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Alberta Hansard page and issue number information (26th Leg./1st Sess. 2005)
Issue No. Date Pages
1 (Elect Spk/Throne Sp) ... Mar. 1 aft. & Mar. 2 aft...... 1-5 & 7-11 2 ...... Mar. 3 aft...... 13-38 3 ...... Mar. 7 aft ...... 39-68 4 ...... Mar. 7 eve. & Mar. 8 aft...... 69-80 & 81-103 5 ...... Mar. 8 eve. & Mar. 9 aft...... 105-16 & 117-46 6 ...... Mar. 9 eve ...... 147-58 7 ...... Mar. 14 aft ...... 159-86 8 ...... Mar. 14 eve. & Mar. 15 aft...... 187-98 & 199-228 9 (Interim Est. 2005-06) .. Mar. 15 eve. & Mar. 16 aft...... 229-41 & 243-69 10 (Suppl. Est. 2004-05) . Mar. 16 eve. & Mar. 17 aft...... 271-84 & 285-313 11 ...... Mar. 21 aft...... 315-42 12 ...... Mar. 21 eve. & Mar. 22 aft...... 343-57 & 359-87 13 ...... Mar. 22 eve. & Mar. 23 aft...... 389-407 & 409-37 14 (Easter recess) ...... Mar. 23 eve. & Mar. 24 aft...... 439-51 & 453-80 15 ...... Apr. 4 aft...... 481-509 16 ...... Apr. 4 eve. & Apr. 5 aft...... 511-25 & 527-52 17 ...... Apr. 5 eve. & Apr. 6 aft...... 553-67 & 569-95 18 ...... Apr. 6 eve. & Apr. 7 aft...... 597-610 & 611-39 19 ...... Apr. 11 aft ...... 641-67 20 ...... Apr. 11 eve. & Apr. 12 aft...... 669-88 & 689-715 21 (Budget Address) ...... Apr. 12 eve. & Apr. 13 aft...... 717-33 & 735-50 22 (Main estimates start) .. Apr. 13 eve. & Apr. 14 aft...... 751-64 & 765-93 23 ...... Apr. 18 aft...... 795-825 24 ...... Apr. 18 eve. & Apr. 19 aft...... 827-46 & 847-75 25 ...... Apr. 19 eve. & Apr. 20 aft...... 877-95 & 897-923 26 ...... Apr. 20 eve. & Apr. 21 aft...... 925-43 & 945-71 27 ...... Apr. 25 aft ...... 973-98 28 ...... Apr. 25 eve. & Apr. 26 aft...... 999-1021 & 1023-49 29 ...... Apr. 26 eve. & Apr. 27 aft...... 1051-70 & 1071-98 30 ...... Apr. 27 eve. & Apr. 28 aft...... 1099-1116 & 1117-42 31 ...... May 2 aft ...... 1143-71 32 ...... May 2 eve. & May 3 aft...... 1173-94 & 1195-1223 33 ...... May 3 eve. & May 4 aft...... 1225-46 & 1247-75 34 ...... May 4 eve. & May 5 aft...... 1277-99 & 1301-29 35 ...... May 9 aft...... 1331-59 36 ...... May 9 eve. & May 10 aft...... 1361-83 & 1385-1414 37 ...... May 10 eve. & May 11 aft...... 1415-39 & 1441-70 38 ...... May 11 eve. & May 12 aft...... 1471-93 & 1495-1515 39 ...... May 16 aft ...... 1517-45 40 ...... May 16 eve. & May 17 aft...... 1547-65 & 1567-94 41 ...... May 18 aft ...... 1595-1616 42 (Queen’s Address) ...... May 24 aft ...... 1617-18
Spring sittings: 42 days; 28 evenings
... continued (Issue No.) (Date) (Pages)
43 ...... Nov. 15 aft ...... 1619-47 44 ...... Nov. 15 eve. & Nov. 16 aft...... 1649-62 & 1663-89 45 (Suppl.Est. 2005-06) .. Nov. 16 eve. & Nov. 17 aft...... 1691-1703 & 1705-34 46 ...... Nov. 21 aft ...... 1735-61 47 ...... Nov. 21 eve. & Nov. 22 aft...... 1763-75 & 1777-1806 48 ...... Nov. 22 eve. & Nov. 23 aft...... 1807-23 & 1825-53 49 ...... Nov. 23 eve. & Nov. 24 aft...... 1855-78 & 1879-1906 50 ...... Nov. 28 aft ...... 1907-35 51 ...... Nov. 28 eve. & Nov. 29 aft...... 1937-58 & 1959-87 52 ...... Nov. 29 eve. & Nov. 30 aft...... 1989-2005 & 2007-33 53 ...... Nov. 30 eve. & Dec. 1 aft...... 2035-2044 & 2045-58
Fall sittings: 11 days; 8 evenings
TOTAL: 53 days; 36 evenings
... continued 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 181 Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) (Continued) Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Committee on Education and Employment, Standing Committee ... 895 Policy Amendment A1 (SP271 & 313/05: Tabled) ... 567 Home education issues ... 1255 Amendment A2 (SP314 & 343/05: Tabled) ... 895 Curling championships Amendment A3 (SP344 & 367/05: Tabled) ... 895 Western Canadian Blind championship ... 126 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Demerit points (Traffic infractions) Second reading ... 1643–44 Application to photoradar infractions ... 614 Alberta centennial salute for sport and recreation Dept. of Advanced Education Statement re ... 2054 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 874 Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill Dept. of Human Resources and Skills Development 206) (Federal) Second reading ... 1756–57 Minister of: Alberta MLA's comments re ... 1607 Alberta School Boards Association Deputy Chair Pension fund liability discusssions ... 1712 Election of, on second ballot ... 4 Alberta seniors benefit program Economic development and the environment Replaces widows' pension ... 1966 General remarks ... 485 Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Education, Postsecondary–Finance Foundation General remarks ... 874 Centennial salute for sport and recreation award ... Electric power lines–Edmonton/Calgary 2054 Upgrading of ... 1831 Alberta Teachers' Association Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Pension fund liability discusssions ... 1712 Alberta visit, May 2005 ... 907 Alberta's Commission on Learning Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Teacher bargaining model recommendation ... 