November 3, 2010

Ministerial Forum Toolkit

The AAMDC’s ministerial forum toolkit for the Fall 2010 Convention is now available online. The toolkit includes minister information, portfolios and current issues for each ministry. We believe members will find this toolkit useful when formulating questions or to understand which departments have a hand in significant rural municipal issues. The Ministerial Forum Toolkit is attached to this bulletin in PDF form. It is also available on our website here. We will have several copies will be available on each table at convention. Enquiries may be directed to: Kelly FitzGibbon Kim Heyman Communications & Web Coordinator Director of Advocacy & Communications 780.955.4075 780.955.4079

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Ministerial Forum Toolkit AABORIGINALBORIGINAL RRELATIONSELATIONS RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. LLENEN WEBBERWEBBER ■ Aboriginal relations. ■ Review First Nations ■ GOA’s First Nations ■ Métis Settlements Consultation Policy on Consultation Policy on Appeals Tribunal. Land Management and Land Management and ■ Métis Settlements Resource Development Resource Development Ombudsman. and the Aboriginal Policy 2010 draft discussion ■ First Nations Development Framework to increase ef- paper. Fund. fectiveness of consultation ■ Duty to consult. process. ■ Duty to accommodate. ■ Consult First Nations on new approach providing mutual benefi ts and greater certainty in resource development.

AADVANCEDDVANCED ED.ED. & TTECHNOLOGYECHNOLOGY RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. DDOUGOUG HHORNERORNER ■ Apprenticeship and ■ Enhance economic ■ Approving/funding U industry training. diversifi cation to build of A accredited planner ■ Adult learning. knowledge-driven future undergraduate program. ■ Technology. by identifying focused ■ Water/wastewater priority sectors and operator “Apprentice further opportunities to Certifi cation Program”. encourage commercial- ■ Programs, incentives for ization, and secure and rural doctors and health maintain competitive practitioners . advantage. ■ Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy for health researcher business plans (e.g. AB Innovates, AB Health Services and post- secondary programs). AAGRICULTUREGRICULTURE & RRURALURAL DEV.DEV. RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. JJACKACK HHAYDENAYDEN ■ Primary, value-added ■ Assist agricultural entre- ■ Policy development food and non-food products. preneurs to identify and on the conversion and ■ Promoting enhanced realize new opportunities fragmentation of agricultural livestock health. in value-added agricultural land. ■ Increase market access products and markets. ■ Sustainable support for for agriculture and food agricultural industry industry products. ■ Connectivity initiatives ■ Soil conservation, water and rural broadband quality, range management, grant programs. climate change, biodiversity. ■ Drought support for ■ Risk management northwest region of programs; funding to province. farmers. ■ Safe food production and processing practices. ■ Food safety process control systems ■ Rural development.

2 CCHILDRENHILDREN & YOUTHYOUTH SSERVICESERVICES RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. YYVONNEVONNE FFRITZRITZ ■ Supports to children, ■ Improve access to ■ GOA accepted 10 youth and families programs for high-risk recommendations after ■ Increasing child/youth youth and those affected an examination of child safety from abuse, neglect by family violence. intervention system. Will ■ Improved outcomes for ■ Comprehensive early forward leading practices children in care childhood development and ways to strengthen ■ Working to prevent family and parenting programs. system to support at- violence and bullying ■ Support vulnerable risk children, youth and ■ Ensure access to quality, Albertans through the families. affordable child care Social-based Assistance ■ FCSS ■ Encouraging, involving, Review. supporting communities ■ Support Social-based to deliver services to children, Assistance Review, youth and families. including refocusing early intervention initiatives to address root causes of crisis interventions.

CCULTUREULTURE & CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITY SSPIRITPIRIT RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. LLINDSAYINDSAY ■ Culture and community ■ Continue to work in ■ Volunteerism. BBLACKETTLACKETT development. partnership with Alberta ■ Municipal heritage ■ Voluntary sector. nonprofi t voluntary sector partnerships and roadside ■ Museums and heritage to respond to current and signage. sites. future needs by strength- ■ Funding levels for ■ Human Rights and Citi- ening capacity and community-based service zenship Commission. supporting collaborative organizations. ■ Human Rights Citizen- community initiatives. ship and Multiculturalism Fund. ■ Foundation for the Arts ■ Alberta Historical Resources Foundation. ■ Government House Foundation.

