right of association (labour unions) General remarks ... 1144 Protection of (2r amendment to Bill 26) ... 1178 Sentences (Criminal procedure) Road construction Reduction of, by time served in a remand centre ... Long range planning re ... 727 584 Roads–Maintenance and repair Sexual orientation General remarks ... 734 Inclusion in Alberta human rights legislation ... Privatization of: Fee-for-service contracts re ... 485–86, 1782, 2139 726–27 Single mothers Royal Alberta Museum Employment requirements ... 365 Redevelopment of ... 486–87 Legal liabilities, assistance for ... 365 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Smoking–Treatment Projections of value of, documents used to (M3/08: Quit smoking products for, coverage under health Defeated) ... 624 care plan ... 698–99 Safe Alternatives in Childbirth Social services agencies (Non-profit) General remarks ... 1378 Funding for ... 1510 Safe drug injection site, Edmonton Speaker General remarks ... 698 Election of ... 1 Savings plan, Provincial Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 616, 869–70, 924, 1317–18, 1896, Debate ... 32, 147–50, 162 1939–40 Standing Orders School resource officers (police) Amendments to May 21, 2008 orders (Motion 23: General remarks ... 570–71 Renner) ... 2116–18 Schools–Architectural design SOs 32 and 68 amendments (Motion 15: Standardization of ... 872 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 889 Schools–Closure Temporary amendments to, request for emergency General remarks ... 231–32 debate re ... 24–25 Impact on municipal land-use improvement efforts in Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... core areas ... 231 65–68 Schools–Utilization Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) Formula for ... 230–31 Committee ... 1960–61 Securities–Law and legislation Stinson, Fred (Writer) National harmonization of (passport system) ... 873, General remarks ... 2208 2055 Stratacon Inc. National harmonization of (passport system): Quebec Rental housing submetering service ... 1059–60 position on ... 2055 Streetworks, Edmonton Single national regulator for ... 2055 General remarks ... 698 Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38) Strikes and lockouts Second reading ... 1614–16 General remarks ... 357 Third reading ... 1728 Suncor Inc. Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Second reading ... 889–90 of: Committee ... 1637–43, 1753–55, 1766–68 Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled Senior citizens as SP330/08) ... 624–25, 935 Government programs: Cross-ministry initiatives re ... Supplementary estimates 302–03, 312–13 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2082–86, 2091–92, Government programs: Member's statement re ... 2096 286–87 Supportive living facilities Government programs: Restoration of funding for, Assisted living facilities: Advocate for ... 303 letter re (SP90/08: Tabled) ... 349 Supreme Court of Canada Senior citizens–Housing Delwin Vriend case ... 1584 Affordable options re ... 2182 Minor injury claims cap in auto insurance case ... 874, Edmonton-Centre subsidized housing ... 1144 2139 Inclusion of telephone service in fees for ... 312–13 Surplus, Budgetary Provincial initiatives re ... 1144 Climate change initiatives funding from ... 1987 22 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Endowment funds investment ... 167 Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees General remarks ... 882, 883, 1317, 1896 Discrepancy compared to public service employees ... Henday Drive interchanges funding with ... 843 622 Heritage Fund investment ... 167, 868 Increase to ... 1510 Surveillance, Public Wages–Women Policy re ... 571 General remarks ... 713 Policy re, consideration by policy field committee ... Weed Control Act (Bill 23) 571 Committee ... 1725 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Well sites, Abandoned Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Remediation of ... 373 of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Widows–Pensions tabled as SP330/08) ... 624–25, 935 General remarks ... 359 Tax incentives Wild Rose Foundation For charitable donations ... 482–84 Funding for ... 491 For film and television creation ... 481, 491 Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner) Tax revenue, Provincial Report recommending appointment of, concurred in Decrease in ... 924 (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1518–19 Taxation Women–Employment 40% increase in, in future ... 1940, 2015 General remarks ... 357, 713 Teachers' Pension Plan Women–Pensions Unfunded liability, funding for ... 886, 1356 General remarks ... 713 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) Women's issues Second reading ... 886–87 General remarks ... 713 Terra - centre for pregnant & parenting teens Workers' compensation Staffing/salaries issues ... 1510 Claims procedures for, letter re (SP98/08: Tabled) ... Terrace Building, Legislature grounds 401 Replacement by RAM history museum ... 487 Workers' Compensation Board Tobacco companies Doerksen/Friedman reports on (2003) ... 365 Heritage Fund investment in ... 869 Workplace certification (Labour laws) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement General remarks ... 1024 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Letters re (SP39/08: Tabled) ... 59 1) Workplace safety Second reading ... 702–03 General remarks ... 2207 Committee ... 1006–07, 1009–11 Inspectors for ... 2207 Third reading ... 1026–27 Joint health and safety committees for ... 2207 Transportation World AIDS Day As barrier to employment ... 358 Member's statement re ... 2139 Transportation–Industrial Heartland area World Food Day General remarks ... 734 General remarks ... 1357 Travel Alberta Act (Bill 2) Writers (authors) Second reading ... 703 Member's statement re ... 2208 Treasury Board Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 868–74, 881–86 Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) Treasury Branches Third reading ... 1267 Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 1382, Zoos–Standards 1427, 1476 Enforcement of, documents re (M17/08: Defeated) ... Board of directors, banking services provided to ... 1395–96 1476 Zyban (Drug) Board of directors, qualifications of ... 1475 Coverage under health care plan ... 698 Executives' bonuses ... 1382, 1427 Boutilier, Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo) Former CEO decision re performance targets ... 1427 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1427, Second reading ... 1599 1475–76 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Turner, Chris (Writer) 35) General remarks ... 2208 Committee ... 1648–50 Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site) Oil sands tailings ponds Maintenance funding for ... 496 Waterfowl deaths on ... 341–42 United Church of Canada Oral Question Period (2008) Position statement on child well-being initiative Syncrude response to waterfowl deaths ... 341–42 (SP424/08: Tabled) ... 1546 Point of Order Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Clarification ... 1647 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Rodeo Second reading ... 1931–32 As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2042 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 23

Syncrude Canada Ltd. Second reading ... 1420, 1463–64 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 341–42 Third reading ... 1726–27 Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) Family and community support services program Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Funding ... 928 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) General remarks ... 928 Committee ... 1704 Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) (Bill 13) Second reading ... 106–07 Second reading ... 834 Automobile seat belts Fish Creek Provincial Park In commercial buses ... 860 Biological diversity in ... 541 Automobiles–Seizure Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Third reading ... 1770–71 Johnston/Brown) ... 445 Gala de reconnaissance Capital projects–Calgary Member's statement re ... 1544–45 Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... George Cross (Medal) 1410–11 General remarks ... 164 Civil service pensions Health sciences personnel–Education Interprovincial jurisdiction issues, legislation re (Bill General remarks ... 600, 601 34) ... 1361 Health sciences personnel–Supply Commercial buses General remarks ... 599–600, 601 Speed of travel ... 860–61 High school graduates Commercial buses–Safety aspects Transition to postsecondary education ... 601 General remarks ... 860 Highway racing Committee on Private Bills, Standing Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Petition presented ... 586 Johnston/Brown) ... 445 Report presented ... 666, 980 Hunting Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Open spaces pilot project re ... 220–21 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 599–601 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Dept. of Education Second reading ... 97 Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... Committee ... 431–32 125 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Dept. of Employment and Immigration Second reading ... 1159–62, 1166, 1174–76, 1178 Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... Committee ... 1256 125 Land titles–Registration Dept. of Energy Searchable pending registration queue re, legislation Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... re (Bill 36) ... 1361 125 Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) Dept. of Environment First reading ... 1361 Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... Second reading ... 1420 125 Third reading ... 1727 Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Members' Statements (2008) Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... Anniversary of VE Day ... 585 125 Gala de reconnaissance ... 1544–45 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Off-highway vehicle use ... 1057 Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... St. George's Day ... 164–65 125 Métis hunting/fishing rights Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 310 1476 Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Mount Royal College Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 859–61 Degree granting status: Costs ... 599 Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 541 (Bill 41) Dept. of Transportation Committee: Amendment A1 (SP585/08: Tabled) ... Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... 2003 125 Off-highway vehicles Education, Postsecondary Damage done by, member's statement re ... 1057 Access to: New spaces to improve ... 600 Open spaces (Big-game hunting pilot project) Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment General remarks ... 220–21 Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Hunting for habitat component ... 221 Second reading ... 267–68 Recreational access management program (RAMP) Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill component ... 221 34) Oral Question Period (2008) First reading ... 1361 Family and community support services ... 928 24 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Métis hunting rights ... 1476 Testing of High Prairie patients following syringe Open spaces pilot project ... 220–21 reuse incident ... 1537 Water for Life strategy ... 1942 Bitumen–Royalties Photo radar (Traffic safety) Bitumen royalty-in-kind policy ... 1358 Use on provincial highways ... 860 Community Development Trust (Federal fund) Point of Order Application in Alberta ... 1735 Division bell interval ... 888 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Protection for Persons in Care Act Aboriginal/immigrant family violence prevention Review of ... 310 funding ... 530 Public lands–McLean Creek area Deliberative democracy and climate change workshop Use of off-highway vehicles on, member's statement Member's statement re ... 2008 re ... 1057 Diversification St. George's Day General remarks ... 1358 Member's statement re ... 164–65 Domestic violence–Prevention Sheriffs Aboriginal/immigrant families, provincial initiatives Traffic safety enforcement function ... 859 re ... 530 Speech from the Throne Provincial initiatives re ... 530 Debate ... 333–34 Telephone information line re ... 530 Speed limits Emergency planning Enforcement of, speed tolerances aspects ... 860 Oil pipeline spill, Otauwau River ... 395–96 Speeding (Automobiles) Employment training programs Prevention of ... 860 Aboriginal peoples ... 926 Safety implications ... 859–60 Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Fines for Supplementary estimates Littering on Public Lands and Highways) Amendment Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... 125 Act, 2008 (Bill 213) Supreme Court of Canada First reading ... 1988 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... Esquao Awards 1476 Member's statement re ... 531–32 Traffic Safety Act Fisheries, Commercial Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Member's statement re ... 1056–57 highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Reduction in, compensation program re ... 1056–57 445 Floods–Peavine Métis Settlement land Victory in Europe Day General remarks ... 1852 63rd Anniversary of, member's statement re ... 585 Forest industries Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Competitiveness/sustainability, assistance re ... 1735 Renewal of ... 1942 Fraser Institute Watershed planning and advisory councils Garfield Weston award ... 1948–49 General remarks ... 1942 Gift Lake Métis Settlement Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Discussions with Aboriginal Relations minister ... Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 1852 Petition presented ... 586 Gladue, Mr. Trevor Recommendation to proceed, with amendments Member's statement re ... 130 (SP208/08: Tabled) ... 980 Globe and Mail (Newspaper) Standing Orders 90-94 complied with ... 666 Transferring problem pupils artice (SP639/08: Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Tabled) ... 2184 Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) High Prairie Health Complex Second reading ... 1078 Syringe reuse at ... 1537 Calahasen, Pearl (PC, ) Highway 750 Aboriginal children–Health care Clearing/maintenance of ... 2138 On-reserve children, jurisdictional issues re (Jordan's Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area principle) ... 976 General remarks ... 1358 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Industrial development–Métis settlements lands General remarks ... 926, 1735 Concerns re ... 1852 Aboriginal students International Aboriginal Film & Television Festival Health careers bursaries, member's statement re ... Member's statement re ... 1085 2140 International finance Alberta–Economic conditions Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1358, Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1358, 2181–82 2181–82 Littering Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Legislation re (Bill 213) ... 1988 Elimination of: Impact of global economic crisis on ... Members' Statements (2008) 2182 Aboriginal health careers bursary ... 2140 Alberta Health Services Board Commercial fishing industry ... 1056–57 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 25

Deliberative democracy and climate change ... 2008 General remarks ... 530 Dreamspeakers film festival ... 1085 Campbell, Robin (PC, West Yellowhead) Esquao awards for aboriginal women ... 531–32 Affordable housing Métis Week ... 1894 Funding for ... 974 St. Mary of the Lake Catholic school ... 1948–49 Alberta–Economic conditions Trevor Gladue ... 130 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1587 U of A Faculty of Native Studies ... 1978–79 Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Métis–Employment Second reading ... 2022–23 General remarks ... 1735 Albion Sands Energy Inc. Métis settlements Mine site accident ... 249 Issues on ... 1852 Arts Member's statement re ... 1894 General remarks ... 215 Métis Week Banff National Park General remarks ... 1852 Pine beetle control efforts in ... 2078 Member's statement re ... 1894 Carbon dioxide emissions Oil–Prices Reduction in ... 795 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1358 Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund Oil pipelines–Otauwau River area Role of ... 795 Spill, environmental impact ... 395–96 Coal exploration–Caw Ridge Oil sands development Impact on wildlife ... 1779 Value-added opportunities ... 1358 Community Development Trust (Federal fund) Oral Question Period (2008) Application in Alberta ... 290 Aboriginal training and employment ... 926 Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Community development trust fund ... 1735 Second reading ... 1048–49 Economic diversification ... 1358 Domestic violence–Legal aspects Family violence ... 530 Training for police/court workers ... 2013 Health care premiums ... 2181–82 Domestic violence–Prevention Health services for First Nations residents ... 976 Provincial initiatives re ... 2013 Highway maintenance ... 2138 Electric power plants Métis settlements issues ... 1852 Emission reduction costs ... 795 Pipeline oil spill ... 395–96 Energy industry Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1537 Impact of land-use framework on ... 843 Peavine Métis Settlement Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Flooding issues on ... 1852 General remarks ... 1149 Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying Initiative Energy Resources Conservation Board Funding for ... 530 Coal mining permit, Caw Ridge area ... 1779 Prostitution Awareness and Action Foundation of Environmental impact assessments Edmonton Coal mining on Caw Ridge ... 1779 General remarks ... 130 Environmental protection–Caw Ridge area Research and development Impact of coal exploration/mining on ... 1779 Tax credits for ... 1358 Ethics Commissioner Roads–Maintenance and repair New commissioner appointed ... 1432 Privatization of ... 2138 New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) Royalty structure (Energy resources) ... 1520–21 Bitumen in kind, in place of royalty ... 1358 Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special St. Mary of the Lake Catholic school, Slave Lake Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred Garfield Weston award, member's statement re ... in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1520–21 1948–49 Report presented (SP361/08: Tabled) ... 1432 School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Family Violence Prevention Month Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) General remarks ... 2013 Second reading ... 2150–51 Forest industries Sexual assault centres Competitiveness/sustainability ... 290 Funding for ... 530 Geothermal power South reservoir General remarks ... 1149 Flooding issues re ... 1852 Geothermal power–Royalties Spills (Pollution)–Otauwau River General remarks ... 1149 Pipeline oil leak into ... 395–96 Grande Cache Coal Corporation Students, Problem Coal exploration on Caw Ridge ... 1779 Transferring of, news article re (SP639/08: Tabled) ... Greenhouse gas emissions 2184 Reduction of ... 795 University of Alberta. Faculty of Native Studies Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Member's statement re ... 1978–79 Second reading ... 91–92 Womens' shelters–Finance Committee ... 434–35 26 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Third reading ... 629–30 Tourism–Marketing Industrial development General remarks ... 1587 Impact of land-use framework on ... 843 Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner) Integrated land management on public lands (ILM) Appointment of ... 1432 General remarks ... 843 Report recommending appointment of, concurred in International finance (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1520–21 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1587 Workplace safety Jasper National Park General remarks ... 249 Pine beetle control efforts in ... 2078 Yellowhead Rotary Arts Festival Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) Member's statement re ... 215 Third reading ... 1496 Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) Land-use framework Alberta–Economic conditions General remarks ... 2202–03 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1356–57 Impact on energy industry ... 843 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Impact on industrial development ... 843 First reading ... 59 Implementation of ... 2202–03 Second reading ... 102 Regional councils for ... 2202–03 Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Maiden Speeches General remarks ... 1063 General remarks ... 46–47 Arusha Centre Society Members' Statements (2008) General remarks ... 1220 Premier's awards of excellence ... 1322 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Yellowhead Rotary Arts Festival ... 215 Benefits' criteria, relation to WCB claims criteria ... National Day of Mourning 2206–07 General remarks ... 249 Clients of, access to rent supplement program ... 2075 Olympic and Paralympic Secretariat CPP disability payments exemption under ... 2075 General remarks ... 1587 Earned income exemption under ... 2075 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) General remarks ... 2075 Alberta tourism potential re ... 1587 Biomedical engineering research Oral Question Period (2008) Member's statement re ... 1694 Block funding for affordable housing ... 974 Calgary-Fort (Constituency) Campsite reservations ... 665 Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 3–4 Caw Ridge coal exploration ... 1779 Calgary Learning Village Collaborative Climate change and emissions management fund ... General remarks ... 1220 795 Canada Pension Plan Community development trust fund ... 290 Benefits' criteria, relation to WCB claims criteria ... Draft land-use framework ... 843 2206–07 Family violence ... 2013 Benefits under, exemption from provincial social Geothermal energy ... 1149 assistance benefits ... 2075 Land-use framework ... 2202–03 Capital projects–Calgary Mountain pine beetle control ... 2078 Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... Tourism marketing ... 1587 1409 Workplace safety ... 249 Chair of Committees Parks, Provincial Election of, on second ballot ... 3–4 Campground reservations system ... 665 Child care after/before school Pine beetles Provincial assistance re ... 19 Impact on forestry sustainability, federal fund to Child care awards of excellence mitigate ... 290 Member's statement re ... 618 Pine beetles–Control Daycare centres General remarks ... 2078 Spaces for ... 18–19, 618 Pine beetles–Control–Jasper/Banff national parks Daycare centres–Employees General remarks ... 2078 Shortage of ... 19 Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country Training of, bursaries re ... 19 General remarks ... 2078 Daycare centres–Finance Premier's Awards of Excellence General remarks ... 618 Member's statement re ... 1322 Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Public service–Alberta Peigan/Barlow Trails intersection, noise issues ... Premier's Awards of Excellence recipients, member's 1088 statement re ... 1322 Deputy Speaker Speech from the Throne Election of, on second ballot ... 3–4 Debate ... 46–47 Diabetic school children Tourism School program access for ... 1543 Impact of global economic situation on ... 1587 Edmonton Police Service Promotion of, during 2010 Winter Olympics ... 1587 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 27

Segway Personal Transporter usage, review of ... Tourism 1854 Impact of visa/passport fees on ... 1218 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) United Nations Day Second reading ... 1598–99 Member's statement re ... 1506–07 First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation University of Calgary Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) Biomedical engineering research programs, member's Committee ... 1305–06 statement re ... 1694 Foreign workers, Temporary Volunteers General remarks ... 2136 Medal to recognize, legislation to create (Bill 202) ... Treatment/safety of ... 2136 59 Greater Forest Lawn community car sharing program Workers' compensation Member's statement re ... 1220–21 Appeal procedure for denied claims ... 1063 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Decisions of, relation to AISH/CPP programs criteria Second reading ... 100–01 ... 2206–07 Ian Bazalgette school, Calgary Workers' Compensation Board Upgrading, member's statement re ... 1024 Review of ... 2207 International finance Chair of Committees (Cao, Wayne C. N.) Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... Auditor General 1356–57 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Lions Clubs of Calgary Chief Electoral Officer Volunteer awards, member's statement re ... 296 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Members' Statements (2008) Dept. of Education Child care awards of excellence ... 618 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Greater Forest Lawn community car sharing program Dept. of Environment ... 1220–21 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Ian Bazalgette junior high school ... 1024 Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Lions Club volunteer awards ... 296 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 U of C biomedical engineering research programs ... Dept. of Health and Wellness 1694 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 United Nations Day ... 1506–07 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Minister's Monitoring Committee on Workers' Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Compensation Dept. of Municipal Affairs Report ... 2207 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Oil–Prices Ethics Commissioner Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1356–57 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Forecasting of ... 1357 Information and Privacy Commissioner Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1356–57 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Oral Question Period (2008) Legislative Assembly Office Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 2075 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Child care services ... 18–19 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 25) Deerfoot Trail noise abatement ... 1088 Committee ... 1329 International tourists ... 1218 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Oil prices ... 1356–57 (Bill 53) Segway personal transporter ... 1854 Committee ... 2166 Southeast Calgary ring road ... 1509–10 Ombudsman Students with health needs ... 1543 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Temporary foreign workers ... 2136 Supplementary estimates Workers' compensation appeals ... 1063, 2206–07 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Passed ... 210 Ring roads–Calgary Treasury Board Southeast section ... 1509–10 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Southeast section, access points to ... 1509–10 Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) Segway Personal Transporters Aboriginal children Edmonton Police review of use of ... 1854 Provincial programs for (Q17/08: Response tabled as Use on public thoroughfares ... 1854 SP269/08) ... 1097 Speaker Aboriginal children–Education Congratulations to ... 3 Funding for ... 238–39 Student Health Initiative General remarks ... 116 Resources for students with chronic health needs ... Aboriginal peoples 1543 Government programs for, funding for ... 116, 124 Students with chronic health needs Aboriginal peoples–Housing General remarks ... 1543 General remarks ... 828–29 Tour group visas Off-reserve housing, federal/provincial funding for ... General remarks ... 1218 829 28 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Loss in value, 2001 ... 1293 Second reading ... 1571, 1590 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Committee ... 1797–98 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Affordable housing Second reading ... 1396–97 Documents re (SP323-325/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Committee ... 1699, 1701–02, 1706–07 Funding for ... 824 Alberta Response Model (Child welfare) General remarks ... 825, 2138 General remarks ... 1857 Impact of economic growth on ... 831 Alberta school alternative procurement program Momentum report on (SP253/08: Tabled) ... 1096 Funding ... 229 Poverty Reduction Coalition pamphlet re (SP252/08: Alberta SuperNet Tabled) ... 1096 Public library access to ... 808, 809 Public land for ... 825–26 Alberta Sustainability Fund Agir emsemble, Francophonie 2006-2009 (Booklet) General remarks ... 512 Copy tabled (SP408/08) ... 1479 Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions (Bill 33) presented re ... 165, 296, 348, 400, 478, 533, 586, Second reading ... 1573–74 619, 666, 718, 769–70, 797, 932 Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Committee ... 1309 Labour laws pamphlet (SP254/08: Tabled) ... 1096 Alberta–Economic conditions Alberta Urban Municipalities Association General remarks ... 2175 Role of ... 809 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1293, Alberta Utilities Commission 1672 Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across Impact of world financial situation on ... 1293 Lubicon land, documents re (SP342-344/08: Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Tabled) ... 1362 Report ... 824 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46, 2007) Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) General remarks ... 326 Second reading ... 2023–24 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Second reading ... 258–59, 264 Drug treatment programs ... 749, 752 Alberta's Commission on Learning Funding increase for ... 749 Class size recommendations ... 116, 233, 1513–14 Gambling prevention programs ... 124 Kindergarten recommendations ... 423, 737, 1902 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties School utilization formula recommendation ... 87 Role of ... 809 Andy Russell I'tai Sah Kòp wild-land park Alberta Association of Services for Children and General remarks ... 540 Families Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton General remarks ... 1430 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 502, 512 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Apartment buildings 2008 (Bill 29) Conversion to condominiums ... 824, 2175 Second reading ... 1436–37, 1490–91 Apologies (Civil law) Committee ... 1933–34 Copies of materials re (M21/08: Response tabled as Alberta College of Art and Design SP634/08) ... 1552 Expansion ... 1389 Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Student participation in solar home competition ... Second reading ... 981–83, 985–86 1324 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6) Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Third reading ... 516 Second reading ... 1927–28 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. Alberta Energy and Utilities Board 2) (Bill 51) Funding for, from industry ... 325 Second reading ... 2169–70 Mandate for ... 325 Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie Separation into two boards ... 325 General remarks ... 1479 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Asset-backed commercial paper Second reading ... 1418–19, 1439 Treasury Branch investment in ... 1293 Alberta farm fuel benefit program Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Costs of, 1997-2008 (Q21/08: Response tabled as Indexing of benefits under, studies/reports re (M1/80: SP458) ... 1547 Response tabled as SP567/08) ... 623–24 Alberta Federation of Labour Auditor General Temporary Foreign Workers: Alberta's Disposable Learning Resources Centre savings, evaluation of ... Workforce (report) (SP41/08: Tabled) ... 60 1089 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Mental health strategy, report on ... 760 Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: Autism spectrum disorder DeLong) ... 1563–64 General remarks ... 752 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Battered women–Housing 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 29

Second-stage housing ... 748 Canmore Nordic Centre Bird habitat Funding for ... 540 Impact of oil sands development on, report re ... 2178 Capital projects Bitumen Public/private partnerships re ... 502–04, 512–13 Upgrading: Water requirements ... 809 Capital projects–Calgary Blue Lake Centre Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... Wheelchair accessibility ... 551 1409–10 Bow Valley College Cattle grazing in wilderness areas Downtown facility development ... 2108 General remarks ... 536–37 Expansion, report on (SP357/08: Tabled) ... 1389 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Francophone employment agency contract ... 663 2008 (Bill 40) Francophone employment agency contract, letters re Second reading ... 1949–51 (SP173-174/08: Tabled) ... 770 Committee ... 2062–65 Bragg Creek, Kananaskis Country Committee: Amendment A1 (SP601/08: Tabled) ... Park designation for ... 551 2062 Breakfast for Learning Alberta Child abuse–Prevention Factsheet for (SP287/08: Tabled) ... 1222 General remarks ... 748 General remarks ... 476 Child and Youth Advocate Bridges That Unite (Pamphlet) Annual reports ... 752 Copy tabled (SP8/08) ... 23 Funding for ... 752 Bullying, Emotional Quarterly reports ... 1512 Prohibition of, in the workplace, petitions presented Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition re ... 139, 165, 296, 348, 400, 478–79, 533, 586, parties to discuss ... 1512 619, 666, 718, 769, 797, 932, 1095, 1152, 1323, Role of ... 752 1360, 1432, 1478–79, 1516, 1545, 1588, 1742, Child care after/before school 1904, 2110, 2141 Provincial assistance re ... 17, 121 Bursary in memorial to Martha Kostuch Child Care Licensing Act General remarks ... 174 Regulations under ... 738 Calgary Board of Education Child welfare Annual Education Results Report (SP57/08: Tabled) High-risk children, strategy re ... 1852 ... 140 Child welfare recipients Report to the Community 2008 (SP58/08: Tabled) ... Aboriginal children, rate of injury/death ... 740 140 Protection of ... 1512, 1985 Calgary (City) Child welfare workers Economic development strategy (SP200/08: Tabled) Caseloads ... 529, 740, 741 ... 932 Casework practice model ... 529, 740, 1857 Calgary Courts Centre Salaries, discrepancy with contracted agencies ... 740 General remarks ... 502 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act Calgary Economic Development General remarks ... 1857 Annual report, 2007 (SP199/08: Tabled) ... 932 Children–Protective services Calgary Gymnastics Centre Funding for ... 740 Media guide to (SP364/08: Tabled) ... 1432 Children and poverty Calgary Housing Company Aboriginal children ... 50 Rent supplement clients place on waiting lists ... 1218 General remarks ... 50, 737, 2137 Calgary Land Trust Member's statement re ... 2175 General remarks ... 825 Member's statement re (poem) ... 1506 Calgary Learning Centre Children at risk–Education Letter requesting funding for (SP286/08: Tabled) ... Kindergarten programs for, funding for ... 293, 423 1222 Children from broken marriages Calgary Society for Persons with Disabilities Access to, in safe visitation sites ... 1985 Annual report, 2008 (SP325/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Access to, in safe visitation sites: Emails re funding Canadian Energy Pipeline Association for (SP589, 624/08: Tabled) ... 2018, 2141 Fundraising dinner, program from (SP201/08: Access to, legal fees re ... 1355 Tabled) Children's services agencies (Non-profit) ... 932 Funding for ... 1430, 1542 Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area Staff feedback communication lines, letter from Gas well drilling in ... 221, 326 Minister re (SP441/08: Tabled) ... 1634 Canadian National Institute for the Blind Staff salaries, discrepancy with government Visions luncheon, Calgary, program from (SP152/08: employees ... 740 Tabled) ... 619 Staffing problems ... 1424 Canadian Parks for Tomorrow conference, Calgary (May Staffing problems, funding re ... 1430 2008) Chrysalis: an Alberta Society for Citizens with Document from (SP151/08: Tabled) ... 619 Disabilities 30 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Annual achievement award ceremony, program from Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs (SP425/08: Tabled) ... 1546 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 824–26, 828–31 Class size (Grade school) Dept. of Infrastructure Funding for ... 1513–14 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 502–04, 512–14 General remarks ... 164, 233 Dept. of Municipal Affairs K to 3 classes ... 1514 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 808–09 Reduction on, in inner city schools ... 239 Role of ... 808 Climate change Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Alberta plan for: Impact of new U.S. plans on ... 1946 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 535–40, 550–51 Climate Change and Emissions Management Disabled Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Government programs for ... 2175 Committee ... 1345–46, 1413–15 Provincial assistance to, member's statement re ... Coal-bed methane extraction 1693–94 Groundwater pollution issues ... 326 Disabled–Housing Collective bargaining General remarks ... 830 First-contract certification legislation ... 770, 1096, Provincial initiatives re ... 829–30 2081 Report on (SP325/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Collective bargaining–Public service Disabled children General remarks ... 770 Government programs for ... 752, 2012 Committees, Policy field Government programs for, integration of, with Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 69–70 education programs ... 2012 Compton Petroleum Corporation Disabled children–Education Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 326 Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 2012 Gas well drilling, Whaleback area ... 326 Disabled children–Education–Finance Consumption tax, Provincial Coding system re ... 238 Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion General remarks ... 228 501: Griffiths) ... 110–11 Documentation of Child Access Exchange Act (Bill 211) Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Second reading ... 2155–56 Committee ... 1342–43 Domestic violence–Prevention Court Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 39) Funding for ... 748 Second reading ... 1576 Drinking water–Summer villages Third reading ... 1800–01 General remarks ... 809 Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse–Treatment Early childhood education General remarks ... 749, 752 Full-day programs ... 292–93, 423, 737, 1474, 1514, Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta) 1902 Sports component ... 538–39 General remarks ... 228 Daycare centres Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 292–93, 737, Caregivers to infants ratio in ... 17 1474, 1514 Spaces for ... 292–93, 738, 748 East Coulee Spring Festival Spaces for, federal funding re, doumentation of Program from (SP10/08: Tabled) ... 23 (M10/08: Accepted) ... 1389–90 Economic development and the environment Daycare centres–Employees General remarks ... 221 Salaries of ... 738–39, 748, 927 Member's statement re ... 1664 Training of, bursaries re ... 739 Economic growth Daycare centres–Finance Slow-down of ... 391, 1293, 1664 Federal funding ... 17 Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Daycare centres–Licensing Court Regulations re ... 738 Clients from, and funding for, 2005-08 (Q24/08: Daycare in family members' homes Response tabled as SP638/08) ... 1550 General remarks ... 740 Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 Dept. of Children and Youth Services (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 1548 Deputy Minister's office, budget increase ... 753 Education Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 736–41, General remarks ... 229, 1354 747–49, 752–53 Member's statement re ... 164 Minister's office, budget increase ... 752 Education, Postsecondary Programs for aboriginal children (Q17/08: response Aboriginal students ... 116 tabled as SP269/08) ... 1097 Access to, affordability framework re ... 2108, 2181 Staff change fatigue, member's statement re ... 1857 Access to: New spaces to improve ... 238, 2108 Dept. of Education Education, Postsecondary–Calgary Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 227–29, 232–33, Increase in spaces for ... 345–46 238–39 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Dept. of Energy General remarks ... 2108 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 325–26 Education–Finance 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 31

Discussions re ... 252–53 Fish and wildlife officers General remarks ... 164, 227–28, 229, 238, 1314, Presence in provincial parks ... 117, 535–36, 537, 1383, 1902 711–12 Program unit funding ... 238 Radio/phone communications system for ... 536, 537 User fees ... 238 Flood Risk Management Committee Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Recommendations of ... 926 Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Floods Second reading ... 265–66 Preparedness for ... 925–26 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Provincial assistance re ... 925 Gasoline prices (not proceeded with) ... 934 Warnings re (SP203/08: Tabled) ... 932 Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Floods–High River Second reading ... 1884–85 Warnings re ... 925 Employment agencies, Francophone–Calgary Foreign workers, Temporary Government contract for, transferred to Bow Valley General remarks ... 116 College ... 663 Housing for ... 829 Government contract for, transferred to Bow Valley Treatment/safety of: AFL report on (SP41/08: College: Letters re (SP173-174/08: Tabled) ... 770 Tabled) Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill ... 60 34) Forest industries Second reading ... 1604 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 121–22 Committee ... 1655–56 Foster care Energy efficiency General remarks ... 739, 740 Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2162 Review of ... 740 Energy industry Foster children Use of water supplies ... 809 Deaths of ... 740 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Housing of, in hotels ... 740 Development of, petition presented re ... 2018 Foster children, Aboriginal General remarks ... 1946 General remarks ... 740 U.S. plan for ... 1946 Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) Energy Resources Conservation Board Second reading ... 1417 Charge for energy related well information ... 719 Gaining Ground conference (sustainable urban Sour gas drilling, Tomahawk area ... 1691–92 development) Sour gas drilling/pipeline, Eastern Slopes area, Program from (SP72/08: Tabled) ... 225 application for ... 1779–80 Gambling, Compulsive English as a Second Language General remarks ... 124 Funding for ... 238 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves General remarks ... 121 Revenue from ... 124 Environmental protection Gaming industry Funding for ... 117 Revenue from ... 124, 749 Family and community support services program Gas, Natural–Prices Funding ... 752 Impact of global economy on, member's statement re Report on (SP175/08: Tabled) ... 770 ... 1293 Family courts Gas pipelines–Eastern Slopes area Correspondence with Minister of Justice re Environmental aspects ... 1779–80 (SP341/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Gas well drilling industry Federal/provincial jurisdictional disputes re ... 1355 In vicinity of urban areas ... 326 Family law Gas well drilling industry–Eastern Slopes General remarks ... 1355 General remarks ... 1779–80 Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) Gas well drilling industry–Environmental aspects Committee ... 1343–44 Impact on water supplies ... 326, 1780 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Second reading ... 1596–99 General remarks ... 1691–92, 1779–80 Committee ... 1722 Gas well drilling industry–Suffield National Wildlife Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Area 31) General remarks ... 221, 326 Second reading ... 1444–45 Gas well drilling industry–Tomahawk area First Nations development fund General remarks ... 1691–92, 1779 General remarks ... 124 Gas wells First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Information database re, letter re provincial input into Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) (SP169 & 288/08: Tabled) ... 719, 1222 Committee ... 1304–05 Gasoline–Prices Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) Request for emergency debate on ... 934 Second reading ... 755 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area 32 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Off-highway vehicle access to ... 550–51 Income tax, Provincial Off-highway vehicle access to, cost of repairing Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: damage caused by ... 791 Griffiths) ... 110–11 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Industrial development–Eastern Slopes 35) Impact of land-use framework on ... 1780 Second reading ... 1492–93 Inn from the Cold (shelter) Greenhouse gas emissions General remarks ... 749 North American harmonization of regulations re ... Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) 1946 Second reading ... 1298–1300, 1326–27 Reduction of: North American cap and trade system Committee ... 1341, 1364–69 for ... 1946 Third reading ... 1502 Grizzly Bear Recovery Team Intermunicipal relations Disbanding of ... 1291 General remarks ... 809 Report ... 1628 International finance Grizzly bears Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1293, Designation as endangered species ... 1291, 1628 1672 Grizzly bears–Populations Irrigation–St. Mary/Milk Rivers watershed DNA-based census of ... 1628 General remarks ... 122 Grizzly bears–Protection Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) General remarks ... 1628 Second reading ... 1418, 1438, 1486–87 Groundwater Third reading ... 1574 Inventory/mapping of ... 326 Kananaskis Country Inventory/mapping of: Funding for ... 117 Logging practices in ... 138, 2107 Groundwater–Pollution Kostuch, Dr. Martha Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 326 Website article re (SP66/08: Tabled) ... 174 Habitat for Humanity Labour laws and legislation General remarks ... 825 Changes to, letters re (SP176, 254/08: Tabled) ... 770, Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) 1096 Second reading ... 1748, 1750–52, 1792 Changes to, letters re (SP610/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Committee ... 1889, 1935 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Second reading ... 1157–59 Committee ... 1335–36 Committee ... 1237–38, 1240–41, 1246–47, 1250–52, High school completion 1256, 1258–59, 1261–63, 1265 General remarks ... 238, 239 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP298/08: Tabled) ... High school graduates 1240 Employer satisfaction with ... 1474 Third reading ... 1273, 1276–81 Highpine Energy Ltd. Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) Sour gas well, Tomahawk area ... 1691–92 Committee ... 1339–40 Homeless Third reading ... 1498–99 Panel discussion on, Calgary, program for (SP153/08: Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) Tabled) ... 619 Second reading ... 1575, 1606 Homeless–Housing Committee ... 1656 Mentally disabled individuals ... 760 Land-use framework Report on, by Voices on the Street, Calgary Funding to enable compliance with ... 117 (SP323/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Impact on energy industry ... 1780 Youth shelters ... 2011 Impact on industrial development on the Eastern Homeless and eviction prevention fund Slopes ... 1780 General remarks ... 824, 1218 Learning Resources Centre Homeless youth Utilization of ... 1089 Government programs for ... 2011 Legal Aid Society of Alberta Horse racing Funding for, 2005-08 (Q23/08: Response tabled as Lottery funding for ... 1147 SP637/08) ... 1549 Hospital beds Libraries Fees charged for, to seniors waiting in for long-term General remarks ... 809 care beds (Q13/08: Response tabled as SP274/08) Libraries–Finance ... 1097–98 General remarks ... 808 Housing First concept Lieutenant Governor of Alberta General remarks ... 829 New residence for, point of order re ... 1154 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Light Up Papua New Guinea: The Captain Nichola Committee ... 430–31, 436–37, 442 Goddard Project Third reading ... 626–27 Program from (SP119/08: Tabled) ... 428 Immigrant Sector Council of Calgary Conference Literacy Agenda from (SP202/08: Tabled) ... 932 General remarks ... 121, 1474 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 33

Local Authorities Pension Plan Momentum Group Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Annual report (SP42, 253/08: Tabled) ... 60, 1096 presented re ... 165, 296, 348, 400, 478, 533, 586, Moose Mountain park 619, 666, 718, 769–70, 797, 932 Restoration of ... 540 Logging Mount Royal College As pine bark beetle control measure ... 2107 Student participation in solar home competition ... Logging, Clear-cut 1324 General remarks ... 121 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16) Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Committee ... 1332–33 General remarks ... 138, 2107 Municipal sustainability initiative Logging, Clear-cut–Provincial parks areas School construction funding under ... 232 General remarks ... 138, 537, 538 National Housing Day Longview-Pekisko heritage rangeland Program from event re (SP552/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Notice of intent published re (SP291/08: Tabled) ... Natural areas 1222 Texas gate maintenance in ... 536, 537 Lottery boards, Community Natural resources revenue Return of ... 2020 Dependency on, member's statement re ... 1293 Low-income families Nature Conservancy Provincial assistance to ... 2137–38 Fescue grassland protection, U.S. border area ... 551 Lubicon Lake Band New Royalty Framework (2007) Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on: Royalty projections in, documents based on (M3/08: Documents re (SP342-344/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Defeated) ... 624 Major community facilities program Nuclear power plants School nutrition programs funding under ... 1785 Opposition to, petition presented re ... 2018 Mather, Weslyn (former MLA) Water requirements ... 809 General remarks ... 169 Nutrition guidelines for children and youth Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Email re (SP290/08: Tabled) ... 1222 Second reading ... 1482–83 Off-highway vehicles Committee ... 1757 Damage done by ... 117, 791 Members' apologies Designated areas for ... 551, 791 General remarks ... 1597 Official Languages Act (Federal) Members' Statements (2008) Francophone employment agencies provisions ... 663 Camping in provincial parks ... 768 Oil–Prices Change fatigue ... 1857 Impact of global economy on, member's statement re Children in poverty ... 2175 ... 1293 Education property taxes ... 256 Oil sands development Improving public education in Alberta ... 164 Impact on birds ... 2178 Parks and protected areas ... 80 Impact on wetlands ... 2178 A Prayer for Children ... 1506 Impact on wildlife habitat ... 2178 Protecting Alberta's natural beauty ... 1664 Member's statement re ... 391 Resource revenue dependency ... 1293 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Southwest Calgary ring road bridge planning ... down of ... 1293 970–71 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Support for vulnerable Albertans ... 1693–94 General remarks ... 2178 Sustainable oil sands development ... 391 Oil sands tailings ponds Mens' shelters General remarks ... 391 General remarks ... 748 Oil wells Mental health services Information database re, letter re provincial input into General remarks ... 760 (SP169 & 288/08: Tabled) ... 719, 1222 Provincial strategy re, Auditor General's report on ... Olympic athletes 760 Provincial support to ... 538 Mental health services–Children Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Aides for special-needs children on school buses, Meeting with Child and Youth Advocate, minister's letter re (SP81/08: Tabled) ... 257 offer re ... 1512 Mentally disabled–Housing Oral Question Period (2008) General remarks ... 829–30 Calgary urban campus partnership ... 345–46 Methane retrieval from garbage Child care funding ... 292–93 General remarks ... 123 Child care services ... 17 Methane retrieval from garbage–Fort McMurray area Child care worker wages and benefits ... 927 Provincial funding for ... 123 Child poverty ... 50 Ministers (Provincial government) Child protection ... 1985 Salary levels for, setting of: Letter re (SP289/08: Children and Youth Services caseworkers ... 529 Tabled) ... 1222 Children at risk ... 1852, 2137–38 34 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Class sizes ... 1513–14 Pathway and river cleanup, Calgary Clear-cutting in parks ... 138 Brochure from (SP120/08: Tabled) ... 428 Climate change ... 1946 Payday loans–Interest rates Confidentiality of Child and Youth Advocate reports Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1718 ... 1512 Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Contracted human service agencies ... 615 Board Early education for at-risk children ... 1902 Elimination of, studies/reports re (M2/08: Response Education property taxes ... 252–53 tabled as SP568/08) ... 623 Family justice issues ... 1355 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Francophone job-seeking services ... 663 Emotional bullying/psychological harassment in the Funding for private schools ... 1314, 1354, 1382–83 workplace, prohibition of ... 139, 165, 296, 348, Grizzly bear management ... 1291, 1628 400, 478–79, 533, 586, 619, 666, 718, 769, 797, Homeless Youth ... 2011 932, 1095, 1152, 1323, 1432, 1478–79, 1516, 1545, Kindergarten programs ... 423 1588, 1742, 1904, 2110, 2141 Learning Resources Centre ... 1089 Nuclear power, objection to ... 2018 Mental health services ... 760 Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 165, 296, Modular classroom units for schools ... 978–79 348, 400, 479, 533, 586, 619, 666, 718, 769, 797, Mountain pine beetle control ... 2107 932 Off-highway vehicle use in parks and protected areas Universities' maintenance funding ... 2184 ... 791 Pine beetles Policing in provincial parks ... 711–12 Impact on forestry sustainability ... 121 Postsecondary education funding ... 2108, 2181 Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country Postsecondary student residential rent costs ... General remarks ... 2107 2078–79 Poems/songs Renter assistance ... 1217–18 A Prayer for Children ... 1506 Safety of sour gas wells ... 1691–92, 1779–80 A Prayer for Children, copy tabled (SP414/08) ... School bus safety ... 1737 1516 School closures ... 87 Point of Order School construction and maintenance ... 1147 Factual accuracy ... 1154, 2020 School nutrition programs ... 475–76, 1784–85 Insulting language ... 1597 Services francophones pour la recherche d'emploi ... Relevance ... 69 663 Portable/modular classrooms Social sevices agencies ... 169–70 General remarks ... 233, 504, 978–79 Spring flooding ... 925–26 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Student housing ... 1585–86 Third reading ... 1447–48 Student learning assessments ... 1474 Poverty Reduction Coalition Suffield national wildlife area ... 221 Pamphlet about affordable housing from (SP252/08: Support for child care agencies ... 1424, 1430, 1542 Tabled) ... 1096 Support for children with disabilities ... 2012 Prisoners, Mentally disabled Sustainable development in the oil sands ... 2178 General remarks ... 760 Tourism marketing ... 1672 Private schools–Finance Parents Empowering Parents Documents re increase to (M12/08: Defeated) ... General remarks ... 752 1390–91 Parks, Provincial General remarks ... 1314, 1354, 1382–83, 1902 Camping in, member's statement re ... 768 Property tax–Education levy Designation of usage for ... 550–51 Authority for, return to school boards ... 228, 252, Fees ... 551 256 Funding for ... 117 Member's statement re ... 256 Industrial development in ... 221 Protected areas Logging practices in ... 138, 537, 538 Industrial development in ... 221 New plan for, member's statement re ... 80 New plan for, member's statement re ... 80 No road access parks, creation of ... 551 Use of off-highway vehicles in ... 791 Policing in ... 535, 711–12, 768 Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act Staffing in ... 535 General remarks ... 752 Temporary liquor ban in ... 535, 711 Public inquiries Unruly behaviour in ... 537 Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, Use of off-highway vehicles in ... 117, 551, 791 and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 165, 296, 348, Watershed protection function ... 551 400, 478, 533, 586, 619, 666, 718, 769–70, 797, Parks–Canada 932 Conference on, document from (SP151/08: Tabled) ... Public lands 619 Use for affordable housing projects ... 825–26 Parlements et Francophonie (Document) Public lands–Indian Graves area Copy tabled (SP409/08) ... 1479 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 791 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 35

Public lands–McLean Creek area Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 791 Second reading ... 2142–43 Public Service Pension Plan School nutrition programs Public inquiry into administration of, petitions General remarks ... 475–76, 1784–85 presented re ... 165, 296, 348, 400, 478, 533, 586, Schoolchildren–Transportation 619, 666, 718, 769–70, 797, 932 Aides for special-needs children on school buses, Racing entertainment centres–Balzac letter re (SP81/08: Tabled) ... 257 Water supply for ... 121 General remarks ... 228, 233, 238 Recreational trails Schools–Architectural design Restoration of ... 537 Standardization of ... 514 Remembrance Day Schools–Closure Programs from ceremonies re (SP541-542/08: General remarks ... 87, 164, 233 Tabled) ... 1858 Schools–Closure–Rural areas Rent control General remarks ... 87, 233 General remarks ... 1586, 2175 Schools–Construction Rent increases Funding for ... 116–17 Assistance programs re ... 1217–18 General remarks ... 229, 253, 1147, 1737 General remarks ... 824–25 Public/private projects re ... 116, 164, 229, 232, Impact on students ... 1586 503–04, 512–13, 514, 978, 1147, 1737 Rental housing Public/private projects re: Maintenance issue ... 232, Secondary suites: Use for postsecondary student 503–04 accommodation ... 1585 Schools–Maintenance and repair Replacement workers Funding for ... 229, 232, 1147 General remarks ... 770, 1096, 2081 Schools–Utilization Result: Ed Educational Fund Formula for ... 87, 116, 164, 233, 238 Annual report, 2007 (SP416/08: Tabled) ... 1516 Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38) Results Canada Committee ... 1659–60 Pamphlet on poverty: "What's Missing?" (SP415/08: Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Tabled) ... 1516 Second reading ... 1600–01 Ring roads–Calgary Committee ... 1755–56 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 512 Third reading ... 1799–1800 Southwest section, land aquisition for, from Tsuu Seder (Jewish Passover) T'ina nation: Member's statement re ... 970–71 Program from (SP9/08: Tabled) ... 23 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sewage disposal–Summer villages Presence in provincial parks ... 711–12, 768 General remarks ... 809 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Sheriffs Projections of value of, documents used to (M3/08: Presence in provincial parks ... 711–12, 768 Defeated) ... 624 Smith, Alexander Xavier Rules of Court Death of ... 1852 Revised version of, impact on court accessibility Social housing (M19/08: Defeated) ... 1551 Rent supplement program ... 1217–18 Revised version of, impact on court accessibility Social services agencies (Non-profit) (M20/08: Defeated) ... 1551 Funding for ... 169–70, 615 Rumsey natural area Funding for, inflation-proofing of ... 170 Re-establishment as protected area ... 540 Softwoods–Export–United States Salvation Army Countervail duties re ... 121 Christmas kettle campaign, brochure re (SP590/08: Solar powered car Tabled) ... 2018 Student participation in competition re, program re Sanitary landfills–Fort McMurray area (SP336/08: Tabled) ... 1324 Provincial funding for ... 123 Solar powered home Sanitary landfills–Thorhild Student participation in competition re, news release General remarks ... 809 and factsheet re (SP334-335/08: Tabled) ... 1324 School boards Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Deficits ... 228 Downtown facility development ... 2108 Funding ... 227–28, 233 Student participation in solar home competition ... Taxing authority, reinstatement of ... 252, 256 1324 School buses–Safety aspects Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1737 Debate ... 334–35 School councils Sports Fund-raising activities ... 238 Alberta plan for ... 538–39 School dropouts Costs of ... 539 General remarks ... 1474 Spray Lake Sawmills School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Logging practices ... 138, 538 36 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Standing Orders 1) Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... Second reading ... 517–18 69–70 Committee ... 988–89 Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Second reading ... 1888–89 Second reading ... 1928 Student financial aid Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Living allowance element ... 2181 Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Student housing (Off-campus) Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Affordability of ... 1585 Second reading ... 2030, 2035–36 Student housing (Off-campus)–Calgary Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Report on (SP324/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Student residences (On-campus) Second reading ... 938–39, 948 General remarks ... 2181 Letters re (SP101-102/08: Tabled) ... 401 Interinstitutional residences, development of ... 1585 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Public/private funding for ... 2181 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Rent increases at ... 2078–79, 2181 Second reading ... 1100–01 Student testing Trans Canada Trail Diagnostic tests ... 1474 Clear-cut logging along ... 138 Funding for ... 239 TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. General remarks ... 1474, 1902 North Central Corridor project across Lubicon Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth territory, documents re (SP342-344/08: Tabled) ... Mandatory programs for ... 752 1362 Succession laws Travel Alberta Act (Bill 2) Review of, materials supporting (M22/08: Response Second reading ... 518–19 tabled as SP634/08) ... 1552 Committee ... 754 Summer villages Third reading ... 834 Sewage/water systems for ... 809 General remarks ... 550 Suncor Inc. Treasury Branches Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 1293 of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Tsuu T'ina First Nation tabled as SP330/08) ... 936 Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road: Supplementary estimates Member's statement re ... 970–71 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 116–17, Tuition fees 121–24 Increase in ... 2108, 2175 Surface rights Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Day Act (Bill 37) Marz) ... 1877–78 Second reading ... 1679 Surplus, Budgetary Universities and colleges–Maintenance and repair School maintenance funding with ... 1147 Funding for ... 2079 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Funding for, member's statement re ... 2184 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation University of Calgary of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Biomedical engineering faculty presentation, program tabled as SP330/08) ... 936 from (SP355/08: Tabled) ... 1389 Teacher-librarians Participation in urban campus concept ... 345–46, General remarks ... 228 2108 Teachers' Pension Plan Student participation in solar car competition ... 1324 Unfunded liability, funding for ... 121, 164, 238 Student participation in solar home competition ... Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) 1324 Third reading ... 987 Veterinary Medicine faculty: News release re Three Little Birds (Play) (SP356/08: Tabled) ... 1389 Program from (SP617/08: Tabled) ... 2111 University of Calgary Students Union Tom Baker Cancer Centre Report on off-campus housing (SP324/08: Tabled) ... Funding for ... 514 1295 Tourism Urban campus concept–Calgary General remarks ... 1664 General remarks ... 238, 345–46, 2108 Impact of global economic situation on ... 1672 Valhalla school, Grande Prairie area Investment in ... 117 Closure ... 87, 233 Tourism–Marketing Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment General remarks ... 1672 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Tourist attractions Second reading ... 1932–33 Development of ... 1672 Vocational and Rehabilitation Research Institute Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Annual general meeting, 2007-08 (SP365/08: Tabled) Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill ... 1432 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 37

Voices from the Street (Report on homelessness in Enforcement of, documents re (M17/08: Defeated) ... Calgary) 1395 Copy tabled (SP323/08) ... 1295 Clerk Assistant Wages–Minimum wage Alberta farm fuel benefit program Increase of ... 50 Costs of, 1997-2008 (Q21/08: Response tabled as Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees SP458) ... 1674 Discrepancy compared to public service employees ... Clerk of the Legislative Assembly 615 Aboriginal children Increase to ... 615 Provincial programs for (Q17/08: Response tabled as Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability SP269/08) ... 1097, 1153 Funding for ... 117 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Water supply Annual report, 2007-08 (SP314/08: Tabled) Impact of gas pipelines on ... 1780 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Impact of gas well drilling on ... 326 Votes and Proceedings Use by energy industry ... 809 Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council Use by nuclear power industry ... 809 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP308/08: Tabled) Water wells (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in General remarks ... 808 Votes and Proceedings Water wells–Rosebud area Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Contamination with methane gas ... 326 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP556/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Watershed planning Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board In combination with provincial park creation ... 551 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP67/08: Tabled) ... 174 General remarks ... 809 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP348/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Weaselhead natural area Alberta Cancer Board Impact of Calgary ring road on ... 970–71 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP553/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Weed Control Act (Bill 23) Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund Committee ... 1725 Financial statements, 2007-08 (SP398/08: Tabled) ... Western Canada high school, Calgary 1433 Restoration of ... 232–33 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Western Irrigation District Annual report, 2007 (SP267/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Legal settlement ... 121 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Council complex ... 121 Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta, Wetlands interim report (SP412/08: Tabled) ... 1479 Impact of oil sands development on ... 2178 Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors Policy re ... 2178 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP136/08: Tabled) ... 534 Wildlife habitat Radiation health administrative organization annual Impact of oil sands development on ... 2178 report, 2007-08 (SP431/08: Tabled) ... 1588–89 William A. Switzer Provincial Park Alberta College of Combined Laboratory and X-Ray Logging practices in ... 138 Technologists William Aberhart high school Annual report, 2007 (SP135/07: Tabled) ... 534 Graduating ceremonies program (SP251/08: Tabled) Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic ... 1096 Technologists William Watson Lodge, Kananaskis Country Annual report, 2007 (SP133/08: Tabled) ... 534 General remarks ... 551 Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists Womens' shelters Annual report, 2007 (SP473/08: Tabled) ... 1742 General remarks ... 2138 Alberta College of Occupational Therapists Turnaway rate at ... 748 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP477/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Womens' shelters–Finance Alberta College of Optometrists General remarks ... 748 Annual report, 2007 (SP476/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Workplace certification (Labour laws) Alberta College of Pharmacists General remarks ... 770, 2081 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP268/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Yellowstone to Conservation Initiative Alberta College of Social Workers General remarks ... 540 Annual report, 2007 (SP195/08: Tabled) ... 401 Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Second reading ... 1554–55, 1711 Audiologists Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Annual report, 2007 (SP474/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) Alberta Dental Association and College Third reading ... 1268 Annual report, 2007 (SP106/08: Tabled) ... 401 Youth emergency shelters Radiation health and safety program annual report, Identification of high-risk children in ... 1852 2007 (SP432/08: Tabled) ... 1589 Zoos–Standards Alberta Economic Development Authority 38 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Activity report, 2007 (SP307/08: Tabled) Annual report, 2007 (SP178/08: Tabled) ... 770 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Votes and Proceedings Indexing of benefits under, studies/reports re (M1/80: Alberta Foundation for the Arts Response tabled as SP567/08) ... 1905 Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP14-19/08: Tabled) ... Automobile Insurance Rate Board 24 Annual report, 2007 (SP303/08: Tabled) Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Annual report, 2006-07 (SP104/08: Tabled) ... 401 Votes and Proceedings Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Banff Centre for Continuing Education Annual report, 2008 (SP347/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP573/08: Endowment fund financial statement, 2007-08 Tabled) ... 1949 (SP399/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1 Engineering Research Budget 2008 Endowment fund financial statement, 2007-08 2008-09 first quarter fiscal update (SP393/08: Tabled) (SP400/08: Tabled) ... 1433 ... 1433 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Bullying Annual report, 2007-08 (SP304/08: Tabled) In schools, articles re (SP640-641/08: Tabled) ... 2184 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Calgary Health Region Votes and Proceedings Annual report, 2007-08 (SP559/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary Financial statements, 2007-08 (SP394/07: Tabled) ... health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as 1433 SP235/08) ... 934, 1066 Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP26-31/08: Tabled) ... regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as 24 SP234/08) ... 934, 1066 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Annual review, 2006-07 (SP112/08: Tabled) ... 402 regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... Alberta Ingenuity Fund 935, 1066 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP574/08: Tabled) ... 1949 Canadian Wheat Board Alberta Law Foundation Final report on (SP627/08: Tabled) ... 2141 Annual report, 2008 (SP309/08: Tabled) Capital Health (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Annual report, 2007-08 (SP558/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Votes and Proceedings Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary Financial statements, 2007-08 (SP310/08: Tabled) health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in SP235/08) ... 935, 1066 Votes and Proceedings Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health Alberta Mental Health Board regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as Annual report, 2007-08 (SP555/08: Tabled) ... 1904 SP234/08) ... 934, 1066 Alberta Opticians Association Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Annual report, 2007 (SP481/08: Tabled) ... 1742 regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... Alberta Securities Commission 935, 1066 Annual report, 2008 (SP397/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Capital projects Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Public/private partnerships re: Cost of government Foundation legal services re (M18/08: Response tabled as Annual report, 2007-08 (SP444/08: Tabled) ... 1635 SP633/08) ... 2184 Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP47-52/08: Tabled) ... Certified General Accountants' Association of Alberta 81 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP631/08: Tabled) ... 2184 Alberta Teachers' Association Chief Electoral Officer Annual report, 2007 (SP311/08: Tabled) General election of March 2008, report on (SP313/08: (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 Votes and Proceedings reported in Votes and Proceedings Alberta Veterinary Medical Association General election of March 2008, results of ... 9 Annual report, 2007 (SP193/08: Tabled) ... 905 Chinook Regional Health Authority Rediation protection program annual report, 2007 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP560/08: Tabled) ... 1904 (SP433/08: Tabled) ... 1589 College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta Apologies (Civil law) Annual report, 2006-07 (SP107/08: Tabled) ... 401 Copies of materials re (M21/08: Response tabled as College of Alberta Dental Assistants SP634/08) ... 2184 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP554/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Aspen Regional Health Authority College of Alberta Denturists Annual report, 2007-08 (SP557/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Annual report, 2007 (SP475/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and College of Alberta Professional Foresters Geophysicists of Alberta Annual report, 2007-08 (SP430/08: Tabled) ... 1588 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 39

College of Alberta Psychologists Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Annual report, 2007-08 (SP478/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP381/08: Tabled) ... 1433 College of Dietitians of Alberta Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Annual report, 2006-07 (SP137/08: Tabled) ... 534 Relations Annual report, 2007-08 (SP479/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP382/08: Tabled) ... 1433 College of Hearing Aid Practitioners of Alberta Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Annual report, 2006-07 (SP471/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta during (SP225/08: Tabled) ... 1025 Annual report, 2007 (SP134/08: Tabled) ... 534 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General College of Physical Therapists of Alberta Annual report, 2007-08 (SP383/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Annual report, 2007 (SP108/08: Tabled) ... 401 Legal services branch, costs of increasing capacity of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (M18/08: Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 2184 Radiation health administrative organization annual Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions report, 2007-08 (SP434/08: Tabled) ... 1589 during (SP216/08: Tabled) ... 981 College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Annual report, 2007 (SP132/08: Tabled) ... 534 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP384/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Continuing/extended care facilities Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Care management decision tools in, costs of (Q2/08: Annual report, 2007-08 (SP385/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Response tabled as SP222/08) ... 621–22, 1025 Contracted employees salaries (Q1/08: Response Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation tabled as SP566/08) ... 1905 Annual report, 2007 (SP257/08: Tabled) ... 1097 Dept. of Service Alberta David Thompson Regional Health Authority Annual report, 2007-08 (SP386/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP561/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Annual report, 2007-08 (SP387/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP370/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Building an Integrated Knowlege Economy (report) Annual report, 2007-08 (SP388/08: Tabled) ... 1433 (SP215/08: Tabled) ... 981 Dept. of Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Annual report, 2007-08 (SP389/08: Tabled) ... 1433 during (SP224/08: Tabled) ... 1025 Dept. of Transportation Dept. of Agriculture and Food Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Annual report, 2007-08 (SP371/08: Tabled) ... 1433 during (SP226/08: Tabled) ... 1025 Dept. of Children and Youth Services East Central Health (former RHA) Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Annual report, 2007-08 (SP562/08: Tabled) ... 1904 during (SP297/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Programs for aboriginal children (Q17/08: response Court tabled as SP269/08) ... 1097, 1153 Clients from, and funding for, 2005-08 (Q24/08: Dept. of Children's Services Response tabled as SP638/08) ... 2184 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP372/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 Dept. of Education (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 2184 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP315/08: Tabled) Elections, Provincial (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in General election of March 2008, report on (SP313/08: Votes and Proceedings Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP373/08: Tabled) ... 1433 reported in Votes and Proceedings Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry General election of March 2008, results of ... 9 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP374/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Environmental Protection Security Fund Dept. of Energy Annual report, 2007-08 (SP327/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP375/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Executive Council Main estimates 2008-09: Responses to questions Annual report, 2007-08 (SP377/08: Tabled) ... 1433 during (SP296/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Ministerial orders 31/2008 and 46/2008 (SP369/08: Annual report, 2006-07 (SP131/08: Tabled) ... Tabled) ... 1433 533–34 Dept. of Environment General Revenue Fund Annual report, 2007-08 (SP376/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Details of grants, supplies and services, 2007-08 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions (SP401/08: Tabled) ... 1433 during (SP195/08: Tabled) ... 905 Globe and Mail (Newspaper) Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Transferring problem pupils artice (SP639/08: Annual report, 2007-08 (SP378/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Tabled) ... 2184 Dept. of Health and Wellness Government of Alberta Annual report, 2007-08, sections I and II (SP379- Consolidated financial statements, 2007-08 380/08: Tabled) ... 1433 (SP391/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Groundwater Main estimates 2008-09: Response to questions Inventory/mapping of: basin (oil during (SP331/08: Tabled) ... 1295 sands area), response to questions re (SP329/08: 40 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Tabled) ... 1295 Nurses Health innovation fund Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary Funding given to Calgary mental health diversion health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as project (Q6/08: Accepted) ... 622 SP235/08) ... 934, 1066 Health Quality Council Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Annual report, 2006-07 (SP111/08: Tabled) ... 401 regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... Annual report, 2007-08 (SP482/08: Tabled) ... 1742 935, 1066 Historical Resources Fund Nurses–Education Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP20-25/08: Tabled) ... Additional spaces created for, 2007-2012 (Q11/08: 24 Response tabled as SP575/08) ... 1097, 1949 Horse Racing Alberta Oil refineries–Waste disposal Annual report, 2007 (SP305/08: Tabled) Deep injection of wastewater, response to questions (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in re (SP646/08: Tabled) ... 2210 Votes and Proceedings Oil sands tailings ponds Hospital beds Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Number of, designated for mentally ill patients Response to questions re (SP328-329/08: Tabled) (Q14/08: Response tabled as SP275/08) ... 1097 ... 1295 Informa Economics Waterfowl deaths on, minister's response to questions An Open Market for CWB Grain (final report) re (SP194/08: Tabled) ... 905 (SP627/08: Tabled) ... 2141 Ombudsman Information and communications technology Annual report, 2007-08 (SP316/08: Tabled) Provincial strategy re (report) (SP215/08: Tabled) ... (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in 981 Votes and Proceedings Law Society of Alberta Palliser Health Region Annual report, 2007 (SP632/08: Tabled) ... 2184 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP564/08: Tabled) ... 1905 Legal Aid Society of Alberta Peace Country Health Funding for, 2005-08 (Q23/08: Response tabled as Annual report, 2006-07 (SP110/08: Tabled) ... 401 SP637/08) ... 2184 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP565/08: Tabled) ... 1905 Livestock Identification Services Ltd. Pediatrics (Journal) Chief Operating Officer's report, 2007-08 (SP306/08: Bullying in schools, article re (SP641/08: Tabled) ... Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 2184 reported in Votes and Proceedings Persons with developmental disabilities community Measuring Up, Progress Report on the Government of boards Alberta Business Plan Annual reports, 2006-07 and 2007-08 (SP629-630/08: Annual report, 2007-08 (SP392/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Tabled) ... 2184 Medical profession–Education Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Undergraduate programs, expansion of: Additional Board spaces created 2007-2012 (Q12/08: Response Annual report, 2005-06 (SP122/08: Tabled) ... 428 tabled as SP576/08) ... 1097, 1949 Elimination of, studies/reports re (M2/08: Response Members of the Legislative Assembly tabled as SP568/08) ... 1905 Report on payments to, 2006-07 (SP94/08: Tabled) ... Petroleum Tank Management Association of Alberta 349 Annual report, 2007 (SP312/08: Tabled) Report on payments to, 2007-08 (SP647/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in ... 2210 Votes and Proceedings Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan Postsecondary educational institutions Annual report, 2006-07 and 2007-08 (SP395-396/08: Degree-granting status, documents re, 2003-06 Tabled) ... 1433 (M9/08: Response tabled as SP411/08) ... 1479 Mental health diversion project, Calgary Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension Number of litigants dealt with by, and funding for Plan (Q6/08: Response tabled as SP223/08) ... 622, 1025 Annual report, 2006/07 (SP93/08: Tabled) ... 349 Mental Health Patient Advocate Public Health Appeal Board Annual report, 2007-08 (SP480/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Annual report, 2007 (SP109/07: Tabled) ... 401 Ministers (Provincial government) Regional health authorities Expenses of, Dec. 15, 2006- Mar. 1, 2007 (M4/07: Mentally ill patient beds (Q14/08: Accepted) ... 1097 Response tabled as SP13/08) ... 24 Social Care Facilities Review Committee Natural resources revenue Annual report, 2006-07 (SP73/08: Tabled) ... 225 Forecasts for, letter from minister re (SP179/08: Speaker Tabled) ... 770 Congratulations to ... 3 Development Council Election of ... 1–2 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP244/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Statistics Canada Northern Lights Health Region Bullying in schools, article re (SP640/08: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2007-08 (SP563/08: Tabled) ... 2184 1904–05 Student financial aid 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 41

Dollar value of, 2004-07 (Q18/08: Response tabled as Workers' Compensation Board SP577/08) ... 1097, 1949 Annual report, 2007 (SP266/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Total number of students receiving aid, 2004-07 Dallas, Cal (PC, Red Deer-South) (Q19/08: Response tabled as SP578/08) ... 1949 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Students, Problem Off-reserve housing, federal/provincial funding for ... Transferring of, news article re (SP639/08: Tabled) ... 1630–31 2184 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Succession laws Committee ... 1805 Review of, materials supporting (M22/08: Response Affordable housing tabled as SP635/08) ... 2184 Member's statement re ... 1359 Suncor Inc. Provincial initiatives re ... 52 Hazardous release, on-site pipe rupture: Response to Agri-Trade Farm Equipment Expo question re (SP171/08: Tabled) ... 719 Member's statement re ... 1741 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Second reading ... 2022 tabled as SP330/08) ... 1295 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board 100th anniversary ... 1894 Annual report, 2007 (SP410/08: Tabled) ... 1479 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Syncrude Canada Ltd. Midwifery services coverage, petition presented re ... Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation 1094 of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness tabled as SP330/08) ... 1295 General remarks ... 1359 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on, minister's Alberta Urban Municipalities Association response to questions re (SP194/08: Tabled) ... 905 General remarks ... 1894 Technical schools Armenian genocide Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP572/08: Member's statement re ... 247 Tabled) ... 1949 Auditor General Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Monarch Place affordable housing grant, report on ... (Alberta /British Columbia) 52 Cost of government legal services re (M18/08: Barley–Marketing Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 2184 Federal plebiscite re ... 135 Travel Alberta General remarks ... 135 Strategic tourism marketing plan 2008 (SP74/08: Canadian Wheat Board Tabled) ... 225 Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by ... 135 Treasury Board Marketing role ... 135 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP390/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Main estimates 2008-09: Response to questions 2008 (Bill 40) during (SP332/08: Tabled) ... 1295 First reading ... 1858 Treasury Branches Second reading ... 1921–23 Annual report, 2008 (SP349/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Committee ... 2060–63 Universities and colleges Third reading ... 2121–22 Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP572- Crime prevention 573/08: Tabled) ... 1949 General remarks ... 1093 University of Alberta Disabled–Housing–Red Deer Radiation health administrative organization annual Monarch Place residents ... 52 report, 2007-08 (SP435/08: Tabled) ... 1589 Environmental protection University of Calgary Impact of land-use framework on ... 844 Radiation health administration organization annual Genocide report, 2007-08 (SP436/08: Tabled) ... 1589 Member's statement re ... 247 Victims of Crime Fund Gift cards Amount of funding from surcharge on fines (Q3/08: Elimination of expiry dates and fees re ... 1357 Response tabled as SP506/08) ... 622, 1787 Hachey, Mr. Spencer Claimants compensated through (Q4/08: Response Member's statement re ... 769 tabled as SP506/08) ... 622, 1787 Homeless–Housing Overpayments from (Q5/08: Response tabled as General remarks ... 1359 SP506/08) ... 622, 1787 Homeless–Housing–Red Deer Wages–Nurses Aboriginal people ... 1630–31 Overtime paid in Capital/Calgary health regions, Homeless and eviction prevention fund 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... General remarks ... 1359 934, 1066 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Wild Rose Foundation General remarks ... 1359 Annual reports, 2001-2007 (SP32-37/08: Tabled) ... Land conservation offsets 24 General remarks ... 844 42 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Land trusts Application of land-use framework to ... 844 Conservation aspects ... 844 Public safety (From criminal activity) Land-use framework General remarks ... 1093 Application to private lands (partnerships re) ... 844 Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts Impact on conservation/environmental protection ... Member's statement re ... 130 844 Red Deer Rotary Club Licensed premises–Red Deer Awards, member's statement re ... 769 Improved safety standards for ... 1894 Small business Maiden Speeches Member's statement re ... 1378 General remarks ... 188–89 Small Business Week Members' Statements (2008) Member's statement re ... 1378 Affordable housing ... 1359 Social housing Agri-Trade Farm Equipment Expo ... 1741 Rent supplement program ... 1359 Armenian genocide ... 247 Speech from the Throne Multiple Sclerosis Society ... 923 Debate ... 188–889 Municipal excellence awards ... 1894 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Norm McLeod community inclusion awards ... 1820 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 422 Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts ... 130 Technology commercialization Red Deer Rotary Club awards ... 769 General remarks ... 660 Small Business Week ... 1378 Tradeable development credits (conservation) Mentally disabled General remarks ... 844 Volunteers re, awards for, member's statement re ... Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment 1820 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Midwives and midwifery Second reading ... 1107 Coverage by health care plan, petition presented re ... Volunteers 1094 General remarks ... 769 Monarch Place, Red Deer Wildfires–Control Sale of ... 52 General remarks ... 1672 Multiple sclerosis–Research Danyluk, Hon. Ray (PC, -St. Paul) General remarks ... 923 Agriculture Multiple Sclerosis Society Government assistance programs ... 2175–77 Member's statement re ... 923 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Municipal excellence awards Private sewage disposal systems, pilot project re ... Member's statement re ... 1894 1783 Nanotechnology–Research Alberta Boilers Safety Association General remarks ... 660 Annual report,2007 (SP277/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Nanotechnology–Teaching Alberta Building Code Undergraduate programs for ... 660 Changes to, re high-intensity residential fires ... 87, Norm McLeod community inclusion awards 1385 Member's statement re ... 1820 Alberta Elevating Devices and Amusement Rides Safety Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Association General remarks ... 422 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP422/08: Tabled) ... 1546 Oil sands tailings ponds Alberta Emergency Management Agency Monitoring of ... 422 Amber alert system failure, investigation of ... 422–23 Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 422 Community support services, funding for ... 803 Waterfowl deaths on ... 422 Funding ... 798 Olafson, Mr. Bill General remarks ... 396, 716, 803 Member's statement re ... 769 Wildfire control role ... 793 Oral Question Period (2008) Wildfire damage assessment, Thorhild ... 898 Barley marketing ... 135 Alberta Environmental Protection Commission Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1093 CN train derailment, Wabamun, report on ... 807 Draft land-use framework ... 844 Recommendations ... 716 Funding for homeless aboriginal people ... 1630–31 Alberta Fire Code Gift cards ... 1357 Comination with land-use framework ... 927 Monarch Place ... 52 Alberta Public Library Electronic Network Monitoring of oil sands tailings ponds ... 422 General remarks ... 789 Undergraduate nanotechnology education ... 660 Alberta SuperNet Wildfire season ... 1672 Public library access to ... 789, 804, 807, 808, 809 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Amber Alert (Missing child warning system) Midwifery coverage by health care plan ... 1094 Failure of warning system re ... 422–23 Poverty Animal cruelty investigations General remarks ... 1359 Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... Private lands 955 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 43

Assessment Floods Market value as basis for ... 1019 Preparedness for ... 925–26 Market value as basis for, definition for ... 1541 Preparedness for, federal/provincial co-operation re ... Market value as basis for, three-year averaging of ... 925, 926 2058 Provincial assistance re ... 925, 1150 Calgary Regional Partnership Floods–Southern Alberta Dept. of Energy ... 800 General remarks ... 925 Provincial funding for ... 1219 Fort McMurray Capital Region Board Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 805 Funding for ... 798, 800 Government Emergency Operations Centre General remarks ... 21, 54, 55, 581, 798, 800, 809–10 General remarks ... 925 Rural land subdivision plans referral to ... 57 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Transit plan ... 54–55, 810 35) Voting model of ... 55–56 Second reading ... 1493 Carbon monoxide alarms Grass fires–Control General remarks ... 89 Use of volunteers in ... 803 CKUA Radio High-Intensity Residential Fires Working Group Amber Alert broadcasts ... 422 Report ... 87, 927, 1385 CN Rail Housing–Prices Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, impact of ... 807 Impact of building code changes re fire prevention (Town) initiatives on ... 87 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 805 Intermunicipal relations Committees, Policy field General remarks ... 800, 809 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 72 Withdrawal of municipality from ... 800 Community facility enhancement program Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Public library funding under ... 1293 General remarks ... 21, 54, 55, 57, 581, 809–10 Commuter rail service–Calgary area Lacombe Foundation Provincial support for ... 1219 Land development for affordable housing, process re County of St. Paul ... 1982 Municipal election in, voting of nonpermanent Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) residents in ... 901 Second reading ... 1043 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Third reading ... 1498 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 797–811 Land-use framework Minister of, agricultural payments received by ... Combination with Fire Code ... 927 2176 Libraries Role of ... 808 Aboriginal programs and resources ... 1354 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Future direction of ... 809 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP384/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Future direction of, MLA committee to review ... 804, Disaster relief 805, 806, 1354 Forest fires, Thorhild County ... 793, 898 General remarks ... 798, 809 Drinking water–Summer villages Immigrants/foreign workers resources ... 1354 General remarks ... 809 Role of ... 804 Edmonton Police Service Libraries–Finance Amber Alert warning failure ... 422–23 General remarks ... 292, 789, 804–05, 806, 807, 808, Elections, Municipal 1292–93 Four-year terms ... 615–16, 1629 Light rail transit–Edmonton Internet voting in ... 1629 Extension to Capital region ... 54–55 Nonpermanent residents voting in, court decision re Local Authorities Election Act ... 901 Review of ... 615–16, 1629 Emergency planning Review of by MLA committee ... 901, 1629 Equipment for, inventory of ... 807 Major community facilities program General remarks ... 716–17, 798, 807 Public library funding under ... 1293 Oil pipeline spill, Otauwau River ... 396 Members of the Legislative Assembly Public awareness/education re ... 798, 803 Agricultural payments to ... 2176 Emergency planning, Municipal Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability General remarks ... 716–17 Recommendations ... 801 Emergency public warning system Municipal development plans–Capital region Failure of, re Amber alert warning ... 422–23 Referral to Capital Region Board ... 54, 55 General remarks ... 803–04 Municipal finance Fire prevention Provincial funding for ... 1291 General remarks ... 615 Municipal finance–Calgary Flood Risk Management Committee Provincial funding for ... 1219 Recommendations of ... 1150 Municipal Government Act 44 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Amendments ... 800 Property taxes ... 169, 1018–19 Section 299-300, municipal assessment records ... Public library services ... 1354 1541 Spring flooding ... 925–26, 1150 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16) Voting by nonpermanent residents ... 901 First reading ... 904 Wildfire assistance ... 898 Second reading ... 992, 1050 Wildfires in Thorhild County ... 793 Third reading ... 1456 Petroleum Tank Management Association of Alberta Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Annual report, 2007 (SP312/08: Tabled) (Bill 41) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in First reading ... 1634 Votes and Proceedings Second reading ... 1801 Monitoring program for underground petroleum tank Committee ... 1990–93 sites ... 803 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP585/08: Tabled) ... Pipelines 1990 Linear property assessment changes for (Bill 16) ... Third reading ... 2046 904 Municipal Government Board Property tax Assessment appeal process ... 801, 1541 Deferral of, for senior citizens ... 2058 Municipal sustainability initiative Increases to ... 1018–19 Fort McMurray/Cold Lake projects funding under ... Property tax–Calgary 805 Increases in ... 169 Funding for ... 799, 801, 1783 Property tax–Education levy Funding for, accountability re ... 798, 799, 811 Freeze of ... 1783 Funding for, Edmonton vs Calgary funding ... 799 General remarks ... 295 Funding formula ... 799 Phase out of ... 169 Funding from, for intermunicipal transit ... 55 Seniors' tax relief re ... 295, 582, 2058 General remarks ... 797, 799, 811 Transfer to municipalities ... 1291 Long-range planning under ... 799 Property tax–Education levy–Calgary Public library funding under ... 789, 804–05, 806, General remarks ... 169 807, 1292 Public safety, security, and environmental research Regional transit funding under ... 1219 institute (Proposed) Municipal wildfire assistance program Creation of ... 798, 803, 804, 807 General remarks ... 898 Public transit–Capital region Oil industry Federal funding for ... 54–55 Responsibility for underground tank cleanup costs ... General remarks ... 54–55, 810 802, 803 Provincial funding for ... 54–55 Oil pipelines–Otauwau River area Residential fires, High-intensity–Edmonton Spill, environmental impact ... 396 MacEwan neighbourhood fire ... 87, 927 Oil sands development Terwillegar neighbourhood fire ... 1385–86 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Residential fires, High-intensity–Prevention report on ... 810 General remarks ... 87, 927, 1385–86 Oral Question Period (2008) Road construction Access to municipal assessment records ... 1541 Resource road program, funding for ... 799 Calgary commuter rail initiative ... 1219 Safety Codes Council Capital region municipal planning ... 21, 54–57, 581 Annual report, 2007 (SP421/08: Tabled) ... 1545 Carbon monoxide alarms ... 89 School nutrition programs Education property tax ... 295 General remarks ... 2176 Education property taxes ... 582 School sites, Unused Emergency preparedness ... 716–17 Disposition of, legislation re (Bill 41) ... 1634 Emergency public warning system ... 422–23 Septic systems, Private Fire prevention ... 615 Contamination of water courses, prevention of ... 808, High-intensity residential fires ... 87, 927, 1385–86 1782–83 Intermunicipal development plans ... 898 Sewage disposal–Summer villages Intermunicipal transit ... 54–55 General remarks ... 809 Lacombe Foundation land development ... 1982 Sewage disposal plants Library funding ... 292, 1292–93 General remarks ... 808 Library services ... 789 Special Areas Trust Account Local Authorities Election Act review ... 1629 Financial statements, 2007 (SP420/08: Tabled) ... Municipal elections ... 615–16 1545 Municipal financing ... 1291 Spills (Pollution) Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 1783 Equipment for, inventory of ... 807 Pipeline oil spill ... 396 Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamun Private septic systems ... 1782–83 CN train derailment, cleanup costs re, impact of ... Property tax assessments ... 2058 807 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 45

Spills (Pollution)–Otauwau River 501: Griffiths) ... 114 Pipeline oil leak into ... 396 Crawford, Lorelei Standing Orders Member's statement re ... 838–39 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 72 Crime prevention Subdivision of land–Urban adjacent areas Funding for ... 581 Impact of capital region planning on ... 57 Criminal Code (Federal) Summer villages Changes to ... 1828 Sewage/water systems for ... 809 Criminal justice system Supplementary estimates Changes to ... 1828 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2096 Culture Tank site remediation program (2006) General remarks ... 215 General remarks ... 802, 803 Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta) Taxation, Municipal Report ... 473 General remarks ... 1291 Daycare centres Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Parent fees for, increase in ... 613 Day Act (Bill 37) Subsidies re ... 612–13 Second reading ... 1678 Daycare centres–Finance University of Calgary General remarks ... 613 Private sewage disposal systems, pilot project re ... Declaration of Arbroath (Scottish independence, 1320) 1783 Member's statement re ... 21 Volunteers Distractions undermining motorist behaviour (Driving General remarks ... 811 simulator) Water pollution–Control Member's statement re ... 903 General remarks ... 807–08 Documentation of Child Access Exchange Act (Bill 211) Water quality First reading ... 2111 Impact of private septic systems on ... 808, 1782–83 Second reading ... 2155 Water wells Edmonton International Airport General remarks ... 809 Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Wildfires–Thorhild County Rogers) ... 639 Control procedures ... 793 Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Municipal compensation for ... 898 100th anniversary, member's statement re ... 214–15 DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) Education–Curricula Alberta–Economic conditions Career and technology courses: Funding for ... 472 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1387 Fine arts program ... 472–73 Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Ethics Commissioner Second reading ... 1871 New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan ... 1522 Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special DeLong) ... 1563, 1568–69 Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred Alberta Life Sciences Institute in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1522 Making the Food-Health Connection (report) ... 1427 Excellence in Teaching Awards Arts Bowness high school teacher ... 839 General remarks ... 215 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Automobile drivers' licences Second reading ... 1598 Enhancement of, with citizenship data ... 1538–39 Food Border crossings–Canada/United States Consumption of ... 1427 Personal identification documents for ... 1539 Food industry and trade Bowness high school, Calgary Healthy eating practices, impact on ... 1427 Teacher's creation of dance program at ... 838–39 Genocide Canadian Centre of Sport Excellence General remarks ... 427 Member's statement re ... 390–91 Grande Prairie and Area Safe Communities Children and poverty Lottery funding for ... 581 General remarks ... 56 Health care facilities Children from broken marriages Infection control in, monitoring of ... 16 Access to, legislation re (Bill 211) ... 2111 Health care facilities–Accreditation Collective bargaining General remarks ... 16 First-contract certification legislation ... 1362 Health Link Alberta Community facility enhancement program General remarks ... 1545 General remarks ... 581 High school completion Community spirit program Fine arts program to encourage ... 473 General remarks ... 581 High school education–Curricula Consumption tax, Provincial Fine arts courses ... 473 Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion Holocaust 46 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

General remarks ... 427 Crime legislation ... 1828 Homeless–Housing Crime reduction and safe communities ... 580–81 Provincial initiatives re ... 531 Enhanced drivers' licences ... 1538–39 Housing First concept Health facility accreditation ... 16 General remarks ... 531 Healthy living ... 1427 Human rights Homelessness initiatives ... 531 Member's statement re ... 427 International financial crisis ... 1387 Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Major community facilities program ... 847 Education Fund Municipal taxation ... 1852–53 General remarks ... 581 New royalty framework ... 86 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Property taxes ... 169 Second reading ... 93–94 Seniors' lodges in Calgary ... 1215 Committee ... 437–38 Trade mission to China ... 930 Income Support program Podium Alberta General remarks ... 56 Athlete training assistance ... 391 Income tax, Provincial Political parties Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Griffiths) ... 114 1522 Insurance Bureau of Canada Port Alberta DUMB car driving simulator ... 903 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 639 International finance Poverty Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1387 Provincial initiatives re ... 56 Jacques cottage, Calgary (Seniors' housing) Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Impact of LRT expansion on ... 1215 Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Labour laws and legislation 1522 Changes to, letters re (SP340/08: Tabled) ... 1361–62 Property tax–Calgary Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Increases in ... 169, 1852–53 Second reading ... 1169 Property tax–Education levy Light rail transit–Calgary Phase out of ... 169 Expansion of, loss of seniors' housing due to ... 1215 Property tax–Education levy–Calgary Lottery Fund General remarks ... 169 Funds allocation ... 580–81 Public safety (From criminal activity) Low-income families General remarks ... 580–81 Provincial assistance to ... 56 Replacement workers Major community facilities program General remarks ... 1362 Distribution of funds from ... 847 Right to strike Shortfall in funding for ... 847 General remarks ... 1362 Members' Statements (2008) Senior citizens–Housing–Calgary Calgary Olympic Development Association, Cenre of General remarks ... 1215 Sport Excellence ... 390–91 Simon House, Calgary Centennial of Kiwanis Music Festival ... 214–15 General remarks ... 581 DUMB car ... 903 Stay-at-home parents' child care subsidies (in lieu of Human rights ... 427 daycare subsidies) Lorelei Crawford ... 838–39 Increase in ... 613 Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month 1545 Member's statement re ... 1545 Tartan Day ... 21 Supportive living facilities Mineral rights Seniors' lodges, Calgary: Loss of, due to LRT Sale of, impact of New Royalty Framework on ... 86 expansion ... 1215 Municipalities Tartan Day Financial statements, auditing of ... 1852–53 Member's statement re ... 21 New Royalty Framework (2007) Technology commercialization Impact on mineral rights sales ... 86 Co-operation with China re ... 930 Obesity Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Reduction of ... 1427 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Olympic and Paralympic Secretariat 1) General remarks ... 391 Second reading ... 203–05 Olympic athletes Trade missions–China Provincial support to ... 391 General remarks ... 930 Oral Question Period (2008) Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Arts and culture in education ... 472–73 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Child care funding ... 612–13 Second reading ... 947 Child poverty ... 56 Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner) 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 47