1712 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) 1410–11 First reading ... 170 Energy industry Second reading ... 424, 427 Greenhouse gas emissions reduction ... 772 Committee ... 1295 Ethics Commissioner Third reading ... 1581 Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 764 Animals, Treatment of Extended care facilities–Standards Legislation re (Bill 22) ... 170 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Antidumping laws (International trade) 1410–11 General remarks ... 293 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Auditor General (Bill 205) Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 764 Second reading ... 1539–40 Automobile industry Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) Greenhouse gas emissions reduction ... 772 Amendment (Minister of Justice) (SP235, 272, Automobile Insurance Rate Board 295/05: Tabled) ... 567 Report on rate reductions ... 412–13 Federal/Ontario fiscal relations Black Gold Regional Division #18 Impact of federal parliamentary situation on ... 1392 Operation/maintenance funding concerns ... 1030 Federal/provincial fiscal relations Bridges–Construction General remarks ... 1392 Funding for ... 803 Foreign workers, Temporary Bridges–North Saskatchewan River–Drayton Valley area Ban on: Petitions presented re, tabling re disallowed General remarks ... 803 ... 1206 Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Greenhouse gas emissions Member for, elected as Deputy Chair of Committees, Reduction of: Federal budget legislation re ... 485 on second ballot ... 4 Greenhouse gas reduction programs (Federal) Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Federal) General remarks ... 771 Amendments to, in federal budget legislation ... 485 Hogs–Export–United States Centennial canoe trip, Rocky Mountain House to Antidumping duties on ... 293 Edmonton Home education–Regulations Statement re ... 907 Review of ... 1255–56 Chief Electoral Officer Horse industry Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 764 Consultation with, re changes to Veterinary Climate change Profession Act ... 1627 Kyoto protocol on ... 485 Hudson's Bay Company Climate Fund (Federal) Royal charter obligation ... 907 General remarks ... 771 Income tax, Federal Collective bargaining–Teachers Reduction of ... 1392 Province-wide bargaining ... 1712 Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Ten year deal in return for teachers' pension plan Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 764 solvency ... 1712 182 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) (Continued) Abbott, Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) (Continued) Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Reductions in ... 412–13 General remarks ... 126 International trade–United States Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Irritants re ... 293 Second reading ... 1347–49 Legislative Assembly Office Royal Canadian Legion Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 764 Payment of property taxes ... 323 Members' apologies to the House Saint John's School of Alberta General remarks ... 1632 Centennial canoe trip, Rocky Mountain House to Members' Statements (2005) Edmonton ... 907 Centennial canoe trip ... 907 Schools–Maintenance and repair Centennial salute for sport and recreation ... 2054 Funding for ... 1030 Respect for women in politics, point of order request Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) re ... 1607 Committee ... 499–501 Métis hunting/fishing rights Speaker Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 45 Congratulations to ... 4 Municipal Government Act Speech from the Throne Property tax exemptions for Canadian Legions ... 323 Debate ... 35 Net metering (Electricity) Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Motion 510: Marz ... 1766–67 (Bill 14) Ombudsman Second reading ... 433 Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 764 Supreme Court of Canada Oral Question Period (2005) Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 45 Automobile insurance rates ... 412–13 Taxation Bridge repair and construction ... 803 General remarks ... 1392 Climate change ... 771–72 Teachers' Pension Plan Electricity line between Edmonton and Calgary ... Unfunded liability ... 1712 1831 Veterinary Profession Act Federal financial support ... 1392 Changes to, re veterinary dentistry inclusion in ... Greenhouse gas emissions ... 485 1627 Home schooling ... 1255–56 Widows–Pensions Métis hunting rights ... 45 Replacement of, with seniors' benefit ... 1966 Municipal tax exemptions ... 323 Wild Rose School Division Photoradar ... 614 Operation/maintenance funding concerns ... 1030 Pork exports ... 293 Women in politics School operation and maintenance funding ... 1030 Respect for: Statement re, point of order re ... 1607 Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1712 Ady, Cindy (PC, Calgary-Shaw) Veterinary profession legislation ... 