EEDUCATIONDUCATION RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. DDAVEAVE ■ Develop curriculum, set ■ Long-term vision for ■ Promote municipal ca- HHANCOCKANCOCK standards; basic educa- education that ensures reers through curriculum tion policy/regulations. students have the knowl- redevelopment. ■ Curriculum. edge, skills and abilities to ■ Inspiring Education: ■ Teacher development be successful in the 21st 20-year plan released and certifi cation. century. in June 2010. Stresses ■ Special needs student ■ Continue to implement engaged thought, ethics supports. the Safe Communities and entrepreneurship. ■ Funding and support for initiative. Outlines policy shifts and school boards. ■ Improve broad-based examines implications for ■ Aboriginal/francophone supports and early in- governance and leader- education. tervention initiatives for ship. ■ Alberta Initiative for at-risk children to improve ■ September 2010: requests School Improvement their learning outcomes. stakeholder feedback on (AISI). discussion paper for proposed new School Act legislation and its effect on local education priorities. 3 EEMPLOYMENTMPLOYMENT & IIMMIGRATIONMMIGRATION RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. TTHOMASHOMAS ■ Help Albertans train for, ■ Support vulnerable ■ Create programs and LLUKASZUKUKASZUK fi nd and keep employment. Albertans through the incentives to increase ■ Provide fi nancial and Social-based Assistance rural doctor and health health benefi ts, child Review. Move towards practitioner numbers. support services and easy-access, citizen- ■ Immigration and certi- employment training centred programs and fication processes. support to those in need. services. ■ College of Physicians and ■ Contribute to workplaces ■ Support Social-based Surgeons/South African that are safe, healthy, fair Assistance Review, in- doctors. and stable. cluding low income supports. ■ Outsourcing oilsands- ■ Promote awareness ■ Promote innovation and related fabrication. and understanding of value-added economic ■ Recruitment, retention women’s issues. development creating of volunteer fi refi ghters. highly-skilled, sustainable ■ WCB cancer coverage jobs, encourage eco- for volunteer fi refi ghters. nomic diversifi cation and ■ Employment trends. strengthen economy. ■ Ensure knowledge, career and employment skills for Albertans.

EENERGYNERGY RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. RRONON LLIEPERTIEPERT ■ Secure Albertans’ share ■ Support large-scale ■ Carbon capture and and benefi ts from energy projects through Carbon storage. and mineral resource Capture and Storage ■ Electrical transmission development. (CCS) Fund and develop infrastructure. ■ Ensure energy and policy to ensure CCS is ■ Nuclear energy. mineral resources remain deployed and commer- ■ Regulatory enhancement competitive and attractive cialized in a safe and project (review of energy to investment. effective manner. regulatory structure). ■ Increase awareness ■ Develop and implement of energy and mineral recommendations to resource development. improve competitiveness ■ Ensures consumers within natural gas and have a choice of reliable conventional oil sectors. and competitively priced ■ Lead long-term stream- energy. lining and rationalization of ■ Bio-fuels. natural resource regulatory system and ipromote en- vironmentally responsible clean energy development. ■ Increase upgrading and refi ning capacity in Alberta, including Bitumen Royalty in kind.

4 EENVIRONMENTNVIRONMENT RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. RROBOB RRENNERENNER ■ Safeguard public and ■ Implementation of ■ Water conservation, environmental health. Land-use Framework. effi ciency and productivity ■ Help Albertans become ■ Lead transition to planning. better environmental an outcomes-focused ■ Climate change. stewards. environmental cumulative ■ Water transfer and ■ Support and maintain effects management allocation system. stringent environmental system within Land-use ■ Wetlands policy rules. Framework to address ■ Onsite septage regulations ■ Address cumulative impacts of development for multi-lot developments. environmental effects. on land, air, water and ■ Water for Life strategy. biodiversity. ■ Response to climate ■ Support long-term stream- change. lining and rationalization of the natural resource regula- tory system and promote environmentally responsible clean energy development.