Report recommending appointment of, concurred in Court Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 39) (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1522 First reading ... 1389 Workplace certification (Labour laws) Second reading ... 1480–81, 1575–76 General remarks ... 1362 Third reading ... 1800 Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) Create a Movement (Health promotion campaign) Review of ... 1828 General remarks ... 1857 Denis, Jonathan (PC, CalgaryEgmont) Crime–Calgary Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Increase in ... 472 Committee ... 1805, 1808–09 Crime prevention Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion Second reading ... 1867–68 508: Amery) ... 1118–19 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month Council Member's statement re ... 2050 General remarks ... 1474 Demolition industry–Waste disposal/recycling Alberta College of Pharmacists Reduction in amount of ... 171 Role of ... 1694 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 831 Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: Diabetes–Prevention DeLong) ... 1564–65 Member's statement re ... 1856–57 Alberta Social Housing Corporation Edmonton Journal (Newspaper) Debt servicing costs ... 831 Rodeo as official Alberta sport, article re (SP596/08: Nominal sum disposals ... 831 Tabled) ... 2038 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Education, Postsecondary–Finance Second reading ... 104–05 Discrepancy between Edmonton and Calgary ... 715 Alberta's Environment Conference, Edmonton (April, Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) 2008) Second reading ... 1801–02 Waste production levels in Alberta ... 170 Energy efficiency Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2164–65 2) (Bill 51) Environmental protection Second reading ... 2172 General remarks ... 2209 Automobiles, Older Family therapists Removal from service ... 789–90 Recognition under Health Professions Act, petition re Automobiles–Seizure ... 1360 For organized crime offences ... 1292 Fish Creek Provincial Park Bail hearings–Calgary Flood proofing of ... 1064 24/7 service re ... 472 Gang-related crime Beverage containers–Recycling Compensation to victims of ... 1291–92 Referral to policy field committee ... 171 Seizure of vehicles involved in ... 1292 Calgary Herald (Newspaper) German Unification Day Rodeo as official Alberta sport, article re (SP595/08: Member's statement re ... 1293 Tabled) ... 2038 Health Professions Act Car Heaven Alberta (Vehicle emission reduction Marriage and family therapists recognition under, program) petition re ... 1360 General remarks ... 789–90 Housing Carbon dioxide sequestration Federal funing for ... 831 Funding for projects re ... 1473–74 Income tax, Provincial Clean Air Strategic Alliance Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 278 Vehicle emissions reduction recommendations ... 790 Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund Griffiths) ... 112–13 Levy on polluters to create ... 1473 Inflammatory bowel disease Climate Change Central Member's statement re ... 2050 Car Heaven Alberta program ... 789–90 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Construction industry–Waste disposal/recycling Second reading ... 1172–74, 1176, 1178, 1184, 1197, Reduction in amount of ... 171 1199 Consumer protection Licensed premises Re online shopping ... 2134–35 Violence in, prevention of ... 1693 Consumption tax, Provincial Maiden Speeches Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion General remarks ... 196–97 501: Griffiths) ... 112–13 Marriage therapists Corporations–Taxation Recognition under Health Professions Act, petition re Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 278 ... 1360 Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Members' Statements (2008) Second reading ... 1049 Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month ... 2050 48 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

German Unification Day ... 1293 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act Simple acts for holiday season ... 2209 Implementation of ... 1292 World Diabetes Day ... 1856–57 Waste management One Simple Act program (Environmental protection Strategy for ... 170–71 campaign) Wind power Member's statement re ... 2209 General remarks ... 1021 Oral Question Period (2008) World Diabetes Day Carbon capture and storage ... 1473–74 Member's statement re ... 1856–57 Compensation for victims of crime ... 1291–92 Deputy Chair of Committees (Mitzel, Len) Crime reduction and safe communities ... 472 Point of Order Fish Creek provincial park ... 1064 Clarification ... 1647 Online shopping ... 2134–35 Committee of Supply procedure ... 234 Payday loan industry ... 1628 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Postsecondary education funding ... 715 Committee: Amendment A1A (SP486/08: Tabled) ... Recycling ... 170–71 1765 Vehicle emissions ... 789–90 Committee: Amendment A1B (SP487/08: Tabled) ... Violence in licensed premises ... 1693 1765 Wind power generation ... 1021 Committee: Amendment A1C (SP488/08: Tabled) ... Payday loan companies 1765 Provincial regulation of ... 1628 Committee: Amendment A1D (SP489/08: Tabled) ... Payday loans–Interest rates 1765 Cap on ... 1628 Committee: Amendment A1E (SP490/08: Tabled) ... Pharmacists 1765 Standards of practice (prescribing medication) Committee: Amendment A1F (SP491/08: Tabled) ... change, legislation re (Bill 43) ... 1694 1765 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) Committee: Amendment A1G (SP492/08: Tabled) ... First reading ... 1694 1765 Second reading ... 1802–03 Committee: Amendment A1H (SP493/08: Tabled) ... Third reading ... 2003 1765 Public safety (From criminal activity) Committee: Amendment A1I (SP494/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 472 1765 Rodeo Committee: Amendment A1J (SP495/08: Tabled) ... As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2038 1765 School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Committee: Amendment A1K (SP496/08: Tabled) ... Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) 1765 Second reading ... 2151 Committee: Amendment A1L (SP497/08: Tabled) ... Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) 1765 Third reading ... 1799 Committee: Amendment A1M (SP498/08: Tabled) ... Shopping, Online 1765 Consumer protection issues re ... 2134–35 Deputy Speaker (Cao, Wayne C. N.) Fraudulent practices re, investigation and prosecution Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) of ... 2135 Second reading ... 834 Simple acts for holiday season Pages (Legislative Assembly) Member's statement re ... 2209 Presentation of gifts to, on last day of session ... 1219, Speech from the Throne 2188 Debate ... 32, 196–97, 199 Point of Order Supplementary estimates Division bell interval ... 888 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2097 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 888–89 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Privilege Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Length of evening sitting ... 1266 1) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Second reading ... 518 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of 1) Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Second reading ... 833 Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Doerksen, Arno (PC, Stathmore-Brooks) Second reading ... 2028 4-H clubs Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment General remarks ... 478 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) 4-H Premier's award Second reading ... 1106–07 General remarks ... 478 Vehicle emissions AgriInvest (Federal/provincial initiative) Reduction of ... 789–90 General remarks ... 136–37 Victims of crime AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative) Assistance programs ... 1291–92 Improvement of ... 136–37 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 49

Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Innovations project ... 1684–85 Second reading ... 1873 Myranda Stewart ... 478 Alberta farm recovery program Mosquito control programs General remarks ... 2054 Funding for ... 252 Alberta Government Offices North American free trade agreement General remarks ... 648 Dispute mechanism ... 649 Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy Oral Question Period (2008) General remarks ... 1855, 2054 Agricultural income stability ... 136–37 Beef–Export Alberta farm recovery plan ... 2054 Diversification of ... 1855 Market access for livestock and meat ... 1854–55 General remarks ... 1506 West Nile virus larvicide program ... 252 Brooks Cactus Pheasant Classic (Curling event) Schoolchildren–Counselling services Member's statement re ... 1578 Support/early intervention program ... 1684–85 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Speech from the Throne Replaced by AgriStability and AgriInvest programs ... Debate ... 201–02 136 Stewart, Myranda Canadian Foodgrains Bank Member's statement re ... 478 Cheadle harvest project in support of, member's Students, Foreign statement re ... 1903 Education in Alberta, impact on trade relations ... 649 Cheadle Lions Club Surface rights Harvest project, member's statement re ... 1903 Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Citizenship ceremony, Brooks Marz) ... 1878 Member's statement re ... 2140 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Collaborate for Kids' Sake (conference) (Alberta /British Columbia) General remarks ... 1685 Federal support for ... 648 Curling championships General remarks ... 648 Brooks Cactus Pheasant Classic, 2008, member's Other provinces interest in ... 648 statement re ... 1578 Trade missions–Asia Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations General remarks ... 1854–55 General remarks ... 648 Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 648–49 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Excellence in Teaching Awards Second reading ... 945 2009 nominations, member's statement re ... 1469 West Nile virus Exports Control methods for, funding of ... 252 General remarks ... 648 Public awareness campaign re ... 252 Farm produce–Export World Trade Organization General remarks ... 648–49 Dispute mechanism ... 649 Member's statement re ... 1506 Drysdale, Wayne (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) Farm produce–Export–Asia Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 General remarks ... 1855 (Bill 33) Food–Export Committee: Amendment A1 (SP437 & 485/08: Member's statement re ... 1506 Tabled) ... 1769 Food safety Apprenticeship training–Northwestern Alberta General remarks ... 1506 General remarks ... 845 Innovations project (Schoolchildren support services) Construction industry–Waste disposal/recycling Member's statement re ... 1684–85 Member's statement re ... 1505–06 International trade–China Demolition industry–Waste disposal/recycling General remarks ... 1506 Member's statement re ... 1505–06 International trade–Hong Kong Electronic waste–Recycling General remarks ... 649, 1506 General remarks ... 1505 International trade–Japan Forest industries General remarks ... 1506 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1688 Interprovincial trade Grande Prairie Regional College General remarks ... 648–49 Co-ordination of programs with other northern Maiden Speeches colleges ... 845 General remarks ... 201–02 Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Members' Statements (2008) Committee: Amendment A1A (SP350/08: Tabled) ... Agricultural and food industry exports ... 1506 1370 Brooks Cactus Pheasant Classic ... 1578 Committee: Amendment A1B(a) (SP351/08: Tabled) Canadian citizenship ceremony in Brooks ... 2140 ... 1370 Cheadle Lions Canadian Foodgrains Bank project ... Committee: Amendment A1B(b) (SP352/08: Tabled) 1903 ... 1370 Excellence in teaching awards ... 1469 Committee: Amendment A1B(c) (SP353/08: Tabled) 50 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

... 1370 1769 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Committee: Amendment A1M (SP498/08: Tabled) ... hospitals) 1769 General remarks ... 1319 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP499/08: Tabled) ... Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary 1769 hospitals)–Grande Prairie Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1319 Debate ... 160 Maiden Speeches Tires–Recycling General remarks ... 160 General remarks ... 1505 Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Committee: Amendment A1 (SP484/08: Tabled) ... Act, 2008 (Bill 205) 1769 Second reading ... 1108 Members' Statements (2008) Waste management Waste reduction initiatives ... 1505–06 Member's statement re ... 1505–06 Milk containers–Recycling Waste Reduction Week General remarks ... 1505 Member's statement re ... 1505–06 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Elniski, Doug (PC, Edmonton-Calder) Grande Prairie campus, co-ordination of programs at Alberta Aviation Museum with other northern colleges ... 845 Memorial stones dedicated in, member's statement re Northern Lakes College ... 1507 Co-ordination of programs with other northern Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission colleges ... 845 Raffles/lotteries, role re ... 1540 Oral Question Period (2008) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Advance education opportunities in northern Alberta Public meeting in Edmonton (Oct. 16/08) re, ... 845 member's statement re ... 1469 Forest industry sustainability ... 1688 Alberta initiative for school improvement Long-term care ... 1319 Funding for ... 1475 Mountain pine beetle ... 1021–22 General remarks ... 1475 Paint–Recycling Alberta Teachers' Association Government program for ... 1505 Professional development opportunities for teachers Pine beetles–Control ... 1475 General remarks ... 1021–22 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Postsecondary educational institutions–Northwestern Northwest portion: 137 Ave. interchange, completion Alberta of ... 2059 Co-ordination of programs in ... 845 Auditor General Recycling (Waste, etc.) Community initiatives program auditing ... 1898 General remarks ... 1505–06 Automobiles–Seizure Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Committee: Amendment A1 (SP445 & 483/08: Johnston/Brown) ... 448 Tabled) ... 1769 Capital Region Board Committee: Amendment A1A (SP486/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 809–10 1769 Transit plan ... 54–55, 810 Committee: Amendment A1B (SP487/08: Tabled) ... Caritas Hospitals Foundation 1769 Home lottery sales ... 1540 Committee: Amendment A1C (SP488/08: Tabled) ... Community initiatives program 1769 Audit by Auditor General ... 1898 Committee: Amendment A1D (SP489/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1898 1769 Crime prevention Committee: Amendment A1E (SP490/08: Tabled) ... Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion 1769 508: Amery) ... 1120 Committee: Amendment A1F (SP491/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1826 1769 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Committee: Amendment A1G (SP492/08: Tabled) ... Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 809–11 1769 Domestic violence–Prevention Committee: Amendment A1H (SP493/08: Tabled) ... Provincial initiatives re, impact on justice system ... 1769 1826 Committee: Amendment A1I (SP494/08: Tabled) ... Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment 1769 Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Committee: Amendment A1J (SP495/08: Tabled) ... Second reading ... 272–73 1769 Emergency planning Committee: Amendment A1K (SP496/08: Tabled) ... Member's statement re ... 717–18 1769 Emergency Preparedness Week Committee: Amendment A1L (SP497/08: Tabled) ... Member's statement re ... 717–18 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 51

Girvan, Krista Intermunicipal transit ... 54–55 Member's statement re ... 1321–22 Land-use framework ... 2201–02 Heart research Long-term care funding ... 1020 General remarks ... 393–94 Lottery funding ... 1898 Highway racing Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 393–94 Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Occupational health and safety code ... 1090 Johnston/Brown) ... 448 Safe communities initiative ... 1826 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Young worker health and safety ... 1669 General remarks ... 809–10 Public safety (From criminal activity) Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) General remarks ... 1826 Committee ... 1255 Public transit–Capital region Land-use framework General remarks ... 54–55, 810 General remarks ... 2201–02 Provincial funding for ... 54–55 Regional councils for ... 2202 Raffles (home-type prizes) Regional plans for ... 2202 Volume of ... 1540 Light rail transit–Edmonton land-use region Extension to Capital region ... 54–55 General remarks ... 2202 Literacy Regional health authorities Member's statement re ... 1684 Long-term care facilities' operation ... 1020 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Safe communities initiative hospitals)–Finance General remarks ... 1826 Increase to ... 1020 Shepherd's Care Foundation Lottery Fund Member's statement re ... 2008 Funds allocation, political bias in ... 1898 Speech from the Throne Lower Athabasca land-use region Debate ... 37–38 General remarks ... 2202 Strang, Private Walter Maiden Speeches Memorial tribute to, member's statement re ... 214 General remarks ... 37–38 Substance abuse–Treatment Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Impact on justice system ... 1826 General remarks ... 393–94 Teachers Members of the Legislative Assembly Professional development opportunities for ... 1475 Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1898 Traffic Safety Act Members' Statements (2008) Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Abriginal children's memorial round dance ... 796 highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Alberta Aviation Museum ... 1507 448 Emergency Preparedness Week ... 717–18 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Heritage Savings Trust Fund public meeting ... 1469 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Krista Girvan ... 1321–22 Second reading ... 1109–10 Memorial for Private Walter Strang ... 214 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Occupational health and safety ... 427–28 Day Act (Bill 37) Shepherd's Care Foundation ... 2008 Second reading ... 1680 Ukrainian Shumka dancers ... 2050–51 Ukrainian Shumka Dancers Writings on the Wall conference ... 1684 Member's statement re ... 2050–51 Memorial Round Dance (Aboriginal children) Workplace safety Member's statement re ... 796 Awareness campaign for youth re (Bloody Lucky) ... Mental health services 1669 Impact on justice system ... 1826 General remarks ... 1090 Municipal sustainability initiative Member's statement re ... 427–28 Funding for, accountability re ... 811 Writings on the Wall conference (Literacy program) Funding for, Edmonton funding ... 811 Member's statement re ... 1684 General remarks ... 810–11 Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) North American Occupational Safety and Health Week Aboriginal peoples Member's statement re ... 427–28 Government programs for, funding for ... 142 Occupational health and safety code Affordable housing Biennial review of ... 1090 Funding for ... 142 Occupational Health and Safety Council Alberta–Economic conditions Review of safety code review recommendations ... General remarks ... 141 1090 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285–86, Oral Question Period (2008) 1313, 1357, 1358, 1387, 1426–27, 1429, 1475–76, Alberta initiative for school improvement ... 1475 1854, 1896, 1944–45, 2014–15 Anthony Henday Drive 137th Avenue interchange ... Alberta–Economic policy 2059 General remarks ... 867, 879–80, 1944–45 Caritas Hospitals Foundation ... 1540 Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund 52 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Financial statements, 2007-08 (SP398/08: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2008 (SP397/08: Tabled) ... 1433 1433 Funding for ... 868 General remarks ... 869, 1316–17 Regulation of asset-backed commercial paper ... 582 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Alberta Sustainability Fund Annual report, 2007 (SP267/08: Tabled) ... 1153 General remarks ... 1940 Loans amounts placed in regulations, legislation re Use during 2008 global financial crisis ... 1357 (Bill 29) ... 1323 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Funding for ... 142 2008 (Bill 29) Asset-backed commercial paper First reading ... 1323–24 Investment protection re ... 582–83 Second reading ... 1371, 1435, 1491–92 Treasury Branch investment in ... 897, 1382, Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) 1427–28, 1898 Second reading ... 1882 Auditor General Third reading ... 2047 ATB, asset-backed commercial paper investments ... Alberta Economic Development Authority 1427 Activity report, 2007 (SP307/08: Tabled) ATB, oversight of ... 1426 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Automobile Insurance Rate Board Votes and Proceedings Annual report, 2007 (SP303/08: Tabled) Scientific tax credit recommendation ... 867, 876 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Alberta Enterprise Corporation Votes and Proceedings Funding for ... 142, 867 Hearings into premium levels ... 85, 610, 874, 2138 General remarks ... 1358 Insurance companies' profit margin increase ... 472 Alberta farm fuel benefit program Bitumen–Royalties Costs of, 1997-2008 (Q21/08: Response tabled as Bitumen royalty-in-kind policy ... 1358 SP458) ... 1547 BizPaL (Website) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums General remarks ... 879, 1429 Elimination of ... 142, 867, 924 Bridges––High Prairie area Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Funding for ... 142 Ethical investments by ... 470 Budget 2008 General remarks ... 924, 1317, 1352, 1896, 1940 2007-08 third quarter fiscal update (SP5/08: Tabled) Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ...... 23 1285, 1286, 1289, 1313 2008-09 first quarter fiscal update (SP393/08: Tabled) Inflation-proofing of ... 616, 867, 924, 1289, 1317, ... 1433 1896 2008-09 second quarter fiscal update ... 1896, 1898, Public meeting in Edmonton (Oct. 16/08) re, 1944 questions re global financial crisis during ... 1285, 2008-09 second quarter fiscal update (SP544/08: 1289 Tabled) ... 1904 Regular investment in ... 868 Fiscal plan (SP63/08: Tabled) ... 140 Surplus funds investment in ... 141 Budget Address Tobacco company investments ... 470, 869 Motion 10: Evans ... 141–42 U.S. equity investments ... 1289 Canada Health Transfer (Federal government) Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Increase in, for Alberta ... 1736 Financial statements, 2007-08 (SP394/07: Tabled) ... Canada Social Transfer (Federal government) 1433 Increase in, for Alberta ... 1736 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Capital projects Ethical investments consideration ... 880 Public/private partnerships re ... 879–80 General remarks ... 470, 867, 869, 870, 1285 Capital projects, Municipal Pension funds management ... 1352, 1356 Funding for ... 142 Pension funds management, impact of 2008 Capital projects, Municipal–Fort McMurray international financial crisis on ... 1285, 1313, Funding for ... 142 1476, 1854 Capital projects–Finance Tobacco company investments, review of ... 869 General remarks ... 616 Updates to province during 2008 international Surplus funding for ... 141 financial crisis ... 1285 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation Surplus funding of ... 141 Funding for ... 868 Carbon dioxide sequestration Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Funding for ... 141–42 (Bill 17) Funding for projects re ... 1286, 1896 First reading ... 904 Children's services agencies (Non-profit) Second reading ... 958 Staffing problems, funding re ... 142 Alberta Regulations Civil service pensions Changes to ... 1429 Early retirement provisions ... 885–86 Alberta Securities Commission General remarks ... 867 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 53

Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... General remarks ... 142 1285, 1286, 1313, 1356, 1898 Endowment funds, Public Impact of investment in derivative instruments on ... General remarks ... 1352, 1940 1290, 1313 Investment of surpus funds into ... 1317 Potential unfunded liability ... 1356 Environmental technology Provincial investment in ... 1352 Development of (green economy) ... 876 Climate change Equalization payments Initiatives re, funding for ... 141–42 General remarks ... 1736 Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill General remarks ... 876 31) Collective bargaining–Teachers Second reading ... 1370 Impact of teachers' unfunded pension liability five- Financial institutions–Alberta year agreement on ... 349 Lending practices ... 1426 Community Development Trust (Federal fund) Regulation of ... 867 Application in Alberta ... 290, 868 Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Community spirit program (Bill 13) General remarks ... 142 Second reading ... 834 Conference Board of Canada Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Oil price forecasts ... 1357 Commission Consumer protection Report ... 616, 870, 1352, 1824–25, 1896, 1940, 2015 Re asset-backed commercial paper investments ... Food banks 582–83 Support for ... 1357 Re insurance contracts ... 349 Forest industries Corporations–Taxation Competitiveness/sustainability ... 290 Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Revenue from ... 868 Jack Mintz report on provincial savings plan request Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation under ... 1824 Annual report, 2007 (SP257/08: Tabled) ... 1097 Gas, Natural–Prices Culture–Finance Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 General remarks ... 142 Gasoline–Taxation Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta) Provincial tax ... 579 Funding for ... 142 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 579 Daycare centres Government, Role of Spaces for, funding re ... 142 General remarks ... 879–80 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Government attorneys General remarks ... 868, 1940, 2015 Increase in numbers of, funding for ... 142 Deficit financing Government of Alberta General remarks ... 1352, 2014 Consolidated financial statements, 2007-08 Dept. of Finance and Enterprise (SP391/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP378/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill ATB, oversight of ... 1426 35) Auto insurance industry review ... 611 Second reading ... 1370 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 867–70, 873–74, Government spending policy 876–77, 879–81, 885–86 General remarks ... 1318 Revenue ... 867–68 Greenhouse gas emissions Derivative instruments (Investments) Reduction of, funding for ... 142 Purchase by civil service pension plans ... 1290, 1313 Health care facilities–Finance Disabled General remarks ... 141 Tax credits for ... 142 Health sciences personnel Diversification Recruitment of, funding for ... 141 General remarks ... 880, 1358, 1944–45 Highway 4–Milk River area Donating to charitable organizations Twinning ... 142 General remarks ... 142 Homeless–Housing Economic development Funding for ... 142 Cross-border alliances re ... 841 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Economic growth General remarks ... 142 General remarks ... 141 Income tax, Provincial Edmonton International Airport Revenue from ... 868 Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Rogers) ... 640–41 General remarks ... 1358 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Insurance, Automobile General remarks ... 142 Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and Education–Finance suffering): Cap on ... 610 54 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and Municipal sustainability initiative suffering): Cap on, court case re ... 874, 2138–39 Funding for ... 142 Public plan re ... 611 Nanton and area food bank Insurance, Automobile–Premiums General remarks ... 1357 Raising of ... 85, 610–11, 877, 2138 Natural resources revenue Raising of, court appeal ... 85, 610 General remarks ... 616, 880, 1387, 1896, 1945 Review of ... 472, 611 New Royalty Framework (2007) Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) General remarks ... 141 First reading ... 348–49 Northern Alberta Development Council Second reading ... 990 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP244/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Committee ... 1364–68 Norway–Economic policy Third reading ... 1499, 1502 General remarks ... 881 Insurance Bureau of Canada Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund Alberta insurance companies' profit margin General remarks ... 1896 adjustment ... 472 Nurses Insurance contracts Recruitment of, funding for ... 141 Harmonization of legislation re with B.C. (Bill 11) ... Oil–Prices 348–49 Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1357 Insurance industry Forecasting of ... 867, 1357 Regulation of ... 867 General remarks ... 141 International finance Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286, Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1357, 1358 1285–86, 1313, 1357, 1358, 1387, 1426–27, 1429, Oil sands development 1475–76, 1854, 1896, 1944–45, 2014–15 Value-added opportunities ... 1358 Interpretation Act Oral Question Period (2008) Local Authorities Pension Board voting changes in Alberta Treasury Branch investments ... 896–97 compliance with ... 16, 583 Alberta Treasury Branches ... 1382 Investment of public funds Asset-backed commercial paper ... 582–83 General remarks ... 869, 870, 880 Automobile insurance ... 85, 472, 610–11, 2138–39 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund ... 1316–17 Long-term policy re ... 141, 616, 868, 924, 1352 Community development trust fund ... 290 Revenue from ... 868 Economic diversification ... 1358 Investments, Personal Federal equalization payments ... 1736 Consumer protection re ... 582–83 Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Irrigation–Finance Commission ... 616 General remarks ... 142 Fuel tax ... 579 Labour Coaltion on Pensions Government pension plans ... 1356 LAPP administration changes challenge ... 583 Heritage Savings Trust Fund investments ... 1289 Local Authorities Pension Board International financial crisis ... 1285–86, 1387, Union representatives on, provision of information to 1944–45 ... 16–17 Local Authorities Pension Plan ... 16–17, 583 Local Authorities Pension Plan Local authorities pension plan ... 16–17, 1854 Changes to, informing union representatives of ... National securities regulation ... 2055 16–17 Oil prices ... 1357 Derivative instruments investments ... 1290 Pacific Northwest Economic Region ... 841 General remarks ... 583, 885–86 Pension plan investments ... 1290 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1356, Provincial fiscal strategy ... 2014–15, 2052 1854 Provincial savings policy ... 1317–18 Voting and quorum rule changes ... 583, 1290 Provincial savings strategy ... 1352, 1896, 1940 Low-income families Provincial spending ... 1898 Provincial assistance to ... 142 Recent investment losses ... 1313 Measuring Up, Progress Report on the Government of Report on financial and investment policies ... Alberta Business Plan 1824–25 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP392/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Savings and investments ... 924 Medical care–Finance Small business assistance ... 1429 General remarks ... 141 Support for food banks ... 1357 Medical profession Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176, 2200 Recruitment of, funding for ... 141 Tobacco reduction ... 470 Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan Treasury Branches board of directors ... 1475–76 Annual report, 2006-07 and 2007-08 (SP395-396/08: Treasury Branches investments ... 1426–27 Tabled) ... 1433 Women's equality ... 713 Mental health services Pacific Northwest Economic Region Funding for ... 142 General remarks ... 841 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 55

Parks, Regional–Edmonton area Social services agencies (Non-profit) River valley park, provincial funding for ... 142 Funding for ... 142 Pensions Speech from the Throne Regulation of ... 867 Debate ... 42 Petrochemical industry Substance abuse–Treatment General remarks ... 1358 Funding for ... 142 Pine beetles–Control Supreme Court of Canada Provincial funding for ... 142 Minor injury claims cap in auto insurance case ... 874, Port Alberta 2139 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640–41 Surplus, Budgetary Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension Capital maintenance funding with ... 141 Plan Capital projects funding with ... 141 Annual report, 2006/07 (SP93/08: Tabled) ... 349 Disposition of ... 141 Public safety (From criminal activity) Endowment funds investment ... 1317 Funding re ... 142 General remarks ... 867, 868, 1317, 1896, 2015 Public service–Alberta Heritage Fund investment ... 141, 868, 1317 Hiring freeze on ... 2015 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Public Service Pension Plan Transfer to savings ... 616, 924 Derivative instruments investments ... 1290 Tax incentives Public transit For dependent care ... 142, 924 Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce For dependent care, legislation re (Bill 17) ... 904 greenhouse gas emissions ... 1286, 1896 For the disabled ... 142 Regulatory Review Secretariat Family employment credit ... 142, 867 Small business regulation reduction ... 879, 1429 For scientific research and development ... 142, 867 Research and development For scientific research and development, legislation re Funding for early-stage projects ... 142 (Bill 48) ... 1830 Tax credits for ... 142, 867, 876, 880, 1358 Tax revenue, Provincial Tax credits for, legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830 Decrease in ... 924 Ring roads–Calgary Taxation Funding for ... 142 40% increase in, in future ... 1940, 2015 Road construction–Finance General remarks ... 880 General remarks ... 142 Increases in, prediction of ... 1352 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Teachers' Pension Plan Bitumen in kind, in place of royalty ... 1358 Unfunded liability, funding for ... 868, 886, 1356 Rural economic development Unfunded liability, funding for: Legislation re (Bill General remarks ... 1358 12) ... 349 Savings plan, Provincial Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) General remarks ... 141, 616, 867, 868, 870, 880, 924, First reading ... 349 1317–18, 1352, 1429, 1824–25, 1896, 1940 Second reading ... 834 School nutrition programs Third reading ... 986 General remarks ... 2176, 2200 Tobacco companies Schools–Construction Heritage Fund investment in ... 470, 869 Funding for ... 142 Tourism–Marketing Schools–Maintenance and repair Funding for ... 142 Funding for ... 142 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Securities–Law and legislation (Alberta /British Columbia) National harmonization of (passport system) ... General remarks ... 867 873–74, 2055 Insurance contracts harmonization under (Bill 11) ... National harmonization of (passport system): Quebec 348–49 position on ... 2055 Treasury Board Single national regulator for ... 874, 2055 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 867–70, 873–74, Securities–Regulations 876–77, 879–81, 885–86 General remarks ... 867 Treasury Branches Senior citizens Annual report, 2008 (SP349/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Government programs: Funding for ... 142 Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 897, Sewage disposal plants 1382, 1427–28, 1476, 1898 Funding for ... 142 Board of directors, banking services provided to ... Small business 1476 Assistance to ... 1429 Board of directors, qualifications of ... 1475 Small business–Regulations Executives' bonuses ... 1382, 1427 Reduction of ... 879 Former CEO decision re performance targets ... 1427 Small business–Taxation Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1426–27, Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830 1475–76 56 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 896–97, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health 1426–27 Member's statement re ... 339 Oversight of, by Auditor General and Finance and Canadian Athletic Therapists Association Enterprise dept. ... 1426 General remarks ... 2139 United States–Economic conditions Capital projects Impact on Alberta ... 141 20-year strategic capital plan ... 1945 Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees Capital projects–Calgary Increase to ... 142 Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... Wages–Women 1407–08, 1412 General remarks ... 713 Capital projects–Construction Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability General remarks ... 1945 Funding for ... 142 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Women–Employment General remarks ... 839 General remarks ... 713 Children–Health care Women–Pensions Promotion of ... 2104 General remarks ... 713 Civil law system Women's issues Changes to, legislation re (Bill 39) ... 1388 General remarks ... 713 Consumption tax, Provincial Fawcett, Kyle (PC, Calgary-North Hill) Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion Alberta–Economic conditions 501: Griffiths) ... 114–15 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1944–45 Credit Union Act Alberta–Economic policy Amendment of (Bill 13) ... 533 General remarks ... 1944–45 Dept. of Education Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 240–41 Drug treatment programs ... 1858 Dept. of Environment Alberta Athletic Therapists Association Cross-ministry initiatives re alternate energy sources General remarks ... 2139, 2140 ... 376–77 Alberta Conservation Team Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 375–77 General remarks ... 375–76 Diabetes–Supplies Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan General remarks ... 1513 Diabetes supplies coverage ... 1513 Disaster relief Prostate cancer screening tests coverage, petition Calgary rainstorm, June 2007 ... 839 presented re ... 257 Diversification Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission General remarks ... 1944–45 New chief commissioner ... 584 Economic development Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Government involvement ... 675–76 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Economic development and the environment Third reading ... 1864–65 General remarks ... 376–77 Alberta Treasury Branches Act Education–Finance Amendment of (Bill 13) ... 533 General remarks ... 240–41 Ambulance service User fees ... 240 Provincial governance of ... 2137 Energy industry Transfer of patients to non-emergency department Junior companies in, impact of New Royalty locations ... 1062 Framework on ... 83 Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Third reading ... 1071–72 Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 376–77 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Environmental protection Insulin pump therapy coverage ... 1513 Personal responsibility for ... 376 Athletic therapists Environmental technology Member's statement re ... 2139 General remarks ... 377 Self-regulated profession status ... 2140 Executive Council Bail hearings Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 675–76 Federal role in ... 1586 Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Bird habitat (Bill 13) Impact of oil sands development on, report re ... First reading ... 533 2180–81 Third reading ... 987 Budget 2008 Fishing derbies 2008-09 second quarter fiscal update ... 1944 Impact on fish populations ... 767–68 Calgary Board of Education Regulatory changes re ... 768 Dismissal of ... 240 Gang-related crime Member's statement re ... 164 Specialized police units to combat ... 1586 Canada Health Act Greenhouse gas emissions Innovations under ... 2137 Reduction of: North American cap and trade system 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 57

for, member's statement re ... 2070 International financial crisis ... 1944–45 Homeless–Housing New royalty framework ... 83 General remarks ... 1824 Offshore education accreditation program ... 347 Income tax, Provincial Pathways to Housing program ... 1824 Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: Preventive health services ... 2104 Griffiths) ... 114–15 School board jurisdiction ... 255 Information and communications technology Technology commercialization ... 716 Commercialization initiatives re ... 716 Violence in licensed premises ... 477 Insulin pump therapy Pathways to Housing program, Calgary Coverage by health care plan ... 1513 Impact on justice system ... 1824 International finance Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... Prostate cancer screening tests, coverage by health 1944–45 care plan ... 257 Land-use framework Police Inclusion of wildlife habitat conservation in ... 2181 Increase in numbers of ... 1586 Licensed premises Precarn Incorporated Violence in, prevention of ... 477 Joint support for technology commercialization Maiden Speeches projects ... 716 General remarks ... 44–45 Premier's Council for Economic Strategy Medical care Environmental technology development ... 377 Costs, initiatives to control ... 2137 General remarks ... 675 Medical care, Primary Role of ... 675 General remarks ... 2137 Preventive medical services Medical care–Finance General remarks ... 2104 Sustainability plan for ... 1513 Prostate cancer Members' Statements (2008) Screening tests for, coverage by health care plan: Athletic therapists ... 2139–40 Petition presented re ... 257 Calgary Board of Education ... 164 Provincial Court Act Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Amendments to, re civil justice system (Bill 39) ... Health ... 339 1388 Cap and trade emissions trading system ... 2070 Public health system Intrastructure needs ... 839 General remarks ... 2137 National Addictions Awareness Week ... 1858 Public safety (From criminal activity) Urban Development Institute ... 718 General remarks ... 1586 Youth Advisory Panel ... 1587 Public transit Mental health services–Children Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce General remarks ... 2137 greenhouse gas emissions ... 1316 National Addictions Awareness Week Rainstorm–Calgary Member's statement re ... 1858 June 2007 storm, member's statement re ... 839 Natural resources revenue Research and development General remarks ... 1945 General remarks ... 675 New Royalty Framework (2007) School Act Impact on junior energy companies ... 83 School board jurisdiction provisions, clarification of Oil recovery methods ... 255 Enhanced recovery methods, impact of New Royalty School board role/autonomy provisions ... 255 Framework on ... 83 School boards Oil sands development Funding ... 241 Impact on birds ... 2180–81 Operation of schools outside own jurisdiction ... 255 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Role/autonomy of ... 255 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 2181 Schools, Foreign–Accreditation Oral Question Period (2008) Alberta program re ... 347 Calgary urban campus partnership ... 425–26 Schools, Foreign–Macau, China Chief commissioner of the Human Rights Alberta curriculum at ... 347 Commission ... 584 Schools–Closure Competitive fishing events ... 767–68 General remarks ... 240 Crime and safe communities ... 1586 Impact on municipal land-use improvement efforts in Green Transit Incentives Program ... 1316 core areas ... 240 Ground ambulance services ... 1062 Schools–Utilization Health care innovation ... 2137 Formula for ... 240 Impact of oil sands development on migratory birds Securities–Law and legislation ... National harmonization of, legislation re (Bill 38) ... 2180–81 1388 Insulin pump therapy ... 1513 Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38) 58 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

First reading ... 1388 Child abuse–Prevention Second reading ... 1479–80 Member's statement re ... 477–78 Committee ... 1658–60 Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Third reading ... 1728 Standing Senior citizens–Medical care 2008 report presented (SP402/08: Tabled) ... 1477 Insulin pump therapy ... 1513 Corporations–Taxation Small business Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 275, 278 Venture capital for ... 716 Crime reduction Solar power Member's statement re ... 709 Provincial incentives re ... 377 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 287 Debate ... 44–45 Drug paraphernalia in schools Students, Foreign (Grade school) Legislation re (Bill 210) ... 1634 Acceptance into Alberta schools ... 347 Drugs in schools Substance abuse–Treatment Use of dogs to detect, Supreme Court ruling on: Member's statement re ... 1858 Member's statement re ... 287 Surplus, Budgetary Energy efficiency General remarks ... 1945 Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2160 Technology commercialization Heroes General remarks ... 716 Member's statement re ... 1312–13 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Income tax, Provincial Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 275, 278 Second reading ... 1103 Members' Statements (2008) Tuition fees (International grade school students) Crime reduction and safe communities ... 709 General remarks ... 347 Everyday heroes ... 1312–13 Urban campus concept–Calgary Legal age of sexual consent ... 477–78 General remarks ... 425–26 Organ donation ... 80 Urban Development Institute Alberta Random dog searches ... 287 Member's statement re ... 718 Organ and tissue donation Violent crime Student torch relay in support of, member's statement Co-operation with federal government re ... 1586 re ... 80 Vision 2020; Health Care for Today and the Future (Constituency) General remarks ... 2137 Member for, actions re abducted child ... 1312–13 Wind power Public safety (From criminal activity) Provincial incentives re ... 377 Member's statement re ... 709 Young adults Safe Communities Secretariat Input into government policies re, legislation re (Bill General remarks ... 709 207) ... 1295 School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) First reading ... 1295 First reading ... 1634 Second reading ... 1553–54, 1710–11 Second reading ... 2141–42, 2154 Young offenders Supreme Court of Canada Federal actions re ... 1586 Drug-sniffing dogs decision ... 287 Youth Advisory Panel Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Member's statement re ... 1587 Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Forsyth, Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Age of majority (Sexual activities consent) Second reading ... 2028–29 Increase in, member's statement re ... 477–78 Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Annual report, 2007-08 (SP304/08: Tabled) Second reading ... 940–41 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Weapons in schools Votes and Proceedings Legislation re (Bill 210) ... 1634 First quarter update, April to May 2008 (SP363/08: Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) Tabled) ... 1432 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Second quarter update, June to September 2008 General remarks ... 828–29 (SP546/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Off-reserve housing, federal/provincial funding for ... Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) 813, 828, 829, 831, 974, 1631 Second reading ... 259–60 Affordable housing Amber Alert (Missing child warning system) Energy efficient requirements for ... 136 Actions of Member for Peace River re abducted child Energy efficient standards (LEED) for ... 136 ... 1313 Federal funding for ... 831 Bullying–Prevention Funding for ... 51, 136, 813, 815, 824, 828, 974, In schools, legislation re (Bill 210) ... 1634 1144, 1289 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 59

Funding for, criteria re ... 1982 Calgary Land Trust Funding for, operating ... 827–28 General remarks ... 826 General remarks ... 217, 814, 815, 816, 821–22, 825, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 2013, 2058, 2138, 2205 Alberta program funding ... 823 Impact of economic growth on ... 831 Canadian Paraplegic Association Provincial initiatives re ... 51–52, 251, 1944 Barrier-free housing in Boyle Renaissance project ... Provincial initiatives re, response to ... 1288–89 345 Public land for ... 825–26 Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Affordable housing–Edmonton Funding for, to cover rent increases of ... 528 Cornerstones project (Joint provincial/municipal Community facility enhancement program project) ... 251 Homeless shelter funding under ... 820 General remarks ... 2011 Community housing Affordable housing–Fort McMurray Federal funding for ... 831 Funding for ... 813, 974 Community housing–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 828 Funding for ... 974 Affordable housing–Lethbridge Community spirit program Funding for ... 528 Homeless shelter funding under ... 820 Affordable housing–Northeast Alberta Daycare centres–Finance General remarks ... 828 General remarks ... 1510 Alberta–Economic conditions Dept. of Employment and Immigration Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2013, Housing programs administration ... 832 2073 Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force 119 Report ... 51, 136, 814, 1218, 1383, 2106 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness Creation of ... 814 General remarks ... 86–87, 530, 813–14, 819, 820, Cross-ministry issues in ... 832 1428 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 813–33 Report (10-year plan) ... 820, 1944, 2013, 2059, 2075, Main estimates 2008-09: Response to questions 2107, 2205–06 during (SP331/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Alberta Social Housing Corporation Policy and urban affairs division, administrative costs Cash balance ... 823 ... 823 Debt servicing costs ... 831 Urban affairs division ... 833 Funding for ... 814 Dept. of Municipal Affairs and Housing Nominal sum disposals ... 831 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP384/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Operating funding ... 823 Dept. of Service Alberta Apartment buildings Consumer protection issues re tenants ... 832 Conversion to condominiums ... 821–22 Disabled–Housing Conversion to condominiums, consumer protection Federal funding for ... 831 administration re ... 832 General remarks ... 813, 830–31, 2205–06 Auditor General Provincial initiatives re ... 829–30 Mentally ill housing need, identification of ... 1383 Disabled–Housing–Red Deer Monarch Place affordable housing grant, report on ... Monarch Place residents ... 51–52 51–52, 827 East Prairie Métis Settlement Bigstone Cree First Nation Provincial housing funding for ... 829 Housing program ... 828 Economic growth Blood Tribe Housing Authority Impact on urban affairs ... 833 Provincial housing funding for ... 829 Edmonton Housing Trust Fund Bon Ton Bakery General remarks ... 899 Fundraising for Terra child care space ... 1510 Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation Bow Valley Supportive Apartments Support for inner city high school ... 345 General remarks ... 1215 Elizabeth Métis Settlement Boyle renaissance project, Edmonton Provincial housing funding for ... 829 Provincial assistance re ... 87, 345, 819 Foothills Winter Shelter, Calgary Buffalo Hotel, Red Deer Funding for ... 121 Funding for ... 121 Foreign workers, Temporary Calgary Apartment Association Housing for ... 829 New start program (homeless housing) ... 816, 817, Greater Edmonton Foundation 819, 822, 825 Increased funding for seniors housing ... 1144 Calgary Homeless Foundation Letter re seniors on waiting list for subsidized General remarks ... 820 housing (SP278/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Calgary Housing Company Habitat for Humanity General remarks ... 822 Edmonton houses under Cornerstones project ... 251 Rent supplement clients place on waiting lists ... 1218 General remarks ... 825 60 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Homeless Provincial assistance to ... 2073, 2138 General remarks ... 1383, 1428 Mentally disabled–Housing Municipal plans re ... 1428 General remarks ... 829–30 Outreach programs for ... 813, 819 Monarch Place, Red Deer Outreach programs for: Pilot projects re ... 817–18 Repayment of government grant to ... 51 Homeless–Calgary Sale of ... 51–52, 827 General remarks ... 1383 Municipal sustainability initiative Homeless–East Calgary Affordable housing funding under ... 251 General remarks ... 2134 National Housing Day Homeless–Housing General remarks ... 2058 Emergency winter shelters ... 817 Oral Question Period (2008) Funding for ... 813 Affordable housing ... 1288–89 General remarks ... 121, 813, 816–19, 817, 824, 1824, Affordable housing in Edmonton ... 251 2013–14, 2058–59, 2073, 2106–07, 2205 Block funding for affordable housing ... 974 Mentally disabled individuals ... 1383 Boyle renaissance project ... 345 Provincial initiatives re ... 529–30, 531, 1943–44, Children at risk ... 2138 2075 Energy-efficient affordable housing ... 136 Transitional housing ... 819, 823 Funding for homeless aboriginal people ... 1630–31 Transitional housing, funding for ... 813, 817 Funding for human services agencies ... 1510 Homeless–Housing–East Calgary Funding for nonprofit agencies ... 528 General remarks ... 2134 Homeless Youth ... 2011 Homeless–Housing–Edmonton Homelessness ... 1383, 1428, 1943–44, 2011, Aboriginal people ... 899 2013–14, 2058–59, 2075, 2106–07 Provincial initiatives re ... 87, 899, 2011 Homelessness in east Calgary ... 2134 Homeless–Housing–Red Deer Homelessness initiatives ... 529–31 Aboriginal people ... 1630–31 Homelessness initiatives in Edmonton ... 899 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Housing for persons with disabilities ... 2205–06 Cross-ministry issues re ... 832 Lacombe Foundation land development ... 1982 Funding for ... 813, 2011 Monarch Place ... 51–52 General remarks ... 217, 824, 1218, 2011, 2106–07, Pathways to Housing program ... 1824 2134, 2138 Postsecondary education funding ... 2136 Internal audit results re ... 832 Rental properties ... 1060 Special needs clients' access to ... 829–30 Renter assistance ... 217, 289, 1217–18 Homeless youth Secretariat for Action on Homelessness ... 86–87 Government programs for ... 2011 Seniors' housing ... 1144 Homeward Trust Edmonton Seniors' lodges in Calgary ... 1215 General remarks ... 2011, 2013, 2058, 2073 Student housing ... 1585–86 Hope Mission, Edmonton Support for low-income Albertans ... 2073 Funding for ... 121 Pathways to Housing program, Calgary Transitional housing program ... 819 General remarks ... 818 Housing Impact on justice system ... 1824 Federal funing for ... 831 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Housing–Fort McMurray Involvement with Housing First program ... 2134 General remarks ... 826 Public lands Housing First concept Use for affordable housing projects ... 825–26, 833 General remarks ... 531, 818–19, 2134 Public lands–Fort McMurray Humans Helping Humans Release of, for affordable housing ... 826 General remarks ... 825 Rapid exit housing program, Edmonton Income Support program General remarks ... 2011, 2075 General remarks ... 118, 119 Red Deer Housing Authority Inn from the Cold (shelter) Assistance to Monarch Place displaced residents ... 52 Downtown family emergency shelter ... 820 Rent control International finance General remarks ... 217, 816–17, 1383, 1586, 2013, Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2013, 2107 2073 Rent increases Jacques cottage, Calgary (Seniors' housing) Assistance programs re ... 217, 289, 1217–18 Impact of LRT expansion on ... 1215 General remarks ... 817, 825 Lacombe Foundation Impact on students ... 1586 Land development for affordable housing, process re Rental housing ... 1982 Heating costs of, transferred to tenants ... 1060 Light rail transit–Calgary Secondary suites: Use for postsecondary student Expansion of, loss of seniors' housing due to ... 1215 accommodation ... 1585 Low-income families Rental housing–Supply 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 61

General remarks ... 816, 828 Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... Residential Tenancies Act 1740 General remarks ... 817, 825 Inclusion under workers' compensation ... 715, 1945, Senior citizens–Housing 2202 Edmonton-Centre subsidized housing ... 1144 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 662, 1945, Edmonton-Centre subsidized housing, letter re 2202 (SP278/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Alberta–Economic conditions Provincial initiatives re ... 1144 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1942 Senior citizens–Housing–Calgary Alberta Bureau of Statistics General remarks ... 1215 Name changed to Office of Statistics and Information, Seniors' apartment buildings legislation re (Bill 45) ... 1694 General remarks ... 1144 Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors Seniors' self-contained housing program Radiation health administrative organization annual Federal funding for ... 831 report, 2007-08 (SP431/08: Tabled) ... 1588–89 General remarks ... 813, 1144 Alberta Dental Association and College Siksika Family Services Corporation Radiation health and safety program annual report, Provincial housing funding for ... 829 2007 (SP432/08: Tabled) ... 1589 Social housing Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Funding for ... 121 Annual report, 2007 (SP193/08: Tabled) ... 905 Rent supplement program ... 217, 813, 814–16, 823, Rediation protection program annual report, 2007 824, 1217–18, 1383, 2011, 2013, 2075, 2106–07 (SP433/08: Tabled) ... 1589 Rent supplement program: Administration of ... 832 Albion Sands Energy Inc. Rent supplement program: Federal funding for ... 831 Mine site accident ... 249 Rent supplement program: Funding for ... 813, Ambulance service 814–15 Classification as essential service, legislation re (Bill Rent supplement program: Lethbridge ... 528 26) ... 1096 Rent supplement program: Special needs clients' Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) access to ... 829–30 Funding for ... 351, 360 Social housing–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 1063 Funding for ... 813 Apprenticeship training Social services agencies (Non-profit) Women ... 767 Funding for ... 1510 Arbitration, Compulsory Stratacon Inc. Ambulance operators/employees, legislation re (Bill Rental housing submetering service ... 1060 26) ... 1096 Student housing (Off-campus) Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Affordability of ... 1585 Geophysicists of Alberta Student residences (On-campus) Annual report, 2007 (SP178/08: Tabled) ... 770 General remarks ... 826, 2136 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Interinstitutional residences, development of ... 1585, Benefits' criteria, relation to WCB claims criteria ... 2136 2207 Supplementary estimates Bitumen pipelines Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 118–19, 121 Job loss implications ... 476–77 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2088 Blood First Nation Supportive living facilities Employment training and manufacturing plant on ... Seniors' lodges, Calgary: Loss of, due to LRT 926 expansion ... 1215 Bow Valley College Terra - centre for pregnant & parenting teens Assessment service for foreign qualifications ... 359 Staffing/salaries issues ... 1510 Francophone employment agency contract ... 663 Trinity Place Foundation of Alberta Bredin Institute - Centre for Learning General remarks ... 819 Assessment service for foreign qualifications ... 359 University of Calgary Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour Student housing ... 826 force development strategy) Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees General remarks ... 350 Increase to ... 1510 Building Canada Plan (Federal) Womens' shelters Alberta funds from ... 361 General remarks ... 2138 Canada Pension Plan Workplace safety Benefits' criteria, relation to WCB claims criteria ... Funding for ... 118 2207 Goudreau, Hon. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Canadian Natural Resources Limited Peace) Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at ... 612 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at, report General remarks ... 350, 352, 358, 363, 926 on ... 83 Agricultural workers Capital projects–Finance 62 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Employment and Immigration dept. project ... 360 For the disabled ... 350 Certified General Accountants' Association of Alberta Funding for ... 350 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP631/08: Tabled) ... 2184 For immigrants ... 350 Child health benefits program English as an Additional Language General remarks ... 56, 170 Funding for ... 351, 362 Children–Employment Farm safety General remarks ... 356 General remarks ... 248, 405, 715 Children and poverty Legislation re ... 662, 715 General remarks ... 56 Fatalities, Work-related Collective bargaining Due to cell phone use in automobiles ... 353 First-contract certification legislation ... 358 General remarks ... 55, 252 General remarks ... 356, 358 Investigation of, filing of reports on ... 354 Collective bargaining–Building trades Investigation of, timeline re ... 248 General remarks ... 356 Plaque on Legislature grounds re, moving of ... 355 College of Alberta Professional Foresters Foreign workers, Temporary Annual report, 2007-08 (SP430/08: Tabled) ... 1588 Cancellation of program for ... 1942 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Death of, on the job ... 83, 612 Radiation health administrative organization annual General remarks ... 19, 350, 352, 358, 364, 425, 471, report, 2007-08 (SP434/08: Tabled) ... 1589 476, 663, 978, 1737, 2136 Community Development Trust (Federal fund) Guidebook of services available to (SP65/08: Tabled) Application in Alberta ... 351, 352 ... 174 Community leagues–Edmonton Housing for ... 360, 365 Funding for STEP students for ... 930–31 Layoff of ... 1941–42 Construction industry Recruitment of unemployed German workers as ... Labour organizing activities (salting) in, legislation re 342 (Bill 26) ... 1096 Testing of ... 364 Market enchancement recovery funds in, legislation Training of ... 364 re (Bill 26) ... 1096 Transfer to provincial nominee program ... 425, 471, Construction workers, Female 476, 663 Incentives for ... 767 Treatment/safety of ... 83–84, 351, 928, 1058, 2136 Convergys Corp. Treatment/safety of: Documentation re (M14/08: Call centre layoffs ... 978 Defeated) ... 1392 Daycare centres Treatment/safety of: Employment standards officers Spaces for ... 358 re ... 353 Dept. of Employment, Immigration and Industry Treatment/safety of: Helpline re ... 84, 716, 928, 1058 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP374/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Treatment/safety of: Special advisory offices re ... Dept. of Employment and Immigration 1392 Capital spending ... 360 Unpaid wages claims, time limit on ... 716 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 350–65 Forest industries–Employees Main estimates 2008-09: Responses to questions Unemployed workers, retraining of ... 19, 351, 352 during (SP261/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Francophone Secretariat Disabled–Employment Cité francophone project, funding for ... 360–61, 365 General remarks ... 350, 352 Health sciences personnel–Supply Elections, Provincial General remarks ... 351 Union ads during ... 1148 Health workforce planning Employment agencies, Francophone–Calgary Funding for ... 351 Government contract for, transferred to Bow Valley Homeless and eviction prevention fund College ... 663–64 Eligibility crieria ... 658 Employment standards Funding for ... 350 Agricultural workers, application to ... 1740 General remarks ... 362 Awareness campaign re ... 359 Hours of labour Children under 15 ... 356 Working alone regulation ... 252, 356 Compassionate leave ... 355, 365 Immigrant doctors Enforcement of ... 361–62 Career centres for, re accreditation/licensing General remarks ... 354–55 processes ... 351 Vacation time, increase for ... 355 General remarks ... 2133 Employment Standards Code Immigrants Foreign workers, application to ... 353, 1058, 2136 Recruitment of ... 350, 351, 1783–84 Review of ... 355, 365, 716 Trades qualifications of ... 352 Review of (2005), implementation of ... 355 Immigrants, Korean Unpaid wages claims, time limit on ... 715–16 Recruitment of ... 1783–84 Employment training programs Immigrants–Employment Aboriginal peoples ... 350, 351, 363, 926 General remarks ... 350, 1941–42 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 63

Immigration Biennial review of ... 1090 Provincial nominee program ... 350, 352, 425, 471, Occupational Health and Safety Council 663, 1737 Review of safety code review recommendations ... Provincial nominee program, reports re expansion of 1090 (M13/08: Defeated) ... 1391 Occupational health and safety officers Income Support program General remarks ... 353, 354 Benefits ... 362 Occupational health and safety research Benefits, increase in ... 1584 General remarks ... 354 Benefits, market-basket measure for ... 356 Office of Statistics and Information Employment assistance element ... 362 Creation of (formerly Bureau of Statistics), legislation General remarks ... 56, 118, 119, 350, 362 re (Bill 45) ... 1694 Health benefits ... 362 Oil sands development Level of ... 170 Value-added opportunities ... 476–77 Utility costs component ... 396 Oral Question Period (2008) International finance Aboriginal training and employment ... 926 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1942 Call centre layoffs ... 978 Korean Emigration and Investment Fair Child poverty ... 56 Alberta participation in ... 1783 Farm worker safety ... 248, 662, 715, 1740, 1945, Labour laws and legislation 2202 Changes to ... 1148, 1151 Francophone job-seeking services ... 663–64 Labour recruitment missions–South Korea Homeless and eviction prevention fund ... 658 General remarks ... 1783–84 Income support levels ... 170 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Joint worksite health and safety committees ... 612 First reading ... 1096 Labour law reform ... 1148, 1151 Second reading ... 1154–55 Low-income support programs ... 1584 Third reading ... 1268, 1281 Occupational health and safety code ... 1090 Labour Relations Board Overseas mission to Asia ... 1783–84 Funding for ... 351 Physician recruitment ... 2133 Labour Relations Code Provincial nominee program ... 425 Amendment of, legislation re ... 1058 Recruitment of foreign workers ... 342 General remarks ... 351 Safety of temporary foreign workers ... 83–84 Review of ... 351, 356, 357, 358 Services francophones pour la recherche d'emploi ... Review of (2002): MLA committee re ... 351 663–64 Labour supply Student temporary employment program ... 930–31 Shortages ... 350 Temporary foreign workers ... 19, 471, 476–77, 663, Labour unions 664–65, 928, 1058, 1737, 1941–42, 2136 Ads aired during 2008 provincial election ... 1148 Unpaid wages ... 715–16 Provincial meetings with, prior to labour law changes Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 396 ... 1148, 1151 Women in the trades ... 767 Low-income families Women's equality ... 713 Provincial assistance to ... 56, 396 Workers' compensation appeals ... 1063, 2207 Provincial assistance to, increase in ... 1584 Working alone regulation ... 252 Major community facilities program Workplace health and safety ... 1823 Cité francophone project, funding for ... 360, 361, 365 Workplace safety ... 55, 249, 2207 Medical profession Young worker health and safety ... 1669, 1826 Recruitment of ... 2133 Poverty Medical profession–Supply Provincial initiatives re ... 56 General remarks ... 2133 Professional qualifications, Foreign Ministerial Statements (2008) Assessment service for ... 350, 359–60 National Day of Mourning ... 246 Progressive Contractors Association of Canada Minister's Monitoring Committee on Workers' General remarks ... 1148, 1151 Compensation Public utilities–Rates Report ... 2207 Rate increases, impact on low-income families ... 396 National Day of Mourning Replacement workers Ministerial statement re ... 246 General remarks ... 358 Occupational diseases Rural Alberta's Development Fund Fatalities due to, investigation of ... 354 General remarks ... 361 Occupational diseases–Prevention Senior citizens–Employment General remarks ... 55 Incentives for ... 352 Occupational Health and Safety Act Single mothers Amendment to include mandatory workplace health Employment requirements ... 365 and safety committees ... 612 Legal liabilities, assistance for ... 365 Occupational health and safety code Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) 64 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

First reading ... 1694 Ministerial statement re ... 246 Second reading ... 1803 Griffiths, Doug (PC, -Wainwright) Committee ... 1958–59 4-H clubs Third reading ... 2004 Member's statement re ... 1786 Strikes and lockouts–Ambulance attendants Abbatoirs, Mobile–Inspection Legislation re (Bill 26) ... 1096 Transfer to Agriculture dept., legislation re (Bill 32) Summer Temporary Employment Program ... 1361 Funding for ... 359, 361, 364, 930–31 Agricultural Societies Amendment Act Supplementary estimates Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2087–88, 2094–95 Agricultural subsidies Transportation Reduction of ... 665 As barrier to employment ... 358, 362 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Unemployed workers (Bill 33) Recruitment to Alberta ... 352 Second reading ... 1420 University of Alberta Committee ... 1761–63 Radiation health administrative organization annual Third reading ... 1774 report, 2007-08 (SP435/08: Tabled) ... 1589 Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) University of Calgary First reading ... 848 Radiation health administration organization annual Second reading ... 968, 1047 report, 2007-08 (SP436/08: Tabled) ... 1589 Committee ... 1308–09 Wages Third reading ... 1502 Unpaid wages, time limit on claims re ... 715–16 Alberta active communities initiative Welders–Certification Member's statement re ... 2080 For out-of-province welders ... 364 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Welders–Health and safety aspects Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: Research into ... 354 DeLong) ... 1567–68 Women–Employment Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency General remarks ... 358, 713 Member's statement re ... 1351 Women Building Futures Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy Provincial contribution to ... 767 Member's statement re ... 1351 Women in the trades Alberta Livestock Information System Incentives for ... 767 Member's statement re ... 1351 Women's issues Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) General remarks ... 713 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Work Safe Alberta Second reading ... 1397–98 General remarks ... 360 Alberta Recreation and Parks Association Workers' compensation Management of active communities initiative ... 2080 Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 715, 1945, Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) 2202 Second reading ... 262–63 Appeal procedure for denied claims ... 360, 363, 1063 Bills, Private members' public Decisions of, relation to AISH/CPP programs criteria Bill 207, six month hoist amendment at second ... 2207 reading ... 1710 Workers' Compensation Board Canadian Wheat Board Annual report, 2007 (SP266/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Alberta position on ... 665 Doerksen/Friedman reports on (2003) ... 365 Chronic wasting disease–Control Review of ... 2207 General remarks ... 2107, 2109 Working Alone Safely: A Guide for Employers and By hunting ... 2107, 2109 Employees (Booklet) Consumption tax, Provincial Copy tabled (SP82/08: Tabled) ... 252, 257 Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion Workplace Health and Safety division 501: Griffiths) ... 109–10, 115 Horizon oil sands project deaths, report on Corporations–Taxation investigation into ... 83 Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 277–78 Workplace safety Crime prevention Awareness campaign for youth re (Bloody Lucky) ... Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion 1669, 1823, 1826 508: Amery) ... 1116 Funding for ... 118, 350, 353 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area General remarks ... 252, 360, 1090, 1823, 2207 Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 2107 Improvement of ... 55 Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 166, 1945, Transfer of mobile butcher facilities' inspection to, 2202 legislation re (Bill 32) ... 1361 Inspectors for ... 55, 249, 353, 1826, 2207 Farm bill 2002 (U.S.) Joint health and safety committees for ... 612, 1826, General remarks ... 665 2207 Farm produce–Export 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 65

WTO negotiations re, member's statement re ... 665 General remarks ... 413 Federal-Provincial Farm Assistance Act Agricultural diversification Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848 General remarks ... 407 Food safety Agricultural land In meat processing facilities ... 1361 Protection for, under land-use framework ... 411 Gas Distribution Amendment Act Agricultural service boards Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848 Funding for ... 413 Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Agricultural societies First reading ... 848 Funding ... 407, 413 Second reading ... 968, 1047 Agricultural subsidies Committee ... 1335–36 Reduction of ... 614, 711, 906, 907 Hunting Agricultural value-added production As control method for chronic wasting disease in deer General remarks ... 404 ... 2107, 2109 Agricultural workers Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... Committee ... 439–40 247 Income tax, Provincial Inclusion under labour laws ... 247 Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 277–78 Inclusion under workers' compensation ... 247, 715, Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: 2202 Griffiths) ... 109–10, 115 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 166, 247, Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) 287–88, 662–63, 1739–40, 2133, 2202 Second reading ... 1166–68 Agriculture Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Federal funding for ... 406 Involvement in active communities initiative ... 2080 Funding for, variations in ... 406 Listeria infections General remarks ... 404 Occurrence in provincial meat processing facilities ... Government assistance programs ... 20–21, 134, 291, 1361 792, 2175–77 Meat–Inspection Agriculture–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1361 General remarks ... 1092 Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Agriculture–Research First reading ... 1361 Funding for ... 407, 409 Second reading ... 1419 Agriculture competitiveness initiative Committee ... 1757, 1759–60 General remarks ... 134 Third reading ... 1774 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Members' Statements (2008) (Bill 33) Active communities awards ... 2080 First reading ... 1361 Livestock and meat strategy ... 1351 Second reading ... 1419 National 4-H Month ... 1786 Third reading ... 1774 WTO negotiations on agriculture ... 665 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation National 4-H Month AgriStability program administration ... 56, 137, 405 Member's statement re ... 1786 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP314/08: Tabled) Natural Gas Rebates Act (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Repealed and replaced by Bill 21 ... 848 Votes and Proceedings Oral Question Period (2008) Crop reinsurance funding ... 414 Chronic wasting disease ... 2107, 2109 Estimates entry for, replacement page (SP87/08: Water for Life strategy ... 2054–55 Tabled) ... 349 Regional health authorities General remarks ... 291, 409 Transfer of mobile butcher facilities' inspection from, Livestock insurance programs offering, legislation re legislation re (Bill 32) ... 1361 (Bill 33) ... 1361 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Loan limit increase ... 405, 409, 416 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Potato cyst nematode program ... 56 Second reading ... 1104 Relationship with ATB ... 412 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Agriculture workforce strategy Renewal of ... 2054–55 General remarks ... 411 Research projects under ... 2055 AgriInsurance (Federal/provincial initiative) World Trade Organization General remarks ... 405 Negotiations at, member's statement re ... 665 AgriInvest (Federal/provincial initiative) Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) General remarks ... 137, 405 Second reading ... 1709–10 AgriRecovery (Federal/provincial initiative) Second Reading (six months hoist amendment) ... General remarks ... 405 1710 AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative) Groeneveld, Hon. George (PC, Highwood) General remarks ... 291, 413, 2053, 2054 4-H clubs Improvement of ... 137, 405, 409 66 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Improvement of, pilot project re ... 409 Role of ... 408 Potato cyst nematode damage, assistance re ... 56 Canadian Wheat Board Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council Alberta position on ... 410, 413, 907 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP308/08: Tabled) Federal plebiscite re barley marketing by ... 135 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Marketing role ... 135 Votes and Proceedings Carbon offsets Alberta Beef Producers In agriculture ... 1092 Call for Minister of Agriculture's resignation, Children–Employment discussion of ... 2180 On farms ... 247 Alberta farm fuel benefit program Chronic wasting disease Administration of applications to, 1997-2008 Presence on game farms ... 788, 2105 (M16/08: Accepted) ... 1394 Chronic wasting disease–Control Auditor General's remarks re ... 415 General remarks ... 2105 Alberta farm recovery program Climate change General remarks ... 134, 291, 344, 711, 792, 2054 Alberta plan for: Agricultural applications ... 1092 Alberta Federation of Labour Competitive Initiative Steering Group (Agriculture) Alberta farm safety comments ... 166 Report ... 134, 405 Alberta Foodbank Network Association Conflict of interest Pork from culled hogs diversion to foodbanks ... 344 Agriculture minister as farmer ... 663 Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency Credit unions Business background of members of ... 2180 As financing option for farmers ... 412 Election of members of ... 2106 Crop Diversification Centre, Brooks General remarks ... 1855 New research greenhouse, funding for ... 406 Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy Crop insurance program General remarks ... 1740, 1851, 1855, 1900–01, 2012, General remarks ... 291, 409 2054, 2103–04, 2105–06, 2180 Crop reinsurance Alberta Livestock Information System General remarks ... 413–14 Mandatory age verification element ... 1851, Crops–Research 1900–01, 2012, 2054, 2103–04 General remarks ... 413 Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation Dept. of Agriculture and Food Discussions re diverting pork from culled hogs to Annual report, 2007-08 (SP371/08: Tabled) ... 1433 food banks ... 21, 344–45 Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Animal cruelty investigations Business plan ... 405 Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... District offices, closure of ... 413 957 Grants, monitoring of ... 415–16 Auditor General Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 404–16, 905–07 Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 415 Main estimates, 2008-09: Replacement page for Automobile seat belts (SP87/08: Tabled) ... 349 Effectiveness of legislation re ... 166, 216 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Barley–Marketing during (SP189/08: Tabled) ... 904 Federal plebiscite re ... 135 Minister's conflict of interest ... 663 General remarks ... 135, 410, 413, 907 Minister's resignation ... 216 Beef–Export Minister's resignation, call for by Alberta Beef Diversification of ... 1741, 1855, 2012, 2104 Producers ... 2180 Initiatives re ... 711 Dept. of Agriculture (United States) Beef–Prices Ban on import of seed potatoes infested wtth potato Floor price ... 410 cyst nematode ... 56 Beef industry Dept. of Municipal Affairs Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134–35, 405, 711, Minister of, agricultural payments received by ... 1740–41 2176 Provincial assistance to ... 711 Elk Reduction of regulations re ... 711 Damage to crops by ... 413 Biofuels industry Employment standards Use of food crops as feedstock ... 407, 977 Agricultural workers, application to ... 247 Water requrements for ... 764 Ethanol from food crops Biomass as energy source General remarks ... 907 General remarks ... 407, 907 Impact on food and water supplies ... 407, 764 Specified risk materials (cattle) as feedstock ... 408 Expert Scientific Panel on Chronic Wasting Disease in Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Canadian Wildlife Replaced by AgriStability and AgriInvest programs ... Report ... 788 409 Farm bill 2002 (U.S.) Canadian Food Inspection Agency General remarks ... 614 Ban on seed potato exports to U.S., assistance re ... 56 Farm fatalities–Prevention 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 67

General remarks ... 166, 247–48, 611–12 Labour laws and legislation Farm produce–Export Coverage of agricultural workers ... 247 General remarks ... 404, 410–11, 906–07 Labour supply WTO negotiations re ... 614, 905–06 Shortages ... 411 Farm produce–Export–Asia Land-use framework General remarks ... 1741, 1855, 2012 Application to agricultural operations ... 411, 1092 Farm produce–Marketing Listeria infections General remarks ... 411 Occurrence in provincial meat processing facilities ... Farm produce–United States 1288 Country of origin label regulation for ... 20, 135, Livestock 344–45, 411, 1740–41, 1855 Tracking system re ... 408 Farm safety Livestock Identification Services Ltd. General remarks ... 166, 411, 412, 611–12, 715 Assistance with age verification of cattle ... 1851 Legislation re ... 216, 247–48, 662–63 Chief Operating Officer's report, 2007-08 (SP306/08: Farmers' Advocate Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP339/08: Tabled) ... 1361 reported in Votes and Proceedings Fertilizers–Prices Livestock industry General remarks ... 792, 2053 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134–35, 1740–41, Fertilizers–Supply 2103–04 General remarks ... 792 Livestock insurance Food, Alberta grown–Marketing General remarks ... 409 General remarks ... 411 Legislation re (Bill 33) ... 1361 Food–Supply Lottery Fund Shortage of, impact of biofuel production on ... 977 Funds allocation, political bias in ... 1849 Shortage of, impact of ethanol production on ... 407 Lucerne Foods Food banks Pork from culled hogs diversion to foodbanks ... 345 Ground pork from culled animals diversion to ... 21, Major community facilities program 344–45 Distribution of funds from ... 1849 Food chain traceability programs Maple Leaf Foods Inc. General remarks ... 408 Toronto plant, recall of meat from ... 1287–88 Food industry and trade Marketing boards (Agricultural products) Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134–35, 411 General remarks ... 410–11 General remarks ... 404 Meat–Inspection Food safety In provincial facilities ... 1287–88 Funding for ... 408 Members of the Legislative Assembly General remarks ... 408 Agricultural payments to ... 2176 In meat processing facilities ... 1287–88 Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1849 Foreign workers, Temporary Mushroom farms–Employees General remarks ... 411 Coverage under workplace safety rules ... 2133 Game farming National Farmers Union Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 788, 2105 Briefing materials given to Agriculture minister ... Greenhouses–Employees 410 Coverage under workplace safety rules ... 2133 North American free trade agreement Growing Alberta Country of origin labelling in contravention of ... 135 General remarks ... 411 Nurseries (Horticulture)–Employees Growing Forward: The New Agricultural Policy Coverage under workplace safety rules ... 2133 Framework (Federal/provincial) Oral Question Period (2008) General remarks ... 405 Agricultural assistance ... 20–21 Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Agricultural fertilizer prices ... 2053 Second reading ... 1048 Agricultural fertilizers and chemicals ... 792 Hog industry Agricultural income stability ... 137 Provincial assistance to ... 20–21 Agriculture and food industry competitiveness ... Hogs–Supply 134–35 Federal program to reduce ... 21, 344–45 Alberta farm recovery plan ... 2054 Hospice–Highwood/Foothills-Rocky View Barley marketing ... 135 constituencies Beef recovery strategies ... 711 Lottery funds for ... 1849 Bioenergy industry impacts ... 977 Institute for Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment Biofeuls industry ... 764 General remarks ... 405, 1092 Chronic wasting disease ... 2105 Irrigation–Finance Country of origin labelling ... 1740–41 General remarks ... 405 Cull breeding swine program ... 344–45 Irrigation districts Environmentally sustainable agriculture ... 1092 Funding ... 405 Farm recovery plan ... 291 68 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Farm safety ... 166, 216, 611–12 Relationship with AFSC ... 412 Farm worker safety ... 247–48, 287–88, 662–63, 715, Urban growth 1739–40, 2133, 2202 General remarks ... 411 Game ranching industry ... 788 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Livestock and meat strategy ... 1851, 1900–01, Application to agricultural operations ... 1092 2103–04, 2105–06, 2180 Water supply Lottery funding ... 1849 Use by biofuels industry ... 764 Market access for livestock and beef ... 2012 Western Hog Exchange Market access for livestock and meat ... 1855 Discussions re diverting pork from culled hogs to Potato cyst nematode ... 56–57 food banks ... 21, 345 Provincial meat inspection ... 1287–88 Wildlife damage to crops Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176 Provincial programs re ... 413 World Trade Organization negotiations ... 614 Workers' compensation Pesticides–Prices Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 247, 715, General remarks ... 792 2202 Point of Order Workplace safety Factual accuracy ... 415 Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 247, Pork 287–88, 1739–40, 2133, 2202 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1740–41 World Trade Organization Ground pork from culled animals diversion to food Agriculture regulations, country of origin labelling in banks ... 21, 344–45 contravention of ... 135 Pork–Export Negotiations at ... 614, 711, 905–06 Diversification of ... 1741 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Pork industry Aboriginal children–Education Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134–35, 405 Centre for excellence in ... 293 Potash–Prices Funding for ... 240 General remarks ... 792 General remarks ... 226, 293, 1022 Potash–Supply Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) General remarks ... 792 First reading ... 1095 Potato cyst nematode Alberta–Economic conditions Presence in seed potato fields ... 56–57 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1902 Prion research Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Funding for ... 409 2008 (Bill 29) Rodeo Second reading ... 1371 As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... Alberta College of Pharmacists 2039–40 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP268/08: Tabled) ... 1768 Rural Alberta's Development Fund Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) General remarks ... 415 First reading ... 1830 Rural economic development Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Government strategy re: Report (A Place to Grow) ... Third reading ... 1660 405 Alberta farm fuel benefit program School nutrition programs Costs of, 1997-2008 (Q21/08: Response tabled as General remarks ... 2176 SP458) ... 1547 Seed potatoes–Export Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Impact of infestation by potato cyst nematode on ... Elimination of: Impact on school boards budgets ... 56–57 237 Sewage disposal plants Alberta initiative for school improvement Funding for ... 407 Funding for ... 227, 1475 Specified risk material (Cattle parts) General remarks ... 1475 Disposal of ... 408 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Speech from the Throne (Bill 17) Debate ... 32, 199, 201 Second reading ... 1047 Sunterra Meats Ltd. Alberta school alternative procurement program Pork from culled hogs diversion to foodbanks ... 345 Funding ... 226, 227 Supreme Court of Canada Alberta School Foundation Fund Farm workers' exclusion from labour laws ruling ... General remarks ... 226 166 Alberta SuperNet Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement School access to ... 227 (Alberta /British Columbia) Alberta Teachers' Association Farm worker safety standards under ... 288 Annual report, 2006 (SP603/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Trade missions–Asia Annual report, 2007 (SP311/08: Tabled) General remarks ... 1741, 1855, 2012 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Treasury Branches Votes and Proceedings 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 69

Centralized testing of students, comments on ... 254 Class size (Grade school) Class size limits, report to Learning Commission on Funding for ... 226, 227, 1513–14 ... 295 K to 3 classes ... 294–95, 1514 Professional development opportunities for teachers Committee of Supply ... 1475 Schedule for departments' appearances at (SP64/08: Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Tabled) ... 174 School board taxing power concerns ... 229, 253 Committee of the Whole Assembly Alberta's Commission on Learning Motion to resolve into (Motion 7: Hancock) ... 174 Aboriginal education recommendations ... 240, 293, Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, 1022 Standing Class size recommendations ... 294, 1513–14 Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 High school completion recommendations ... 1022 Membership change (Motion 13: Kindergarten recommendations ... 292, 423 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 516 School board taxing power recommendation ... 253 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 School utilization formula recommendation ... 87 Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 Special-needs education funding ... 1062 Committee on Community Services, Standing Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Achievement Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384–85 Eligibility for, survey results re ... 1477 Committee on the Economy, Standing Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Third reading ... 1075 Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384–85 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill Committee on Health, Standing 5) Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Committee ... 209–10 Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384–85 Auditor General Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Learning Resources Centre savings, evaluation of ... Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 1089 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Bills Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 One-day passage of, in Legislature ... 1675, 1682 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Bills, Government Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Bill 26, committee, time allocation on (Motion 18: Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 Hancock/Renner) ... 1223 Committee on Private Bills, Standing Black Gold school division Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Student obesity intervention program ... 1475 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Blind students Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 Provincial support/funding for ... 227, 230, 236–37, Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders 1062 and Printing, Standing Breakfast for Learning Alberta Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 General remarks ... 1784–85 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Bullying, Online–Prevention Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 General remarks ... 1897 Review of Standing Orders changes (Motion 8: Bullying–Prevention Hancock) ... 64 Initiatives re ... 1897 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Canadian Diabetes Association Members' list tabled (SP2/08: Tabled) ... 9 Resources for teaching diabetic children ... 1543 Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 Canadian Skills Competition, Calgary (May 2008) Motion to appoint (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 (Trades competition) Committee on Public Safety and Services, Standing General remarks ... 1022 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Capital Health Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384–85 Former chair of, appointed Ethics Commissioner ... Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing 1518 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61 Chartered schools Members' list for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384–85 General remarks ... 234, 243, 255, 1384 Committees, Policy field Chartered schools–Finance Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 61–65, 78 General remarks ... 226 Members' lists for (Motion 12: Hancock) ... 384–85 Child and Youth Advocate Committees, Select standing Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition Appointment of (Motion 2: Hancock) ... 9 parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1517 Members' lists for (SP2/08) (Motion 3: Hancock) ... 9 Child welfare Membership changes for (Motion 16: Hancock) ... Early childhood intervention programs ... 226, 227 1067 Children at risk–Education Community schools Kindergarten programs for, funding for ... 293, 423, General remarks ... 236 844–45 Computers in schools 70 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Funding for ... 227 Financial literacy courses ... 1321 Corporations–Taxation Fine arts program ... 472–73 Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830 Funding for ... 227 Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) New social studies program ... 397 Second reading ... 1049 Education–Finance Culture policy (Spirit of Alberta) Discussions re ... 252–53 Report ... 473 General remarks ... 226, 228, 233–34, 242–43, 1383, Daycare centres 1902 Spaces for ... 292–93 Program unit funding ... 239 Dependent Adults Act User fees ... 239, 241, 847 Replaced by Bill 24, Adult Guardianship and Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Trusteeship Act ... 1095 Safety of oil sands tailings ponds (not proceeded Dept. of Education with) ... 621 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP315/08: Tabled) Temporary Standing Order amendments (not (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in proceeded with) ... 25 Votes and Proceedings English as a Second Language Annual report, 2007-08 (SP373/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Funding for ... 226, 237, 242 The Heart of the Matter: Character and Citizenship General remarks ... 1093 Education in Alberta Schools (print resource) ... Ethics Commissioner 397 New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 225–34, 236–43 ... 1517–18, 1522–23 Main estimates 2008-09: Responses to questions Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special during (SP95/08: Tabled) ... 401 Appointment of (Motion 14: Hancock/Renner) ... 753 Minister's comments re planning of new schools ... Membership change (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 1067 250 Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred Diabetes strategy, Alberta in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1517–18, 1522–23 General remarks ... 1543 Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) Diabetic school children Second reading ... 1050 School program access for ... 1543 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Disabled children–Education 31) Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 399 Third reading ... 1661 Policy review of ... 1386–87 Financial literacy, Personal–Teaching Disabled children–Education–Finance General remarks ... 1321 Coding system re ... 239 Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) General remarks ... 226–27, 236, 398–99, 1062, Committee ... 913 1386–87, 1782 French language–Teaching Policy review of ... 236, 1062, 1386–87, 1782 Funding for ... 227 Early childhood education Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Full-day programs ... 292–93, 423, 844–45, 1474, Studies 1514, 1902 Information package from (SP438 /08: Tabled) ... Full-day programs, survey results re ... 1477 1634 General remarks ... 226, 228 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 292–93, 423, 35) 844–45, 1474, 1514 Committee ... 1649 Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Health Quality Council Court Root cause analysis of syringe reuse incident at High Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 Prairie Health Complex, minister's letter requesting (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 1549 (SP419/08: Tabled) ... 1545 Edmonton International Airport Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Second reading ... 1047 Rogers) ... 640 High school completion Edmonton Public School Board Aboriginal students ... 1022 City centre education project ... 220, 231 Fine arts program to encourage ... 473 Education Funding for ... 227 Accountability survey results re ... 1477 General remarks ... 226, 239, 399, 1022 General remarks ... 225–26, 1384 Survey results re ... 1477 Education–Curricula Symposium on ... 239 Career and life management course: Financial literacy High school completion–Rural areas component ... 1321 General remarks ... 1022 Career and technology courses: Funding for ... 294, High school education–Curricula 399 Fine arts courses ... 473 Career and technology courses: Rural areas ... 294 High school graduates Citizenship courses ... 397 Employer satisfaction with ... 1474, 1477 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 71

Transition to postsecondary education ... 399 Education system accountability framework ... 1477 Transition to postsecondary education, incentives for Financial literacy education ... 1321 ... 399 Funding for private schools ... 1063, 1354, 1382–84 Transition to postsecondary education, survey results Grade 3 achievement tests ... 766–67 re ... 1477 High school completion ... 399, 1022 Hilltop high school, Whitecourt High school diploma examinations ... 1633 Upgrading of ... 237, 238 Kindergarten programs ... 423, 844–45 Horse racing Learning Resources Centre ... 1089 Lottery funding for ... 1147 Offshore education accreditation program ... 347 Horse Racing Alberta Safety in schools ... 1901–02 Funding ... 1147 School board jurisdiction ... 255 Immigrant children–Education School closures ... 87–88, 220 General remarks ... 1093 School construction ... 250 Immigrants–Education School construction and maintenance ... 1147 General remarks ... 1092–93 School nutrition programs ... 475–76, 1087–88, Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) 1784–85 Committee ... 1363–68 Special-needs education funding ... 1062, 1386–87, Third reading ... 1501 1782 International finance Special-needs student funding ... 398–99 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1902 Student learning assessments ... 1474 Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) Student transportation costs ... 847 Second reading ... 1371 Students with health needs ... 1543 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) WorldSkills Calgary 2009 ... 1738 Second reading ... 1191–92, 1195, 1201, 1203 Parliamentary democracy Committee ... 1207, 1243–44, 1250 Standing Order amendment motion ... 25 Committee: Time allocation re (Motion 18: Physical fitness–Teaching Hancock/Renner) ... 1223 Daily mandatory activities ... 1475 Third reading ... 1279–81 Point of Order Learning Resources Centre Factual accuracy ... 1279 Braille resources provision ... 230 Imputing motives ... 1193 Funding for ... 227 Inflammatory language ... 403, 1636 Utilization of ... 1089 Questions about detail ... 1831–32 Legislative Assembly of Alberta–Adjournment Referring to a nonmember ... 1989 Summer recess (Motion 17: Hancock/Renner) ... 1223 Political parties Literacy Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... General remarks ... 1474 1523 Major community facilities program Port Alberta School nutrition programs funding under ... 1785 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640 Members' withdrawal of remarks Portable/modular classrooms ND opposition's position on oil sands development ... General remarks ... 294 1279 Private schools National energy program General remarks ... 255 General remarks ... 783 Private schools–Finance Natural resources revenue Documents re increase to (M12/08: Defeated) ... 1390 General remarks ... 242, 243 General remarks ... 227, 236, 243, 1063, 1354, Oil sands tailings ponds–Safety aspects 1382–83, 1384, 1902 Request for emergency debate re ... 621 Privilege Ombudsman Length of evening sitting ... 1266 Reappointment of, motion to concur in (Motion 20: Misleading the House ... 1517 Hancock/ Zwozdesky) ... 1743 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Oral Question Period (2008) Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Aboriginal education ... 293 1523 Alberta initiative for school improvement ... 1475 Property tax–Education levy Arts and culture in education ... 472–73 Abolition of ... 229 Bullying ... 1897 Authority for, return to school boards ... 229, 232, Career and technology studies ... 294 252–53 Centralized learning assessment ... 254 General remarks ... 226, 230 Child care funding ... 292–93 Seniors' tax relief re ... 230, 242 Citizenship education ... 397 Public Guardian Class sizes ... 294–95, 1513–14 Investigative powers change (Bill 24) ... 1095 Early education for at-risk children ... 1902 Public Trustee Education programs for immigrants ... 1093 Investigative powers change (Bill 24) ... 1095 Education property taxes ... 252–53 Queen Mary Park school 72 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Clousure ... 231 Committee ... 1655 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Small business–Taxation General remarks ... 294 Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830 Research and development Special needs aides in schools Tax credits for, legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1830 Funding for ... 398 Ritchie junior high school, Edmonton Standing Orders Closure ... 220, 236 Amendments to May 21, 2008 orders (Motion 23: School Act Renner) ... 2115–16, 2120–21 Provisions for children with chronic health needs ... SOs 32 and 68 amendments (Motion 15: 1543 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 887 School board jurisdiction provisions, clarification of Temporary amendments to, request for emergency ... 255 debate re ... 25 School board role/autonomy provisions ... 255 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... School boards 61–65, 78 Budgets, impact of health care premiums elimination Student Health Initiative on ... 237 Funding for ... 226, 227 Deficits ... 229 Resources for students with chronic health needs ... Funding ... 226, 228 1543 General remarks ... 88 Student testing Operation of schools outside own jurisdiction ... 255 Achievement tests, grade 3 students ... 766–67 Role/autonomy of ... 255 Achievement tests, role of teachers in ... 254 School closure decisions ... 220 Achievement tests results ... 1477 Taxing authority, reinstatement of ... 252–53 Centralized testing, effectiveness of ... 254 School councils Diagnostic tests ... 1474 Fund-raising activities ... 239, 242 Diploma exams ... 1633 School dropouts Diploma exams results ... 1477 General remarks ... 1474 General remarks ... 1474, 1902 Increase in ... 1477 Students, Foreign (Grade school) School employees Acceptance into Alberta schools ... 347 Screening of ... 1902 Students with chronic health needs School nutrition programs General remarks ... 1543 General remarks ... 242, 475–76, 1087–88, 1784–85 Suncor Inc. Schoolchildren–Transportation Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Cost increase for ... 847 of: Cost increase for, fuel price contingency fund for ... Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled 847 as SP330/08) ... 625 Fees for ... 847 Surplus, Budgetary Funding for ... 226 School maintenance funding with ... 236, 1147 General remarks ... 229, 231 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Schools, Foreign–Accreditation Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Alberta program re ... 347 of: Schools, Foreign–Macau, China Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled Alberta curriculum at ... 347 as SP330/08) ... 625 Schools–Closure Tax incentives General remarks ... 87, 220, 231, 234, 236, 241 For scientific research and development, legislation re Impact on municipal land-use improvement efforts in (Bill 48) ... 1830 core areas ... 231 Teacher-librarians Schools–Closure–Rural areas General remarks ... 228 General remarks ... 87 Teachers Schools–Construction Code of conduct ... 1902 Funding for ... 227 Hiring of, funding for ... 294–95 General remarks ... 226, 229, 243, 253, 294, 1147 Professional development opportunities for ... 1475 Minister's comments re planning of ... 250 Role in student testing ... 254 Public/private projects re ... 227, 234, 237, 241, 250, Teachers' Pension Plan 1147 Unfunded liability, funding for ... 117, 228, 239 Schools–Maintenance and repair Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) Funding for ... 236, 237, 1147 Second reading ... 910–11 Minister's comments re planning of ... 250 Time allocation motions (Parliamentary practice) Schools–Safety aspects Bill 26 (CoW), Labour Relations Amendment Act, General remarks ... 1901–02 2008 (Motion 18: Hancock/Renner) ... 1223 Schools–Utilization Tolerance Formula for ... 87, 231, 241 Information package re (SP438/08: Tabled) ... 1634 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 73

Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill New research greenhouse, funding for ... 497 1) Dept. of Infrastructure Third reading ... 1025, 1030 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 497–516 Tuition fees (International grade school students) Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions General remarks ... 347 during (SP184/08: Tabled) ... 797 Video conferencing in education Minister's authority re surplus government property Funding for ... 227 sale (Bill 35) ... 1324 Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner) Other revenue ... 510 Report recommending appointment of, concurred in Revenue from premiums, fees, licences ... 510 (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1517–18, 1522–23 Role of ... 509 Woodcroft elementary school, Edmonton Split with Transportation dept., accounting for in Closure ... 220 budget ... 509–10 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition) Staffing ... 509 Equipment used at, donation to technical schools in Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Alberta ... 1738 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP381/08: Tabled) ... 1433 General remarks ... 1738 Edmonton Remand Centre Hayden, Hon. Jack (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) New facility for ... 497, 500, 508 Alberta school alternative procurement program Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Funding ... 2179–80 Provincial government usage of ... 172, 497, 507, Alberta Sustainability Fund 2205 Natural gas rebates funded through ... 497 Environmental protection Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Provincial initiatives re ... 172 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 502–03, Federal Building, Edmonton 511 Environmental considerations (LEED standard for) ... Southeast portion: Public/private partnership (P3) 1543 funding model for ... 20 Renovation of ... 1542–43 Auditor General Forest Heights school, Edmonton Deferred maintenance backlog comments ... 500 Renovation of ... 502 Biomass as energy source Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill General remarks ... 172, 507, 2205 35) Bovar Inc. First reading ... 1324 Swan Hills Treatment Centre sale to government ... Committee ... 1646 1825 Third reading ... 1729 Bow Valley College Gravel–Supplies Acquisition of provincial court land ... 497 Cost of ... 1827 Building Canada Plan (Federal) Hazardous substances–Disposal Alberta funds from ... 219, 293–94, 501 General remarks ... 1825 Calgary Catholic Board of Education Health care facilities New school construction (P3 projects) ... 1633 Physical condition of ... 500 Calgary Courts Centre Health care facilities–Maintenance General remarks ... 497, 503 General remarks ... 500 Phase two, funding for ... 497 Hospitals–Calgary Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships New south Calgary hospital ... 500, 508 Merit award for social infrastructure procurment Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) given to Alberta ... 2180 Third reading ... 631 Capital projects Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. Cost control measures re ... 19–20 Federal Building renovator ... 1542 Cost escalations re, provision for ... 499, 508 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Deficit re ... 500–01, 507 New residence for ... 1144–45, 1212 Emergent projects, funding for ... 502 New residence for, ND news release re (SP270/08: General remarks ... 19–20, 497 Tabled) ... 1154 Physical condition of ... 500 New residence for, point of order re ... 1154 Prioritization of ... 498 Light rail transit–Edmonton Public/private partnerships re ... 20, 395, 502–04, Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 219 505–06, 511, 513–14, 514–16 Natural gas rebates Capital projects–Finance General remarks ... 497, 508, 509 General remarks ... 497, 498, 500–01 New Democrat Opposition Surplus funding for ... 501 News release re new Lieutenant Governor's residence Capital projects–Maintenance and repair (SP270/08: Tabled) ... 1154 Auditor General's comments re ... 500 Ontario Health Coalition General remarks ... 20, 498, 499, 500, 511–12 Report on P3 projects ... 395 Surplus funding of ... 501 Oral Question Period (2008) Crop Diversification Centre, Brooks Child care spaces in schools ... 582 74 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Core school designs ... 1585 Schools–Safety aspects Energy efficiency in new buildings ... 223 General remarks ... 1901 Federal building renovations ... 1542–43 Sewage disposal plants Federal infrastructure funding ... 219, 293–94 Funding for ... 500, 507 Green power ... 2205 Student residences (On-campus) Infrastructure costs ... 19–20 General remarks ... 2181 Lieutenant Governor's residence ... 1144–45, 1212 Public/private funding for ... 2181 Modular classroom units for schools ... 979 Rent increases at ... 2181 Postsecondary education funding ... 2181 Surplus, Budgetary Provincial environmental initiatives ... 172 Capital maintenance funding with ... 501 Public-private partnerships ... 395 Capital projects funding with ... 501 Public-private partnerships for school construction ... Swan Hills Treatment Centre 1633, 2179–80 Decommissioning/cleanup of ... 1825 Safety in schools ... 1901 Funding for ... 510 School bus safety ... 1737 University of Alberta Swan Hills waste treatment facility cleanup ... 1825 Acquisition of provincial land in Kinsella ... 497 Wapiti Gravel Suppliers ... 1827 Utility corridors (roadways) Point of Order General remarks ... 507, 509 Factual accuracy ... 1154 Wapiti Gravel Suppliers Ltd. Portable/modular classrooms Government contract with ... 1827 General remarks ... 20, 504, 979, 1585 Wind power LEED standard for ... 504, 1585 General remarks ... 172, 507, 2205 Postsecondary educational institutions Hehr, Kent (L, Calgary-Buffalo) Physical condition of ... 499 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Public buildings Second reading ... 1570 Environmental impact of, reduction of ... 172, 223 Affordable housing General remarks ... 508 General remarks ... 2013, 2205 LEED standards for ... 223, 497, 498, 503, 504, 505, Provincial initiatives re ... 1944 507, 514 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Public lands, Surplus (Bill 33) Disposal of, by Minister of Infrastructure (Bill 35) ... Second reading ... 1572–73 1324 Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Public transit–Calgary Third reading ... 1503 Federal funding for ... 293–94, 501 Alberta–Economic conditions Public/private partnership (P3) projects, federal Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2013 funding for ... 294 Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Public transit–Capital region Report ... 677, 1943 Federal funding for ... 293–94, 501 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Public/private partnership (P3) projects, federal Gambling prevention programs ... 1090 funding for ... 294 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Ring roads–Calgary 2008 (Bill 29) Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 511 Second reading ... 1489–90 Roads–Maintenance and repair Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Privatization of ... 510 Second reading ... 1925–26 Royal Alberta Museum Committee ... 1999 Redevelopment of ... 497 Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4) Schools Third reading ... 960 Assessment of condition of ... 512 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Daycare spaces in ... 582 Second reading ... 1418 Schools–Architectural design Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission LEED standards for ... 1585, 1901 Responsible gambling programs ... 851 Standardization of ... 20, 497, 504, 1585 Socially responsible gambling research ... 1090–91 Schools–Construction Alberta Gaming Research Institute General remarks ... 1737 Socially responsible gambling research ... 1090–91 LEED criteria for ... 514 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Public/private projects re ... 503–04, 505–06, 513–14, Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: 515, 979, 1633, 1737, 2179–80, 2181 DeLong) ... 1567 Public/private projects re: Impact on daycare centres Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 locating in ... 582 (Bill 17) Public/private projects re: Maintenance issue ... Second reading ... 1045–46 503–04, 513 Third reading ... 1205–06 Schools–Maintenance and repair Alberta Police-based Victim Services Association Funding for ... 20, 512 Funding increase request from ... 1149 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 75

Alberta project promoting active living and healthy Number of ... 852 eating Voluntary self-exclusion program from ... 853 General remarks ... 541 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness 2008 (Bill 40) General remarks ... 1427–28 Second reading ... 2044 Report (10-year plan) ... 1943, 2013, 2059, 2075, Committee ... 2064 2107, 2205 Climate change Alberta security and strategic intelligence support team Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 290, Role of ... 524 344, 397 Alberta serious incident response team Climate Change and Emissions Management General remarks ... 864 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund Second reading ... 1053–54 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Committee ... 1346–47, 1415–17 presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 666, 797, 932, 1094 Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Report on the use of conducted energy weapons Police funding discussions ... 855 (tasers) ... 1666, 1686 Animal cruelty investigations Community watch (Crime prevention program) Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... General remarks ... 218 952 Constitution Act, 1982 Apartment buildings Charter of Rights and Freedoms, sexual orientation Conversion to condominiums ... 1943 provisions ... 15–16 Apologies (Civil law) Corporations–Taxation Copies of materials re (M21/08: Response tabled as Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 276 SP634/08) ... 1552 Correctional personnel Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Increase in number of ... 421 Committee ... 1041 Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Second reading ... 1048 Benefits, impact of spouse's income on ... 169 Committee ... 1341–42 Benefits increase for ... 169 Court Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 39) Auditor General Second reading ... 1576, 1726 Victims of crime fund auditing ... 1149 Committee ... 1760–61 Automobiles–Seizure Crime prevention For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion Johnston/Brown) ... 84, 218, 473 508: Amery) ... 1115–16 For illegal drug transporting ... 557, 710, 1152 Member's statement re ... 1151–52 For transporting firearms without registered owner Crime reduction being present ... 49, 84, 218, 251, 473, 557, Funding for, from Victims of Crime Fund surplus ... 856–57, 1152, 2137 1292, 1319 Automobiles conveying children General remarks ... 710 Smoking ban in ... 901, 929, 1828 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Bail hearings General remarks ... 251 Attendance of crown prosecutors at ... 556, 1064 Criminal Code (Federal) Bank machines Illegal drug transportation by car provisions ... 710 Banning of, from premises containing VLTs ... 1091 Criminal Injuries Review Board Board Governance Review Task Force Limitation periods in sexual assault cases ... 1149–50 General remarks ... 677 Criminal Trial Lawyers Association Calgary Health Region General remarks ... 1784 Funding for ... 343–44 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Staffing shortages ... 344 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 649–51 Calgary Stampeders' Football Club Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Grey Cup win, member's statement re ... 2008–09 Legal services branch, costs of increasing capacity of Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (M18/08: Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 1551 Review of packaging ... 397, 2183 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 554–60, 569–70 Canadian Paraplegic Association Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Hope kits, member's statement re ... 1742 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 851–57, 863–65 Capital projects Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Public/private partnerships re: Cost of government Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 782–83 legal services re (M18/08: Response tabled as Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation SP633/08) ... 1551 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 541–43 Capital projects–Calgary Disabled Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... Provincial assistance to ... 1742 1411–12 Disabled–Housing Casinos General remarks ... 1742, 2205 76 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Disabled employees General remarks ... 783 Tax credits for ... 169 Gaming industry Discrimination–Sex General remarks ... 851–52 General remarks ... 15–16, 22, 846, 1579, 2101 Revenue from ... 852, 1091, 1986 Diversification Gang-related crime General remarks ... 651 General remarks ... 557, 1422, 1509, 1537 Documentation of Child Access Exchange Act (Bill 211) Specialized police units to combat ... 1583 Second reading ... 2157 Gang-related crime, Aboriginal Drink prices in licensed premises General remarks ... 49, 218, 251 Minimum prices establishment ... 660 Government attorneys Drug courts Bail hearing attendance ... 556, 1064 General remarks ... 554, 555, 569 Caseloads ... 560 Drugs, Illegal Increase in numbers of ... 560, 1064 Transporting of, seizure of cars involved in ... 557, Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 710, 1152 35) Drunk drivers Second reading ... 1495–96 Testing of, by sheriffs ... 856, 1736 Grey Cup football game, Montreal (2008) Earthquake–China Calgary Stampeders' win, Member's statement re ... Member's statement re ... 787 2008 Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Court Committee ... 1934 Clients from, and funding for, 2005-08 (Q24/08: Health innovation fund Response tabled as SP638/08) ... 1550 Funding given to Calgary mental health diversion Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 project (Q6/08: Accepted) ... 622 (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 1548 Hepatitis B and C Edmonton Remand Centre Presence in prison populations ... 864 Gang violence incident in ... 421 Highway patrols New facility for: Cost increases of ... 762 General remarks ... 49 Energy industry Highway racing General remarks ... 651 Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Environmental technology Johnston/Brown) ... 84, 218, 473 Development of (green economy) ... 651 HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) Executive Council General remarks ... 2101 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 677–78 Hobbema reserve Exports Gang violence on (drive-by shooting incident) ... 49, General remarks ... 651 218, 251 Family courts Gun amnesty program on ... 2136 General remarks ... 554, 555, 614 Homeless Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) General remarks ... 1427–28 Second reading ... 1049–50 Municipal plans re ... 1428 Committee ... 1343 Homeless–Housing Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) General remarks ... 2013, 2058–59, 2106–07, 2205 Committee ... 1721 Provincial initiatives re ... 1943–44, 2075 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Homeless and eviction prevention fund 31) General remarks ... 2106 Second reading ... 1526 Horse racing Fines (Traffic violations) Lottery funding for ... 853 Processing of, funding for ... 560 Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act Revenues from, transfer to Victims of Crime Fund ... Sexual orientation provisions in ... 15–16, 22, 846, 854, 1292, 1319 1579, 2101 Firearms Human rights–Alberta Removal from streets ... 1509, 1537, 1583, 2136–37 General remarks ... 15–16, 846 Restrictions on transport of ... 49, 84, 218, 473, 557, Member's statement re ... 22 856–57, 2137 Immigrants Foreign workers, Temporary Support programs for ... 650 General remarks ... 650 Income tax, Provincial Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) Reduction of (Motion 502: Forsyth) ... 276 Committee ... 1723 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Gambling, Compulsive General remarks ... 649–50 General remarks ... 851, 852, 1986 Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Research into (social responsibility aspects) ... 852, Committee ... 1364, 1370 853, 1090–91 Third reading ... 1499, 1501 Game farming International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 77

Member's statement re ... 2205 Police officer funding ... 1422 International finance Scarboro United Church ... 1579 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2013 Sexual orientation and human rights ... 22 International trade–China Women in politics ... 1625 General remarks ... 650 World AIDS Day ... 2101 Investments, Foreign Mental health courts Promotion of ... 651 General remarks ... 569 Judges, Provincial Court Mental health diversion project, Calgary Support system for ... 570 Number of litigants dealt with by, and funding for Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) (Q6/08: Response tabled as SP223/08) ... 622 Second reading ... 1417–18 Mental health services–Prisoners Committee ... 1529–30 General remarks ... 864 Third reading ... 1574 Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Justice system Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) Access to ... 554 Second reading ... 1952–53 Backlogs in ... 1063–64, 1784 Committee ... 1997–98 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Second reading ... 1173, 1179, 1195–97 (Bill 41) Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) Committee ... 1991–92 Committee ... 1339 National energy program Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) General remarks ... 783 Second reading ... 1574–75 New Royalty Framework (2007) Law Information Centres (LInC) General remarks ... 677 General remarks ... 558 Obesity Law Society of Alberta Reduction of ... 541 Pro bono program ... 559 Off-highway vehicles Legal aid Damage done by ... 542 Funding for ... 792 Oil–Marketing–Central Canada General remarks ... 559, 792 General remarks ... 650 Legal Aid Society of Alberta Oil pipelines–Alberta to Central Canada Funding for, 2005-08 (Q23/08: Response tabled as General remarks ... 650 SP637/08) ... 1549 Oil sands development General remarks ... 792 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Legal fees down of ... 782, 783 General remarks ... 554, 559 Oil sands tailings ponds–Security aspects Licensed premises General remarks ... 524 Violence in, prevention of ... 660 Threat assessment report re ... 524 Liquor sales–Regulations Open spaces (Big-game hunting pilot project) Changes to, to prevent violent situations ... 660 General remarks ... 783 Local Authorities Pension Plan Oral Question Period (2008) Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 169 presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 666, 797, 932, 1094 Calgary health region funding ... 343–44 Lottery Fund Compensation for victims of crime ... 1292 Funds allocation, list of recipients of ... 853 Corrections officers ... 421 Maiden Speeches Edmonton Remand Centre ... 762 General remarks ... 144–46 Environmentally friendly packaging ... 289–90, 397 Marijuana grow operations Environmentally responsible packaging ... 2183 Lock down of houses used for, legislation re ... 843, Firearms regulation ... 49, 84, 473, 2136–37 1152 Firearms regulations ... 218 Surveillance of, by sheriffs ... 1736 Funding for police officers ... 1351–52 Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Funding for private schools ... 1063 Second reading ... 1483–84 Gaming ... 1090–91 Medical profession–Education Gang-related violence in Hobbema ... 251 Residency programs, expansion of ... 609 Homelessness ... 1427–28, 1943–44, 2013, 2058–59, Undergraduate programs, expansion of ... 609 2075, 2106–07 Medical profession–Supply Housing for persons with disabilities ... 2205 Member's statement re ... 609 Investigations into provincial sheriffs ... 2077 Members' Statements (2008) Justice system ... 1063–64, 1784 Calgary Stampeders' Grey Cup victory ... 2008 Legal aid ... 792 Canadian Paraplegic Association hope kits ... 1742 Police funding ... 1385 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1151–52 Police officer funding ... 1508–09, 1537–38, 1583 Earthquake in Sichuan province, China ... 787 Policing needs in Calgary ... 1018 Physician supply ... 609 Proceeds of crime ... 843 78 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Provincial sheriffs program ... 1827–28 Public Affairs Bureau Role of provincial sheriffs ... 1631, 1736 Role of ... 677–78 Security of oil sands tailings ponds ... 524 Public inquiries Sexual orientation and human rights ... 15–16, 846 Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, Smoking in vehicles carrying children ... 901, 929, and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 1828 666, 797, 932, 1094 Taser use by law enforcement personnel ... 1666, Public lands 1686 Sale of ... 783 Unified family court ... 614 Public safety (From criminal activity) Vehicle seizures ... 710 General remarks ... 710, 1018, 1351–52, 1385, 1583 Victims of crime fund ... 1149–50, 1319 Member's statement re ... 1151–52 Violence in licensed premises ... 660 Public Service Pension Plan VLTs and slot machines ... 1986 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Packaging presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 666, 797, 932, 1094 Review of ... 2183 Remand centres Parks, Provincial General remarks ... 570 Funding for ... 542 Rent control Use of off-highway vehicles in ... 542 General remarks ... 1943, 2013, 2107 Payday loans–Interest rates Repeat offenders Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1715 General remarks ... 556 Peace Officer Act Roads Investigations under, provision for public oversight of Restriction on use of, for transporting firearms ... 2077 without registered owner present ... 49 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Rodeo Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 215, 257, As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 348, 666, 797, 932, 1094 2038–39 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) Royal Canadian Mounted Police Committee ... 1955 Additional officers for Hobbema reserve ... 251 Physical fitness Availability for provincial use ... 863–64 National target for ... 541 Cost effectiveness of, vs sheriffs ... 863 Physical fitness–Teaching Rules of Court Daily mandatory activities ... 541 Revised version of, impact on court accessibility Plastic bags (M19/08: Defeated) ... 1551 Reduction in usage of ... 289–90, 397, 2183 Revised version of, impact on court accessibility Police (M20/08: Defeated) ... 1551–52 Increase in numbers of ... 660, 855, 1064, 1152, 1385, Safe Communities Secretariat 1583, 2137 General remarks ... 555 Recruitment initiatives re ... 855 Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative Safety measures for, re violence in licensed premises General remarks ... 864 ... 660 Scarboro United Church, Calgary Police, Provincial Recognition of women as ministers, member's Sheriffs as ... 856 statement re ... 1579 Police–Calgary School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Increase in numbers of ... 1018, 1351–52 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Police–Finance Second reading ... 2144 General remarks ... 854–55, 1351–52, 1385, 1508–09, Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38) 1537–38 Committee ... 1656–57 Member's statement re ... 1422 Security guards Police–Finance–Rural areas Monitoring of ... 864 General remarks ... 857 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Polystyrene products–Turner Valley Committee ... 1763, 1767 Ban on ... 289–90 Self-representation in court Prisoners, Aboriginal General remarks ... 558 Numbers of ... 557, 865 Sentences, Conditional (Criminal procedure) Prisoners–Health services General remarks ... 557 General remarks ... 864 Sexual assault crimes Needle exchange program contribution to ... 865 Limitation periods re ... 1149–50 Private schools–Finance Sexual orientation General remarks ... 1063 Inclusion in Alberta human rights legislation ... Proceeds of crime 15–16, 846 Legislation re (proposed) ... 843 Member's statement re ... 22 Profession Association of Residents of Alberta Sheriffs Physician education and residency suggestions ... 609 Complaints against, resolution of ... 1827–28, 2077 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 79

Complaints against, resolution of, public oversight firearms without registered owner ... 49, 84, 218 mechanism for ... 2077 Smoking ban for vehicles carrying children, provision Conduct of, questions re ... 1631 for ... 901, 929 Correctional centres function ... 421 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Cost effectiveness of, vs sheriffs ... 863 Second reading ... 1928–29 Counterterrorism function ... 524 Committee ... 2000 Deployment in downtown areas, re violence in Third reading ... 2067 licensed premises ... 660 Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) General remarks ... 1508–09, 1537–38 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Impaired drivers testing ... 1736 Second reading ... 942–43, 948 New officers for ... 1583 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Role of ... 856, 863, 1631, 1736, 1827–28 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 212, Taser usage ... 1666 2002) Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1736 Seizure amendment in, application to the transport of Slot machines firearms without registered owner present ... 49, 84 General remarks ... 1986 Studies, reports prepared for government re (M5/08: Number of, capping of ... 1986 Defeated) ... 936–37 Social housing Unified Family Court Task Force Rent supplement program ... 1943, 2013, 2106 Report ... 614 Speech from the Throne Victims of crime Debate ... 144–46 Assistance programs ... 1292, 1319 Spinal cord injuries Victims of Crime Fund Recovery from ... 1742 Amount of funding from surcharge on fines ... 854 Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) Amount of funding from surcharge on fines (Q3/08: Committee ... 1961 Response tabled as SP506/08) ... 622 Succession laws Auditing of ... 1149 Review of ... 558 Cap on payments from ... 854 Review of, materials supporting (M22/08: Response Claimants compensated through (Q4/08: Response tabled as SP634/08) ... 1552 tabled as SP506/08) ... 622 Supplementary estimates Overpayments from (Q5/08: Response tabled as Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2089–90 SP506/08) ... 622 Supreme Court of Canada Surplus ... 854, 1292 Delwin Vriend case ... 15–16, 22 Surplus, use to fund crime reduction initiatives ... Tasers (Electroshock weapons) 1292, 1319 Provincial inquiry into ... 1666, 1686 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Use by law enforcement personnel ... 1666, 1686 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Task forces, Government Second reading ... 1930–31 Effectiveness of ... 677 Committee ... 2002 Tax incentives Third reading ... 2068 For disabled employees ... 169 Video gambling machines Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) General remarks ... 1986 Committee ... 958–59 Wages–Correctional personnel Tourism–Marketing General remarks ... 421, 865, 1152 International marketing efforts ... 542 Weed Control Act (Bill 23) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Committee ... 1725 (Alberta /British Columbia) Wildlife habitat Cost of government legal services re (M18/08: Conservation of, funding for ... 783 Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 1551 Women in politics Dispute mechanism ... 650 Member's statement re ... 1625 Impact on legal system ... 558 Women in the church Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Member's statement re ... 1579 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill World AIDS Day 1) Member's statement re ... 2101 Second reading ... 653–54 Horne, Fred (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford) Committee ... 965–66 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) General remarks ... 558 First reading: Referred to Standing Committee on Traffic safety Health; report presented and concurred in General remarks ... 556 (SP407/08: Tabled) ... 1478 Traffic Safety Act Second reading ... 1590–92 Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Committee ... 1796 highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Air quality–Fort McMurray area 84, 218, 473 General remarks ... 1089 Amendment re seizure of vehicles transporting Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission 80 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Gambling prevention joint advertising campaign ... General remarks ... 137–38 1632 Crime prevention Alberta Building Code Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion Changes to, re high-intensity residential fires ... 1385 508: Amery) ... 1117–18 Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Network Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force General remarks ... 1143 Report ... 531 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Curling championships Problem gambling joint advertising campaign ... 1632 World men's championship winners (Kevin Martin Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) team), Member's statement re ... 22 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Disabled Second reading ... 1399–1400 Member's statement re ... 2070 Alberta Teachers' Association Disabled–Employment Centralized testing of students, comments on ... 254 General remarks ... 2070 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Edmonton Police Service Second reading ... 263–64 Provincial funding for ... 531 Second reading: Six month hoist amendment ... 264 Edmonton Public School Board Ambulance service Chinese language proficiency exams ... 469 Provincial governance of ... 1060 Education–Curricula Ambulance service–Rural areas Citizenship courses ... 397 Impact to, of provincial governance of ... 1060 Elder abuse Architecture and the disabled Member's statement re ... 1143 General remarks ... 2070 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Auditor General Child and Youth Advocate quarterly reports released Continuing care facility management investigation under ... 1425 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 137 Gambling, Compulsive Bill Rees YMCA, Edmonton Multimedia advertising campaign re ... 1632 Member's statement re ... 922 Good Samaritan Society Bills, Private members' public Southgate Care Centre, member's statement re ... Bill 202, six month hoist amendment at second 2101 reading ... 264 Government spending policy Capital projects General remarks ... 1667 Cost control measures re ... 19–20 Greenhouse gas emissions Public/private partnerships re ... 20 Reduction of ... 2074 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Health Care Aide Week General remarks ... 20 Member's statement re ... 1857 Carbon dioxide emissions Hydrogen sulphide emissions–Fort McMurray area Reduction in ... 2074 General remarks ... 1089 Child and Youth Advocate International Day of Persons with Disabilities Annual reports ... 1425 General remarks ... 2209 Quarterly reports ... 1425 Member's statement re ... 2070 Citizenship courses Kinsman Club of Edmonton Provincial funding for ... 398 80th anniversary, member's statement re ... 58 Clean air strategy Lung cancer–Research Update of ... 1089 Funding for, petition presented re ... 1094 Climate Registry (nonprofit organization) Maiden Speeches Alberta membership in ... 2074 General remarks ... 189–91 Committee on Health, Standing Major community facilities program Bill 24, Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act, Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta funding ... referred to; report presented and concurred in 577 (SP407/08: Tabled) ... 1478 Members' Statements (2008) Report on public meetings (SP621/08: Tabled) ... Bill Rees YMCA centre ... 922 2140 Confucius Institute ... 469 Community facility enhancement program Good Samaritan Society Southgate Care Centre ... Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta funding ... 2101 577 Health Care Aide Week ... 1857 Confucius Institute International Day of Persons with Disabilities ... 2070 Opening of, member's statement re ... 469 Kevin Martin rink world men's curling champions ... Continuing/extended care facilities 22 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 137 Kinsmen Club of Edmonton ... 58 Continuing/extended care facilities–Inspection River Valley Alliance ... 399–400 Enforcement of ... 137–38 Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta ... 577 Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards World Elder Abuse Awareness Day ... 1143 Enforcement of ... 137–38 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 81

General remarks ... 1089 Support for apprenticeship programs scholarships ... Oral Question Period (2008) 593 Centralized learning assessment ... 254 Surplus funds deposit into ... 592 Child and Youth Advocate reports ... 1425 Adult education (Academic upgrading) Citizenship education ... 397–98 General remarks ... 589, 601 Climate registry ... 2074 Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Continuing care standards ... 137–38 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP67/08: Tabled) ... 174 Funding for police officers ... 531 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP348/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Ground ambulance services ... 1060 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development High-intensity residential fires ... 1385–86 Council Infrastructure costs ... 19–20 General remarks ... 222 Northern air quality ... 1089 Alberta College of Art and Design Problem gambling ... 1632 Participation in urban campus concept ... 346, 595 Public-private partnerships for school construction ... Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) 2179–80 Committee ... 1999 Snow Valley Ski Club funding ... 1667 Alberta Energy Research Institute Parks, Regional–Edmonton area General remarks ... 604 River valley park, member's statement re ... 399–400 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation research ... 1216 River valley park, provincial funding for ... 399 Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) project, involvement in ... 1385 Lung cancer research funding ... 1094 Value-added forest products research ... 664 Police–Finance Alberta Enterprise Corporation General remarks ... 531 Establishment of, legislation re (Bill 4) ... 224 Premier's Awards of Excellence Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4) Document re 2008 winners (SP642/08: Tabled) ... First reading ... 224 2209 Second reading ... 654 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Third reading ... 960 Disabilities Act General remarks ... 589–90, 717 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP604/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Alberta enterprise fund Residential fires, High-intensity–Edmonton Creation of ... 589, 664 Terwillegar neighbourhood fire ... 1385–86 Establishment of, legislation re (Bill 4) ... 224 Residential fires, High-intensity–Prevention Alberta Forestry Research Institute General remarks ... 1385–86 Value-added forest products research ... 664 River Valley Alliance, Edmonton Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Park system proposal, member's statement re ... Annual report, 2008 (SP347/08: Tabled) ... 1362 399–400 Endowment fund financial statement, 2007-08 Ronald McDonald House Northern Alberta (SP399/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Member's statement re ... 577 General remarks ... 589 School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Polaris award from, given to Dr. Bruce McNaughton Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) ... 2057–58 Second reading ... 2154 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Schools–Construction Engineering Research Public/private projects re ... 2179–80 Endowment fund financial statement, 2007-08 Schools–Maintenance and repair (SP400/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Funding for ... 20 Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Snow Valley Ski Club General remarks ... 593 High-speed chairlift, provincial funding for ... 1667 Alberta Information and Communications Technlogy Speech from the Throne Institute Debate ... 189–91 Strategy document ... 1150–51 Student testing Alberta Ingenuity Fund Achievement tests, role of teachers in ... 254 Administration of nanoWorks program funds ... 846 Centralized testing, effectiveness of ... 254 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP574/08: Tabled) ... 1949 Teachers General remarks ... 589 Role in student testing ... 254 Alberta Life Sciences Institute Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Making the Food-Health Connection (report) ... 1427 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Making the Food-Health Connection (report) Second reading ... 1110–11 (SP362/08: Tabled) ... 1432 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Alberta Research Council Member's statement re ... 1143 Carbon dioxide emissions injection into ponds, joint Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. research project re ... 222 Albert) General remarks ... 589, 604 Access to the Future Fund Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation research ... 1216 General remarks ... 592–93 Value-added forest products research ... 664 82 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Alberta SuperNet Research into ... 604 Telehealth programs via ... 602 Coal energy, Clean Alberta Water Research Institute Research into ... 604 General remarks ... 2055 College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Accreditation process for internationally educated Achievement nurses ... 603 Expansion of eligibility for ... 528–29, 589 Upgrading programs for internationally educated Expansion of eligibility for, impact on new nurses ... 169 postsecondary spaces ... 596 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Ambrose University College Accreditation process for immigrant doctors ... 603 General remarks ... 596 Construction Owners Association of Alberta Apprenticeship training Opportunities for women in construction program ... Aboriginal people ... 767 767 General remarks ... 589, 604, 661, 1987–88 Construction workers, Female Scholarships for ... 593 Incentives for ... 767 Women ... 767 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Apprenticeship training–Northwestern Alberta Annual report, 2007-08 (SP370/08: Tabled) ... 1433 General remarks ... 845 Building an Integrated Knowlege Economy (report) Auditor General (SP215/08: Tabled) ... 981 IT control framework across government, Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 588–605 recommendation re ... 54 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Banff Centre for Continuing Education during (SP224/08: Tabled) ... 1025 Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP573/08: Diversification Tabled) ... 1949 General remarks ... 846 Biofuels industry Edmonton Clinic From algae eating carbon dioxide emissions ... 222 General remarks ... 596 Use of forest products as feedstock ... 664 Education, Postsecondary Biomass as energy source Access to, affordability framework re ... 292, 529, General remarks ... 664 590–91, 593, 598–99, 1901, 2078–79, 2108–09 BioNeutra Inc. Access to: New spaces to improve ... 589, 596, 600, Participation in China trade mission ... 930 2108 Bow Valley College Access to, planning framework re ... 589, 595 Downtown facility development ... 2108 Education, Postsecondary–Calgary Expansion ... 594–95, 613 Increase in spaces for ... 346 General remarks ... 598 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour Discrepancy between Edmonton and Calgary ... 715 force development strategy) General remarks ... 2108–09 General remarks ... 589 Education–Curricula Bursaries Career and technology courses ... 1987 Reduction in funding for ... 590 Educational consortia Campus Alberta Relation to Campus Alberta ... 2108 Apprenticeship training spaces ... 661 Encana Corporation Framework for common platform for IT systems ... Participation in urban campus concept, Calgary ... 54 346 General remarks ... 346, 425, 589, 591, 594, 595, 596, Energy industry–Research and development 598, 600, 845 General remarks ... 604 Nursing training targets ... 610 Energy Innovation Fund Role of educational consortia in ... 2108 General remarks ... 600, 604 Student residences initiatives ... 292 English as a Second Language Campus Alberta Quality Council For foreign temporary workers ... 343 Degree program approval process ... 598 Environmental technology Canada Millenium Scholarship Foundation General remarks ... 222 General remarks ... 529 Research re, funding for ... 604 Carbon dioxide sequestration Family medicine General remarks ... 222, 604 Incentives to choose ... 2109 Test wells for ... 1384–85 Family medicine–Teaching Careers: the Next Generation (Youth employment Funding for ... 603 program) Instructors for ... 603 General remarks ... 1988 Family physicians–Education Child welfare recipients General remarks ... 602 Deaths of, reports on, 2007-08 (M11/08: Accepted) ... Fibre innovation network 1390 General remarks ... 664 Climate change Food 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 83

Consumption of ... 1427 Third reading ... 1280 Food industry and trade Labour Relations Board Healthy eating practices, impact on ... 1427, 1432 Trust employees in health sciences union, designation Foreign workers, Temporary of ... 603 Accreditation of credentials of ... 605 Learning Clicks (Education continuation motivation Trade certification requirements ... 343, 664 program) Forest industries General remarks ... 594 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 664 Licensed practical nurses–Education Value-added opportunities in ... 664 General remarks ... 589, 596 Forintek Canada Corp. Literacy Alliance with province re value-added forest research General remarks ... 589, 601 ... 664 McNaughton, Dr. Bruce General Electric Company General remarks ... 2057–58 Water usage by energy industry, reduction in, Medical profession partnership with province re ... 2055 Recruitment of ... 2109 Graduate citizenship scholarship Medical profession–Education Eligibility determination re ... 1473 Bursary program for students ... 2109 Grande Prairie Regional College General remarks ... 589, 2109 Co-ordination of programs with other northern Undergraduate programs, expansion of: Additional colleges ... 845 spaces created 2007-2012 (Q12/08: Response Grant MacEwan Community College tabled as SP576/08) ... 1949 General remarks ... 598 Medical profession–Rural areas Nursing degree program ... 602 Action plan re ... 2109 Greenhouse gas emissions General remarks ... 602 Reduction of ... 222 Incentives re ... 2109 Health sciences personnel Medical profession–Supply Recruitment from overseas ... 169 General remarks ... 602 Scope of practice ... 602 Medical research Trust employees designation, by Labour Board ... 603 General remarks ... 602, 2057–58 Health sciences personnel–Education Medical residents General remarks ... 600, 601 Student loan debt load ... 1390 Programs for ... 589 Mount Royal College Spaces for ... 596 Degree granting status: Costs ... 600 Health sciences personnel–Supply Degree granting status: Name change following ... General remarks ... 589, 600, 601 594, 595 Health workforce planning Expansion ... 613 General remarks ... 589, 595, 600, 602, 610, 2109 General remarks ... 595, 598 High school graduates Nursing assessment courses for internationally trained Transition to postsecondary education ... 593–94, nurses ... 169 596, 601 Nursing degree program ... 595, 602 Immigrant doctors Nanotechnology–Research Accreditation process for ... 603 Commercialization of, funding for ... 846 General remarks ... 2109 Forest products applications ... 664 Locating in rural areas ... 2109 General remarks ... 660, 716 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Nanotechnology–Teaching General remarks ... 589 Undergraduate programs for ... 660 Information and communications technology nanoWorks program Commercialization initiatives re ... 716 General remarks ... 846 General remarks ... 1150–51 National Institute for Nanotechnology Provincial strategy re (report) (SP215/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 660 981 NorQuest College Research activities re ... 1151 General remarks ... 598 Information and communications technology–Teaching Northern Alberta Development Council Decline in enrollment ... 1151 Bursary program ... 2109 Information and communications technology (cross- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology government initiative) Grande Prairie campus, co-ordination of programs at General remarks ... 54 with other northern colleges ... 845 Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Northern Lakes College Economy (U of C) Co-ordination of programs with other northern Expansion of ... 596, 613 colleges ... 845 Keyano College Nurses General remarks ... 598 Recruitment from overseas ... 169 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Nurses–Education 84 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Additional spaces created for ... 596, 602 Transferability between ... 591, 594 Additional spaces created for, 2007-2012 (Q11/08: Postsecondary educational institutions–Admissions Response tabled as SP575/08) ... 1949 (enrollment) General remarks ... 589, 2109 Application system (APAS) for ... 596–97, 598 Shortage of spaces re ... 610 Postsecondary educational institutions–Computer Upgrading courses for foreign nurses ... 169 systems Nurses–Supply Security aspects re student financial data ... 54 General remarks ... 169, 610 Postsecondary educational institutions–Mantenance and Oil sands development repair Water usage, reduction in ... 2055 Funding for ... 597 Oil sands tailings ponds Postsecondary educational institutions–Northwestern Reclamation of, research into ... 1216 Alberta Oral Question Period (2008) Co-ordination of programs in ... 845 Advance education opportunities in northern Alberta Postsecondary graduates ... 845 Retention of, in Alberta, incentives for ... 1472–73 Advanced Education service regions ... 2108 Scholarships for ... 1472–73 Alexander Rutherford scholarships ... 528–29 Precarn Incorporated Apprenticeship training ... 661 Joint support for technology commercialization Calgary urban campus partnership ... 346, 425–26 projects ... 716 Calgary urban campus project ... 613 Private colleges Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council ... Standards at ... 597–98 222 Property tax–Education levy Commercialization of nanotechnology ... 846 Exemption for student residences ... 592 Forest industry commercialization initiatives ... 664 Public records–Confidentiality Graduate student scholarships ... 1472–73 Maintenance of, by cross-government framework ... Health research ... 2057–58 54 Healthy living ... 1427 Red Deer College Information and communications technology ... General remarks ... 596 1150–51 Truck driver training program ... 456 Livestock and meat strategy ... 2104 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Nursing shortage ... 610 General remarks ... 594, 601, 767, 1987–88 Oil sands tailings management ... 1216 Research and development Out-of-province welder certification ... 343 As attraction for graduate students to remain in Physician recruitment ... 2109 Alberta ... 1473 Postsecondary education affordability ... 1901 General remarks ... 589, 600, 604 Postsecondary education funding ... 715, 2108–09, Tax credits for ... 590 2135–36 Scholarships Postsecondary student residential rent costs ... Registered apprenticeship program scholarships ... 2078–79 1987 Protection of personal information ... 54 Registered apprenticeship program scholarships for Recruitment of foreign health care professionals ... women ... 767 169 Shell Canada Limited Skilled workforce training programs ... 1987–88 Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage Student assistance ... 292 project ... 1384–85 Technology commercialization ... 716, 717 Small business Temporary foreign workers ... 664 Venture capital for ... 589, 664, 716 Test wells for carbon storage and capture ... 1384–85 Social sciences–Research Trade mission to China ... 930 Funding for ... 2136 Undergraduate nanotechnology education ... 660 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Water for Life strategy ... 2055 Downtown facility development ... 2108 Women in the trades ... 767 Expansion of ... 613 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 ... 929 Speech from the Throne Pembina Educational Consortium Debate ... 151, 153 Service region responsibility ... 2108 Steam fitter-pipefitter apprenticeship program Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Red seal exam re, security breach ... 604 Committee ... 1129–32 Reduction from four years to three years ... 604 General remarks ... 595 Student financial aid Postsecondary educational institutions Dollar value of, 2004-07 (Q18/08: Response tabled as Degree-granting status, documents re, 2003-06 SP577/08) ... 1949 (M9/08: Response tabled as SP411/08) ... 1479 General remarks ... 591, 598–99, 1901 Research programs at ... 589 Living allowance element ... 292, 598–99, 1901, Role of ... 589, 596, 2108 2078–79 Service region boundaries of ... 2108 Loan interest rates reduction ... 589, 591 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 85

Statistics re, 2003-08 (M8/08: defeated) ... 1390 General remarks ... 346, 425–26, 594–95, 613, 2108 Total number of students receiving aid, 2004-07 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability (Q19/08: Response tabled as SP578/08) ... 1949 Funding for ... 600 Student housing (Off-campus) Research projects under ... 2055 Affordability of ... 292 Welders–Certification Student residences (On-campus) For out-of-province welders ... 343 Exemption from property tax ... 592 For out-of-province welders, upgrading programs re General remarks ... 292, 591–92, 599, 2135–36 ... 343 Guarantee of place in ... 592 Western Economic Development Canada Interinstitutional residences, development of ... 2109 Joint funding of technology commercialization Rent increases at ... 2078–79, 2135 projects with China ... 717 Students, Postsecondary–Employment Women in the trades General remarks ... 292 Incentives for ... 767 Students Finance Board WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition) Student representation on ... 598 Equipment used at, donation to technical schools in Supplementary estimates Alberta ... 929 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2092–93, 2095 General remarks ... 929, 1987 Surplus, Budgetary Jablonski, Hon. Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Access to the Future Fund funding with ... 592 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Tax incentives First reading ... 1095 For scientific research and development ... 590 Second reading ... 1569–70, 1611 Technical schools Committee ... 1793–95, 1807–10 Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP572/08: Committee: Amendment A1 (SP507/08: Tabled) ... Tabled) ... 1949 1794 Technology commercialization Committee: Amendments A1A to A1V (SP508- As attraction for graduate students to remain in 529/08: Tabled) ... 1807 Alberta ... 1473 Third reading ... 1841–43 Co-operation with China re ... 717, 930 General remarks ... 314, 1824 General remarks ... 589, 660, 664, 716 Alberta–Economic conditions Telehealth services Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2074 General remarks ... 602 Alberta Aids to Daily Living Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement General remarks ... 1514 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Seniors assistance ... 712, 794 1) Waiver of copay fees for AISH clients ... 299, 304 Second reading ... 518 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Trade missions–China Seniors premiums ... 20, 308 General remarks ... 930 Alberta Council on Aging Truck drivers–Training Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 309 General remarks ... 456 Alberta Dental Association and College Tuition fees Pilot project for mobile dental units for seniors ... 313 Capping of, to CPI rate ... 2108 Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Network Freeze on ... 597–98, 2135 General remarks ... 1899 General remarks ... 590–91, 1901 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Increase in ... 2108–09 Seniors coverage ... 2074 Universities and colleges Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Audited financial statements, 2006-07 (SP572- Elimination of, impact on Seniors dept. budget ... 308 573/08: Tabled) ... 1949 Seniors' premiums ... 308 Universities and colleges–Maintenance and repair Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Funding for ... 2079 General remarks ... 309 University of Alberta Alberta seniors benefit program Undergraduate program in nanotechnology ... 660 Benefits, exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... University of Calgary 2103 Participation in urban campus concept ... 346, 613, General remarks ... 298, 306–07, 1143, 2074 2108 Optical/dental benefits ... 298, 313, 712, 2074 Undergraduate program in nanotechnology ... 660 Review of cut-off levels re rent increases ... 1144 Veterinary Medicine faculty ... 596 Utility costs component ... 396–97 University of Calgary Students Union Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Study of interinstitutional residences ... 2109 Benefits ... 306, 307 University of Lethbridge Benefits, exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... Neuroscience research at, by Polaris award winner ... 1287, 2074, 2103 2057 Benefits, impact of spouse's income on ... 169 Water and Environmental Science Building ... 2055 Benefits increase for ... 169, 170, 298, 299, 307, 2075 Urban campus concept–Calgary Clients of, access to rent supplement program ... 306, 86 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

2075 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP385/08: Tabled) ... 1433 CPP disability payments exemption under ... 2075 Budget ... 307–08 Earned income exemption under ... 2075 Budget, impact of health care premiums elimination Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 218, on ... 308 298, 306, 307, 1902 Contracted employees salaries (Q1/08: Response Employability incentives for recipients of ... 217–18, tabled as SP566/08) ... 622, 1905 307 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 297–314 General remarks ... 300, 304, 306, 1902–03, 2075 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Health benefits under ... 299, 304, 306, 1902–03 during (SP196/08: Tabled) ... 932 Indexing of benefits under ... 299, 300 Disabled Indexing of benefits under, studies/reports re (M1/80: Provincial assistance to ... 298, 310 Response tabled as SP567/08) ... 623, 1905 Disabled–Employment Insulin pump therapy coverage ... 1513 General remarks ... 217–18 Mental health issues clients' access to ... 313 Disabled–Housing Paperwork requirements under ... 790 Provincial initiatives re ... 310 Personal benefits under ... 299 Disabled employees Provincial comparisons of benefits under ... 300, 307 Tax credits for ... 169 Utility costs component ... 397 Drugs, Prescription Auditor General Approval process re ... 303, 304 Continuing care facility management investigation Edmonton Seniors' Safe House (Seniors care programs): Report ... 137, 307, 661 General remarks ... 1899 Long-term care facilities in rural areas, report on ... Education property tax assistance for seniors program 52, 83 General remarks ... 582 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Elder abuse Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1 Awareness initiatives, funding for ... 309 Brain injured Financial abuse, awareness initiatives re ... 1899 Support services for ... 310 General remarks ... 299–300, 1899 Canada Pension Plan Family and community support services program Benefits under, exemption from provincial social Seniors' centres funding ... 309 assistance benefits ... 2075 Seniors' centres funding under ... 139 Children and poverty Food banks General remarks ... 1357 Support for ... 1357 Community facility enhancement program Home care program Seniors' centres funding under ... 309 General remarks ... 304, 794 Community initiatives program Homeless and eviction prevention fund Seniors' centres funding ... 139, 309 Eligibility of AISH clients for ... 299, 2075 Community spirit program Income Support program Seniors' centres funding ... 139 Benefits, exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... Continuing/extended care facilities 2103 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 137, 307, 661 Level of ... 170 Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 86, 289 International finance General remarks ... 298 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2074 McKinsey report on ... 2182 Kerby Rotary House, Calgary Multicultural provisions in ... 311 General remarks ... 1899 Continuing/extended care facilities–Hinton Kiwanis Place (Seniors' residence) Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 86 New elevator for ... 2135 Continuing/extended care facilities–Inspection Lifeline (Seniors' medical emergency system) Enforcement of ... 137–38 General remarks ... 1143 Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Accommodation standards ... 137, 300–01, 302, 303, hospitals) 311 Young/socially/culturally isolated people in, supports Enforcement of ... 137–38, 301, 310, 312 for ... 309–10 General remarks ... 137–38 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Demographic planning commission (Proposed) hospitals)–Finance General remarks ... 86, 311 General remarks ... 298 Dental assistants Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Visits to supportive/long-term care facilities ... 313 hospitals)–Inspection Dentures General remarks ... 83 Assistance to seniors re ... 313 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Dependent Adults Act hospitals)–Rural areas Replaced by Bill 24, Adult Guardianship and General remarks ... 52 Trusteeship Act ... 1095 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports hospitals)–Staffing 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 87

Foreign language skills of ... 312 Seniors' benefits ... 1143 Shortages of ... 82–83 Seniors' facilities ... 138–39 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Seniors' housing ... 1144, 1671, 2016 hospitals)–Standards Seniors' lodge assistance program ... 422 General remarks ... 298 Seniors' programs ... 20 Lottery Fund Support for food banks ... 1357 Seniors' centres funding ... 139 Support for low-income Albertans ... 2074 Low-income families Support for low-income seniors ... 2079 Provincial assistance to ... 396–97, 2074 Supportive living accommodation licensing ... Low-income seniors 1823–24 Special-needs assistance ... 20, 298, 307, 308, 397, Supportive living facility standards ... 661 712, 1143, 1513, 2079 Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 396–97 Support programs for ... 2079 Parish nursing Major community facilities program General remarks ... 309 Seniors' centres funding under ... 309 Pensions Meals on Wheels Impact of global financial crisis on ... 2074 General remarks ... 309 Personal directives–Registry Mental health facilities–Employees General remarks ... 1668 Shortage of ... 312 Personal Directives Act Mental health services General remarks ... 314, 1668 Funding for ... 312 Persons with developmental disabilities community Funding for, administrative costs ... 312 boards Review of ... 291 Annual reports, 2006-07 and 2007-08 (SP629-630/08: Mentally disabled Tabled) ... 2184 Funding for programs for ... 298, 2014, 2017 Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Mentally disabled–Safety aspects Board General remarks ... 2017 Annual report, 2005-06 (SP122/08: Tabled) ... 428 Michener Services Elimination of, studies/reports re (M2/08: Response Funding for ... 298 tabled as SP568/08) ... 1905 MLA Task Force on Continuing Care Health Service Powers of attorney–Registration and Accommodation Standards (2005) General remarks ... 1668 Recommendations ... 309 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Municipal sustainability initiative Disabilities Act Seniors' centres funding under ... 139, 309 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP113/08: Tabled) ... 428 New Horizons for Seniors program (Federal) Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying Initiative General remarks ... 309 Funding for ... 1899 Ombudsman Property tax–Education levy Seniors' abuse investigations ... 300 Seniors' tax relief re ... 20, 298, 306–07, 308, 582, Oral Question Period (2008) 712, 1143 Aids to Daily Living program ... 1514 Protection for persons in care Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 790 Funding for ... 301 Assured income for the severely handicapped ... 169, Protection for Persons in Care Act 217–18, 790, 1902–03, 2075 Effectiveness of ... 300 Continuing care standards ... 137–38 Review of ... 310–11 Continuing care strategy ... 2182 Public assistance Education property taxes ... 582 Benefits, exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... Elder abuse ... 1899 1287 Funding for service providers in support agencies ... Public Guardian 2014 Investigative powers change (Bill 24) ... 1095 Home-care programs for seniors ... 794 Role of, re dependent adults ... 1668 Income support levels ... 170 Public Trustee Insulin pump therapy ... 1513 Investigative powers change (Bill 24) ... 1095 Kiwanis Place seniors' residence ... 2135 Role of, re dependent adults ... 1668 Lodge assistance program ... 1022–23 Public utilities–Rates Long-term and continuing care ... 289 Rate increases, impact on low-income families ... Long-term care ... 52, 82–83, 86 396–97 Persons with developmental disabilities ... 2017 Regional health authorities Persons with developmental disabilities program ... Continuing care standards, setting of ... 302 291 Registered disability savings plans Protection of vulnerable seniors ... 1668 Exemption of, in calculation of social assistance Registered disability savings plan ... 1287, 2074–75 benefits ... 1287, 2074, 2103 Registered disability savings plans ... 2103 General remarks ... 2103 Seniors' benefit programs ... 712 Rent increases 88 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Impact on seniors ... 1144 Supportive living facilities–Inspection Rodeo General remarks ... 138, 307, 661 As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2039 Supportive living facilities–Standards Senior citizens General remarks ... 661 Federal government programs ... 309 Supportive living licensing act (Proposed) Government programs ... 20, 308, 712, 1143 General remarks ... 661 Protection of ... 1668 Tax incentives Senior citizens–Dental care For disabled employees ... 169 General remarks ... 314 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Mobile dental units for ... 313 Day Act (Bill 37) Senior citizens–Housing Second reading ... 1678–79 Affordable options re ... 2182 United Way Fees, assistance with ... 1671 Grants for seniors' projects ... 309 General remarks ... 1671 Wages–Disabled facility employees Provincial initiatives re ... 1144, 2016 Increase to ... 2014 Senior citizens–Medical care Wages–Mental health facility employees Insulin pump therapy ... 1513 General remarks ... 306 Senior citizens–Transportation Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees General remarks ... 309 Increase to ... 2014 Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Wild Rose Foundation General remarks ... 20, 304 Seniors' centres funding ... 309 Joint report on seniors' centres funding ... 309 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Study of seniors' advocate idea ... 299 General remarks ... 1899 Seniors' advocate (Proposal) Jacobs, Broyce (PC, Cardston-Taber-Warner) General remarks ... 20, 299, 304 Agriculture Seniors' centres Government assistance programs ... 291 Financial support to ... 138–39, 309 Agriculture competitiveness initiative General remarks ... 312 General remarks ... 134 Nurse practitioner services in ... 309 Alberta farm recovery program Seniors' issues General remarks ... 291 Telephone information line re ... 20, 1671 Alberta Farm Safety Centre Seniors' shelters Member's statement re ... 1685 General remarks ... 1899 Beef industry Social Care Facilities Licensing Act Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134–35 Review of ... 301 Biofuels industry Social housing Use of food crops as feedstock ... 977 Rent supplement program: AISH recipients access to Competitive Initiative Steering Group (Agriculture) ... 306, 2075 Report ... 134 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Electric power lines Funding for ... 298 Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 475 Speaker Tie line with Montana (500 kV), public hearings re ... Election of ... 1 475 Role of ... 1 Enmax Corporation Supportive living facilities Wind power agreements with school boards ... 2208 Affordable supportive living initiative ... 289, 298, Farm produce–United States 303, 2016, 2182 Country of origin label regulation for ... 135 Aging in place strategy ... 52, 86 Farm safety–Teaching Assisted living facilities ... 300 Member's statement re ... 1685 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Fertilizers–Prices care facilities to ... 86, 289 General remarks ... 2053 Designated assisted living facilities, assistance to Fish and wildlife officers low-income seniors in ... 298 Hunting regulations enforcement ... 1781 Legislation re, pending ... 1823–24 Food–Prices Provincial initiatives re ... 2016 Impact of bioenergy production on ... 977 Seniors' lodges: Assistance program for ... 298, 422, Food–Supply 1022–23, 2016 Shortage of, impact of biofuel production on ... 977 Seniors' lodges: Eligible resident in, definition of ... Food industry and trade 1022–23 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134–35 Seniors' lodges: Residents' discretionary spending Hunters–Education level ... 2079 General remarks ... 1781 Seniors' lodges: Safety issues ... 1824 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Seniors' lodges: Standards for ... 661 Second reading ... 95–96 Website for information re ... 302, 304, 307 Committee ... 440 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 89

Hunting–Regulations Reduction of ... 711 Enforcement of ... 1781 Alberta–Economic conditions Livestock industry Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1426 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134–35 Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Members' Statements (2008) Second reading ... 1871–72 Alberta Farm Safety Centre ... 1685 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Taber Terry Fox Run ... 1543–44 Council Wind power ... 2208 General remarks ... 221–22 Oral Question Period (2008) Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Agricultural fertilizer prices ... 2053 Second reading ... 1882 Agriculture and food industry competitiveness ... Alberta Emergency Management Agency 134–35 General remarks ... 532 Alberta-Montana electricity transmission line ... 475 Wildfire control role ... 793 Bioenergy industry impacts ... 977 Alberta Energy Research Institute Farm recovery plan ... 291 Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage Hunter education and training ... 1781 project, involvement in ... 1385 Water management ... 173 Alberta farm recovery program Wildlife predation on livestock ... 1538 General remarks ... 711 Pork industry Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board Competitiveness/sustainability ... 134–35 Additional powers for ... 1323 Safety Smarts (Farm safety program) Alberta project promoting active living and healthy General remarks ... 1685 eating School boards–Southwest Alberta Member's statement re ... 256 Wind power energy agreements with Enmax ... 2208 Alberta Research Council School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Carbon dioxide emissions injection into ponds, joint Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) research project re ... 222 Second reading ... 2151–52 Asset-backed commercial paper Sheriffs Treasury Branch investment in ... 1427 Hunting regulation enforcement function ... 1781 Beef–Export Speech from the Throne Initiatives re ... 711 Debate ... 154–55 Beef industry Terry Fox Run, Taber Competitiveness/sustainability ... 711 Member's statement re ... 1543–44 Provincial assistance to ... 711 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Reduction of regulations re ... 711 General remarks ... 173 Bitumen–Royalties Water licences Bitumen royalty-in-kind policy ... 1945 Allocation of ... 173 Canadian Association for School Libraries Water resources development General remarks ... 1535 General remarks ... 173 Canadian Library Month Water resources development–Southern Alberta General remarks ... 1535 General remarks ... 173 Capital Region Board Water storage–Milk River watershed General remarks ... 21 General remarks ... 173 Carbon dioxide sequestration Water supply–Southern Alberta Funding for projects re ... 1385 General remarks ... 173 General remarks ... 221–22 Wildlife damage to livestock Test wells for ... 1384–85 Provincial programs re ... 1538 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Wind power 2008 (Bill 40) Member's statement re ... 2208 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP601/08: Tabled) ... Johnson, Jeff (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) 2067 Aboriginal issues Children–Physical fitness Federal/provincial consultation on ... 1780 Promotion of ... 256 Aboriginal land claims Clark, Mrs. Bertha General remarks ... 1780 Member's statement re ... 708 Aboriginal peoples–Education Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs General remarks ... 1780 Creation of ... 1979 Aboriginal treaty rights Disaster relief General remarks ... 1780 Forest fires, Thorhild County ... 793, 898 Aboriginal women's issues Edmonton Garrison Military Family Resource Centre General remarks ... 708 Member's statement re ... 469 Affordable housing Emergency planning Member's statement re ... 1979 Member's statement re ... 532 Agricultural subsidies Emergency Preparedness Week 90 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Member's statement re ... 532 Beef recovery strategies ... 711 Environmental technology Capital region municipal planning ... 21 General remarks ... 222 Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council ... Equalization payments 221–22 General remarks ... 1736 Federal equalization payments ... 1736 Financial institutions–Alberta SCAN investigative teams ... 1986–87 Lending practices ... 1426 Strategic oil and gas reserves ... 1945–46 Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) Test wells for carbon storage and capture ... 1384–85 First reading ... 1323 Treasury Branches investments ... 1426 Second reading ... 1371 Wildfire assistance ... 898 Third reading ... 1770 Wildfires in Thorhild County ... 793 Funerals Order of Canada Legislation re, Bill 27 ... 1323 Mrs. Bertha Clark, recipient of ... 708 Gas, Natural–Export–Overseas Pathways to Housing program, Calgary General remarks ... 1946 General remarks ... 1979 Gas reserves, Strategic Radway and District Friends of STARS General remarks ... 1945 Member's statement re ... 58 Greenhouse gas emissions Rapid exit housing program, Edmonton Reduction of ... 221–22 General remarks ... 1979 Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative Third reading ... 1453 General remarks ... 1986–87 Hockey championships Shell Canada Limited Member's statement re ... 971 Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage Homeless–Housing project ... 1384–85 Member's statement re ... 1979 Social housing Homeless and eviction prevention fund Rent supplement program ... 1979 General remarks ... 1979 Speech from the Throne Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Debate ... 187–88 Carbon capture possibilities ... 221–22 Transportation fuels Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Strategic reserve of ... 1945 General remarks ... 21 Treasury Branches International finance Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 1427 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1426 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1426 Libraries Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 1426 Future direction of, MLA committee to review ... Wildfires–Thorhild County 1535 Control procedures ... 793 Libraries, School Member's statement re ... 796 Member's statement re ... 1535 Municipal compensation for ... 898 Maiden Speeches World Trade Organization General remarks ... 187–88 Negotiations at ... 711 Members' Statements (2008) Yellow Ribbon Gala Benefit Dinner Bertha Clark ... 708 Member's statement re ... 469 Hockey championships ... 971 Johnston, Art (PC, Calgary-Hays) National Housing Day ... 1979 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 National School Library Day ... 1535 (Bill 33) Promoting active living and healthy eating ... 256 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP437 & 485/08: Radway and District Friends of STARS ... 58 Tabled) ... 1622 Wildfires in thorhild County ... 796 Alberta Conservation Team Yellow Ribbon Gala ... 469 General remarks ... 1087 National Housing Day Alberta Emergency Management Agency Member's statement re ... 1979 Funding for search and rescue groups ... 391 National School Library Day Animal cruelty investigations Member's statement re ... 1535 Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... Native Women's Association of Canada 951–52, 957–58 General remarks ... 708 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Nutrition guidelines for children and youth Completion of ... 218 General remarks ... 256 Automobiles–Seizure Oil–Export–Overseas For highway racing offences (Motion 503: General remarks ... 1946 Johnston/Brown) ... 445 Oil reserves, Strategic Bail hearings General remarks ... 1945 Bail packages and prolific offenders ... 1692 Oral Question Period (2008) Bullying Aboriginal consultations ... 1780 In schools, articles re (SP640-641/08: Tabled) ... 2184 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 91

Canadian armed forces Calgary ring road ... 218–19 Member's statement re ... 1819 Crime and safe communities ... 1631 Cellular telephones Crime reduction ... 766 Use while driving, ban on, legislation re (Bill 203) ... Federal building renovations ... 1542–43 224 Liquor supply ... 1739 Chief Medical Officer of Health Networked radio system for emergency responders ... Role of ... 1355 1317 Crime prevention Offender management ... 1582 Educational materials re ... 766 Offender supervision ... 1692 Crime reduction One Simple Act program ... 1087 General remarks ... 766 Public health ... 1355 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Public health system reform ... 18 General remarks ... 1692 Residential tenancy disputes ... 1214 Diesel fuel–Supply South Calgary health campus ... 1510 Shortage of, impact on liquor distribution system ... Pediatrics (Journal) 1739 Bullying in schools, article re (SP641/08: Tabled) ... Executive Council 2184 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 678–79 Police Policy co-ordination office ... 678 Increase in numbers of ... 1631 Federal Building, Edmonton Probation officers Environmental considerations (LEED standard for) ... Caseloads ... 1582 1543 Increase in numbers of ... 1582 Renovation of ... 1542–43 Public health system Gang-related crime Changes to policies/services re ... 1355 Specialized police units to combat ... 1631 Public safety (From criminal activity) Government communications General remarks ... 1631 Performance measures re ... 679 Radio communications system (first responder system) Hand-held communication devices General remarks ... 1317 Use while driving, ban on, legislation re (Bill 204) ... Regional health authorities 224 Changes to governance of ... 18 Health workforce planning Removal of ... 18 General remarks ... 1510 Repeat offenders Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) General remarks ... 1692 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP338/08: Tabled) ... Residential tenancies dispute resolution service 1347 General remarks ... 1214 Highway racing Ring roads–Calgary Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Completion of ... 218 Johnston/Brown) ... 445 Southeast section ... 218–19 Hockey championships School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) SAIT Trojans hockey team championship, member's Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) statement re ... 59 Second reading ... 2143–44 Homicide Search and Rescue Day Incidence of ... 1631 Member's statement re ... 391 Hospitals–Calgary Starker, Cpl. Michael New south Calgary hospital ... 1510 Member's statement re ... 618 New south Calgary hospital: Staffing issues ... 1510 Statistics Canada Kasian Architecture Interior Design and Planning Ltd. Bullying in schools, article re (SP640/08: Tabled) ... Federal Building renovator ... 1542 2184 Liquor supply Traffic Safety Act Distribution of ... 1739 Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Medical care highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Reform of (action plan re) ... 18 445 Members' Statements (2008) Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Corporal Michael Starker ... 618 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Emergency Preparedness Week ... 532 First reading ... 224 Search and Rescue Day ... 391 Second reading ... 937–38, 949 Tribute to the Canadian Forces ... 1819 Volunteers (Search and rescue) Ministers (Provincial government) Member's statement re ... 391 Mandate letters for ... 678 Kang, Darshan S. (L, CalgaryMcCall) One Simple Act program (Environmental protection Alberta–Economic conditions campaign) General remarks ... 720 General remarks ... 1087 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Oral Question Period (2008) Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to 92 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion ... 119 501: Griffiths) ... 114 Separation into two boards ... 119 Cooperatives Act Alberta Government Offices Registration of businesses in other provinces ... 455 General remarks ... 648 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 722 General remarks ... 722 Dept. of Education Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 241–42 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Dept. of Employment and Immigration presented re ... 165, 257, 296, 348, 401, 478, 533, Supplementary estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 586, 619, 666, 718, 769, 848, 903–04, 980, 1024, 119 1095, 1221 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Alberta Utilities Commission Budget decrease for ... 647 General remarks ... 119, 763, 845–46 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 646–48 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46, 2007) Dept. of Service Alberta General remarks ... 763, 846 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 450–55 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Second reading ... 261 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 865 Alberta's Commission on Learning Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development High school completion recommendations ... 1022 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 784 Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Dept. of Transportation Second reading ... 985–86 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 720–25 Auditor General Drunk driving–Prevention Deferred maintenance backlog comments ... 723 Initiatives re ... 723–24 IT control framework across government, Edmonton International Airport recommendation re ... 54 Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Sole-source contracts in Sustainable Resource Rogers) ... 638–39 Development dept., comments re ... 784 Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Automobiles–Ignition systems Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Locking mechanism for ... 724 Second reading ... 270 Automobiles–Seizure Electric power lines–Construction For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Public hearings re ... 763 Johnston/Brown) ... 446, 448 Energy Resources Conservation Board Bow Valley College General remarks ... 119 Expansion ... 613 English as a Second Language Business Corporations Act Funding for ... 242 Registration of businesses in other provinces ... 455 Exports Calgary Health Region General remarks ... 720 Funding for ... 471 Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Calgary International Airport (Bill 13) Airport Trail tunnel construction funding ... 659–60, Third reading ... 987 725 Foreign workers, Temporary Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Recruitment from India ... 647 Concerns of residents of ... 1786 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Member for, member's statement re ... 1786 Amendment of ... 450, 451 Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund Requests under ... 451 General remarks ... 724 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Central Alberta Rural Electification Association Amendment Act, 2006 (Bill 20, 2006) Letter re Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 846 General remarks ... 450 Climate change Government aircraft Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 290 Flight logs, budget line item re ... 451 Collective bargaining Government openness First-contract certification legislation ... 1222 General remarks ... 450, 451 Committees, Policy field Performance measures re ... 451 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 75 Government Organization Act Conflict of interest Registry agent fee structure sections ... 455 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 452 Government vehicles Consumer Advocate Act (Bill 202, 2007) Emissions reduction initiatives for ... 222, 290–91 General remarks ... 452 Emissions reduction initiatives for (hybrid vehicles) Consumer protection ... 290–91, 396, 794, 1213–14 Funding for ... 452 Energy effciency requirements for ... 794 Legislation improvement re ... 452 High school completion Consumption tax, Provincial Aboriginal students ... 1022 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 93

General remarks ... 1022 Highway 63 ... 18 High school completion–Rural areas Highway 727 ... 426 General remarks ... 1022 Highway maintenance ... 82, 135, 171, 583–84 Highway 55 Protection of personal information ... 54 General remarks ... 712 Senior official vehicle fleet ... 290–91 Highway 63 Southwest Calgary ring road ... 975–76 Twinning ... 18, 123 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 763, 845–46 Highway 727 Vehicle emissions ... 222 Realignment of ... 426 Partnership Act Highway racing Registration of businesses in other provinces ... 455 Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Johnston/Brown) ... 446, 448 Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 165, 257, Immigrant children–Education 296, 348, 401, 479, 533, 586, 619, 666, 718, 769, General remarks ... 1093 848, 903–04, 980, 1024, 1095, 1221 Income Support program Police General remarks ... 119 Truck inspection checkstop role ... 926–27 Income tax, Provincial Port Alberta Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: General remarks ... 722 Griffiths) ... 114 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 638–39 Information and communications technology (cross- Postsecondary educational institutions–Computer government initiative) systems General remarks ... 54 Security aspects re student financial data ... 54 Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Private schools–Finance Economy (U of C) General remarks ... 241–42 Expansion of ... 613 Property tax–Education levy International trade–India Seniors' tax relief re ... 241 General remarks ... 646–47 Public buildings Labour laws and legislation Environmental impact of, reduction of ... 222 Changes to, letters re (SP292/08: Tabled) ... 1222 LEED standards for ... 222 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Public contracts Second reading ... 1170, 1171–72, 1184–85 Sole-source contracts, Auditor General's comments re Committee ... 1227–29, 1257, 1263 ... 784 Land titles–Registration Public inquiries Budget for ... 450 Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, Land-use framework and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 165, 257, 296, General remarks ... 784 348, 401, 478, 533, 586, 619, 666, 718, 769, 848, Legal aid 903–04, 980, 1024, 1095, 1221 Funding for ... 795 Public records–Confidentiality Local Authorities Pension Plan General remarks ... 450, 453, 454 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Maintenance of, by cross-government framework ... presented re ... 165, 257, 296, 348, 401, 478, 533, 54 586, 619, 666, 718, 769, 848, 903–04, 980, 1024, Public service–Alberta 1095, 1221 Senior officials in, vehicle usage, fuel efficiency Maiden Speeches standards for ... 290–91, 297 General remarks ... 194–95 Senior officials in, vehicle usage, pamphlet re Ministers (Provincial government) (SP86/08: Tabled) ... 297 Salary levels for, setting of ... 1213–14 Public Service Pension Plan Vehicles used by, fuel efficiency standards for ... Public inquiry into administration of, petitions 290–91, 1213–14 presented re ... 165, 257, 296, 348, 401, 478, 533, Mount Royal College 586, 619, 666, 718, 769, 848, 903–04, 980, 1024, Expansion ... 613 1095, 1221 Oral Question Period (2008) Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Calgary International Airport ... 659–60 Funding for study re ... 123 Calgary urban campus project ... 613 General remarks ... 725 Commercial vehicle inspection ... 897–98, 926–27 Report ... 1092 Commercial vehicle inspections ... 977 Regional health authorities Efficiency of government vehicle fleet ... 396 Funding formula for ... 471 Energy efficiency in government vehicles ... 1213–14 Privacy of information held by ... 454 Energy efficiency of government vehicles ... 794 Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Funding formula for regional health authorities ... 471 General remarks ... 453, 454 High school completion ... 1022 Replacement workers High-speed rail link ... 1092 General remarks ... 1222 Highway 55 ... 712 Ring roads–Calgary 94 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Funding for ... 123 Participation in urban campus concept ... 613 Southwest section, land aquisition for, from Tsuu Urban campus concept–Calgary T'ina nation ... 975–76 General remarks ... 613 Road construction Utilities Consumer Advocate Resource road program, funding for ... 725 Funding for ... 452 Roads–Maintenance and repair Funding for, from utility companies ... 452 Auditor General's report on ... 723 Governance model for ... 452 General remarks ... 721–22 Letter from Central Alberta REA re ... 846 Privatization of ... 82, 135, 171, 583, 712, 722–23 Position held by deputy minister ... 452 Privatization of, performance measures re ... 584 Role of ... 453, 763, 845–46 Privatization of, review of ... 171 Workplace certification (Labour laws) School councils General remarks ... 1222 Fund-raising activities ... 241 Klimchuk, Hon. Heather (PC, Edmonton-Glenora) School nutrition programs Alberta Motor Association General remarks ... 242 Input into registry agencies security issues ... 454 Schools–Closure Alberta Registries General remarks ... 241 Funding for ... 450, 454 Schools–Construction General remarks ... 449 General remarks ... 241 Alberta Utilities Commission Public/private projects re ... 241–42 General remarks ... 458, 763, 1065 Security guards–Training Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46, 2007) General remarks ... 865 General remarks ... 763 Softwoods–Export–United States Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 647 2) (Bill 51) Solicitor General's college Committee ... 2195 Security guard training at ... 865 Association of Alberta Registry Agents Southern Alberta Institute of Technology General remarks ... 453, 454 Expansion of ... 613 Auditor General Speech from the Throne Government computer network security breach, Debate ... 194–95 report Standing Orders of ... 1353 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 75 IT control framework across government, Strategic economic corridors (Highway construction) recommendation re ... 54, 459 Funding for ... 123 Automobile drivers' licences Suncor Inc. Application process for out-of-country arrivals ... 978, Construction of Highway 63 intersection ... 18 1689 Supplementary estimates Enhancement of, with citizenship data ... 1539 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 119, 123 Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement General remarks ... 457 (Alberta /British Columbia) Automobile licence plates General remarks ... 648 Inclusion of identity chip on ... 461 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Redesign of ... 449, 461 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Single plate system ... 462 1) BizPaL (Website) Second reading ... 464 General remarks ... 449, 452 Committee ... 989–90 Border crossings–Canada/United States Traffic Safety Act Personal identification documents for ... 1539 Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Brokers of foreign worker importation highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Fees charged by ... 1091 446, 448 Business Corporations Act Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Registration of businesses in other provinces ... 455 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Canadian Payday Loan Association Second reading ... 939–40 General remarks ... 253 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Chief Information Officers' Council Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Cross government information technology control Second reading ... 1102–03 framework ... 459 Trucks–Inspection Chief Information Security Officer General remarks ... 724, 897–98, 926–27, 977 General remarks ... 1353 Privatization of ... 724, 897–98, 926–27, 977 Computers, Government–Security aspects Tsuu T'ina First Nation Hackers breach of ... 1353 Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... Conflict of interest 975–76 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 452, 456 University of Calgary Consumer protection 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 95

Re dishonest home renovation contractors ... 717 Government vehicles Funding for ... 450 Amortization of, increase in ... 456 General remarks ... 449, 451–52, 453 Emissions reduction initiatives for ... 222, 290–91, Legislation improvement re ... 452 1540–41 Re online shopping ... 2134–35 Emissions reduction initiatives for (hybrid vehicles) Re payday loan interest rates ... 253, 452 ... 290–91, 396, 457, 794, 1213–14, 1540, 1673 Re utility rates ... 1065 Energy effciency requirements for ... 794 COOLNet Alberta (Website) Idling policy re ... 1541, 1673 Consultation re ... 460 Home renovation contractors Cooperatives Act Reliability of ... 717 Registration of businesses in other provinces ... 455 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Criminal Code (Federal) General remarks ... 459 Payday loans interest rate maximums ... 253, 1628, Information and communications technology (cross- 1629 government initiative) Dept. of Service Alberta General remarks ... 54, 449, 459 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP386/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Land titles–Registration Business plan ... 449 Fee review re ... 460 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 449–62 Revenue from ... 460 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Volume of ... 460 during (SP219/08: Tabled) ... 1024 Land Titles Act Motor vehicle registrations, revenue from ... 457 Amendment of ... 459–60 Role of ... 449 Land titles examiners Electric power lines–Construction Salary scale, review of ... 1091–92 Public hearings re ... 763 Maiden Speeches Fair Trading Act General remarks ... 143–44 General remarks ... 449 Ministers (Provincial government) Internet sales provisions ... 2135 Vehicles used by, fuel efficiency standards for ... Prosecution of dishonest home renovation contractors 290–91, 1213–14, 1540–41, 1673 under ... 717 Oral Question Period (2008) Foreign workers, Temporary Driver licensing ... 1689 Truck driving issues re ... 456 Efficiency of government vehicle fleet ... 396 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Energy efficiency in government vehicles ... 1213–14 Amendment of ... 451 Energy efficiency of government vehicles ... 794 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP131/08: Tabled) ... Enhanced drivers' licences ... 1539 533–34 Gift cards ... 1357–58 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP622/08: Tabled) ... 2141 Government information network security ... 1353 General remarks ... 453 Home renovation contractors ... 717 Requests under ... 451 International drivers' licences ... 978 Requests under, costs of ... 455, 462 Land titles examiners ... 1091–92 Requests under, costs of, assistance re ... 456 Ministerial and senior official vehicle fleet ... 1673 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Ministerial vehicle fleet ... 1540–41 Review Committee (2002), Select Special Online shopping ... 2134–35 Report ... 453, 455 Payday loan industry ... 1628–29 Funeral Services Act Payday loans ... 253 Amendment of ... 461 Protection of personal information ... 54 Coverage of people with no fixed address ... 461 Recruitment fees for foreign workers ... 1091 Funerals Residential tenancy disputes ... 1214 Fees for ... 461 Senior official vehicle fleet ... 290–91 Gift cards Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 763, 1065 Elimination of expiry dates and fees re ... 1357–58 Vehicle emissions ... 222 Government aircraft Partnership Act Flight logs, budget line item re ... 456 Registration of businesses in other provinces ... 455 Government departments Payday loan companies Shared services among ... 449 Provincial regulation of ... 253, 452, 1628–29 Government information Payday loans–Interest rates Access to ... 449 Cap on ... 1628, 1629 Government information database (federal) Cap on, for low-income families on assistance ... Access to, denied ... 455 1629 Government openness Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1714–15 General remarks ... 450, 451 General remarks ... 253 Performance measures re ... 451 Personal Information Protection Act Government Organization Act General remarks ... 462 Registry agent fee structure sections ... 455 Personal Information Protection Act Review Committee, 96 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Select Special Alberta Electric System Operator Report, Nov. 14, 2007 ... 450–51, 462 Power failure plan ... 903 Privacy, Right of Wind power applications to ... 1021 General remarks ... 449 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Public buildings Directive 006, transfer of abandoned well sites ... 220 Environmental impact of, reduction of ... 222 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to LEED standards for ... 222 Calgary, hearing re: Use of private investigators at Public records–Confidentiality ... 119 Breach of ... 1353 Funding for, from industry ... 326 General remarks ... 449, 451, 453, 454 Mandate for ... 326 Maintenance of, by cross-government framework ... Separation into two boards ... 119, 315 54 Alberta Energy Research Institute Public service–Alberta Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage Senior officials in, vehicle usage, fuel efficiency project, involvement in ... 1385 standards for ... 290–91, 1673 Alberta Geological Survey Queen's Printer Survey for geothermal energy locations ... 1149 Sale of provincial statutes ... 461 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Regional health authorities Elimination of: Impact on Energy dept. ... 324 Privacy of information held by ... 454 Alberta Research Council Registry offices, Private Coal-bed methane testing, Rosebud area ... 327 General remarks ... 451 Alberta Utilities Commission Motor vehicle registrations, revenue from ... 457 Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across Revised contract for agents of ... 449 Lubicon land ... 1289 Truck driver licensing issues ... 456 General remarks ... 119, 315, 326–27, 763, 768, Registry offices, Private–Security aspects 845–46 General remarks ... 453, 454, 456 Staffing ... 324 Motor vehicle registrations ... 457 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46, 2007) Rental housing General remarks ... 119, 763, 768, 846 Eviction of tenants from, landlord's use of loophole re Auditor General ... 458, 459 Climate change plan, comments on lack of Legislation re ... 459 measurements for ... 1735 Residential tenancies dispute resolution service Energy price forecasting recommendation ... 319 General remarks ... 449, 453, 1214 Resource royalty system comments ... 328, 330, 331, Retail Council of Canada 610 Gift cards question ... 1358 Biofuels industry Shopping, Online Funding for ... 319 Consumer protection issues re ... 2134–35 General remarks ... 2015 Fraudulent practices re, investigation and prosecution Use of food crops as feedstock ... 328, 977 of ... 2135 Use of food crops as feedstock, integrated pods Speech from the Throne (business clusters) re ... 328, 330 Debate ... 143–44 Use of food crops as feedstock, subsidies for ... Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement 328–29, 974–75 (Alberta /British Columbia) Use of forest products as feedstock ... 328 General remarks ... 454 Water requrements for ... 764–65 Truck drivers Biomass as energy source Licensing of, registry offices aspects ... 456 General remarks ... 977 Utilities Consumer Advocate Bitumen Funding for ... 450, 462 Use of hydrogen from coal to upgrade ... 765 Funding for, from utility companies ... 452, 458, 462 Bitumen–Export General remarks ... 452, 1065 General remarks ... 1946 Governance model for ... 449, 452–53, 458 Bitumen–Royalties Performance measures re ... 458 Bitumen royalty-in-kind policy ... 1945 Position held by deputy minister ... 453, 456 Level of ... 166, 217, 324 Role of ... 453, 763 Bitumen pipelines Vital Statistics General remarks ... 1946 Annual review, 2006 (SP602/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Bruce Power Knight, Hon. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Nuclear power plant proposal for Peace River ... 82 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Carbon dioxide sequestration Council Funding for projects re ... 1385, 1473–74, 1735–36, Accelerating Carbon Capture and Storage in Alberta, 2010–11, 2076 interim report (SP412/08: Tabled) ... 1479 Funding for projects re, Auditor General' comments Business background of representatives on ... 2076 re ... 1735 General remarks ... 222, 1474 General remarks ... 222, 315, 1320 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 97

Impact on refining capacity ... 1388 Safety of oil sands tailings ponds (not proceeded News story re ... 2010 with) ... 621 Test wells for ... 1385 Emergency planning Central Alberta Rural Electification Association Oil pipeline spill, Otauwau River ... 396 Letter re Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 846 Enbridge Inc. Climate change Gateway pipeline to west coast ... 1946 Alberta plan for ... 328, 1149 Encana Corporation Alberta plan for: Auditor General's report on ... 1735 Quarterly dividend increase ... 133 Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund Energy conservation Levy on polluters to create ... 1473–74 Funding for ... 319 Coal–Royalties Energy efficiency Differentiation in, depending on the end use of the Funding for ... 328 coal ... 765 Energy efficiency Act (Proposed) General remarks ... 318 General remarks ... 319 Coal-bed methane–Supply Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United General remarks ... 321 States) Coal-bed methane extraction General remarks ... 172 Groundwater pollution issues ... 327 Energy industry Coal gasification Junior companies in, impact of New Royalty General remarks ... 330 Framework on ... 83 Coal gasification–Tofield area Value-adding/upgrading in ... 315, 1320 Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project ... 330 Energy industry–Research and development Compton Petroleum Corporation General remarks ... 315, 325, 330 Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 327 Use of results of, by other provinces ... 325 Contaminated sites Energy Innovation Fund Cleanup of ... 220 General remarks ... 83, 328, 330 Dept. of Energy Energy resources Annual report, 2007-08 (SP375/08: Tabled) ... 1433 General remarks ... 315 Budget: Impact of health care premiums elimination Energy resources, Alternate/renewable on ... 324 General remarks ... 315, 1149, 2010, 2014, 2015 Budget: Resource development and managment item Energy Resources Conservation Board ... 319, 328 General remarks ... 119, 315, 326–27, 328 Business plan ... 322 Oil sands tailings ponds management plans, Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 315–19, 321–31 responsible for ... 609 Main estimates 2008-09: Responses to questions Sour gas drilling, Tomahawk area ... 1691–92 during (SP296/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Sour gas drilling/pipeline, Eastern Slopes area, Ministerial orders 31/2008 and 46/2008 (SP369/08: application for ... 1779–80 Tabled) ... 1433 Sour oil/gas drilling approval process ... 900 Revenue ... 330 Staffing ... 324 Diamonds Energy strategy Mining of ... 325 Completion of ... 168, 315, 328, 1320 Diesel fuel–Import EPCOR Group of Companies During times of shortage in local supplies ... 1320 Comment re power failure possibility ... 902–03 Diesel fuel–Supply Ethane Shortage of ... 1320, 2077 Extraction of, from throughput of pipelines ... 321 Electric power, Coal-produced Ethane extraction project General remarks ... 136, 318, 765 General remarks ... 318 Electric power–Prices Ethanol from food crops General remarks ... 1217 Impact on food and water supplies ... 328–29, Regulated option re ... 1144, 1217 764–65, 975 Electric power–Supply Food–Prices Shortage of (blackouts) ... 902–03 Impact of bioenergy production on ... 977 Electric power lines Food–Supply Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 475 Shortage of, impact of ethanol production on ... 765 Tie line with Montana (500 kV), public hearings re ... Gas, Natural 475 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 318, Electric power lines–Construction 321 To accommodate wind generation projects ... 1021 Gas, Natural–British Columbia General remarks ... 902–03 Development of ... 325 Public hearings re ... 763 Gas, Natural–Export Electric utilities–Regulations Relation to natural gas supply ... 321 Deregulation ... 1144 Gas, Natural–Export–Overseas Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 General remarks ... 1946 98 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Gas, Natural–Prices Sale of, impact of New Royalty Framework on ... 86 Auditor General's recommendations re ... 319 Sale of, revenue from ... 324–25 Forecasting of ... 317, 318–19 Mines and mineral industry Gas, Natural–Supply Provincial encouragement of ... 325 Relation to natural gas export ... 321 Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Gas pipelines–British Columbia to Alberta Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) General remarks ... 325 Second reading ... 1881–82 Gas pipelines–Eastern Slopes area Committee ... 1993–98 Environmental aspects ... 1779–80 National Energy Board (Federal) Gas well drilling industry–Eastern Slopes Permit granted for Alberta-Montana electric power General remarks ... 1779–80 line ... 475 Gas well drilling industry–Environmental aspects Natural Gas Price Protection Act Impact on water supplies ... 327 General remarks ... 321–22 Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Natural gas rebates General remarks ... 900, 1691–92, 1779–80 General remarks ... 321 Gas well drilling industry–Tomahawk area Natural resources revenue General remarks ... 1691–92 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 133, 610 Gas well drilling industry–Urban areas Forecasts for, letter from minister re (SP179/08: General remarks ... 900 Tabled) ... 770 Gasoline–Prices Forecasts for, public release of ... 324 General remarks ... 1387–88 General remarks ... 315, 317, 322–23, 323–25, 330, Impact on tourism ... 975 331 Relation to royalties ... 81 Performance measures re ... 328 Gasoline–Taxation New Royalty Framework (2007) Provincial tax ... 81 Application to Suncor and Syncrude ... 85, 166, 217, General Electric Company 316, 324, 1150 Nuclear power promotion in Alberta, role in ... 296 General remarks ... 315, 316, 317, 319, 323–24, 324, Geothermal power 1150, 1945, 1984 General remarks ... 1149, 2015 Impact on junior energy companies ... 83 Geothermal power–Royalties Impact on mineral rights sales ... 86 General remarks ... 1149 Reaction to oil price changes ... 81, 84, 133, 288, 322, Greenhouse gas emissions 841–42, 1057–58, 1984 Reduction of ... 222 Royalty holiday, five-year (shallow drilling) ... 1984 Groundwater Royalty projections in, documents based on (M3/08: Inventory/mapping of ... 327, 328 Defeated) ... 624 Testing of ... 327 Nuclear power plants Highpine Energy Ltd. Expert panel to review ... 82, 167–68, 216, 2014, Sour gas well, Tomahawk area ... 1691–92 2015 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Expert panel to review: Documents re appointment of Committee ... 435 (M15/08: Defeated) ... 1393 Hydrogen from coal Expert panel to review: Pro-nuclear position of Use in bitumen upgrading ... 765 member of ... 216 Imperial Oil Ltd. Expert panel to review: Report ... 1287 Upgrader repairs, cause of diesel fuel shortage ... Federal/provincial jurisdiction re ... 168 2077 General remarks ... 82, 167–68, 2014 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Public discussions re ... 82, 168, 216, 2014 Carbon capture possibilities ... 222 Sierra Club position on ... 216, 296 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Oil–Export–Overseas Second reading ... 1196 General remarks ... 1946 Lobbyists–Registration Oil–Prices Delay in implementation of ... 82 Auditor General's recommendations re ... 319 Lubicon Lake Band Forecasting of ... 317, 318–19 Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on ... Impact on New Royalty Framework ... 81, 133, 288, 1289 841–42, 1057–58 Members' corrections Oil–Royalites Sierra Club position on nuclear power ... 216, 296 General remarks ... 133, 331, 1057–58 Members of the Legislative Assembly Oil pipelines–Otauwau River area Anniversary congratulations to ... 2079 Spill, environmental impact ... 396 Members' withdrawal of remarks Oil recovery methods Parliamentary language ... 2021 Enhanced recovery methods, impact of New Royalty Minable oil sands strategy Framework on ... 83 General remarks ... 609 Oil refineries Mineral rights Increase to capacity of ... 1320, 1388 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 99