1627 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Widows' pension ... 1966 Gifts to Canadians nation-wide (scholarships and Partnership Fund (Federal) artwork) ... 1738–39 General remarks ... 771 Alberta Centennial Scholarship Program Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Nation-wide program ... 1738 Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction Alberta College of Pharmacists projects, ban on, tabling re disallowed ... 1206 Standards for pharmacy services: Legislation re (Bill Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) 38) ... 491 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill Second reading ... 1534–35 206) Committee ... 1927–28 Second reading ... 1759–60 Photoradar (Traffic safety) Alberta School Boards Association Use on provincial highways ... 614 Edwin Parr awards, statement re ... 1786 Point of Order Alberta seniors benefit program Member's Statement re respect for women in politics Forms re, filling out of ... 889 ... 1607 Alberta's Commission on Learning Pork–Export–United States Daily physical activity recommendation ... 1027–28 Antidumping duties on ... 293 Artwork, Alberta Postsecondary educational institutions–Finance Donation to National Gallery of Canada ... 1738–39 Performance envelope funds ... 874 Automobile Insurance Rate Board Project Green (Federal Kyoto accord implementation Announcement on rate reductions ... 457 plan) Calgary Board of Education General remarks ... 771–72 School construction delays ... 1198–99 Property tax Payment by Canadian Legions ... 323 Calgary Catholic Board of Education Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Funding ... 1501 Second reading ... 338–39 Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Ltd. Third reading ... 791 Statement re ... 1204 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 183 Ady, Cindy (PC, Calgary-Shaw) (Continued) Ady, Cindy (PC, Calgary-Shaw) (Continued) Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Physical fitness–Teaching Calgary education projects ... 1198–99 Daily mandatory activities ... 1027–28 Capital projects–Finance Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Use of budget surplus funds for ... 797–98 Committee ... 786–87 Class size (Grade school) School councils Reduction of: Funding for ... 977–78 Fund-raising activities ... 1525 Classroom space Schools–Construction Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978 Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978 Commission on advanced education (Proposed) Schools–Construction–Calgary Review of public postsecondary education system General remarks ... 1198–99 (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1547–48 Schools–Construction–Finance Daycare centres–Finance Use of budget surplus funds for ... 797–98 National program for: Alberta participation ... Schools–Maintenance and repair 1388–89 Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Use of budget surplus funds for ... 797–98 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 763 Senior citizens–Housing Opportunity and restructuring assessment function ... Assisted living concept, keeping senior couples 763 together ... 889 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 889 Second reading ... 185–86 Education, Postsecondary Speech from the Throne Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Debate ... 30–31 1547–48 Surplus, Budgetary Education–Finance Capital project funding with ... 797–98 General remarks ... 977–78 Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) User fees ... 1525 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Busing of schoolchildren to ... 1724 (Bill 205) Funding for ... 1474, 1783 Second reading ... 1753 General remarks ... 305, 692 Government efficiency Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 763 Second reading ... 390–91 International Women's Day Active living strategy Statement re ... 92 Funding for ... 1474 Members' Statements (2005) Alberta–Economic conditions Calgary Exhibition and Stampede ... 1204 General remarks ... 1141 Edwin Parr education awards ... 1786 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission International Women's Day ... 92 Youth substance abuse treatment programs, letter re Mount Royal College (SP607/05: Tabled) ... 1716–17 Request for university status ... 851 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) National Gallery of Canada Second reading ... 1643 Alberta artwork donated to ... 1738–39 Alberta Centennial Medal Act (Bill 2) Office of the Premier Second reading ... 238–39 Premier's travel to Ottawa, Quebec, and Atlantic Third reading ... 439 Canada, November 2005: Centennial gifts to Alberta Fire Commissioner's Office Canadians announced during ... 1738 Budget reduction ... 1327 Oral Question Period (2005) Alberta Foundation for the Arts Automobile insurance rates ... 457 Funding ... 692, 1474, 1475 Calgary Catholic School Board funding ... 