FFINANCEINANCE & EENTERPRISENTERPRISE RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. TTEDED MMORTONORTON ■ Coordinate provincial ■ Policy enabling supple- ■ Budget 2011. budget . mental pension plan for ■ Allowing Seniors Hous- ■ Facilitate fi scal planning those currently not covered ing Authorities to be mem- and economic forecasting. by pension plans. bers of ACFA. ■ Manage long-term tax, ■ Enhance economic ■ Competitiveness. revenue and investment competitiveness to attract policy and programs. new investment. ■ Pension plans, insurance ■ Support Executive and fi nancial institutions. Council with priority ■ Financial assets and actions under Bill 1, the liabilities. Alberta Competitiveness ■ Manage risk associated Act. with liability exposure and ■ Work with federal loss of public assets. government on innova- ■ Regulate and support tive taxation structures to capital market. enhance energy sector’s ■ Regulatory Review competitiveness and its con- Secretariat. tribution to the economy. ■ Alberta Economic ■ Regulatory reform Development Authority. initiatives, in coopera- ■ Northern Alberta tion with other levels of Development Council. government, to enhance business productivity and overall investment competitiveness, and reduce costs. ■ Lead government ini- tiatives encouraging the expansion of integrated refi ning and petro-chemi- cal facilities. ■ Alberta Capital Bonds. ■ Develop long-term fi scal plan to ensure continued prosperity.

5 HHEALTHEALTH & WWELLNESSELLNESS RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. GGENEENE ■ Promote health and ■ Appropriate policy and ■ Ambulance dispatch ZZWOZDESKYWOZDESKY wellness strategies for accountability mecha- problems. preventing injury and ill- nisms to assure improved ■ Personnel shortages. ness. health care quality, acces- ■ Doctor recruitment and ■ Provide support for sibility and sustainability. retention; locum program. managing addictions. ■ Safe Communities ■ Emergency room/surgery ■ Build a contemporary, initiative. wait times. responsive, sustainable ■ Enhance continuum of ■ Rural hospitals. and fl exible health sys- client-centred services ■ Alberta Health Act. tem. for mental health and ■ Arm’s length body to addictions. support evidenced-based ■ Social-based Assis- decision-making. tance Review, including ■ Health charter. alignment of policy and ■ Process for assimilating assessment of impacts of existing legislation. policy options on health ■ Fix problems identifi ed service delivery. by Albertans. ■ Funding for seniors’ facilities. ■ Long-term care facilities HHOUSINGOUSING & UURBANRBAN AAFFAIRSFFAIRS RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. JJONATHANONATHAN ■ Housing services. ■ Implement Safe Com- ■ Affordable housing. DDENISENIS ■ Alberta Social Housing munities initiative. Corporation. ■ Provide supports that ■ Homelessness maintain housing stability Secretariat. and employ “housing fi rst” philosophy. ■ Support vulnerable Albertans through So- cial-based Assistance Review. ■ Support Social-based Assistance Review, including plans to address homelessness and afford- able housing.

IINFRASTRUCTURENFRASTRUCTURE RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. RRAYAY DDANYLUKANYLUK ■ Infrastructure planning, ■ Implement 20-year ■ Land Assembly Project building and managing Strategic Capital Plan Act. government-owned infra- to build horizontal and ■ Provincial infrastructure structure. vertical infrastructure for defi cit. changing population and economy. ■ Support new and up- graded public facilities, safe and vibrant com- munities, and core public services.

6 IINTERNATIONALNTERNATIONAL & IINTERGOVERNMENTALNTERGOVERNMENTAL RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES RRELATIONSELATIONS HHON.ON. IIRISRIS EEVANSVANS ■ Promote interests of ■ Enhance economic ■ TILMA/NWPTA. and secure benefi ts for competitiveness to attract ■ Federal stimulus fund- Alberta as an equal part- new investment and keep ing. ner in united Canada. Albertans working. ■ Wastewater regulations ■ Strengthen international ■ Promote liberalization (federal). relations. of trade, investment and ■ Oilsands promotion. ■ Greater trade and in- labour mobility within ■ Competitiveness. vestment. Canada, through national ■ Markets Alberta interna- and province-specifi c tionally. initiatives and advance ■ Strategic market intel- Alberta’s interests by ligence. implementing an interna- ■ Create partnerships, tional strategy. networks and alliances. ■ Identify opportunities in targeted foreign markets ■ Investment attraction.