Oil reserves, Strategic Parliamentary language General remarks ... 1945 General remarks ... 2021 Oil sands development Petrochemical industry Impact of U.S. energy bill (fuel standards) on ... 132 Ethane as feedstock for ... 318, 321 Use of natural gas supplies ... 318, 321 Pipelines–Security aspects Value-added opportunities ... 315 Bombing incident, B.C./Alberta border ... 1386 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1386 Carbon dioxide emmisions reduction in ... 2010–11 Point of Order General remarks ... 132, 315 Insulting language ... 849 Oil sands development–Research Parliamentary language ... 2021 General remarks ... 315 Reclamation of land Oil sands tailings ponds Oil sands tailings ponds ... 315 Management plans re, tabling of ... 609 Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs ... 609 Reclamation of ... 315 Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security Reclamation of, cleanup costs ... 609 posted for ... 469 Reclamation of, cleanup costs, security posted for ... Royalty Review Panel 469 General remarks ... 323 Oil sands tailings ponds–Safety aspects Resource royalty system comments ... 610 Request for emergency debate re ... 621 Royalty structure (Energy resources) OPTI Canada Inc. / Nexen Inc. Bitumen royalty option ... 322, 324 Alberta operation, carbon capture readiness of ... General remarks ... 317 2010 Performance measures ... 331 Oral Question Period (2008) Projections of value of, documents used to (M3/08: Alberta-Montana electricity transmission line ... 475 Defeated) ... 624 Bioenergy industry impacts ... 977 Royalty structure (Energy resources)–Alaska Bioenergy project subsidies ... 974–75 General remarks ... 322 Biofeuls industry ... 764–65 Shell Canada Limited Bitumen royalties ... 166, 217 Test well drilling for carbon capture and storage Bitumen valuation ... 1734 project ... 1385 Carbon capture and storage ... 1473–74, 1735–36, Sherritt International Corporation 2076 Coal mine/coal gasification project, Tofield area ... Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council ... 330 222 Sierra Club Carbon capture and storage in the oil sands ... Position on nuclear power ... 216, 296 2010–11 Representation on provincial panel studying nuclear Coal royalties ... 765 power ... 216 Electricity prices ... 1144, 1217 Solar power Electricity supply ... 902–03 General remarks ... 330 Environmental protection ... 220 Spills (Pollution)–Otauwau River Gasoline pricing ... 975, 1387–88 Pipeline oil leak into ... 396 Geothermal energy ... 1149 Suncor Inc. New royalty framework ... 81, 83–86, 288, 1150, Annual report, 2007: Royalty level comments ... 610 1984 Reclamation and cleanup funding ... 609 Nuclear energy ... 1287, 2014 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Nuclear power ... 82, 167–68, 216, 296 ... 85, 166, 217, 316, 324, 1150 Nuclear Power Expert Panel ... 2015 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Oil royalties price cap ... 841–42 of: Oil royalty framework ... 1057–58 Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled Oil sands development ... 132 as SP330/08) ... 935, 1295 Pipeline oil spill ... 396 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 317 Pipeline security ... 1386 Upgrader repairs, cause of diesel fuel shortage ... Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 469, 609 1320, 2077 Royalty revenues ... 133, 610 Supplementary estimates Safety of sour gas wells ... 1691–92, 1779–80 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 119 Sour oil and gas development ... 900 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Strategic oil and gas reserves ... 1945–46 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Supply of diesel fuel ... 1320, 2077 ... 85, 166, 316, 324, 1150 Syncrude response to waterfowl deaths ... 342 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Test wells for carbon storage and capture ... 1385 of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response TransCanada PipeLines north central corridor project tabled as SP330/08) ... 935, 1295 ... 1289 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 317 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 768, 845–46 Terrorist attacks Wind power generation ... 136, 1021 On pipelines ... 1386 100 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Preparedness for ... 1386 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 828 Tourism Dept. of Municipal Affairs Impact of gasoline prices on ... 975 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 804–05 TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. Dept. of Transportation North Central Corridor project across Lubicon Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 725–26 territory ... 1289 Dr. Margaret Savage Crisis Centre electricity generating system ... 331 General remarks ... 1423 Transportation fuels Elizabeth Métis Settlement Strategic reserve of ... 1945 Police services on ... 2076 Utilities Consumer Advocate Energy efficiency Letter from Central Alberta REA re ... 846 Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2161–62 Role of ... 763, 768, 845–46 Fishing Lake Métis Settlement Water power Firefighting capacity ... 1430–31 General remarks ... 315, 2015 Police services on ... 2076 Slave River rapids, harnessing of ... 331 Forest management Water supply General remarks ... 474 Impact of gas well drilling on ... 327 Fort McMurray Use by biofuels industry ... 764–65 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 805 Water wells–Rosebud area Highway 28–Cold Lake area Contamination with methane gas ... 327 Twinning ... 726 Well sites, Abandoned Highway 55–Bonneyville north Remediation of ... 220 Widening of, letters re (SP460/08: Tabled) ... 1695 Wind power Highway 55–La Corey to Iron River Approval times for new projects ... 136 Upgrading of ... 725–26 General remarks ... 315, 330, 475, 1021, 2015 Holodomor (Ukrainian famine) Kowalski, Kenneth R. (PC, Barrhead-Morinville- Member's statement re ... 418–19 Westlock) Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Second reading ... 96–97 Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1 Committee ... 432–33 Speaker Libraries Election of ... 1 Future direction of, MLA committee to review ... 804 Leskiw, Genia (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) Libraries–Finance Aboriginal children–Education General remarks ... 788–89, 804–05 General remarks ... 2076 Maiden Speeches Affordable housing–Fort McMurray General remarks ... 27–29 General remarks ... 828 Members' Statements (2008) Affordable housing–Northeast Alberta Breast Cancer Awarness Month ... 1544 General remarks ... 828 Cold Lake Affordable Housing Society ... 1423 Alberta Forest Week Commemoration of Holodomor ... 418–19 General remarks ... 474 Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month ... 1023–24 Alberta Public Library Electronic Network Enthronement of Ukrainian Orthodox bishop ... 1624 General remarks ... 789 National Nursing Week ... 608 Alberta SuperNet Special Olympics Month ... 1785 Public library access to ... 789 Métis settlements Alberta Telus Tour for the Cure (Breast cancer Firefighting capacity, funding for ... 1430–31 awareness) Funding for ... 524–25, 1430–31 General remarks ... 1544 Issues on ... 2076 Beverage containers–Deposit rates Police services on ... 2076 Increase in ... 1471–72 Métis Settlements General Council Beverage containers–Recycling Provincial funding framework ... 1430–31 General remarks ... 1471–72 Milk containers–Recycling Breast cancer General remarks ... 1472 Awareness tour for ... 1544 Municipal sustainability initiative Screening program for ... 1544 Fort McMurray/Cold Lake projects funding under ... Breast Cancer Awareness Month 805 Member's statement re ... 1544 Public library funding under ... 789, 804–05 Cold Lake Affordable Housing Society National Nursing Week Member's statement re ... 1423 Member's statement re ... 608 Cold Lake (Town) Newborn metabolic screening program (cystic fibrosis) Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 805 Member's statement re ... 1023–24 Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month Nurses Member's statement re ... 1023–24 Member's statement re ... 608 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Oral Question Period (2008) 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 101

Beverage container recycling program ... 1471–72 General remarks ... 173 Forest management practices ... 474 Alberta Cancer Board Grade 3 achievement tests ... 766–67 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP553/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Library services ... 788–89 Dissolution of (Bill 42) ... 1588 Métis settlements funding ... 524–25 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Métis settlements services ... 2076 Board ... 762, 1086 Registered disability savings plans ... 2103 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Support for Métis settlements firefighters ... 1430–31 Board, legislation re ... 1316 Registered disability savings plans Replacement by single provincial Health Services General remarks ... 2103 Board, member's statement re ... 758–59 Rental housing–Supply Alberta Cancer Foundation General remarks ... 828 Transfer of assets of, to Health Services Board (Bill Roads–Métis settlements 42) ... 1588 Funding for ... 2076 Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) General remarks ... 700, 762 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Alberta Cardiovascular and Stroke Research Centre Second reading ... 2144–45 General remarks ... 394 Special Olympics Month Alberta Children and Youth Initiative Member's statement re ... 1785 General remarks ... 398 Speech from the Throne Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors Debate ... 27–29 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP136/08: Tabled) ... 534 Student testing Alberta College of Combined Laboratory and X-Ray Achievement tests, grade 3 students ... 766–67 Technologists Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Annual report, 2007 (SP135/07: Tabled) ... 534 Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Technologists Second reading ... 2032–33 Annual report, 2007 (SP133/08: Tabled) ... 534 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists Day Act (Bill 37) Annual report, 2007 (SP473/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Second reading ... 1677 Alberta College of Occupational Therapists General remarks ... 419 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP477/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada Alberta College of Optometrists Enthronement of new bishop of, member's statement Annual report, 2007 (SP476/08: Tabled) ... 1742 re ... 1624 Alberta College of Pharmacists Wildfires–Control Annual report, 2007-08 (SP268/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Métis settlements ... 1430–31 Alberta College of Social Workers Liepert, Hon. Ron (PC, Calgary-West) Annual report, 2007 (SP195/08: Tabled) ... 401 Aboriginal children–Health care Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and On-reserve children, jurisdictional issues re (Jordan's Audiologists principle) ... 976 Annual report, 2007 (SP474/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Alberta Dental Association and College (Bill 33) Annual report, 2007 (SP106/08: Tabled) ... 401 Second reading ... 1461 Alberta Foodbank Network Association Air quality–Fort McMurray area Funding for, to provide fresh food ... 1515 2006 data re, release of ... 1090 Alberta Health Authority 2006 data re, release of, report on ... 1221 Ambulance service administration ... 1058 General remarks ... 1090 Impact on health foundation fund-raising ... 1018 Alberta–Economic conditions Impact on health providers' working conditions ... Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2182, 1017 2204–05 Location of ... 972 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Annual report, 2007-08 (SP556/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: Funding ... 690 DeLong) ... 1566–67 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Diabetes supplies coverage ... 1513 Board ... 762 General remarks ... 698, 700 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Insured services, delisting of ... 2201, 2204 Board, legislation re (Bill 42) ... 1316, 1588 Midwifery services coverage ... 420, 423–24, 425, Replacement by single provincial Health Services 693, 1353–54 Board, ministerial statement re ... 758–59 Out-of-province health services, payments for ... 2180 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Radioimmunotherapy drugs (Zevalin and Bexxar) Physical therapy services coverage ... 139 coverage ... 1064–65 Seniors' drug benefits ... 691, 694 Registration system for ... 14, 173 Alberta Blue Cross Plan–Premiums Seniors coverage ... 694 102 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Smoking cessation products coverage under ... Mental health services delivery ... 1780, 2179 698–700 Midwifery services framework ... 1354 User fees under, increase in ... 57 Office location ... 1943 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Office space costs ... 1899 Arrears in, collection of ... 172–73 Public health delivery role ... 1355 Elimination of ... 14, 172–73 Reconciliation of former regional boards' Elimination of: Impact of global economic crisis on ... supluses/deficits ... 1320 2182 Testing of High Prairie patients following syringe Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee reuse incident ... 1534, 1537, 1667, 1670 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP104/08: Tabled) ... 401 Alberta Medical Association Alberta Health Services Board Fee negotiations with province ... 683, 701 Accountability of ... 1381 Alberta Mental Health Board Advisory councils to ... 762 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP555/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Ambulance service administration ... 1059 General remarks ... 694 Appearance before a cabinet policy committee ... 763 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Capital Health representation on ... 1319, 1379, 1984, Board ... 762, 1145 2131 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Chief executive officer, role of, cost cutting element Board, ministerial statement re ... 758–59 ... 2200–01 Alberta Opticians Association Code-of-conduct/conflict-of-interest rules for ... Annual report, 2007 (SP481/08: Tabled) ... 1742 1942–43, 2051, 2102, 2105, 2131 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Creation of, ministerial statement re ... 758–59 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Deficit elimination, from health region reorganization General remarks ... 2104 ... 1582–83 Alberta project promoting active living and healthy Deputy Minister of Health's appointment as divisional eating executive officer of ... 1380 General remarks ... 295 Determination of long-term care patients placement ... Ambulance service 787, 1018, 1020, 1319 Classification as essential service ... 1061 Emergency departments capacity increase measures Funding for ... 684, 693 ... 1217 Provincial governance of ... 693, 1058, 1059, 1060, Former premier (Ralph Klein) as applicant for 2137 member of ... 2052 Provincial governance of, impact on combined Friends of Medicare representation on ... 1984, 2053 fire/EMS services ... 1061 Funding for ... 1431, 1476, 1583 Provincial governance of, impact on volunteer General remarks ... 760, 1060–61, 1086, 1316, services ... 1061 1319–20, 1379, 1851, 2205 Transfer of patients to non-emergency department Health care facilities standards, enforcement of ... locations ... 1058, 1062, 1217 1580 Ambulance service, Aerial Impact on health care workforce ... 764 Importance of Edmonton City Centre Airport to ... Impact on long-term care ... 793 1982 Impact on mental health services ... 1145 Ambulance service–Rural areas Impact on rural health care provision ... 763 Impact to, of provincial governance of ... 1059, 1060, Interim chair, previous activities ... 787 1061 Jim Saunders (COO, corporate services), business Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. background of ... 2072, 2105 2) (Bill 51) Jim Saunders (COO, corporate services), contract of Committee ... 2193–95 concluded ... 2139 Aspen Regional Health Authority Legal status ... 1316, 1358 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP557/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Legislation completing transition to (Bill 42) ... 1588 Governance and accountability overview of Low income link with poor health, report on ... (SP232/08: Tabled) ... 1066 2204–05 Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Member of (Jim Clifford): Marketing background of Health concerns, Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 ... 1983 Auditor General Member of (Tony Franceschini): Conflict-of-interest Alberta Health Services Board's conflict of interest of ... 1981, 2051–52, 2102 policy, approval of ... 2052 Members of: Appointment, suspension of ... 2052, Continuing care facility management investigation 2102 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 688 Members of: Appointment vs election ... 1984 Long-term care facilities in rural areas, report on ... Members of: Business background of ... 1981, 1983 52 Members of: Recruitment process, political bias in ... Mental health strategy, report on ... 51, 694, 760, 2010, 2052–53 1780–81 Memorandum of understanding on governance ... Peace Country Health's monitoring of long-term care 1316, 1358 facilities, report on ... 50 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 103

Regional health authorities' evaluation, report on ... regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as 696 SP234/08) ... 1066 Regional health authorities funding formula review ... Representation on new Health Services Board ... 471 1319, 1379, 1984, 2131 Avastin (Drug) Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Coverage under health plan ... 2053 regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... Bexxar (Drug) 1066 Coverage by health care plan ... 1064–65 Staffing shortages ... 168, 394–95 Black Gold school division Surplus, disposition of after creation of Health Student obesity intervention program ... 295 Services Board ... 1320 Boyden Global Executive Search Caucus policy committees (PC party) Calgary office managing director (Brent Shervey), Appearance of Alberta Health Services Board before recruitment of Health Services Board members ...... 763 2010, 2053 Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations C. K. Hui heart centre (Royal Alexandra Hospital) Health related societies' fundraising, impact of health Relation to Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... regions reorganization on ... 1018, 1380 1981–82 Chief Medical Officer of Health Calgary Health Region Acting chief (Dr. Predy), action re comment on public Annual report, 2007-08 (SP559/08: Tabled) ... 1904 health officials' resignation ... 1779, 1823 Conflict of interest issues in ... 2131 Replacement of ... 1691 Deficit financing ... 684, 685 Role of ... 1355 Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary Child and Adolescent Services Association health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as General remarks ... 694 SP235/08) ... 1066 Children Funding for ... 168, 343–44, 393, 471–72, 526, 683, Government programs for, cross-ministry initiatives 685, 700 ... 398 Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health Children–Health care regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as Promotion of ... 2104 SP234/08) ... 1066 Children–Physical fitness Review of emergency room capacity, relation to Promotion of ... 295 ambulance service changes ... 1217 Tax credit re (Bill 206) ... 2104 Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Children and poverty regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... General remarks ... 2200 1066 Chinook Regional Health Authority Staffing shortages ... 168, 344 Alternate payment arrangements with doctors ... Calgary Inter-faith Food Bank 697–98 Funding for, to provide fresh food ... 1515 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP560/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Campus Alberta Governance and accountability overview of Nursing training targets ... 662 (SP227/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Canada Health Act Lodge to long-term care transfers, method to avoid ... Application to Copeman Healthcare Centre services 686, 700 ... 14 Long-term and assisted living facilities ... 52, 793, Innovations under ... 2137 1473, 1738 Physical therapy coverage under ... 139 City Centre Airport, Edmonton Cancer–Treatment–Calgary Importance to air ambulance service ... 1982 Funding for ... 2009–10 Climate change Cancer radiation corridor (Lethbridge, Red deer, Grande Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 344 Prairie) College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta General remarks ... 683 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP107/08: Tabled) ... 401 Cancer radiation treatment Temporary licence for internationally educated nurses Wait times for ... 689 ... 168, 395, 662 Capital Health Upgrading programs for internationally educated Annual report, 2007-08 (SP558/08: Tabled) ... 1904 nurses ... 662 Board of, termination, impact on wait times ... College of Alberta Dental Assistants 1687–89 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP554/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Board of, termination, role of Deputy Minister of College of Alberta Denturists Health and Wellness in ... 1379 Annual report, 2007 (SP475/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Chief Executive Officer of, dismissal of ... 1379 College of Alberta Psychologists Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary Annual report, 2007-08 (SP478/08: Tabled) ... 1742 health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as College of Dietitians of Alberta SP235/08) ... 1066 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP137/08: Tabled) ... 534 Funding for ... 168, 683 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP479/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health College of Hearing Aid Practitioners of Alberta 104 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Annual report, 2006-07 (SP471/08: Tabled) ... 1742 ... 16 College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta Deficit financing ... 1582–83 Annual report, 2007 (SP134/08: Tabled) ... 534 Deputy Minister of, appointment to Health Services College of Physical Therapists of Alberta Board ... 1380 Annual report, 2007 (SP108/08: Tabled) ... 401 Deputy Minister of, role in terminating Capital Health College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta board ... 1379 Physicians in rural areas, incentives for ... 15 Deputy Minister of, severance package ... 1380 College of Registered Dental Hygienists of Alberta Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 683–701 Annual report, 2007 (SP276/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta during (SP272/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Annual report, 2007 (SP132/08: Tabled) ... 534 Minister's acceptance of invitation from National Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 525, 578 Questions asked of Health minister at, responses to Minister's campaign manager's involvement in (SP273/08: Tabled) ... 1221 selection of Health Services Board applicants ... Community health councils 2010, 2053 General remarks ... 760, 763, 1060–61 Public health policy role ... 1355 Conflict of interest Standards compliance branch, monitoring of health Alberta Health Services Board member (Tony care standards ... 1536, 1580 Franceschini) ... 1981, 2051–52, 2102 Dept. of Health (Federal) Alberta Health Services Board's rules re ... 1942–43, Common drug review ... 713 2051, 2102, 2105, 2131 Diabetes–Supplies Deputy Minister of Health's appointment as divisional General remarks ... 1513 officer of Health Services Board ... 1380 Disabled children–Education–Finance Congenital syphilis Policy review of ... 2012 Increase in cases of ... 1691, 1734–35, 1779, 1823 Drugs, Generic Public education campaign re, cancellation of ... General remarks ... 700 1734–35, 1823, 1897, 2072–73 Drugs, Prescription Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Advice Approval process re ... 697 to the minister document re (SP545/08: Tabled) ... Common drug review of (federal) ... 713 1904 Funding for ... 683 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Public Provincial pharmacare program ... 684, 691, 696–97, inquiry re ... 2132–33, 2177 700, 713, 2053 Continuing/extended care facilities For rare diseases ... 697 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 688 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Care management decision tools in, costs of (Q2/08: General remarks ... 696–97 Response tabled as SP222/08) ... 1025 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 289 691 Definitions of ... 1740 Reduction of, through bulk (provincial) purchasing ... General remarks ... 2206 700 McKinsey report on ... 2182 East Calgary health centre Copeman Healthcare Centre Construction of ... 1829 Services provided by ... 50–51 East Central Health (former RHA) Services provided by, audit of ... 14 Alberta Health Services Board incorporation under ... Council of the Federation 1316, 1358 Quebec City meeting, discussion of on-reserve health Annual report, 2007-08 (SP562/08: Tabled) ... 1904 services ... 976 As basis for Alberta Health Authority boundaries ... Create a Movement (Health promotion campaign) 972 General remarks ... 1427, 2104 Governance and accountability overview of Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force (SP228/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Mental health treatment beds, funding for ... 713, Economic growth 1145 Impact of ... 393 David Thompson Regional Health Authority Edmonton Journal (Newspaper) Annual report, 2007-08 (SP561/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Article re syringe reuse in High Prairie Health Governance and accountability overview of Complex (SP451/08: Tabled) ... 1674 (SP229/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Deloitte & Touche Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Review of regional health authorities funding formula Second reading ... 274 ... 471 Energy Resources Conservation Board Dept. of Health and Wellness Sour gas drilling, Tomahawk area ... 1692 Annual report, 2007-08, sections I and II (SP379- Ernst & Young 380/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Review of regional health authorities funding formula Budget ... 698–99 ... 471 Compliance unit re health facilities' infection control Ethics Commissioner 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 105

Referral of conflict of interest re appointment of Third reading ... 2004 Deputy Minister of Health to Health Services Health Quality Council Board ... 1380 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP111/08: Tabled) ... 401 Ruling on conflict of interest re CEO as Annual report, 2007-08 (SP482/08: Tabled) ... 1742 member of Health Services Board ... 2051–52 Review of emergency room capacity, relation to Extendicare Lethbridge ambulance service changes ... 1217 Closure of ... 1473, 1738, 1853 Root cause analysis of syringe reuse incident at High Family medicine Prairie Health Complex ... 1534, 1536, 1580 Incentives to choose ... 701 Root cause analysis of syringe reuse incident at High Family medicine–Teaching Prairie Health Complex, minister's letter requesting General remarks ... 701 (SP419/08: Tabled) ... 1545 Family physicians–Education Survey on emergency department patient experience General remarks ... 1896 (in SP273/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Health Resource Centre, Calgary 31) Former employee of, position in Alberta Health Second reading ... 1443 Services ... 2072 Finding balance (Seniors injury prevention campaign) General remarks ... 2131 General remarks ... 2104 Health sciences personnel Food Full-time vs part-time employment, factors in ... 2134 Consumption of ... 1427 Impact of health system governance changes on ... Food banks 764 Nutritional impact of processed food from ... 1515 Recruitment from overseas ... 168–69 Friends of Medicare Health sciences personnel, Foreign Representation on Alberta Health Services Board ... Restricted licences for ... 168, 395 1984, 2053 Health sciences personnel–Supply Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects General remarks ... 168, 394–95, 683, 764, 1017 General remarks ... 1692 Health workforce planning Gas well drilling industry–Tomahawk area General remarks ... 168, 394–95, 662, 683, 701, 1510 General remarks ... 1692 Inclusion of midwives in ... 425 Government Organization Act Heart–Surgery Reorganization of health system under ... 1358 Wait times for ... 1687–89, 1734 Government spending policy Wait times for, response to questions re (SP469/08: General remarks ... 1896 Tabled) ... 1742 Health Heart–Surgery–Edmonton Impact of economic conditions on ... 2204–05 General remarks ... 1981–82 Impact of low income status on, report re ... 2204–05 Heart research Personal responsibility for ... 14, 1427, 1691, General remarks ... 393, 394 1734–35 High Prairie Health Complex Social determinants of ... 14 Syringe reuse at ... 1536–37, 1538, 1667, 1670 Health care facilities Syringe reuse at: Edmonton Journal article re Infection control in, monitoring of ... 16, 683 (SP451/08: Tabled) ... 1674 Health care facilities–Accreditation Syringe reuse at: Ministerial statement re ... 1534 General remarks ... 16 Highpine Energy Ltd. Health care facilities–Calgary Sour gas well, Tomahawk area ... 1692 General remarks ... 1829 Hip and knee surgery Health care facilities–Construction Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 692 Funding for ... 683 Holy Cross Eye Surgery Centre Health foundations (not-for-profit) General remarks ... 2131 Impact of health authority governance change on ... Holy Cross hospital, Calgary 1018 Cancer treatment beds in ... 2009–10 Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Home care program First reading ... 1588 General remarks ... 695, 794, 1669 Second reading ... 1653 Removal of funding cap from ... 794 Committee ... 1837–38, 1840–41 Homeless–Housing Third reading ... 1962, 1965–66 Mentally disabled individuals ... 760 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention Investigations re ... 714 Standards re ... 1534, 1536–37, 1538, 1581 Health Link Alberta Standards re, Cowell report on ... 1581 General remarks ... 1062 Standards re, monitoring of ... 1538, 1579 Health Professions Act Hospital beds Changes to ... 701 Blocking of, due to lack of transfer options ... 686 Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46) Decrease in ... 2201 Committee ... 1976 Fees charged for, to seniors waiting in for long-term 106 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

care beds (Q13/08: Response tabled as SP274/08) General remarks ... 1510 ... 1097–98, 1221 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Number of, designated for mentally ill patients hospitals) (Q14/08: Response tabled as SP275/08) ... 1221 Admission to, evaluation of clients for ... 688 Hospital beds–Calgary Appropriate placement of patients in ... 686, 1020, General remarks ... 685 1319, 1473, 1669, 1671, 1853, 2206 Hospital beds–Rural areas Assessment of, by international consulting firm ... Conversion to long-term care beds ... 1740 1319 Hospital wards Definitions of ... 1740 Closure of, 2006-07 (Q7/08: Defeated) ... 935 First available bed policy re ... 1671 Hospitals General remarks ... 683, 686, 1319, 1473, 2104–05, Closure of ... 2201 2206 Conversion to private facilities ... 1670 Provincial strategy re ... 1020, 1319 New provincial organizational scheme for ... 1539 Replacement by designated assisted living ... 1853, Hospitals, Private 2104–05 Promotion of, by Health Services Board employee ... Waiting lists for ... 1669–70 2072 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Hospitals–Beaverlodge hospitals)–Construction New hospital for ... 2103 General remarks ... 793, 1737–38 Hospitals–Calgary Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary New south Calgary hospital ... 1510–11 hospitals)–Finance New south Calgary hospital: Mental health beds in ... General remarks ... 695 2074 Increase to ... 1020 New south Calgary hospital: Staffing issues ... 1510 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Hospitals–Construction hospitals)–Grande Prairie General remarks ... 2072 General remarks ... 1319 Hospitals–Emergency services Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Capacity of, measures to increase ... 1217 hospitals)–Lethbridge Hospitals–Finance Extendicare facility closure ... 1473, 1738, 1853 Activity-based funding ... 1431, 1476–77 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Hospitals–Grande Prairie hospitals)–Peace River region New hospital, funding for ... 2072 Monitoring of standards in ... 50 Hospitals–High Prairie Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary New hospital, funding for ... 2072 hospitals)–Rural areas Hospitals–Rural areas General remarks ... 52 Funding for ... 1431, 1476–77 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Hospitals–Standards hospitals)–Staffing Enforcement of ... 1579–80 Funding for ... 1146 Houston, Dr. Stan Shortages of ... 1146 Comments re public health officials' resignation ... Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary 1779, 1823 hospitals)–Standards HRG Health Resource Group Inc. Cross-province application of ... 793 Shareholder of, position in Alberta Health Services ... Enforcement of ... 50 2072 Lottery Fund Immigrant doctors Funds allocation, political bias in ... 2010, 2020 Accreditation process for ... 687 Funds allocation, to cancer treatment beds in Calgary Funding for ... 683 ... 2010 General remarks ... 2133 Low-income families Locating in rural areas ... 701, 2133 Provincial assistance to ... 2074 Immunization Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute General remarks ... 2104 Delays in opening ... 1851 Insulin pump therapy General remarks ... 393, 394 Coverage by health care plan ... 1513 Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden in ... 393 Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Ministerial statement re ... 390 Third reading ... 1499 Relation to C. K. Hui heart centre ... 1981–82 International finance Response to questions/comments re, during Question Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 2182, Period (SP468/08: Tabled) ... 1742 2204–05 Staffing issues ... 394–95 International Nurses Day Medical care General remarks ... 662 Access to ... 17, 50–51, 709, 759, 761, 763 Laboratories, Medical Costs, initiatives to control ... 2137, 2201 General remarks ... 700 General remarks ... 689 Licensed practical nurses–Education Patient-focused care model ... 1511 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 107

Reform of ... 1379–81, 1539, 2201, 2204–05 Number of litigants dealt with by, and funding for Reform of (action plan re) ... 14, 17, 18, 57, 289, 423, (Q6/08: Response tabled as SP223/08) ... 1025 471, 526, 683, 709, 713, 1020, 1217, 1354, 1381, Mental Health Patient Advocate 1427 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP480/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Reform of (action plan re), copy tabled (SP4/08) ... 23 Mental health services Medical care, Primary Drug treatments in ... 713 Facility fees re ... 687 Funding for ... 2179 Funding for ... 695 General remarks ... 760, 1780–81, 2074 General remarks ... 691, 698, 2137 Impact of Health Services Board on ... 1145, 2179 As solution to private practice office overhead costs Provincial strategy re, Auditor General's report on ... issues ... 686 51, 694, 760, 1780–81 Medical care, Private Provincial strategy re, funding for ... 694 Communications strategy re ... 1983 Transfer to health regions ... 51, 762 General remarks ... 50–51, 57, 689, 760, 787–88, Mental health services–Children 1511, 1539, 2131, 2204 General remarks ... 694, 713, 1780, 2104, 2137 Promotion of, by Health Services Board employee ... Mental health services agencies (Nonprofit) 2072, 2105 Funding for ... 694, 2179 Quotation by AHSB chief operating officer re ... 2072 Mentally disabled Medical care–Finance Community treatment orders for ... 713, 1145 General remarks ... 168, 683, 684, 699, 1511, 2201 Mentally disabled–Housing Oregon Health Decisions model re ... 700 General remarks ... 1781 Sustainability plan for ... 1513 Métis settlements–Fort Chipewyan area Medical care–Rural areas Health concerns ... 714 Impact of new health system governance change on ... Midwives and midwifery 763 Coverage by health care plan ... 420, 423–24, 425, Medical care–Western Canada 693, 1353–54 General remarks ... 691 General remarks ... 420, 423–24, 424–25, 686, 761 Medical clinics, Private Mikisew Cree First Nation Increase in ... 2131 Health concerns, Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 Medical devices, Single-use Ministerial Statements (2008) Monitoring of usage of ... 1534, 1536 Health system governance ... 758–59 Medical equipment–Costs Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 390 Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1534 691, 696 MLA Task Force on Continuing Care Health Service and Medical profession Accommodation Standards (2005) Private practice overhead costs ... 686 Recommendations ... 1146 Recruitment of ... 2133 Mosquito control programs Medical profession–Education Funding for ... 252 Postgraduate programs, funding for ... 683 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Shortage of spaces re ... 13–14 (Bill 41) Medical profession–Fees Second reading ... 1836–37 General remarks ... 683, 686, 691, 697–98, 701 Myozyme (Drug) Medical profession–Rural areas Cost of ... 697 Action plan re ... 701, 2133 National Nursing Week General remarks ... 15 General remarks ... 662 Medical profession–Supply National Smokeless Tobacco Company Ltd. General remarks ... 13, 683, 686, 687, 2133 Donation to Alberta PC party ... 470 Medical records, Electronic Hosting of Health minister at event General remarks ... 686 ... 525 Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program ... Northern Lights Health Region 688 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP563/08: Tabled) ... Medical residents 1904–05 Incentives to stay in Alberta ... 687 Funding for ... 683 Salary increase for ... 683 Governance and accountability overview of Members' apologies (SP230/08: Tabled) ... 1066 General remarks ... 429 Northland School Division Members of the Legislative Assembly School lunch program ... 2200 Acceptance of invitations to events ... 525 Nurse practitioners Members' withdrawal of remarks General remarks ... 13 Offical Opposition leader's work history ... 2112 Nurses Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31, 2007) Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary Proclamation of ... 1145 health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as Mental health diversion project, Calgary SP235/08) ... 1066 108 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Part-time hours of, conversion to full-time ... 1017 Health care privatization ... 787–88 Recruitment from overseas ... 168 Health care spending ... 168 Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Health care workforce supply ... 394–95 regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... Health facility accreditation ... 16 1066 Health Services Board ... 1316, 1319–20, 1358 Nurses, Foreign Health Services Board chair ... 1380 Restricted licences for ... 168, 395, 662 Health services for First Nations residents ... 976 Nurses–Education Health services in Calgary ... 1829 General remarks ... 662, 1510, 1896 Health system governance ... 759–60, 761, 763, 764, Shortage of spaces re ... 13–14, 610 787, 972 Upgrading courses for foreign nurses ... 662 Health system restructuring ... 709, 1379–81, 1539, Nurses–Supply 1582–83, 2072, 2105, 2131, 2134, 2139, 2201, General remarks ... 13, 168–69, 610, 662 2204–05 Nutrition guidelines for children and youth Health workforce shortages ... 1017 General remarks ... 295, 1146, 1427, 1515, 2104 Healthy living ... 1427 Obesity Home-care programs for seniors ... 794 Reduction of ... 1427 Hospital funding ... 1431, 1476–77 Obesity in children Infection prevention and control standards ... 1537–38 Reduction of ... 295, 1146 Insulin pump therapy ... 1513 Off-highway vehicles Long-term and continuing care ... 289 Helmet use on, mandatory for children ... 253 Long-term care ... 52, 793, 1319, 1737–38, 1740, Office of the Premier 1853, 2206 Former premier (Ralph Klein), application for Long-term care facilities ... 1473 membership on Alberta Health Services Board ... Long-term care funding ... 1020 2052 Long-term care providers ... 1146 Official Opposition Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 393–94, 1851 Health plan (SP128/08: Tabled) ... 533 Medications for mental health treatment ... 713 Oil sands development Mental health services ... 760, 1780–81, 2179 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Midwifery sevices ... 420, 423–25 report on ... 683 Monitoring health care standards ... 1579, 1581 Oil sands development–Health aspects Monitoring of single-use medical devices ... 1536 General remarks ... 1090 Northern air quality ... 1090 Oral Question Period (2008) Nursing shortage ... 610, 662 Access to medical services ... 50–51 Nutrition guidelines for children ... 1146 Advisory councils to health boards ... 762 Out-of-province health services ... 2180 Alberta Health Services Board ... 1942–43, 1981, Peace River health region ... 50 1983–84, 2010, 2051–53, 2071, 2102 Physician recruitment ... 2133 All-terrain vehicle safety ... 253 Physician supply in rural Alberta ... 15 Ambulance services ... 1217 Physiotherapy services ... 139 Beaverlodge hospital ... 2103 Preventive health services ... 2104 Calgary health region funding ... 343–44, 393, 526 Promoting active living and healthy eating ... 295 Cancer services ... 1086 Provincial mental health plan ... 51 Cancer treatment beds in Calgary ... 2009–10 Provincial spending ... 1896, 1899 Cancer treatment drug ... 2053 Public health ... 1355 Cardiac surgery wait times ... 1688–89 Public health system ... 1897–98 Cardiac treatment services in Edmonton ... 1981–82 Public health system reform ... 14, 17, 18, 57 Child care spaces in schools ... 582 Radioimmunotherapy drugs ... 1064–65 Children and youth initiative ... 398 Recruitment of foreign health care professionals ... Community health councils ... 1060–61 168 Community treatment orders ... 1145 Reviews of health system governance ... 974 Congenital syphilis outbreak ... 1734–35, 1779, 1823, Safety of sour gas wells ... 1692 2072–73, 2132–33 Seniors' housing ... 1671, 2104–05 Continuing care strategy ... 2182 Sexually transmitted diseases ... 1691 Enforcing health care standards ... 1580 Shortage of health practitioners ... 13–14 Food banks ... 1515 Smokeless tobacco ... 578 Funding formula for regional health authorities ... South Calgary health campus ... 1510–11 471–72 Support for children with disabilities ... 2012 Ground ambulance services ... 1058–62 Support for low-income Albertans ... 2074 Health care coverage for midwifery ... 1353–54 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2200 Health care funding ... 1511 Surgery wait times ... 1734 Health care innovation ... 2137 Syringe reuse ... 1667, 1670 Health care not-for-profit fundraising ... 1018 Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1537 Health care premiums ... 172–73, 2182 Tobacco reduction ... 470, 525 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 109

Wait-list registry ... 2016 ... 1064–65 Wait times for long-term care ... 1669–70 Regional health authorities Water quality in Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 Changes to governance of ... 18, 50, 684–85, 691, Water quality of Athabasca River ... 343 695, 696, 709, 759–60, 761, 762, 763, 764, 787, West Nile virus larvicide program ... 252 972, 1060–61, 1316, 1358, 1379–81, 1431, 2131 Palliser Health Region Changes to governance of, cost-benefit analysis ... Ambulance pilot project ... 1059, 1060 1583 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP564/08: Tabled) ... 1905 Changes to governance of, costs ... 1896, 1899, 2072 Governance and accountability overview of Changes to governance of, impact on health care (SP233/08: Tabled) ... 1066 workforce ... 764, 1017 Patient navigator (Health system) Changes to governance of, impact on long-term care General remarks ... 17, 683, 1511, 2137 ... 793 Patronage Changes to governance of, impact on not-for-profit Peace Country Health board members, membership in fundraising for health care ... 1018, 1380 PC party ... 50 Changes to governance of, impact on rural health care Peace Country Health provision ... 763 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP110/08: Tabled) ... 401 Changes to governance of, influence of previous Annual report, 2007-08 (SP565/08: Tabled) ... 1905 reviews on ... 974, 1066 Board of, membership in PC party ... 50 Changes to governance of, ministerial statement re ... Governance and accountability overview of 758–59 (SP231/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Deficit financing ... 683, 1583 Long-term care facilities monitoring ... 50 Efficiency review of, 2005, release of ... 974 Surgery wait times increase ... 1734 Funding for ... 683, 684, 685, 700 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Funding formula for ... 471–72 Expansion of ... 1829 Long-term care facilities' operation ... 695, 1020 Pharmacists Mental health services ... 51, 694 Standards of practice (prescribing medication) change Physical therapy services ... 139 ... 13, 15, 683, 686, 761 Removal of ... 18 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) Review of, 2007, release of ... 974 Second reading ... 1845 Seniors' programs ... 700 Physical therapy Surpluses/deficits, disposition of after creation of Consistant provision of, across the province ... 139 Health Services Board ... 1320 Point of Order Regional Health Authorities Act Allegations against a member ... 588, 2187 Reorganization of health system under ... 1358 Factual accuracy ... 2020, 2112 Safe drug injection site, Edmonton Inflammatory language ... 402 General remarks ... 698 Referring to a nonmember ... 2019 School nutrition programs Political parties General remarks ... 2200 Donations to ... 470, 525 Schools Premier's Advisory Council on Health Daycare spaces in ... 582 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 14, Schools–Construction 57 Public/private projects re: Impact on daycare centres Preventive medical services locating in ... 582 General remarks ... 695, 1431, 1691, 1897, 2104 Senior citizens Prisoners, Mentally disabled Continuum care for, strategy re ... 1669 General remarks ... 760 Senior citizens–Housing Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta General remarks ... 1671 Donations to, from tobacco companies ... 470 Senior citizens–Medical care Public Affairs Bureau Funding for ... 700 Privatized health care, communications strategy re ... Sexually transmitted diseases 1983 General remarks ... 1691, 1734 Public Health Appeal Board Public education campaign re ... 696, 1735 Annual report, 2007 (SP109/07: Tabled) ... 401 Smoking–Prevention Public health system Funding for ... 690 Changes to policies/services re ... 1355 General remarks ... 470 Dismissal of doctors in ... 1538, 1691, 1779, 1823, Smoking–Treatment 1897–98, 2132–33 Quit smoking products for, coverage under health General remarks ... 1897–98, 2137, 2205 care plan ... 698–700 Public inquiries Spills (Pollution)–Athabasca River Cancellation of congenital syphilis awareness General remarks ... 343 campaign ... 2132 Stantec Inc. Radioimmunotherapy drugs CEO of, as Alberta Health Services Board member ... Zevalin and Bexxar, coverage under health care plan 1981, 2051–52, 2102 110 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Streetworks, Edmonton Royal Assent ... 2184 General remarks ... 698 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Substance abuse–Treatment (Bill 33) Funding for ... 690 Royal Assent ... 2185 Supplementary estimates Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2091–92 Royal Assent ... 1743 Supplementary health benefits Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Funding for ... 683–84 2008 (Bill 29) Supportive living facilities Royal Assent ... 2184 Aging in place strategy ... 52, 289, 794 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Assisted living facilities ... 1669 Royal Assent ... 2185 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4) care facilities to ... 289 Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House Designated assisted living facilities ... 1473, 1853, sitting) 2104–05, 2206 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Surgery wait times Royal Assent ... 1743 Increase in ... 1734 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Reduction of ... 689, 692 (Bill 17) Surgery waiting lists Royal Assent ... 9 June, 2008 (Outside of House Web site re, accuracy of information on ... 2016 sitting) Syringes, Medical Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Reuse of ... 1667 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Reuse of, testing re ... 1667, 1670 Royal Assent ... 2185 Telehealth services Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) General remarks ... 15 Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House Tobacco–Marketing sitting) Power wall displays re ... 690 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6) Tobacco products, Smokeless Royal Assent ... 15 May, 2008 (Outside of House General remarks ... 470 sitting) Tom Baker Cancer Centre Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill Funding for ... 168 5) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Royal Assent ... 15 May, 2008 (Outside of House (Alberta /British Columbia) sitting) Impact on physician recruitment in Alberta ... 2133 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. Vision 2020; Health Care for Today and the Future 2) (Bill 51) General remarks ... 2131, 2137, 2205 Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2008 (Outside of House Health workforce initiatives ... 2134 sitting) Wages–Nurses Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Overtime paid in Capital/Calgary health regions, 2008 (Bill 40) 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... Royal Assent ... 2185 1066 Climate Change and Emissions Management Waiting lists (Medical care) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Reduction of ... 50–51 Royal Assent ... 1743 Water quality–Athabasca River Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 343 Royal Assent ... 1743 Water quality–Fort Chipewyan Court Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 39) Impact on human health ... 714 Royal Assent ... 2185 West Nile virus Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Control methods for, funding of ... 252 Royal Assent ... 2185 Public awareness campaign re ... 252 Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Whistle-blower protection 34) Legislation re ... 1536 Royal Assent ... 1743 Wood Buffalo Environmental Association Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) Assessment of human exposure to air pollution ... Royal Assent ... 1743 1090 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Assessment of human exposure to air pollution, report Royal Assent ... 2184 on (SP271/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Zevalin (Drug) 31) Coverage by health care plan ... 1064–65 Royal Assent ... 1743 Zyban (Drug) Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Coverage under health care plan ... 698 (Bill 13) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) sitting) 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 111

First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation sitting) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Royal Assent ... 1743 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) 1) Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House sitting) sitting) Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Royal Assent ... 2184 Royal Assent ... 2185 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Travel Alberta Act (Bill 2) 35) Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 1743 sitting) Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Royal Assent ... 2185 Day Act (Bill 37) Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46) Royal Assent ... 1743 Royal Assent ... 2185 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Royal Assent ... 1743 Royal Assent ... 2185 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Weed Control Act (Bill 23) Royal Assent ... 15 May, 2008 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 2184 sitting) Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) Royal Assent ... 1743 Royal Assent ... 9 June, 2008 (Outside of House Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) sitting) Royal Assent ... 1743 Lindsay, Hon. Fred (PC, Stony Plain) Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Aboriginal police services Royal Assent ... 9 June, 2008 (Outside of House Funding for ... 850 sitting) General remarks ... 617 Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Royal Assent ... 1743 Drug treatment programs ... 852 Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) Gambling prevention joint advertising campaign ... Royal Assent ... 1743 1632 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Gambling prevention programs ... 851, 852, 1090 Entrance of ... 1, 5 Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Joint recruiting initiative ... 856, 858 Royal Assent ... 2184 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Alberta server intervention program (Liquor sales in Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) licensed premises) ... 477, 1693 Royal Assent ... 2185 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP53/08: Tabled) ... 81 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 25) Annual report, 2007-08 (SP459/08: Tabled) ... Royal Assent ... 1743 1694–95 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Casino deal with Edmonton arena developers ... 766 (Bill 53) Electronic bingo strategy ... 1740 Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2008 (Outside of House General remarks ... 850–51 sitting) Inspectors, increase in numbers of ... 851 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16) Liquor sales to minors, inspections re ... 1687 Royal Assent ... 1743 Liquor violations, specified penalty for ... 851 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Problem gambling joint advertising campaign ... 1632 (Bill 41) ProTect (training program for security staff in Royal Assent ... 2185 licenced premises) ... 477, 660, 851, 1693 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) Raffles/lotteries, role re ... 1540 Royal Assent ... 2185 Responsible gambling programs ... 852, 853 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Socially responsible gambling research ... 1090–91 Royal Assent ... 1743 Alberta Gaming Research Institute Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38) Socially responsible gambling research ... 852–53, Royal Assent ... 1743 1090–91 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams Royal Assent ... 2184 General remarks ... 854, 858, 861, 1586 Speech from the Throne Alberta Police-based Victim Services Association Address given ... 5–8 Funding increase request from ... 1149 Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) Alberta relationship threat assessment initiative Royal Assent ... 2185 General remarks ... 2013 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) Alberta security and strategic intelligence support team Royal Assent ... 3 June, 2008 (Outside of House Role of ... 524, 850 112 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Alberta serious incident response team Crime prevention–First Nations communities General remarks ... 864 General remarks ... 617 Investigaion of taser incidents ... 1686 Crime reduction Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Funding for, from Victims of Crime Fund surplus ... Police funding discussions ... 855 1292, 1319 Arena–Downtown Edmonton General remarks ... 710, 766, 1827 Casino in, revenue from to offset costs of ... 766 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Provincial involvement ... 766 Funding for ... 850 Auditor General General remarks ... 1292, 1692 Victims of crime fund auditing ... 1149 Report ... 531, 851, 1018, 1631 Automobiles–Seizure Criminal Code (Federal) For illegal drug transporting ... 710, 1292 Illegal drug transportation by car provisions ... 710 For organized crime offences ... 1292 Vehicle seizure provisions ... 2137 For transporting firearms without registered owner Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta being present ... 49, 218, 251, 856–57, 2137 General remarks ... 855, 1631 Automobiles conveying children Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Smoking ban in ... 901 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP387/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Bail hearings Information technology budget ... 862 Attendance of crown prosecutors at, impact on Internal audit budget ... 862 remand centre populations ... 584 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 850–65 Bail packages and prolific offenders ... 1692 Diesel fuel–Supply Bank machines Shortage of, impact on liquor distribution system ... Banning of, from premises containing VLTs ... 1091 1739 Bingo Alberta Domestic violence–Legal aspects Electronic bingo strategy ... 1740 Training for police/court workers ... 2013 Bingo revenue Domestic violence–Prevention Decline of ... 1740 Provincial initiatives re ... 2013 Cage Your Rage (Drinking education campaign) Drink prices in licensed premises General remarks ... 477 Minimum prices establishment ... 661, 1693 Calgary Police Service Drug undercover street teams Funding for ... 2137 General remarks ... 858 Caritas Hospitals Foundation Drugs, Illegal Home lottery sales ... 1540 Transporting of, seizure of cars involved in ... 710 Casinos Drunk drivers Number of ... 852 Testing of, by sheriffs ... 856, 1736 Responsible gambling information centres in ... 851, Edmonton Police Service 853, 1091 Provincial funding for ... 531 Voluntary self-exclusion program from ... 852 Edmonton Remand Centre Casinos–Security aspects Gang violence incident in ... 421 General remarks ... 863 Increase in inmate numbers due to bail hearing Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations changes ... 584 Funding for, to cover rent increases of ... 528 New facility for ... 859 Commercial buses New facility for: Cost increases of ... 762 Speed of travel ... 861 New facility for: Open-concept design ... 662 Commission for Public Complaints against the RCMP Overcrowding in ... 661–62, 859 Report on the use of conducted energy weapons Staffing ... 661–62 (tasers) ... 1666, 1686 Energy Resources Conservation Board Community safety orders (Illegal activities) Sour gas drilling, Tomahawk area ... 1692 General remarks ... 1290 Enforcement services Community watch (Crime prevention program) Co-ordination of ... 850 General remarks ... 218 IT strategy for ... 850, 858 Connect Logistics Services Fatality inquiries Liquor products warehousing, costs and handling Taser use incidents ... 1686 issues ... 1214 Fines (Traffic violations) Correctional personnel Revenues from, transfer to municipalities ... 854–55, Increase in number of ... 421, 859 1318 Courts–Security aspects Revenues from, transfer to Victims of Crime Fund ... General remarks ... 850, 861 854, 1292, 1319 Crack houses Firearms Shutting down of ... 1290 Removal from streets ... 1509, 1537, 1583, 1983–84, Crime prevention 2136–37 Educational materials re ... 766 Restrictions on transport of ... 49, 218, 856–57, 2137 General remarks ... 1093 Fish and wildlife officers 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 113

Hunting regulations enforcement ... 1781 General remarks ... 2178–79 Presence in provincial parks ... 711–12 Loans to Balzac racing entertainent complex ... 1218 Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre Hunting–Regulations Housing of Edmonton Remand Centre overflow in ... Enforcement of ... 1781 662, 859 Integrated child exploitation teams Open-concept design ... 662 Extra officers for ... 1631, 1668–69 Fugitive apprehension sheriff support teams General remarks ... 855, 858 Establishment of ... 850, 861, 1093, 1581 Specialized crown prosecutor for ... 1669 Gambling, Compulsive Integrated Response to Organized Crime General remarks ... 852, 1986 General remarks ... 855, 858, 863, 1586 Multimedia advertising campaign re ... 1632 Hobbema area team ... 251 Research into (social responsibility aspects) ... 851, Law Enforcement Review Board 852, 853, 1090–91 Annual reports, 2006 and 2007 (SP580/08: Tabled) ... Website re ... 1632 1988 Gaming industry General remarks ... 864 General remarks ... 850–53 Lethbridge Regional Police Service Revenue from ... 852, 1091, 1986 Additional officers for ... 172 Gang-related crime Licensed premises Funding for ... 1292 Liquor sales to minors in ... 1687 General remarks ... 1583 Liquor sales violations in, penalty for ... 851 Seizure of vehicles involved in ... 1292 Violence in, prevention of ... 477, 660–61, 1693 Specialized police units to combat ... 1509, 1583, Liquor distribution network 1586, 1631, 1983–84, 2137 General remarks ... 1214 Summit on, spring 2009 ... 1586 Liquor industry Gang-related crime, Aboriginal General remarks ... 850–51 General remarks ... 49, 218, 251, 617 Liquor sales Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Revenue from ... 851 General remarks ... 1692 Liquor sales–Regulations Gas well drilling industry–Tomahawk area Changes to, to prevent violent situations ... 660–61 General remarks ... 1692 Sales to minors, monitoring of ... 1687 Government attorneys Liquor supply Bail hearing attendance, impact on remand centre Distribution of ... 1739 populations ... 584 Lottery Fund Happy hour times in licensed premises Addiction prevention/treatment programs ... 851 Changes to, to prevent violent situations ... 661, 1693 Balzac racing entertainent complex funding ... 1218 Hepatitis B and C Funds allocation ... 851, 853, 862 Presence in prison populations ... 865 Funds allocation, list of recipients of ... 853 Highpine Energy Ltd. Marijuana grow operations Sour gas well, Tomahawk area ... 1692 Lock down of houses used for, legislation re ... 843 Highway patrols Shutting down of ... 850, 1290, 1318 General remarks ... 49 Surveillance of, by sheriffs ... 1736 Hobbema Community Cadet Corps Mental health services–Prisoners General remarks ... 617 General remarks ... 865 Hobbema reserve Morley First Nation Crime incidence on, preventive measures re ... 617 Police services on, funding for ... 850 Gang violence on (drive-by shooting incident) ... 49, Multi-employer pension plans 218, 251 Restrictions on, petition tabled re (SP354/08) ... 1389 Gun amnesty program on ... 2136–37 Municipal sustainability initiative Integrated policing model for ... 617 Police officers hiring, funding for under ... 1385 Homicide Off-highway vehicles Incidence of ... 1631 Damage done by ... 791 Horse racetrack–Balzac Oil sands tailings ponds–Security aspects General remarks ... 2178 General remarks ... 524 Horse racing Threat assessment report re ... 524 Lottery funding for ... 853 Oral Question Period (2008) Standardbreds/thoroughbreds, access to tracks ... Bingo revenue ... 1740 2178 Caritas Hospitals Foundation ... 1540 Horse Racing Alberta Compensation for victims of crime ... 1292 Annual report, 2007 (SP305/08: Tabled) Corrections officers ... 421 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Crime and safe communities ... 1586, 1631 Votes and Proceedings Crime in First Nations communities ... 617 Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... Crime reduction ... 766 1218 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 1093 114 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Downtown Edmonton arena ... 766 Pipelines–Security aspects Edmonton Remand Centre ... 584, 762 Bombing incident, B.C./Alberta border ... 1386, 1581 Edmonton Remand Centre staffing ... 661–62 General remarks ... 1386 Family violence ... 2013 Police Firearms regulation ... 49, 2136–37 Increase in numbers of ... 172, 660, 766, 850, 855–56, Firearms regulations ... 218 858, 1019–20, 1318, 1385, 1583–84, 1586, 1631, Funding for nonprofit agencies ... 528 2137 Funding for police officers ... 531 Number of, per capita, formula for ... 862 Gaming ... 1090–91 Recruitment initiatives re ... 856, 858 Gang-related violence in Hobbema ... 251 Safety measures for, re violence in licensed premises Hunter education and training ... 1781 ... 660 Investigations into provincial sheriffs ... 2077 Police, Provincial Liquor sales to minors ... 1687 Establishment of ... 477 Liquor supply ... 1739 Sheriffs as ... 856, 858 Networked radio system for emergency responders ... Police–Calgary 1317 Increase in numbers of ... 1018, 1380, 2137 Offender management ... 1582 Police–Finance Offender supervision ... 1692, 1983–84 General remarks ... 531, 850, 854–55, 862, 1318, Pipeline security ... 1386 1380, 1385, 1508–09, 1537–38 Police and peace officer training centre ... 1514, 1630 Police–Finance–Rural areas Police funding ... 1380, 1385 General remarks ... 857 Police officer funding ... 1508–09, 1537–38, 1583–84 Police and peace officer college Police officer supply ... 172 Funding for, as P3 project ... 1514 Police workforce shortages ... 1019–20 General remarks ... 858, 1630 Policing framework ... 477 Security guard training at ... 865 Policing in provincial parks ... 711–12 Policing Policing needs in Calgary ... 1018 Provincial framework for ... 477, 850, 855, 857 Problem gambling ... 1632 Prisoners Proceeds of crime ... 843 Rehabilitation services for ... 850, 859, 1983 Provincial sheriffs program ... 1827–28 Prisoners–Health services Role of provincial sheriffs ... 1581, 1631, 1736 General remarks ... 865 Safe communities innovation fund ... 1827 Needle exchange program contribution to ... 865 Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative ... Provision of, by Health and Wellness dept. ... 865 1290 Private investigators–Training Safety of sour gas wells ... 1692 General remarks ... 865 SCAN investigative teams ... 1986–87 Private Investigators and Secuirty Guards Act Security of oil sands tailings ponds ... 524 Repealed and replaced by Security Services and Smoking in vehicles carrying children ... 901 Investigators Act ... 864 Support for municipal policing ... 1318 Probation officers Support for school nutrition programs ... 2200 Caseloads ... 859, 1582 Support for the horse-racing industry ... 2178–79 Increase in numbers of ... 766, 850, 859, 1508, 1582, Taser use by law enforcement personnel ... 1666, 1631, 1983 1686 Proceeds of crime United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1218 Legislation re (proposed) ... 710, 843 Unruly behaviour in parks and protected areas ... 791 Prostitution, Houses of Vehicle seizures ... 710 Shutting down of ... 850, 1318, 1631 Victims' assistance programs ... 580 Protected areas Victims of crime fund ... 1149, 1319 Unruly behaviour in ... 791 Violence in licensed premises ... 477, 660–61, 1693 Public lands VLTs and slot machines ... 1986 Unruly behaviour on ... 791 Warehousing of liquor products ... 1214 Public lands–McLean Creek area Parks, Provincial Unruly behaviour on ... 791 Policing in ... 711–12 Public safety (From criminal activity) Temporary liquor ban in ... 711 General remarks ... 477, 710, 1018, 1093, 1380, 1385, Unruly behaviour in ... 791 1583–84, 1586, 1631, 1827 Peace Officer Act Racing entertainment centres Investigations under, provision for public oversight of General remarks ... 853 ... 2077 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2008) Horse Racing Alberta's loans to ... 1218 Multi-employer pension plan restrictions (SP354/08: Radio communications system (first responder system) Tabled) ... 1389 General remarks ... 850, 858, 1317 Photo radar (Traffic safety) Raffles (home-type prizes) Use on provincial highways ... 860 Volume of ... 1540 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 115

Remand centres General remarks ... 850, 862 General remarks ... 859 Slot machines Impact of bail hearing changes on populations in ... General remarks ... 1986 584 Number of ... 863 Repeat offenders Number of, capping of ... 1986 General remarks ... 1692, 1983 Slot machines in bingo halls Responsible Gambling Awareness Week General remarks ... 1740 General remarks ... 851, 852, 853 Solicitor General's college Roads Security guard training at ... 865 Restriction on use of, for transporting firearms Speed limits without registered owner present ... 49 Enforcement of, speed tolerances aspects ... 860 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Speeding (Automobiles) Additional officers for Hobbema reserve ... 251, 617 Prevention of ... 860 Availability for provincial use ... 863–64 Substance abuse–Treatment Community relations ... 859 Funding for ... 851, 1631 Cost effectiveness of, vs sheriffs ... 863 Suncor Inc. Cost of, per officer ... 861 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Counterterrorism role in Alberta ... 524 of: General remarks ... 477 Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled New officers for ... 172, 850, 856, 858 as SP330/08) ... 935–36 Presence in provincial parks ... 711–12, 791 Supplementary estimates Provincial funding for ... 850, 856, 858, 861 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2086, 2090 Replacement by provincial sheriffs ... 861 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Saddle Lake First Nation Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Police services on, funding for ... 850 of: Safe communities initiative Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response tabled General remarks ... 1319, 1827, 2137 as SP330/08) ... 935–36 Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative Tasers (Electroshock weapons) General remarks ... 850, 861, 864, 1290, 1318, 1581, Provincial inquiry into ... 1666, 1686 1986–87 Use by law enforcement personnel ... 1666, 1686 School nutrition programs Terrorist attacks General remarks ... 2200 On pipelines ... 1386 Security guards Preparedness for ... 1386 Monitoring of ... 864 Traffic Safety Act Security guards–Training Amendment re seizure of vehicles transporting General remarks ... 865 firearms without registered owner ... 49, 218 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Smoking ban for vehicles carrying children, provision General remarks ... 865 for ... 901 Replaces Private Investigators and Secuirty Guards Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Act ... 864 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 212, Sexual assault centres 2002) Rent increases to, funding for ... 528 Seizure amendment in, application to the transport of Sheriffs firearms without registered owner present ... 49 Complaints against, resolution of ... 1827–28, 2077 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. Complaints against, resolution of, public oversight Agreement with province re Balzac racing mechanism for ... 2077 entertainment complex ... 1218 Conduct of, questions re ... 1631 Victims of crime Correctional centres function ... 421 Assistance programs ... 580, 850, 1149, 1292, 1319 Cost effectiveness of, vs sheriffs ... 863 Victims of Crime Fund Cost of, per officer ... 861 Amount of funding from surcharge on fines ... 854 Counterterrorism function ... 524 Amount of funding from surcharge on fines (Q3/08: Deployment in downtown areas, re violence in Response tabled as SP506/08) ... 1787 licensed premises ... 660 Auditing of ... 862, 1149 General remarks ... 1509, 1537–38 Cap on payments from ... 854 Hunting regulation enforcement function ... 1781 Claimants compensated through (Q4/08: Response Impaired drivers testing ... 1736 tabled as SP506/08) ... 1787 New officers for ... 172, 766, 1583 General remarks ... 580 Presence in provincial parks ... 711–12, 791 Overpayments from (Q5/08: Response tabled as Role of ... 861, 863, 1581, 1631, 1736, 1827–28 SP506/08) ... 1787 Taser usage ... 1666 Surplus ... 854, 862, 1292 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 172, 850, 856, Surplus, use to cover rent increases to sexual assault 858–59, 861, 1581, 1736 centres ... 528 Sheriffs–Finance Surplus, use to fund crime reduction initiatives ... 116 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

1292, 1319 Award of excellence ... 2174–75 Victims of crime protocol Government spending policy General remarks ... 580 General remarks ... 1668 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Second reading ... 1792–93 General remarks ... 2137 Lottery Fund Video gambling machines Funds allocation ... 1668 General remarks ... 1986 Maintenance (Domestic relations) Number of ... 863 General remarks ... 902 Wages–Correctional personnel Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) General remarks ... 421 Second reading ... 1528 Wages–Probation officers Members' Statements (2008) General remarks ... 421 Alberta Emergency Management Agency ... 1664 Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) Alberta Environment support and emergency Agency Response Readiness Centre (AEMA) response team ... 577 General remarks ... 1664 Edmonton Police Service curb the danger program ... Alberta Emergency Management Agency 2100–01 Member's statement re ... 1664 Leader of the official opposition ... 1820 Police Association awards of excellence ... 2174–75 2008 Election Spending Promises (SP537/08: Tabled) Mitchell, Constable Jason ... 1831 Award of excellence ... 2174–75 Alberta support and emergency response team Official Opposition Leader Member's statement re ... 577 Member's statement re ... 1820 Arlington Apartments, Edmonton Report: It's Time. A Real Action Plan for Alberta Loss of historic site designation ... 1387 (SP536/08: Tabled) ... 1831 Bills, Private members' public Oral Question Period (2008) Bill 204, referred to Standing Committee on the Arlington Apartments ... 1387 Economy ... 948 Community development funding ... 1668 Canadian Police Association Construction and demolition waste disposal ... 1515 Awards of excellence ... 2174–75 Maintenance enforcement program ... 902 Canadian Taxpayers Federation Role of provincial sheriffs ... 1581 2008 Election Spending Promises: Liberal Party Pipelines–Security aspects (SP537/08: Tabled) ... 1831 Bombing incident, B.C./Alberta border ... 1581 Capital Health Political parties Former chair of, appointed Ethics Commissioner ... Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... 1519 1520 Cassells, Constable Terry Port Alberta Award of excellence ... 2174–75 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640 Committee on the Economy, Standing Privilege Bill 204, Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Length of evening sitting ... 1266 Devices) Amendment Act, 2008, referred to ... 948 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Construction industry–Waste disposal/recycling Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Reduction in amount of ... 1515 1520 Curb the Danger (Drunk driving prevention campaign) Rodeo Member's statement re ... 2100–01 As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2043 Demolition industry–Waste disposal/recycling Safer communities and neighbourhoods initiative Reduction in amount of ... 1515 General remarks ... 1581 Edmonton International Airport Sheriffs Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Role of ... 1581 Rogers) ... 640 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1581 Emergency planning Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Hotline for environmental emergencies ... 577 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Emergency Preparedness Week 1) Member's statement re ... 577 Second reading ... 205 Ethics Commissioner Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) ... 1519–20 Second reading ... 947–48 Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special Second reading: Amendment (referral to Standing Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred Committee on the Economy) ... 948 in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1519–20 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Fugitive apprehension sheriff support teams Day Act (Bill 37) Establishment of ... 1581 Second reading ... 1679 Furman, Constable Dan Wildfires 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 117

Co-ordination of information re ... 1664 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner) Requests under, costs of ... 462 Report recommending appointment of, concurred in Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1519–20 35) Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Second reading ... 1495–96, 1525 Second reading ... 1557–58 Land titles–Registration Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Volume of ... 462 Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) First reading ... 719 Committee ... 1757 Second reading ... 1078 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP484/08: Tabled) ... Committee ... 1122 1757 Committee: Amendment (SP/25808: Tabled) ... 1122 Members' apologies Third reading ... 1266–67 General remarks ... 1495 Lund, Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) Members of the Legislative Assembly 4-H clubs Agricultural payments to ... 2186 General remarks ... 412 Office of Traffic Safety Agricultural service boards General remarks ... 732 Funding for ... 412 Oral Question Period (2008) Agricultural societies Timber production monitoring ... 88 Funding ... 412 Personal Information Protection Act AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative) General remarks ... 462 General remarks ... 413 Point of Order Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Allegations against a member ... 2186 Second reading ... 1872–73 Factual accuracy ... 2187–88 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Question-and-comment period ... 1495 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Referring to the absence of members ... 1495 Third reading ... 1865 Roads–Maintenance and repair Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton General remarks ... 731–32 Signage ... 732 Use of recycled vs. new paving in ... 732 Automobile drivers–Education Sawmills, Small General remarks ... 733 Measurement of timber supplies ... 88 Automobile licence plates Speech from the Throne Single plate system ... 462 Debate ... 39 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Surface rights Replaced by AgriStability and AgriInvest programs ... Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: 413 Marz) ... 1879–80 Canadian Wheat Board Timber Alberta position on ... 412 Volume of, delivered to sawmills, measurement of ... Capital Health 88 Former chair of, appointed Ethics Commissioner ... Timber–Royalties 1522 General remarks ... 88 Community timber program Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement General remarks ... 88 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Crop insurance program 1) General remarks ... 412–13 Second reading ... 207–08 Crop reinsurance Committee: Amendment A2 (SP217/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 413 1011 Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Committee: Amendment A3 (SP218/08: Tabled) ... Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 412–13 1011 Dept. of Service Alberta Traffic safety Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 462 General remarks ... 732 Dept. of Transportation Rumble strips ... 732 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 731–33 Treasury Board Elk President of, agricultural payments received by ... Damage to crops by ... 412 2186 Ethics Commissioner Truck drivers New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) Hours of service regulation for ... 732 ... 1522 Utilities Consumer Advocate Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special Funding for ... 462 Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred Wildlife damage to crops in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1522 Provincial programs re ... 412 Farm safety Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner) General remarks ... 412 Report recommending appointment of, concurred in 118 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

(Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1522 Legal status ... 1316, 1358–59 MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) Marketing background of member of (Jim Clifford), 4-H clubs website article re (SP583/08: Tabled) ... 1988 Safety education programs ... 248 Member of (Jim Clifford): Marketing background of Agricultural workers ... 1983 Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... Members of: Appointment vs election ... 1984 354 Members of: Business background of ... 1983 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 248 Members of: Recruitment process, political bias in ... Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 2010 (Bill 33) Memorandum of understanding on governance ... Second reading ... 1460–62 1315–16, 1358 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Mission statement ... 1626 Loan limit increase ... 414 Mission statement and organizational chart for Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) (SP457/08: Tabled) ... 1674 Second reading ... 1047 Office location ... 1942 Third reading ... 1503 Office location, website page re (SP549/08: Tabled) Alberta–Economic conditions ... 1904 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1942 Office space costs ... 1899 Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 669 Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) 1289 Second reading ... 1970–72 Public meeting in Edmonton (Oct. 16/08) re, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board questions re global financial crisis during ... 1289 Electricity transmission line (500 kV), Edmonton to U.S. equity investments ... 1289 Calgary, hearing re: Petition for public inquiry re Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 use of private investigators at ... 59, 140 (Bill 17) Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Committee ... 1079 Committee ... 1530–31 Alberta Reduced Tillage LINKAGES Alberta farm fuel benefit program Funding for ... 415 Administration of applications to, 1997-2008 Alberta Regional Council of Carpenters and Allied (M16/08: Accepted) ... 1394–95 Workers Auditor General's remarks re ... 414, 1394–95 Provincial training centre, member's statement re ... General remarks ... 414 2071 Alberta Federation of Labour Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Temporary foreign workers' rights protection ... 1392 Foundation Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Funding for Podium Alberta ... 547–48 Diabetes supplies coverage, letter re (SP164/08: Alberta Sustainability Fund Tabled) ... 666 General remarks ... 680 Doctors opting out of ... 1626–27 Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund Insured services, delisting of ... 2201 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Out-of-province health services, payments for ... 2180 presented re ... 165, 297, 348, 618, 666, 718, 848, Out-of-province health services, payments for: Chart 904, 1065, 1094, 1152, 1323, 1360 of (SP628/08: Tabled) ... 2184 Alberta Utilities Commission Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across Elimination of ... 680 Lubicon land, letter re (SP345/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Alberta Health Services Board Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Bylaws of (SP550/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Second reading ... 260 Capital Health representation on ... 1319, 1984 Angus, Mr. Sasha Chief executive officer, role of, cost cutting element Audit of credit card transactions of ... 668, 679 ... 2200–01 Animal cruelty investigations Chief executive officer, role of, cost cutting element: Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... Document re (SP643/08: Tabled) ... 2209 952–53 Code-of-conduct/conflict-of-interest rules for ... Annual Alberta Labour Market Review (2007) 1942–43, 2105 Landed immigrant figures in ... 351 Deputy Minister of Health's appointment as divisional Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton executive officer of ... 1380 Noise attenuation issues ... 526–27 Friends of Medicare representation on ... 1984 Northwest portion: 137 Ave. interchange, completion Funding for ... 1431 of ... 2077–78 General remarks ... 1316, 1319–20, 1851 Northwest portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Jim Saunders (COO, corporate services), business funding model for ... 2015, 2059, 2078 background of ... 2072, 2105 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 510–11 Jim Saunders (COO, corporate services), contract of Quality of transitions between sections ... 511 concluded ... 2139 Apprenticeship training 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 119

General remarks ... 604, 2071 on ... 83 Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Capiliano school Third reading ... 1067–69, 1072 Member's statement re ... 1468 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6) Capital Health Third reading ... 516 Board of, termination, impact on wait times ... Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 1687–89 5) Former chair of, appointed Ethics Commissioner ... Second reading ... 159–60 1518 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. Representation on new Health Services Board ... 2) (Bill 51) 1319, 1984 Committee ... 2192–93 Surplus, disposition of after creation of Health Asset-backed commercial paper Services Board ... 1319–20 Treasury Branch investment in ... 1898 Capital projects Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Cost escalations re, provision for ... 498–99 Benefits, impact of inflation on ... 1215 Deficit re ... 498, 500 Indexing of benefits under ... 2015 Emergent projects, funding for ... 501–02 Auditor General Physical condition of ... 499–500 Deferred maintenance backlog comments ... 500 Prioritization of ... 498 Farm fuel rebate program comments ... 414, 1394–95 Public/private partnerships re ... 498 Mental health strategy, report on ... 1780–81 Capital projects–Finance Beef industry General remarks ... 498 Competitiveness/sustainability, letter re (SP117/08: Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Tabled) ... 428 Auditor General's comments re ... 500 Bills, Government General remarks ... 499, 500 Bill 26, committee, time allocation on (Motion 18: Casinos–Security aspects Hancock/Renner) ... 1223–24 General remarks ... 863 Bissell Centre, Edmonton Chair of Committees Retirement of Ele Gibson from, member's statement Election of, on second ballot ... 3 re ... 838 Civil service pensions Bitumen Impact of investment in derivative instruments on ... Use of hydrogen from coal to upgrade ... 765 1290 Bitumen–Export Climate change Job loss implications ... 476 Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 670 Bitumen–Royalties Climate Change and Emissions Management Level of ... 323, 671–72 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Bitumen pipelines Second reading ... 1051–52 Job loss implications ... 476 Committee ... 1135–37, 1373–75 Bovar Inc. Third reading ... 1452 Swan Hills Treatment Centre sale to government ... Coal–Royalties 1825 Differentiation in, depending on the end use of the Boyden Global Executive Search coal ... 765 Calgary office managing director (Brent Shervey), Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing recruitment of Health Services Board members ... Establishment of MLA salary levels ... 1215 2010 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Brokers of foreign worker importation Report on 2007 activities (SP140/08: Tabled) ... 587 Elimination of ... 1392 Committees, Policy field Budget 2008 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 72, 75–78 2008-09 second quarter fiscal update ... 1898 CommonHealth (U.S. communications corporation) Building and Educating Tomorrow's Workforce (Labour General remarks ... 1983, 1988 force development strategy) Community leagues–Edmonton General remarks ... 353 Funding for STEP students for ... 930–31 Building Canada Plan (Federal) Conflict of interest Alberta funds from ... 219, 293–94, 361, 501, 579–80, Alberta Health Services Board's rules re ... 1942–43, 1145–46 2105 Calgary Catholic Board of Education Deputy Minister of Health's appointment as divisional New school construction (P3 projects) ... 1633 officer of Health Services Board ... 1380 Calgary-Fort (Constituency) Corporate Internal Audit Services Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 3 Role of ... 679 Canada Health Act Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Principles based on ... 1626 Committee ... 1342 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Dairy products, Unpasteurized Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at ... 612 Petition presented re ... 1065 Horizon project, foreign workers fatalities at, report David Thompson Brigade 120 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Member's statement re ... 532 Edmonton International Airport Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 604 Rogers) ... 635–36 Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Edmonton Police Service Grants, monitoring of ... 414 Constable Douglas Brown case, petition tabled re Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 414–15 (SP538/08) ... 1858 Dept. of Economic Development (former) Education–Finance Audit of former minister's (Mark Norris) credit card User fees, petition presented to eliminate ... 400, 586, transactions ... 668 718, 1323 Dept. of Employment and Immigration Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 351–55, 360–62 Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Dept. of Energy Second reading ... 268–69, 444 Business plan ... 322 Elections, Provincial Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 322–24, 330–31 Third-party ads during (Albertans for Change) ... 670 Dept. of Health and Wellness Electric power, Coal-produced Deficit financing ... 1582–83 General remarks ... 765 Deputy Minister of, appointment to Health Services Electric power–Prices Board ... 1380 General remarks ... 331 Deputy Minister of, severance package ... 1380 Electric power–Supply Discussions with Swiss officials re private sector role Shortage of (blackouts) ... 902–03 in health care, document re (SP570/08: Tabled) ... Electric power plants 1949 IEA article re (SP263/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Final report - study tour of Sweden, document re Electric utilities–Regulations (SP571/08: Tabled) ... 1949 Deregulation ... 331 Health Policy Framework, February 2006 (SP440/08: Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Tabled) ... 1634 Second reading ... 1813–14, 1844 Minister's campaign manager's involvement in Committee ... 1913–14 selection of Health Services Board applicants ... Third reading ... 1966 2010 Employment opportunities Dept. of Infrastructure Reduction in, from bitumen export ... 476 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 498–502, Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 509–11 34) Other revenue ... 510 Second reading ... 1464 Revenue from premiums, fees, licences ... 510 Committee ... 1650 Split with Transportation dept., accounting for in Employment standards budget ... 509–10 Agricultural workers, application to ... 354 Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Compassionate leave ... 354 Information technology budget ... 862 Enforcement of ... 361 Internal audit budget ... 862 General remarks ... 354 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 861–63 Vacation time, increase for ... 354 Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Employment Standards Code Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 546–48 Foreign workers, application to ... 353, 354, 1058, Main estimates, 2008-09: Reflection of split in dept. 1392 in ... 546 Review of (2005), implementation of ... 354 Deputy Speaker Unpaid wages claims, time limit on ... 715–16 Election of, on second ballot ... 3 English as an Additional Language Derivative instruments (Investments) Funding for ... 361 Purchase by civil service pension plans ... 1290 EPCOR Group of Companies Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee Comment re power failure possibility ... 902–03 (Blue books) Ethics Commissioner Posting on government website ... 680 New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) Diabetes–Supplies ... 1518 Coverage by health care plan, letter re (SP164/08: Referral of conflict of interest re appointment of Tabled) ... 666 Deputy Minister of Health to Health Services Disaster relief Board ... 1380 Agricultural claims ... 415 Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special East Central Health (former RHA) Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred Alberta Health Services Board incorporation under ... in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1518 1316, 1358 Executive Council Edmonton-Gold Bar (Constituency) Budget increase ... 669, 670, 680 Financial information from 2008 provincial election, External audits done for ... 679 letter acknowledging receipt of (SP569/08: Tabled) Main estimates 2008-09: Amount of detail in ... 681 ... 1949 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 668–72, 679–81 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 121

Farm safety 35) General remarks ... 248 Second reading ... 1462–63 Fatalities, Work-related Committee ... 1647–50 Due to cell phone use in automobiles ... 353 Committee: Amendment (SP446/08: Tabled) ... 1647 General remarks ... 55 Government programs Investigation of, filing of reports on ... 353 Communications with the public re ... 671 Investigation of, timeline re ... 248 Gravel–Supplies Plaque on Legislature grounds re, moving of ... 355 Cost of ... 1827 Financial Administration Act Gravel pit–Edmonton Incorporation of Health Services Board under ... Qualico pit creation, prevention of, petition presented 1358–59 re ... 140, 400, 618 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Hazardous substances–Disposal 31) General remarks ... 1825 Second reading ... 1526–27 Health care facilities Committee ... 1618–19 Physical condition of ... 500 Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) (Bill 13) Second reading ... 1743–45 Second reading ... 912 Committee ... 1916–17 Committee ... 959 Third reading ... 1965–66 Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46) Committee ... 915–16 Second reading ... 1906–07, 1909–10 Foreign workers, Temporary Committee ... 1975–76 Accreditation of credentials of ... 604 Health Resource Centre, Calgary Cancellation of program for ... 1942 Former employee of, position in Alberta Health Death of, on the job ... 83, 612 Services ... 2072 Filipino workers, memorandum of understanding re ... Heart–Surgery 1391 Wait times for ... 1687–89, 1734 General remarks ... 19, 352, 425, 476, 1391 Wait times for, website article re (SP461/08: Tabled) Layoff of ... 1941 ... 1695 Trade certification requirements ... 664 Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Treatment of: Armando Garcia case ... 354 Second reading ... 1047 Treatment/safety of ... 83–84, 1058 High Prairie Health Complex Treatment/safety of: Documentation re (M14/08: Syringe reuse at ... 1538 Defeated) ... 1391–92 Syringe reuse at: Ministerial statement re ... 1534 Treatment/safety of: Employment standards officers Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention re ... 353 Standards re ... 1534, 1538 Treatment/safety of: Special advisory offices re ... Standards re, monitoring of ... 1534, 1538 1391 Hospital beds Unpaid wages claims, time limit on ... 716 Decrease in ... 2201 Forest Heights school, Edmonton Hospitals Renovation of ... 502 Closure of ... 2201 Forest industries–Employees Conversion to private facilities ... 1670 Unemployed workers, retraining of ... 19, 352 New provincial organizational scheme for ... 1539 Francophone Secretariat Hospitals, Private Cité francophone project, funding for ... 360–61 Promotion of, by Health Services Board employee ... Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act 2072 Impact of Bill 45, Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, Hospitals–Finance 2008, on: Letter re (SP539/08: Tabled) ... 1858 Activity-based funding ... 1431, 1476 Friends of Medicare Hospitals–Rural areas Representation on Alberta Health Services Board ... Closure ... 2131 1984 Funding for ... 1431, 1476 Gas, Natural–Prices Occupancy rates ... 2131 Forecasting of ... 668 Hospitals–Two Hills Henry hub price as basis for royalty calculation ... 331 General remarks ... 2131 Gas, Natural–Royalties HRG Health Resource Group Inc. Based on Henry hub price ... 331 Contract for insured surgical services (SP609/08: General Electric Company Tabled) ... 2081 Nuclear power promotion in Alberta, role in ... 296 Shareholder of, position in Alberta Health Services ... Gibson, Ele 2072 Member's statement re ... 838 Shareholder of, position in Alberta Health Services: Government Organization Act Document re (SP608/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Reorganization of health system under ... 1358 Hydrogen from coal Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Use in bitumen upgrading ... 765 122 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Immigrants Light rail transit–Edmonton Trades qualifications of ... 351 Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 219 Immigrants–Employment Lobbyists–Registration General remarks ... 1941–42 New Ethics Commissioner appointment, implications Immigration to ... 1518 Provincial nominee program ... 425 Local Authorities Pension Plan Provincial nominee program, reports re expansion of Derivative instruments investments ... 1290 (M13/08: Defeated) ... 1391 Investment return decrease of, letter re (SP540/08: Income Support program Tabled) ... 1858 Benefits ... 362 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Benefits, indexing of ... 362 presented re ... 165, 297, 348, 618, 666, 718, 848, General remarks ... 362 904, 1065, 1094, 1152, 1323, 1360 Information and Privacy Commissioner Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Letter from, re impact of Statistics Bureau hospitals) Amendment Act, 2008 on (SP539/08: Tabled) ... Waiting lists for ... 1669–70 1858 Lottery Fund Letter to, re impact of Statistics Bureau Amendment Funds allocation ... 862 Act, 2008 on (SP531/08: Tabled) ... 1817 Low-income families Insurance, Health (Private) Provincial assistance to, impact of inflation on ... Abandonment of government plans to increase: 1215 Petition presented re ... 428, 904 Lubicon Lake Band Relaxation of rules re ... 1626 Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on: Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Letter re (SP345/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Second reading ... 1325–26 Macdonald, Ron Committee ... 1367 Member's statement re ... 1350–51 Third reading ... 1500–02 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute International finance Delays in opening ... 1688, 1851 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1942 McDougall Centre, Calgary Keystone bitumen pipeline Opposition members' access to ... 670 Job loss implications ... 476 Medical care Labour laws and legislation Costs, initiatives to control ... 2200–01, 2209 Changes to, letters re (SP44, 55, 71, 80, 85, 91, 99, Patient-focused care model ... 1511 118, 141, 157, 163, 170, 185, 192, 237, 249, 264, Patient-focused care model, articles re (SP417- 293/08: Tabled) ... 81, 140, 224–25, 257, 297, 349, 418/08: Tabled) ... 1516 401, 428, 587, 620, 666, 719, 849, 905, 1066, 1096, Reform of ... 1380, 1539, 1626–27, 2200–01 1153, 1222 Reform of, flyer concerning public rally re (SP6/08: Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Tabled) ... 23 Second reading ... 1155–57, 1159–61, 1163, 1168–69, Medical care, Private 1182–84, 1187–88 Communications strategy re ... 1983 Committee ... 1231–32, 1234–35, 1257–58, 1260–61, Documents from discussions with Swiss and Swedish 1263 officials re (SP570-571/08: Tabled) ... 1949 Committee: Time allocation re (Motion 18: General remarks ... 1511, 1539, 1626, 1634, 2139, Hancock/Renner) ... 1223–24 2201 Committee: Amendment A3 (SP300/08: Tabled) ... Promotion of, by Health Services Board employee ... 1258 2072, 2105 Committee: Amendment A4 (SP301/08: Tabled) ... Quotation by AHSB chief operating officer re ... 2072 1260 Quotation by AHSB chief operating officer re Third reading ... 1274, 1277–79 (SP607/08: Tabled) ... 2081 General remarks ... 1222 Medical care–Finance Labour Relations Code General remarks ... 1511, 2201 Amendment of, legislation re ... 1058 Medical devices, Single-use Review of ... 351 Monitoring of usage of ... 1534 Review of (2002): MLA committee re ... 351 Medical profession Lamont Health Care Centre Opting out of health care plan ... 1626–27 General remarks ... 2131 Members' Statements (2008) Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) 50th anniversary of Capilano school ... 1468 Second reading ... 1042–43 Carpenters and Allied Workers Training Centre ... Committee ... 1339 2071 Third reading ... 1497–98 David Thompson Brigade ... 532 Lethbridge-East (Constituency) Ele Gibson ... 838 Member for, nominated as Deputy Speaker ... 3 Ron Macdonald ... 1350–51 Light rail transit–Calgary Women Building Futures ... 922–23 Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 219 Mental health services 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 123

General remarks ... 1780–81 Olympic athletes Provincial strategy re, Auditor General's report on ... Provincial support to ... 547–48 1780–81 Oral Question Period (2008) Mentally disabled–Housing Alberta Health Services Board ... 1942–43, 1983–84, General remarks ... 1781 2010 Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Anthony Henday Drive 137th Avenue interchange ... Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) 2077–78 Second reading ... 1910–12, 1968 Anthony Henday Drive public-private partnership ... Ministerial Statements (2008) 2059 National Day of Mourning ... 246 Anthony Henday Drive public/private partnership ... Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1534 2015 Ministers (Provincial government) Cardiac surgery wait times ... 1687–89 Salary levels for, setting of ... 1215 Coal royalties ... 765 Vehicles used by, list of ... 680 Electricity supply ... 902–03 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16) Farm worker safety ... 248 Second reading ... 1077 Federal infrastructure funding ... 219, 293–94, Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) 579–80, 1145–46 (Bill 41) Health care funding ... 1511 Second reading ... 1834–35 Health Services Board ... 1315–16, 1319–20, National Day of Mourning 1358–59 Ministerial statement re ... 246 Health Services Board chair ... 1380 Poster re (SP79/08: Tabled) ... 257 Health system restructuring ... 1539, 1582–83, Natural resources revenue 1626–27, 2072, 2105, 2131, 2139, 2200–01 Forecasts for, public release of ... 323–24 Heritage Savings Trust Fund investments ... 1289 General remarks ... 322, 323–24, 331, 668, 671–72 Hospital funding ... 1431, 1476 New Royalty Framework (2007) Infection prevention and control standards ... 1538 General remarks ... 322, 323–24, 671 Joint worksite health and safety committees ... 612 Reaction to oil price changes ... 841–42 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 1851 Norris, Mr. Mark (Former MLA) Mental health services ... 1780–81 Audit of government credit card transactions of ... Nuclear power ... 296 668, 679 Oil royalties price cap ... 841–42 Nuclear power plants Out-of-province health services ... 2180 Expert panel to review: Documents re appointment of Pension plan investments ... 1290 (M15/08: Defeated) ... 1393 Provincial nominee program ... 425 IEA article re (SP263/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Provincial spending ... 1898–99 Nuclear power plants– Peace River area Public-private partnerships for school construction ... General remarks ... 331 1632–33 Occupational diseases Public transportation ... 137 Fatalities due to, investigation of ... 353 Safety of temporary foreign workers ... 83–84 Occupational diseases–Prevention Student temporary employment program ... 930–31 General remarks ... 55 Support for low-income Albertans ... 1215 Occupational Health and Safety Act Surgery wait times ... 1734 Amendment to include mandatory workplace health Swan Hills waste treatment facility cleanup ... 1825 and safety committees ... 612 Temporary foreign workers ... 19, 476, 664, 1058, Occupational health and safety officers 1941–42 General remarks ... 353 Traffic noise on Anthony Henday drive ... 526–27 Occupational health and safety research Unpaid wages ... 715–16 General remarks ... 354 Wait times for long-term care ... 1669–70 Office of Statistics and Information Wapiti Gravel Suppliers ... 1827 Impact on FOIP Act, letter from Privacy Waterfowl mortality rates in tailings ponds ... 345 Commissioner re (SP539/08: Tabled) ... 1858 Workplace safety ... 55 Office of the Premier Parks, Regional–Edmonton area Budget increase for ... 680 River valley park, provincial funding for ... 548 Oil–Prices Peace Country Health Forecasting of ... 668 Surgery wait times in (SP535/08: Tabled) ... 1830–31 Impact on New Royalty Framework ... 841–42 Surgery wait times increase ... 1734 Oil–Royalites Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) General remarks ... 331 Gravel pit, Edmonton, prevention of ... 140, 400, 618 Oil sands development Private health insurance abandonment ... 428 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Public inquiry into AEUB's use of private down of ... 476 investigators at hearing by ... 59, 140 Oil sands tailings ponds Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 165, 297, Waterfowl deaths on ... 345 348, 618, 666, 718, 848, 904, 1065, 1094, 1152, 124 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