1501 Review of Visual Arts Alberta Association ... 1571 Centennial gifts to Canadians ... 1738–39 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Class sizes ... 977–78 Elimination of: Email re (SP728/05: Tabled) ... 1920 Daily physical activity in schools ... 1027–28 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Mount Royal College ... 851 Complaints procedure ... 1474 National child care initiative ... 1388–89 Funding for ... 1475 School construction in Calgary ... 1198–99 Investigation of inmate rape case ... 855 School fees ... 1525 Alberta Order of Excellence Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Unbudgeted surplus ... 797–98 18) Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) Second reading ... 352–53 First reading ... 491 Committee ... 446 Committee ... 1558 Third reading ... 638–39 Third reading ... 1582 Alberta Scene (Arts festival, Ottawa) Amendment (SP467/05: Tabled) ... 1558 Centennial funding for ... 305, 324, 692, 1474 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Alberta seniors benefit program Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Dental benefits ... 260 Second reading ... 1535–36 Optical benefits ... 260 184 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Allan Gray Continuing Care Centre Dept. of Community Development (Continued) Conditions in ... 1499 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton 305–06 Impact on resident, letters re (SP704/05: Tabled) ... Dept. of Education 1891 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1724 Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary Dept. of Health and Wellness Wild Rose Foundation grants to ... 1335 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1844 Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Auditor General's Dept. of Human Resources and Employment report on ... 1742–43 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1141–42 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Research and development funding ... 1142 (Bill 51) Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Second reading ... 1944–45 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1089–90 Arts–Finance Dept. of Municipal Affairs General remarks ... 692, 977, 1474, 1475, 1483, 1571, Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1327 1783, 2053 Disaster relief Athletes, Albertan Letter re (SP749/05: Tabled) ... 1970 Support for ... 1151 Drinking water Auditor General In schools ... 1711 Historic Resources Fund accounting comments ... Drinking water–Vietnam 1475 Wild Rose grants for ... 1335 Jubilee auditoria comments ... 1475 Drug abuse Wild Rose Foundation grants' auditing ... 1742–43 Cause of youth violence ... 1578 Blue Sky Communication Inc. Edmonton Remand Centre Film funding request ... 1475 Overcrowding ... 855 Book Publishers Association of Alberta Rape of inmates in ... 855 Lobbying for government support ... 2053 Edmonton Sport Council Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Request for provincial sport funding ... 1474 Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) Elder abuse Second reading ... 1947–48 General remarks ... 260 Committee ... 1957–58 Ellerslie elementary school Canmore Nordic Centre Condition of ... 1724 Upgrades to: Funding for ... 306 Drinking water in ... 1711, 1724 Capital Health Ellerslie Rugby Club Allan Gray Continuing Care Centre, review of General remarks ... 1327 conditions in ... 1499 Emergency planning Capital projects, Medical Budget reduction ... 1327 Funding for ... 1844 Ethics Commissioner Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Gifts to members received during trade missions General remarks ... 1327 reported to ... 46 Capital projects–Finance Extended care facilities MLA input into priorization of ... 1089 Conditions in ... 260, 1499 Cellular telephones in automobiles Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1003 (Bill 205) Centennial legacies grant program Second reading ... 1540 General remarks ... 324, 1474 Family law Constitution Act, 1982 Letter re (SP652/05: Tabled) ... 1788 Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Application to Film development grant program prison inmates ... 855 General remarks ... 1475 Construction trades Film industry Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Benefits received from Alberta trade missions ... 46 ... 1090 Government budget for ... 1474 Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Floods–Guyana Committee ... 1902–03, 1905 Recognition of ... 50 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Foreign workers, Temporary Cause of youth violence ... 1578 Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 652, 699, 1128 Curling championships General remarks ... 1090 Team Ferbey (2005 Brier champions) ... 169 Grey Nuns Hospital Dept. of Children's Services Emergency services waiting times, letter re Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 305 (SP549/05: Tabled) ... 