JJUSTICEUSTICE & AATTORNEYTTORNEY GGENERALENERAL RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. AALISONLISON ■ Prosecute criminal and ■ Implement Safe Com- ■ Joint and several liability. RREDFORDEDFORD other offences. munities initiative. ■ Provide access to ■ Lead implementation of courts and other dispute- cross-ministry Safe Com- resolution processes. munities initiative. ■ Corporate advice and ■ Crime prevention. legal services to other ■ Implement Alberta ministries. Gang Reduction Strategy. ■ Support and protect vulnerable Albertans.

MMUNICIPALUNICIPAL AFFAIRSAFFAIRS RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. HHECTORECTOR ■ Help municipalities pro- ■ Promote strong and ■ Municipal sustainability GGOUDREAUOUDREAU vide accountable, effec- vibrant communities and strategy. tive local government. reduce crime. ■ Onsite septage regula- ■ Safety standards for ■ Promote sustainability tions for single lot systems. construction and main- by strengthening regional ■ Changes to Local tenance of buildings and cooperation, municipal Authorities Elections Act. equipment. viability and community ■ Municipal Government ■ Alberta Emergency accountability. Act review. Management Agency. ■ Municipal Corporate ■ Recommendations on Reviews (MCR) matters under Municipal Government Act through Municipal Government Board. ■ Public land and municipal services in Special Areas.

7 SSENIORSENIORS & CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITY SSUPPORTSUPPORTS RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. MMARYARY AANNENNE ■ Financial benefi ts, ■ Support vulnerable ■ Continuing care (DAL, JJABLONSKIABLONSKI housing and other pro- Albertans through Social- etc.) grams for seniors. based Assistance Review. ■ Facility development in ■ Assured Income for the ■ Lead Social-based relation to keeping seniors Severely Handicapped Assistance Review and in/near home communi- program (AISH). review related policy, pro- ties; continuing care, ■ Community-based sup- grams and services. long-term care. ports for Albertans with ■ Alberta Health Act. developmental disabili- ■ Funding for seniors’ ties. facilities/operating costs. ■ Alberta Aids to Daily ■ Debt for housing Living. authorities. ■ Home support. ■ Increase in accommo- dation fees.

SSERVICEERVICE ALBERTAALBERTA RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. HHEATHEREATHER ■ Licensing and regis- ■ Support Social-based ■ Rural Broadband and KKLIMCHUKLIMCHUK tries. Assistance Review, connectivity. ■ Shared services to including the provision of ■ Land titles (e.g. aban- ministries. information technology doned wells removed ■ Enforce high standards and systems support to from title causing devel- of consumer protection enable business process opment concerns). and business practices. enhancements. ■ Reduce duplication of services across minis- tries. ■ Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy. ■ Seamless, secure and accessible services. ■ Alberta SuperNet.

SSOLICITOROLICITOR GGENERALENERAL & PPUBLICUBLIC SECURITYSECURITY RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. FFRANKRANK OOBERLEBERLE ■ Ensure safe communi- ■ Promote strong and ■ Law Enforcement ties through policing and vibrant communities and Framework Review. promotion of crime-pre- reduce crime. ■ Law Enforcement vention activities. ■ Develop and implement Funding. ■ Support victims of crime law enforcement frame- during police investiga- work. tions and criminal court ■ Implement Safe Com- proceedings. munities initiative. ■ Maintain correctional and ■ Support cross-ministry rehabilitation programs. Safe Communities initia- tive by supporting the an Alberta action plan on crime prevention and Alberta Gang Reduction Strategy.