1323 Privacy legislation enforcement, letter re (SP40/08: Remuneration for employees working with the Tabled) ... 59 disabled ... 59, 165, 586 Public Inquiries Act Rental costs assistance for low-income/disabled ... Inquiry into AEUB spying practices, petition re ... 59, 215, 348, 666 140 School fees elimination ... 400, 586, 718, 1323 Public Service Pension Plan Unpasteurized dairy products, consumer access to ... Derivative instruments investments ... 1290 1065 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) presented re ... 165, 297, 348, 618, 666, 718, 848, Second reading ... 1816 904, 1065, 1094, 1152, 1323, 1360 Podium Alberta Public transit Athlete training assistance ... 547–48 Tax credits as incentive to use ... 137 Point of Order Public transit–Calgary Allegations against a member ... 1324–25 Federal funding for ... 293–94, 501 Clarification ... 1647 Public/private partnership (P3) projects, federal Distribution of bills ... 1696 funding for ... 294 Factual accuracy ... 76, 415, 1185 Public transit–Capital region Insulting language ... 849 Federal funding for ... 293–94, 501 Question-and-comment period ... 1495 Public/private partnership (P3) projects, federal Questions about detail ... 1832 funding for ... 294 Police Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary Number of, per capita, formula for ... 861–62 Report ... 137 Police, Provincial Regional health authorities Sheriffs as ... 861 Changes to governance of ... 1315–16, 1358–59, Police–Finance 1380, 1431, 1734, 2131 General remarks ... 862 Changes to governance of, cost-benefit analysis ... Political parties 1583 Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Changes to governance of, costs ... 1899 1518 Changes to governance of, Minister's letter re Port Alberta (SP439/08: Tabled) ... 1634 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 635–36 Regional Health Authorities Act Portrait Gallery of Canada Reorganization of health system under ... 1358 Funding for Alberta bid for ... 670 Rent increases Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Assistance re, for low-income/disabled: Petition Third reading ... 1451 presented re ... 215, 348 Postsecondary educational institutions Roads–Maintenance and repair Physical condition of ... 499 Privatization of ... 510 Premier's Council for Economic Strategy Royal Canadian Mounted Police Role of ... 668 Cost of, per officer ... 861 Privacy legislation Provincial funding for ... 861 Enforcement of, letter re public inquiry into Replacement by provincial sheriffs ... 861 (SP40/08: Tabled) ... 59 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Alberta Royalty Review: Results & Competitiveness Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Assessment (report) (SP70/08: Tabled) ... 224 1518 Performance measures ... 322 Public Affairs Bureau Rural Alberta's Development Fund Budget increase ... 669 General remarks ... 360, 414 Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville ... 670 Bacterial infection situation in ... 1534 Communication services, client satisfaction with ... General remarks ... 2131 670–71 Schools–Construction General remarks ... 670 Public/private projects re ... 1632–33 Privatized health care, communications strategy re ... Schools–Construction–Abbotsford, B.C. 1983 Public/private project, website article re (SP584/08: Public assistance Tabled) ... 1988 Impact of inflation on ... 1215 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Public health system Committee ... 1644–46 Dismissal of doctors in ... 1538 Senior citizens Public inquiries Government programs: Impact of inflation on ... 1215 Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, Senior citizens–Employment and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 165, 297, 348, Incentives for ... 352 618, 666, 718, 848, 904, 1065, 1094, 1152, 1323, Sheriffs 1360 Cost of, per officer ... 861 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 125

Role of ... 861 Slave River electricity generating system ... 331 Sheriffs–Finance Travel Alberta International Inc. General remarks ... 862 International marketing agreements ... 547 Slot machines Treasury Branches Number of ... 863 Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 1898 Speaker Loans written off, 1998-2008, letter requesting details Congratulations to ... 3 re (SP358/08: Tabled) ... 1389 Speech from the Throne Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Debate ... 149, 152–54 Day Act (Bill 37) Standing Orders Second reading ... 1677–78 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... Unemployed workers 72, 75–78 Recruitment to Alberta ... 352 Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) Victims of Crime Fund Second reading ... 1816–17 Auditing of ... 862 Committee ... 1974 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Letter re, from Privacy Commissioner (SP539/08: Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Tabled) ... 1858 Second reading ... 1972–73 Letter re, to Privacy Commissioner (SP531/08: Video gambling machines Tabled) ... 1817 Number of ... 863 Steam fitter-pipefitter apprenticeship program Wages Red seal exam re, security breach ... 604 Unpaid wages, time limit on claims re ... 715–16 Reduction from four years to three years ... 604 Wages–Disabled facility employees Summer Temporary Employment Program Petitions presented re ... 59, 165, 586 Funding for ... 361, 930–31 Waiting lists (Medical care) Suncor Inc. Website article re (SP462/08: Tabled) ... 1695 Annual report, 2007: Pages 20, 25, and 26 from Wapiti Gravel Suppliers Ltd. (SP156/08: Tabled) ... 620 Government contract with ... 1827 Surgery wait times Water power Increase in ... 1734 Slave River rapids, harnessing of ... 331 In Peace Country health region (SP535/08: Tabled) ... Welders–Health and safety aspects 1830–31 Research into ... 354 Swan Hills Treatment Centre Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner) Decommissioning/cleanup of ... 1825 Report recommending appointment of, concurred in Funding for ... 510 (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1518 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Women Building Futures Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 345 Member's statement re ... 922–23 Tackling Investment Challenges in Power Generation Workers' compensation (IEA article) Appeal procedure for denied claims ... 362 Excerpt from (SP263/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Workers' Compensation Board Tax incentives Surplus ... 362 For public transit usage ... 137 Workplace certification (Labour laws) Time allocation motions (Parliamentary practice) Letters re (SP44/08: Tabled) ... 81 Bill 26 (CoW), Labour Relations Amendment Act, Workplace Health and Safety division 2008 (Motion 18: Hancock/Renner) ... 1223–24 Horizon oil sands project deaths, report on Tourism–Marketing investigation into ... 83 Funding for ... 547 Workplace safety General remarks ... 669 Funding for ... 353 International marketing efforts ... 546–47 Improvement of ... 55 Tourism levy Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 248 Use to develop new tourist attractions ... 547 Inspectors for ... 55, 353 Tourist attractions Joint health and safety committees for ... 612 Development of ... 547 Ministerial statement re ... 246 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) 1) Second reading ... 1078 Committee ... 916–18, 964–65 Committee ... 1122 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP207/08: Tabled) ... Committee: Amendment (SP/25808: Tabled) ... 1122 965 Third reading ... 1267–68 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) Second reading ... 1970 Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. Second reading ... 1869–70 North Central Corridor project across Lubicon Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) territory, letter re (SP345/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) 126 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

First reading ... 587 Royal Canadian Army Cadets ... 657 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Oil sands development Second reading ... 107 Impact on groundwater ... 1941 Beef–Export Olds College Diversification of ... 1741 Bell e-Learning Centre, member's statement re ... Beef industry 1322 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1740–41 Oral Question Period (2008) Bills, Private members' public Chronic wasting disease control ... 52–53 Bill 203, six month hoist amendment at second Country of origin labelling ... 1740–41 reading ... 444 Gasoline pricing ... 975 Children–Physical fitness Groundwater quality ... 1941 Tax credit re (Bill 206) ... 587 Physician supply in rural Alberta ... 15 Chinook's Edge School Division Pork Bell e-Learning Centre at Olds College, member's Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1740–41 statement re ... 1322 Pork–Export Chronic wasting disease–Control Diversification of ... 1741 General remarks ... 52–53 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) By hunting ... 52–53 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP259/08: Tabled) ... College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta 1139 Physicians in rural areas, incentives for ... 15 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP260/08: Tabled) ... Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area 1139 Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 52–53 Reach for the Top (Provincial competition) Disposal of, following cull ... 52–53 Member's statement re ... 57–58 Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Royal Canadian Army Cadets Act, 2008 (Bill 203) 20th anniversary in Didsbury, member's statement re Second reading ... 443–44 ... 657 Second reading: Six month hoist amendment ... 444 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Farm produce–United States Second reading ... 1601 Country of origin label regulation for ... 1740–41 basin Gasoline–Prices Overuse of ... 1941 Impact on tourism ... 975 Surface rights Gasoline–Taxation Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Provincial tax, reduction of ... 975 Marz) ... 1875, 1880 Government Committee Reviewing Labour Relations in Tax incentives the Construction Industry For children's physical activity costs ... 587 Final report (SP245/08: Tabled) ... 1096 Tourism Groundwater Impact of gasoline prices on ... 975 Quality of ... 1941 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Groundwater–Oil sands areas Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Protection of quality of ... 1941 1) Hockey championships Second reading ... 205–06 Junior B provincial hockey champions, member's Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial statement re ... 21–22 Day Act (Bill 37) Hunting Committee ... 1681 As control method for chronic wasting disease in deer Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability ... 53 Renewal of ... 1941 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Second reading ... 100 Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) Committee ... 441 Committee: Amendment (SP/25808: Tabled) ... 1139 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Second reading ... 1157 Aboriginal peoples Third reading ... 1270–71 Government programs for, funding for ... 117 Labour Relations Board Aboriginal women's issues Consultation with, re labour relations in the Provincial initiatives re ... 613–14 construction industry ... 1096 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Livestock industry Second reading ... 1570–71 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 1740–41 Committee ... 1807–09 Medical profession–Rural areas Committee: Amendment A2 (SP530/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 15 1807 Members' Statements (2008) Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Bell e-Learning Centre ... 1322 Second reading ... 1047 Junior B provincial hockey championships ... 21–22 Alberta–Economic conditions Reach for the Top provincial competition ... 57–58 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1896 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 127

Alberta–Economic policy Government computer network security breach, Member's statement re ... 1979 report of ... 1353 Alberta Blue Cross Plan IT control framework across government, Seniors' drug benefits ... 690–91 recommendation re ... 458 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Automobile Insurance Rate Board 2008 (Bill 29) Hearings into premium levels ... 610 Second reading ... 1436 Automobiles–Seizure Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Council Johnston/Brown) ... 447–48 Interim report (SP614/08: Tabled) ... 2081 BA Energy Inc. Alberta Clipper pipeline Heartland upgrader, shelving of ... 1821 General remarks ... 1821, 2201 Bitumen Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Upgrading ... 1686–87 Second reading ... 1971–72 Upgrading: Suspension of projects re ... 1821 Third reading ... 2047–48 Bitumen–Export Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4) General remarks ... 1686–87, 1979 Third reading ... 960 Job loss implications ... 1686–87, 2201 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Member's statement re ... 1821 Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: Bitumen–Royalties DeLong) ... 1565–66 Level of ... 217 Insured services, delisting of ... 692 Bitumen pipelines Insured services, delisting of: Mention of, during General remarks ... 1686–87, 1979 election process ... 15 Job loss implications ... 1821, 2201 User fees under, increase in ... 57 Boyden Global Executive Search Alberta Health Services Board Calgary office managing director (Brent Shervey), Determination of long-term care patients placement ... recruitment of Health Services Board members ... 903 2052 Former premier (Ralph Klein) as applicant for Budget debate member of ... 2052 Motion 10: Evans ... 183–85 Information technology consistency requirement ... Capital projects 877 Public/private partnerships re ... 504–06, 514–16 Member of (Tony Franceschini): Conflict-of-interest Carbon dioxide emissions of ... 1981 General remarks ... 2199 Members of: Business background of ... 1981 Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 321 Members of: Recruitment process, political bias in ... From oil sands operations, impact on exports ... 1315 2052–53 Carbon dioxide sequestration Testing of High Prairie patients following syringe Documents re (SP612-613/08: Tabled) ... 2081 reuse incident ... 1627, 1666–67, 1670 Funding for projects re ... 2010 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 General remarks ... 321 (Bill 17) News story re ... 2010 Second reading ... 1046–47 Chief Information Officers' Council Committee ... 1079, 1122–24, 1127–28, 1139 Cross government information technology control Alberta Utilities Commission framework ... 459 Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across Chief Medical Officer of Health Lubicon land ... 1356 Acting chief (Dr. Predy), action re comment on public Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across health officials' resignation ... 1779, 1823 Lubicon land, UN letter re (SP346/08: Tabled) ... Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, 1362 2008 (Bill 40) Alliance pipeline Second reading ... 2045–46 Impact of ... 320 Child and Youth Advocate Apartment buildings Annual reports ... 1509 Conversion to condominiums: Moratorium on ... 117 Quarterly reports ... 1471, 1509 Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Quarterly reports, 2006-08 (SP366/08: Tabled) ... Third reading ... 1069–72, 1074 1432 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition 2) (Bill 51) parties to discuss ... 1509, 1515–16 Second reading ... 2171–72 Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition Asset-backed commercial paper parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1517, Treasury Branch investment in ... 897 1546 Auditor General Child welfare recipients Climate change plan, comments on lack of Accommodation in motels ... 1509 measurements for ... 1286, 1314–15 Protection of ... 1425, 1471, 1509 Children–Employment 128 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

General remarks ... 355 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 690–92 Children and poverty Minister's campaign manager's involvement in General remarks ... 1360 selection of Health Services Board applicants ... Climate change 2052 Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 341, 924 Dept. of Infrastructure Alberta plan for: Auditor General's report on ... 1286, Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 504–06, 514–16 1314–15 Dept. of Service Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 457–59 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Motor vehicle registrations, revenue from ... 457, 458 Committee ... 1137–38, 1375, 1414–16 Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Committee: Amendment A1 (SP360/08: Tabled) ... Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 857–59 1414 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Collective bargaining Inspectors in ... 420–21 First-contract certification legislation ... 355–56 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Collective bargaining–Building trades Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... General remarks ... 356 690, 691 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders DynaLife DX and Printing, Standing Former president of, as CEO of Alberta Health Referral of privilege motion to, re misleading the Services Board ... 903 House ... 1546 Economic development and the environment Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination General remarks ... 2199 (United Nations) Economic growth Letter re pipeline through Lubicon-claimed territory Slow-down of ... 841 ... 1356 Edmonton Remand Centre Committees, Policy field New facility for ... 859 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 70–72, 77 Overcrowding in ... 859 Computers, Government Edmonton-Strathcona (Federal riding) Compatability of ... 877 Election of NDP member for, October 14, 2008 ... Computers, Government–Security aspects 1314 Hackers breach of ... 1353 Education–Finance Conflict of interest General remarks ... 1896–97 Alberta Health Services Board member (Tony Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Franceschini) ... 1981 Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Congenital syphilis Second reading ... 266–67 Increase in cases of ... 1734–35, 1778–79, 1822–23 Elections, Provincial Public education campaign re, cancellation of ... Campaign platforms during ... 15 1734–35, 1823, 1981, 2072–73 Third-party ads during (Albertans for Change) ... 674 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Electric power, Coal-produced Documents re (SP611/08: Tabled) ... 2081 General remarks ... 321 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Public Electric power, Coal-produced–Health aspects inquiry re ... 2132–33, 2177 General remarks ... 248 Consumption tax, Provincial Electric power–Export Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion General remarks ... 248–49, 321 501: Griffiths) ... 112 Electric power–Prices Copeman Healthcare Centre Impact of electricity exports on ... 249 General remarks ... 692 Electric power lines–Construction Services provided by ... 50–51 General remarks ... 321 Corporations–Taxation Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) Reduction of ... 1896–97 Construction of, environmental impact assessment of Cumulative Environmental Management Association ... 392–93 Review of, draft copy (SP548/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Electric power lines (500 kV)–Environmental aspects Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Impact assessments re, elimination of ... 392–93 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 597–99 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Dept. of Children and Youth Services Gasoline prices (not proceeded with) ... 933 Minister, firing of ... 1425, 1471 Safety of oil sands tailings ponds (not proceeded Minister, resignation of ... 1509 with) ... 620 Dept. of Employment and Immigration Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 355–56 Second reading ... 1813–15, 1886 Dept. of Energy Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 320–21 34) Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Third reading ... 1727 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 875–76 Employment standards Dept. of Health and Wellness Children under 15 ... 355 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 129

Encana Corporation Relation to natural gas supply ... 320 Quarterly dividend increase ... 133 Gas, Natural–Prices Energy conservation Increase in ... 1016–17 General remarks ... 321 Gas, Natural–Supply Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Relation to natural gas export ... 320 General remarks ... 321, 659, 2010 Gasoline–Prices Tax incentives for ... 875–76 General remarks ... 973 Energy Resources Conservation Board Request for emergency debate on ... 933 Pipeline inspections ... 924 Geothermal power Energy strategy General remarks ... 321 Completion of ... 320–21 Government departments Environmental impact assessments Communications (public announcements) function in 500 kV electric power transmission lines ... 392–93 ... 673 Cumulative assessments ... 248 Public opinion surveying ... 673 Environmental law/regulations Government openness Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 341 General remarks ... 1850–51 Inspectors for ... 421–21 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Environmental technology 35) Development of (green economy) ... 875–76, 2199 Second reading ... 1496, 1503–04 Esquao Awards Third reading ... 1729 General remarks ... 614 Green energy fund (proposed) Ethane General remarks ... 875 Extraction of, from throughput of pipelines ... 320 Greenhouse gas emissions Executive Council From oil sands operations, impact on exports ... 1315 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 673–75 Reduction of, measurement of ... 1286 Fatalities, Work-related Health General remarks ... 214 Personal responsibility for ... 1734 Federation of Canadian Municipalities Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Report on P3 projects ... 504–05 Second reading ... 1746, 1749–50 Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Committee ... 1889–90 Commission High Prairie Health Complex Report ... 1941, 1979 Syringe reuse at ... 1536–37, 1666–67, 1670, 1673 First Nations development fund Syringe reuse at: Ministerial statement re ... 1535 General remarks ... 117 Syringe reuse at: Premier's apology re ... 1581, 1627 First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Highway racing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Second reading ... 1076–77 Johnston/Brown) ... 447–48 Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) Hip and knee surgery Third reading ... 961 Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 692 Foreign workers, Temporary Homeless–Housing General remarks ... 1979 General remarks ... 1087 Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre Homeless and eviction prevention fund Housing of Edmonton Remand Centre overflow in ... Funding for ... 117–18 859 General remarks ... 459 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention Royalty information provision prevented under ... Standards re ... 1535, 1536–37, 1580–81 1850–51 Standards re, Cowell report on ... 1580, 1673 Syphilis outbreak awareness campaign cancellation Hospitals–Beaverlodge request under ... 2133 New hospital for ... 2103 Syphilis outbreak awareness campaign cancellation Hospitals–Standards request under, documents re (SP611/08: Tabled) ... Member's statement re ... 1673 2081 Hours of labour Fundamentals of Nursing (Textbook) Working alone regulation ... 355 Excerpt from, re syringe re-use (SP452/08: Tabled) ... Houston, Dr. Stan 1674 Comments re public health officials' resignation ... Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) 1779, 1823 Second reading ... 1654–55 Income Support program Committee ... 1723–24 Benefits, market-basket measure for ... 355 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Income tax, Provincial Revenue from ... 117 Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: Gas, Natural Griffiths) ... 112 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 320 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Gas, Natural–Export Cumulative impact assessment of ... 248 130 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Information and communications technology (cross- Reform of (action plan re) ... 14–15, 57 government initiative) Medical care, Private General remarks ... 458 General remarks ... 50–51, 57, 692 Information and Privacy Commissioner Member's statement re ... 903 Royalty information secrecy comments ... 1850–51 Mention of, during election process ... 15, 903 Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women Medical care–Finance Provincial funding for ... 613 General remarks ... 1896–97 Insurance, Automobile User fees ... 692 Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and Medical care–Rural areas suffering): Cap on ... 610 General remarks ... 691 Public plan re ... 611 Medical devices, Single-use Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Monitoring of usage of ... 1535 Raising of ... 610–11, 876 Medical profession–Fees Raising of, court appeal ... 610 General remarks ... 691 Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Medical records, Electronic Third reading ... 1499–1500, 1502 Compatability of systems re ... 877 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Members' apologies General remarks ... 1360 General remarks ... 2187 International Day of Mourning for Workers Killed and Provision of incorrect information ... 1515, 1517, Injured on the Job 1546 Member's statement re ... 214 Members' Statements (2008) International finance Bitumen export ... 1821 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1896 E. R. Ward Neale ... 1057 Justice system Fiscal responsibility ... 1979 Backlogs in ... 1058–59 Health care privatization ... 903 Keystone bitumen pipeline Health care standards ... 1673 Job loss implications ... 1821, 2201 International Day of Mourning ... 214 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) May Day ... 400 Second reading ... 1159, 1161–64, 1181, 1183, Poverty reduction ... 1360 1186–88, 1190–91, 1193–95, 1197, 1199, 1203 Twelve Days of Christmas redux ... 2110 Committee ... 1238–40, 1242–44, 1246, 1251, 1262 Members' withdrawal of remarks Committee: Amendment A2 (SP299/08: Tabled) ... Minister's speaking engagement ... 1153 1251 Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Third reading ... 1269–71, 1274 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) Labour Relations Code Second reading ... 1967–69 Review of ... 356 Third reading ... 2046–47 Labour unions Ministerial Statements (2008) Member's statement re ... 400 Land-use framework ... 2199 Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) National Day of Mourning ... 246–47 Second reading ... 1044 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16) Committee ... 1338 Second reading ... 1077–78 Third reading ... 1496–98 Committee ... 1333 Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Third reading ... 1728 (Bill 41) Land-use framework Second reading ... 1813 Impact on economic growth ... 841 Third reading ... 2046 Ministerial statement re ... 2199 National Day of Mourning Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Ministerial statement re ... 246–47 New residence for ... 674, 1087, 1144–45, 1212–13 National Energy Board (Federal) New residence for, point of order re ... 1153–54 Bitumen pipeline permits ... 1821 Office of, funding for ... 674 Natural gas rebates Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary General remarks ... 320, 1016–17 hospitals)–Staffing Natural resources revenue Shortages of ... 82–83 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 133, 167 Lubicon Lake Band General remarks ... 1896–97 Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on ... Neale, Mr. E. R. Ward 1356 Member's statement re ... 1057 Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on: New Royalty Framework (2007) UN letter re (SP346/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Application to Suncor and Syncrude ... 217, 1940–41 May Day General remarks ... 1979 Member's statement re ... 400 Provision of information re, prevented ... 1850–51 Medical care Reaction to oil price changes ... 133, 320 Access to ... 50–51 Royalty holiday, five-year (shallow drilling) ... 1979 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 131

Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund Gasoline pricing ... 973 General remarks ... 1941 Government information network security ... 1353 Nuclear power plants Infection prevention and control standards ... 1536–37 Export of electricity produced by ... 249 Justice system ... 1058–59 General remarks ... 658–59, 2199 Lieutenant Governor's residence ... 1087, 1144–45, Office of the Premier 1212–13 Former premier (Ralph Klein), application for Long-term care ... 82–83 membership on Alberta Health Services Board ... Lubicon Lake Band land claim ... 1356 2052 Monitoring health care standards ... 1580–81 Premier's apology re infection control lapse in High Natural gas prices ... 1016–17 Prairie ... 1581, 1627 Nuclear power ... 658–59 Oil–Prices Oil price forecasting ... 167 Forecasting of ... 167 Oil sands bitumen export ... 1686–87 Impact on New Royalty Framework ... 133 Paramountcy provision to royalty information ... Oil–Royalites 1850–51 General remarks ... 133 Pipeline leaks ... 924–25 Oil–Royalites–Alaska Police funding ... 1380 General remarks ... 320 Protection of children in care ... 1425, 1471, 1509, Oil sands development 1515–16 Strategic plan completion for ... 875 Public health system reform ... 14–15, 57 Sustainability of ... 321 Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 470–71 Use of natural gas supplies ... 320 Renter assistance ... 288–89 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Role of provincial sheriffs ... 1736 Carbon dioxide emmisions reduction in ... 2010 Royalty revenues ... 133, 1896–97 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 248 Security of oil sands tailings ponds ... 524 Total E & P's plans re (SP145/08: Tabled) ... 619 Sustainable resource development inspectors ... U.S./world reaction to Alberta situation ... 1315 420–21 Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat Syncrude royalty agreement ... 1940–41 General remarks ... 875 Syringe reuse ... 1666–67, 1670 Oil sands tailings ponds Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1627 Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 341 Traffic tickets ... 1541 Provincial inspectors at ... 420–21 Transmission line application process ... 392–93 Reclamation of ... 470–71, 524 Payday loans–Interest rates Technology to clean up ... 470–71 Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1716–17 Technology to clean up, diagram re (SP146/08: Petro-Canada Tabled) ... 619 Fort Hills upgrader delay ... 1821 Total E & P's plans re (SP145/08: Tabled) ... 619 Pipelines Waterfowl deaths on ... 341, 420–21, 524 Leaks from ... 924–25 Oil sands tailings ponds–Safety aspects Pipelines–Inspection Request for emergency debate re ... 620 General remarks ... 924–25 Oil sands tailings ponds–Security aspects Poems/songs General remarks ... 524 Twelve Days of Christmas redux ... 2110 Threat assessment report re ... 524 Point of Order Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Allegations against a member ... 2187 Meeting with Child and Youth Advocate, minister's Committee of Supply procedure ... 234 offer re ... 1509, 1515–16 Division bell interval ... 887–88 Oral Question Period (2008) Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1192–3 Aboriginal women's issues ... 613–14 Factual accuracy ... 76, 1153–54, 1279 Access to medical services ... 50–51 Imputing motives ... 1153, 1193–94 Alberta Health Services Board ... 1981, 2052–53 Inflammatory language ... 403 Alberta Treasury Branch investments ... 896–97 Questions about detail ... 1832–33 Automobile insurance ... 610–11 Referring to a nonmember ... 1989 Beaverlodge hospital ... 2103 Referring to the absence of members ... 1495 Bitumen exports ... 2201 Reflections on a Member ... 428–29 Bitumen royalties ... 217 Relevance ... 71 Carbon capture and storage in the oil sands ... 2010 Police Climate change ... 1286, 1314–15 Increase in numbers of ... 857–58 Compliance with environmental regulations ... 341 Police, Provincial Congenital syphilis outbreak ... 1734–35, 1778–79, Sheriffs as ... 858 1822–23, 2072–73, 2132–33, 2177 Police–Calgary Donations to political parties ... 579 Increase in numbers of ... 1380 Draft land-use framework ... 841 Police–Finance Electricity exports ... 248–49 General remarks ... 1380 132 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Political advertising, Third-party Eviction of tenants from, landlord's use of loophole re Control/elimination of ... 579, 674 ... 458 Political parties Research and development Donations to ... 674 General remarks ... 599 Donations to, from unions and corporations, Tax credits for ... 875–76 elimination of ... 579 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Leadership campaigns: Contributions to ... 674–75 Community relations ... 858 Pollution Provincial funding for ... 858 General remarks ... 2199 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) General remarks ... 1979 Committee ... 1130, 1133–34 Royalty structure (Energy resources)–Alaska Third reading ... 1448–49 General remarks ... 320 Poverty St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville Member's statement re ... 1360 Bacterial infection situation in ... 1535, 1536, 1627, Premier's Advisory Council on Health 1670, 1673 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... Savings plan, Provincial 14–15, 57, 692 General remarks ... 1941 Premier's Council for Economic Strategy Schools–Construction Role of ... 674 Public/private projects re ... 505 Private colleges Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38) Standards at ... 597 Committee ... 1657–59 Privilege Third reading ... 1728–29 Length of evening sitting ... 1266 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Misleading the House ... 1517, 1546 Second reading ... 890, 1601–02 Probation officers Shell Canada Limited Caseloads ... 859 Scotford upgrader delay ... 1821 Public Affairs Bureau Sheriffs Budget ... 673 Role of ... 858 Budget increase ... 675 Traffic safety enforcement function ... 858 Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for Solar power ... 341 General remarks ... 321, 2199 Public opinion surveying ... 673–74 South Saskatchewan River basin Staffing ... 673 Overuse of ... 117 Public health system Speech from the Throne Dismissal of doctors in ... 1581, 1673, 1778–79, Debate ... 125–27, 197 1822–23, 1981, 2133 Spills (Pollution)–Otauwau River Public inquiries Pipeline oil leak into ... 924 Cancellation of congenital syphilis awareness Standing Orders campaign ... 2132 SOs 32 and 68 amendments (Motion 15: Public records–Confidentiality Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 887–89 Breach of ... 1353 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... Public safety (From criminal activity) 70–72, 77 General remarks ... 1380 Stantec Inc. Racing entertainment centres–Balzac CEO of, as Alberta Health Services Board member ... Water supply for ... 117 1981 Reclamation of land Strikes and lockouts General remarks ... 2199 General remarks ... 356 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 470–71 Student financial aid Regional health authorities General remarks ... 598 Changes to governance of ... 690 Living allowance element ... 598 Changes to governance of, member's statement re ... Students Finance Board 903 Student representation on ... 598 Registry offices, Private Suncor Inc. Motor vehicle registrations, revenue from ... 457, 458 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Registry offices, Private–Security aspects ... 217 Motor vehicle registrations ... 457 Voyageur project delay ... 1821 Remand centres Supplementary estimates General remarks ... 859 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 117–18, Rent control 122–23 General remarks ... 117 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2093–94, 2096 Rent increases Surface rights General remarks ... 118 Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Rental housing Marz) ... 1876–77 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 133

Surgery wait times General remarks ... 117 Reduction of ... 691–92 Western Irrigation District Syncrude Canada Ltd. Legal settlement ... 117 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment ... 1940–41, 1979 complex ... 117 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 1940–41 Wind power Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 341, 420–21, General remarks ... 321, 659, 2199 524 Workplace safety Syringes, Medical Funding for ... 117, 214 Reuse of ... 1667, 1981 Member's statement re ... 214 Reuse of, testing re ... 1666–67, 1670 Ministerial statement re ... 246–47 Reuse of, textbook excerpt re (SP452/08: Tabled) ... Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton 1674 Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) Second reading ... 1078 Committee ... 959 Youth assessment centre–High Prairie Third reading ... 987 Injuries to clients in ... 1425 Total E & P Canada Ltd. McFarland, Barry (PC, Little Bow) Joslyn oil sands mine, environmental mitigation plans Agricultural Operation Practices (Confined Feeding re (booklet) (SP145/08: Tabled) ... 619 Operations Approvals) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement 212) Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill First reading ... 1988 1) Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Second reading ... 204, 206–08 Second reading ... 1873–74 Committee ... 965–67 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Third reading ... 1027–28 Representation in Building Canada project funding Traffic Safety Act decisions ... 2206 Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Alberta Urban Municipalities Association highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Representation in Building Canada project funding 447–48 decisions ... 2206 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Building Canada Plan (Federal) Second reading ... 1970 Alberta funds from ... 2206 TransAlta Utilities Corporation Diesel fuel–Supply Electricity exports proposal ... 248 Shortage of ... 2077 TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. Gasoline–Taxation North Central Corridor project across Lubicon Provincial tax ... 579 territory ... 1356 Provincial tax, reduction of ... 579 North Central Corridor project across Lubicon Livestock industry, Intensive territory, UN letter re (SP346/08: Tabled) ... 1362 Legislation re (Bill 212) ... 1988 Treasury Board Oral Question Period (2008) Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 875–76 Building Canada infrastructure funding ... 2206 Treasury Branches Fuel tax ... 579 Asset-backed commercial paper investments ... 897 Supply of diesel fuel ... 2077 Investment in U.S. subprime mortgages ... 896–97 Speech from the Throne Tuition fees Debate ... 201 Freeze on ... 597 Surface rights Twelve Days of Christmas redux (song) Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Member's statement re ... 2110 Marz) ... 1879 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial McQueen, Diana (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) Day Act (Bill 37) 4-H clubs Second reading ... 1677 Ambassador program ... 903 Unemployment Alberta Health Services Board General remarks ... 1979 Ambulance service administration ... 1059 Urban growth Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy General remarks ... 2199 General remarks ... 2183 Utilities Consumer Advocate Alberta Water Council Funding for, from utility companies ... 458 General remarks ... 1948 Performance measures re ... 458 Alberta's Environment Conference, Edmonton (April, Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment 2008) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) General remarks ... 131 Second reading ... 1973 Ambulance service Waiting lists (Medical care) Provincial governance of ... 1059 Reduction of ... 50–51 Ambulance service–Rural areas Water resources development–Southern Alberta Impact to, of provincial governance of ... 1059 134 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Beef–Export Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Diversification of ... 2183 Passed ... 2097 Beverage containers–Deposit rates Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Increase in ... 1469 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Transfer to Beverage containers–Recycling (passed) ... 2097 Member's statement re ... 1469 Dept. of Transportation Bingo revenue Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 Decline of ... 1740 Diesel fuel–Import Biofuels industry During times of shortage in local supplies ... 1320 Use of forest products as feedstock ... 254 Diesel fuel–Supply Biomass as energy source Shortage of ... 1320 General remarks ... 131 Disabled children–Education Campus Alberta Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 398–99 Role of educational consortia in ... 2108 Disabled children–Education–Finance Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations General remarks ... 398–99 Funding for ... 424 Domestic violence–Prevention Community incentive fund Member's statement re ... 1777 General remarks ... 1777 Telephone information line re ... 1777 Community spirit program Donating to charitable organizations Tax credit component ... 424 Tax credits for ... 424 Crime prevention Drinking water General remarks ... 1825 General remarks ... 1948 Daycare centres Earth Day Spaces for ... 611 General remarks ... 131 Daycare centres–Employees Educational consortia Salaries of ... 611 Relation to Campus Alberta ... 2108 Shortage of ... 611 Electronic waste–Recycling Daycare centres–Finance General remarks ... 131, 1378 General remarks ... 611 Emerald awards (Environmental leadership) Dept. of Aboriginal Relations Member's statement re ... 1220 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Energy conservation Passed ... 2097 General remarks ... 1350 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Member's statement re ... 131 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Energy efficiency Passed ... 2097 General remarks ... 1350 Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2159, 2165 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Passed ... 2097 Provincial government usage of ... 131 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit Energy Resources Conservation Board Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 Sour oil/gas drilling approval process ... 900 Dept. of Employment and Immigration Environment Week Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 General remarks ... 1142 Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Environmental protection Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Transfer from General remarks ... 131, 2209 (passed) ... 2097 Family Violence Prevention Month Dept. of Health and Wellness Member's statement re ... 1777 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 Farm produce–Export Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Diversification of ... 2183 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Farm produce–United States Passed ... 2097 Country of origin label regulation for, member's Dept. of Infrastructure statement re ... 2183 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 Food safety Dept. of Justice and Attorney General In meat processing facilities ... 1287–88 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Transfer from Forest industries (passed) ... 2097 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 254 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 General remarks ... 900 Dept. of Service Alberta Gas well drilling industry–Urban areas Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 General remarks ... 900 Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Greenhouse gas emissions Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Reduction of, from government operations ... 131 Passed ... 2097 Land-use framework Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Impact on local governments ... 842 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 135

Regional councils for ... 842 General remarks ... 1585 Regional plans for ... 842 Postsecondary educational institutions Legislative Assembly Office Role of ... 2108 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 Service region boundaries of ... 2108 Listeria infections Project Porchlight Occurrence in provincial meat processing facilities ... Member's statement re ... 1350 1288 Public safety (From criminal activity) Macintosh, Mr. Rob General remarks ... 1825 Member's statement re ... 1220 Recycling (Waste, etc.) Maiden Speeches General remarks ... 1378 General remarks ... 155–56 Safe communities initiative Maple Leaf Foods Inc. General remarks ... 1825 Toronto plant, recall of meat from ... 1287–88 Schools–Architectural design Meat–Inspection LEED standards for ... 1585 In provincial facilities ... 1287–88 Standardization of ... 1585 Members' Statements (2008) Sewage disposal plants Amber Thomas ... 80–81 General remarks ... 1948 Beverage container recycling program ... 1469 Simple acts for holiday season Brittany Miller ... 903 Member's statement re ... 2209 Country of origin labelling ... 2183 Slot machines in bingo halls Emerald awards ... 1220 General remarks ... 1740 Energy conservation ... 131 Special needs aides in schools Family Violence Prevention Month ... 1777 Funding for ... 398 Minister for the day program ... 1142–43 Speech from the Throne Project Porchlight ... 1350 Debate ... 155–56 Simple acts for holiday season ... 2209 Substance abuse–Treatment Waste Reduction Week ... 1377–78 Impact on justice system ... 1825 Water for Life strategy ... 1948 Supplementary estimates Milk containers–Recycling Estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2097 Member's statement re ... 1469 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Passed Miller, Ms Brittany (4-H ambassador) ... 2097 Member's statement re ... 903 Supportive living facilities Minister for a day program (Environment department) Seniors' lodges: Assistance program for ... 1022 Member's statement re ... 1142–43 Seniors' lodges: Eligible resident in, definition of ... Oil refineries 1022 Increase to capacity of ... 1320 Tax incentives One Simple Act program (Environmental protection For charitable donations ... 424 campaign) Thomas, Amber General remarks ... 1143, 1350 Member's statement re ... 80–81 Member's statement re ... 2209 Tires–Recycling Oral Question Period (2008) General remarks ... 1378 Advanced Education service regions ... 2108 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Bingo revenue ... 1740 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Charitable tax credit ... 424 Committee ... 1553 Child care funding ... 611 Committee: Bill dropped (the Chair left the Chair) ... Core school designs ... 1585 1553 Draft land-use framework ... 842 Walleye fishing licence, Special Drayton Valley OSB mill ... 254 General remarks ... 346 Ground ambulance services ... 1059 Waste management Lodge assistance program ... 1022 General remarks ... 131 Provincial meat inspection ... 1287–88 Member's statement re ... 1377–78 Safe communities initiative ... 1825 Strategy for ... 1378 Sour oil and gas development ... 900 Waste Reduction Week Special-needs student funding ... 398–99 Member's statement re ... 1377–78 Special walleye licence ... 346 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Supply of diesel fuel ... 1320 Member's statement re ... 1948 Paint–Disposal Relation to land-use framework ... 842 Government program for ... 131 Renewal of ... 1948 Paralympic Summer Games, Beijing (2008) Water resources development Alberta athlete at, member's statement re ... 80–81 General remarks ... 1948 Pembina Educational Consortium Weyerhaeuser Company Service region responsibility ... 2108 Drayton Valley OSB mill closure ... 254 Portable/modular classrooms Wildlife identification number 136 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Required for special walleye fishing licence ... 346 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 Wind power Dept. of Service Alberta General remarks ... 131 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 World Trade Organization Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security Country of origin labelling issue, use of dispute Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: settlement process to resolve ... 2183 Passed ... 2098 Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Second reading ... 1555–56 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) Passed ... 2098 Aboriginal policy framework Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Relation to First Nations protocol agreement ... 973 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Transfer to Aboriginal/provincial relations (passed) ... 2098 Protocol agreement re, May 22, 2008 ... 973 Dept. of Transportation Agriculture Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 Government assistance programs ... 792 Deputy Chair Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Election of ... 4 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Deputy Speaker Second reading ... 1397 Election of, on second ballot ... 2 Committee ... 1702–03 Earl, Chief Gordon (Medicine Hat Police) Third reading ... 1860–61 Member's statement re ... 1378–79 Calgary-Fort (Constituency) Economic development Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2 Cross-border alliances re ... 841 Carbon monoxide alarms Edmonton International Airport General remarks ... 89 Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Chair of Committees Rogers) ... 637–38 Election of, on second ballot ... 2 Elections, Provincial Chief Electoral Officer General election of March 2008, report on (SP313/08: General election of March 2008, report on (SP313/08: Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 Tabled) (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Votes and Proceedings reported in Votes and Proceedings Fertilizers–Prices Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing General remarks ... 792 Report recommending reappointment of Ombudsman Fertilizers–Supply presented (SP413/08: Tabled) ... 1516 General remarks ... 792 Cypress-Medicine Hat (Constituency) Finlay, Mr. William T. Member for, elected as Deputy Chair ... 2 Member's statement re ... 656 Member for, nominated as Deputy Speaker ... 2 Finlay Bridge, Medicine Hat Dept. of Aboriginal Relations 100th anniversay, member's statement re ... 656 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Fishing, Sport Passed ... 2098 Historical role of, legislation to recognize (Bill 201) Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology ... 59 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Highway 61 Passed ... 2098 Upgrading ... 1627 Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Hunting Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Historical role of, legislation to recognize (Bill 201) Passed ... 2098 ... 59 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit Sunday hunting ... 1690 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Dept. of Employment and Immigration First reading ... 59 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 Second reading ... 89–90, 101–02 Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Committee ... 430, 442 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Transfer from Third reading ... 625–26, 631 (passed) ... 2098 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Dept. of Health and Wellness Second reading ... 1173 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 Land agents Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Choice of, by landowners: Legislation re (Bill 9) ... Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: 479 Passed ... 2098 Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) Dept. of Infrastructure First reading ... 479 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 Second reading ... 967, 1044 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Committee ... 1336–37, 1340 Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Transfer from Third reading ... 1496 (passed) ... 2098 Legislative Assembly Office Dept. of Municipal Affairs Supplementary estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 137

Members' Statements (2008) Legislation re (Bill 23) ... 1095 Finlay Bridge ... 656 Morton, Hon. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) Medicine Hat police chief Gordon Earl ... 1378–79 Air quality North American free trade agreement Strategy re ... 424 Water rationing to oil sands companies in Air tankers (Water bombers) contravention of ... 219 Upgrading of ... 772 Oil sands development Upgrading of bases for ... 772 Water rationing re ... 219 Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute Ombudsman Funding for ... 771 Reappointment of, report recommending (SP413/08: Alberta biodiversity monitoring project Tabled) ... 1516 General remarks ... 2178, 2181, 2204 Oral Question Period (2008) Alberta Forest Products Association Agricultural fertilizers and chemicals ... 792 Forest industry sustainability discussions with Carbon monoxide alarms ... 89 province ... 254 Highway 61 ... 1627 Alberta Forest Week Pacific Northwest Economic Region ... 841 General remarks ... 474 Protocol agreement with First Nations ... 973 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Sunday hunting ... 1690 Elimination of: Impact on forestry companies ... 781 Water management ... 219 Alberta Sustainability Fund Pacific Northwest Economic Region Pine beetle control funded through ... 771 General remarks ... 841 Wildfire control funded through ... 771 Payday loans–Interest rates Amalgamation, Municipal Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1715–16 As effect of draft land-use framework ... 841 Pesticides–Prices Angling–Regulations General remarks ... 792 Barbless-only angling ... 782 Point of Order Auditor General Factual accuracy ... 1185 NRCB enforcement of confined feeding operation Question-and-comment period ... 1495 regulations ... 777 Referring to the absence of members ... 1495 Sole-source contracts in Sustainable Resource Port Alberta Development dept., comments re ... 784 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 637–38 BearSmart program Potash–Prices General remarks ... 1291 General remarks ... 792 Biofuels industry Potash–Supply Use of forest products as feedstock ... 254 General remarks ... 792 Bird habitat South Saskatchewan River basin Impact of oil sands development on, report re ... 2178, Capacity of ... 219 2181 Supplementary estimates Bow Corridor Ecosystem Advisory Group Estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 2098 Involement with Stone Creek Properties resort, Supplementary estimates 2008-09 and transfer to: Passed Canmore ... 88 ... 2098 watershed Trapping Preservation of ... 134 Historical role of, legislation to recognize (Bill 201) Calgary Regional Partnership ... 59 General remarks ... 779 Water–Export Canadian Boreal Initiative General remarks ... 219 General remarks ... 774 Water licences Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area Allocation of, legal aspects ... 219 Gas well drilling in ... 221 Allocation of unused portions ... 219 Canadian Forest Service Water rationing Pine beetle control policy ... 771–72, 777 Implications for oil sands companies ... 219 Canadian Standards Association Water resources development Forest industry certification standards ... 781 General remarks ... 219 Forest industry certification standards, advertising of Water resources development–Southern Alberta ... 781–82 General remarks ... 219 Capital region integrated growth management plan Weed Control Act (Bill 23) General remarks ... 779 First reading ... 1095 Chronic wasting disease First reading ... 1095 Presence on game farms ... 778, 788 Second reading ... 1572 Chronic wasting disease–Control Committee ... 1724–25 General remarks ... 52–53, 2105, 2107, 2109 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP467/08: Tabled) ... By hunting ... 52–53, 778, 2107, 2109 1724, 1726 Climate change Weeds–Control Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 342 138 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Coal exploration–Caw Ridge Canadian Wildlife Impact on wildlife ... 1779 Report ... 788 Community Development Trust (Federal fund) FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention) Application in Alberta ... 290 General remarks ... 615 Cumulative Environmental Management Association Fish and wildlife officers Protective green zones creation, recommendation re Hunting regulations enforcement ... 1781 ... 132 Presence in provincial parks ... 790 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Fishing derbies General remarks ... 773 Impact on fish populations ... 767–68 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area Regulatory changes re ... 768 Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 52–53, 778, 2105, Fishing licences, Sport 2107 Online access to ... 616 Disposal of, following cull ... 52–53 Forest industries Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Competitiveness/sustainability ... 254–55, 290, Annual report, 2007-08 (SP388/08: Tabled) ... 1433 774–75, 780–82, 1688 Inspectors in ... 421 Competitiveness/sustainability, impact of health Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 771–84 premium cancellation on ... 781 New online and software tools ... 616–17 Forest industries–Certification Role of ... 132 General remarks ... 781 Eastern Slopes Forest Industry Sustainability Committee Impact of land-use plan on ... 776 Reconstitution of ... 780, 781 Economic development and the environment Report ... 1688 General remarks ... 774, 2181, 2198, 2203 Forest land use zones (Recreational access plans) Economic development and the General remarks ... 526, 790, 791 environment–Northeastern Alberta Forest management General remarks ... 900 General remarks ... 474, 774, 776 Economic growth Forest management–Crowsnest Pass area Slow-down of ... 424, 773–74, 839–41, 843, 900 General remarks ... 2204 watershed Forest management agreements Preservation of ... 776 General remarks ... 774, 776 Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Renewal requirements (active sawmills) ... 781 Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Forests Act Second reading ... 269–70 Amendment to comply with land-use framework ... Endangered wildlife species 898 Grizzly bear designation as ... 1291 Game farming Habitat protection for ... 775, 1148–49 Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 778, 788 Energy industry General remarks ... 783 Impact of land-use framework on ... 843, 2203 Gas pipelines–Eastern Slopes area Energy industry–Eastern Slopes area Environmental aspects ... 1780 Suspension of, pending land-use plan ... 134 Gas well drilling industry–Eastern Slopes Energy industry–Marie Lake area General remarks ... 1780 Impact of land-use framework on ... 775 Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Energy Resources Conservation Board General remarks ... 1780 Coal mining permit, Caw Ridge area ... 1779 Gas well drilling industry–Suffield National Wildlife Cumulative environmental effects, consideration of ... Area 840 General remarks ... 221 Sour gas drilling/pipeline, Eastern Slopes area, Ghost-Waiparous recreation area application for ... 1780 Off-highway vehicle access to ... 790 Energy strategy Off-highway vehicle access to, cost of repairing Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 2203–04 damage caused by ... 791 Environmental impact assessments Grande Cache Coal Corporation Coal mining on Caw Ridge ... 1779 Coal exploration on Caw Ridge ... 1779 Cumulative assessments ... 840 Gravel pit–Leduc county Environmental law/regulations Land-use framework application to ... 1021 Inspectors for ... 421 Gravel pit–Smoky Lake county Environmental protection Land-use framework application to ... 1021 Impact of land-use framework on ... 844, 898 Grazing reserves, Provincial Environmental protection–Caw Ridge area Reconstruction projects on ... 772 Impact of coal exploration/mining on ... 1779 Grizzly bear hunting Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act Suspension of ... 222, 775, 1149, 1291 Amendment to comply with land-use framework ... Grizzly Bear Recovery Team 898 Disbanding of ... 1291 Expert Scientific Panel on Chronic Wasting Disease in Report ... 222, 223, 775, 1149, 1291, 1628 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 139

Report, integration with land-use framework ... 223 Impact on industrial development on the Eastern Grizzly bears Slopes ... 1780 Designation as endangered species ... 1291, 1628 Impact on intermunicipal development plans ... Grizzly bears–Populations 898–99 DNA-based census of ... 222, 775, 1098, 1291, 1628 Impact on local governments ... 842 Statistics re, 2000-08 (Q15/08: Defeated) ... 1098 Implementation of ... 778–79, 840, 843, 1691, Grizzly bears–Protection 2202–03 General remarks ... 222–23, 775, 1149, 1628 Inclusion of grizzly bear habitat in ... 223, 775, 1149 Hospice–Highwood/Foothills-Rocky View Inclusion of wildlife habitat conservation in ... 342, constituencies 775, 1148–49, 2181 Lottery funds for ... 1849–50 Metropolitan (Edmonton/Calgary) plans for, Hunters–Education implications of ... 899 General remarks ... 1781 Ministerial statement re ... 2198–99 Hunting Monitoring/enforcement of ... 840 As control method for chronic wasting disease in deer Reclamation planning inclusion in ... 976 ... 53, 778, 2107, 2109 Recreational access to Eastern Slopes inclusion in ... Draws and licences for, available online ... 616 791 Open spaces pilot project re ... 221 Regional councils for ... 842, 2202–03 Sunday hunting ... 1690 Regional plans for ... 840–41, 842, 899–90, 2202, Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) 2203 Second reading ... 92–93 Regional plans for (northeast Alberta) ... 900 Committee ... 441–42 Reports/studies re (M6/08: Defeated) ... 1099 Hunting–Regulations Watershed protection aspects ... 134, 773, 776, 840, Enforcement of ... 1781 899–90, 2204 Industrial development Land-use information database Impact of land-use framework on ... 843 General remarks ... 840 Industrial development–Eastern Slopes Land-use Secretariat Impact of land-use framework on ... 776, 1780 Funding for ... 771, 772, 899 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area General remarks ... 2202, 2203 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 779 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Industrial development–Southwest Alberta Enforcement of regulations re ... 777–78 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 779 Livestock industry, Intensive Integrated land management on public lands (ILM) Investigation of complaints re, reports/studies on General remarks ... 776, 843, 1148 (M7/08: Defeated) ... 1099 Intermunicipal relations Logging Impact of draft land-use framework on ... 898–99 As pine bark beetle control measure ... 776–77, 781, Intermunicipal relations–Calgary area 2107–08 General remarks ... 779 Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area General remarks ... 138, 777, 2107 General remarks ... 779 Logging, Clear-cut–Provincial parks areas Kananaskis Country General remarks ... 138 Logging practices in ... 138, 777, 2107 Lottery Fund Land conservation offsets Funds allocation, political bias in ... 1849–50 General remarks ... 844 Lower Athabasca land-use region Land trusts General remarks ... 2202 Conservation aspects ... 844 Major community facilities program Land-use framework Distribution of funds from ... 1849–50 Application to gravel pits ... 1021 Members of the Legislative Assembly Application to private lands (partnerships re) ... 844 Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1849–50 Co-ordination with energy strategy ... 2203–04 Métis hunting/fishing rights Co-ordination with oil sands strategy ... 2203–04 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... Consultation with First Nations re ... 1691 779–80, 1476 Cumulative environmental effects aspect ... 771, 773, Mineral rights 779, 898 Impact of land-use framework on ... 775 Enforcement of ... 2203 Mineral rights–Marie Lake area Funding to enable compliance with ... 898–99, 1691 Sale of, impact of land-use framework on ... 775 General remarks ... 134, 424, 474–75, 771, 773–74, Ministerial Statements (2008) 783, 784, 1691, 2178, 2201–04 Land-use framework ... 2198–99 Impact on conservation/environmental protection ... Municipal Government Act 775–76, 844, 898 Amendment to comply with land-use framework ... Impact on economic growth ... 839–41, 843 898 Impact on energy industry ... 843, 1780, 2203 Section 631, land-use planning and intermunicipal Impact on industrial development ... 843 development, amendment of ... 898 140 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Section 632, environmental issues and intermunicipal 2181 development, amendment of ... 898 Intermunicipal development plans ... 898–99 Natural Resources Conservation Board Land-use framework ... 424, 474–75, 2201–04 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 777–78 Land-use management of gravel pits ... 1021 Nominal sum disposals (tax recovery lands) Lottery funding ... 1849 General remarks ... 771, 772 Métis hunting rights ... 1476 Off-highway vehicles Metropolitan regional planning ... 899–900 Damage done by ... 790–91 Mountain pine beetle ... 1021–22 Designated areas for ... 791 Mountain pine beetle control ... 2078, 2107–08 Exclusion from grizzly bear habitat areas ... 223 Off-highway vehicle use in parks and protected areas Trails for ... 791 ... 791 Oil sands development Oil sands development ... 132 Impact on birds ... 2178, 2181 Open spaces pilot project ... 221 Impact on wildlife habitat ... 2178 Protection of wildlife ... 342 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 470, 976 down of ... 774, 782 Safety of sour gas wells ... 1780 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Softwood lumber surge penalty ... 2177–78 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 2181 Special walleye licence ... 346 General remarks ... 132, 419, 2178 Suffield national wildlife area ... 221 Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee Sunday hunting ... 1690 Report ... 900 Sustainable development in northeastern Alberta ... Oil sands strategy 900 Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 2203–04 Sustainable development in the oil sands ... 2178 Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat Sustainable resource development innovations ... General remarks ... 900 616–17 Oil sands tailings ponds Sustainable resource development inspectors ... 421 Provincial inspectors at ... 421 Timber production monitoring ... 88–89 Reclamation of ... 976, 2181 Unruly behaviour in parks and protected areas ... 790 Reclamation of, cleanup costs, security posted for ... Water quality of Athabasca River ... 343 469 Waterfowl deaths in oil sands tailings pond ... 340 Waterfowl deaths on ... 340, 342, 343, 345, 419, 421 Waterfowl mortality rates in tailings ponds ... 345 Waterfowl deaths on, anonymous tip re ... 340 Wildfire season ... 1672 Open spaces (Big-game hunting pilot project) Wildfires in Thorhild County ... 793, 795 General remarks ... 221, 783 Wildlife predation on livestock ... 1538 Hunting for habitat component ... 221 Parks, Provincial Recreational access management program (RAMP) Camping in off-limits areas of ... 526 component ... 221, 783 Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 776 Oral Question Period (2008) Logging practices in ... 138 Calgary water supply ... 134 Unruly behaviour in ... 790 Camping in parks and protected areas ... 526 Use of off-highway vehicles in ... 791 Canmore resort development ... 88 Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Caw Ridge coal exploration ... 1779 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation, study of ... 976 Chronic wasting disease ... 2105, 2107, 2109 Pine beetles Chronic wasting disease control ... 52–53 Impact on forestry sustainability, federal fund to Clear-cutting in parks ... 138 mitigate ... 290 Community development trust fund ... 290 Pine beetles–Control Competitive fishing events ... 767–68 Federal funding for ... 290 Crowsnest Pass forest health ... 2204 General remarks ... 474, 771–72, 776–77, 781, Draft land-use framework ... 839–44, 1691 1021–22, 2078 Drayton Valley OSB mill ... 254–55 Provincial funding for ... 771 Endangered species ... 1148–49 Pine beetles–Control–Crowsnest Pass area Energy efficiency in new buildings ... 223 General remarks ... 2204 Environmentally sustainable oil sands development ... Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country 419 General remarks ... 777, 2078, 2107–08 Fire prevention ... 615 Private lands Forest industry sustainability ... 1688 Application of land-use framework to ... 844 Forest management practices ... 474 Protected areas Game ranching industry ... 788 Camping in off-limits areas of ... 526 Grizzly bear management ... 1291, 1628 Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 776 Grizzly bear protection ... 222–23 Unruly behaviour in ... 790 Hunter education and training ... 1781 Use of off-highway vehicles in ... 791 Impact of oil sands development on migratory birds Protected areas–Elbow Valley watershed ... General remarks ... 776 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 141

Public Affairs Bureau Sustainable resource and environmental management Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for (cross-ministry initiative) ... 342 General remarks ... 474–75 Public buildings Syncrude Canada Ltd. Environmental impact of, reduction of ... 223 Tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security posted for ... LEED standards for ... 223 470 Public contracts Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 340, 342, 343, Sole-source contracts, Auditor General's comments re 345, 419, 421 ... 784 Timber Public lands Volume of, delivered to sawmills, measurement of ... Public communication method re ... 617 88–89, 780 Sale of ... 783–84 Timber–Royalties Unruly behaviour on ... 790 General remarks ... 88–89, 781 Public lands–Indian Graves area Tradeable development credits (conservation) Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 790, 791 General remarks ... 844 Public lands–McLean Creek area Trans Canada Trail Unruly behaviour on ... 790 Clear-cut logging along ... 138 Use of off-highway vehicles on ... 791 Treasury Board Public Lands Act President of, comments on regional planning ... Amendment to comply with land-use framework ... 840–41 898 Urban growth Reclamation of land Impact of land-use framework on ... 779 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 976, 2181 Walleye fishing licence, Special Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security General remarks ... 346 posted for ... 470 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Red Deer River land-use region General remarks ... 424, 2178, 2181 General remarks ... 2202 Relation to land-use framework ... 773, 840, 842, Reforestation 2204 General remarks ... 88, 89 Wetlands mapping software in support of ... 617 Respect the land (Facebook page) Water quality–Athabasca River General remarks ... 617 Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 343 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Water resources development Presence in provincial parks ... 790 Impact of land-use framework on ... 773, 840, 842 Rural sprawl Water resources development–Southern Alberta Impact of land-use framework on ... 779 Impact of land-use framework on ... 899–90 Sawmills, Small Water supply–Calgary Measurement of timber supplies ... 88–89, 780 Preservation of ... 134 Seismic activity–Marie Lake area Watershed planning and advisory councils Impact of ... 1098–99 General remarks ... 840 Seismic activity–Water bodies Western red cedar Impact of, evidence re (Q16/08: Defeated) ... 1098 Preservation of ... 2204 Sheriffs Western white pine Hunting regulation enforcement function ... 1781 Preservation of ... 2204 Presence in provincial parks ... 790 Wetlands Softwoods–Export–United States Identification and mapping software re ... 616–17 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 781 Weyerhaeuser Company Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Surge Drayton Valley OSB mill closure ... 254–55 penalty for exceeding quotas ... 2177–78 Wildfires–Control South Saskatchewan land-use region Educational materials re ... 615 General remarks ... 2202 Funding for ... 772 Spills (Pollution)–Athabasca River General remarks ... 474, 795, 1672 General remarks ... 343 Wildfires–Thorhild County Spray Lake Sawmills Control procedures ... 793, 795 Logging practices ... 777, 2204 Wildlife–Canmore area Stone Creek Properties Inc. Impact of development of ... 88 Village at Silvertip resort, Canmore, impacts of ... 88 Wildlife conservation Supplementary estimates General remarks ... 775–76 Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2090–91 Wildlife damage to livestock Supreme Court of Canada Lyster report on ... 1538 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 780, Provincial programs re ... 1538 1476 Wildlife habitat Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board Conservation of ... 221, 342, 775, 776, 783, 1148–49 Annual report, 2007 (SP410/08: Tabled) ... 1479 Conservation of, funding for ... 775, 783, 1149 142 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Impact of oil sands development on ... 2178 Creation of, ministerial statement re ... 759 Wildlife identification number Low income link with poor health, report on ... Required for special walleye fishing licence ... 346 2204–05 William A. Switzer Provincial Park Low income link with poor health, report on Logging practices in ... 138 (SP645/08: Tabled) ... 2209 Wolves–Populations Members of: Health care expertise, letter re Increase in ... 775 (SP597/08: Tabled) ... 2060 Wolves–Rocky Mountain House area Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Study re (biological fence concept) ... 775 Location within Dept. of Culture and Community Wood products, Albertan Spirit ... 488, 489 Acceptability for LEED designed projects ... 223 Remedial authority ... 488 Zoos–Standards Review of ... 344, 764 Enforcement of, documents re (M17/08: Defeated) ... Alberta Labour History Institute 1395 Document re (SP96/08: Tabled) ... 401 Notley, Rachel (NDP, Edmonton-Strathcona) Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Business background of members of ... 2180 Second reading ... 1610–11 Election of members of ... 2106 Committee ... 1797 Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy Affordable housing Alberta Beef Producers' letter re (SP618/08: Tabled) General remarks ... 821–22 ... 2111 Provincial initiatives re, letter re (SP186/08: Tabled) General remarks ... 2105–06, 2180 ... 849 Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture's comments re Agricultural land (SP619/08: Tabled) ... 2111 Preservation of ... 411 Alberta Mental Health Board Agriculture workforce strategy Replacement by single provincial Health Services General remarks ... 410, 411 Board, ministerial statement re ... 759 Ahmadiyya Day proclamation (City of Edmonton) Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Copy tabled (SP250/08) ... 1096 (Bill 17) Air quality–Fort McMurray area Committee ... 1079–81, 1125–27 2006 data re, release of ... 1090 Third reading ... 1206 General remarks ... 1089–90 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Alberta–Economic conditions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2204–05 Committee ... 1700–01 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Alberta Utilities Commission Replacement by single provincial Health Services Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across Board, ministerial statement re ... 759 Lubicon land ... 1289 Alberta Beef Producers Alberta's Commission on Learning Call for Minister of Agriculture's resignation, Special-needs education funding ... 1062 discussion of ... 2180 Apartment buildings General remarks ... 2106 Conversion to condominiums ... 821–22 Letter re livestock and meat strategy (SP618/08: Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Tabled) ... 2111 Second reading ... 999–1001 Alberta Cancer Board Third reading ... 1073–75 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Aramark Remote Services Board, member's statement re ... 759 Letter to Lubicon Lake band (SP322/08: Tabled) ... Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, 1295 2008 (Bill 29) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Second reading ... 1490–91 Benefits, market-basket criteria for ... 305 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Benefits increase for ... 170, 305 Council Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 305 Business background of representatives on ... 2076 Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Health concerns, Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 Second reading ... 1926–27 Auditor General Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Continuing care facility management investigation General remarks ... 746, 747 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 306 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Mentally ill housing need, identification of ... 1383 Funding for ... 489 Autism spectrum disorder Alberta Grain Commission General remarks ... 742 General remarks ... 410 Battered women Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Access to legal aid ... 788 Insured services, delisting of ... 2204 Battered women–Housing Midwifery services coverage ... 423–24 In hotels ... 791–92 Alberta Health Services Board Beef–Prices 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 143

Floor price ... 410 General remarks ... 1853 Beef industry Children–Protective services Competitiveness/sustainability ... 410 General remarks ... 749–50 Bethany care centre, Calgary Children and poverty Letter and inspection report re (SP205/08: Tabled) ... Elimination of, petition presented re ... 2141 932 General remarks ... 58 Blind students Children's legal representation Provincial support/funding for ... 235, 1062 General remarks ... 561 Canadian Union of Public Employees Children's services agencies (Non-profit) News release on TILMA (Bill 1) (SP204/08: Tabled) May 27 meeting with child and family services ... 932 authorities ... 743 Canadian Wheat Board Staff salaries, discrepancy with government Alberta position on ... 410 employees ... 743 Cancer in children Staff salaries, discrepancy with government In vicinity of nuclear plants, German studies re employees: Hay report on ... 743 (SP165-166/08: Tabled) ... 667, 769 Staffing problems ... 742 Capital Health Staffing problems, funding re ... 527, 1215–16, 1690 Former chair of, appointed Ethics Commissioner ... Climate change 1521 Alberta plan for ... 136 Carbon dioxide sequestration Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 714 Funding for projects re ... 2076 Climate Change and Emissions Management News story re (SP588/08: Tabled) ... 2018 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Third reading ... 1452–53 Corporate donations to, impact on Community Spirit Committee on Health, Standing funding for ... 490 Letter from Dr. Stan Houston to, re syphilis Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, prevention program (SP502/08: Tabled) ... 1787 2008 (Bill 40) Committees, Policy field Second reading ... 2004–05 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 74–75 Committee ... 2063–66 Community facility enhancement program Third reading ... 2123–24 General remarks ... 489 Child and Youth Advocate Community spirit program Annual reports ... 750, 1216, 1584 General remarks ... 489–90 General remarks ... 1507 Conflict of interest Privacy of files of ... 1853 Human Rights Commission location within Justice Quarterly report, 2007-08 (SP443/08: Tabled) ... 1634 ministry ... 489 Quarterly reports ... 750, 1428, 1474–75, 1507, 1584, Congenital syphilis 1630 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Letter Quarterly reports, 2006-08 (SP366/08: Tabled) ... re (SP502/08: Tabled) ... 1787 1432 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Public Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition inquiry, documents re (SP625/08: Tabled) ... 2141 parties to discuss ... 1512 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Public Quarterly reports, letters re (SP463-465/08: Tabled) inquiry, letter to Premier re (SP626/08: Tabled) ...... 1695 2141 Reporting mechanism for ... 1512, 1539–40, 1584, Constitution Act, 1982 1630, 1853 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, access to a lawyer in Review powers of ... 750 family law cases included in ... 788 Child care after/before school Continuing/extended care facilities Wage supplement for employees in ... 749 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 306 Child welfare Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 85–86, Early childhood intervention programs ... 58 306 Child welfare recipients Continuing/extended care facilities–Hinton Accommodation in motels ... 742 Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 85–86 Deaths of ... 750 Correctional institutions Legal actions on behalf of ... 750 Addicted prisoners in ... 561 Protection of ... 1428, 1474–75, 1512, 1584 Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Protection of: Member's statement re ... 1507 Third reading ... 1454 Child welfare workers Courts–Finance Caseloads ... 750 General remarks ... 562, 567 Numbers of ... 746 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act Report ... 568–69 Child advocate review powers under ... 750 Cumulative Environmental Management Association Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Review of ... 1900 2008 (Bill 40) Review of, draft copy (SP548/08: Tabled) ... 1904 144 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Daycare centres Disabled children–Education–Finance Member's statement re ... 58 General remarks ... 235, 1062, 1782 Parent fees for ... 746 Policy review of ... 1062, 1782 Parent fees for, capping of ... 17–18, 53, 58, 747, 749 Private funding, newspaper ad re (SP501/08: Tabled) Spaces for ... 17–18, 58, 473–74, 746 ... 1787 Spaces for, costs, press release re (SP126/08: Tabled) Disabled employees ... 479 General remarks ... 488 Subsidies re ... 710–11 Discrimination Daycare centres–Canmore General remarks ... 488 News article re fundraiser for (SP125/08: Tabled) ... Discrimination–Disabled 479 General remarks ... 488 Daycare centres–Employees Discrimination–Sex Attraction funding for ... 746 General remarks ... 344, 488, 489, 763–64 Salaries of ... 746 Domestic violence–Legal aspects Daycare centres–Finance General remarks ... 568 General remarks ... 17–18, 53, 473–74, 710–11, 745 Training for police/court workers ... 568 Letters re (SP144/08: Tabled) ... 587 Domestic violence–Prevention Member's statement re ... 58 Effect of access to legal aid on ... 788 Underspending ... 746 Effect of access to legal aid on, study and news article Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development re (SP181-182/08: Tabled) ... 797 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 409–11 Funding for ... 746 Minister's resignation, call for by Alberta Beef General remarks ... 747 Producers ... 2180 Provincial initiatives re ... 568 Dept. of Agriculture (Saskatchewan) Earth Day Minister's comments re Alberta livestock and meat General remarks ... 136 strategy (SP619/08: Tabled) ... 2111 Economic development and the environment Dept. of Children and Youth Services General remarks ... 1900 Legal actions re children in care, funding for ... 750 Economic development and the Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 741–43, environment–Northeastern Alberta 745–47, 749–50 General remarks ... 900 Minister, firing of, emails re (SP532-533/08: Tabled) Economic growth ... 1830 Slow-down of ... 375, 900 Minister, resignation of ... 1428, 1474–75, 1512, 1539 Edmonton Journal (Newspaper) Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit Advertisement for privately funded teacher assistant Creation of ... 488, 489 position (SP501/08: Tabled) ... 1787 Location of Human Rights Commission within ... 488 Letter to the editor from John Van Aerde (SP503/08: Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 488–90 Tabled) ... 1787 Dept. of Education Edmonton Public School Board Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 234–36 City centre education project ... 235 Dept. of Environment Edmonton Remand Centre Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 373–75 New facility for ... 561 Dept. of Health and Wellness New facility for: Open-concept design ... 662 Annual report, 2007-08, copy of p.52 re long-term Overcrowding in ... 661–62 care facilities (SP504/08: Tabled) ... 1787 Staffing ... 661–62 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Education, Postsecondary Creation of ... 821 Access to, affordability framework re ... 292 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 821–23 Elections, Provincial Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Union ads during ... 1148 Location of Human Rights Commission within ... Electric power, Coal-produced 488, 489 General remarks ... 136, 585 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 560–62, 567–69 Electric power–Export Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports News article re (SP76/08: Tabled) ... 257 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 305–06 Electric power lines (500 kV)–Environmental aspects Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Impact assessments re, elimination of ... 374 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 778–79 Employment opportunities Disabled children Provincial initiatives re, letter re (SP186/08: Tabled) Government programs for ... 742 ... 849 Government programs for, integration of, with Energy industry–Environmental impact education programs ... 742 Member's statement re ... 585–86 Government programs for, review of ... 742 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Disabled children–Education Development of, petition presented re ... 2018 Stats Can report on Alberta services for (SP240/08: General remarks ... 2014 Tabled) ... 1066 English as a Second Language 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 145

Funding for ... 235 Terms of employment/salaries improvement ... 569 Environmental impact assessments Government attorneys, Female 500 kV electric power transmission lines ... 374 Numbers of ... 569 Alberta Environment document re (SP97/08: Tabled) Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill ... 401 35) Cumulative assessments ... 374–75 Second reading ... 1525 Funding for monitoring of ... 374 Greater Edmonton Foundation General remarks ... 375 Letter re lodge assistance program (SP168/08: Environmental law/regulations Tabled) ... 719 Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 395 Greenhouse gas emissions Inspectors for ... 373 Reduction of, monitoring/auditing re ... 374 Environmental protection Health Provincial initiatives re, letter re (SP186/08: Tabled) Impact of economic conditions on ... 2204–05 ... 849 Impact of economic conditions on, news article re Ethics Commissioner minister's comments re (SP644/08: Tabled) ... 2209 New commissioner appointed (Motion 19: Hancock) Impact of low income status on, report re ... 2204–05 ... 1521–22 Impact of low income status on, report re (SP645/08: Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special Tabled) ... 2209 Report of, recommending Neil Wilkinson, concurred Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) in (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1521–22 Second reading ... 1789–91 Extendicare Lethbridge Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Closure of ... 1737 Cross-ministry handling of ... 375 Family courts Investigations re ... 714 General remarks ... 569 Health sciences personnel–Supply Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) General remarks ... 759 Third reading ... 1456 Homeless Farm produce–Export General remarks ... 1383 General remarks ... 410 Homeless–Calgary WTO negotiations re ... 410 General remarks ... 1383 Farm safety Homeless–Housing General remarks ... 410, 411 Mentally disabled individuals ... 1383 Fatalities, Work-related Transitional housing ... 823 General remarks ... 252 Youth shelters ... 1689–90 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Homeless youth Third reading ... 1769–70 Government programs for ... 1689–90 Film development grant program Hospitals–Beaverlodge Increase in funding for ... 489 New hospital for, letters/petition re (SP620/08: Food, Alberta grown–Marketing Tabled) ... 2111 General remarks ... 411 Hours of labour Food industry and trade Working alone regulation ... 252 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 411 Houston, Dr. Stan Foreign workers, Temporary Letter to Standing Committee on Health re syphilis Treatment/safety of ... 411, 928 prevention program (SP502/08: Tabled) ... 1787 Forest industries Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act Competitiveness/sustainability ... 779 Review of ... 488 Fort McMurray Sexual orientation provisions in ... 488, 489, 763–64, Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 2056 1944 Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre Human rights–Alberta Housing of Edmonton Remand Centre overflow in ... General remarks ... 344, 763–64 662 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Open-concept design ... 662 General remarks ... 488 Foster care Hydrogen sulphide emissions–Fort McMurray area General remarks ... 1507 General remarks ... 1090 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Income Support program Child and Youth Advocate reports released under ... Level of ... 170 1853 Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Syphilis outbreak awareness campaign cancellation Second reading ... 1328 request under, documents re (SP625/08: Tabled) ... International Day Against Homophobia 2141 General remarks ... 763 Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) International Day of the Midwife Second reading ... 1614 General remarks ... 423 Government attorneys International finance Increase in numbers of ... 562 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 146 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

2204–05 hospitals)–Staffing Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) Funding for, letter re (SP92/08: Tabled) ... 349 Second reading ... 1487 Lubicon Lake Band Justice system Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on ... Affordability of access to, remarks by Chief Justice 1289 McLachlin re (SP180/08: Tabled) ... 797 Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on: Labour laws and legislation Letter re (SP322/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Changes to ... 1147–48, 1151 Maiden Speeches Changes to, letters re (SP56, 127, 130, 187, 265/08: General remarks ... 181–82 Tabled) ... 140, 479, 533, 849, 1153 Major community facilities program Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Distribution of funds from ... 489 Second reading ... 1167, 1179–83, 1186–87, 1197, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute 1199, 1201–04 Daycare centre inclusion in ... 747 Committee ... 1207–08, 1229–31, 1248–49, 1252–53, Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) 1255, 1257, 1264–65 Second reading ... 1484–85 Committee: Amendment A5 (SP302/08: Tabled) ... Medical care 1264 Reform of ... 2204–05 Third reading ... 1271–73 Medical care, Private Labour unions General remarks ... 2204 Ads aired during 2008 provincial election ... 1148 Medical profession–Supply Provincial meetings with, prior to labour law changes General remarks ... 759 ... 1148, 1151 Members' Statements (2008) Land-use framework Child care ... 58 Implementation of ... 778 Environmentally sustainable energy production ... Reclamation planning inclusion in ... 976 585–86 Regional plans for (northeast Alberta) ... 900 Nuclear power ... 769 Legal aid Protection of children in care ... 1507 Effectiveness in reducing domestic violence ... 788 Mentally disabled Effectiveness in reducing domestic violence, study Funding for programs for ... 305 and news article re (SP181-182/08: Tabled) ... 797 Métis hunting/fishing rights Extension of, to middle-income earners ... 843–44 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Replacement of ... 779 Funding for ... 560 Métis settlements–Fort Chipewyan area General remarks ... 560–61 Health concerns ... 714 Legal fees Midwives and midwifery Former Attorney General's remarks re ... 843 Coverage by health care plan ... 423–24 Former Attorney General's remarks re (SP188/08: General remarks ... 423–24 Tabled) ... 849 Mikisew Cree First Nation Leukemia in children Health concerns, Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 In vicinity of nuclear plants, German studies re Ministerial Statements (2008) (SP165-166/08: Tabled) ... 667, 769 Health system governance ... 759 Licensed practical nurses–Employment Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1535 Impact of lack of daycare on ... 747 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Bill 41) New residence for, documents/news articles re Second reading ... 1837 (SP284/08: Tabled) ... 1222 National Farmers Union Livestock industry Briefing materials given to Agriculture minister ... Competitiveness/sustainability ... 410 409–10 Lobbyists–Registration New Royalty Framework (2007) New Ethics Commissioner appointment, implications General remarks ... 1984 to ... 1521 Royalty holiday, five-year (shallow drilling) ... 1984 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Nuclear power plants hospitals) Expert panel to review ... 2014 Closure of, petition presented re ... 2209 Expert panel to review: Documents re appointment of Staff shortages in, letter re (SP92/08: Tabled) ... 349 (M15/08: Defeated) ... 1392 Waiting lists for, Health and Wellness annual report General remarks ... 136, 2014 p.52, re (SP504/08: Tabled) ... 1787 Letter re (SP186/08: Tabled) ... 849 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Letters in opposition to (SP84/08: Tabled) ... 297 hospitals)–Construction Member's statement re ... 769 General remarks ... 1737–38 Opposition to, petition presented re ... 2018, 2141 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Public discussions re ... 2014 hospitals)–Lethbridge Nuclear power plants–Health aspects Extendicare facility closure ... 1737 German studies of childhood cancers (SP165-166/08: Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Tabled) ... 667 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 147

Nurses–Employment Nuclear energy ... 2014 Impact of lack of daycare on ... 747 Police workforce shortages ... 1019–20 Nurses–Supply Postsecondary education funding ... 2135–36 General remarks ... 759 Protection of children in care ... 1428, 1474–75, 1512, Occupational health and safety code 1584 Email re changes to (SP75/08: Tabled) ... 257 Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 976 Oil sands development Resource development and environmental Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 2056 management ... 1900 Strategic plan completion for, Treasury board website School closures ... 220 article re (SP598/08: Tabled) ... 2060 Sexual orientation and human rights ... 344, 763–64, Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke 1944 report on ... 374 Special-needs education funding ... 1062, 1782 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Student assistance ... 292 down of ... 375 Support for child care ... 710–11 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Support for municipal policing ... 1318 Carbon dioxide emmisions reduction in, news report Sustainable development in northeastern Alberta ... on (SP588/08: Tabled) ... 2018 900 General remarks ... 1900 Temporary foreign workers ... 928 Oil sands development–Health aspects TransCanada PipeLines north central corridor project General remarks ... 1090 ... 1289 Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee Water quality in Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 Report ... 900 Waterfowl mortality rates in tailings ponds ... 395 Oil sands tailings ponds Wind power generation ... 136 Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 395 Women's shelters ... 791–92 Provincial inspectors at ... 585 Working alone regulation ... 251–52 Reclamation of ... 585, 976 Young worker health and safety ... 1826 Reclamation of, letter re (SP241/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Parliamentary language Reclamation of, Pembina Institute report on General remarks ... 2020–21 (SP209/08: Tabled) ... 980–81 Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Technology to clean up ... 585–86 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation, study of ... 976 Waterfowl deaths on ... 395, 585, 779 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation, study of Waterfowl deaths on, anonymous tip re ... 395 (SP209/08: Tabled) ... 980–81 Waterfowl deaths on, letter re (SP241/08: Tabled) ... Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) 1066 Child poverty elimination ... 2141 Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Long-term care facilites closure, moratorium on ... Meeting with Child and Youth Advocate, minister's 2209 offer re ... 1512 Nuclear power, objection to ... 2018, 2141 Oral Question Period (2008) Point of Order Carbon capture and storage ... 2076 Parliamentary language ... 2020–21 Child, youth and family enhancement legislation ... Police 1853 Increase in numbers of ... 562, 1019–20, 1318 Child and Youth Advocate ... 1539–40, 1630 Police–Finance Child care fees ... 17–18 General remarks ... 1318 Child care funding ... 473–74 Political parties Child care services ... 53–54 Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... Child care spaces in schools ... 581–82 1521–22 Development in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo ... Pork–Prices 2056 Floor price ... 410 Edmonton Remand Centre staffing ... 661–62 Pork industry Funding for contracted CFSA agencies ... 527 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 410 Funding for human services ... 1215–16 Portrait Gallery of Canada Health system governance ... 761 Funding for Alberta bid for ... 490 Health system restructuring ... 2204–05 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Homeless children ... 1689–90 Committee ... 1132–33 Homelessness ... 1383 PricewaterhouseCoopers Income support levels ... 170 Cumulative Environmental Management Association, Labour law reform ... 1147–48, 1151 report on ... 1900 Legal aid ... 788, 843–44 Prisoners, Mentally disabled Livestock and meat strategy ... 2105–06, 2180 General remarks ... 562 Long-term care ... 85–86, 1737–38 Private schools–Finance Midwifery sevices ... 423–24 General remarks ... 235–36 New royalty framework ... 1984 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Northern air quality ... 1089–90 Donations to, by Ethics Commissioner appointee ... 148 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

1521–22 Website article re (SP129/08: Tabled) ... 533 Election platform book (SP11/08: Tabled) ... 23 Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada Progressive Contractors Association of Canada Letter re midwifery funding in Alberta (SP121/08: General remarks ... 1148, 1151 Tabled) ... 428 Property tax–Education levy Special needs aides in schools Seniors' tax relief re ... 306 Funding for ... 235 Public health system Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 2205 Debate ... 181–82 Public safety (From criminal activity) Spousal abusers General remarks ... 562 Treatment of ... 568 Public Trustee Standing Orders Children injured in care, legal actions re ... 750 Amendments to May 21, 2008 orders (Motion 23: Reclamation of land Renner) ... 2118–20 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 585, 976 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... Oil sands tailings ponds, letter re (SP241/08: Tabled) 74–75 ... 1066 Statistics Canada Regional health authorities Report on Alberta services for disabled children Changes to governance of ... 761 (SP240/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Changes to governance of, letter re (SP172/08: Student financial aid Tabled) ... 770 Living allowance element ... 292 Changes to governance of, ministerial statement re ... Student housing (Off-campus) 759 Affordability of ... 292 Remand centres Student residences (On-campus) General remarks ... 561 General remarks ... 292, 2135–36 Rent control Rent increases at ... 2135 General remarks ... 821, 1383 Students, Postsecondary–Employment Ring roads–Edmonton General remarks ... 292 Second ring road discussions ... 778, 779 Substance abuse–Treatment Ritchie junior high school, Edmonton Forensic facilities for ... 561, 562 Closure ... 220, 235 Impact on justice system ... 561 School boards Sulphur dioxide emissions School closure decisions ... 220 Reduction of ... 1090 School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Suncor Inc. Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) First quarter earnings, news release re (SP68/08: Second reading ... 2145–46 Tabled) ... 224 Schools Supportive living facilities Daycare spaces in ... 581–82 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Daycare spaces in, Manitoba's policy booklet re care facilities to ... 85–86, 306 (SP143/08: Tabled) ... 587 Supportive living facilities–Inspection Schools–Closure General remarks ... 306 General remarks ... 220, 235 Supreme Court of Canada Impact on municipal land-use improvement efforts in Access to a lawyer in family law cases decision ... core areas ... 235 788 Schools–Construction Delwin Vriend case ... 344 Public/private projects re ... 235 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Public/private projects re: Impact on daycare centres Sulphur dioxide emissions reduction ... 1090 locating in ... 582 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 395 Schools–Maintenance and repair Telus World of Science, Edmonton Funding for ... 235 Renaming of ... 490 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Committee ... 1643–44, 1765–66, 1768 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Committee: Amendment A2 (SP499/08: Tabled) ... 1) 1765 Committee ... 1007–10 Sexual orientation Third reading ... 1028–30 Inclusion in Alberta human rights legislation ... 344, CUPE news release re (SP204/08: Tabled) ... 932 488, 489, 763–64, 1944 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Social housing Second reading ... 1929–30 Rent supplement program ... 822–23 Committee ... 2001 Rent supplement program: AISH recipients access to Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) ... 305 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Social sciences–Research Second reading ... 941, 948–49 Funding for ... 2136 TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. Social services agencies (Non-profit) North Central Corridor project across Lubicon 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 149

territory ... 1289 Deputy Chair North Central Corridor project across Lubicon Election of ... 4 territory, letter re (SP322/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Tuition fees Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Freeze on ... 2135 Second reading ... 274 Urban growth Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) General remarks ... 411 Second reading ... 1598 Impact of land-use framework on ... 778 Hay-Zama Committee Wages–Disabled facility employees General remarks ... 970 Increase to ... 742 Hay-Zama Lakes wild-land provincial park Wages–Mental health facility employees Member's statement re ... 970 General remarks ... 305, 306 Twinning with Dalai Lake national nature reserve, Water quality–Fort Chipewyan China ... 970 Impact on human health ... 714 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Watershed planning Second reading ... 1166, 1168 General remarks ... 375 Committee ... 1247 Who Cares? Alberta Members' Statements (2008) General remarks ... 743 Hay-Zama Lakes wildland provincial park ... 970 Website article re funding human services agencies in World's Biggest Walk ... 1578 Alberta (SP129/08: Tabled) ... 533 Nuclear power plants Wilkinson, Neil R. (Ethics Commissioner) Expert panel to review ... 167–68 Report recommending appointment of, concurred in Expert panel to review: Report ... 1286–87 (Motion 19: Hancock) ... 1521–22 Federal/provincial jurisdiction re ... 168 Wind power General remarks ... 167–68 Approval times for new projects ... 136 Public discussions re ... 168 General remarks ... 585 Official Opposition Use in place of nuclear power ... 769 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Womens' shelters accounting Review of ... 747 for ... 1635 Turnaway rate at ... 746, 747, 791–92 Oral Question Period (2008) Womens' shelters–Finance Nuclear energy ... 1286–87 General remarks ... 746 Nuclear power ... 167–68 Wood Buffalo Environmental Association Softwood lumber surge penalty ... 2177–78 Assessment of human exposure to air pollution ... Organ and tissue donation 1090 World's Biggest Walk in support of, member's Woodcroft elementary school, Edmonton statement re ... 1578 Closure ... 220 Point of Order Workplace safety Allegations against a member ... 1635 Awareness campaign for youth re (Bloody Lucky) ... Factual accuracy ... 76 1826 Insulting language ... 1597 General remarks ... 252, 411 Relevance ... 69, 71, 1596–97 Inspectors for ... 1826 Softwoods–Export–United States Joint health and safety committees for ... 1826 Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006: Surge World Trade Organization penalty for exceeding quotas ... 2177–78 Negotiations at ... 410 Standing Orders Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 72 Second reading ... 1562 World's Biggest Walk Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River) Member's statement re ... 1578 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Olson, Verlyn (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Aboriginal capital corporations Second reading ... 1400–01 Member's statement re ... 1664 Third reading ... 1863–64 Aboriginal children–Education Committees, Policy field General remarks ... 293 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 72 Aboriginal police services Cypress-Medicine Hat (Constituency) General remarks ... 617 Member for, elected as Deputy Chair ... 2 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Dalai Lake national nature reserve, Inner Mongolia, Second reading ... 1592–93 China Committee ... 1798–99, 1809 Twinning with Hay-Zama Lakes wild-land provincial Alberta Indian Investment Corporation park ... 970 Member's statement re ... 1664 Dene Tha' First Nation Apeetogosan (Métis) Development Corporation Involvement with Hay-Zama Lakes wildland Member's statement re ... 1664 provincial park ... 970 Arts 150 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Provincial ministers' meeting re, Quebec City, Alberta Aboriginal capital corporations ... 1664 minister's presence at ... 1315 Augustana faculty convocation ... 931 Arts–Finance Camrose Kodiaks ... 23 Federal cuts to, provincial response to ... 1315 Edgeworth Centre ... 1903 General remarks ... 1315 Events in Wetaskiwin-Camrose constituency ... 533 Automobile drivers' licences Olympic torch relay Suspension of, due to drug impaired driving, Alberta segment ... 2106 legislation re (Bill 49) ... 1830 Oral Question Period (2008) Automobiles–Seizure Aboriginal education ... 293 For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Arts and culture funding ... 1315 Johnston/Brown) ... 447 Crime in First Nations communities ... 617 For highway racing offences (Motion 503 Drinking water quality ... 1982–83 amendment: Johnston/Brown) ... 447 Olympic torch relay ... 2106 Canada Health Act Physiotherapy services ... 139 Physical therapy coverage under ... 139 Physical therapy Crime prevention Consistant provision of, across the province ... 139 Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion Port Alberta 508: Amery) ... 1119–20 Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 636–37 Crime prevention–First Nations communities Regional health authorities General remarks ... 617 Physical therapy services ... 139 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Royal Canadian Mounted Police Aboriginal crime prevention initiatives ... 617 Additional officers for Hobbema reserve ... 617 Criminal Code (Federal) Safe Communities Secretariat Drug and alcohol impaired driving offenses, parity of Involvement with First Nations communities crime ... 1830 issues ... 617 Curling championships Settlement Investment Corporation Continental Cup event ... 1903 Member's statement re ... 1664 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit Speech from the Throne Minister's attendance at provincial ministers' meeting Debate ... 150–52 re the arts ... 1315 Traffic Safety Act Drinking water–First Nations reserves Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Provincial technical assistance re ... 1983 highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Drinking water–Quality 447 General remarks ... 1982–83 Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Edgeworth Centre, Camrose highway racing (Motion 503 amendment: Member's statement re ... 1903 Johnston/Brown) ... 447 Edmonton International Airport Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: First reading ... 1830 Rogers) ... 636–37 Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Energy efficiency Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2163 Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Fowler, Mrs. Bertha Second reading ... 2030–31 General remarks ... 931 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Gang-related crime, Aboriginal Act, 2008 (Bill 205) General remarks ... 617 Second reading ... 1108–09 Griffiths-Scott middle school, Millet University of Alberta. Augustana campus UNESCO ASPnet designation ... 533 Convocation ceremony, member's statement re ... 931 Highway racing Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: General remarks ... 1982 Johnston/Brown) ... 447 Wetaskiwin-Camrose (Constituency) Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503 Member's statement re ... 533 amendment: Johnston/Brown) ... 447 Young Men's Christian Association of Edmonton Hobbema reserve Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Pr. 1) Crime incidence on, preventive measures re ... 617 Committee ... 1122 Hockey championships Committee: Amendment (SP/25808: Tabled) ... 1122 Camrose Kodiacs Alberta Junior Hockey League Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-) champions, member's statement re ... 23 Air quality–North Calgary area Viking Cup tournament ... 1903 Impact of asphalt plant on ... 1424 Indian Business Corporation Airports–Red Deer Member's statement re ... 1664 Funding for ... 734 Maiden Speeches Alberta Cities Transportation Partnership program General remarks ... 150–52 General remarks ... 720 Members' Statements (2008) Alberta municipal infrastructure program 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 151