1674–75 Dept. of Community Development Staff shortages ... 1844 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1474–75, 1483 High school credits Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 260 Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Staffing ... 1475 833 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 185 Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Highway 63 Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Upgrading of ... 1089 Library funding ... 367 Historic Resources Fund Support for active living ... 1150–51 Accounting principles in, Auditor General's Trade mission to Southeast Asia ... 46 comments re ... 1475 Water quality in Ellerslie elementary school ... 1711 Horse racing Wild Rose Foundation grants ... 531 Lottery funding for ... 367, 977 Passchendaele (Film) Human rights Provincial funding for ... 1783 Funding for ... 1474, 1475 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Immigrants Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction General remarks ... 1142 projects, ban on ... 652, 699, 1128 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Point of Order estimates, 2005-06 Relevance ... 305 Estimates debated ... 260 Police International Day for Tolerance Increase in numbers of ... 1327 Statement re ... 1673 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Labour relations Second reading ... 1242–43 General remarks ... 1141 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) (Bill 49) Labour Relations Board Committee ... 1900–01 General remarks ... 1141 Postsecondary educational institutions–Construction Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities General remarks ... 1089 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27, 2003) Prisoners General remarks ... 1141 Application of Charter of Rights to ... 855 Labour supply Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Shortages of skilled workers ... 1090, 1141 Committee ... 787–88 Libraries–Finance Provincial Archives of Alberta General remarks ... 367, 1475, 1483 Upgrading ... 305 Library cards Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole ... General remarks ... 1327 1483 Public assistance Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Increase to: Letter re (SP527/05: Tabled) ... 1632 (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 187–88, 343, 367 Public safety (From criminal activity) Literacy General remarks ... 1327 Impact of library card fees on ... 367 Publishing industry Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Funding ... 977, 2053 General remarks ... 99–100 Punjabi language–Teaching Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Funding for ... 1724 Second reading ... 1774–75 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Medical care General remarks ... 50, 169 Restructuring (third way option) ... 1844 Recreation–Finance Members of the Legislative Assembly General remarks ... 1150–51 Consultation of, re capital project funding ... 1089 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Members' Statements (2005) Second reading ... 467–68 International Day for Tolerance ... 1673 Roads–Edmonton Prevention of youth violence ... 1578 23rd Avenue/Calgary Trail intersection: Upgrading ... Municipal finance 1090 Government grants, unconditional grants ... 1327 Roads for royalties Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) General remarks ... 1089 Committee ... 632 Rockyview General Hospital Music Alberta Upgrades to, companies bidding on contracts for ... Closing of ... 1571 1089 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Schools–Maintenance and repair Auditor General's recommendation re ... 1475 Funding for ... 1724 Renovations ... 305 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Oral Question Period (2005) Committee ... 505–06 Access to medical services ... 1077–78 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Allen Gray Continuing Care Centre ... 1499 Auditor General'f recommendation re ... 1475 Applewood Park Community Association ... 1335, Renovations ... 305 1742–43 Speech from the Throne Arts funding ... 692, 977, 1571, 2053 Debate ... 99–100 Centennial project funding ... 1783 Sports Centennial projects ... 324 Plan for ... 1151 Edmonton Remand Centre ... 855 186 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Agnihotri, Bharat (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) Amery, Moe (PC, Calgary-East) (Continued) Sports–Finance Deputy Speaker General remarks ... 1150–51, 1474 Election of ... 2 Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Disaster relief Committee ... 561 Southern Alberta flood situation ... 1708 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth English as a Second Language Detox/residential services re: Letter re (SP607/05: Funding ... 949–50, 1572 Tabled) ... 1716–17 General remarks ... 