8 SSUSTAINABLEUSTAINABLE RRESOURCEESOURCE DEVEL.DEVEL. RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. MMELEL KKNIGHTNIGHT ■ Ensure Alberta’s public ■ Implementation of the ■ Land-use Framework lands are healthy, produc- Land-use Framework. and associated policies, tive and sustainable. ■ Lead Land-use Frame- plans and legislation. ■ Protect forests and work initiative, under the ■ Crisis in the forestry forest communities from Land-use Secretariat. industry. wildfi res. ■ Support long-term ■ Mountain Pine Beetle. ■ Support healthy ecosys- streamlining and ratio- ■ Surface Rights Act. tems and forest communi- nalization of the natural ties. resource regulatory ■ Sustainable forestry system and identify im- sector. provements that promote ■ Fish and wildlife re- environmentally respon- sources. sible clean energy devel- ■ Oversee esource de- opment. velopment and confi ned operations.

TTOURISM,OURISM, PPARKSARKS & RRECREATIONECREATION RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. CCINDYINDY ADYADY ■ Facilitate tourism mar- ■ Implementation of the ■ Recreation corridors keting, development and Land-use Framework. and trails. fi lm investment. ■ Implementation of Land- ■ Alberta’s plan for parks. ■ Manage provincial use Framework including ■ Closure and partial parks and protected linkages to Alberta’s Plan closure of provincial camp- areas. for Parks and a provincial grounds and recreation ■ Promote recreational recreation management areas. and sports opportunities. strategy.

TTRANSPORTATIONRANSPORTATION RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. LLUKEUKE ■ Planning, building and ■ Implement 20-year ■ Transportation Grant OOUELLETTEUELLETTE managing provincial Strategic Capital Plan to Funding. highway network, including build the horizontal and ■ Water and wastewater administration of municipal vertical infrastructure for infrastructure funding. transportation grants. growing, changing popu- ■ Bridge Funding. ■ Transportation Safety lation and economy. ■ Stimulus Funding Dead- Board. ■ Invest in priority proj- lines. ects that contribute to ■ Off-highway Vehicles a safe and world-class transportation system that supports regional and provincial economic development.

9 TTREASURYREASURY BOARDBOARD RRESPONSIBILITIESESPONSIBILITIES MMANDATEANDATE CCURRENTURRENT ISSUESISSUES HHON.ON. LLLOYDLOYD ■ Secretariat, separate ■ Oil sands strategic plan, ■ Budget 2011. SSNELGROVENELGROVE from Finance, to support Responsible Actions. the Minister as Chair of ■ Enhancements to Treasury Board. energy regulatory system ■ Offi ce of the Controller. for improved effi ciency, ■ Capital planning, inter- effectiveness and respon- nal auditing and expendi- siveness. ture management. ■ Support long-term ■ Corporate Human Re- streamlining and rational- sources. ization of natural resource ■ Human resource plan- regulatory system and ning, employee attraction identify improvements for and retention, and corpo- clean energy develop- rate employee develop- ment. ment. ■ Implement 20-year ■ Advance employee en- Strategic Capital Plan to gagement, performance build horizontal and verti- management and capaci- cal infrastructure. ty-building strategies. ■ Implementation of the ■ Attract and recruit 20-year Strategic Capital executive managers and Plan to build priority public senior offi cials. infrastructure.

MMINISTRYINISTRY PPARLIAMENTARYARLIAMENTARY DDEPUTYEPUTY MINISTERMINISTER AASSISTANTSSISTANT Aboriginal Relations Maria David-Evans Advanced Education & Technology Greg Weadick Annette Trimbee Agriculture & Rural Development Broyce Jacobs John Knapp Children & Youth Services Steve MacDonald Culture & Community Spirit Lois Hawkins Education Janice Sarich Keray Henke Employment & Immigration Teresa Woo-Paw Shirley Howe Energy Diana McQueen Peter Watson Environment Cal Dallas Jim Ellis Finance & Enterprise Doug Griffi ths Tim Wiles Health & Wellness Raj Sherman Jay Ramotar Housing & Urban Affairs Marcia Nelson Infrastructure Barry Day International & Intergovernmental Relations Paul Whittaker Justice & Attorney General Ray Bodnarek Municipal Affairs Manmeet Bhullar Ray Gilmour Seniors & Community Supports Fred Horne Robert Bhatia Service Alberta Paul Pellis Solicitor General & Public Security Brad Pickering Sustainable Resource Development Evan Berger Eric McGhan Tourism, Parks & Recreation Bill Werry Transportation Gary Boddez Treasury Board Jeff Johnson Grant Robertson 1100