General remarks ... 720 Job loss implications ... 476–77 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Bridges–Athabasca River–Fort McMurray area Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) General remarks ... 18 Second reading ... 1404 Bridges–Construction Alberta Regulations General remarks ... 720 School/playground zone changes ... 1671 Bridges–Maintenance and repair Alberta Transportation Safety Board General remarks ... 720 General remarks ... 719 Building Canada Plan (Federal) Monitoring automobile ignition lock systems ... 724 Alberta funds from ... 728, 734 Animal cruelty investigations Calgary International Airport Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... Airport Trail tunnel construction funding ... 659–60, 953–54 725 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Canada-Alberta Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund Completion of ... 218 General remarks ... 724–25 Engine retarder brakes usage on ... 842, 902 Capital projects, Municipal Funding for ... 722 General remarks ... 719 Interchanges on ... 842–43, 901–02, 930, 1381 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Intersection with Stony Plain Road ... 842 General remarks ... 720 Intersection with Stony Plain Road, construction Capital projects–Finance announced ... 1381 General remarks ... 720 Noise attenuation issues ... 526–27, 842–43, 902, Capital region integrated growth management plan 929–30 General remarks ... 728 North portion ... 133–34 Cellular telephones North portion: Cross-river connection to Yellowhead Use while driving ... 733 highway east ... 134 Commuter rail service–Calgary area North portion: Public/private partnership (P3) funding Provincial support for ... 1219 model for ... 133 Council of Ministers responsible for Transportation and Northeast portion ... 1381–82 Highway Safety Northwest portion ... 720 Weight limit changes for super-single tired trucks ... Northwest portion: 137 Ave. interchange, completion 476 of ... 2059, 2078 Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Northwest portion: Public/private partnership (P3) Peigan/Barlow Trails intersection, noise issues ... funding model for ... 2015, 2059, 2078 1088 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 249–50, Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation 727, 731 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP381/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Signage ... 733 Dept. of Transportation Southwest section: Interchanges ... 223–24, 1381 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Asphalt plant–North Calgary during (SP226/08: Tabled) ... 1025 Emission issues re ... 1424–25, 1472 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 719–34 Noise issues re ... 729 Role of ... 719 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Diesel fuel–Supply Indexing of benefits under ... 2015 Shortage of ... 1424, 1472 Auditor General Drunk driving–Prevention Deferred maintenance backlog comments ... 723 Initiatives re ... 720, 723–24 Automobile drivers–Education Edmonton Police Service General remarks ... 733 Segway Personal Transporter usage, review of ... Automobile drivers' licences 1854 Application process for out-of-country arrivals ... Employment opportunities 1689, 1855 Reduction in, from bitumen export ... 476–77 Suspension of, due to repeat drunk driving Engine retarder brakes convictions ... 724 Use within city limits ... 842, 902, 929–30 Automobile seat belts Firearms Effectiveness of legislation re ... 216 Restrictions on transport of ... 84 Automobiles–Ignition systems Gravel pit–North Calgary Locking mechanism for ... 720, 724 Noise issues re ... 729 Automobiles–Seizure Highway 28–Cold Lake area For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Twinning ... 726 Johnston/Brown) ... 445–46 Highway 28–Maintenance and repair For transporting firearms without registered owner General remarks ... 720 being present ... 84 Highway 55–La Corey to Iron River Automobiles conveying children Upgrading of ... 726 Smoking ban in ... 901, 929, 1828 Highway 61 Bitumen–Export Upgrading ... 720, 1627–28 152 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Highway 63 High-speed rail link ... 1092 Twinning ... 18, 720, 722 Highway 2 Yankee Valley interchange ... 139 Highway 63–Fort McMurray Highway 61 ... 1627–28 Interchanges ... 734 Highway 63 ... 18 Highway 63–Maintenance and repair Highway 727 ... 426 General remarks ... 720 Highway maintenance ... 82, 135, 583–84, 2138 Highway 727 International drivers' licences ... 1855 Realignment of ... 426 Noise attenuation on Stoney Trail ... 585 Highway 750 Northwest Anthony Henday ring road ... 1381–82 Clearing/maintenance of ... 2138 Public transportation ... 137 Highway 831–Maintenance and repair Queen Elizabeth II highway repairs ... 525–26 General remarks ... 720 School and playground zones ... 1671–72 Highway 881 School bus safety ... 1737 General remarks ... 18 Segway personal transporter ... 1854 Highway 881–Maintenance and repair Smoking in vehicles carrying children ... 901, 929, General remarks ... 720 1828 Highway racing Southeast Calgary ring road ... 1509–10 Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Southwest Calgary ring road ... 975–76 Johnston/Brown) ... 445–46 Traffic noise on Anthony Henday drive ... 526–27 Keystone bitumen pipeline Payday loans–Interest rates Job loss implications ... 476–77 Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1718 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Point of Order Third reading ... 1273–74, 1278 Imputing motives ... 1153 Light rail transit–Edmonton Police Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 728, 734 Truck inspection checkstop role ... 926–27 Municipal finance–Calgary Public transit Provincial funding for ... 1219 Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce North-south trade corridor greenhouse gas emissions ... 1316 Funding for ... 720 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Airdrie area Off-highway vehicles Yankee Valley Boulevard interchange, safety issues Helmet use on, mandatory for children ... 253 ... 139 Office of Traffic Safety Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Edmonton to Leduc General remarks ... 733 Repairs to ... 525–26 Oil sands development Street lighting upgrades ... 525–26 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton-Calgary report on ... 734 General remarks ... 725 Oral Question Period (2008) Land purchases in downtown Edmonton and Calgary All-terrain vehicle safety ... 253 re ... 725, 728 Anthony Henday Drive 137th Avenue interchange ... Report ... 137, 725, 1092 2059, 2078 Ring roads–Calgary Anthony Henday Drive interchanges ... 223–24, Completion of ... 218, 659 842–43, 901–02, 1381 Funding for ... 720, 722 Anthony Henday Drive noise levels ... 929–30 Interchange at 17 Ave. S.E. ... 2182 Anthony Henday Drive public-private partnership ... Noise attenuation on ... 585, 729 2059 Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 720, 727, Anthony Henday Drive public/private partnership ... 731 2015 Southeast section ... 218–19, 1509–10, 2183 Anthony Henday ring road ... 133–34 Southeast section, access points to ... 1509–10 Calgary asphalt plant ... 1472 Southeast section: P3 funding for ... 218 Calgary asphalt plant air quality ... 1424–25 Southwest section, land aquisition for, from Tsuu Calgary commuter rail initiative ... 1219 T'ina nation ... 975–76 Calgary International Airport ... 659–60 Road construction Calgary ring road ... 218–19, 2182–83 Building to expected capacity ... 731 Commercial vehicle drivers' hours of service ... Cost of new construction vs. rehabilitation costs ... 1899–1900 731 Commercial vehicle inspection ... 897–98, 926–27 General remarks ... 719, 720 Commercial vehicle inspections ... 977 Long range planning re ... 727 Deerfoot Trail noise abatement ... 1088 Resource road program, funding for ... 725 Driver licensing ... 1689 Road construction–Finance Efficiency and economy for long-haul trucking ... 476 General remarks ... 525, 720, 721–22 Farm safety ... 216 Roads–Maintenance and repair Firearms regulation ... 84 Auditor General's report on ... 723 Green Transit Incentives Program ... 1316 General remarks ... 720, 721–22, 734 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 153

Prioritization of ... 730–31 Water resources development Privatization of ... 82, 135, 583, 722–23, 2138 Infrastructure for ... 719 Privatization of: Fee-for-service contracts re ... Water treatment plants 726–27 Funding for ... 720 Privatization of, performance measures re ... 584 Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Use of recycled vs. new paving in ... 732 Aboriginal children–Education School buses–Safety aspects Off-reserve schools, funding for ... 1321 General remarks ... 1737 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Segway Personal Transporters Second reading ... 1570 Edmonton Police review of use of ... 1854 Committee ... 1795–96, 1806, 1809 Use on public thoroughfares ... 1854 General remarks ... 1823–24 Sewage disposal plants Affordable housing Funding for ... 720 Energy efficient requirements for ... 135–36 Speech from the Throne Energy efficient standards (LEED) for ... 136 Debate ... 149 Funding for, criteria re ... 1982 Speed limits, Municipal Affordable housing–Lethbridge School/playground zones designation ... 1671–72 Funding for ... 528 Strategic economic corridors (Highway construction) Agricultural workers Funding for ... 720, 721–22 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 1945 Suncor Inc. Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Construction of Highway 63 intersection ... 18 (Bill 33) Super-single truck tires Second reading ... 1573 Fuel efficiency/emission reduction effects of ... 476 Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Surplus, Budgetary Third reading ... 1503 Henday Drive interchanges funding with ... 843 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Traffic safety Second reading ... 1972 Funding for ... 720 Alberta Emergency Management Agency General remarks ... 719, 733 Community support services, funding for ... 802 Rumble strips ... 733 General remarks ... 716, 802 Traffic Safety Act Alberta emergency plan Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Updating of, from Wabamun train spill incident ... highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... 802 445–46 Alberta Environmental Protection Commission Amendment re seizure of vehicles transporting Recommendations ... 716, 802 firearms without registered owner ... 84 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) School/playground zone provisions ... 1671 Second reading ... 1439–40 Smoking ban for vehicles carrying children, provision Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan for ... 901, 929 Billing statements, online access to (Motion 510: Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) DeLong) ... 1568 Second reading ... 1970 Radioimmunotherapy drugs (Zevalin and Bexxar) Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution coverage ... 1064–65 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 212, Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee 2002) Effectiveness of ... 299, 301 Seizure amendment in, application to the transport of Alberta Health Services Board firearms without registered owner present ... 84 Impact on long-term care ... 793 Studies, reports prepared for government re (M5/08: Impact on mental health services ... 2179 Defeated) ... 936–37 Mental health services delivery ... 2179 Transportation–Industrial Heartland area Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 728 Surplus funds investment in ... 120 Truck drivers Teachers' unfunded pension payment from ... 119–20 Hours of service regulation for ... 732–33, 1899–1900 Transfer of funds to (supplementary estimates) ... Trucking industry 119–20 Monitoring of ... 720 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Trucking industry–Environmental aspects (Bill 17) Tire size change to reduce ... 476 Second reading ... 994–95, 1044–45 Trucks–Inspection Committee ... 1081 General remarks ... 724, 897–98, 926–27, 977 Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness Privatization of ... 724, 897–98, 926–27, 977 General remarks ... 120 Tsuu T'ina First Nation Alberta Securities Commission Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... Public inquiry into, letter requesting (SP599/08: 975–76 Tabled) ... 2060 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Regulation of asset-backed commercial paper, Funding for ... 720 exemptions granted re (SP600/08: Tabled) ... 2060 154 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Alberta seniors benefit program Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Optical/dental benefits ... 310 Deferred projects costs ... 877, 878 Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund Capital Region Board Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Approval process ... 800 presented re ... 215, 297, 348, 400, 478, 533, 619, Funding for ... 799–800 666, 770, 797, 848, 904, 980, 1095, 1634 General remarks ... 581 Alberta Utilities Commission Act (Bill 46, 2007) Chair of Committees General remarks ... 394 Election of, on second ballot ... 3 All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) Injuries in Alberta (report) Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Copy tabled (SP78/08: Tabled) ... 257 Funding for, to cover rent increases of ... 528 General remarks ... 253 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Amusement taxes 2008 (Bill 40) General remarks ... 800–01 Second reading ... 2044 Apartment buildings Children and poverty Conversion to condominiums ... 120 Elimination of, petition presented re ... 59 Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Member's statement re ... 58 Second reading ... 1003–04 Children at risk–Education Committee ... 1041–42 Kindergarten programs for, funding for ... 844–45 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill Chinook Regional Health Authority 5) Long-term and assisted living facilities ... 52, 1473 Committee ... 209 Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. (Proposed) 2) (Bill 51) General remarks ... 673 Committee ... 2190–92 Petition presented re ... 297 Assessment Claresholm Food Bank List of value of, by all municipalities ... 800 Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Market value as basis for, definition for ... 1541 salary increase to, letters re (SP77 and 505/08: Asset-backed commercial paper Tabled) ... 257, 1787 Exemptions granted re, documents re (SP600/08: Climate change Tabled) ... 2060 Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 342 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Coal energy, Clean Benefits, exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... Research into, sale of technology from to China ... 1287, 2074 643 Benefits increase for ... 2075 Community schools Indexing of benefits under ... 298–99, 300 General remarks ... 845 Indexing of benefits under, studies/reports re (M1/80: Compact fluorescent lightbulbs Response tabled as SP567/08) ... 623 Member's statement re ... 1211 Provincial comparisons of benefits under ... 300 Conflict of interest Auditor General Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 456 Continuing care facility management investigation Consumer protection (Seniors care programs): Report ... 661 General remarks ... 457 Long-term care facilities in rural areas, report on ... Re insurance contracts ... 457 52 Consumption tax, Provincial Autism spectrum disorder Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion General remarks ... 744 501: Griffiths) ... 113 Automobiles–Seizure Continuing Care Standards Act (Bill 205, 2006) For highway racing offences (Motion 503: General remarks ... 299 Johnston/Brown) ... 446, 448 Continuing/extended care facilities Bexxar (Drug) Auditor General's review of: Report ... 661 Coverage by health care plan ... 1064–65 Care management decision tools in, costs of (Q2/08: Biofuels industry Response tabled as SP222/08) ... 621–22 Use of food crops as feedstock, subsidies for ... Conversion to assisted living facility status ... 300 974–75 Definitions of ... 1740 Water requrements for ... 764–65 General remarks ... 2206 Brain injured Continuing/extended care facilities–Standards Support services for ... 309 Accommodation standards ... 301, 311 Calgary-Fort (Constituency) Enforcement of ... 301, 309 Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 3 Court Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 39) Capital projects Second reading ... 1576 Deficit re ... 877, 878 Crowsnest Pass Food Bank Capital projects–Finance Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Cost escalation element ... 877, 878 salary increase to, letter re (SP505/08: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 877 1787 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 155

Crystal methamphetamine drug abuse–Treatment 1320–21 General remarks ... 744 Environmental Appeal Board Curling championships Strathmore wastewaster discharge into Bow River ... World seniors' championship winners (Team Canada 122 men's and women's teams), Member's statement re Environmental impact assessments ... 478 500 kV electric power transmission lines ... 394 Daycare centres–Employees Environmental protection Qualifications, changes to ... 1586 Impact of land-use framework on ... 898 Daycare in private homes Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act Safety aspects ... 1586 Amendment to comply with land-use framework ... Daycare in the workplace 898 General remarks ... 744 Ethanol from food crops Dept. of Children and Youth Services Impact on food and water supplies ... 764–65 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 744, 751 Executive Council Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 672–73 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 877–79 Exports Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations General remarks ... 646 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 642–46, 652–53 Extendicare Lethbridge Minister's visit to Washington, D.C. ... 643 Closure of ... 1473, 1853 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Conversion to designated assisted living facility, Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 798–803 petition presented re ... 2209 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) Contracted employees salaries (Q1/08: Response Third reading ... 1456 tabled as SP566/08) ... 622 Federal/provincial relations Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 298–302, General remarks ... 643 308–10, 311–12, 314 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Dept. of Service Alberta Provincial initiatives re ... 744, 751 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 455–57 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Deputy Speaker 31) Election of, on second ballot ... 3 Second reading ... 1445 Disabled Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Provincial assistance to ... 309 (Bill 13) Early childhood education Second reading ... 911–12 Full-day programs ... 844–45 Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 844–45 Second reading ... 755 Edmonton International Airport Committee ... 914–15 Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Food–Supply Rogers) ... 640 Shortage of, impact of ethanol production on ... 765 Education, Postsecondary Foreign workers, Temporary Access to, affordability framework re ... 1901 General remarks ... 646 Elder abuse Truck driving issues re ... 456 General remarks ... 300 Forests Act Electric power lines Amendment to comply with land-use framework ... Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 394 898 Electric power lines (500 kV)–Environmental aspects Foster children, Aboriginal Impact assessments re, elimination of ... 394 General remarks ... 1019, 1320 Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Second reading ... 1884–85 Requests under, costs of ... 455, 672–73 Third reading ... 1966 Requests under, costs of, assistance re ... 456 Emergency planning Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) Funding for ... 803 Second reading ... 1613–14 General remarks ... 716, 802–03 Government aircraft Public awareness/education re ... 802 Flight logs, budget line item re ... 456 Emergency planning, Municipal Government information database (federal) General remarks ... 716 Access to, denied ... 455, 456 Emergency public warning system Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill General remarks ... 803 35) Energy industry–Environmental aspects Second reading ... 1496 U.S. reaction to Alberta situation ... 643 Government vehicles English as a Second Language Amortization of, increase in ... 456 General remarks ... 120 Emissions reduction initiatives for (hybrid vehicles) Enoch First Nation ... 457 Off-reserve services to, meeting with province re ... Grass fires–Control 156 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Use of volunteers in ... 802 Lacombe Foundation Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Land development for affordable housing, process re Second reading ... 1787–89 ... 1982 Committee ... 1841, 1918–19 Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46) Committee ... 1651 Second reading ... 1909–10 Land-use framework Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Funding to enable compliance with ... 898 Second reading ... 1047–48 General remarks ... 474–75 Highway racing Impact on conservation/environmental protection ... Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: 898 Johnston/Brown) ... 446, 448 Impact on intermunicipal development plans ... 898 Homeless–Housing Metropolitan (Edmonton/Calgary) plans for, General remarks ... 120 implications of ... 899 Mentally disabled individuals ... 120 Regional plans for ... 899 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Watershed protection aspects ... 899 Funding for ... 120–21 Legislative Assembly Chamber Homeless youth Lighting in ... 172 Government programs for ... 1692–93 Lethbridge-East (Constituency) Horsemeat packing plant Member for, nominated as Deputy Speaker ... 3 General remarks ... 646 Lethbridge Food Bank Society Hospital beds–Rural areas Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Conversion to long-term care beds ... 1740 salary increase to, letter re (SP255/08: Tabled) ... Income tax, Provincial 1096 Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: Lethbridge High Level Bridge Griffiths) ... 113 Centennial celebration re, member's statement re ... Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area 1056 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 581 Lethbridge Housing Authority Industrial development (Value-added industries) General remarks ... 528 General remarks ... 879 Lethbridge Regional Police Service Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Additional officers for ... 172 Second reading ... 1326–27 Lethbridge Remand Centre Third reading ... 1499 Conversion to crystal meth treatment centre ... 744 Interfaith Food Bank, Lethbridge Lethbridge Salvation Army Food Bank Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of salary increase to, letter re (SP242/08: Tabled) ... salary increase to, letter re (SP221/08: Tabled) ... 1066 1025 Intermunicipal relations Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame General remarks ... 800 Inductees, member's statement re ... 657 Impact of draft land-use framework on ... 898 Literacy Withdrawal of municipality from ... 800 General remarks ... 120 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Local Authorities Pension Plan General remarks ... 581 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions International trade–China presented re ... 215, 297, 348, 400, 478, 533, 619, General remarks ... 642, 643, 646 666, 770, 797, 848, 904, 980, 1095, 1634 International trade–India Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary General remarks ... 642 hospitals) International trade–United States Definitions of ... 1740 General remarks ... 645 First available bed policy re ... 1671 Interprovincial relations General remarks ... 1473, 2104–05, 2206 Western provinces' relations ... 643 Replacement by designated assisted living ... 1853, Interprovincial trade 2104–05 Internal trade agreement, dispute mechanism ... Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary 652–53 hospitals)–Construction Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) General remarks ... 793 Second reading ... 1438–39 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Kainai Food Bank, Standoff, Alberta hospitals)–Lethbridge Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Extendicare facility closure ... 1473, 1853 salary increase to, letter re (SP442/08: Tabled) ... Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary 1634 hospitals)–Rural areas Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) General remarks ... 52 Second reading ... 1160, 1174–76, 1185–86 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Committee ... 1232–34 hospitals)–Staffing Third reading ... 1276–77 Foreign language skills of ... 311 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 157

Funding for ... 1146 North American free trade agreement Shortages of ... 1146 Dispute mechanism ... 652 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Off-highway vehicles hospitals)–Standards Helmet use on, mandatory for children ... 253 Cross-province application of ... 301, 793 Oil industry Meals on Wheels Responsibility for underground tank cleanup costs ... General remarks ... 310 801, 802 Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Second reading ... 1459 U.S./world reaction to Alberta situation ... 643, 645 Medical care Oil sands tailings ponds Letter re (SP158/08: Tabled) ... 620 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Medical records, Electronic–Security aspects Emergency preparedness re ... 803 General remarks ... 878–79 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Medicine Hat and District Food Bank Independent report on (SP211/08: Tabled) ... 981 Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of Waterfowl deaths on ... 342 salary increase to, letter re (SP534/08: Tabled) ... One Simple Act program (Environmental protection 1830 campaign) Members' Statements (2008) General remarks ... 1211 Child poverty ... 58 Oral Question Period (2008) Lethbridge High Level Bridge ... 1056 Aboriginal children in care ... 1019 Lethbridge Sports Hall of Fame inductees ... 657 Access to municipal assessment records ... 1541 Project Porchlight ... 1211 All-terrain vehicle safety ... 253 World seniors' curling champions ... 478 Bioenergy project subsidies ... 974–75 Mental health facilities–Employees Biofeuls industry ... 764–65 Shortage of ... 312 Capital region municipal planning ... 581 Mental health services Child care workers ... 1586 Funding for ... 312, 2179 Emergency preparedness ... 716 Funding for, administrative costs ... 312 Energy-efficient affordable housing ... 135–36 Impact of Health Services Board on ... 2179 Farm worker safety ... 1945 Review of ... 291 Funding for nonprofit agencies ... 528 Mental health services agencies (Nonprofit) Homeless children ... 1692–93 Funding for ... 2179 Intermunicipal development plans ... 898 Minister's Council on Municipal Sustainability Kindergarten programs ... 844–45 Recommendations ... 800 Lacombe Foundation land development ... 1982 MLA Task Force on Continuing Care Health Service Land-use framework ... 474–75 and Accommodation Standards (2005) Long-term care ... 52, 793, 1740, 1853, 2206 Recommendations ... 310, 1146 Long-term care facilities ... 1473 Municipal Government Act Long-term care providers ... 1146 Amendment to comply with land-use framework ... Mental health services ... 2179 898 Metropolitan regional planning ... 899 Amendments ... 800 Municipal sustainability initiative funding ... 1783 Regional framework compliance provisions ... 800 Off-reserve aboriginal funding ... 1320–21 Section 299-300, municipal assessment records ... Persons with developmental disabilities program ... 1541 291 Section 631, land-use planning and intermunicipal Pipeline security ... 1386 development, amendment of ... 898 Police and peace officer training centre ... 1514, Section 632, environmental issues and intermunicipal 1629–30 development, amendment of ... 898 Police officer supply ... 172 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 16) Postsecondary education affordability ... 1901 Second reading ... 1050 Protection of vulnerable seniors ... 1667–68 Committee ... 1329–30 Protection of wildlife ... 342 Third reading ... 1457 Provincial environmental initiatives ... 172 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Radioimmunotherapy drugs ... 1064–65 (Bill 41) Registered disability savings plan ... 1287, 2074–75 Second reading ... 1812 Seniors' housing ... 1671, 2104–05 Municipal Government Board Seniors' lodge assistance program ... 422 Assessment appeal process ... 801, 1541 Supportive living accommodation licensing ... Municipal sustainability initiative 1823–24 Funding for ... 799, 1783 Supportive living facility standards ... 661 Funding for, accountability re ... 798 Transmission line application process ... 394 Funding for, Edmonton vs Calgary funding ... 799 Wait-list registry ... 2016 Funding formula ... 798 Pacific Northwest Economic Region Long-range planning under ... 799 Interest of members of, in Alberta/B.C. TILMA 158 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

agreement ... 644 Public Lands Act Personal directives–Registry Amendment to comply with land-use framework ... General remarks ... 1668 898 Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial Public safety, security, and environmental research Board institute (Proposed) Elimination of, studies/reports re (M2/08: Response Creation of ... 802, 803 tabled as SP568/08) ... 623 Public Service Pension Plan Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Child poverty elimination ... 59 presented re ... 215, 297, 348, 400, 478, 533, 619, Extendicare Lethbridge conversion to designated 666, 770, 797, 848, 904, 980, 1095, 1634 assisted living facility ... 2209 Public Trustee Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 215, 297, Role of, re dependent adults ... 1668 348, 400, 478, 533, 619, 666, 770, 797, 848, 904, Radioimmunotherapy drugs 980, 1095 Zevalin and Bexxar, coverage under health care plan Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) ... 1064–65 Second reading ... 1905–06 Red Deer College Pipelines–Security aspects Truck driver training program ... 456 Bombing incident, B.C./Alberta border ... 1386 Referendum, Provincial General remarks ... 1386 Electoral system change, petition presented re ... 297 Point of Order Regional health authorities Factual accuracy ... 1185 Changes to governance of, impact on long-term care Police ... 793 Increase in numbers of ... 172 Registered disability savings plans Police and peace officer college Exemption of, in calculation of social assistance Funding for, as P3 project ... 1514 benefits ... 1287, 2074 General remarks ... 1629–30 Registry offices, Private Port Alberta Truck driver licensing issues ... 456 Support for ... 646 Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640 General remarks ... 456 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Rodeo Third reading ... 1445–47 As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2040 Powers of attorney–Registration Royal Canadian Mounted Police General remarks ... 1668 New officers for ... 172 Pregnancy tests for teens Securities commissions As FASD prevention measure ... 751 Provision of exemptions from existing laws, letter re Project Porchlight (SP100/08: Tabled) ... 401 Member's statement re ... 1211 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Property tax–Education levy Second reading ... 890 Freeze of ... 1783 Committee ... 1638–40 Proportional representation Third reading ... 1800 Citizens' assembly to study, petition presented re ... Senior citizens 297 Protection of ... 1667–68 Protection for persons in care Senior citizens–Dental care Funding for ... 301 General remarks ... 314 Protection for Persons in Care Act Senior citizens–Housing Effectiveness of ... 299 Fees, assistance with ... 1671 Provincial/municipal relations General remarks ... 1671 General remarks ... 643 Senior citizens–Transportation Public Affairs Bureau General remarks ... 308–09 Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for Seniors' advocate (Proposal) ... 342 General remarks ... 299 Public assistance Seniors' centres Benefits, exemption of RDSPs from calculation of ... Financial support to ... 308–09, 310 1287 Government programs information in ... 308 Public Guardian Nurse practitioner services in ... 308 Role of, re dependent adults ... 1668 Seniors' issues Public inquiries Telephone information line re ... 1671 Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, Seniors Safety Week and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 215, 297, 348, General remarks ... 1823 400, 478, 533, 619, 666, 770, 797, 848, 904, 980, Sewage disposal plants–Strathmore 1095, 1634 Discharge into Bow River ... 122 Alberta Securities Commission operations, letter re Sexual assault centres (SP599/08: Tabled) ... 2060 Rent increases to, funding for ... 528 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 159

Sheriffs ... 119–20 New officers for ... 172 Team Lethbridge Siksika Nation Pamphlet about Lethbridge (SP456/08: Tabled) ... Water supply contamination from upstream treated 1674 wastewater discharge ... 122 Terrorist attacks Small business–Regulations On pipelines ... 1386 Reduction of ... 879 Preparedness for ... 1386 Social housing Tourism levy Funding for ... 120 Use to develop new tourist attractions ... 800–01 Rent supplement program: Lethbridge ... 528 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Speaker (Alberta /British Columbia) Congratulations to ... 3 Dispute mechanism ... 653 Statistics Canada General remarks ... 642, 643 Report on tuition fee levels (SP/55108: Tabled) ... Other provinces interest in ... 643–44 1904 PNWER members' interest in ... 644 Strathmore (Town) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Provincial payment to, re wastewater treatment Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill process ... 122 1) Student financial aid Second reading ... 204–05, 207 General remarks ... 1901 Committee ... 918–19, 1005–06, 1008–09 Living allowance element ... 1901 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP217/08: Tabled) ... Substance abuse–Treatment 1006 Off-reserve facilities for Enoch residents ... 1320 Committee: Amendment A3 (SP218/08: Tabled) ... Supplementary estimates 1008 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 119–23 Traffic Safety Act Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2086–89 Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Supportive living facilities highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Aging in place strategy ... 52 446, 448 Assisted living facilities: Conversion of continuing Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) care facilities to ... 300 Second reading ... 1969 Assisted living facilities: Services provided in ... 302 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Designated assisted living facilities ... 1473, 1853, Act, 2008 (Bill 205) 2104–05, 2206 Committee ... 1553 Legislation re, pending ... 1823–24 Treasury Board Provincial initiatives re ... 300 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 877–79 Seniors' lodges: Assistance program for ... 422 Truck drivers Seniors' lodges: Safety issues ... 1824 Licensing of, registry offices aspects ... 456 Seniors' lodges: Standards for ... 661 Truck drivers–Training Services provided in ... 302 General remarks ... 456 Website for information re ... 302 Tuition fees Supportive living facilities–Inspection General remarks ... 1901 General remarks ... 661 Stats Can report on (SP551/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Supportive living facilities–Standards Utilities Consumer Advocate General remarks ... 661 Position held by deputy minister ... 456 Supportive living licensing act (Proposed) Victims of Crime Fund General remarks ... 661 Surplus, use to cover rent increases to sexual assault Surgery waiting lists centres ... 528 Web site re, accuracy of information on ... 2016 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Surplus, Budgetary Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Heritage Fund investment ... 120 Second reading ... 1973–74 Sustainable resource and environmental management Vision 2020; Health Care for Today and the Future (cross-ministry initiative) General remarks ... 2206 General remarks ... 474–75 Voting in provincial elections Syncrude Canada Ltd. Participation rate ... 673 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 342 Vulcan Food Bank Tank site remediation program (2006) Member for Lethbridge-East's donation of half of General remarks ... 801–02 salary increase to, letter re (SP534/08: Tabled) ... Tax incentives 1830 Stay-at-home parents (re daycare) ... 744 Water resources development–Southern Alberta Taxation, Municipal Impact of land-use framework on ... 899 General remarks ... 800–01 Water supply Teachers' Pension Plan Use by biofuels industry ... 764–65 Unfunded liability, funding for: From Heritage Fund Weed Control Act (Bill 23) 160 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Second reading ... 1610 Bentley malt barley ... 1684 Wildlife habitat Carbon capture and storage in Joffre ... 2208 Conservation of ... 342 Oil recovery methods Workplace safety Carbon dioxide sequestering, member's statement re Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 1945 ... 2208 World Trade Organization Oral Question Period (2008) Dispute mechanism ... 652 Agricultural assistance ... 20–21 Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Chronic wasting disease ... 2105 Second reading ... 1558–59 Cull breeding swine program ... 344 Zevalin (Drug) Education system accountability framework ... 1477 Coverage by health care plan ... 1064–65 Environmental spills ... 1943 Prins, Ray (PC, Lacombe-Ponoka) Potato cyst nematode ... 56–57 Agriculture Pork Government assistance programs ... 20–21 Ground pork from culled animals diversion to food AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative) banks ... 21, 344–45 Potato cyst nematode damage, assistance re ... 56 Potato cyst nematode Alberta Foodbank Network Association Presence in seed potato fields ... 56–57 Pork from culled hogs diversion to foodbanks ... 344 Rahr Malting Canada Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation General remarks ... 1684 Discussions re diverting pork from culled hogs to Seed potatoes–Export food banks ... 21, 344–45 Impact of infestation by potato cyst nematode on ... Alberta support and emergency response team 56–57 Placement in rural areas ... 1943 Spills (Pollution) Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Equipment for control/cleanup of ... 1943 Second reading ... 260–61 Standing Orders Auditor General Temporary amendments to, interim report on Report, April 2008 (SP3/08: Tabled) ... 23 (SP448/08: Tabled) ... 1673 Bentley malt barley (variety) Temporary amendments to, final report on (SP579/08: Member's statement re ... 1684 Tabled) ... 1979 Carbon dioxide sequestration Student testing Joffre projects, member's statement re ... 2208 Achievement tests results ... 1477 Chronic wasting disease Diploma exams results ... 1477 Presence on game farms ... 2105 Surface rights Chronic wasting disease–Control Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: General remarks ... 2105 Marz) ... 1876 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders Weed Control Act (Bill 23) and Printing, Standing First reading: Referred to Standing Committee on Review of Standing Orders changes, interim report on Resources and Environment; report presented and (SP448/08: Tabled) ... 1673 concurred in (SP405/08: Tabled) ... 1478 Review of Standing Orders changes, final report on Second reading ... 1572 (SP579/08: Tabled) ... 1979 Committee ... 1725 Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Third reading ... 1770 Bill 23, Weed Control Act, referred to; report Western Hog Exchange presented and concurred in (SP405/08: Tabled) ... Discussions re diverting pork from culled hogs to 1478 food banks ... 21, 345 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area Quest, Dave (PC, Strathcona) Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 2105 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Education Committee ... 1805–06 Accountability survey results re ... 1477 Agricultural subsidies Farm produce–United States Reduction of ... 614 Country of origin label regulation for ... 344–45 Air quality Field Crop Development Centre, Lacombe Promotion of ... 1213 Bentley malt barley variety development ... 1684 Alberta creative development initiative Food banks Promotion of Alberta artists outside Alberta ... 2073 Ground pork from culled animals diversion to ... 21, Alberta Environmental Protection Commission 344–45 CN train derailment, Wabamun, report on ... 807 Game farming Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 2105 New chief commissioner ... 1430 Hog industry Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Provincial assistance to ... 20–21 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Hogs–Supply Second reading ... 1405 Federal program to reduce ... 21, 344–45 Committee ... 1704–05 Members' Statements (2008) Third reading ... 1862–63 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 161

Alberta Utilities Commission World's longest hockey game ... 339 General remarks ... 1065 National Philanthropy Day Alberta's Environment Conference, Edmonton (April, General remarks ... 1984 2008) Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Cumulative impact assessments ... 173 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 173 Animal cruelty investigations Oral Question Period (2008) Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... Air quality ... 1213 952 Arts funding ... 1689 Artists Camping in parks and protected areas ... 526 Promotion of, outside Alberta ... 2073 Charitable donations ... 1984–85 Arts–Finance Cumulative environment effects ... 173 General remarks ... 1689 Human Rights Commissioner ... 1430 Automobiles–Seizure Passchendaele ... 1382 For illegal drug transporting, legislation re (Bill 209) Support for the arts ... 2073 ... 1479 Technology commercialization ... 717 Car Heaven Alberta (Vehicle emission reduction Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 1065 program) Workplace health and safety ... 1823 General remarks ... 1213 World Trade Organization negotiations ... 614 Centennial legacies grant program Parks, Provincial Passchendaele movie funding from ... 1382 Camping in off-limits areas of ... 526 Clean Air Day Temporary liquor ban in ... 526 General remarks ... 1213 Passchendaele (Movie) CN Rail Funding for ... 1382 Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, impact of ... 807 Protected areas Community spirit program Camping in off-limits areas of ... 526 General remarks ... 1985 School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Tax credit component ... 1985 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Consumer protection Second reading ... 2153–54 Re utility rates ... 1065 Speech from the Throne Dept. of Municipal Affairs Debate ... 39–40 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 807 Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamun Donating to charitable organizations CN train derailment, cleanup costs re, impact of ... General remarks ... 1984–85 807 Drugs, Illegal Technology commercialization Transporting of, seizure of cars involved in, Co-operation with China re ... 717 legislation re (Bill 209) ... 1479 Traffic safety Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment General remarks ... 1479 Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Second reading ... 271–72 Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Emergency planning Act, 2008 (Bill 209) General remarks ... 807 First reading ... 1479 Environmental impact assessments Second reading ... 2026–27, 2035 Cumulative assessments ... 173 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Farm bill 2002 (U.S.) Act, 2008 (Bill 205) General remarks ... 614 Second reading ... 1102 Farm produce–Export Utilities Consumer Advocate WTO negotiations re ... 614 General remarks ... 1065 Hockey game, World's longest Vehicle emissions Dr. Brent Saik's Guinness record: Member's statement Reduction of ... 1213 re ... 339 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) General remarks ... 1430 Second reading ... 1883–84 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Third reading ... 2068 Committee ... 433–34 Water pollution–Control Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area General remarks ... 807 Cumulative impact assessment of ... 173 Western Economic Development Canada Kidney Car Program Joint funding of technology commercialization General remarks ... 1213 projects with China ... 717 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Workplace safety Committee ... 1246 General remarks ... 1823 Maiden Speeches World Trade Organization General remarks ... 39–40 Negotiations at ... 614 Members' Statements (2008) Redford, Hon. Alison M. (PC, Calgary-Elbow) 162 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Aboriginal courts Children's legal representation General remarks ... 558 General remarks ... 561 Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management Aboriginal litigation against, funding to deal with ... Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) 554 Third reading ... 1451 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Constitution Act, 1982 2008 (Bill 29) Charter of Rights and Freedoms, access to a lawyer in Third reading ... 1962 family law cases included in ... 788 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Opting out provisions (sniffer dogs in schools court Second reading ... 1955 decision) ... 528 Alberta Law Foundation Correctional institutions Annual report, 2008 (SP309/08: Tabled) Addicted prisoners in ... 561–62 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in County of St. Paul Votes and Proceedings Municipal election in, voting of nonpermanent Financial statements, 2007-08 (SP310/08: Tabled) residents in ... 901 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Votes and Proceedings First reading ... 770 Alberta Law Line Second reading ... 992, 1049 General remarks ... 559 Third reading ... 1454 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Courts–Finance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) General remarks ... 553 Committee ... 1703–04 Crime–Calgary Third reading ... 1861–62 Increase in ... 472 Alberta relationship threat assessment initiative Crime prevention General remarks ... 568 Funding for ... 553 Apologies (Civil law) General remarks ... 1825, 1826 Copies of materials re (M21/08: Response tabled as Crime prevention–First Nations communities SP634/08) ... 1552, 2184 General remarks ... 617 Automobile drivers' licences Crime reduction Suspension of, due to repeat drunk driving General remarks ... 427 convictions ... 563–64 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Suspension of, for nonpayment of maintenance orders Aboriginal crime prevention initiatives ... 617 ... 565 Funding for ... 553 Automobiles–Seizure General remarks ... 553, 554, 555, 562 General remarks ... 557 Report ... 427, 472, 569 For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Western Canadian gang prevention initiative ... 564 Johnston/Brown) ... 473 Criminal Code (Federal) For illegal drug transporting ... 557 Changes to ... 1828 For transporting firearms without registered owner Criminal Injuries Review Board being present ... 473, 557 Limitation periods in sexual assault cases ... 1150 Bail hearings Criminal justice system Attendance of crown prosecutors at, impact on Changes to ... 1828 remand centre populations ... 584 Criminal Trial Lawyers Association Bail packages and prolific offenders, pilot projects re General remarks ... 1784 ... 1583 Cybercrime Federal role in ... 1583, 1586 International centre for response to ... 564, 571–72 Procedures re ... 556, 562, 1064, 1583 CyberPol - The Global Centre for Securing Cyberspace Repeat offender status information ... 556 Act (Bill Pr. 1, 2007) Bail hearings–Calgary General remarks ... 571–72 24/7 service re ... 472 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Battered women Annual report, 2007-08 (SP383/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Access to legal aid ... 788 Court services branch ... 553–54 Capital projects Criminal justice branch ... 553 Public/private partnerships re: Cost of government Legal services branch ... 554 legal services re (M18/08: Response tabled as Legal services branch, costs of increasing capacity of SP633/08) ... 2184 (M18/08: Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 2184 Chief Medical Examiner's Office Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 553–72 Funding increase for ... 554 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Child support recalculation program during (SP216/08: Tabled) ... 981 Legislation re (Bill 15) ... 770 Documentation of Child Access Exchange Act (Bill 211) Children from broken marriages Second reading ... 2156–57 Access to ... 565 Domestic violence–Legal aspects Access to, legal fees re ... 1355 General remarks ... 568 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 163

Training for police/court workers ... 568 Recruitment for rural areas ... 567 Domestic violence–Prevention Terms of employment/salaries improvement ... 560, Effect of access to legal aid on ... 788 563, 1020 Provincial initiatives re ... 571 Government attorneys, Female Provincial initiatives re, impact on justice system ... Numbers of ... 569 1826 Gun control (Federal) Drug courts Registry for, elimination of ... 1828 General remarks ... 555, 570 Highway racing Drugs, Illegal Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Transporting of, seizure of cars involved in ... 557 Johnston/Brown) ... 473 Drugs in schools Hobbema reserve Use of dogs to detect, Supreme Court ruling on ... Crime incidence on, preventive measures re ... 617 426, 527–28 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Drunk driving Second reading ... 101 Prosecution of ... 557, 563–64 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Public education re ... 564 Raising of ... 85 Repeat offenders re, dangerous offender status for ... Raising of, court appeal ... 85 563 Integrated child exploitation teams Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration General remarks ... 556, 564 Court Internet (Computer network) Clients from, and funding for, 2005-08 (Q24/08: Crimes against children on: Provincial initiatives re ... Response tabled as SP638/08) ... 1550, 2184 564, 572 Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 Judges, Provincial Court (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 1548, Increase in numbers of ... 553, 568, 1059 2184 Support system for ... 570 Edmonton Remand Centre Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) Increase in inmate numbers due to bail hearing First reading ... 1323 changes ... 584 Third reading ... 1574 Elections, Municipal Jury duty Nonpermanent residents voting in, court decision re Exclusion of offenders from, legislation re (Bill 28) ...... 901 1323 Family courts Justice information management system (JIMS) Federal/provincial jurisdictional disputes re ... 1355 Funding for ... 553–54 General remarks ... 555, 569, 614 Justice system Family law Access to ... 554 General remarks ... 1355 Access to, by women ... 566 Family law, Collaborative Backlogs in ... 1059, 1063–64, 1784 General remarks ... 1023 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) Second reading ... 1185 First reading ... 770 Law Information Centres (LInC) Second reading ... 992, 1050 General remarks ... 558–59 Third reading ... 1455 Law Society of Alberta Fines (Traffic violations) Annual report, 2007 (SP632/08: Tabled) ... 2184 Collection of overdue fines ... 1541 Legal aid discussion with province ... 788, 792, 795 Processing of, funding for ... 553, 560 Pro bono program ... 559 Firearms Legal aid Restrictions on transport of ... 473, 557 Effectiveness in reducing domestic violence ... 788 Gang-related crime Extension of, to middle-income earners ... 844 Compensation to victims of ... 1291–92 Funding for ... 554, 561, 788, 792–93, 795 General remarks ... 557, 1586 General remarks ... 559, 561, 792–93, 794–95 Prosecution of ... 564 Legal Aid Society of Alberta Prosecution of, western Canadian initiative re ... 564 Funding for, 2005-08 (Q23/08: Response tabled as Gang-related crime, Aboriginal SP637/08) ... 1549, 2184 General remarks ... 617 General remarks ... 792, 795 Government attorneys Legal fees Bail hearing attendance ... 553, 556, 562, 1064 General remarks ... 559 Bail hearing attendance, impact on remand centre Lieutenant Governor of Alberta populations ... 584 Declaration re election of Speaker ... 1 Caseloads ... 560 Maiden Speeches Caseloads, file management system for ... 563 General remarks ... 40–42 General remarks ... 563 Maintenance (Domestic relations) Increase in numbers of ... 472, 553, 555, 556, 560, Funding for ... 554 562, 1059, 1064 General remarks ... 565, 902 164 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Marijuana grow operations General remarks ... 553 Lock down of houses used for, legislation re ... 843 Police Act Masters in chambers Miscellaneous amendments to (Bill 25) ... 1095 Legislation re (Bill 14) ... 770 Pornography, Child Mediation (Legal process) On the Internet ... 556, 564 Family law issues ... 1355 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Mediation (Legal process)–Rural areas Disabilities Act General remarks ... 567 Miscellaneous amendments to (Bill 25) ... 1095 Mental health courts Prisoners, Aboriginal General remarks ... 553, 555, 570 Numbers of ... 557–58 Mental health services Prisoners, Mentally disabled Funding for ... 553 General remarks ... 562 Impact on justice system ... 1825, 1826 Probation officers Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 25) Increase in numbers of ... 553 First reading ... 1095 Proceeds of crime Second reading ... 1295–96 Legislation re (proposed) ... 557, 843 Third reading ... 1457 Public inquiries Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Oil sands tailings ponds, winding down of ... 420 (Bill 53) Public safety (From criminal activity) First reading ... 2081 General remarks ... 427, 472, 553, 1586, 1825, 1826, Second reading ... 2121 1827 Third reading ... 2188 Rapid exit housing program, Edmonton Oil sands tailings ponds Impact on justice system ... 1826 Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 420 Remand centres Waterfowl deaths on, anonymous tip re ... 392 General remarks ... 562, 570 Winding down of, public inquiry into ... 420 Impact of bail hearing changes on populations in ... Oral Question Period (2008) 584 Automobile insurance ... 85 Repeat offenders Bail system ... 1583 General remarks ... 556 Collaborative family law ... 1023 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Compensation for victims of crime ... 1291–92 Involvement in Internet child pornography Crime and safe communities ... 1586 investigations ... 556 Crime in First Nations communities ... 617 Rules of Court Crime legislation ... 1828 Amendments re family court issues ... 1355 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 427, 472 Revised version of ... 555, 567 Crown prosecutors ... 1020 Revised version of, impact on court accessibility Edmonton Remand Centre ... 584 (M19/08: Defeated) ... 1551 Family justice issues ... 1355 Revised version of, impact on court accessibility Firearms regulation ... 473 (M20/08: Defeated) ... 1551 Justice system ... 1059, 1063–64, 1784 Safe communities initiative Legal aid ... 788, 792–93, 794–95, 844 General remarks ... 553, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, Maintenance enforcement program ... 902 1830 Monitoring of oil sands tailings ponds ... 420 Safe communities innovation fund Pathways to Housing program ... 1824 General remarks ... 1825, 1827 Proceeds of crime ... 843 Safe Communities Secretariat Random dog searches ... 426, 527–28 General remarks ... 427, 553, 554, 555–56, 562, 1825 Safe communities initiative ... 1825–26 Involvement with First Nations communities crime Safe communities innovation fund ... 1827 issues ... 617 Traffic tickets ... 1541 Pilot projects of ... 1064 Unified family court ... 614 School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Victims of crime fund ... 1150 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Voting by nonpermanent residents ... 901 Second reading ... 2152–53 Whistle-blower protection ... 392 School resource officers (police) Pathways to Housing program, Calgary General remarks ... 570–71 Impact on justice system ... 1824, 1826 Sentences, Conditional (Criminal procedure) Persons with Developmental Disabilities Community General remarks ... 557–58 Governance Act Sentences (Criminal procedure) Miscellaneous amendments to (Bill 25) ... 1095 Reduction of, by time served in a remand centre ... Point of Order 584, 1586 Factual accuracy ... 1185 Sexual assault crimes Police Limitation periods re ... 1150 Increase in numbers of ... 553, 555, 1064, 1825 Speech from the Throne Police–Finance Debate ... 40–42 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 165

Spousal abusers General remarks ... 566–67 Treatment of ... 568 Youth justice committees–Hobbema reserve Substance abuse–Treatment General remarks ... 567 Forensic facilities for ... 562 Youth Secretariat Funding for ... 553 General remarks ... 567 Impact on justice system ... 561–62, 1825, 1826 Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) Succession laws Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Review of ... 558 First reading: Referred to Standing Committee on Review of, materials supporting (M22/08: Response Health ... 1095 tabled as SP634/08) ... 1552 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Review of, materials supporting (M22/08: Response (Bill 33) tabled as SP635/08) ... 2184 Second reading ... 1419 Supreme Court of Canada Air quality Access to a lawyer in family law cases decision ... General remarks ... 1318–19 788 Promotion of ... 1213 Drug-sniffing dogs decision ... 426, 527–28 Air quality–Fort McMurray area Surveillance, Public General remarks ... 1086, 1088–89, 1090 Policy re ... 571 Alberta–Economic conditions Syncrude Canada Ltd. Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1987 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 420 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Resolution re granting water licences for deep well (Alberta /British Columbia) flooding projects ... 250–51 Cost of government legal services re (M18/08: Alberta Building Code Response tabled as SP633/08) ... 2184 Changes to, re grey water recycling ... 2055 Impact on legal system ... 558 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Council Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill General remarks ... 222 1) Alberta Conservation Team General remarks ... 558 General remarks ... 367, 368, 376, 1087 Traffic safety Alberta Construction Association General remarks ... 556–57 Waste reduction initiatives ... 171, 384 McDermid report on ... 557 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Traffic Safety Act Second reading ... 1882, 1923 Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4) highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... Third reading ... 960 473 Alberta farm fuel benefit program Automobile seizure provisions ... 557 Administration of applications to, 1997-2008 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) (M16/08: Accepted) ... 1394 Committee ... 2001 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Tsuu T'ina First Nation (Bill 17) Model sentencing court at ... 558 Second reading ... 958 Unified Family Court Task Force Alberta Research Council Report ... 614 Gas contamination of water wells report ... 53 Victims of crime Alberta support and emergency response team Assistance programs ... 1291–92 Fort McMurray staff, letter re (SP123/08: Tabled) ... Compensation for, from profits of crime, legislation 479 re (Bill 50) ... 1830 Otauwau River oil pipeline spill ... 396 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Act Placement in rural areas ... 1943 Implementation of ... 1291 Waterfowl deaths on oil sands tailings ponds situation Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment ... 341–42 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Alberta Urban Municipalities Association First reading ... 1830 Resolution re granting water licences for deep well Second reading ... 1883 flooding projects ... 250–51 Third reading ... 2068 Alberta Used Oil Management Association Violent crime General remarks ... 381 Co-operation with federal government re ... 1586 Alberta Water Council Whistle-blower protection Alberta's Water Management System: Policy Issues Legislation re ... 392 and Gaps (report) ... 761 Young offenders General remarks ... 1942, 2055 Federal actions re ... 1586 Intrabasin water movement recommendation ... 1856, Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) 1980–81 Review of ... 1586, 1828 Review of water allocation method ... 1778 Youth justice committees Water for Life: Recommendations for Renewal 166 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

(report) ... 173, 789 Liability issues ... 2057 Wetlands policy consideration ... 2178 Usefulness in oil sands applications ... 2009, 2057 Alberta Water Research Institute Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, General remarks ... 371 2008 (Bill 40) Alberta's Environment Conference, Edmonton (April, Committee ... 2065 2008) Child support recalculation program Cumulative impact assessments ... 173 Legislation re (Bill 15) ... 770 Waste production levels in Alberta ... 171 Clean Air Day AMEC Earth & Envrionmental General remarks ... 1213 Alberta water use data report ... 133 Clean Air Strategic Alliance Asphalt plant–North Calgary Hydrogen sulphide elimination project ... 1088–89 Emission issues re ... 1472 Public meetings ... 1318 Athabasca River basin Review of clean air strategy ... 367, 1089 Cumulative effects research in ... 368 Vehicle emissions reduction recommendations ... 790 Groundwater mapping in ... 1015–16 Clean air strategy Management plan for ... 172, 370 Update of ... 1089 Auditor General Clean air strategy (Alberta) Drinking water inspection, concerns re ... 380 Review of ... 1318 Automobiles, Older Climate change Removal from service ... 789–90, 1213 Alberta plan for ... 172, 288, 367, 371 Automobiles–Emission control systems Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 288, Anti-tampering legislation re ... 790, 1213 290, 397, 1088 Beverage containers–Deposit rates Alberta plan for: Impact of new U.S. plans on ... 1946 Increase in ... 1472 Alberta plan for: Staffing component ... 368 Beverage containers–Recycling Climate Change and Emissions Management Decline in ... 380 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) General remarks ... 1472 First reading ... 348 Referral to policy field committee ... 171, 380, 1472 Second reading ... 958, 1054 Bills, Government Committee ... 1138–39, 1415 Bill 23, referred to Standing Committee on Resources General remarks ... 384 and Environment ... 1095 Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund Bill 24, referred to Standing Committee on Health ... Delegated authority to oversee, legislation re (Bill 8) 1095 ... 348 Bill 26, committee, time allocation on (Motion 18: Levy on polluters to create ... 367, 371, 384, 1946 Hancock/Renner) ... 1223 Role of ... 795 Biodiesel fuel Climate Change Central Research re use in cold climates ... 368 Car Heaven Alberta program ... 789–90 Bitumen Delivery of consumer incentives re environmental Upgrading: Carbon dioxide emmisions reduction in ... protection ... 376 2009 General remarks ... 368 Bottle depots Climate Registry (nonprofit organization) Locating of ... 380 Alberta membership in ... 2074 Bow River watershed CN Rail Preservation of ... 134 Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, cleanup costs re ... Canada ecoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change 469, 523 (Federal) Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, legal actions re ... Funding from ... 367 379 Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Coal-bed methane extraction Review of packaging ... 290, 397, 2183 Carbon dioxide sequestering method for ... 2057 Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area Groundwater pollution issues ... 53 Gas well drilling in ... 221 Coal-bed methane extraction–East Central Alberta Canadian Oil Sands Trust Cumulative effects assessment of ... 173 Syncrude reclamation security figures ... 470 Coal gasification–Tofield area Capital Region Board Sherritt Dodds-Round Hill project: Cumulative General remarks ... 581 effects study re ... 368 Car Heaven Alberta (Vehicle emission reduction Committee on Health, Standing program) Bill 24, Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act, General remarks ... 789–90, 1213 referred to ... 1095 Carbon dioxide emissions Committee on Resources and Environment, Standing Reduction in ... 348, 371, 795, 2074 Bill 23, Weed Control Act, referred to ... 1095 Carbon dioxide sequestration Congenital syphilis Funding for projects re ... 1987, 2009, 2057 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Advice General remarks ... 222, 384 to the minister document re (SP545/08: Tabled) ... 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 167

1904 General remarks ... 1384 Construction industry–Waste disposal/recycling Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Reduction in amount of ... 171, 384, 1384, 1515 Gasoline prices (not proceeded with) ... 933 Contaminated sites Emergency planning Cleanup of ... 220, 382 Hotline for environmental emergencies ... 395, 420 Cleanup of: Responsibility for ... 1943 Oil pipeline spill, Otauwau River ... 396 Contaminated soil–Lynnview Ridge, Calgary Encana Corporation Cleanup of ... 382 Disruption of Rosebud area water well ... 53 Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Funding of ARC report on gas contamination of water First reading ... 770 wells ... 53 Cumulative Environmental Management Association Energy industry First Nations participants withdrawal from ... 1900 Use of water supplies ... 250–51, 369–70 Review of ... 367, 1900 Energy Innovation Fund Demolition industry–Waste disposal/recycling Oil sands reclamation research funding ... 367 Reduction in amount of ... 171, 384, 1384, 1515 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Dept. of Environment Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 377 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP376/08: Tabled) ... 1433 General remarks ... 1946 Cross-ministry initiatives re alternate energy sources U.S. plan for ... 1946 ... 377 Use in place of nuclear energy ... 132 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Energy Resources Conservation Board during (SP195/08: Tabled) ... 905 Pipeline inspections ... 924 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 367–84 Sour gas drilling/pipeline, Eastern Slopes area, Staffing ... 367, 368 application for ... 1780 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Environmental Appeal Board Inspectors in ... 421 Caseload, funding for ... 380 Inspectors in, letter from minister re (SP123/08: Strathmore wastewaster discharge into Bow River ... Tabled) ... 479 123 Diesel fuel–Supply Environmental impact assessments Shortage of ... 1472 500 kV electric power transmission lines ... 374, Disaster relief 392–93, 394 Southern Alberta flooding, 2008 ... 1150 Asphalt plants ... 1472 Drinking water Cumulative assessments ... 173, 367, 369–70, 371, Inspection, Auditor General's concerns re ... 380 373, 374–75, 1090, 1318 Drinking water–First Nations reserves Cumulative assessments: Staffing component ... 368 Provincial technical assistance re ... 383, 1983 Funding for monitoring of ... 372, 374 Drinking water–Quality General remarks ... 367, 374, 375 General remarks ... 1982–83 Environmental law/regulations Drinking water–Standards Enforcement of ... 368, 372 Achievement of ... 383, 1983 Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 340, 341, 378, Drinking water–Testing 392, 395 Publication of results, on the Internet ... 383, 1942, Inspectors for ... 372–73, 374, 378, 379, 421 1982 Inspectors for, letter from minister re (SP123/08: Economic development and the environment Tabled) ... 479 General remarks ... 369, 376, 377, 1900 Public education re ... 373 Economic growth Environmental protection Slow-down of ... 369, 371, 375 Consumer incentives re ... 376 Electric power, Coal-produced Funding for ... 220 Carbon dioxide emissions reduction in, funding for ... Personal responsibility for ... 376 2009 Provincial initiatives re ... 172 General remarks ... 136 Regulations improvement for ... 924 Electric power lines Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Tie line with Montana (500 kV) ... 394 Act, 2006 (Bill 29, 2006) Electric power lines–Construction General remarks ... 220, 382 General remarks ... 1946 Environmental Protection Security Fund Electric power lines–Edmonton to Calgary (500 kV) Annual report, 2007-08 (SP327/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Construction of, environmental impact assessment of General remarks ... 523–24 ... 392–93 Environmental technology Electric power lines (500 kV)–Environmental aspects Development of ... 1946 Impact assessments re, elimination of ... 374, 392–93, General remarks ... 172, 377 394 Ethics Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special Electric power plants Appointment of (Motion 14: Hancock/Renner) ... 753 Emission reduction costs ... 795 ExxonMobil Corporation Electronic waste–Recycling Application of Alberta environmental laws to ... 392, 168 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

420 Protection of quality of ... 1941 Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) Groundwater–Pollution First reading ... 770 Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 53 Flood risk co-ordination centre Oil sands tailings ponds impact on ... 378, 762, General remarks ... 925 971–72, 1061–62, 1212 Flood Risk Management Committee Hazardous substances–Disposal Recommendations of ... 926 General remarks ... 1429 Floods Hazardous substances in the home–Disposal Preparedness for ... 925, 1150 General remarks ... 1429 Provincial assistance re ... 925 Herbicide-fertilizer combination products Risk mapping re ... 925 Ban on ... 2016–17 Floods–High River Hospital wards Warnings re ... 925 Closure of, 2006-07 (Q7/08: Defeated) ... 935 Floods–Southern Alberta Hub Oil Company Ltd. General remarks ... 925 Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 220 Foreign workers, Temporary Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Treatment/safety of: Documentation re (M14/08: Second reading ... 98–99 Defeated) ... 1392 Hydrogen sulphide–Fort McMurray area Treatment/safety of: Special advisory offices re ... Leakage from tailings ponds ... 1088–89 1392 Hydrogen sulphide emissions–Fort McMurray area Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Cap on ... 1086, 1088–89 Oil sands issues information shared with federal General remarks ... 1088–89, 1090 government (Kostuch request) ... 577–78 Immigration Gas industry Provincial nominee program, reports re expansion of Reclamation requirements, funding of ... 382 (M13/08: Defeated) ... 1391 Gas pipelines–Eastern Slopes area Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Environmental aspects ... 1780 Airshed capacity for ... 369, 375 Gas well drilling industry–Eastern Slopes Cumulative impact assessment of ... 173, 368, 374, General remarks ... 1780 581, 924 Gas well drilling industry–Environmental aspects Water usage issues ... 368, 370 Impact on water supplies ... 1780 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects General remarks ... 581 General remarks ... 1780 International finance Gas well drilling industry–Suffield National Wildlife Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1987 Area Irrigation–St. Mary/Milk Rivers watershed General remarks ... 221 General remarks ... 122 Gasoline–Prices Irrigation districts Request for emergency debate on ... 933 Sale of water to user groups ... 381–82 Greenhouse gas emissions Water storage in reservoirs ... 14 Intensity targets for industry re ... 172 Kidney Car Program North American harmonization of regulations re ... General remarks ... 790, 1213 1946 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Reduction of ... 222, 795, 2074 Committee: Time allocation re (Motion 18: Reduction of, monitoring/auditing re ... 372–73 Hancock/Renner) ... 1223 Reduction of: North American cap and trade system Land-use framework for ... 1946 Cumulative environmental effects aspect ... 369 Grey water–Recycling General remarks ... 367 Addition of, to building code ... 2055 Watershed protection aspects ... 134 Groundwater Legislative Assembly of Alberta–Adjournment Inventory/mapping of ... 53, 370, 761, 1941 Summer recess (Motion 17: Hancock/Renner) ... 1223 Inventory/mapping of: Athabasca river basin (oil Masters in chambers sands area) ... 1015–16, 1061–62 Legislation re (Bill 14) ... 770 Inventory/mapping of: Athabasca river basin (oil Members' apologies sands area), response to questions re (SP329/08: General remarks ... 429 Tabled) ... 1295 Methane retrieval from garbage Inventory/mapping of: Funding for ... 367 General remarks ... 1384 Inventory/mapping of: Staffing component ... 368 Methane retrieval from garbage–Fort McMurray area Monitoring of ... 383 Provincial funding for ... 123 Quality of ... 53, 1941 Milk containers–Recycling Testing of ... 53 General remarks ... 1472 Testing of, independent committee re ... 53 Milk River Watershed Council Use by oil industry ... 250–51 Water conservation efforts ... 173 Groundwater–Oil sands areas Minable oil sands strategy 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 169

General remarks ... 577–78, 657 343, 378, 580, 762, 895–96, 971–72, 1061–62, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) 2058 (Bill 53) Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Health Third reading ... 2188 impact of ... 343 North American free trade agreement Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Sale of water under ... 1981 Independent report on ... 1015–16, 1212 Water rationing to oil sands companies in Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: contravention of ... 219 Response to questions re (SP328-329/08: Tabled) Nuclear power plants ... 1295 General remarks ... 132 Technology to clean up ... 470–71 Water requirements ... 132 Waterfowl deaths on ... 341–42, 378, 395, 421, 422 Nuclear power plants– Waste disposal Waterfowl deaths on, anonymous tip re ... 395 General remarks ... 132 Waterfowl deaths on, minister's response to questions Oil containers–Recycling re (SP194/08: Tabled) ... 905 Increase in ... 381 Waterfowl deaths on, release of photos of ... 391 Oil pipelines–Otauwau River area One Simple Act program (Environmental protection Spill, environmental impact ... 396 campaign) Oil recovery methods General remarks ... 1087, 1088, 1384 Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 2057 Oral Question Period (2008) Flooding of wells with groundwater ... 250–51 Air quality ... 1213 Oil refineries Athabasca River water quality ... 2058 Reclamation requirements, funding of ... 382 Beverage container recycling program ... 1472 Oil refineries–Waste disposal Calgary asphalt plant ... 1472 Deep injection of wastewater ... 2054 Calgary water supply ... 134 Deep injection of wastewater, response to questions Canmore resort development ... 88 re (SP646/08: Tabled) ... 2210 Capital region municipal planning ... 581 Oil sands development Carbon capture and storage ... 2057 Federal/provincial information sharing re, Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council ... inconsistencies in ... 577–78 222 Impact on groundwater ... 1941 Carbon capture and storage in the oil sands ... 2009 Impact on wetlands ... 2178 Clean air strategy ... 1318–19 Kearl Lake project, federal court decision re ... 132, Climate change ... 288, 1946 341, 578 Climate change and emissions management fund ... Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke 795 report on ... 123 Climate change initiatives ... 1987 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Climate registry ... 2074 down of ... 369, 371, 375 Compliance with environmental regulations ... Water rationing re ... 219 340–41 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Construction and demolition waste disposal ... 1515 Carbon dioxide emmisions reduction in ... 2009 Contamination by oil sands tailings pond ... 1015–16, Cumulative effects assessment of ... 173, 367, 368, 1212 422, 1941 Contamination by oil sands tailings ponds ... 761–62, General remarks ... 422, 1086, 1088–89, 1900, 2058, 971–72 2178 Cumulative environment effects ... 173 Oil sands development–Health aspects Deep well flooding ... 250–51 General remarks ... 1086, 1088–89, 1090, 2058 Drinking water quality ... 1982–83 Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee Effluent discharge into Athabasca River ... 895–96, Reclamation costs, security re ... 469 923 Oil sands tailings ponds Environmental protection ... 220 Hydrogen sulphide leakage from ... 1088–89 Environmental protection security fund ... 523–24 Monitoring of ... 340, 341, 422 Environmental responsibility ... 924 Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 340, 341, 392, Environmental spills ... 1943 395, 420, 422, 523, 1016 Environmentally friendly packaging ... 289–90, 397 Provincial inspectors at ... 421 Environmentally responsible packaging ... 2183 Reclamation of ... 340–41, 470–71, 578, 657, 976 Groundwater quality ... 53, 1941 Reclamation of, cleanup costs ... 523–24 Hazardous household products ... 1429 Reclamation of, cleanup costs, security posted for ... Minable oil sands strategy presentation ... 577–78 469–70, 657–58 Monitoring of oil sands tailings ponds ... 340, 392, Reclamation of, cleanup costs, security posted for: 420, 422 Minister's letter re (SP138/08: Tabled) ... 587 Northern air quality ... 1086, 1088–90 Reclamation of, funding for ... 378–79 Nuclear power ... 132 Reclamation of, research into ... 378, 1216 Oil refinery waste water ... 2054 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... 340, Oil sands development ... 132 170 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Oil sands tailings management ... 1216 PricewaterhouseCoopers Oil sands tailings pond leaks ... 580 Cumulative Environmental Management Association, Oil sands tailings ponds impact on groundwater ... report on ... 1900 1061–62 Public Affairs Bureau One Simple Act program ... 1087 Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for Pipeline leaks ... 924–25 ... 288 Pipeline oil spill ... 396 Public transit Private septic systems ... 1783 Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce Provincial environmental initiatives ... 172 greenhouse gas emissions ... 1987 Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 469–71, Racing entertainment centres–Balzac 523, 657–58, 976 Water supply for ... 14, 118–19, 122 Recycling ... 171 Reclamation of land Resource development and environmental Audits re, funding for ... 367 management ... 1900 Downstream oil and gas sector (refineries, etc.) ... 382 Safety of sour gas wells ... 1780 Industrial sites ... 220, 523 Small business assistance ... 1429 Oil sands operations, certificates issued for ... 524 Spring flooding ... 925, 1150 Oil sands operations, funding for research re ... 367 Suffield national wildlife area ... 221 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 340–41, 470–71, 578, 657, Sustainable development in the oil sands ... 2178 976, 1016 Sustainable resource development inspectors ... 421 Oil sands tailings ponds, all-party task force re ... 658 Syncrude response to waterfowl deaths ... 341–42 Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs ... 523–24 Transmission line application process ... 392–94 Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security Vehicle emissions ... 789–90 posted for ... 469–70, 657–58 Waste reduction ... 1384 Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security Water allocation ... 1778 posted for: Minister's letter re (SP138/08: Tabled) Water ecosystem stewardship ... 789 ... 587 Water for Life strategy ... 1942, 2055 Recycling (Waste, etc.) Water management ... 132–33, 173, 219–20 General remarks ... 123, 1384, 1472 Water quality of Athabasca River ... 343, 979 Reservoirs Water transfers ... 1856, 1980–81 General remarks ... 14 Waterfowl deaths in oil sands tailings pond ... 391 Sanitary landfills Waterfowl mortality rates in tailings ponds ... 395 General remarks ... 1384 Weed and feed ban ... 2016–17 Reduction of need for ... 383–84, 1384 Western irrigation district legal settlement ... 14 Sanitary landfills, Regional Wind power generation ... 136 General remarks ... 1384 Packaging Sanitary landfills–Fort McMurray area Review of ... 290, 397, 1384, 2183 Provincial funding for ... 123, 367, 383 Paint–Disposal Septic systems, Private Government program for ... 1429 Contamination of water courses, prevention of ... Paint–Recycling 1783 Government program for ... 1429 Sewage disposal plants, Regional Parliamentary assistants General remarks ... 1783 Mandate letters for ... 380–81 Sewage disposal plants–Strathmore Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Discharge into Bow River ... 122–23, 367 Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation, study of ... 976 Sewage pipelines Penn West Energy Trust Funding for ... 380 Water licence application to withdraw groundwater ... Sherritt International Corporation 250 Coal mine/coal gasification project, Tofield area: Pesticides Cumulative effects study re ... 368 Ban on ... 1429, 2016–17 Siksika Nation Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) Water supply contamination from upstream treated Second reading ... 1803 wastewater discharge ... 122–23 Pipelines Small business Leaks from ... 924–25 Carbon footprint, assistance to reduce ... 1429 Pipelines–Inspection Solar power General remarks ... 924–25 Provincial incentives re ... 377 Plastic bags Use in place of nuclear energy ... 132 Reduction in usage of ... 289–90, 397, 2183 South Saskatchewan River basin Point of Order Capacity of ... 88, 219–20, 370 Factual accuracy ... 2020 Overuse of ... 118, 1942, 1981 Reflections on a Member ... 429 Speech from the Throne Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 11: Stelmach) ... Second reading ... 958 444 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 171

Spills (Pollution) Transparency International Equipment for control/cleanup of ... 1943 Comments re ExxonMobil openness ... 420 Spills (Pollution)–Athabasca River Travel Alberta Act (Bill 2) General remarks ... 343, 762, 895–96, 923 Third reading ... 834–35 Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamun Tsuu T'ina First Nation CN train derailment, cleanup costs re ... 469, 523 Asphalt plant shut down on ... 1472 CN train derailment, legal actions re ... 379 University of Alberta. School of Energy and the Spills (Pollution)–Otauwau River Environment Pipeline oil leak into ... 396 Research projects into tailings ponds reclamation ... Standing Orders 378, 1216 Amendments to May 21, 2008 orders (Motion 23: Vehicle emissions Renner) ... 2112–14 Reduction of ... 789–90, 1213 Stone Creek Properties Inc. Vehicle emissions sensing equipment, Roadside Village at Silvertip resort, Canmore, impacts of ... 88 General remarks ... 790, 1213 Strathmore (Town) Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Provincial payment to, re wastewater treatment Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) process ... 122–23, 367 Second reading ... 1883, 1930 Sulphur dioxide emissions Third reading ... 2068 Reduction of ... 1090 Waste management Suncor Inc. General remarks ... 1384, 1429, 1472 Hazardous release, on-site pipe rupture ... 580 Parliamentary assistant to Environment minister Hazardous release, on-site pipe rupture: Response to responsible for ... 381 question re (SP171/08: Tabled) ... 719 Strategy for ... 171, 289–90, 383–84, 397, 1384, Millennium upgrader discharge into Athabasca River 1429, 1515 ... 895–96, 923 Waste Reduction Week Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation General remarks ... 1429 of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Water tabled as SP330/08) ... 935 Sale of ... 1981 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond), reclamation of Water–Export ... 657, 1016 General remarks ... 219 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond), seepage from Water Act ... 971–72, 979, 1015–16, 1212 Rationing of water provisions under ... 219 Tailings ponds seepage into surrounding water Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability courses, independent report on ... 1015–16 Application to nuclear power water requirements ... Supplementary estimates 132 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 117–18, Funding for ... 370 122–23 General remarks ... 133, 172, 173, 219–20, 367, 370, Surplus, Budgetary 371, 789, 1982 Climate change initiatives funding from ... 1987 Renewal of ... 1941, 1942, 2055 Swan Hills Treatment Centre Staffing for ... 368 General remarks ... 1429 Western Irrigation District funding under ... 14 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Water licences Aurora open pit mine, reclamation costs ... 523 Allocation of ... 132–33, 173, 1778, 1981 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Allocation of, FITFIR system re ... 1856, 1981 of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Allocation of, legal aspects ... 219 tabled as SP330/08) ... 935 Allocation of, public review of ... 133, 1778, 1856 Sulphur dioxide emissions reduction ... 1090 Allocation of unused portions ... 219–20 Tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security posted for ... Deep well flooding projects ... 250–51 470, 658 Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 14 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 341–42, 378, Village of Silvertip resort, Canmore ... 88 391, 392, 395, 420, 421, 422 Water pipelines Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on, minister's Funding for ... 379–80 response to questions re (SP194/08: Tabled) ... 905 General remarks ... 1942 Tank site remediation program (2006) Water quality General remarks ... 382 Impact of private septic systems on ... 1783 Teachers' Pension Plan Water quality–Athabasca River Unfunded liability, funding for ... 117, 122 Impact of oil and grease leak into ... 895–96, 923, Tires–Recycling 2058 General remarks ... 1384, 1429 Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 343, Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement 762, 979, 1061–62, 2058 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Water rationing 1) Implications for oil sands companies ... 219 Committee ... 962–63, 965 Water resources development 172 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

General remarks ... 132–33, 173, 219–20, 367, Alberta Health Services Board 370–71, 761, 789 Advisory councils to ... 762 Water resources development–Southern Alberta Alberta Mental Health Board General remarks ... 118, 173, 219–20 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Water storage–Milk River watershed Board ... 762 General remarks ... 173 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Water supply Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Connection with groundwater, study of ... 761 First reading ... 587 Impact of gas pipelines on ... 1780 Second reading ... 1112–13, 1406 Use by energy industry ... 250–51 Committee ... 1696–97, 1707 Use by nuclear power industry ... 132 Third reading ... 1859–60, 1865–66 Water supply–Calgary Email in support of (SP547/08: Tabled) ... 1904 Preservation of ... 134 Animal cruelty investigations Water supply–Southern Alberta Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... General remarks ... 173 954–55 Water transfers (intrabasin) Auditor General General remarks ... 1856, 1980–81 Mental health strategy, report on ... 51 Water treatment plants, Regional Calgary Stampeders' Football Club General remarks ... 1982–83 Grey Cup win, member's statement re ... 2017–18 Water wells–Rosebud area Canada's Sports Hall of Fame Contamination with methane gas ... 53 Relocation to Calgary, member's statement re ... Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–Athabasca River 1624–25 Use for oil sands development ... 370 Casinos Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–North Responsible gambling information centres in ... 1423 Saskatchewan River Cassie Campbell Street Hockey Festival Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... 369–70 Member's statement re ... 576–77 Watershed planning Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations General remarks ... 375, 789 Funding for ... 1855–56 Watershed planning and advisory councils Children–Physical fitness Athabasca River basin ... 370 Promotion of ... 1148 General remarks ... 370, 375, 789, 1942, 2055 Tax credit re (Bill 206) ... 587 Weed Control Act (Bill 23) Committee on Community Services, Standing First reading: Referred to Standing Committee on Bill 18, Film and Video Classification Act, referred Resources and Environment ... 1095 to, report presented and concurred in (SP403/08: Western Irrigation District Tabled) ... 1477 Legal settlement ... 14, 118–19, 122, 367, 381 Community spirit program Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment General remarks ... 490 complex ... 14, 118–19, 122 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit Wetlands Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 490 Impact of oil sands development on ... 2178 Other initiatives program: Calgary Grey Cup game, Policy re ... 2178 2009, funding for ... 287 Wildlife habitat Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Impact of oil sands development on ... 2178 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 651–52 Wind power Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Approval times for new projects ... 136 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 548–50 General remarks ... 1946 Discrimination–Prevention Provincial incentives re ... 377 General remarks ... 1946–47 Use in place of nuclear power ... 132 Economic development and the environment Rodney, Dave (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) General remarks ... 839 Alberta Environment Week International perception of ... 651, 652 General remarks ... 1085 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Replacement by single provincial Health Services First reading; committee report presented and Board ... 762 concurred in (SP403/08: Tabled) ... 1477 Alberta Cancer Board Second reading ... 1596 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Fish and wildlife officers Board ... 762 Presence in provincial parks ... 714 Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund Fish Creek Provincial Park General remarks ... 762 Flood proofing of ... 548–49 Alberta Conservation Team Gasoline–Prices General remarks ... 1085 Impact on tourism ... 714 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Grey Cup football game, Calgary (2009) Responsible gambling programs ... 1423 Member's statement re ... 287 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 173

Grey Cup football game, Montreal (2008) Physical activity target for children ... 1148 Calgary Stampeders' win, Member's statement re ... Provincial mental health plan ... 51 2017–18 Tourism promotion ... 347 Grizzly bears–Protection Unruly behaviour in parks and protected areas ... General remarks ... 222–23 790–91 Historic sites Waste reduction ... 1383–84 Impact on attendance at, of gasoline prices ... 714 Western provincial co-operation ... 1017 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Parks, Provincial Women Policing in ... 714 General remarks ... 2051 Temporary liquor ban in ... 714 International Day of Tolerance Unruly behaviour in ... 790–91 General remarks ... 1946 Parks, Regional–Edmonton area Interprovincial relations River valley park, provincial funding for ... 549 Western provinces' relations ... 1017 Protected areas Iris Court (Schizophrenics housing facility) Unruly behaviour in ... 790–91 Member's statement re ... 1284–85 Public lands Land-use framework Unruly behaviour on ... 790–91 Member's statement re draft framework ... 839 Public lands–McLean Creek area Members' Statements (2008) Unruly behaviour on ... 790–91 Calgary Stampeders, Grey Cup Winners ... 2017–18 Recreation facilities Canada's Sports Hall of Fame ... 1624–25 Improvements to ... 1148 Cassie Campbell street hockey festival ... 576–77 Recycling (Waste, etc.) Draft land-use framework ... 839 General remarks ... 1384 Grey Cup in Calgary 2009 ... 287 Regional health authorities OH Ranch ... 2140 Changes to governance of ... 762 One Simple Act program ... 1085 Changes to governance of, impact on rural health care Responsible Gambling Awarness Week ... 1423 provision ... 763 Schizophrenia Society of Alberta ... 1284–85 Mental health services ... 51 Violence against women ... 2051 Responsible Gambling Awareness Week Mental health services Member's statement re ... 1423 Provincial strategy re, Auditor General's report on ... Ronald McDonald House Southern Alberta 51 Member's statement re ... 576 Transfer to health regions ... 51, 762 Sanitary landfills Mental Illness Awareness Week General remarks ... 1384 Member's statement re ... 1284–85 Schizophrenia Society of Alberta Mentally disabled–Housing Member's statement re ... 1284–85 Member's statement re ... 1284–85 Sheriffs Museums Presence in provincial parks ... 791 Impact on attendance at, of gasoline prices ... 714 Sikome Lake, Calgary Nature Conservancy Changes to ... 549 Conservation easements, OH Ranch area ... 2140 Southern Alberta Land Trust Society Off-highway vehicles Conservation easements, OH Ranch area ... 2140 Damage done by ... 790–91 Sports OH Ranch Alberta plan for ... 1148 Heritage rangeland designation, member's statement Stone Creek Properties Inc. re ... 2140 Village at Silvertip resort, Canmore, impacts of ... 88 Olympic athletes Tolerance Provincial support to ... 347 Promotion of ... 1946–47 Olympic sports facilities Tourism Upgrading of ... 550 Impact of gasoline prices on ... 714 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Investment in ... 88 Alberta tourism potential re ... 347 Promotion of, during 2010 Winter Olympics ... 347 Cultural aspect, Alberta artists at ... 347 Tourism levy One Simple Act program (Environmental protection Use to develop new tourist attractions ... 548 campaign) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Member's statement re ... 1085 (Alberta /British Columbia) Oral Question Period (2008) Other provinces interest in ... 652 Advisory councils to health boards ... 762 Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Canmore resort development ... 88 Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Diversity and tolerance ... 1946–47 Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Funding for nonprofit agencies ... 1855–56 Second reading ... 2027 Grizzly bear protection ... 222–23 Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Impact of gasoline prices on tourism ... 714 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) 174 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Second reading ... 939 Centennial legacies grant program Travel Alberta Alberta Online Encyclopedia project ... 1014 Stay tourism campaign ... 714 Chair of Committees Violence against women Election of, on second ballot ... 2 Member's statement re ... 2051 Culture–Finance Waste management General remarks ... 1147 General remarks ... 1383–84 Cypress-Medicine Hat (Constituency) Water licences Member for, nominated as Deputy Speaker ... 2 Village of Silvertip resort, Canmore ... 88 Deputy Speaker Western Premiers' Conference Election of, on second ballot ... 2 Environmental issues discussion at ... 1017 Documentation of Child Access Exchange Act (Bill 211) White Ribbon campaign Second reading ... 2157–58 General remarks ... 2051 Edmonton International Airport Wildlife–Canmore area Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Impact of development of ... 88 Rogers) ... 635, 641 Rogers, George (PC, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon) Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Agricultural Societies Amendment Act Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848 Second reading ... 270–71 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable (Bill 33) Provincial government usage of ... 2205 Committee ... 1621–22 Federal-Provincial Farm Assistance Act Committee: Amendment A1 (SP437 & 485/08: Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848 Tabled) ... 1621 Foster Family Week Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Member's statement re ... 1421–22 First reading ... 848 Gas Distribution Amendment Act Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Repeal of (Bill 20) ... 848 Second reading ... 1870–71 Health Information Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 52) Alberta Foundation for the Arts First reading ... 2018 Book publishing program ... 1147 Second reading ... 2060 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Heart research Liquor sales to minors, inspections re ... 1687 General remarks ... 393 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Heating Oil and Propane Rebate Act (Bill 21) Third-quarter update (SP88/08: Tabled) ... 349 First reading ... 848 Alberta Online Encyclopedia Heritage Community Foundation Member's statement re ... 1014–15 Alberta Online Encyclopedia project ... 1014 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Hockey championships Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Beaumont Chiefs win in junior B championships Second reading ... 1404–05 semifinal game ... 79 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Hockey Night in Canada (TV sports program) Second reading ... 105–06 New theme song for, member's statement re ... 1293 Ambulance service Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Provincial governance of, impact on combined Second reading ... 101 fire/EMS services ... 1061 Committee ... 438–39 Provincial governance of, impact on volunteer Third reading ... 630–31 services ... 1061 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Ambulance service–Rural areas Member's statement re ... 478 Impact to, of provincial governance of ... 1061 Internet (Computer network) Biomass as energy source Child safety on, educational resources re ... 1949 General remarks ... 2205 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Book Publishers Association of Alberta Committee ... 1241–42, 1245–46 Provincial support to ... 1147 Licensed premises Book publishing Liquor sales to minors in ... 1687 Provincial support for ... 1146–47 Liquor sales–Regulations Bullying, Online–Prevention Sales to minors, monitoring of ... 1687 General remarks ... 1949 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Bullying–Prevention General remarks ... 393 Member's statement re ... 1949 Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Calgary-Fort (Constituency) Committee ... 1620 Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2 Medical records, Electronic Canadian Gold (Song) Legislation re (Bill 52) ... 2018 Member's statement re ... 1293 Medical records–Security aspects Capital Region Board Legislation re (Bill 52) ... 2018 General remarks ... 478 Members' Statements (2008) 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 175

