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Legislative Assembly of Alberta the 29Th Legislature First Session Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature First Session Standing Committee on Families and Communities Ministry of Education Consideration of Main Estimates Wednesday, November 4, 2015 3:30 p.m. Transcript No. 29-1-5 Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature First Session Standing Committee on Families and Communities Sweet, Heather, Edmonton-Manning (ND), Chair Smith, Mark W., Drayton Valley-Devon (W), Deputy Chair Hinkley, Bruce, Wetaskiwin-Camrose (ND) Jansen, Sandra, Calgary-North West (PC) Littlewood, Jessica, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (ND) Luff, Robyn, Calgary-East (ND) McPherson, Karen M., Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill (ND) Orr, Ronald, Lacombe-Ponoka (W) Payne, Brandy, Calgary-Acadia (ND) Pitt, Angela D., Airdrie (W) Renaud, Marie F., St. Albert (ND)* Rodney, Dave, Calgary-Lougheed (PC) Shepherd, David, Edmonton-Centre (ND) Swann, Dr. David, Calgary-Mountain View (AL) Westhead, Cameron, Banff-Cochrane (ND) Yao, Tany, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (W) * substitution for Cameron Westhead Also in Attendance Cooper, Nathan, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (W) Cyr, Scott J., Bonnyville-Cold Lake (W) Drever, Deborah, Calgary-Bow (Ind) Support Staff W.J. David McNeil Clerk Robert H. Reynolds, QC Law Clerk/Director of Interparliamentary Relations Shannon Dean Senior Parliamentary Counsel/ Director of House Services Philip Massolin Manager of Research Services Stephanie LeBlanc Legal Research Officer Sarah Amato Research Officer Nancy Robert Research Officer Giovana Bianchi Committee Clerk Corinne Dacyshyn Committee Clerk Jody Rempel Committee Clerk Karen Sawchuk Committee Clerk Rhonda Sorensen Manager of Corporate Communications and Broadcast Services Jeanette Dotimas Communications Consultant Tracey Sales Communications Consultant Janet Schwegel Managing Editor of Alberta Hansard Transcript produced by Alberta Hansard Standing Committee on Families and Communities Participant Ministry of Education Hon. David Eggen, Minister November 4, 2015 Families and Communities FC-71 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 4, 2015 has been raised twice already, I have researched the matter myself Title: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 fc and consulted with others on how to proceed. The practice used in [Ms Sweet in the chair] the past has been for a break to be called while the meeting clock continues to run and that the break happens with the consensus of Ministry of Education the committee. However, this year’s members have expressed Consideration of Main Estimates concern about the established practice, and there has been some variation in practice among the legislative policy committees. As The Chair: Good afternoon, everybody. I’m Heather Sweet, chair you know, the start times and end times of these meetings are of the Committee on Families and Communities. I’d like to call the specific in the standing orders, which leaves us with two options. meeting to order. Option 1 is to meet as scheduled for three hours with no recess. The The committee has under consideration the estimates for the second option would be to have a brief recess near the midpoint of Ministry of Education for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. the meeting, with the consensus of the committee, but the meeting I’d ask that we go around the table and introduce ourselves for clock will continue to run. Is there any discussion on this issue? the record. If everybody would be comfortable with taking a break with the Mr. Minister, please introduce your staff as required. clock still running, we can do that. Any objections? Mr. Smith: Mark Smith, Drayton Valley-Devon. Mr. Smith: How long would the break be? Mr. Orr: Ron Orr, Lacombe-Ponoka. The Chair: Five minutes. No objections? Thank you, everyone. We will proceed accordingly. Mrs. Pitt: Angela Pitt, Airdrie. Speaking order and time. Hon. members, the standing orders set Mr. Cyr: Scott Cyr, MLA, Bonnyville-Cold Lake. out the process for consideration of the main estimates. Before we proceed with consideration of the main estimates for the Ministry Mr. Yao: Tany Yao, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo. of Education, I would like to review briefly the standing orders governing the speaking rotation. As provided for in SO 59.01(6), Ms Jansen: Sandra Jansen, Calgary-North West. the rotation is as follows. The minister or the member of Executive Council acting on the minister’s behalf may make opening Mr. Eggen: David Eggen, Edmonton-Calder, and Minister of comments not to exceed 10 minutes. For the hour that follows, Education. I have quite a number of staff here: Brad Smith, Lorna members of the Wildrose Official Opposition and the minister may Rosen, Michael Walter, Jeremy Nolais. I don’t have a list of speak. For the next 20 minutes the members of the third party, everybody, so as time moves