1571–72 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Floods–Prevention General remarks ... 1724 General remarks ... 1708 Tax incentives Floods–Southern Alberta Youth recreation programs (for purposes of youth Compensation re ... 1708 violence prevention) ... 1578 Hospital beds–Calgary Teachers Shortages of ... 533 Numbers of, increase in: Funding for ... 1724 Medical care–Calgary Trade missions–Southeast Asia General remarks ... 533 Benefits of ... 46 Medical profession–Supply Traffic fatalities Northeast Calgary area ... 533 Reduction of ... 1089 Members' Statements (2005) Traffic safety Ian Seright ... 982 Funding for ... 1089 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (Constituency) Traffic Safety Act Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2 Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while Oral Question Period (2005) driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1003 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... Tuition fees 1254–55 Remission of, for second year courses, letter re English as a Second Language program ... 1571–72 (SP635/05: Tabled) ... 1746 ESL funding ... 949–50 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Flood disaster relief ... 1708 Second reading ... 556–57 Health services in Calgary ... 533 Visual Arts Alberta Association Nutrition programs for schools ... 1739–40 Funding for ... 692, 1571 Seniors' property taxes ... 2049 Review of, by Foundation for the Arts ... 1571 Property tax–Education levy In vitro fertilization treatment Seniors' tax relief re ... 2049 Cost of, letter re (SP680/05: Tabled) ... 1837 School nutrition programs Waiting lists (Medical care) General remarks ... 1739–40 General remarks ... 1077–78 Seright, Mr. Samuel Ian Wild Rose Foundation Statement re ... 982 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for ... 1335 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Auditor Second reading ... 180 General's report on ... 1742–43 Speaker Funding ... 1475 Congratulations to ... 2 Funds granted by, follow-up auditing of ... 531, 1335, Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning) 1743 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Grants procedures ... 531 General remarks ... 279, 1131 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) (Bill 50) Second reading ... 225–26 Committee ... 1895 Age and employment Workers' Compensation Board General remarks ... 1131–32 Long standing claims issue ... 1141 Agrology Profession Act (Bill 17) Young offenders, Violent Committee ... 557–58 Prevention programs for: Statement re ... 1578 Third reading ... 1513 Amery, Moe (PC, Calgary-East) Alberta Adult Health Benefit (Human Resources Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program) Earned income exemption under, raising of ... General remarks ... 278 1254–55 Alberta Children and Youth Initiative Review of (2005): Report ... 1254–55 General remarks ... 279–80 Calgary Board of Education Alberta Federation of Labour English as a Second Language programs, funding for Workplace fatalities, report and factsheet re (SP412- ... 1572 413/05: Tabled) ... 1315 Calgary Health Region Alberta Ingenuity Fund Doctor shortage, northeast Calgary, review of ... 533 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 346, 513 Chair Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Election of ... 2 (Bill 43) Second reading ... 1819, 1862–63, 1866, 1867 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 187 Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Alberta Science and Research Authority Amendment City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) Act 2005 (Bill 4) Committee ... 447 Committee ... 450 Clean energy technology Alberta Works (Employment training program) Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Learner assistance allowances ... 1131 504: Swann) ... 673–74 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Collective bargaining Public/private partnership funding model for First-contract certification legislation ... 1625 southeast portion of: Loan interest rate comparison Collective bargaining–Health authorities re (M32/05: Response tabled as SP511/05) ... 1162 Labour Relations Board involvement in ... 2008, Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) 2009, 2048–49 Funding transfer to minister's budget ... 950 Committees, Select standing General remarks ... 1131 Statement re ... 773–74 Waiting times at ... 950 Conflict of interest Apprenticeship and Industry Training Amendment Act, WCB/Ana Gutierrez case ... 1169 2005 (Bill 57) Construction trades Second reading ... 1953–54 Employment levels: Alberta government web site Committee ... 1980–81 article on (SP355/05: Tabled) ... 957 Apprenticeship training Employment levels: Dorothy Paquette run for, Aboriginal people ... 279, 411 Edmonton - Fort McMurray ... 652 General remarks ... 279 Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Letters re (SP431, 435, 444, 463/05: Tabled) ... 