Alberta Online Encylopedia ... 1014–15 French immersion program for (SP198/08: Tabled) Beaumont Chiefs hockey team ... 79 ... 932 Capital Region municipal planning ... 478 Edmonton's Food Bank Foster Family Week ... 1421–22 Sikh community fundraiser for, member's statement Hockey Night in Canada theme song ... 1293 re ... 1947 National Bullying Awareness Week ... 1949 Elections, Municipal National Bullying Awareness Week Four-year terms ... 615–16 Member's statement re ... 1949 Nonpermanent residents voting in, court decision re Natural Gas Rebates Act ... 901 Repealed and replaced by Bill 21 ... 848 Father Leo Green elementary school Oral Question Period (2008) French immersion junior kindergarten program, Book publishing industry ... 1146–47 brochure (SP198/08: Tabled) ... 932 Green power ... 2205 Foreign workers, Temporary Ground ambulance services ... 1061 General remarks ... 663 Liquor sales to minors ... 1687 Transfer to provincial nominee program ... 663 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 393 Fraser elementary school Queen Elizabeth II highway repairs ... 525 Fundraising efforts, member's statement re ... 1211 Payday loans–Interest rates Fundraising efforts, poster from (SP279/08: Tabled) Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1717 ... 1221 Port Alberta High-Intensity Residential Fires Working Group Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 635, 641 Report ... 927 Queen Elizabeth II Highway–Edmonton to Leduc Immigration Repairs to ... 525 Provincial nominee program ... 663 Street lighting upgrades ... 525 John D. Bracco junior high school Rodeo Awards ceremony program (SP450/08: Tabled) ... As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 1674 2042–43 Kids with Cancer Society School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) General remarks ... 1211 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Lady of the Moon (Chinese opera) Second reading ... 2149–50 Program from (SP623/08: Tabled) ... 2141 Speaker Land-use framework Congratulations to ... 2 Combination with Fire Code ... 927 Surface rights Local Authorities Election Act Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Review of ... 616 Marz) ... 1876 Review of by MLA committee ... 901 Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Maiden Speeches Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment General remarks ... 332–33 Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Second reading ... 2033–34 Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden in ... 1947 Wind power Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden in, member's General remarks ... 2205 statement re ... 418 Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Members' Statements (2008) Second reading ... 1559–60 Fraser elementary school fundraising ... 1211 Sandhu, Peter (PC, Edmonton-Manning) Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden ... 418 Alberta Fire Code Sikh community Food Bank fundraising efforts ... Comination with land-use framework ... 927 1947 Alberta Teachers' Association Oral Question Period (2008) Edmonton local teacher induction ceremony, program Anthony Henday ring road ... 133–34 from (SP582/08: Tabled) ... 1988 Education property tax ... 295 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton High-intensity residential fires ... 927 North portion ... 133–34 Municipal elections ... 615–16 North portion: Cross-river connection to Yellowhead Northwest Anthony Henday ring road ... 1381–82 highway east ... 134 Temporary foreign workers ... 663 Northeast portion ... 1381 Voting by nonpermanent residents ... 901 Northwest portion ... 1381 Performing Arts of LaZerte Society Bannerman school Silent auction, program from (SP615/08: Tabled) ... Multicultural Day program (SP616/08: Tabled) ... 2111 2111 Property tax–Education levy County of St. Paul General remarks ... 295 Municipal election in, voting of nonpermanent Seniors' tax relief re ... 295 residents in ... 901 Remembrance Day Early childhood education Program from ceremonies re (SP581/08: Tabled) ... Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten), brochure of 1988 176 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Residential fires, High-intensity–Edmonton Conservation: Pride and Passion (Book) MacEwan neighbourhood fire ... 927 General remarks ... 2050 Residential fires, High-intensity–Prevention Drunk driving General remarks ... 927 Member's statement re ... 1378 Sikh community, Edmonton Ducks Unlimited Food Bank fundraiser, member's statement re ... 1947 General remarks ... 2050 Speech from the Throne Edmonton North Primary Care Network Debate ... 332–33 Member's statement re ... 1322–33 Stone Soup Gathering (John D. Bracco junior high Education school) Forum on ... 2080 Program from (SP453/08: Tabled) ... 1674 Member's statement re ... 1895 Striving to Overcome Poverty (STOP) Education Week Booklet of quotations about poverty (SP454/08: General remarks ... 255, 338 Tabled) ... 1674 Member's statement re ... 286 Unity Centre of North East Edmonton Elder abuse Newsletter from (SP455/08: Tabled) ... 1674 Financial abuse, awareness initiatives re ... 1899 Sarich, Janice (PC, Edmonton-Decore) General remarks ... 1899 Affordable housing Elections, Municipal Provincial initiatives re ... 251 Four-year terms ... 1629 Affordable housing–Edmonton Internet voting in ... 1629 Cornerstones project (Joint provincial/municipal Excellence in Teaching Awards project) ... 251 2008 finalists, member's statement re ... 656 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission 2008 finalists, program from ceremony re (SP159/08: Smoking prevention programs ... 1056 Tabled) ... 666 Alberta Children and Youth Initiative 2008 semifinalists, member's statement re ... 80 General remarks ... 398 2008 semifinalists, program from ceremony re Alberta Fish and Game Association (SP43/08: Tabled) ... 81 100th birthday, member's statement re ... 2050 Fines (Traffic violations) Alberta Health Authority Collection of overdue fines ... 1541 Impact on health foundation fund-raising ... 1018 Health foundations (not-for-profit) Alberta Health Services Board Impact of health authority governance change on ... Determination of long-term care patients placement ... 1017–18 1018 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) General remarks ... 2050 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Third reading ... 1862 General remarks ... 54 Alberta project promoting active living and healthy International Education Week eating Member's statement re ... 1895 General remarks ... 295 Land-use framework Alberta school alternative procurement program Funding to enable compliance with ... 1691 Member's statement re ... 2175 General remarks ... 1691 Alberta SuperNet Implementation of ... 1691 School access to ... 338 Local Authorities Election Act Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Review of ... 1629 Achievement Review of by MLA committee ... 1629 Expansion of eligibility for ... 528–29 Maiden Speeches Canadian armed forces General remarks ... 146–47 Member's statement re ... 1741–42 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships General remarks ... 421 Merit award for social infrastructure procurment Medical care, Primary given to Alberta ... 2175 Member's statement re ... 1322–23 Capital Region Board Members' Statements (2008) General remarks ... 54 Alberta Fish and Game Association ... 2050 Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Alberta schools alternative procurement project ... Health related societies' fundraising, impact of health 2175 regions reorganization on ... 1017–18 Alberta Student engagement initiative ... 2079–80 Children Edmonton North primary care network ... 1322–23 Government programs for, cross-ministry initiatives Education Week ... 286 ... 398 Excellence in Teaching awards ... 80, 656 Children–Physical fitness International Education Week ... 1895 Promotion of ... 295 National Students against Impaired and Distracted Computers in schools Driving Day ... 1378 Funding for, member's statement re ... 338 Pan-Canadian assessment test results ... 255 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 177

Technology initiatives in schools ... 338 Second reading ... 1679–80 Tribute to the Canadian Forces ... 1741–42 Veterans Week World No Tobacco Day ... 1056 General remarks ... 1742 Minister of Education's student advisory council on Videoconference for Hope (Fundraiser) education General remarks ... 338 General remarks ... 2080 World No Tobacco Day Mothers Against Drunk Driving Member's statement re ... 1056 General remarks ... 1378 Sherman, Dr. Raj (PC, Edmonton-Meadowlark) Municipal development plans–Capital region Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Referral to Capital Region Board ... 54 Committee ... 1809–10 National Students against Impaired and Distracted Affordable housing–Edmonton Driving Day General remarks ... 2011 Member's statement re ... 1378 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Obesity in children Second reading ... 1442 Reduction of ... 295 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Oral Question Period (2008) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Affordable housing in Edmonton ... 251 Second reading ... 1402–03 Alexander Rutherford scholarships ... 528–29 Alberta seniors benefit program Capital region municipal planning ... 54 Utility costs component ... 396 Children and youth initiative ... 398 Alberta Telus Tour for the Cure (Breast cancer Draft land-use framework ... 1691 awareness) Elder abuse ... 1899 Member's statement re ... 895 Health care not-for-profit fundraising ... 1017–18 Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) Health system governance ... 761 Second reading ... 262 Local Authorities Election Act review ... 1629 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 421 Utility costs component ... 397 Promoting active living and healthy eating ... 295 Breast cancer Traffic tickets ... 1541 Awareness tour for, member's statement re ... 895 Portable/modular classrooms Canada Health Day General remarks ... 2175 Member's statement re ... 608–09 LEED standard for ... 2175 Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Regional health authorities General remarks ... 895 Changes to governance of ... 761 Education property tax assistance for seniors program Changes to governance of, impact on not-for-profit General remarks ... 582 fundraising for health care ... 1017–18 Energy efficiency Primary care networks ... 1322–23 Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2163–64 Remembrance Day Family medicine General remarks ... 1742 Incentives to choose ... 2109 Schools–Architectural design Hand hygiene LEED standards for ... 2175 Member's statement re ... 1379 Standardization of ... 2175 Health care facilities Schools–Construction Infection control in, member's statement re ... 1379 Public/private projects re, member's statement re ... Health workforce planning 2175 General remarks ... 2109 Seniors' shelters Homeless–Housing–Edmonton General remarks ... 1899 Provincial initiatives re ... 2011 Smoking–Prevention Immigrant doctors Member's statement re ... 1056 General remarks ... 2109 Speak Out (Alberta student engagement initiative) Locating in rural areas ... 2109 Member's statement re ... 2079–80 Income Support program Speech from the Throne Utility costs component ... 396 Debate ... 146–47 Komagata Maru incident Student Life Education Company Member's statement re ... 1152 General remarks ... 1378 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Student testing Committee ... 1254, 1256 National testing, results of: Member's statement re ... Low-income families 255 Provincial assistance to ... 396–97 Students Against Drinking & Driving Low-income seniors General remarks ... 1378 Special-needs assistance ... 397 Tobacco Reduction Act Maiden Speeches General remarks ... 1056 General remarks ... 185–86 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Medical care Day Act (Bill 37) Member's statement re ... 608–09 178 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Medical profession Agriculture Recruitment of ... 2109 Government assistance programs ... 2175–77 Medical profession–Education Alberta–Economic conditions Bursary program for students ... 2109 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1508, General remarks ... 2109 1670–71, 1945, 1987, 2056–57 Medical profession–Rural areas Alberta–Economic policy Action plan re ... 2109 General remarks ... 1507–08, 1945, 1979–80, Incentives re ... 2109 2056–57 Members' Statements (2008) Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Alberta Telus Tour for the Cure ... 895 Representation in Building Canada project funding Barb Tarbox awards ... 1220 decisions ... 2206 Canada Health Day ... 608–09 Alberta bonds Komagata Maru incident ... 1152 Issuance of ... 1670 Mental Health Week ... 532 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, National Infection Control Week ... 1379 2008 (Bill 29) Premier's award for healthy workplaces ... 1664–65 Second reading ... 1437 Mental Health Week Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4) Member's statement re ... 532 Second reading ... 654 National Infection Control Week Alberta Health Authority Member's statement re ... 1379 Impact on health facilities P3 projects ... 873 Nurses–Education Alberta Health Services Board General remarks ... 2109 Information technology consistency requirement ... Oral Question Period (2008) 878 Education property taxes ... 582 Legal status ... 1358–59 Homelessness ... 2011 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Physician recruitment ... 2109 Surplus funds investment in ... 167 Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 396–97 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) General remarks ... 1980 Second reading ... 1039–40 Inflation-proofing of ... 120, 1987 Premier's Award for Healthy Workplaces Regular investment in ... 167, 869 Ministerial statement re ... 1664–65 Surplus funds investment in ... 120, 167 Property tax–Education levy Transfer of funds to (supplementary estimates) ... Seniors' tax relief re ... 582 116, Public utilities–Rates 120 Rate increases, impact on low-income families ... Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 396–97 (Bill 17) Rapid exit housing program, Edmonton Third reading ... 1204 General remarks ... 2011 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Second reading ... 1403–04 Second reading ... 2147–48 Alberta Sustainability Fund Smoking–Prevention General remarks ... 1508 AADAC award of excellence and scholarship re Use during 2008 global financial crisis ... 1980, 2056 (Barb Tarbox award), member's statement re ... Alberta Urban Municipalities Association 1220 Representation in Building Canada project funding Speech from the Throne decisions ... 2206 Debate ... 185–86 Animal cruelty investigations Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment 956–57 Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Second reading ... 2029–30 Intersection with Stony Plain Road ... 871 Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 249–50 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Second reading ... 946–47 First reading ... 932 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Second reading ... 981 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Third reading ... 1067–68 Second reading ... 1104–05 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6) Workplace health First reading ... 165–66 Member's statement re ... 1664–65 Second reading ... 387 Snelgrove, Hon. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Third reading ... 516 Aboriginal peoples Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill Government programs for, funding for ... 117, 119, 5) 124 First reading ... 125 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 179

Second reading ... 143 Committee of Supply Third reading ... 386 Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2008-09 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. referred to (Motion 9: Snelgrove) ... 140 2) (Bill 51) Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Snelgrove) ... 26 First reading ... 2111 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 (No. 2) considered Second reading ... 2166, 2169 for one day (Motion 6: Snelgrove) ... 27 Committee ... 2188 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 (No. 2) referred to Third reading ... 2210 (Motion 5: Snelgrove) ... 27–28 Arena–Downtown Edmonton Supplementary estimates 2008-09 considered for one Community revitalization levy to pay for ... 766 day (Motion 22: Snelgrove) ... 2022 Provincial involvement ... 766 Supplementary estimates 2008-09 referred to (Motion Art Gallery of Alberta 21: Snelgrove) ... 2022 Federal funding for ... 1738–39 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Establishment of MLA salary levels ... 1215 Benefits, impact of inflation on ... 1215 Committees, Policy field Benefits increase for ... 170 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 68 Auditor General Computers, Government Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140 Compatability of ... 877–78 Public/private partnership contracts, comments on ... Consumption tax, Provincial 870–71 Replacement of provincial income tax with (Motion Budget 501: Griffiths) ... 113–14 Basing on outcomes ... 884 Cybercrime Process re ... 882–83, 884 General remarks ... 880 Budget 2008 Daycare centres–Finance Business plans 2008 (SP61/08: Tabled) ... 140 General remarks ... 170 Building Canada Plan (Federal) Debts, Public (Provincial government) Alberta funds from ... 219, 579–80, 1145–46, General remarks ... 1508, 1979–80 1738–39, 2206 Deficit financing Canada Health Transfer (Federal government) General remarks ... 2056–57 Cutbacks to ... 2056 Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Canada Social Transfer (Federal government) Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 868–73, 875, Cutbacks to ... 2056 877–78, 880–85 Capital projects Dept. of Health and Wellness 20-year strategic capital plan ... 1670, 1945 Deficit financing ... 1582 20-year strategic capital plan (SP54/08: Tabled) ... Diversification 140 General remarks ... 1945 Deficit re ... 878, 882 Economic growth Deficit re, as element of public debt ... 1980 General remarks ... 880–81 Public/private partnerships re ... 249–50, 870–73 Slow-down of ... 1670 Public/private partnerships re, as element of public Edmonton International Airport debt ... 1980 Support for Port Alberta to locate at (Motion 504: Public/private partnerships re: Contracts for, public Rogers) ... 640 access to ... 872 Edmonton Remand Centre Public sector comparators to P3 project costs ... 870 New facility for: Cost increases of ... 762 Capital projects–British Columbia Education, Postsecondary Public/private partnerships ... 871–72 Access to, affordability framework re ... 2181 Capital projects–Construction Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 General remarks ... 1945 Gasoline prices (not proceeded with) ... 934 Slow down of ... 1670 Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Capital projects–Finance Second reading ... 1814–16 Cost escalation element ... 877 Endowment funds, Public General remarks ... 116, 877 Investment of surpus funds into ... 167 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Deferred projects costs ... 878, 882 Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2008-09 Carbon dioxide sequestration transmitted to Assembly (SP59-60/08: Tabled) ... Funding for projects re ... 1987 140 Centennial Capital Plan Supplementary estimates, 2007-08 (No. 2) transmitted General remarks ... 120, 869, 1508 to Assembly (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 Chief Electoral Officer Supplementary estimates, 2008-09, considered for Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140 one day (Motion 22: Snelgrove) ... 2022 Children and poverty Supplementary estimates, 2008-09, referred to Aboriginal children ... 50 Committee of Supply (Motion 21: Snelgrove) ... General remarks ... 50 2022 180 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Supplementary estimates, 2008-09 transmitted to Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Assembly (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021 Second reading ... 990–91 Supplementary estimates 2007-08 No. 2 considered International finance for one day (Motion 6: Snelgrove) ... 27 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1508, Supplementary estimates 2007-08 No. 2 referred to 1670–71, 1945, 1987, 2056–57 Committee of Supply (Motion 5: Snelgrove) ... Investment of public funds 26–27 General remarks ... 870, 1980 Ethics Commissioner Long-term policy re ... 167, 869, 1945 Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Financial Administration Act Second reading ... 1169, 1176, 1190 Incorporation of Health Services Board under ... Lieutenant Governor of Alberta 1358–59 New residence for, point of order re ... 1154 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Transmittal of 2007-08 supplementary estimates (No. 31) 2) (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 First reading ... 1324 Transmittal of 2008-09 main and Legislative Offices Second reading ... 1370 estimates (SP59-60/08: Tabled) ... 140 First Nations development fund Transmittal of 2008-09 supplementary estimates General remarks ... 119, 124 (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021 Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) Light rail transit–Calgary First reading ... 216 Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 219 Second reading ... 654 Light rail transit–Edmonton Third reading ... 960–62 Funding for, from Building Canada Plan ... 219 Fort McMurray Lottery Fund Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 875, 881–82, Balzac racing entertainent complex funding ... 1212 2056 Low-income families Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Provincial assistance to, impact of inflation on ... Revenue from ... 117, 119, 124 1215 Gaming industry Medical care–Finance Revenue from ... 124 General remarks ... 881 Gasoline–Prices Medical records, Electronic Impact on tourism ... 975 Compatability of systems re ... 877–78 Request for emergency debate on ... 934 General remarks ... 878 Gasoline–Taxation Medical records, Electronic–Security aspects Provincial tax, reduction of ... 975 General remarks ... 878, 880 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 975 Members of the Legislative Assembly General Revenue Fund Agricultural payments to ... 2176, 2185–86 Details of grants, supplies and services, 2007-08 Report on payments to, 2006-07 (SP94/08: Tabled) ... (SP401/08: Tabled) ... 1433 349 Government spending policy Report on payments to, 2007-08 (SP647/08: Tabled) General remarks ... 1507–08, 1980 ... 2210 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 2056–57 Methane retrieval from garbage–Fort McMurray area Health care facilities–Construction Provincial funding for ... 123 Public/private projects re ... 873 Ministers (Provincial government) Public/private projects re, legislation re (Bill 3) ... 216 Expenses of, Dec. 15, 2006- Mar. 1, 2007 (M4/07: Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Response tabled as SP13/08) ... 24 Second reading ... 1750, 1752 Salary levels for, setting of ... 1215 Horse Racing Alberta Municipal sustainability initiative Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... General remarks ... 2056 1212 Municipalities Loans to Balzac racing entertainent complex ... 1212 Financial statements, auditing of ... 1853 Hospitals–Grande Prairie Natural resources revenue New hospital, P3 funding of ... 873 Collection of appropriate amount of ... 167 Housing–Fort McMurray General remarks ... 884 Public/private partnership re ... 870, 873 Oil–Prices Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Forecasting of ... 167, 1980 Second reading ... 99–100 Oil sands development Income Support program Growth issues re, Fort McMurray area ... 2056 Level of ... 170 Strategic plan completion for ... 875, 881–82 Income tax, Provincial Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Replacement of, with consumption tax (Motion 501: report on ... 875, 884 Griffiths) ... 113–14 Oil Sands Sustainable Development Secretariat Information and Privacy Commissioner General remarks ... 875, 881, 2056 Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140 Oil sands tailings ponds 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 181

Waterfowl deaths on, anonymous tip re ... 392 Road construction Ombudsman General remarks ... 878 Main estimates 2008-09: Tabled (SP59/07) ... 140 Road construction–Finance Oral Question Period (2008) General remarks ... 975 Building Canada infrastructure funding ... 1738–39, Roads–Maintenance and repair 2206 Privatization of ... 171 Child poverty ... 50 Privatization of, review of ... 171 Climate change initiatives ... 1987 Rodeo Development in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo ... As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... 2041 2056 Sanitary landfills–Fort McMurray area Downtown Edmonton arena ... 766 Provincial funding for ... 123 Edmonton Remand Centre ... 762 Savings plan, Provincial Federal infrastructure funding ... 219, 579–80, General remarks ... 870, 881, 1945, 1980 1145–46 School nutrition programs Fiscal accountability ... 1508, 1670–71 General remarks ... 2176, 2200 Gasoline pricing ... 975 Schools–Architectural design Government spending controls ... 1507–08 Standardization of ... 872–73 Health Services Board ... 1358–59 Schools–Construction Health system restructuring ... 1582 Public/private projects re: Legislation re (Bill 3) ... Heritage Savings Trust Fund ... 167 216 Highway maintenance ... 171 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Income support levels ... 170 Committee ... 1768 International financial crisis ... 1945 Senior citizens Investment and savings strategy ... 1980 Government programs: Impact of inflation on ... 1215 Municipal taxation ... 1853 Shell Canada Limited Oil price forecasting ... 167 Albion Sands oil sands project postponement ... Postsecondary education funding ... 2181 1670–71 Provincial fiscal strategy ... 1979–80, 2052, 2056–57 Social housing Public-private project funding ... 249–50 Funding for ... 170 Public transportation ... 137 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Support for low-income Albertans ... 1215 Funding for ... 170 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176, 2200 Special warrants United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1212 General remarks ... 26 Whistle-blower protection ... 392 Interim supply (2008-09) warrants, legislation re (Bill Point of Order 6) ... 165–66 Allegations against a member ... 2185 Speech from the Throne Factual accuracy ... 1154 Debate ... 151–52 Port Alberta Standing Orders Support for (Motion 504: Rogers) ... 640 Amendments to May 21, 2008 orders (Motion 23: Postsecondary educational institutions–Construction Renner) ... 2118 Public/private projects re, legislation re (Bill 3) ... 216 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 68 Property tax–Calgary Student residences (On-campus) Increases in ... 1853 General remarks ... 2181 Public assistance Public/private funding for ... 2181 Impact of inflation on ... 1215 Rent increases at ... 2181 Public transit Supplementary estimates Federal funding for ... 1739 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Copy of (SP38/08: Tabled) Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce ... 26 greenhouse gas emissions ... 1987 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Debated ... 116–17, 119, Tax credits as incentive to use ... 137 120, 123–24 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Estimates 2008-09: Copy of (SP592/08: Tabled) ... Horse Racing Alberta's loans to ... 1212 2021 Radio communications system (first responder system) Estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 2082–87, 2089, General remarks ... 878 2093–96 Recycling (Waste, etc.) Surplus, Budgetary General remarks ... 123 Climate change initiatives funding from ... 1987 Regional health authorities Endowment funds investment ... 167 Changes to governance of ... 1358–59 General remarks ... 883, 1945 Research and development Heritage Fund investment ... 120, 167, 869 General remarks ... 1945 Tax incentives Ring roads–Calgary For public transit usage ... 137 Funding for ... 124 Teachers' Pension Plan Public/private partnership model (P3) for ... 871 Unfunded liability, funding for, as element of public 182 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

debt ... 1980 Members' Services order 3/08 (committee allowances Tourism amendment order no. 4) (SP214/08: Tabled) ... 981 Impact of gasoline prices on ... 975 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders Treasury Board and Printing, Standing Annual report, 2007-08 (SP390/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Assembly timetable: 3:00 p.m. leave of Routine, Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 868–73, 875, recommendation re ... 1947, 1949 877–78, 880–85 Committees, Policy field Main estimates 2008-09: Response to questions Referral of annual reports to ... 1423 during (SP332/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Cypress-Medicine Hat (Constituency) President of, agricultural payments received by ... Member for, elected as Deputy Chair ... 2 2176, 2185 Deputy Chair United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. Election of ... 4 Agreement with province re Balzac racing Deputy Speaker entertainment complex ... 1212 Election of, on second ballot ... 2–3 Wages–Minimum wage Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Increase of ... 50 Court Whistle-blower protection Clients from, and funding for, 2005-08 (Q24/08: Legislation re ... 392 Response tabled as SP638/08) ... 1550 Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Graduates from, percentage of reoffenders, 2005-08 Second reading ... 1560–62 (Q22/08: Response tabled as SP636/08) ... 1548–49 Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) Election Act respecting Members of the Legislative Annual reports (Government departments, agencies, Assembly on Active Service, An Act amending the boards, and commissions) General remarks ... 1787 Referral to policy field committees ... 1423 Elections, Federal Barrett, Pamela Trainor (Former MLA) Election of October 14, 1935: Statement re ... 1284 Memorial tribute to ... 11 Elections, Provincial Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) General election of March 2008, report on candidates Member for, elected as Speaker ... 2 failing to file a financial statement (SP543/08: Bills Tabled) ... 1858 One-day passage of, in Legislature, statement re ... Electoral Boundaries Commission 1507 Statement re ... 1587–88 Brassard, Robert R. (Roy) (Former MLA) Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Memorial tribute to ... 1377 Gasoline prices (not proceeded with) ... 934 Calgary-Fort (Constituency) Safety of oil sands tailings ponds (not proceeded Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2–3 with) ... 621 Cellular telephones Temporary Standing Order amendments (not Camera capabilities, non use of in Assembly proceeded with) ... 24–26 Chamber ... 2121 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Chair of Committees Main and Legislative Offices estimates 2008-09 Election of, on second ballot ... 2–3 transmitted to Assembly (SP59-60/08: Tabled) ... Chief Electoral Officer 140 Annual report, 2006 (SP243/08: Tabled) ... 1066 Supplementary estimates, 2007-08 (No. 2) transmitted General election of March 2008, report on candidates to Assembly (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 failing to file a financial statement (SP543/08: Supplementary estimates, 2008-09 transmitted to Tabled) ... 1858 Assembly (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021 Child and Youth Advocate Ethics Commissioner Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition Annual report, 2007-08; referred to Legislative parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1517 Offices committee (SP326/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Committee of Supply French language Procedure in (officials/staff on floor of chamber) ... Use in Legislative Assembly ... 665 174 Galleries (Legislative Assembly Chamber) Procedure in (rotation of questioning in) ... 404 Closed captioning system in, for hearing impaired ... Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing 530 Ethics Commissioner annual report, 2007-08, referred Gasoline–Prices to (SP326/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Request for emergency debate on ... 934 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Highway 801 Closed captioning for Assembly galleries question ... Paving of ... 2012, 2059 530 Historical vignettes of Alberta's Assembly Members' Services order 1/08 (group plans Alberta-Hokkaido twinning relationship ... 1360 amendment order no. 3) (SP212/08: Tabled) ... 981 Alberta MLAs appointed as senators ... 1431–32 Members' Services order 2/08 (transportation Alberta MLAs elected as MPs ... 1312 amendment order no. 10) (SP213/08: Tabled) ... An Act amending the Election Act respecting 981 Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 183

Service ... 1787 Oil sands tailings ponds–Safety aspects Federal election of October 14, 1935 ... 1284 Request for emergency debate re ... 621 Leaders of Her Majesty's loyal opposition ... 2080 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (Constituency) MLA oath of allegiance ... 1947 Recognition of former member for, as previous MLAs elected in Alberta ... 1545 Deputy Speaker ... 4 MPs elected asab MLAs ... 1388 Ombudsman One day passage of bills in Alberta Legislature ... Annual report, 2007-08 (SP316/08: Tabled) 1507 (intersessional deposit) ... 14 Oct./08 reported in Strangers in the Alberta Legislative Assembly ... 1479 Votes and Proceedings Holocaust Memorial Day and Genocide Remembrance Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Act (Bill 26, 2000) Leaders of, 1906 to date ... 2080 Passed in one day, statement re ... 1507 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Information and Privacy Commissioner 45-second rule effectivness ... 12 Annual report, 2006-07 (SP12/08: Tabled) ... 24 Rotation of questions/35-second rule ... 12–13, 60, Annual report, 2007-08 (SP368/08: Tabled) ... 1433 403–04 Langevin, Paul (Former MLA) Pages (Legislative Assembly) Memorial tribute to ... 1847 Biographies of, 27th Legislature, First Session, Fall Legislative Assembly Chamber 2008 (SP367/08: Tabled) ... 1432 Addresses by strangers on the floor of, 1935 to Biographies of, 27th Legislature, First Session, present ... 1479 Spring 2008 (SP103/08: Tabled) ... 401 Lighting in ... 172 Mention of ... 1293 Officials/staff on floor of during Committee of Presentation of gifts to, on last day of session ... 1219, Supply ... 174 2188 Table officers in, all women ... 1665 Paproski, Dr. Carl Michael (Former MLA) Legislative Assembly Office Memorial tribute to ... 11 Annual report, 2007 (Includes CPA Alberta branch Parlement jeunesse de l'Alberta annual report) (SP591/08: Tabled) ... 2018–19 General remarks ... 398 Legislature grounds Parliamentary assistants Japanese garden unveiled on ... 1360 Considered to be private members for Assembly Lieutenant Governor of Alberta operating purposes ... 13 New residence for, point of order re ... 1154 Parliamentary language Transmittal of 2007-08 supplementary estimates (No. General remarks ... 403, 2021 2) (SP38/08: Tabled) ... 26 Point of Order Transmittal of 2008-09 main and Legislative Offices Allegations against a member ... 588, 1325, 1635–36, estimates (SP59-60/08: Tabled) ... 140 1696, 2186–87, 2187 Transmittal of 2008-09 supplementary estimates Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 60, 1192–3 (SP592/08: Tabled) ... 2021 Explanation of Speaker's statement ... 13 Members' corrections Factual accuracy ... 76, 1154, 2020, 2112, 2187–88 MPs subsequently elected as provincial MLAs ... Imputing motives ... 1153, 1193–94 1312, 1321 Inflammatory language ... 403, 1636–37 Members of Insulting language ... 849, 1597 Members elected as provincial MLA ... 1312, 1321 Parliamentary language ... 2021 Members elected as provincial MLA: Statement re ... Questions about detail ... 1833–34 1388 Referring to a nonmember ... 1989–90, 2019 Members of the Legislative Assembly Reflections on a Member ... 429 Anniversary congratulations to ... 2079 Relevance ... 69, 71, 1597 Birthday congratulations to ... 577, 903, 1543, 1673 Privilege Election of, while on active military service, Misleading the House ... 1517, 1547 historical Remembrance Day vignette re ... 1787 Ceremony for ... 1743 Members appointed as senators ... 1431 School at the Legislature (Educational program) Members elected as MPs ... 1312 Report card, 2006-07 (SP470/08: Tabled) ... 1742 Memorial tribute to former members ... 11, 1283, Senators 1377, 1847 Alberta MLAs appointed as ... 1431 Numbers elected in Alberta ... 1545 Shaben, Dr. Lawrence (Larry) Ralph (Former MLA) Oath of allegiance, sequence of since 1905 ... 1947 Memorial tribute to ... 1283 Members' Statements (2008) Smith, Col. Arthur Ryan (Former MLA) Calendar of special events ... 1294 Memorial tribute to ... 1283 Members' Statements (Parliamentary practice) Speaker Rotation order of ... 13 Election of ... 2 Official Opposition Speaker–Rulings Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Anticipation ... 712 accounting for ... 1635–36 Challenging the Chair ... 973 184 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Dress code in the Chamber ... 1819 General remarks ... 1422 Oral Question Period rules ... 1359 Supplementary estimates Previous question ... 1192 Estimates 2007-08, No. 2: Copy of (SP38/08: Tabled) Question and comment period ... 37 ... 26 Questions outside ministerial responsibility ... 530 Estimates 2008-09: Copy of (SP592/08: Tabled) ... Referral of annual reports to policy field committees 2021 ... 1423 Twinning of cities, provinces, etc. Referring to a member by name ... 931 Alberta-Hokkaido, Japan ... 1360 Relevance ... 1299 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Sub judice rule ... 1422 Day Act (Bill 37) Speaker–Statements Third reading ... 1682 Address to the Assembly upon election as Speaker ... World War I veterans vigil (light show) 2 General remarks ... 1743 Alberta-Hokkaido twinning relationship ... 1360 Youth Parliament Alberta MLAs appointed as senators ... 1431 General remarks ... 398 Alberta MLAs elected as MPs ... 1312 Speech from the Throne An Act amending the Election Act respecting Aboriginal consultation policy (Land and resource Members of the Legislative Assembly on Active issues) Service ... 1787 General remarks ... 6 Anniversary congratulations to members ... 2079 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Assembly business (Question Period/Members' General remarks ... 6 Statements) ... 12–13 Affordable housing Bill 37, Ukrainian Famine and Genocide Provincial initiatives re ... 8 (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act, read into the Agricultural value-added production record ... 1682 General remarks ... 6 Birthday congratulations to members ... 577, 903, Agriculture 1543, 1673 General remarks ... 6 Calendar of special events ... 349, 429, 1294, 1831 Alberta–Economic conditions Cellphone cameras in the Chamber ... 2121 General remarks ... 5–6 Committee of Supply procedure ... 174 Alberta–Economic policy Electoral Boundaries Commission ... 1587–88 General remarks ... 6 Federal election of October 14, 1935 ... 1284 Alberta Building Code House procedure (Question Period rotation, Supply Energy efficiency standards in ... 8 committee rotation) ... 403–04 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Leaders of Her Majesty's loyal opposition ... 2080 Council Memorial tribute to former members ... 11 General remarks ... 8 MLA oath of allegiance ... 1947 Alberta enterprise fund MLAs elected in Alberta ... 1545 Creation of ... 6 Mother's Day wishes ... 577 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums MPs elected as Alberta MLAs ... 1388 Elimination of ... 6 New pages, mention of ... 1293 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton One day passage of bills in Alberta Legislature ... Completion of ... 7 1507 Biofuels industry Opening day messages ... 5 Use of forest products as feedstock ... 6 Oral Question Period rules ... 1829 Campus Alberta Participation in debate not allowed, except in General remarks ... 6 Canadian Senate ... 719 Capital projects Routine of the Assembly, 3:00 p.m. recommendation General remarks ... 6, 7 ... 1947, 1949 Carbon offsets Speaking in languages other than English ... 665 In the forest industry ... 6 Strangers in the Alberta Legislative Assembly ... 1479 Child care after/before school Table officers in the Assembly, all women ... 1665 Provincial assistance re ... 7 World War I veterans vigil (light show) ... 1743 Climate change Speech from the Throne Alberta plan for ... 7–8 Copy tabled (SP1/08: Tabled) ... 9 Coal Standing Orders Development of ... 7 Temporary amendments to, request for emergency Community health centres debate re ... 24–26 Additional programs for ... 7 Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) Constitution Act, 1982 Second reading ... 1906 Oil sands development responsibilities under ... 7 Stromberg, Gordon Emil (Former MLA) Construction workers Memorial tribute to ... 1283 Recruitment of ... 7 Sub judice Crime reduction 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 185

General remarks ... 8 Hospital beds Culture Increase in ... 7 General remarks ... 8 Hospitals–Construction Daycare centres General remarks ... 6, 7 Spaces for ... 7 Housing–Fort McMurray Disabled–Housing General remarks ... 7 Provincial initiatives re ... 8 Immigrants Diversification Recruitment of ... 7 General remarks ... 6 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Domestic violence–Prevention Cumulative impact assessment of ... 8 Provincial initiatives re ... 8 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Education, Postsecondary General remarks ... 6 General remarks ... 6 Intermunicipal relations–Edmonton area Emergency planning General remarks ... 6 General remarks ... 8 Interprovincial trade Employment training programs General remarks ... 6 Aboriginal peoples ... 7 Labour force planning For the disabled ... 7 Federal/provincial agreement re ... 6–7 For immigrants ... 7 Land-use framework Energy conservation Consultation with First Nations re ... 6 General remarks ... 7 General remarks ... 6 Energy efficiency Literacy General remarks ... 7, 8 General remarks ... 7 Energy industry Livestock industry General remarks ... 7 General remarks ... 6 Energy industry–Crown lands Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Aboriginal issues re, consultation policy re ... 6 hospitals) Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Young/socially/culturally isolated people in, supports General remarks ... 7 for ... 8 Energy strategy Medical care Completion of ... 6, 7 General remarks ... 6, 7 Environmental impact assessments Medical profession Cumulative assessments ... 8 Governance system for ... 7 Environmental protection Mental health services General remarks ... 6 General remarks ... 7 Environmental technology Ministers (Provincial government) General remarks ... 7 Mandate letters for ... 8 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Nurses Provincial initiatives re ... 8 Governance system for ... 7 Food industry and trade Oil General remarks ... 6 Development of ... 7 Forest industries Oil sands development Competitiveness/sustainability ... 6 General remarks ... 7 General remarks ... 6 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Gas, Natural Cumulative effects assessment of ... 8 Development of ... 7 General remarks ... 7–8 Greenhouse gas emissions Parks, Provincial Intensity targets for industry re ... 7–8 New plan for ... 8 Health care facilities–Construction Petrochemical industry General remarks ... 7 General remarks ... 7 Health sciences personnel Police Governance system for ... 7 Increase in numbers of ... 8 Recruitment of ... 7 Policing Health sciences personnel–Education Provincial framework for ... 8 Programs for ... 7 Postsecondary educational institutions–Construction Health sciences personnel–Supply General remarks ... 7 General remarks ... 7 Premier's Council for Economic Strategy High school education–Curricula Creation of ... 6 Health care courses ... 7 Premier's Council on Arts and Culture Highway 63 Creation of ... 8 Twinning ... 7 Prisoners Homeless–Housing Rehabilitation services for ... 8 Provincial initiatives re ... 8 Protected areas 186 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

New plan for ... 8 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285–86, Public safety (From criminal activity) 1470, 1626, 1895, 1896, 1939, 2201 General remarks ... 6, 8 Alberta–Economic policy Public safety (From disasters) General remarks ... 668–69, 1535–36, 1895 Interdisciplinary institute re ... 8 Impact of oil and gas price declines on ... 1777, 2132 Quality of life Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force General remarks ... 6, 8 Report ... 677 Regional health authorities Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit) Supports for younger residents in long-term care General remarks ... 669–70 facilities ... 8 Alberta Clipper pipeline Research and development General remarks ... 2201 Tax credits for ... 6 Alberta Energy Research Institute Resolutions (2008) ... 27–36, 37–47, 125–28, 143–57, Oil sands tailings ponds reclamation research ... 524 160–62, 179–83, 185–91, 193–202, 331–35, 444 Alberta enterprise fund Ring roads–Calgary Establishment of, legislation re (Bill 4) ... 671 Completion of ... 7 Alberta Government Offices Road construction Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... 682 General remarks ... 6, 7 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Schools–Construction Doctors opting out of ... 1627 General remarks ... 6, 7 Insured services, delisting of ... 2201 Senior citizens–Housing Insured services, delisting of: Mention of, during Provincial initiatives re ... 8 election process ... 15 Small business Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Venture capital for ... 6 Elimination of: Impact on not-for-profit agencies ... Substance abuse–Treatment 1581 General remarks ... 7 Elimination of, savings from to pay for additional Supportive living facilities police in Calgary ... 1352 Provincial initiatives re ... 8 Alberta Health Services Board Tax incentives Code-of-conduct/conflict-of-interest rules for ... 2102 For scientific research and development ... 6 Member of (Tony Franceschini): Conflict-of-interest Technology commercialization of ... 2102 General remarks ... 6 Members of: Appointment, suspension of ... 2102 Technology reinvestment fund Mission statement ... 1626 General remarks ... 8 Testing of High Prairie patients following syringe Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement reuse incident ... 1627, 1667 (Alberta /British Columbia) Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 6, 9 General remarks ... 1939 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 1285 1) Surplus funds investment in ... 669 General remarks ... 6 Alberta Sustainability Fund Traffic safety General remarks ... 672, 1535, 1939 General remarks ... 7 Use during 2008 global financial crisis ... 1285, 1470 United States–Economic conditions Angus, Mr. Sasha Impact on Alberta ... 5 Audit of credit card transactions of ... 668, 679 Wind power Arts General remarks ... 7 General remarks ... 676 Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Arts–Finance 4-H clubs General remarks ... 669 Safety education programs ... 248 Auditor General Aboriginal/provincial relations Climate change plan, comments on lack of Protocol agreement re, May 22, 2008 ... 973 measurements for ... 1286, 1314–15 Affordable housing Game ranching review ... 788 Funding for ... 1087 Government computer network security breach, Agricultural workers report of ... 1353 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 248 Resource royalty system comments ... 1851 Agriculture BA Energy Inc. Government assistance programs ... 2175–77 Heartland upgrader, shelving of ... 1285, 1469 Airdrie-Chestermere (Constituency) Beef–Export Member for, website comments on lottery funds General remarks ... 2176 distribution in ... 1849 Bird habitat Alberta–Economic conditions Impact of oil sands development on, report re ... 2178 General remarks ... 668 Bitumen 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 187

Upgrading ... 671, 1685–87, 1734, 2102 Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) Upgrading: Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on (Proposed) ... 1285 General remarks ... 673 Upgrading: Suspension of projects re ... 1285, 1314, Climate change 1469–70, 1685, 1686, 1733, 1777, 2102 Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 288, Bitumen–Export 341, 342 General remarks ... 1685–87 Alberta plan for: Auditor General's report on ... 1286, Job loss implications ... 1686–87, 2102, 2201 1314–15 Limit on, by federal government ... 1777 Alberta plan for: Harmonization with federal plan ... Prevention of, due to receiving country's 1017, 1314, 1469, 1685, 1733, 1822 environmental legislation ... 1314 Alberta plan for: Impact of new U.S. plans on ... Bitumen–Prices 1821–22 Valuation method for ... 1733–34 First ministers' meeting re, November 2008: Bitumen–Royalties Attendance of Premier at ... 1733 Bitumen royalty-in-kind policy ... 1686, 1734 Kyoto protocol on ... 1821 Level of ... 671–72, 1733–34 Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund Bitumen pipelines Levy on polluters to create ... 1286 General remarks ... 1685–87 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Job loss implications ... 2102, 2201 Establishment of MLA salary levels ... 1211 Board Governance Review Task Force Community facility enhancement program General remarks ... 677 General remarks ... 1625–26, 1849 Budget 2008 Community initiatives program Strategic business plan (SP62/08: Tabled) ... 140 General remarks ... 1625–26, 1849 Building Canada Plan (Federal) Community spirit program Alberta funds from ... 580 Tax credit component ... 671 Canada Health Act Computers, Government–Security aspects Principles based on ... 1626 Hackers breach of ... 1353 Cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan Conflict of interest Federal/provincial review of ... 896 Alberta Health Services Board member (Tony Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Franceschini) ... 2102 General remarks ... 1580 Alberta Health Services Board's rules re ... 2102 Capital projects, Municipal–Fort McMurray Congenital syphilis Funding for ... 671 Public education campaign re, cancellation of: Public Capital projects–Construction inquiry re ... 2132–33, 2177 General remarks ... 671 Corporate Internal Audit Services Capital projects–Finance Role of ... 679 General remarks ... 1536 Corporations–Taxation Surplus funding for ... 669 Reduction of ... 1896–97 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Surplus funding of ... 669 Report ... 1351 Capital region integrated growth management plan Crop insurance program General remarks ... 671 General remarks ... 2175–76 Carbon dioxide emissions Culture

CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project, Weyburn ... General remarks ... 676 1286 Daycare centres Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 1733 Spaces for ... 611 From oil sands operations, impact on exports ... 1315 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Carbon dioxide sequestration General remarks ... 1939 Funding for projects re ... 1285, 1686, 1733, 1939 Deficit financing Carbon tax General remarks ... 1285, 1895, 1939 General remarks ... 1314, 1686 Dept. of Children and Youth Services Impact on gasoline prices ... 973 Minister, firing of ... 1425, 1471 Centennial Capital Plan Dept. of Economic Development (former) General remarks ... 1939 Audit of former minister's (Mark Norris) credit card Use during 2008 global financial crisis ... 1285 transactions ... 668 Child and Youth Advocate Dept. of Health and Wellness Quarterly reports ... 1471 Minister's acceptance of invitation from National Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 578 parties to discuss ... 1471 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Child welfare recipients Inspectors in ... 420 Protection of ... 1425, 1471 Details of Grants, Supplies and Services ... by Payee Chronic wasting disease (Blue books) Presence on game farms ... 788 Posting on government website ... 679 188 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Disabled General remarks ... 248 Government programs for ... 669, 1581–82 Legislation re ... 247–48 Diversification Financial Investment and Planning Advisory General remarks ... 659 Commission Donating to charitable organizations Report ... 1939–40 Tax credits for ... 671, 2200 First ministers' meeting on climate change policy, Economic development November 2008 Government involvement ... 676 Attendance of Premier at ... 1733, 1778 Edmonton-Strathcona (Federal riding) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Election of NDP member for, October 14, 2008 ... Requests under, costs of ... 672–73 1315 Royalty information provision prevented under ... Education 1850–51 General remarks ... 1354 Syphilis outbreak awareness campaign cancellation Education, Postsecondary–Finance request under ... 2133 General remarks ... 1896 Fugitive apprehension sheriff support teams Education–Finance Establishment of ... 1471 General remarks ... 1314, 1536, 1896–97 Game farming Elections, Provincial Auditor General's review of ... 788 Campaign platforms during ... 15 Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 788 Third-party ads during (Albertans for Change) ... Gas, Natural–Prices 670–71 Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 2132 Electric power, Coal-produced–Health aspects Forecasting of ... 668–69 General remarks ... 248 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 Electric power–Export Increase in ... 1016–17 General remarks ... 248–49 Gasoline–Prices Electric power–Prices General remarks ... 973 Impact of electricity exports on ... 249 Gasoline–Taxation Endowment funds, Public Provincial tax ... 579 Investment of surpus funds into ... 669 Provincial tax, reduction of ... 579 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 579 States) Golf courses General remarks ... 682, 1822 Provincial grants to ... 1625–26 Energy industry Government agencies, boards, and commissions Future of ... 676 Governance of, review of ... 667 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Government aircraft General remarks ... 659 Manifests for, posted on government website ... 679 Provincial government usage of ... 659 Government attorneys Environmental impact assessments Increase in numbers of ... 1471 Cumulative assessments ... 248 Government communications Environmental law/regulations Performance measures re ... 679 Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 341 Government departments Inspectors for ... 420 Communications (public announcements) function in Environmental technology ... 674 Development of ... 1315 Public opinion surveying ... 674 Ethics Commissioner Government openness Ruling on conflict of interest re Stantec CEO as General remarks ... 1850–51 member of Health Services Board ... 2102 Government programs Executive Council Communications with the public re ... 671 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP377/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Government spending policy Budget increase ... 669, 670, 680 Elimination of legislative limits to ... 1536 External audits done for ... 679–80 General remarks ... 1535–36, 1625–26, 1665–66, Main estimates 2008-09: Amount of detail in ... 681 1895 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 667–82 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285–86 Policy co-ordination office ... 667, 678 Restraint in ... 2101–02 Staffing ... 674 Greenhouse gas emissions Expert Scientific Panel on Chronic Wasting Disease in National harmonization of regulations re ... 1017, Canadian Wildlife 1314, 1469, 1685, 1733, 1822, 2102, 2132, 2201 Report ... 788 North American harmonization of regulations re ... Eye surgery–Rural areas 1821–22, 2132, 2201 General remarks ... 2131 From oil sands operations, impact on exports ... 1315 Farm fatalities–Prevention Reduction of ... 524, 671, 972, 973 General remarks ... 247–48 Reduction of, communication to investors ... 682 Farm safety Reduction of, discussion at Western Premiers' 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 189

Conference ... 1017 Interprovincial trade Reduction of, measurement of ... 1286 Internal trade agreement ... 676–77 Groundwater–Pollution Investments, Foreign Oil sands tailings ponds impact on ... 971–72 General remarks ... 669 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re Oil sands engineering projects decline, comment re ...... 896 1777 Investigations re ... 896 Keystone bitumen pipeline Health Quality Council Job loss implications ... 2201 Root cause analysis of syringe reuse incident at High Lamont Health Care Centre Prairie Health Complex ... 1627 General remarks ... 2131 Heart–Surgery Licensed practical nurses–Supply Wait times for ... 1734 General remarks ... 15 High Prairie Health Complex Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Syringe reuse at ... 1667 New residence for ... 675, 1087, 1213 Syringe reuse at: Premier's apology re ... 1581, 1627 Office of, funding for ... 675 High school completion Livestock industry General remarks ... 1536 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 2176 Homeless–Housing Loan guarantees, Government General remarks ... 1087 Nuclear power projects ... 1086 Horse racing Lottery boards, Community Lottery funding for ... 1626 Return of ... 1626, 1850 Horse Racing Alberta Lottery Fund Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... Balzac racing entertainent complex funding ... 1212 1212 Funds allocation ... 1625–26, 1665–66 Loans to Balzac racing entertainent complex ... 1212 Funds allocation, political bias in ... 1849–50, 1940 Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention Major community facilities program Standards re ... 1580–81 Distribution of funds from ... 1940 Standards re, Cowell report on ... 1580–81 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Hospital beds Delays in opening ... 1666 Decrease in ... 2201 General remarks ... 421 Hospitals Guru Nanak Dev Healing Garden in ... 421 Closure of ... 2201 Staffing issues ... 1666 Unbundling of services in ... 2131 McDougall Centre, Calgary Hospitals–Construction Opposition members' access to ... 670 General remarks ... 2072 Medical care Hospitals–Grande Prairie Costs, initiatives to control ... 2200–01 New hospital, funding for ... 2072 Reform of ... 1626–27, 2200–01 Hospitals–High Prairie Reform of (action plan re) ... 15 New hospital, funding for ... 2072 Medical care, Private Hospitals–Rural areas General remarks ... 1626, 2131, 2201 Closure ... 2131–32 Mention of, during election process ... 15 Occupancy rates ... 2131 Medical care–Finance Hospitals–Two Hills General remarks ... 1896–97, 2132, 2201 General remarks ... 2131 Impact of global financial crisis on ... 1626, 2201 Housing Medical clinics, Private For newcomers to province ... 676 Increase in ... 2131 Immigrants Medical profession Retention of ... 676 Opting out of health care plan ... 1627 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Medical profession–Supply Cumulative impact assessment of ... 248, 671 General remarks ... 15 Information and Privacy Commissioner Members of the Legislative Assembly Royalty information secrecy comments ... 1850–51 Agricultural payments to ... 2175–77 Insurance, Health (Private) Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1849–50 Relaxation of rules re ... 1626 Salaries of, setting of ... 1211, 2101 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Endorsement of Weyburn carbon capture project ... Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) 1286 General remarks ... 1733, 1778 International finance Ministers (Provincial government) Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... Expenses of, posted on government website ... 679, 1285–86, 1470, 1626, 1895, 1896, 1939, 2201 2102 Interprovincial relations Mandate letters for ... 678–79 Western provinces' relations ... 1017 Number of, reduction in ... 2101 190 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Salary levels for, setting of ... 1211 Impact on birds ... 2178 Vehicles used by, allowance for ... 2101 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Vehicles used by, fuel efficiency standards for ... 680 down of ... 1469–70, 2132 Vehicles used by, list of ... 680–81 Value-added opportunities ... 1685–86 Municipal sustainability initiative Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 248, 671 Police officers hiring, funding for under ... 1352 General remarks ... 1685, 2178 National energy program U.S./world reaction to Alberta situation ... 682, 1315 General remarks ... 1666, 1895 Oil sands development–Taxation National Institute for Nanotechnology General remarks ... 1685 General remarks ... 675 Oil sands tailings ponds National Smokeless Tobacco Company Ltd. Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 341 Hosting of Member for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Provincial inspectors at ... 420 (PC leadership contender) at Calgary Stampede Reclamation of ... 524 event ... 578 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... Natural gas rebates 971–72 General remarks ... 1016–17 Waterfowl deaths on ... 340, 341, 342, 345, 420, 524 Natural resources revenue Oil sands tailings ponds–Security aspects Decline in ... 1777 General remarks ... 524 General remarks ... 668–69, 671–72, 1896–97 Threat assessment report re ... 524 New Royalty Framework (2007) Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Application to Suncor and Syncrude ... 1940–41 Meeting with Child and Youth Advocate, minister's General remarks ... 671, 677–78, 679, 1897, 1941 offer re ... 1471 Provision of information re, prevented ... 1850–51 Role of ... 710 Norris, Mr. Mark (Former MLA) OPTI Canada Inc. / Nexen Inc. Audit of government credit card transactions of ... Long Lake upgrader joint project, suspension of ... 668, 679 1469 Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund Oral Question Period (2008) General remarks ... 1941 Alberta Health Services Board ... 2102 Nuclear power plants Bitumen exports ... 2102, 2201 Discussion at Western Premiers' Conference ... 1085 Bitumen valuation ... 1733–34 Expert panel to review ... 659, 1086 Child care funding ... 611 Export of electricity produced by ... 249 Climate change ... 288, 1286, 1314–15, 1733, General remarks ... 658–59 1821–22 Insurance costs re, provincial assistance with ... 1086 Compliance with environmental regulations ... 341 Provincial loan guarantees for ... 1086 Congenital syphilis outbreak ... 2132–33, 2177 Public discussions re ... 658–59 Contamination by oil sands tailings ponds ... 971–72 Nurses–Supply Donations to political parties ... 579 General remarks ... 15 Electricity exports ... 248–49 Office of the Premier Farm worker safety ... 247–48 Budget increase for ... 680 Federal infrastructure funding ... 580 Premier's apology re infection control lapse in High Fiscal responsibility ... 1895 Prairie ... 1581, 1627 Fiscal restraints ... 2101–02 Premier's attendance at first ministers' meeting on Fuel tax ... 579 climate change policy ... 1733, 1778 Funding for police officers ... 1351–52 Premier's leadership campaign donation from Funding for private schools ... 1314, 1354 National Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 578 Game ranching industry ... 788 Premier's remarks concerning opposition parties ... Gasoline pricing ... 973 710 Government information network security ... 1353 Premier's salary level, setting of ... 1211 Government spending ... 1535–36, 1625–26, 1665–66 Official Opposition Health risk study of Fort Chipewyan ... 896 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Health system governance ... 761, 787 accounting for ... 578, 1626 Health system restructuring ... 1626–27, 2072, Oil–Import 2131–32, 2200–01 From countries with poor environmental legislation ... International financial crisis ... 1285–86 1314, 1315 Lieutenant Governor's residence ... 1087, 1213 Oil–Prices Long-term sustainability of the economy ... 659 Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 2132 Lottery funding ... 1849–50, 1940 Forecasting of ... 668–69 Managed growth in the oil sands ... 1469–70 General remarks ... 671 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 421, 1666 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 MLA remuneration ... 1211 Oil sands development Monitoring health care standards ... 1580–81 Impact of U.S. energy bill (fuel standards) on ... 682 Municipal funding ... 1580 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 191

Natural gas prices ... 1016–17 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 15 Nuclear power ... 658–59, 1085–86 Premier's Council for Economic Strategy Oil sands bitumen export ... 1685–87 Funding for ... 667, 675 Oil sands development construction ... 1777–78 Role of ... 667, 668, 675 Oil sands development downturn ... 2132 Staffing ... 674 Paramountcy provision to royalty information ... Tax policy advice ... 676 1850–51 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Police officer funding ... 1470–71, 1538 Disabilities Act Protection of children in care ... 1425, 1471 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP604/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Protection of wildlife ... 342 Private schools–Finance Protocol agreement with First Nations ... 973 General remarks ... 1314, 1354, 1582 Provincial savings strategy ... 1939–40 Public Affairs Bureau Provincial spending ... 1895 Brand campaign ... 667–68, 669, 670, 674, 675, Public health system reform ... 15 681–82 Role of opposition parties ... 710 Brand campaign, municipal involvement ... 681 Royalty revenues ... 1896–97 Budget increase ... 669, 675, 680 Security of oil sands tailings ponds ... 524 Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for Smokeless tobacco ... 578 ... 288, 341, 342 Support for human services agencies ... 1581–82 Communication services, client satisfaction with ... Support for school nutrition programs ... 2175–77, 670–71 2200 Public opinion surveying ... 674 Surgery wait times ... 1734 Role of ... 667, 677–78 Sustainable development in the oil sands ... 2178 Staffing ... 674 Sustainable resource development inspectors ... 420 Public health system Syncrude royalty agreement ... 1778, 1940–41 Dismissal of doctors in ... 1581 Syringe reuse ... 1667 Public inquiries Syringe reuse at High Prairie Health Complex ... 1627 Cancellation of congenital syphilis awareness Third-party advertising ... 1822 campaign ... 2132 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1212 Public records–Confidentiality Waterfowl deaths in oil sands tailings pond ... 340 Breach of ... 1353 Waterfowl mortality rates in tailings ponds ... 345 Public safety (From criminal activity) Western provincial co-operation ... 1017 General remarks ... 1351–52 Parliamentary assistants Public service–Alberta Elimination of ... 2101 General remarks ... 680 Petro-Canada Public transit Upgrading of bitumen in the U.S. ... 2102 Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce Plebiscites, Provincial greenhouse gas emissions ... 1285, 1580, 1939 Sales tax introduction ... 1535 Quality of life Police General remarks ... 1625, 2200 Increase in numbers of ... 1471, 1535–36, 1580 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Police, Provincial Horse Racing Alberta's loans to ... 1212 Sheriffs as ... 1471 Recession–Alberta Police–Calgary General remarks ... 2132 Increase in numbers of ... 1351–52 Regional health authorities Police–Finance Changes to governance of ... 761, 1734, 2131–32 General remarks ... 1351–52, 1470–71, 1538 Changes to governance of, costs ... 2072 Political advertising, Third-party Rent control Control/elimination of ... 579, 678, 1822 General remarks ... 677 Political parties Report to Albertans: The Alberta Government Plan Donations to ... 578, 677–78 (Brochure) Donations to, from unions and corporations, General remarks ... 671 elimination of ... 579 Research and development Leadership campaigns: Contributions to ... 578, 579, General remarks ... 659, 668, 675, 1896 678 Road construction–Finance Pork–Export General remarks ... 579 General remarks ... 2176 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pork industry New officers for ... 1471 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 2176 Replacement by provincial sheriffs ... 1471 Port Alberta Royalty structure (Energy resources) Support for ... 676 Bitumen in kind, in place of royalty ... 1686 Portrait Gallery of Canada St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville Funding for Alberta bid for ... 670 General remarks ... 2131 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Sales tax, Provincial 192 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

General remarks ... 1535 Technology commercialization Savings plan, Provincial General remarks ... 659, 675, 676 General remarks ... 1939–40 Tourism–Marketing Scholarships General remarks ... 669–70, 681 Funding of, from surplus funds ... 669 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement School nutrition programs (Alberta /British Columbia) General remarks ... 2175–77, 2200 Other provinces interest in ... 676 Sheriffs Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement General remarks ... 1538 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill New officers for ... 1470–71 1) Traffic safety enforcement function ... 1471 First reading ... 9 Small business Third reading ... 1025 Venture capital for ... 659, 676 Trade missions–U.K./Europe Snow Valley Ski Club General remarks ... 1733, 1778 High-speed chairlift, provincial funding for ... 1625 TransAlta Utilities Corporation Social services agencies (Non-profit) Electricity exports proposal ... 248 Funding for ... 1581–82 Transportation–Alberta to west coast Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 676 Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 11: Stelmach) ... Treasury Board 444 President of, freezing of expenses of ... 2102 Motion to consider (Motion 1: Stelmach) ... 9 Treasury Branches Stantec Inc. Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 CEO of, as Alberta Health Services Board member ... Trucks–Inspection–Alberta/B.C. border 2102 Joint inspection station ... 676 StatoilHydro ASA Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Alberta upgrader project delay ... 1314, 1469 Day Act (Bill 37) General remarks ... 1941 Second reading ... 1675–76 Stollery Children's Hospital Unemployment Increase in beds for ... 1666 Impact of economic slowdown on ... 1777 Substance abuse–Treatment United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. Funding for ... 1471 Agreement with province re Balzac racing Suncor Inc. entertainment complex ... 1212 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of United States government ... 1778, 1940 Political party change in, impact on Alberta economy Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond), seepage from ... 1777, 1821–22 ... 971–72 Value-added exports Surgery wait times Transportation component ... 676 Increase in ... 1734 Voting in provincial elections Surgical services–Rural areas Participation rate ... 673 General remarks ... 2131 Wages–Disabled facility employees Surplus, Budgetary Increase to ... 1581–82 Capital maintenance funding with ... 669 Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees Capital projects funding with ... 669 Discrepancy compared to public service employees ... Endowment funds investment ... 669 1581–82 General remarks ... 669 Water licences Heritage Fund investment ... 669 Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 1212 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Water quality–Athabasca River Syncrude Canada Ltd. Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of 971–72 ... 1778, 1940–41 Western Premiers' Conference Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 1940–41 Environmental issues discussion at ... 1017 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 340, 341, 342, Nuclear power issues discussion at ... 1085 345, 420, 524 Wildlife habitat Syringes, Medical Impact of oil sands development on ... 2178 Reuse of, testing re ... 1667 Wind power Task forces, Government General remarks ... 659 Effectiveness of ... 677 Workplace safety Tax incentives Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 248 For charitable donations ... 671, 2200 Youth assessment centre–High Prairie For child care costs ... 611 Injuries to clients in ... 1425 Taxation Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) 40% increase in, in future ... 1939 Alberta General remarks ... 675, 676, 1535, 1536, 1895 International perception of ... 651–52 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 193

Alberta at the Smithsonian (Exhibit) General remarks ... 642 General remarks ... 652 U.S. reaction to Alberta situation ... 644–45 Alberta Government Offices Energy industry–Research and development General remarks ... 642, 646, 648 Marketing of results of ... 642 Potential locations for (BRIC countries) ... 642, 643, Environmental technology 647 Development of (green economy) ... 651 Role in attracting skilled immigrants ... 641, 650 Marketing of ... 642 Alberta Government Offices–China Exports General remarks ... 643 General remarks ... 642, 645, 646, 651 Alberta Regulations Farm produce–Export Changes to, due to TILMA agreement ... 643 General remarks ... 642, 649 Beef–Export Federal/provincial relations Diversification of ... 650 General remarks ... 641–42 Bio International Convention, San Diego (2008) Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Alberta attendance at ... 642 31) Biotechnology Committee ... 1619 Promotion of Alberta companies in ... 642 Gas, Natural–Export–United States Bitumen–Export–United States General remarks ... 644 General remarks ... 644–45 Gas, Natural–Supply Carbon dioxide emissions General remarks ... 642 Reduction in ... 419 Gasoline Carbon dioxide sequestration Carbon content, U.S. legislation re ... 644, 645 General remarks ... 419 Immigrants Child and Youth Advocate Recruitment of ... 641 Annual reports ... 1509 Support programs for ... 650 Quarterly reports ... 1509, 1512 Immigration Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition Alberta-made policy re ... 650 parties to discuss ... 1509, 1512–13, 1515–16 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition General remarks ... 642, 650 parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1546–47 Information and communications technology Reporting mechanism for ... 1512 Commercialization initiatives re, international Child welfare recipients marketing of ... 642 Accommodation in motels ... 1509 International trade Protection of ... 1509, 1512 General remarks ... 642, 646 Climate change International trade–China Alberta plan for ... 419, 645 General remarks ... 643, 644, 650 Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 419 International trade–India Initiatives re, funding for ... 644 General remarks ... 643, 647 Coal energy, Clean International trade–United States Research into ... 644 General remarks ... 645 Research into, sale of technology from to China ... Interprovincial relations 644 Western provinces' relations ... 641, 644, 676 Dept. of Children and Youth Services Interprovincial trade Minister, resignation of ... 1509, 1512 Internal trade agreement ... 644, 645 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Internal trade agreement, dispute mechanism ... 653 Relations Investments, Foreign Annual report, 2007-08 (SP382/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Promotion of ... 642, 651 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 641–53 Second reading ... 1185–86 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Members' apologies during (SP225/08: Tabled) ... 1025 Provision of incorrect information ... 1547 Minister's visit to Washington, D.C. ... 419, 644–45, Members' corrections 652 Provision of incorrect information ... 1509, 1515–16 Diversification Ministerial working group on energy and the General remarks ... 651 environment Economic development General remarks ... 642 Cross-border alliances re ... 841 North American free trade agreement Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United Dispute mechanism ... 653 States) General remarks ... 650 General remarks ... 644 Oil–Export–United States Energy industry General remarks ... 644 General remarks ... 642 Oil–Marketing–Central Canada Energy industry–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 650 194 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Oil–Supply Aboriginal peoples–Health care General remarks ... 642 Funding for ... 283 Oil pipelines–Alberta to Central Canada Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas General remarks ... 650 General remarks ... 283 Oil sands development Agricultural land Impact of U.S. energy bill (fuel standards) on ... 644 Impact of land-use framework on ... 773 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Agricultural workers General remarks ... 419, 644–45, 652 Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... U.S./world reaction to Alberta situation ... 644–45 1740 Oil sands tailings ponds Inclusion under workers' compensation ... 715 Waterfowl deaths on ... 419 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 662, 1739 Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Air quality–Fort McMurray area Meeting with Child and Youth Advocate, minister's General remarks ... 1086, 1088 offer re ... 1509, 1512–13, 1515–16 Air quality–North Calgary area Oral Question Period (2008) Impact of asphalt plant on ... 1424 Confidentiality of Child and Youth Advocate reports Alberta–Economic policy ... 1512 General remarks ... 879, 880 Environmentally sustainable oil sands development ... Alberta–Social conditions 419 General remarks ... 1894–95 Pacific Northwest Economic Region ... 841 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Protection of children in care ... 1509, 1512–13, Replacement by single provincial Health Services 1515–16 Board, ministerial statement re ... 759 Pacific Northwest Economic Region Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties General remarks ... 841 Resolution re granting water licences for deep well Interest of members of, in Alberta/B.C. TILMA flooding projects ... 250 agreement ... 644 Alberta Cancer Board Privilege Replacement by single provincial Health Services Misleading the House ... 1546–47 Board, member's statement re ... 759 Schools Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, Daycare spaces in ... 582 2008 (Bill 29) Softwoods–Export–United States Second reading ... 1437–38 Countervail duties re, return to producers ... 647 Alberta College of Art and Design Framework agreement re, April 27, 2006 ... 647–48 Convocation ceremony 2008 (SP183/08: Tabled) ... Syncrude Canada Ltd. 797 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 419 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Tourism Directive 006, transfer of abandoned well sites ... 220 Promotion of ... 646 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Second reading ... 1441 (Alberta /British Columbia) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Dispute mechanism ... 651, 653 Revenue from ... 879 Federal support for ... 649 Alberta Health Services Board General remarks ... 641, 643, 644, 645, 648, 649, 651 Creation of, ministerial statement re ... 759 Other provinces interest in ... 644, 645, 652 Determination of long-term care patients placement ... PNWER members' interest in ... 644 760 Regulatory change due to ... 643 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement General remarks ... 879 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Surplus funds investment in ... 879 1) Alberta Investment Management Corporation Second reading ... 47–48 Ethical investments consideration ... 880 Third reading ... 1025 Alberta Mental Health Board General remarks ... 641, 643 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Trade missions Board, ministerial statement re ... 759 General remarks ... 642 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2008 Value-added exports (Bill 17) Increase in ... 642 Committee ... 1124–25 Western Premiers' Conference Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) General remarks ... 641 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) World Trade Organization Committee ... 1697–99 Dispute mechanism ... 653 Alberta Regulations Negotiations at ... 649 Changes to ... 1429 Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Alberta Research Council Aboriginal land claims Gas contamination of water wells report ... 53 General remarks ... 280–81 Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 195

Public inquiry into administration of, petitions re ... 1735 presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 428, 586, 797, 1095, Chief Medical Officer of Health 1221 Replacement of ... 1691 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Resolution re granting water licences for deep well 2008 (Bill 40) flooding projects ... 250 Committee ... 2063 Alberta Water Council Chronic wasting disease Alberta's Water Management System: Policy Issues Human risk re ... 778 and Gaps (report) ... 761 Presence on game farms ... 778, 788 Intrabasin water movement recommendation ... 1856 Clean Air Strategic Alliance Water for Life: Recommendations for Renewal Hydrogen sulphide elimination project ... 1088 (report) ... 789, 840 Climate change Alberta's Environment Conference, Edmonton (April, Alberta plan for ... 288, 371 2008) Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 288, General remarks ... 220 339, 1088 AMEC Earth & Envrionmental Alberta plan for: Auditor General's report on ... 1735 Alberta water use data report ... 132–33 Alberta plan for: Staffing component ... 368 Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) General remarks ... 130–31, 338, 369, 370 Second reading ... 983–86 Climate Change and Emissions Management Committee ... 1032–33 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6) Committee ... 1134–35, 1412–13, 1415 Committee ... 463 Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill Levy on polluters to create ... 371 5) Climate Change Central Third reading ... 386–87 General remarks ... 368 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. CN Rail 2) (Bill 51) Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, cleanup costs re ... Third reading ... 2210–11, 2213 469 Arsenic in food chain–Fort Chipewyan Coal-bed methane extraction Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re Groundwater pollution issues ... 53 ... 894–95 Coal mines and mining Asphalt plant–North Calgary Impact of land-use framework on ... 773 Emission issues re ... 1424–25, 1472 Collective bargaining Auditor General First-contract certification legislation ... 2081 Climate change plan, comments on lack of First-contract certification legislation: Petition measurements for ... 1735 presented re ... 1221 First Nations development fund recommendations ... Collective bargaining–Public service 280 Petition presented re ... 1221 Game ranching review ... 788 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta NRCB enforcement of confined feeding operation Accreditation process for immigrant doctors ... 603 regulations ... 777 Conflict of interest Automobiles–Seizure Agriculture minister as farmer ... 662 For highway racing offences (Motion 503: Congenital syphilis Johnston/Brown) ... 446–47 Increase in cases of ... 1691 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Public education campaign re, cancellation of ... 1897 Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1 Contaminated sites Briar Hill's first rich man, poor man dinner (fundraiser) Cleanup of ... 220, 382 Program from (SP262/08: Tabled) ... 1153 Corporations–Taxation Calgary Health Region Revenue from ... 879 Funding for ... 526 Cumulative Environmental Management Association Canadian Oil Sands Trust Protective green zones creation, recommendation re Syncrude reclamation security figures ... 470 ... 132 Cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan Dept. of Aboriginal Relations Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re Creation of ... 280 ... 894–95 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 280–83 Capital projects Support services ... 283 Public/private partnerships re ... 879 Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Capital projects–Calgary Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 602–03 Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development 1411 Minister's conflict of interest ... 662 Carbon dioxide sequestration Dept. of Environment Funding for projects re ... 1735–36 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 368–71, 381–83 Funding for projects re, Auditor General' comments Staffing ... 368 196 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Cumulative environmental effects, consideration of ... Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 879–81 840 Dept. of Health and Wellness Energy strategy Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 694–96, 700 Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 2203 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Environmental impact assessments Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 772–78 Asphalt plants ... 1472 Role of ... 132 Cumulative assessments ... 339, 368, 369–70, 840 Diesel fuel–Supply Cumulative assessments: Staffing component ... 368 Shortage of ... 1472 Environmental law/regulations Disabled Enforcement of ... 368 Government programs for ... 1581–82 Environmental protection Drinking water–First Nations reserves Funding for ... 220 Provincial funding to improve ... 283 Government responsibility for, member's statement re Drugs, Generic ... 130–31 General remarks ... 700 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Amendment Drugs, Prescription–Costs Act, 2006 (Bill 29, 2006) Reduction of, through bulk (provincial) purchasing ... General remarks ... 220, 382 700 Environmental technology Earth Day Development of ... 603 General remarks ... 130–31 Research re, funding for ... 603 Eastern Slopes Expert Scientific Panel on Chronic Wasting Disease in Impact of land-use plan on ... 773, 774, 2199 Canadian Wildlife Eastern Slopes–Environmental aspects Report ... 788 General remarks ... 338–39 Family medicine–Teaching Economic development and the environment Funding for ... 603 General remarks ... 369, 774, 2199, 2203 Instructors for ... 602, 603 Member's statement re ... 130–31, 338–39 Family physicians–Education Economic growth General remarks ... 602 Slow-down of ... 339, 369, 424, 773, 774, 839 Farm fatalities–Prevention Edmonton-Centre (Constituency) General remarks ... 611 Member for, nominated as Speaker ... 1 Farm safety Elbow River watershed General remarks ... 611, 715 Preservation of ... 776 Legislation re ... 662, 715 Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Feedlots Committee ... 1915–16 Waste discharge from ... 777 Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill First Nations development fund 34) Auditor General's recommendation re ... 280 Second reading ... 1604 Forest management Employment standards Impact of land-use framework on ... 773 Agricultural workers, application to ... 1740 Forest management–Crowsnest Pass area Encana Corporation General remarks ... 2204 Disruption of Rosebud area water well ... 53 Future Funding of ARC report on gas contamination of water Planning for ... 1894 wells ... 53 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Endangered wildlife species Revenue from ... 280 Habitat protection for ... 775, 1148–49 Game farming Energy conservation Auditor General's review of ... 788 General remarks ... 1895 Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 778, 788 Energy efficiency Gas industry General remarks ... 603 Reclamation requirements, funding of ... 382 Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United Government, Role of States) General remarks ... 879 General remarks ... 172 Gravel pit–Leduc county Energy industry Land-use framework application to ... 1021 Impact of land-use framework on ... 2203 Gravel pit–Smoky Lake county Use of water supplies ... 250, 369 Land-use framework application to ... 1021 Energy industry–Crown lands Grizzly Bear Recovery Team Aboriginal issues re, consultation policy re ... 280–81 Report ... 1149 Energy industry–Marie Lake area Grizzly bears–Populations Impact of land-use framework on ... 775 Statistics re, 2000-08 (Q15/08: Defeated) ... 1098 Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Grizzly bears–Protection General remarks ... 603, 880 General remarks ... 775, 1149 Energy Resources Conservation Board Groundwater 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 197

Inventory/mapping of ... 761 Kostuch, Dr. Martha Inventory/mapping of: Athabasca river basin (oil General remarks ... 220 sands area) ... 1061 Laboratories, Medical Inventory/mapping of: Staffing component ... 368 General remarks ... 700 Monitoring of ... 383 Labour laws and legislation Quality of ... 53 Changes to, letters re (SP610/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Testing of ... 53 Changes to, petition presented re ... 1221 Testing of, independent committee re ... 53 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Use by oil industry ... 250, 369 Second reading ... 1168–69 Groundwater–Pollution Committee ... 1242, 1247, 1250 Coal bed methane drilling impact on ... 53 Third reading ... 1271 Oil sands tailings ponds impact on ... 762, 971–72, Labour Relations Board 1061, 1212 Trust employees in health sciences union, designation Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) of ... 603 Second reading ... 1747–48 Land-use framework Committee ... 1917–18 Application to gravel pits ... 1021 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Co-ordination with energy strategy ... 2203 Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re Cumulative environmental effects aspect ... 369, ... 894–95 772–73, 774 Health Professions Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 46) Enforcement of ... 2203 Second reading ... 1908–09 General remarks ... 424, 772–73, 2203 Health sciences personnel Impact on conservation/environmental protection ... Trust employees designation, by Labour Board ... 603 775–76 High Prairie Health Complex Impact on economic growth ... 839–40 Syringe reuse at ... 1536 Impact on energy industry ... 2203 Syringe reuse at: Member's statement re ... 1544 Implementation of ... 840 Highway racing Inclusion of grizzly bear habitat in ... 775, 1149 Seizure of vehicles involved in (Motion 503: Inclusion of wildlife habitat conservation in ... 775, Johnston/Brown) ... 446–47 1148–49 Home care program Member's statement re ... 338–39 General remarks ... 695 Ministerial statement re ... 2199 Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention Monitoring/enforcement of ... 840 Standards re ... 1536, 1544 Regional plans for ... 840, 2203 Hub Oil Company Ltd. Reports/studies re (M6/08: Defeated) ... 1099 Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 220 Watershed protection aspects ... 840 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Second reading ... 90–91 Enforcement of regulations re ... 777 Hydrogen sulphide–Fort McMurray area Livestock industry, Intensive Leakage from tailings ponds ... 1088 Investigation of complaints re, reports/studies on Hydrogen sulphide emissions–Fort McMurray area (M7/08: Defeated) ... 1099 Cap on ... 1086, 1088 Local Authorities Pension Plan General remarks ... 1088 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Immigrant doctors presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 428, 586, 797, 1095, Accreditation process for ... 603 1221 Income tax, Provincial Logging Revenue from ... 879 As pine bark beetle control measure ... 776 Industrial development–Eastern Slopes Logging, Clear-cut–Kananaskis Country Impact of land-use framework on ... 773, 774 General remarks ... 776 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Airshed capacity for ... 369 hospitals)–Finance Water usage issues ... 369 General remarks ... 695 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Lubicon Lake Band Women Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on ... General remarks ... 2051 281 Investment of public funds Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) General remarks ... 879 Second reading ... 1481–82, 1484 Irrigation districts Medical care Sale of water to user groups ... 381 Reform of, impact of, member's statement re ... 1544 Water storage in reservoirs ... 14 Medical care, Primary Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) Funding for ... 695 Second reading ... 1485–86 Medical care, Private Kananaskis Country General remarks ... 759, 760 Logging practices in ... 776 Medical care–Finance 198 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Oregon Health Decisions model re ... 700 Reclamation of, letter re (SP256/08: Tabled) ... 1096 Medical devices, Single-use Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... 343, Monitoring of usage of ... 1536 580, 762, 895–96, 971–72, 1061, 2058 Members' Statements (2008) Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Health Environmental responsibility ... 130–31 impact of ... 343 Health risk study of Fort Chipewyan ... 894–95 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Integrity in government ... 1894–95 Independent report on ... 1016, 1212 Land-use framework ... 338–39 Waterfowl deaths on ... 343 Public health ... 1544 Ombudsman (Aboriginal peoples) Violence against women ... 2051 General remarks ... 283 Métis land claims Ombudsman (Métis settlements) General remarks ... 282 General remarks ... 282 Métis settlements One Simple Act program (Environmental protection Funding for ... 282 campaign) Self-reliance of ... 282 General remarks ... 1088 Mineral rights–Marie Lake area Oral Question Period (2008) Sale of, impact of land-use framework on ... 775 Athabasca River water quality ... 2058 Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Calgary asphalt plant ... 1472 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) Calgary asphalt plant air quality ... 1424–25 Second reading ... 1912–13 Calgary health region funding ... 526 Ministerial Statements (2008) Carbon capture and storage ... 1735 Health system governance ... 759 Climate change ... 288 Land-use framework ... 2199 Commercial vehicle drivers' hours of service ... 1899 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Compliance with environmental regulations ... against Women 340–41 General remarks ... 2051 Contamination by oil sands tailings pond ... 1016, Natural Resources Conservation Board 1212 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 777 Contamination by oil sands tailings ponds ... 761–62, Natural resources revenue 971–72 General remarks ... 879 Crowsnest Pass forest health ... 2204 Norway–Economic policy Deep well flooding ... 250 General remarks ... 881 Draft land-use framework ... 839–40 Oil recovery methods Effluent discharge into Athabasca River ... 895–96 Flooding of wells with groundwater ... 250 Endangered species ... 1148–49 Oil refineries Environmental protection ... 220 Reclamation requirements, funding of ... 382 Farm safety ... 611 Oil refineries–Waste disposal Farm worker safety ... 662, 715, 1739–40 Deep injection of wastewater ... 2054 Groundwater quality ... 53 Oil sands development Health system governance ... 759–60 Impact of U.S. energy bill (fuel standards) on ... 132 Land-use framework ... 424, 2203 Impact on aboriginal peoples ... 281, 282 Land-use management of gravel pits ... 1021 Kearl Lake project, federal court decision re ... 132, Monitoring of single-use medical devices ... 1536 341 Northern air quality ... 1086, 1088 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Radke Oil refinery waste water ... 2054 report on ... 370 Oil sands development ... 132 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Oil sands tailings pond leaks ... 580 down of ... 369, 773, 774 Oil sands tailings ponds impact on groundwater ... Oil sands development–Environmental aspects 1061 Cumulative effects assessment of ... 2199 Public health system ... 1897–98 General remarks ... 132, 894–95, 1086, 1088, 2058 Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 469–70 Reclamation activities ... 382 Sexually transmitted diseases ... 1691 Oil sands development–Health aspects Small business assistance ... 1429 Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re Support for human services agencies ... 1581–82 ... 894–95 Water ecosystem stewardship ... 789 General remarks ... 1086, 1088, 2058 Water management ... 132–33 Oil Sands Multi-Stakeholder Committee Water quality of Athabasca River ... 343 Reclamation costs, security re ... 469 Water transfers ... 1856 Oil sands tailings ponds Western irrigation district legal settlement ... 14 Hydrogen sulphide leakage from ... 1088 Parks, Provincial Monitoring of ... 341 Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 776 Reclamation of ... 340–41 Penn West Energy Trust Reclamation of, cleanup costs, security posted for ... Water licence application to withdraw groundwater ... 469–70 250 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 199

Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Labour law changes ... 1221 Second reading ... 1600–01 Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 215, 257, Seismic activity–Marie Lake area 348, 428, 586, 797, 1095, 1221 Impact of ... 1098–99 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) Seismic activity–Water bodies Second reading ... 1905 Impact of, evidence re (Q16/08: Defeated) ... Pine beetles–Control 1098–99 General remarks ... 776 Sexually transmitted diseases Pine beetles–Control–Kananaskis Country General remarks ... 1691 General remarks ... 776 Public education campaign re ... 696 Political leadership Small business Member's statement re ... 1894–95 Assistance to ... 1429 Political process Carbon footprint, assistance to reduce ... 1429 Public engagement in ... 1894–95 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Preventive medical services Funding for ... 1581–82 General remarks ... 695, 1691, 1897 South Saskatchewan River basin Protected areas Capacity of ... 369 Co-ordination with land-use framework ... 776 Speaker Protected areas–Elbow Valley watershed Election of ... 1 General remarks ... 776 Speech from the Throne Public Affairs Bureau Debate ... 38–39, 197, 201 Climate change initiatives, advertising campaign for Spills (Pollution)–Athabasca River ... 288 General remarks ... 343, 762, 895–96 Public health system Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamun Dismissal of doctors in ... 1691, 1897 CN train derailment, cleanup costs re ... 469 General remarks ... 1897–98 Spray Lake Sawmills Public inquiries Logging practices ... 776, 2204 Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, Suncor Inc. and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 215, 257, 348, Hazardous release, on-site pipe rupture ... 580 428, 586, 797, 1095, 1221 Millennium upgrader discharge into Athabasca River Public Service Pension Plan ... 895–96 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Millennium upgrader discharge into Athabasca River, presented re ... 215, 257, 348, 428, 586, 797, 1095, meeting with community of Fort Chip re 1221 (SP210/08: Tabled) ... 981 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond), seepage from Water supply for ... 14, 1856 ... 971–72, 1016, 1212 Reclamation of land Tailings ponds seepage into surrounding water Downstream oil and gas sector (refineries, etc.) ... 382 courses, independent report on ... 1015–16 Industrial sites ... 220 Surplus, Budgetary Oil sands operations ... 382 General remarks ... 879 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 340–41 Heritage Fund investment ... 879 Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security Syncrude Canada Ltd. posted for ... 469–70 Tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security posted for ... Oil sands tailings ponds, letter re (SP256/08: Tabled) 470 ... 1096 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 343 Regional health authorities Taxation Changes to governance of ... 695, 696, 759–60 General remarks ... 879 Changes to governance of, ministerial statement re ... Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) 759 Third reading ... 987 Long-term care facilities' operation ... 695 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Regulatory Review Secretariat Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Small business regulation reduction ... 1429 1) Replacement workers Second reading ... 203, 205 General remarks ... 2081 Committee ... 963–64, 989 Petition presented re ... 1221 Third reading ... 1029 Reservoirs Traffic Safety Act General remarks ... 14 Amendment re seizure of vehicles involved in Revenue highway racing (Motion 503: Johnston/Brown) ... General remarks ... 879 446–47 St. Joseph's General Hospital, Vegreville Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Bacterial infection situation in ... 1536, 1544 Act, 2008 (Bill 205) Savings plan, Provincial Second reading ... 1102 General remarks ... 1429 TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. 200 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

North Central Corridor project across Lubicon complex ... 14 territory ... 281 Western red cedar Treasury Board Preservation of ... 2204 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 879–81 Western Sky Land Trust Truck drivers Document re conservation of land along Bow River Hours of service regulation for ... 1899 (SP177/08: Tabled) ... 770 Tsuu T'ina First Nation Western white pine Asphalt plant shut down on ... 1472 Preservation of ... 2204 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Whistle-blower protection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) Legislation re ... 1536, 1544 Third reading ... 2068 White Ribbon campaign Violence against women General remarks ... 2051 Member's statement re ... 2051 Wildlife conservation Wages–Disabled facility employees General remarks ... 775 Increase to ... 1582 Wildlife habitat Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees Conservation of ... 775, 776, 1148–49 Discrepancy compared to public service employees ... Conservation of, funding for ... 1149 1582 Workers' compensation Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 715 Funding for ... 370 Workplace certification (Labour laws) General remarks ... 789 General remarks ... 2081 Relation to land-use framework ... 840 Petition presented re ... 1221 Staffing for ... 368 Workplace safety Western Irrigation District funding under ... 14 Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 1739 Water licences Young Albertans' Advisory Council Act (Bill 207) Allocation of ... 132–33 Second reading ... 1556–57 Allocation of, FITFIR system re ... 1856 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) Allocation of, public review of ... 133, 1856 Agricultural diversification Deep well flooding projects ... 250 General remarks ... 406 Racing entertainment complex in Balzac ... 14 Agricultural workers Water quality–Athabasca River Inclusion under employment standards provisions ... Impact of oil and grease leak into ... 895–96, 972, 247 2058 Inclusion under labour laws ... 247 Impact of oil and grease leak into, Suncor meeting Inclusion under workers' compensation ... 247 with Fort Chip re (SP210/08: Tabled) ... 981 Inclusion under workplace safety laws ... 166, 216, Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 343, 247, 287–88, 2133, 2202 762, 971–72, 1061–62, 2058 Agriculture Water quality–Fort Chipewyan Funding for, variations in ... 405–06 Impact on human/wildlife health, Timoney report on Government assistance programs ... 2175–77 ... 343 Agriculture–Research Water resources development Funding for ... 406, 408 General remarks ... 132–33, 370, 761, 789 Agriculture Financial Services Amendment Act, 2008 Impact of land-use framework on ... 840 (Bill 33) Water supply Second reading ... 1459–62 Connection with groundwater, study of ... 761 Committee ... 1622, 1761 General remarks ... 338 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Use by energy industry ... 250 General remarks ... 408 Water transfers (intrabasin) Relationship with ATB ... 411 General remarks ... 1856 Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Water wells–Rosebud area Committee ... 1308–09 Contamination with methane gas ... 53 AgriStability (Federal/provincial initiative) Water withdrawal from lakes, rivers–North Improvement of ... 408 Saskatchewan River Airdrie-Chestermere (Constituency) Use for bitumen upgraders, Edmonton area ... 369–70 Member for, website comments on lottery funds Watershed planning distribution in ... 1849 General remarks ... 789 Alberta–Economic conditions Watershed planning and advisory councils Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285, General remarks ... 789 1313, 1470, 1508, 1895 Well sites, Abandoned Alberta–Economic policy Remediation of ... 220 General remarks ... 1507–08, 1535–36, 1895, Western Irrigation District 1979–80 Legal settlement ... 14, 381 Impact of oil and gas price declines on ... 1777, 2132 Provision of water to Balzac racing entertainment Alberta Cancer Board 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 201