on, I will give you a more Progressive Conservative, if any, and the minister may speak. For comprehensive list of the staff I have here. the next 20 minutes the members of any other party represented in Thank you. the Assembly or any independent members and the minister may speak. For the next 20 minutes private members of the government Ms Drever: Deborah Drever, Calgary-Bow. caucus, New Democrats, and the minister may speak. For the time Ms McPherson: Good afternoon. Karen McPherson, Calgary- remaining we will follow the same rotation just outlined to the Mackay-Nose Hill. extent possible; however, the speaking times are reduced to five minutes as set out in Standing Order 59.02(1)(c). Mr. Shepherd: David Shepherd, Edmonton-Centre. Members may speak more than once; however, speaking times for the first rotation are limited to 10 minutes at any one time. A Mr. Westhead: Cameron Westhead, Banff-Cochrane. minister and a member may combine their time for a total of 20 minutes. For the final rotation, with speaking times of five minutes, Ms Luff: Robyn Luff, Calgary-East. once again a minister and a member may combine their speaking Ms Payne: Good afternoon. Brandy Payne, Calgary-Acadia. time for a maximum total of 10 minutes. The speaking rotation is set out in the standing orders, and members wishing to participate Mr. Hinkley: Bruce Hinkley, Wetaskiwin-Camrose. must be present during the appropriate portion of the meeting. Members are asked to advise the chair at the beginning of their Mrs. Littlewood: Jessica Littlewood, MLA, Fort Saskatchewan- speech if they wish to combine their time with the minister’s time. Vegreville. If members have any questions regarding speaking times or the The Chair: Thank you. rotation, please feel free to send a note or speak directly with either Please note that the microphones are operated by Hansard, and the chair or committee clerk about the process. we’d ask that BlackBerrys, iPhones, et cetera, be turned off or set Three hours have been scheduled to consider the estimates of the to silent or vibrate and not placed on the table as they will interfere Ministry of Education. with the audiofeed. Committee members, ministers, and other members who are not Before we proceed further, I have a few issues to address. First committee members may participate. Ministry officials may be of all, I would like to remind everyone that although our meetings present, and at the direction of the minister officials from the regarding the main estimates are structured differently from other ministry may address the committee. Members’ staff may be committee meetings, the same consideration for decorum as far as present and, space permitting, may sit at the table or behind their matters of dress code, directing the flow of debate through the chair, members along the committee room wall. Members have priority and so forth, should be respected. If you have any questions about for seating at the table at all times. this, please consult the October 29, 2015, memo from the Speaker If debate is exhausted prior to three hours, the ministry’s to all members of the Assembly. estimates are deemed to have been considered for the time allotted Finally, I would like to address the matter of taking a brief recess in the schedule and we will adjourn. Otherwise, we will adjourn at near the midpoint of these main estimates meetings. As this matter 6:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter. FC-72 Families and Communities November 4, 2015 Points of order will be dealt with as they arise, and the clock will the 1 per cent lump payment to teachers in December 2015, $40 continue to run. million, is also provided. Any written material provided in response to questions raised 3:40 during the main estimates should be tabled by the minister in the Assembly for the benefit of all members. Inclusive education. As I mentioned, our government has also The vote on the estimates is deferred until consideration of all reversed previously proposed cuts to various education grants. I ministry estimates has concluded and will occur in Committee of will spend a few minutes outlining funding for several of these key Supply on November 23, 2015. grants. First, I want to state that we need to keep working with If there are amendments, an amendment to the estimates cannot teachers and parents to get it right on supporting students with seek to increase the amount of the estimates being considered, special needs. We need to ensure that school boards have the change the destination of a grant, or change the destination or flexibility to support the unique needs of every school, classroom, purpose of a subsidy. An amendment may be proposed to reduce an and student. This is why Budget 2015 provides $419 million for estimate, but the amendment cannot propose to reduce the estimate inclusive education. by its full amount. The vote on amendments is deferred until Small class size initiative. Speaking of classrooms, we also Committee of Supply convenes on November 23, 2015.
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