Replacement by single provincial Health Services policy, approval of ... 2052 Board, letter re (SP333/08: Tabled) ... 1324 Climate change plan, comments on lack of Alberta Capital Finance Authority Amendment Act, measurements for ... 2009 2008 (Bill 29) Peace Country Health's monitoring of long-term care Second reading ... 1487–89 facilities, report on ... 49–50 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 48) Resource royalty system comments ... 609–10 Committee ... 1999–2000 Automobile seat belts Third reading ... 2048 Effectiveness of legislation re ... 216 Alberta Evidence Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 30) BA Energy Inc. Third reading ... 1660–61 Heartland upgrader, shelving of ... 1285, 1469 Alberta farm fuel benefit program Biofuels industry Administration of applications to, 1997-2008 Funding for ... 327 (M16/08: Accepted) ... 1394 Use of food crops as feedstock ... 327–28, 406 Costs of, 1997-2008 (Q21/08: Response tabled as Use of food crops as feedstock, integrated pods SP458) ... 1547 (business clusters) re ... 329 New applicants to, 1997-2008 (Q20/08: Accepted) ... Use of food crops as feedstock, subsidies for ... 329 1389 Bitumen Alberta farm recovery program Upgrading ... 329, 1685–86, 2102 General remarks ... 408 Upgrading: Carbon dioxide emmisions reduction in ... Alberta Federation of Labour 2009 Alberta farm safety comments ... 166 Upgrading: Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on Alberta Health Services Board ... 1285 Capital Health representation on ... 1379, 2131 Upgrading: Suspension of projects re ... 1285, 1314, Code-of-conduct/conflict-of-interest rules for ... 2051, 1469–70, 1685, 1733, 1777, 2102 2102, 2131 Bitumen–Export Letter re (SP/33308: Tabled) ... 1324 General remarks ... 1685–86 Member of (Tony Franceschini): Conflict-of-interest Job loss implications ... 2102 of ... 2051–52, 2102 Limit on, by federal government ... 1777 Members of: Appointment, suspension of ... 2052, Prevention of, due to receiving country's 2102 environmental legislation ... 1314 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Bitumen–Prices General remarks ... 1980 Valuation method for ... 1733–34 Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... Bitumen–Royalties 1285, 1313 Level of ... 166, 1733–34 Alberta Investment Management Corporation Bitumen pipelines Pension funds management, impact of 2008 General remarks ... 1685–86 international financial crisis on ... 1285 Job loss implications ... 2102 Updates to province during 2008 international Bruce Power financial crisis ... 1285 Nuclear power plant proposal for Peace River ... Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy 81–82 General remarks ... 2103–04 Budget debate Alberta Livestock Information System Motion 10: Evans ... 175–79 Mandatory age verification element ... 2103–04 Calgary Health Region Alberta Mental Health Board Conflict of interest issues in ... 2131 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation Board, letter re (SP333/08: Tabled) ... 1324 General remarks ... 1978 Alberta seniors benefit program Cancer–Treatment–Calgary General remarks ... 1143 Funding for ... 2009–10 Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund Capital Health Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Board of, termination, role of Deputy Minister of presented re ... 165, 257, 296–97, 400, 586, 1024, Health and Wellness in ... 1379 1065, 1094 Chief Executive Officer of, dismissal of ... 1379 Alberta Utilities Commission Representation on new Health Services Board ... Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across 1379, 2131 Lubicon land ... 1352–53 Capital projects Alberta's Commission on Learning Deficit re, as element of public debt ... 1980 Class size recommendations ... 1221 Public/private partnerships re, as element of public Arts–Finance debt ... 1980 General remarks ... 1096 Carbon dioxide emissions Athabasca River basin Hard caps (absolute reduction) for industry re ... 1733 Groundwater mapping in ... 1015–16 Reduction in ... 419 Auditor General Carbon dioxide sequestration Alberta Health Services Board's conflict of interest Funding for projects re ... 1686, 2009 202 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

General remarks ... 419 Crop insurance program Usefulness in oil sands applications ... 2009 General remarks ... 408 Carbon tax Debts, Public (Provincial government) General remarks ... 1686 General remarks ... 1508, 1979–80 Central Alberta Rodeo Association Deficit financing Letter in support of rodeo as Alberta's official sport General remarks ... 1352, 1895 (SP593/08: Tabled) ... 2037 Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Business plan ... 405–06 Health related societies' fundraising, impact of health Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 405–08, 411–12 regions reorganization on ... 1380 Minister's resignation ... 216 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Dept. of Energy 2008 (Bill 40) Budget: Energy regulation item ... 319 Third reading ... 2124–25 Budget: Resource development and managment item Child and Youth Advocate ... 319, 327 Annual reports ... 1423–24, 1470 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 316–19, 327–29 Annual reports, referral to policy field committee ... Dept. of Health and Wellness 1426 Deputy Minister of, role in terminating Capital Health Appearance before a policy field committee ... 1426, board ... 1379 1470 Standards compliance branch, monitoring of health Quarterly reports ... 1423, 1470 care standards ... 1579–80 Quarterly reports, referral to policy field committee ... Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations 1426 Minister's visit to Washington, D.C. ... 419 Child welfare recipients Minister's visit to Washington, D.C., minister's blog Protection of ... 1470 re (SP116/08: Tabled) ... 428 Children–Employment Discovery Wildlife Park On farms ... 247 Letter re (SP114/08: Tabled) ... 428 Children and poverty Economic development and the environment General remarks ... 2200 General remarks ... 1733 Treasury Board president's remarks re ... 2176 Education–Finance Civil service pensions General remarks ... 1536 Impact of 2008 international financial crisis on ... Letter re (SP280/08: Tabled) ... 1221 1285, 1313 Electric power, Coal-produced Class size (Grade school) Carbon dioxide emissions reduction in, funding for ... General remarks ... 1221 2009 Climate change Electric power–Prices Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 419 Regulated option re ... 1144 Alberta plan for: Auditor General's report on ... 2009 Electric utilities–Regulations Alberta plan for: Harmonization with federal plan ... Deregulation ... 1143–44 1314, 1733, 1822 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Alberta plan for: Impact of new U.S. plans on ... Temporary Standing Order amendments (not 1821–22 proceeded with) ... 25 First ministers' meeting re, November 2008: Employment standards Attendance of Premier at ... 1733 Agricultural workers, application to ... 247 Climate Change and Emissions Management Energy efficiency Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 8) Funding for ... 327 Committee ... 1344–45 Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2159–60 CN Rail Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (United Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, cleanup costs re ... States) 523 General remarks ... 1822 Coal–Royalties Energy resources, Alternate/renewable General remarks ... 317 Use in place of nuclear energy ... 132 Committees, Policy field Environmental law/regulations Appearance of Child and Youth Advocate before ... Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 340, 392 1426, 1470 Environmental Protection Security Fund Computers in schools General remarks ... 523–24 General remarks ... 1221 Ethanol from food crops Conflict of interest Impact on food and water supplies ... 327, 406 Alberta Health Services Board member (Tony Ethics Commissioner Franceschini) ... 2051–52, 2102 Ruling on conflict of interest re Stantec CEO as Alberta Health Services Board's rules re ... 2051, member of Health Services Board ... 2051–52, 2102, 2131 2102 Crop Diversification Centre, Brooks Ruling on conflict of interest re Stantec CEO as New research greenhouse, funding for ... 406 member of Health Services Board, letters re 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 203

(SP605/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Greenhouse gas emissions ExxonMobil Corporation National harmonization of regulations re ... 1314, Application of Alberta environmental laws to ... 392, 1733, 1822 420 North American harmonization of regulations re ... Transparency of, report on (SP115/08: Tabled) ... 428 1821–22 Family physicians–Education Greenhouses–Employees General remarks ... 1896 Coverage under workplace safety rules ... 2133 Farm fatalities–Prevention Groundwater General remarks ... 166, 247–48 Inventory/mapping of: Athabasca river basin (oil Farm safety sands area) ... 1015–16 General remarks ... 166, 412 Growth Strategy Secretariat (Agriculture) Legislation re ... 216, 247–48 Funding for ... 406 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Gynecological cancer surgery Second reading ... 1653–54 Wait times for, letters re (SP606/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) 31) Second reading ... 1771–74 Third reading ... 1661 Health Information Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 52) Financial Investment and Planning Advisory Second reading ... 2127 Commission Health Resource Centre, Calgary Report ... 1352, 1625, 1939 General remarks ... 2131 First ministers' meeting on climate change policy, Health sciences personnel–Supply November 2008 Reduction of ... 576 Attendance of Premier at ... 1733, 1778 High school completion First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation General remarks ... 1536 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) Holy Cross Eye Surgery Centre Committee ... 1306–07 General remarks ... 2131 Third reading ... 1465–66 Holy Cross hospital, Calgary Food–Supply Cancer treatment beds in ... 2009–10 Shortage of, impact of ethanol production on ... 407 Horse racing Food chain traceability programs Lottery funding for ... 1626 General remarks ... 407 Horse Racing Alberta Food safety Annual report, 2006, excerpt from (SP295/08: Funding for ... 408 Tabled) ... 1222–23 General remarks ... 407 Annual report, 2007, excerpt from (SP294/08: Foothills Country Hospice Tabled) ... 1222 MLAs presentation of cheque to, article re (SP586/08: Arrangements with United Horsemen of Alberta ... Tabled) ... 2018 1211–12, 1218–19, 1222–23 Forest conservation–Wood Buffalo area Loans to Balzac racing entertainent complex ... Letter re (SP69/08: Tabled) ... 224 1211–12, 1218–19 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Hospice–Highwood/Foothills-Rocky View Oil sands issues information shared with federal constituencies government (Kostuch request) ... 577–78 Lottery funds for ... 1849 Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) Hospital-acquired infections–Prevention Second reading ... 1612, 1654 Standards re, monitoring of ... 1579 Gas, Natural Hospitals Use as power source in oil sands production ... 317 Unbundling of services in ... 2131 Gas, Natural–Prices Hospitals–Construction Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 2132 General remarks ... 2072 Forecasting of ... 316–17, 318 Hospitals–Grande Prairie Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 New hospital, funding for ... 2072 Gasoline–Prices Hospitals–High Prairie Relation to royalties ... 81 New hospital, funding for ... 2072 Golf courses Hospitals–Standards Provincial grants to ... 1625–26 Enforcement of ... 1579–80 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) 35) Second reading ... 1301–02 Second reading ... 1494 International finance Government spending policy Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... 1285, Elimination of legislative limits to ... 1536 1313, 1470, 1508, 1895 General remarks ... 1507–08, 1535–36, 1625–26, Investment of public funds 1665–66, 1895–96, 1980 General remarks ... 1980 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 Long-term policy re ... 1352 Restraint in ... 2101 Jury Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 28) 204 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Second reading ... 1486–87 Medical clinics, Private Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd. Increase in ... 2131 Letter re (SP114/08: Tabled) ... 428 Medical profession–Education Labour laws and legislation Shortage of spaces re ... 13 Coverage of agricultural workers ... 247 Medical profession–Supply Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) General remarks ... 13 Second reading ... 1188–91, 1197, 1199–1201, 1203 Members of the Legislative Assembly Committee ... 1241, 1244–45, 1247, 1251–52, 1262 Agricultural payments to ... 2175–77, 2185–87 Third reading ... 1268–69 Distribution of lottery grant money ... 1849–50 Libraries, School Presentation of cheques re government programs, General remarks ... 1221 article re (SP586/08: Tabled) ... 2018 Livestock industry Salaries of, setting of ... 1211 Competitiveness/sustainability ... 2103–04 Members' Statements (2008) Loan guarantees, Government Health care system ... 576 Nuclear power projects ... 1086 Lyme disease ... 1978 Lobbyists–Registration Rodeo as Alberta's official sport ... 1820–21 Delay in implementation of ... 82 University of Alberta centennial ... 1313 Local Authorities Pension Plan Members' withdrawal of remarks Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Treasury Board president's receipt of agricultural presented re ... 165, 257, 296–97, 400, 586, 1024, payments ... 2187 1065, 1094 Minable oil sands strategy Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary General remarks ... 577–78, 609 hospitals)–Peace River region Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Monitoring of standards in ... 50 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Committee ... 1994–95 hospitals)–Staffing Ministers (Provincial government) Shortages of, letter re (SP139/08: Tabled) ... 587 Number of, reduction in ... 2101 Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Salary levels for, setting of ... 1211 hospitals)–Standards Vehicles used by, allowance for ... 2101 Enforcement of ... 50 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Lottery boards, Community (Bill 41) Return of ... 1626, 1850, 1940 Committee ... 1992–93 Lottery Fund Third reading ... 2046 Balzac racing entertainent complex funding ... National energy program 1211–12, 1218–19 General remarks ... 1895 Funds allocation ... 1625–26, 1665–66 Natural resources revenue Funds allocation, political bias in ... 1849–50, 1940, Collection of appropriate amount of ... 609–10 2010 Decline in ... 1777 Funds allocation, political bias in, website blog entry Performance measures re ... 327 re (SP587/08: Tabled) ... 2018 Saving of percentage of, Liberal opposition plan re ... Funds allocation, to cancer treatment beds in Calgary 1939 ... 2010 New Royalty Framework (2007) Low-income seniors Application to Suncor and Syncrude ... 166, 316–17, Special-needs assistance ... 1143 1150 Lubicon Lake Band General remarks ... 316, 327, 1150 Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on ... Reaction to oil price changes ... 81, 288, 1057–58 1352–53 Royalty projections in, documents based on (M3/08: Lyme disease Defeated) ... 624 Member's statement re ... 1978 Northland School Division Major community facilities program School lunch program ... 2200 Distribution of funds from ... 1849 Nuclear power plants Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Discussion at Western Premiers' Conference ... 1085 Delays in opening ... 1666, 1688 Expert panel to review ... 216 Meat Inspection Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 32) Expert panel to review: Pro-nuclear position of Second reading ... 1457–58 member of ... 216 Committee ... 1620, 1760 General remarks ... 81–82, 131–32 Medical care Insurance costs re, provincial assistance with ... 1086 Letter re (SP158/08: Tabled) ... 620 Provincial loan guarantees for ... 1086 Member's statement re ... 576 Public discussions re ... 82 Reform of ... 1379–80 Water requirements ... 131 Medical care, Private Nuclear power plants– Waste disposal General remarks ... 2131 General remarks ... 132 Letter re (SP45/08: Tabled) ... 81 Nurses–Education 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 205

General remarks ... 1896 Farm worker safety ... 247–48, 287–88, 2133, 2202 Shortage of spaces re ... 13 Fiscal accountability ... 1508 Nurses–Supply Fiscal responsibility ... 1895 General remarks ... 13 Fiscal restraints ... 2101 Office of the Premier Government spending ... 1535–36, 1625–26, 1665–66 Premier's attendance at first ministers' meeting on Government spending controls ... 1507–08 climate change policy ... 1733, 1778 Health system restructuring ... 1379–80, 2072, 2131 Premier's salary level, setting of ... 1211 International financial crisis ... 1285 Oil–Prices Investment and savings strategy ... 1980 Decline in, impact on Alberta economy ... 1777, 2132 Livestock and meat strategy ... 2103–04 Forecasting of ... 316–17, 318, 1980 Lottery funding ... 1849–50, 1940 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 Lubicon Lake Band land claim ... 1352–53 Impact on New Royalty Framework ... 81, 288, Managed growth in the oil sands ... 1469–70 1057–58 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 1666 Impact on surplus ... 318 Minable oil sands strategy presentation ... 577–78 Oil–Royalites MLA remuneration ... 1211 General remarks ... 1057–58 Monitoring health care standards ... 1579 Oil sands development Monitoring of oil sands tailings ponds ... 340, 392, Federal/provincial information sharing re, 420 inconsistencies in ... 577–78 New royalty framework ... 81, 288, 1150 Kearl Lake project, federal court decision re ... 578 Nuclear power ... 81–82, 131–32, 216, 1085–86 Timing/scope of new projects (growth issues): Slow Oil royalty framework ... 1057–58 down of ... 1469–70, 2132 Oil sands bitumen export ... 1685–86 Use of natural gas supplies ... 317 Oil sands development construction ... 1777–78 Value-added opportunities ... 329 Oil sands development downturn ... 2132 Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Peace River health region ... 49–50 Carbon dioxide emmisions reduction in ... 2009 Police officer funding ... 1470–71 General remarks ... 419 Protection of children in care ... 1470 Oil sands tailings ponds Provincial fiscal strategy ... 1979–80 Management plans re, tabling of ... 609 Provincial savings strategy ... 1352, 1939 Monitoring of ... 340 Provincial spending ... 1895–96 Monitoring of (self-monitoring) ... 340, 392, 420, 523 Recent investment losses ... 1313 Reclamation of ... 578 Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 523, 609 Reclamation of, cleanup costs ... 523–24, 609 Royalty revenues ... 609–10 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... 340 School nutrition programs ... 1087–88 Seepage from, into surrounding water courses: Seniors' benefits ... 1143 Independent report on ... 1015–16 Shortage of health practitioners ... 13 Waterfowl deaths on ... 339–40, 419 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2175–77, Waterfowl deaths on, anonymous tip re ... 339–40, 2199–2200 392 Syncrude royalty agreement ... 1778 Waterfowl deaths on, release of photos of ... 391 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. ... 1211–12, Winding down of, public inquiry into ... 420 1218–19 OPTI Canada Inc. / Nexen Inc. Waterfowl deaths in oil sands tailings pond ... Long Lake upgrader joint project, suspension of ... 339–40, 391 1469 Whistle-blower protection ... 392 Oral Question Period (2008) Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Alberta Health Services Board ... 2051–52, 2071, Rotation of questions/35-second rule ... 13 2102 Parliamentary assistants Bitumen exports ... 2102 Elimination of ... 2101 Bitumen royalties ... 166 Parliamentary democracy Bitumen valuation ... 1733–34 Standing Order amendment motion ... 25 Cancer treatment beds in Calgary ... 2009–10 Patronage Carbon capture and storage in the oil sands ... 2009 Peace Country Health board members, membership in Child and Youth Advocate ... 1426 PC party ... 50 Child and Youth Advocate annual reports ... 1423–24 Peace Country Health Climate change ... 1314, 1733, 1821–22 Board of, membership in PC party ... 50 Contamination by oil sands tailings pond ... 1015–16 Long-term care facilities monitoring ... 49–50 Electricity prices ... 1143–44 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Enforcing health care standards ... 1579–80 Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 165, 257, Environmental protection security fund ... 523–24 296–97, 400, 586, 1024, 1065, 1094 Environmentally sustainable oil sands development ... Petro-Canada 419 Upgrading of bitumen in the U.S. ... 2102 Farm safety ... 166, 216 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) 206 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Second reading ... 1888 School nutrition programs Committee ... 1958 General remarks ... 1087–88, 2175–77, 2199–2200 Point of Order Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38) Allegations against a member ... 1695, 2185–87 Second reading ... 1616 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 1193 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Explanation of Speaker's statement ... 13 Committee ... 1655, 1764, 1767 Factual accuracy ... 2111–12 Senior citizens Inflammatory language ... 403 Government programs ... 1143 Police Sewage disposal plants Increase in numbers of ... 1535 Funding for ... 406–07 Police, Provincial Sheriffs Sheriffs as ... 1471 New officers for ... 1470–71 Police–Finance Sierra Club General remarks ... 1470–71 Representation on provincial panel studying nuclear Ponoka Stampede Association power ... 216 Letter in support of rodeo as Alberta's official sport Snow Valley Ski Club (SP594/08: Tabled) ... 2037–38 High-speed chairlift, provincial funding for ... 1625 Property tax–Education levy Solar power Seniors' tax relief re ... 1143 Use in place of nuclear energy ... 132 Public Affairs Bureau Speech from the Throne Child and Youth Advocate annual reports, Debate ... 32–36 involvement in preparing ... 1423 Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamun Public inquiries CN train derailment, cleanup costs re ... 523 Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, Sport, Provincial and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 165, 257, Rodeo as, member's statement re ... 1820–21 296–97, 400, 586, 1024, 1065, 1094 Standing Orders Oil sands tailings ponds, winding down of ... 420 Temporary amendments to, request for emergency Public Service Pension Plan debate re ... 25 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Stantec Inc. presented re ... 165, 257, 296–97, 400, 586, 1024, CEO of, as Alberta Health Services Board member ... 1065, 1094 2051–52, 2102 Racing entertainment centres–Balzac CEO of, as Alberta Health Services Board member, Horse Racing Alberta's loans to ... 1211–12, 1218–19 letters re (SP605/08: Tabled) ... 2081 Recession–Alberta Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) General remarks ... 2132 Second reading ... 1889 Reclamation of land Committee ... 1959–60 Industrial sites ... 523 StatoilHydro ASA Oil sands operations, certificates issued for ... 524 Alberta upgrader project delay ... 1314, 1469 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 578, 1016 Suncor Inc. Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs ... 523–24, 609 Annual report, 2007: Pages 20, 25, and 26 from Regional health authorities (SP156/08: Tabled) ... 620 Changes to governance of ... 50, 1379–80, 2131 Annual report, 2007: Royalty level comments ... Changes to governance of, costs ... 1895–96, 2072 609–10 Changes to governance of, impact on not-for-profit Reclamation and cleanup funding ... 609 fundraising for health care ... 1380 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Changes to governance of, letter re (SP333/08: ... 166, 316, 1150 Tabled) ... 1324 Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation General remarks ... 576 of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Rodeo tabled as SP330/08) ... 624, 935 As Alberta's official sport, member's statement re ... Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 317 1820–21 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond), reclamation of As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ...... 1016 2037–38, 2043 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond), seepage from Royal Canadian Mounted Police ... 1015–16 Replacement by provincial sheriffs ... 1471 Tailings ponds seepage into surrounding water Royalty Review Panel courses, independent report on ... 1015–16 Resource royalty system comments ... 609–10 Supreme Court of Canada Royalty structure (Energy resources) Farm workers' exclusion from labour laws ruling ... General remarks ... 316, 327 166 Projections of value of, documents used to (M3/08: Surface rights Defeated) ... 624 Compensation, committee to review (Motion 512: Savings plan, Provincial Marz) ... 1879 General remarks ... 318, 1352, 1939, 1980 Surplus, Budgetary 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 207

Impact of energy prices forecasts on ... 318 Application to nuclear power water requirements ... Syncrude Canada Ltd. 131 Aurora open pit mine, reclamation costs ... 523 Water supply Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation of Use by nuclear power industry ... 131 ... 166, 316, 1150, 1778 Weed Control Act (Bill 23) Royalty agreement with government, renegotiation Second reading ... 1609 of: Attendees at meetings re (M4/08: Response Western Premiers' Conference tabled as SP330/08) ... 624, 935 Nuclear power issues discussion at ... 1085 Royalty structure change, to bitumen rate ... 317 Whistle-blower protection Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 339–40, 391, Legislation re ... 392 392, 419, 420 Wind power Taxation Use in place of nuclear power ... 132 40% increase in, in future ... 1939 Wolves–Populations General remarks ... 1535, 1536, 1895 Reduction of, in Clearwater area, letter re (SP247/08: Increases in, prediction of ... 1352 Tabled) ... 1096 Teachers' Pension Plan Workers' compensation Unfunded liability, funding for, as element of public Agricultural workers' coverage under ... 247 debt ... 1980 Workplace safety Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Inclusion of agricultural workers under ... 166, 216, (Alberta /British Columbia) 247, 287–88, 2133, 2202 Farm worker safety standards under ... 288 Zoos–Standards Trade missions–U.K./Europe Enforcement of, documents re (M17/08: Defeated) ... General remarks ... 1733, 1778 1395 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Tarchuk, Hon. Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) Committee ... 2000–01 Aboriginal children TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. Provincial programs for ... 737 North Central Corridor project across Lubicon Provincial programs for (Q17/08: Response tabled as territory ... 1352–53 SP269/08) ... 1153 Transparency International Aboriginal peoples Comments re ExxonMobil openness ... 420 Government programs for ... 1019 Comments re ExxonMobil openness, report on Affordable housing (SP115/08: Tabled) ... 428 Secure/second-stage units ... 749 Treasury Board Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission President of, agricultural payments received by ... Drug treatment programs ... 751 2176, 2185–87 Alberta Association of Services for Children and President of, comments on child poverty ... 2176 Families President of, freezing of expenses of ... 2101 General remarks ... 1430 Treasury Branches Alberta Children and Youth Initiative Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285 General remarks ... 398 Relationship with AFSC ... 411 Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial General remarks ... 747, 748, 749 Day Act (Bill 37) Alberta Foster Parent Association Second reading ... 1676–77 General remarks ... 740 Unemployment Alberta Response Model (Child welfare) Impact of economic slowdown on ... 1777 General remarks ... 737, 741, 745 United Horsemen of Alberta Inc. Alberta's Promise Agreement with province re Balzac racing General remarks ... 56, 736 entertainment complex ... 1211–12, 1218–19, Autism spectrum disorder 1222–23 General remarks ... 742, 745 United States government Battered women–Housing Political party change in, impact on Alberta economy In hotels ... 791–92 ... 1777, 1821–22 Second-stage housing ... 748–49 University of Alberta Bullying–Prevention Centennial, member's statement re ... 1313 Initiatives re ... 1897 University of Alberta. Dept. of Music Child and family services authorities Infrastructure deterioration, letter re (SP246/08: Daycare in schools, consultations re ... 612 Tabled) ... 1096 May 27 meeting with contracted agencies ... 741 Victims Restitution and Compensation Payment Programs offered by, in comparison with FCSS Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 50) programs ... 928 Committee ... 2002 Youth shelters monitoring ... 1852 Vision 2020; Health Care for Today and the Future Child and Youth Advocate General remarks ... 2131 Annual reports ... 751, 1216, 1423–24, 1425–26, Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability 1470, 1584 208 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Annual reports, 2005-06 to 2007-08: Government authorities ... 741, 743 response to (SP320/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Staff salaries, discrepancy with government Annual reports, 2005-06 to 2007-08 (SP317-319/08: employees ... 740–41, 743 Tabled) ... 1295 Staffing problems ... 742–43, 1424 Annual reports, referral to policy field committee ... Staffing problems, funding re ... 527, 736, 1216, 1426 1424, 1430, 1690 Appearance before a policy field committee ... 1426, Working committee re ... 1424, 1430, 1542 1470 Committees, Policy field Privacy of files of ... 1853–54 Appearance of Child and Youth Advocate before ... Quarterly reports ... 751, 1425–26, 1428–29, 1470, 1426, 1470 1474–75, 1540, 1584, 1630 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Quarterly reports, 2006-08 (SP366/08), responses to Aboriginal/immigrant family violence prevention (SP423/08: Tabled) ... 1546 funding ... 530 Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition Daycare centres parties to discuss ... 1470, 1474 Caregivers to infants ratio in ... 17 Quarterly reports, arrangement with opposition Five-point plan re ... 17, 53 parties to discuss, privilege question re ... 1630 General remarks ... 2176 Quarterly reports, referral to policy field committee ... National plan principles re (revised Conservative 1426 government plan) ... 737 Reporting mechanism for ... 1539–40, 1584, 1630, Parent fees for, capping of ... 17–18, 53, 747, 748 1853–54 Parent fees for, increase in ... 613 Child care after/before school Spaces for ... 17–18, 19, 53, 473–74, 611, 613, 735, Provincial assistance re ... 17, 19, 611, 612, 613, 735, 738, 739, 745, 927, 1587 746, 753, 928 Subsidies re ... 50, 56, 612–13, 710–11 Wage supplement for employees in ... 738, 750 Daycare centres–Accreditation Child Care Licensing Act General remarks ... 737 Caregivers to infants ratio regulation ... 17 Daycare centres–Employees Regulations under ... 738 Attraction funding for ... 738, 739 Child welfare Qualifications, changes to ... 1586–87 Early childhood intervention programs ... 50, 2176 Salaries of ... 17, 19, 611, 738, 748, 927–28 High-risk children, strategy re ... 1852 Shortage of ... 19, 611 Child welfare recipients Training of, bursaries re ... 19, 611, 738, 739 Aboriginal children, rate of injury/death ... 740 Daycare centres–Finance Accommodation in motels ... 743 Federal funding ... 17 Deaths of, special case review of ... 740 General remarks ... 17–18, 53, 473–74, 611, 613, Legal actions on behalf of ... 750 710–11, 735 Protection of ... 1428–29, 1470, 1474–75, 1584, 1985 Underspending ... 746 Protection of: Government reponse to reports on Daycare centres–Licensing (SP320/08: Tabled) ... 1295 Regulations re ... 738 Child welfare workers Daycare in family members' homes Caseloads ... 529, 741, 750, 752 General remarks ... 739, 752 Casework practice model ... 529, 736, 737, 741, 745 Daycare in private homes Salaries, discrepancy with contracted agencies ... Safety aspects ... 1587 740–41 Daycare in the workplace Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act General remarks ... 744–45 Caseload model under ... 741 Delegated First Nations agencies (Child welfare) Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Amendment Act, Casework practice model ... 741 2008 (Bill 40) Dept. of Children and Youth Services General remarks ... 1853 Deputy Minister's office, budget increase ... 753 Children Legal actions re children in care, funding for ... 750 Government programs for, cross-ministry initiatives Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 735–53 ... 398 Main estimates, 2008-09: Responses to questions Children–Protective services during (SP297/08: Tabled) ... 1221 Funding for ... 736 Minister, resignation of ... 1428–29, 1474–75 General remarks ... 2176 Minister's office, budget increase ... 752–53 Children and poverty Programs for aboriginal children (Q17/08: response Aboriginal children ... 50 tabled as SP269/08) ... 1153 General remarks ... 50, 56, 737–38, 2137, 2176 Dept. of Children's Services Children from broken marriages Annual report, 2007-08 (SP372/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Access to, in safe visitation sites ... 1985 Disabled children Children's services agencies (Non-profit) Government programs for ... 735, 742, 2012 Funding for ... 1430, 1542 Government programs for, integration of, with May 27 meeting with child and family services education programs ... 743, 2012 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 209

Disabled children–Education Children and youth initiative ... 398 Cross-ministry initiatives re ... 2012 Children and Youth Services caseworkers ... 529 Domestic violence–Prevention Children at risk ... 1852, 2137 Aboriginal/immigrant families, provincial initiatives Contracted human service agencies ... 615 re ... 530, 735, 747, 748 Family and community support services ... 928 General remarks ... 747, 748 Family violence ... 530 Provincial initiatives re ... 530 Farm worker safety ... 715 Telephone information line re ... 530 Funding for contracted CFSA agencies ... 527 Early childhood education Funding for human services ... 1216 Full-day programs ... 738 Homeless children ... 1690, 1692–93 General remarks ... 743 Homeless Youth ... 2011 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 738 Protection of children in care ... 1428–29, 1470, Family and community support services program 1474–75, 1584 Bursaries for staff in ... 928 Social sevices agencies ... 170 Funding ... 736, 753, 928 Support for child care ... 710–11 General remarks ... 50, 56, 736, 745, 753, 928, 2137 Support for child care agencies ... 1424, 1430, 1542 Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act Support for children with disabilities ... 2012 General remarks ... 735 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Women's shelters ... 791–92 International conference on ... 745 Parent Link Centres Provincial initiatives re ... 735, 745, 751–52 General remarks ... 50, 56, 745, 928, 2137 Foster care Portable/modular classrooms General remarks ... 736, 739–40, 1475, 1693 Use for daycare operations ... 612 Review of ... 740 Pregnancy tests for teens Foster children As FASD prevention measure ... 751 Deaths of ... 740 Prevention of Family Violence and Bullying Initiative Foster children, Aboriginal Funding for ... 530, 735 General remarks ... 739, 1019 Protection Against Family Violence Act Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Stalking and protection orders inclusion under ... 748 Child and Youth Advocate quarterly reports released Victim protection provisions ... 530 under ... 1425 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act Child and Youth Advocate reports released under ... General remarks ... 750–51 1853 Protection orders Homeless–Housing Inclusion in definition of domestic violence ... 748 Youth shelters ... 1690, 2011 Public Affairs Bureau Homeless youth Child and Youth Advocate annual reports, Government programs for ... 1690, 1692–93, 2011 involvement in preparing ... 1423 Low-income families Safe communities initiative Provincial assistance to ... 50, 56, 2137 Funding for ... 735 Mather, Weslyn (former MLA) School nutrition programs General remarks ... 170 General remarks ... 2176 Mens' shelters Schools General remarks ... 748 Daycare spaces in ... 612 National Bullying Awareness Week Sexual assault centres General remarks ... 1897 Funding for ... 530, 792 Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Smith, Alexander Xavier Meeting with Child and Youth Advocate, minister's Death of ... 1852 offer re ... 1470, 1474 Social Care Facilities Review Committee Oral Question Period (2008) Annual report, 2006-07 (SP73/08: Tabled) ... 225 Aboriginal children in care ... 1019 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Bullying ... 1897 Funding for ... 170, 615 Child, youth and family enhancement legislation ... Funding for, inflation-proofing of ... 170 1853–54 Stalking Child and Youth Advocate ... 1426, 1539–40, 1630 Inclusion in definition of domestic violence ... 748 Child and Youth Advocate annual reports ... 1423–24 Stay-at-home parents' child care subsidies (in lieu of Child and Youth Advocate reports ... 1425–26 daycare subsidies) Child care fees ... 17–18 Increase in ... 613, 711 Child care funding ... 473–74, 611, 612–13 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Child care services ... 17, 19, 53–54 Mandatory programs for ... 750–51 Child care worker wages and benefits ... 927–28 Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees Child care workers ... 1586–87 Discrepancy compared to public service employees ... Child poverty ... 50, 56 615 Child protection ... 1985 Increase to ... 615 210 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Who Cares? Alberta General remarks ... 86–87, 820 General remarks ... 743 Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund Womens' shelters Public inquiry into administration of, petitions General remarks ... 749 presented re ... 400, 533, 586, 618, 980, 1024, Review of ... 748 1094, 1152, 1221 Turnaway rate at ... 748, 749, 791–92 Alberta Water Council Womens' shelters–Finance Intrabasin water movement recommendation ... General remarks ... 530, 735, 747, 748, 792 1980–81 Youth emergency shelters Review of water allocation method ... 1778 Identification of high-risk children in ... 1852 Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) Achievement Aboriginal peoples–Housing Expansion of eligibility for, impact on new Off-reserve housing, federal/provincial funding for ... postsecondary spaces ... 595–96 828 Amalgamation, Municipal Access to the Future Fund As effect of draft land-use framework ... 841 General remarks ... 592–93 Ambulance service Surplus funds deposit into ... 593 Provincial governance of ... 1058 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Transfer of patients to non-emergency department Second reading ... 1592 locations ... 1058, 1216–17 Committee ... 1799, 1806–07 Apartment buildings Affordable housing Conversion to condominiums, consumer protection Funding for ... 815 administration re ... 832 Funding for, operating ... 827 Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) General remarks ... 217, 815, 832 Second reading ... 1001–03 Provincial initiatives re ... 51 Committee ... 1033–35 Alberta–Economic conditions Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285–86 5) Alberta Affordable Housing Task Force Committee ... 208–10 Report ... 820 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission 2) (Bill 51) Funding ... 689 Second reading ... 2167–69 Alberta Ballet Artists–Housing General remarks ... 493 General remarks ... 493 Alberta Cancer Board Temporary rent caps re ... 493 Replacement by single provincial Health Services Auditor General Board ... 1086 Monarch Place affordable housing grant, report on ... Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act (Bill 4) 51, 827 Second reading ... 834 Avastin (Drug) General remarks ... 590 Coverage under health plan ... 2053 Alberta Health Authority Bow River watershed Ambulance service administration ... 1058 Preservation of ... 134 Impact on health providers' working conditions ... Boyle renaissance project, Edmonton 1017 Provincial assistance re ... 87 Location of ... 972 Building Canada Plan (Federal) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Alberta funds from ... 494 Registration system for ... 14 Bursaries Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Reduction in funding for ... 590 Elimination of ... 14, 168 Calgary Health Region Alberta Health Services Board Deficit financing ... 685 Accountability of ... 1381 Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary Determination of long-term care patients placement ... health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as 787 SP235/08) ... 934 Emergency departments capacity increase measures Funding for ... 168, 393, 685 ... 1217 Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health General remarks ... 1060–61, 1086 regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as Interim chair, previous activities ... 787 SP234/08) ... 934 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Review of emergency room capacity, relation to Ethical investments by ... 470 ambulance service changes ... 1217 Tobacco company investments ... 470 Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Alberta Medical Association regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... Political parties' health care policies, grading of: 935 News release re (SP142/08: Tabled) ... 587 Staffing shortages ... 168 Alberta Secretariat for Action on Homelessness Calgary Homeless Foundation 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 211

General remarks ... 819 Dept. of Environment Retirement of president of, member's statement re ... Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 377–79 214 Dept. of Health and Wellness Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 684–90, Concerns of residents of ... 1786 696–98, 701 Member for, member's statement re ... 1786 Minister's acceptance of invitation from National Cancer incidence–Fort Chipewyan Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 525, 578 Federal/provincial review of ... 896 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Cancer radiation treatment Creation of ... 814 Wait times for ... 689 Cross-ministry issues in ... 831–32 Capital Health Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 814–21, 826–28, Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary 831–33 health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as Urban affairs division ... 833 SP235/08) ... 935 Dept. of Service Alberta Funding for ... 168, 685 Consumer protection issues re tenants ... 832 Overtime paid to nurses in Capital/Calgary health Dept. of Transportation regions, 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 729–31 SP234/08) ... 934 Disabled–Housing–Red Deer Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Monarch Place residents ... 51 regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... Drugs, Prescription 935 Approval process re ... 697 Staffing shortages ... 168 Provincial pharmacare program ... 696–97, 2053 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance For rare diseases ... 696–97 General remarks ... 1580 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Capital projects–Calgary General remarks ... 696–97 Planning organization for (Motion 509: Fawcett) ... Reduction of, through bulk (national) purchasing ... 1408–09 696 Carbon dioxide sequestration East Central Health (former RHA) Funding for projects re ... 1286, 2057 As basis for Alberta Health Authority boundaries ... Liability issues ... 2057 972 Usefulness in oil sands applications ... 2057 Economic growth Child welfare recipients Impact of ... 393 Deaths of, reports on, 2007-08 (M11/08: Accepted) ... Impact on urban affairs ... 833 1390 Education, Postsecondary Chinook Regional Health Authority Access to, affordability framework re ... 591 Alternate payment arrangements with doctors ... 698 Access to: New spaces to improve ... 595, 596 Climate change Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 924 34) Coal-bed methane extraction Second reading ... 1603–04 Carbon dioxide sequestering method for ... 2057 Energy efficiency Collective bargaining Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2160–61 First-contract certification legislation ... 1222 Energy industry–Eastern Slopes area Collective bargaining–Public service Suspension of, pending land-use plan ... 134 General remarks ... 1222 Environmental law/regulations Committees, Policy field Enforcement of (self-monitoring) ... 377, 378 Establishment of (Motion 8: Hancock) ... 73–74 Inspectors for ... 378, 379 Community health councils Environmental protection General remarks ... 1060–61 Regulations improvement for ... 923–24 Copeman Healthcare Centre Family medicine Services provided by, audit of ... 14 Incentives to choose ... 701 Crime prevention Family medicine–Teaching Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion General remarks ... 701 508: Amery) ... 1116–17 Family physicians–Supply Cultural facilities–Construction General remarks ... 685 General remarks ... 494 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Second reading ... 1599–1600 Repaving of ... 730 Film development grant program Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology Increase in funding for ... 493 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 590–97 Film industry Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit General remarks ... 493–94 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 492–94 Tax incentives for ... 493 Dept. of Employment and Immigration Film studio Housing programs administration ... 831–32 Funding for ... 493–94 212 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Hospitals–Calgary Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) New south Calgary hospital ... 685 Committee ... 1307–08 Hospitals–Emergency services Fiscal Responsibility Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 3) Capacity of, measures to increase ... 1217 Committee ... 912–14 Housing First concept Foothills Medical Centre General remarks ... 818–19 Expansion of ... 685 Immigrant doctors Gas, Natural–Prices Accreditation process for ... 687 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Industrial development–Industrial Heartland area Government spending policy Cumulative impact assessment of ... 924 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1285–86 Inn from the Cold (shelter) Government vehicles Downtown family emergency shelter ... 819–20 Emissions reduction initiatives for (hybrid vehicles) Innovative Housing Society ... 1672–73 Sale of Monarch Place affordable housing project, Groundwater–Pollution Red Deer ... 827 Oil sands tailings ponds impact on ... 378 Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Health Second reading ... 1299–1300 Personal responsibility for ... 14 Integrated child exploitation teams Social determinants of ... 14 Extra officers for ... 1668–69 Health Governance Transition Act (Bill 42) Specialized crown prosecutor for ... 1669 Second reading ... 1791–93 International finance Committee ... 1810–12 Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... Committee: Amendment ... 1810–12 1285–86 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan International Nurses Day Federal/provincial review of, member's statement re General remarks ... 610 ... 896 Investment of public funds Investigations re ... 896 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Health Quality Council Labour laws and legislation Review of emergency room capacity, relation to Changes to, letters re (SP281/08: Tabled) ... 1222 ambulance service changes ... 1217 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Health sciences personnel Second reading ... 1164–66 Full-time vs part-time employment, factors in ... 2134 Committee ... 1224–26 Health sciences personnel–Supply Land Agents Licensing Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 9) General remarks ... 168, 935, 1017 Second reading ... 996 Health workforce planning Land titles examiners General remarks ... 595, 697 Salary scale, review of ... 1091–92 High school graduates Land-use framework Transition to postsecondary education ... 593 Regional plans for ... 840–41 Homeless Watershed protection aspects ... 134 Outreach programs for: Pilot projects re ... 817–18 A Learning Alberta review Homeless–Calgary Report ... 595 General remarks ... 214 Licensed practical nurses–Education Homeless–Housing General remarks ... 687 General remarks ... 816–19 Local Authorities Pension Plan Transitional housing, funding for ... 817 Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Homeless–Housing–Edmonton presented re ... 400, 533, 586, 618, 980, 1024, Provincial initiatives re ... 87 1094, 1152, 1221 Homeless and eviction prevention fund Long-term care facilities (Nursing homes/auxiliary Cross-ministry issues re ... 831–32 hospitals) Funding for ... 827 Admission to, evaluation of clients for ... 688 General remarks ... 217 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Internal audit results re ... 832 Ministerial statement re ... 390 Hospital beds Medical care Blocking of, due to lack of transfer options ... 685 Access to ... 709 Fees charged for, to seniors waiting in for long-term General remarks ... 689 care beds (Q13/08: Response tabled as SP274/08) Reform of ... 935, 1381 ... 1097 Reform of (action plan re) ... 14, 709, 1381 Number of, designated for mentally ill patients Medical care, Primary (Q14/08: Response tabled as SP275/08) ... 1097 Facility fees re ... 687 Hospital beds–Calgary Medical care, Private General remarks ... 685 General remarks ... 689, 787 Hospital wards Medical care–Finance Closure of, 2006-07 (Q7/08: Defeated) ... 935 General remarks ... 168, 684 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 213

Medical profession SP235/08) ... 934 Private practice overhead costs ... 686 Part-time hours of, conversion to full-time ... 1017 Medical profession–Education Sick leave hours of nurses in Capital/Calgary health Emphasis on family medicine ... 701 regions (Q10/08: Response tabled as SP236/08) ... General remarks ... 687 935 Undergraduate programs, expansion of: Additional Nurses–Education spaces created 2007-2012 (Q12/08: Response Additional spaces created for, 2007-2012 (Q11/08: tabled as SP576/08) ... 1097 Response tabled as SP575/08) ... 1097 Medical profession–Fees General remarks ... 687 General remarks ... 697–98, 701 Shortage of spaces re ... 610 Medical profession–Rural areas UNA plan for (SP154/08: Tabled) ... 619 Action plan re ... 701 Nurses–Supply Medical profession–Supply General remarks ... 610 General remarks ... 687, 697 Office of the Premier Medical records, Electronic Premier's leadership campaign donation from Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program ... National Smokeless Tobacco Company ... 578 688 Premier's remarks concerning opposition parties ... Medical residents 710 Incentives to stay in Alberta ... 687 Official Opposition Student loan debt load ... 1390 Radio ads re environmental laws, financial Members of the Legislative Assembly accounting Acceptance of invitations to events ... 525 for ... 578 Members' Statements (2008) Oil–Prices Calgary Homeless Foundation ... 214 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Member for Calgary-McCall ... 1786 Oil recovery methods Students in free enterprise ... 1084–85 Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 2057 Members' withdrawal of remarks Oil sands development–Environmental aspects Minister's interference in cumulative effects Funding for ... 377 framework for Industrial Heartland area ... 933 Oil sands tailings ponds Minable oil sands strategy Reclamation of ... 657 General remarks ... 657 Reclamation of, cleanup costs, security posted for ... Ministerial Statements (2008) 657–58 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute ... 390 Reclamation of, funding for ... 377, 378 Ministers (Provincial government) Reclamation of, research into ... 377, 378 Vehicles used by, fuel efficiency standards for ... Seepage from, into surrounding water courses ... 378 1672–73 Waterfowl deaths on ... 377 Monarch Place, Red Deer Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Sale of ... 51, 826–27 Role of ... 710 Mount Royal College Oral Question Period (2008) Bissett School of Business ... 1084 Ambulance services ... 1216–17 Degree granting status: Name change following ... Calgary health region funding ... 393 594, 595 Calgary water supply ... 134 Nursing degree program ... 595 Cancer services ... 1086 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Cancer treatment drug ... 2053 (Bill 41) Carbon capture and storage ... 2057 Second reading ... 1812–13 Community health councils ... 1060–61 Committee ... 1990–91 Draft land-use framework ... 840–41 Municipal sustainability initiative Effluent discharge into Athabasca River ... 923 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 Environmental responsibility ... 923–24 Myozyme (Drug) Funding for private schools ... 1384 Cost of ... 696–97 Ground ambulance services ... 1058 National Smokeless Tobacco Company Ltd. Health care privatization ... 787 Donation to Alberta PC party ... 470 Health care spending ... 168 Hosting of Health minister at Calgary Stampede event Health risk study of Fort Chipewyan ... 896 ... 525 Health system governance ... 787, 972 Hosting of Member for Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Health system restructuring ... 709, 1381, 2134 (PC leadership contender) at Calgary Stampede Health workforce shortages ... 1017 event ... 578 Integrated child exploitation team ... 1668–69 North American free trade agreement International financial crisis ... 1285–86 Sale of water under ... 1981 Land titles examiners ... 1091–92 Nurses Ministerial and senior official vehicle fleet ... Full-time/part-time ratio of nurses in Capital/Calgary 1672–73 health regions (Q9/08: Response tabled as Monarch Place ... 51 214 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Municipal funding ... 1580 presented re ... 400, 533, 586, 618, 980, 1024, Nursing shortage ... 610 1094, 1152, 1221 Public health system reform ... 14 Public transit Reclamation of oil sands tailings ponds ... 657–58 Incentive program re (Green TRIP), to reduce Renter assistance ... 216–17 greenhouse gas emissions ... 1286 Reviews of health system governance ... 974 Reclamation of land Role of opposition parties ... 710 Oil sands tailings ponds ... 657 Secretariat for Action on Homelessness ... 86–87 Oil sands tailings ponds, all-party task force re ... 657 Smokeless tobacco ... 578 Oil sands tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security Tobacco reduction ... 470, 525 posted for ... 657–58 Water allocation ... 1778 Regional health authorities Water quality of Athabasca River ... 979 Changes to governance of ... 684, 698, 709, 787, 935, Water transfers ... 1980–81 972, 1060–61, 1381 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Changes to governance of, impact on health care Expansion of ... 685 workforce ... 1017 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Changes to governance of, influence of previous Public inquiry into public pension plans ... 165, 400, reviews on ... 974 533, 586, 618, 980, 1024, 1094, 1152, 1221 Efficiency review of, 2005, release of ... 974 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 44) Funding for ... 684 Third reading ... 2003–04 Mentally ill patient beds (Q14/08: Accepted) ... 1097 Planning for the Future of Communities Act (Bill 211, Review of, 2007, release of ... 974 2007) Rent control General remarks ... 840 For artists ... 493 Point of Order General remarks ... 217, 816–17 Allegations against a member ... 588 Rent increases Political parties Assistance programs re ... 216–17, 288–89 Donations to ... 470, 525, 578 General remarks ... 816 Leadership campaigns: Contributions to ... 578 Rental housing–Supply Positron emission tomography scanners–Calgary General remarks ... 816 Letter re (SP155/08: Tabled) ... 619 Replacement workers Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) General remarks ... 1222 Second reading ... 1037–39 Residential Tenancies Act Committee ... 1128–31, 1133 General remarks ... 817 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP259/08: Tabled) ... Right to strike 1129 General remarks ... 1222 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP260/08: Tabled) ... Road construction 1130 Building to expected capacity ... 731 Postsecondary educational institutions Cost of new construction vs. rehabilitation costs ... Degree-granting status, documents re, 2003-06 731 (M9/08: Response tabled as SP411/08) ... 1389 Roads–Maintenance and repair Transferability between ... 591 Prioritization of ... 729–31 Postsecondary educational institutions–Admissions Rockyview General Hospital (enrollment) Expansion of ... 685 Application system (APAS) for ... 596–97 Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary Postsecondary educational institutions–Mantenance and General remarks ... 14, 685 repair Smoking–Prevention Funding for ... 597 Funding for ... 689–90 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Social housing Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 14 Rent supplement program ... 217, 814–16, 817, 827 Private schools–Finance Rent supplement program: Administration of ... 832 General remarks ... 1384 Rent supplement program: Funding for ... 814–15, Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta 817 Donations to, from tobacco companies ... 470 Speech from the Throne Donations to, report on (SP124/08: Tabled) ... 479 Debate ... 197–99 Public inquiries Spills (Pollution)–Athabasca River Administration of public pension plans (LAPP, PSPP, General remarks ... 923 and ATRF), petitions presented re ... 165, 400, 533, Standing Orders 586, 618, 980, 1024, 1094, 1152, 1221 Temporary amendments to (Motion 8: Hancock) ... Public service–Alberta 73–74 Senior officials in, vehicle usage, fuel efficiency Statistics Bureau Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 45) standards for ... 1672–73 Third reading ... 2004 Public Service Pension Plan Student financial aid Public inquiry into administration of, petitions Dollar value of, 2004-07 (Q18/08: Response tabled as 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 215

SP577/08) ... 1097 Urban campus concept–Calgary Loan interest rates reduction ... 590 General remarks ... 594 Statistics re, 2003-08 (M8/08: defeated) ... 1390 Wages–Nurses Total number of students receiving aid, 2004-07 Overtime paid in Capital/Calgary health regions, (Q19/08: Response tabled as SP578/08) ... 1097 2006-07 (Q8/08: Response tabled as SP234/08) ... Student residences (On-campus) 934 General remarks ... 591, 826 Water Guarantee of place in ... 592 Sale of ... 1981 Students in Free Enterprise Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Member's statement re ... 1084–85 Renewal of ... 1980 Substance abuse–Treatment Water licences Funding for ... 689–90 Allocation of ... 1778, 1981 Suncor Inc. Allocation of, FITFIR system re ... 1981 Millennium upgrader discharge into Athabasca River Allocation of, public review of ... 1778 ... 923 Water quality–Athabasca River Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond), reclamation of Impact of oil and grease leak into ... 923 ... 657 Impact of oil sands tailings ponds leakage on ... 979 Tailings pond no. 1 (Tar Island pond), seepage from Water supply–Calgary ... 979 Preservation of ... 134 Surgery wait times Water transfers (intrabasin) Reduction of ... 689 General remarks ... 1980–81 Surplus, Budgetary Workplace certification (Labour laws) Access to the Future Fund funding with ... 593 General remarks ... 1222 Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1286 VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) Syncrude Canada Ltd. Affordable housing Tailings ponds, cleanup costs, security posted for ... Funding for ... 1288–89 658 Provincial initiatives re, response to ... 1288–89 Tailings ponds, waterfowl deaths on ... 377 Alberta–Economic conditions Tax incentives Impact of 2008 global financial crisis on ... 1670–71 For film and television creation ... 493 Alberta Agricultural Research Institute Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) Value-added forest products research ... 664 Second reading ... 909–10 Alberta Beach (Town) Telus World of Science, Calgary Marina construction in ... 545–46 Expansion of ... 492–93 Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation Tobacco companies Community champions program ... 1948 Heritage Fund investment in ... 470 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Tobacco products, Smokeless Seniors premiums ... 20 General remarks ... 470 Alberta bonds Tom Baker Cancer Centre Issuance of ... 1670 Funding for ... 168 Alberta Energy Research Institute Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Value-added forest products research ... 664 Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Alberta Forestry Research Institute 1) Value-added forest products research ... 664 Second reading ... 572–73 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Committee ... 1007 Elimination of: Impact on Energy dept. ... 324 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Elimination of: Impact on forestry companies ... 781 Third reading ... 2067 Elimination of: Impact on school boards budgets ... Treasury Board 237 President of, comments on regional planning ... Elimination of, impact on Seniors dept. budget ... 308 840–41 Alberta Health Services Board Tuition fees Determination of long-term care patients placement ... General remarks ... 590–91 764 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Impact on health care workforce ... 764 Day Act (Bill 37) Impact on mental health services ... 1145, 2179 Second reading ... 1678 Alberta Livestock and Meat Strategy United Nurses of Alberta General remarks ... 1851, 1900, 2012 Plan for educating nurses (SP154/08: Tabled) ... 619 Alberta Livestock Information System University of Alberta. School of Energy and the Mandatory age verification element ... 1851, 1900, Environment 2012 Research projects into tailings ponds reclamation ... Alberta Mental Health Board 377 Replacement by single provincial Health Services University of Calgary Board ... 1145 Student housing ... 826 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) 216 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Dept. of Energy Committee: Amendment A1 (SP466/08: Tabled) ... Budget: Impact of health care premiums elimination 1708 on ... 324 Alberta Research Council Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 324–25 Value-added forest products research ... 664 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Alberta Used Oil Management Association Dept. of Environment General remarks ... 381 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 379–81 Alberta Utilities Commission Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Staffing ... 324 Dept. of Finance and Enterprise Angling–Regulations Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Barbless-only angling ... 782 Dept. of Health and Wellness Appropriation Act, 2008 (Bill 22) Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Third reading ... 1070, 1072–73 Dept. of Housing and Urban Affairs Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Benefits ... 307 Dept. of Infrastructure Benefits increase for ... 307 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Provincial comparisons of benefits under ... 307 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Auditor General Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Drinking water inspection, concerns re ... 380 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908–09 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 566–67 Beef–Export Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Diversification of ... 2012 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Beverage containers–Recycling Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Decline in ... 380 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Biofuels industry Budget ... 307 Use of forest products as feedstock ... 664 Budget, impact of health care premiums elimination Biomass as energy source on ... 308 General remarks ... 664 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 307–08 Canadian Standards Association Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Forest industry certification standards, advertising of Dept. of Service Alberta ... 781 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Capital projects Dept. of Solicitor General and Public Security 20-year strategic capital plan ... 1670 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Capital projects–Construction Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Slow down of ... 1670 Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 780–82 Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Fishing promotion in ... 544 Dept. of Tourism, Parks and Recreation Chief Electoral Officer Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 543–46 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Children and poverty Dept. of Transportation Elimination of, petition presented re ... 1221 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 CN Rail Diamonds Train derailment, Lake Wabamun, legal actions re ... Mining of ... 325 379 Drinking water Committee on Public Safety and Services, Standing Inspection, Auditor General's concerns re ... 380 Bill 10, Security Services and Investigators Act, Dutch Liberation Day referred to; report presented and concurred in Member's statement re ... 427 (SP404/08: Tabled) ... 1478 Economic growth Dept. of Aboriginal Relations Slow-down of ... 1670 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Electric power–Prices Dept. of Advanced Education and Technology General remarks ... 1217 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Regulated option re ... 1217 Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development Energy efficiency Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2162–63 Dept. of Children and Youth Services Energy Resources Conservation Board Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Staffing ... 324 Dept. of Culture and Community Spirit Environmental Appeal Board Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Caseload, funding for ... 380 Dept. of Education Ethics Commissioner Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 237–38 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Executive Council Dept. of Employment and Immigration Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 681 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Fallen Four (RCMP officers) memorials, Mayerthorpe 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 217

Unveiling of, member's statement re ... 1024 Proclamation of ... 1145 Farm produce–Export–Asia Mental health services General remarks ... 2012 Impact of Health Services Board on ... 1145 Fibre innovation network Mentally disabled General remarks ... 664 Community treatment orders for ... 1145 Forest industries Mineral rights Competitiveness/sustainability ... 664, 780–81 Sale of, revenue from ... 324 Competitiveness/sustainability, impact of health Mines and mineral industry premium cancellation on ... 781 Provincial encouragement of ... 325 Value-added opportunities in ... 664 Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) Forest management agreements Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) Renewal requirements (active sawmills) ... 780–81 Second reading ... 1969 Forintek Canada Corp. Minister's seniors' service awards Alliance with province re value-added forest research Member's statement re ... 1220 ... 664 Natural resources revenue Gasoline–Prices General remarks ... 324 Impact on tourism ... 543 New Royalty Framework (2007) Government attorneys Reaction to oil price changes ... 84 Recruitment for rural areas ... 567 Northlands Filly Pace (Horse race) Health sciences personnel Member's statement re ... 931 Impact of health system governance changes on ... Oil containers–Recycling 764 Increase in ... 381 Health sciences personnel–Supply Ombudsman General remarks ... 764 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 Hilltop high school, Whitecourt Onoway (Town) Upgrading of ... 237, 238 Community champions award, member's statement re Historic sites ... 1948 Meteorite impact crater, Whitecourt ... 1784 Oral Question Period (2008) Horse breeding Affordable housing ... 1288–89 Lottery funding for ... 2179 Community treatment orders ... 1145 Horse racetrack–Balzac Efficiency and economy for long-haul trucking ... 476 General remarks ... 2178 Electricity prices ... 1217 Horse racing Fiscal accountability ... 1670–71 Lottery funding for ... 2179 Forest industry commercialization initiatives ... 664 Standardbreds/thoroughbreds, access to tracks ... Health system governance ... 764 2178 Livestock and meat strategy ... 1851, 1900 Horse Racing Alberta Market access for livestock and beef ... 2012 General remarks ... 2178–79 New royalty framework ... 84 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Seniors' programs ... 20 Second reading ... 98 Support for the horse-racing industry ... 2178–79 Information and Privacy Commissioner Whitecourt woodlands meteorite impact crater ... Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 1784 International finance Parks, Provincial Crisis in, 2008, impact on Alberta economy ... Fishing opportunities in, promotion of ... 544 1670–71 Payday loans–Interest rates Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Cap on (Motion 511: Blakeman) ... 1717–18 Second reading ... 1163–64 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Legislative Assembly Office Child poverty elimination ... 1221 Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 908 Point of Order Low-income seniors Committee of Supply procedure ... 234 Special-needs assistance ... 20 Property tax–Education levy Marinas Seniors' tax relief re ... 20 As tourism attraction ... 545–46 Public Affairs Bureau Mediation (Legal process)–Rural areas Brand campaign ... 681 General remarks ... 567 Brand campaign, municipal involvement ... 681 Members' Statements (2008) Regional health authorities Dutch Liberation Day ... 427 Changes to governance of ... 764 Fallen four memorials ... 1024 Changes to governance of, impact on health care Northlands Filly Pace ... 931 workforce ... 764 Onoway community champions award ... 1948 Sawmills, Small Seniors' service awards ... 1220 Measurement of timber supplies ... 780 Seniors' Week ... 1084 School boards Mental Health Amendment Act, 2007 (Bill 31, 2007) Budgets, impact of health care premiums elimination 218 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

on ... 237 General remarks ... 566 Schools–Maintenance and repair Vandermeer, Tony (PC, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Funding for ... 237 Boyle renaissance project, Edmonton Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Provincial assistance re ... 345 Second reading: Amendment (referral to Standing Capital Health Committee on Public Safety and Services); report Staffing shortages ... 394 presented and concurred in (SP404/08: Tabled) ... Foreign workers, Temporary 1478 General remarks ... 1736–37 Senior citizens Health sciences personnel–Supply Government programs ... 20 General remarks ... 394 Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Health workforce planning Annual report, 2007-08 (SP500/08: Tabled) ... 1787 General remarks ... 394 General remarks ... 20, 1084 Immigration Seniors' advocate (Proposal) Provincial nominee program ... 1737 General remarks ... 20 Libraries–Finance Seniors' issues General remarks ... 292 Telephone information line re ... 20 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Seniors' Week Staffing issues ... 394 Member's statement re ... 1084 Oral Question Period (2008) Sewage pipelines Boyle renaissance project ... 345 Funding for ... 380 Health care workforce supply ... 394–95 Shell Canada Limited Library funding ... 292 Albion Sands oil sands project postponement ... Property taxes ... 1018–19 1670–71 Temporary foreign workers ... 1736–37 Snowmobile trails Property tax Tourism aspects ... 545 Increases to ... 1018–19 Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamun Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of CN train derailment, legal actions re ... 379 Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Stamp around Alberta (Tourism program) Act, 2008 (Bill 209) General remarks ... 544 Second reading ... 2033 Super-single truck tires Weadick, Greg (PC, Lethbridge-West) Fuel efficiency/emission reduction effects of ... 476 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Technology commercialization General remarks ... 363 General remarks ... 664 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Timber Committee: Amendment A1 (SP507/08: Tabled) ... Volume of, delivered to sawmills, measurement of ... 1799 780 Committee: Amendments A1A to A1V (SP508- Tourism 529/08: Tabled) ... 1812 Impact of gasoline prices on ... 543 Committee: Amendment A2 (SP530/08: Tabled) ... Tourist attractions 1812 Development of ... 543, 1784 Agriculture Statutes Repeal Act, 2008 (Bill 20) Development of, joint public/private ... 544 Third reading ... 1502–03 Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Air quality Implementation Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill General remarks ... 1318 1) Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Committee ... 916 First reading ... 1479 Trade missions–Asia Second reading ... 1866–67, 2025–26 General remarks ... 2012 Alberta Health Services Board Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 49) Impact on rural health care provision ... 763 Second reading ... 1969 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Travel Alberta Polaris award from, given to Dr. Bruce McNaughton Stay tourism campaign ... 544 ... 2057 Treasury Board Polaris award from, given to Dr. Bruce McNaughton, Main estimates 2008-09: Passed ... 909 member's statement re ... 1633–34 Trucking industry–Environmental aspects Alberta Utilities Commission Tire size change to reduce ... 476 General remarks ... 459 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Alberta Volunteer Service Medal Act (Bill 202) General remarks ... 379 Second reading ... 258 Water pipelines Animal cruelty investigations Funding for ... 379 Review of legislation re (Motion 507: Johnston) ... Whitecourt woodlands meteorite impact crater 955–56 Designation as historic site ... 1784 Bills, Private members' public Youth justice committees Bill 209, six month hoist amendment at second 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 219

reading ... 2035 Committee ... 1914–15 Braman Furniture International Ltd. Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Lethbridge plant Closure ... 131 34) Canadian Home Builders' Association. Lethbridge Committee ... 1656 region Employment training programs Parade of homes brochure (SP197/08: Tabled) ... 932 Aboriginal peoples ... 363 Capital projects Energy resources, Alternate/renewable Public/private partnerships re ... 511 Provincial government usage of ... 172 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Environmental impact assessments General remarks ... 511 Cumulative assessments ... 384 Carbon dioxide sequestration Environmental protection General remarks ... 384 Provincial initiatives re ... 171–72 Chinook primary care network (Medical care) Fair Trading Act Member's statement re ... 838 Prosecution of dishonest home renovation contractors Clean Air Strategic Alliance under ... 717 Public meetings ... 1318 Family law, Collaborative Clean air strategy (Alberta) General remarks ... 1023 Review of ... 1318 Fishing licences, Sport Climate change Online access to ... 616 Alberta plan for ... 172 Foreign workers, Temporary Communities in Bloom awards General remarks ... 363, 978 2008 awards held in Lethbridge, member's statement Testing of ... 364 re ... 1294 Training of ... 364 Consumer protection Funeral Services Act Re dishonest home renovation contractors ... 717 Coverage of people with no fixed address ... 460 Re payday loan interest rates ... 253 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Convergys Corp. 35) Call centre layoffs ... 978 Committee ... 1646, 1649 COOLNet Alberta (Website) Committee: Amendment (SP446/08: Tabled) ... 1651 Consultation re ... 460 Herbicide-fertilizer combination products Crime prevention Ban on ... 2016 Educational materials/media campaigns re (Motion Hockey championships 508: Amery) ... 1120–21 Lethbridge Hurricanes WHL eastern conference Crime reduction winners, member's statement re ... 256 General remarks ... 426–27 Home renovation contractors Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Reliability of ... 717 Report ... 426–27 Hunting Dept. of Employment and Immigration Draws and licences for, available online ... 616 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 362–64 Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act (Bill 201) Dept. of Environment Committee ... 435–36 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 383–84 Third reading ... 627–28 Dept. of Infrastructure Insurance Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 11) Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 511–12 Second reading ... 1328–29 Dept. of Service Alberta Committee ... 1341, 1362–63, 1368 Business plan ... 459 Committee: Amendment A1A (SP350/08: Tabled) ... Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 459–61 1362 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Committee: Amendment A1B(a) (SP351/08: Tabled) New online and software tools ... 616–17 ... 1368 Disabled children–Education Committee: Amendment A1B(b) (SP352/08: Tabled) Policy review of ... 1387 ... 1368 Disabled children–Education–Finance Committee: Amendment A1B(c) (SP353/08: Tabled) General remarks ... 1386–87 ... 1369 Diversification Interpretation Act General remarks ... 659 Local Authorities Pension Board voting changes in Drinking water–First Nations reserves compliance with ... 583 Provincial technical assistance re ... 383 Labour Coaltion on Pensions Drinking water–Standards LAPP administration changes challenge ... 583 Achievement of ... 383 Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Drinking water–Testing Committee ... 1249 Publication of results, on the Internet ... 383 Land titles–Registration Education–Finance Revenue from ... 460 User fees ... 847 Volume of ... 460 Emergency Health Services Act (Bill 43) Land Titles Act 220 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Amendment of ... 459–60 Ban on ... 2016 Land Titles Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 36) Public buildings Committee ... 1650–51 Environmental impact of, reduction of ... 172 Lethbridge–Economic conditions Public lands Member's statement re ... 131 Public communication method re ... 617 Lethbridge College Public safety (From criminal activity) 50th anniversary, member's statement re ... 786–87 General remarks ... 426–27 Local Authorities Pension Plan Regional health authorities General remarks ... 583 Changes to governance of ... 763 Voting and quorum rule changes ... 583 Research and development Low-income seniors General remarks ... 659 Support programs for ... 2079 Respect the land (Facebook page) Maiden Speeches General remarks ... 617 General remarks ... 43–44 Rugby championships McNaughton, Dr. Bruce U of L women's Pronghorns national championship ... General remarks ... 2057 2071 Member's statement re ... 1633–34 Sanitary landfills Medical care, Primary–Southern Alberta Reduction of need for ... 383–84 Member's statement re ... 838 Schoolchildren–Transportation Medical care–Rural areas Cost increase for ... 847 Impact of new health system governance change on ... Cost increase for, fuel price contingency fund for ... 763 847 Medical research Fees for ... 847 General remarks ... 2057 Schools Members' Statements (2008) Assessment of condition of ... 512 Alberta Water and Environmental Science Building ... Schools–Maintenance and repair 2071 Funding for ... 512 Chinook primary care network ... 838 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Communities in Bloom national awards ... 1294 Committee: Amendment A1 (SP445 & 483/08: Dr. Bruce McNaughton ... 1633–34 Tabled) ... 1651 Economic development in Lethbridge ... 131 Seniors' centres Lethbridge College ... 786–87 Financial support to ... 138–39 Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey team ... 256 Septic systems, Private Student financial assistance ... 338 Contamination of water courses, prevention of ... Mortgage down payments 1782–83 Government as guarantor, legislation re (Bill 208) ... Small business 1479 Venture capital for ... 659 Oral Question Period (2008) Speech from the Throne Call centre layoffs ... 978 Debate ... 43–44 Clean air strategy ... 1318 Summer Temporary Employment Program Collaborative family law ... 1023 Funding for ... 364 Crime reduction and safe communities ... 426–27 Supportive living facilities Health research ... 2057 Seniors' lodges: Residents' discretionary spending Health system governance ... 763 level ... 2079 Home renovation contractors ... 717 Technology commercialization Local Authorities Pension Plan ... 583 General remarks ... 659 Long-term sustainability of the economy ... 659 Traffic Safety (Driver Disqualification and Seizure of Out-of-province welder certification ... 343 Vehicles Arising from Drug Offences) Amendment Payday loans ... 253 Act, 2008 (Bill 209) Private septic systems ... 1782–83 Second reading ... 2034–35 Provincial environmental initiatives ... 171–72 Second reading: Six month hoist amendment ... 2035 Seniors' facilities ... 138–39 Traffic Safety (Hand-Held Communication Devices) Special-needs education funding ... 1386–87 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 204) Student transportation costs ... 847 Second reading ... 945–46 Support for low-income seniors ... 2079 Traffic Safety (Used Vehicle Inspection) Amendment Sustainable resource development innovations ... Act, 2008 (Bill 205) 616–17 Second reading ... 1103 Weed and feed ban ... 2016 University of Lethbridge Payday loan companies Neuroscience research at, by Polaris award winner ... Provincial regulation of ... 253 2057 Payday loans–Interest rates Water and Environmental Science Building, General remarks ... 253 member's statement re ... 2071 Pesticides Waste management 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 221

Strategy for ... 383 213–14 Water quality Family Doctor Week ... 2174 Impact of private septic systems on ... 1782–83 WorldSkills Calgary 2009 ... 979–80 Welders–Certification Mines and Minerals (New Royalty Framework) For out-of-province welders ... 343, 364 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 47) For out-of-province welders, upgrading programs re First reading ... 1829–30 ... 343 Second reading ... 1881 Wetlands Third reading ... 2046 Identification and mapping software re ... 616 Oil–Royalties Workers' compensation Regulation 2009 re (Bill 47) ... 1830 Appeal procedure for denied claims ... 363 Oil sands development Webber, Len (PC, Calgary-Foothills) Allowed costs ministerial regulation (Bill 47) ... 1830 Alberta Carbon Capture and Storage Development Oil wells Council Deep oil exploratory well regulation (Bill 47) ... 1830 Member's statement re ... 213–14 Oral Question Period (2008) Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) WorldSkills Calgary 2009 ... 1738 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Ring roads–Calgary Committee ... 1705–06 Noise attenuation on ... 729 Asphalt plant–North Calgary Rodeo Noise issues re ... 729 As Alberta's official sport (Motion 514: Taft) ... Bitumen–Prices 2041–42 Valuation method for, regulation 2009 re (Bill 47) ... Securities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 38) 1830 Third reading ... 1728 Bitumen–Royalties WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (Trades competition) Regulation 2009 re (Bill 47) ... 1830 General remarks ... 1738 Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame Member's statement re ... 979–80 Member's statement re ... 1732–22 Woo-Paw, Teresa (PC, Calgary-Mackay) Canadian Skills Competition, Calgary (May 2008) Alberta Bill of Rights (Trades competition) General remarks ... 2209 General remarks ... 980 Alberta Public Library Electronic Network Cancer Day of Action General remarks ... 1665 Member's statement re ... 708 Alberta SuperNet Carbon dioxide emissions Public library access to ... 1665 Reduction in ... 213–14 Alberta Water Council Dept. of Transportation General remarks ... 1978 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 728–29 Asian Heritage Month Election Statutes (Fixed Election Dates) Amendment Member's statement re ... 339 Act, 2008 (Bill 203) Bail hearings Second reading ... 273–74 Bail packages and prolific offenders, pilot projects re Environmental protection ... 1583 General remarks ... 214 Federal role in ... 1583 Family Doctor Week Procedures re ... 1583 Member's statement re ... 2174 Bethany Care Society Family physicians Member's statement re ... 2059–60 Member's statement re ... 2174 Bursary in memorial to Martha Kostuch Family physicians–Supply General remarks ... 163 General remarks ... 2174 Calgary Board of Education Gas, Natural–Royalties Waste reduction/lifelong learning initiatives, Regulation 2009 re (Bill 47) ... 1830 Member's statement re ... 1468 Gas wells Calgary Public Library Natural gas deep drilling regulation (Bill 47) ... 1830 Centennial celebration, member's statement re ... 980 Gravel pit–North Calgary Campus Calgary Noise issues re ... 729 Open minds program (lifelong learning) ... 1468 Health Quality Council Canada West Foundation Survey re family doctors ... 2174 Report on immigrants ... 1294 Medical care, Primary Canadian Library Month General remarks ... 2174 Member's statement re ... 1665 Medical profession–Fees Charitable societies/nonprofit organizations Agreement re, 2008 ... 2174 Member's statement re ... 1857–58 Members' Statements (2008) Chevron Canada Resources Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame ... 1732–33 Partnership with Calgary Board of Education in Cancer Day of Action ... 708 lifelong learning initiatives ... 1468 Carbon Capture and Storage Development Council ... Citizenship Week 222 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Member's statement re ... 1294 School (Enhanced Protection of Students and Teachers) Continuing/extended care facilities Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 210) Multicultural provisions in ... 311 Second reading ... 2148–49 Crime Reduction and Safe Communities Task Force Sikh scriptures Mental health treatment beds, funding for ... 713 300th anniversary of, member's statement re ... 1578 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Social services agencies (Non-profit) Main estimates, 2008-09: Debated ... 311 General remarks ... 2059–60 Documentation of Child Access Exchange Act (Bill 211) Speech from the Throne Second reading ... 2158 Debate ... 156–57 Drugs, Prescription Victims of crime Common drug review of (federal) ... 713 Assistance programs ... 580 Graduate citizenship scholarship Volunteers Eligibility determination re ... 1473 Member's statement re ... 255–56 Human rights Wages–Disabled facility employees Member's statement re ... 2209 Increase to ... 2014 Human Rights Day Wages–Non-profit social services agencies employees Member's statement re ... 2209 Increase to ... 2014 Immigrants Waste management Contributions to Alberta ... 1294 General remarks ... 1468 Kostuch, Dr. Martha Waste Reduction Week Commemorative statement re ... 163–64 General remarks ... 1468 Libraries Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Future direction of, MLA committee to review ... Member's statement re ... 1978 1665 Watershed planning and advisory councils Member's statement re ... 1665 General remarks ... 1978 Lois Hole Campus Alberta digital library Wild Rose Foundation General remarks ... 1665 General remarks ... 256 Maiden Speeches Wing Kei Centre, Calgary General remarks ... 156–57 Member's statement re ... 1785–86 Members' Statements (2008) Xiao, David H. (PC, Edmonton-McClung) 300th anniversary of the Sikh scriptures ... 1578 Alberta Affordable Mortgage Protection Act (Bill 208) Asian Heritage Month ... 339 Second reading ... 1868–69 Bethany Care Society ... 2059–60 Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research Calgary board of education initiatives ... 1468 Seniors falls prevention campaign ... 2009 Calgary Public Library centennial ... 980 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Physical Activity Credit) Canada's Citizenship Week ... 1294 Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 206) Canadian Library Month ... 1665 Second reading ... 1399 Dr. Martha Kostuch ... 163–64 Committee ... 1699–1700 Human Rights Day ... 2209 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton National Volunteer Week ... 255–56 Interchanges on ... 1381 Voluntary sector ... 1857–58 Intersection with Stony Plain Road, construction Water for Life strategy ... 1978 announced ... 1381 Wing Kei Centre ... 1785–86 Southwest section: Interchanges ... 223–24, 1381 Mental health services Brokers of foreign worker importation Drug treatments in ... 713 Fees charged by ... 1091 Mental health services–Children Earthquake–China General remarks ... 713 Member's statement re ... 769 Mentally disabled Edmonton Housing Trust Fund Funding for programs for ... 2014 General remarks ... 899 National Philanthropy Awareness Week Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers Member's statement re ... 1857–58 General remarks ... 795, 796 National Volunteer Week Energy efficiency Member's statement re ... 255–56 Promotion of (Motion 515: McQueen) ... 2165 Oral Question Period (2008) Finding balance (Seniors injury prevention campaign) Bail system ... 1583 Member's statement re ... 2009 Funding for service providers in support agencies ... Fire prevention 2014 General remarks ... 615 Graduate student scholarships ... 1472–73 FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention) Medications for mental health treatment ... 713 General remarks ... 615 Victims' assistance programs ... 580 Gravel pit–Edmonton Postsecondary graduates Qualico pit creation, environmental review of, Retention of, in Alberta, incentives for ... 1472–73 petition tabled re (SP285/08) ... 1222 Scholarships for ... 1472–73 Qualico pit creation, member's statement re ... 2139 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 223

Qualico pit creation, prevention of, petition presented Aboriginal policy framework re ... 2139, 2140–41 Relation to First Nations protocol agreement ... Homeless–Housing–Edmonton 973–74 Aboriginal people ... 899 Aboriginal/provincial relations Provincial initiatives re ... 899 Protocol agreement re, May 22, 2008 ... 279, 973–74 Immigrants Aboriginal treaty rights Awards for (RISE awards), member's statement re ... General remarks ... 1780 795–96 Aboriginal women's issues Maiden Speeches Provincial initiatives re ... 613–14 General remarks ... 179–80 Aboriginal workforce planning Members' Statements (2008) General remarks ... 1542 Earthquake in Sichuan province, China ... 769 Adult Guardianship and Trusteeship Act (Bill 24) Finding balance injury prevention campaign ... 2009 Second reading ... 1593 Opposition to proposed gravel pit ... 2139 Alberta Utilities Commission Recognizing immigrant success and excellence ... Approval of TransCanada PipeLine project across 795–96 Lubicon land ... 1289–90, 1352–53, 1356 Oral Question Period (2008) Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill 6) Anthony Henday Drive interchanges ... 223–24, 1381 Third reading ... 516 Fire prevention ... 615 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (Bill Homelessness initiatives in Edmonton ... 899 5) Recruitment fees for foreign workers ... 1091 Second reading ... 143 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2008) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2008 (No. Gravel pit, Edmonton, prevention of ... 2140–41 2) (Bill 51) Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2008) Third reading ... 2211 Qualico gravel pit, environmental review of Assembly of First Nations (SP285/08) ... 1222 General assembly in Calgary ... 1985–86 Recognizing Immigrant Success and Excellence (RISE) Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation awards Health concerns, Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 Ceremony re, member's statement re ... 795–96 Athabasca Tribal Council River Valley Alliance, Edmonton General remarks ... 281, 282 Provincial funding to ... 2139 Auditor General Speech from the Throne First Nations development fund recommendations ... Debate ... 179–80 280 Wildfires–Control Bills, Government Educational materials re ... 615 Bill 10, referred to Standing Committee on Public Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Safety and Services ... 890 Aboriginal children–Education Bill 18, referred to Standing Committee on General remarks ... 293, 2076 Community Services ... 848 Off-reserve schools, funding for ... 1321 Blood First Nation On-reserve schools, funding for ... 1321 Provincial support to ... 1511 Aboriginal children–Health care Climate change On-reserve children, jurisdictional issues re (Jordan's Alberta plan for: Advertising campaign re ... 714 principle) ... 976–77 Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Aboriginal consultation policy (Land and resource Standing issues) Membership change (Motion 13: General remarks ... 279 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 516 Aboriginal issues Committee on Community Services, Standing Federal/provincial consultation on ... 1780 Bill 18, Film and Video Classification Act, referred to General remarks ... 279 ... 848 Aboriginal land claims Committee on Health, Standing Funding for ... 279 Bill 52, Health Information Amendment Act, 2008, General remarks ... 279, 281, 1780 referred to ... 2127 Aboriginal peoples–Education Committee on Public Safety and Services, Standing General remarks ... 1780 Bill 10, Security Services and Investigators Act, Aboriginal peoples–Employment referred to ... 890 General remarks ... 279, 926, 1511, 1542 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Aboriginal peoples–Health care (United Nations) Funding for ... 283 Letter re pipeline through Lubicon-claimed territory Aboriginal peoples–Self-government ... 1356 General remarks ... 279 Community Development Trust (Federal fund) Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas Application in Alberta ... 1735 General remarks ... 279, 283 Court of Queen's Bench Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 14) Government programs for ... 1542 Second reading ... 992 224 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index

Dept. of Aboriginal Relations Industrial development–Métis settlements lands Creation of ... 278–79, 280 Concerns re ... 1852 Main estimates 2008-09: Debated ... 278–83 Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women Support services ... 283 Provincial funding for ... 613 Dept. of International, Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 26) Relations Second reading ... 1159 Annual report, 2007-08 (SP382/08: Tabled) ... 1433 Lubicon Lake Band Elizabeth Métis Settlement Land claimed by, TransCanada PipeLine project on ... Police services on ... 2076 281–82, 1289–90, 1352–53, 1356 Employment training programs Métis–Employment Aboriginal peoples ... 926 General remarks ... 1735 Energy industry–Crown lands Métis Nation of Alberta Association Aboriginal issues re, consultation policy re ... 281 Framework agreement ... 279 Enoch First Nation Provincial funding for ... 765 Off-reserve services to, meeting with province re ... Métis settlements 1320–21 Firefighting capacity, funding for ... 1430–31 Esquao Awards Funding for ... 279, 282, 525, 765, 1430–31, 1852, General remarks ... 614 2076 Family Law Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 15) Issues on ... 1852, 2076–77 Second reading ... 992 Police services on ... 2076 Film and Video Classification Act (Bill 18) Self-reliance of ... 279, 282, 525 First reading; referred to Standing Committee on Métis settlements–Fort Chipewyan area Community Services ... 848 Health concerns ... 714 Third reading ... 1769 Métis Settlements General Council Financial Institutions Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 Consultations with ... 279 (Bill 13) Consultations with, re provincial funding framework Third reading ... 987 ... 525 First Nations development fund Provincial funding framework ... 1430–31 Auditor General's recommendation re ... 280 Métis Week General remarks ... 279, 280 General remarks ... 1852 First Nations economic partnership initiative Mikisew Cree First Nation Funding for ... 279, 1511 Health concerns, Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 (No. 2) Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 19) (Bill 53) Committee ... 1303–04 Second reading ... 2121 Third reading ... 1465 Native friendship centres Fishing Lake Métis Settlement Provincial funding for ... 279, 283, 1542 Firefighting capacity ... 1430–31 Natural Resources Transfer Agreement Police services on ... 2076 General remarks ... 281, 1352, 1356 Floods–Peavine Métis Settlement land Oil sands development General remarks ... 1852 Impact on aboriginal peoples ... 281, 282 Forest industries Ombudsman Competitiveness/sustainability, assistance re ... 1735 Reappointment of, motion to concur in (Motion 20: Forest industries–Employees Hancock/ Zwozdesky) ... 1743 Unemployed workers, retraining of ... 1735 Ombudsman (Aboriginal peoples) Foster children, Aboriginal General remarks ... 283 General remarks ... 1320 Ombudsman (Métis settlements) Funeral Services Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 27) General remarks ... 282–83 Committee ... 1723 Oral Question Period (2008) Third reading ... 1770 Aboriginal consultations ... 1780 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Aboriginal education ... 293 Revenue from ... 279, 280 Aboriginal training and employment ... 926 Gift Lake Métis Settlement Aboriginal women's issues ... 613–14 Discussions with Aboriginal Relations minister ... Assembly of First Nations general assembly ... 1852 1985–86 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill Community development trust fund ... 1735 35) First Nations economic development ... 1511 Third reading ... 1729 Health services for First Nations residents ... 976–77 Health Information Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 52) Lubicon Lake Band land claim ... 1352–53, 1356 Second reading: Referred to Standing Committee on Métis Nation of Alberta Association ... 765 Health ... 2127 Métis settlements funding ... 525 Health issues–Fort Chipewyan Métis settlements issues ... 1852 Investigations re ... 714 Métis settlements services ... 2076–77 2008 (First Session) Hansard Speaker Index 225

Off-reserve aboriginal funding ... 1320–21 Protocol agreement with First Nations ... 973–74 Support for Métis settlements firefighters ... 1430–31 Support for school nutrition programs ... 2176 TransCanada PipeLines north central corridor project ... 1289–90 Urban aboriginal strategy ... 1542 Water quality in Fort Chipewyan area ... 714 Peavine Métis Settlement Flooding issues on ... 1852 Piikani First Nation Provincial support to ... 1511 Point of Order Allegations against a member ... 1695–96 Division bell interval ... 888 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 888–89 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 7) Third reading ... 1445 Roads–Métis settlements Funding for ... 2076 Security Services and Investigators Act (Bill 10) Second reading ... 890 Second reading: Amendment (referral to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Services) ... 890 Social services Aboriginal peoples ... 279 South Heart River reservoir Flooding issues re ... 1852 Speech from the Throne Debate ... 146 Standing Orders SOs 32 and 68 amendments (Motion 15: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 888–89 Substance abuse–Treatment Off-reserve facilities for Enoch residents ... 1320 Teachers' Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2008 (Bill 12) Third reading ... 986–87 TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. North Central Corridor project across Lubicon territory ... 281–82, 1289–90, 1352–53, 1356 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day General remarks ... 1673–74 Ukrainian Famine and Genocide (Holodomor) Memorial Day Act (Bill 37) First reading ... 1673–74 Second reading ... 1675, 1680–81 Third reading ... 1682 Unemployment–Aboriginal people General remarks ... 1511 Water quality–Fort Chipewyan Impact on human health ... 714 Wildfires–Control Métis settlements ... 1430–31