1396, ... 121–22, 279, 318, 361, 411, 571, 1132 1452, 1508, 1528 Employment levels: Stats Can report on (SP268 & Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) 286/05: Tabled) ... 536, 622 Third reading ... 1612–13 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1130–32 (Bill 51) Minister's resignation ... 2009 Second reading ... 1946 Research and development funding ... 1131 Committee ... 1984–85 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Third reading ... 2040 278–81 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Dept. of Innovation and Science Benefits increase ... 889 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1375–76 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Performance measures ... 1376 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Third reading ... 1512 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 889–90 Baby boom Drug use in the workplace General remarks ... 1131–32 Random testing for ... 45 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) Random testing for: Report on ... 45 Second reading ... 677–78 Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Canadian College International Institute 2005 Grey Cup contenders: Statement re ... 1888 Monitoring report on, 2004 (SP445/05: Tabled) ... 2005 Grey Cup contenders: T-shirt and thunderstick 1508 from (no SP number: Tabled) ... 1920 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Edmonton Social Planning Council Report on workplace injuries in Canada ... 1122 Information sheet (social determinants of health) Canadian Natural Resources Limited (SP396/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... Elder abuse 121–22, 2048 General remarks ... 889 Capital projects Electric power–Prices Public/private partnerships re: List of all potential Impact on seniors ... 889–90 projects (M33/05: Response tabled as SP512/05) ... Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 1163 Long-term care funding (Not proceeded with) ... 1718 Cattle rustling Employment standards Statement re ... 1258 Bathroom/coffee breaks inclusion in ... 1625 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Employment training programs General remarks ... 737–38, 774 Aboriginal peoples ... 279, 281, 1131 Celanese Canada Inc. General remarks ... 278–79, 1131 Edmonton plant closure ... 1443 Energy research Children–Employment General remarks ... 1376 Age restriction re ... 1779 Christian Labour Association of Canada English as a Second Language Actions of Labour Relations Board in advancing Funding ... 1131 interests of ... 2009, 2048 Enron Canada Corporation General remarks ... 1170 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 411, Stanley): Frontier Economics report re (SP8/05: 2048 Tabled) ... 27 188 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Ethane–Supply Labour Relations Board (Continued) General remarks ... 1443 Chair/vice-chairs of, firing of ... 2049 Extended care facilities–Finance Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Emergency debate on (Not proceeded with) ... 1718 authorities bargaining restructuring) ... 2008–09, Extended care facilities–Staffing 2048–49 Training of ... 889 Labour Relations Code Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major Second reading ... 217–18 projects) ... 121–22 Fatalities, Work-related Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major Day of mourning re ... 1118 projects): Labour Relations Board involvement in Federation of Labour report and factsheet re (SP412- ... 2048 413/05: Tabled) ... 1315 Review of: MLA committee re: Report (M43/05: Football championships Defeated) ... 1170–71 Edmonton Eskimos Grey Cup contenders and Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities champions ... 1888 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27, 2003) Foreign workers, Temporary Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting ... Alberta/federal government memorandum re 2008–09, 2048–49 (M24/05: Defeated) ... 823, 825, 989 Labour supply Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 294, 326, 418, 463, Alberta labour force statistics ... 279 491, 536, 621, 652, 745–46, 775, 806, 858, 957, Alberta labour force statistics (Web site article) 984, 1033, 1128, 1132, 1153, 1205, 1314, 1396, (SP355/05: Tabled) ... 957 1451–52, 1507, 1528, 1578, 1607, 1630, 1674, Strategy re ... 279, 1131–32 1715, 1745, 1788, 1836, 1970, 2016 Labour unions General remarks ... 121–22, 279, 318, 360–61, 411, Impact on, of division 8 designation re foreign 571, 1132, 1443 workers ... 121–22 Language training for ... 1131 Organizing activities (Salting) ... 1170 Letters re (SP116, 136, 168, 208, 243, 255, 269, 287, Lakeside Packers 424, 431, 435/05: Tabled) ... 171, 211, 295, 370, Brooks packing plant: Complaints re working 463, 492, 536, 622, 1342, 1396, 1452 conditions in ... 1625 Letters re (SP444, 463, 492, 505/05: Tabled) ... 1508, Legislative Assembly Chamber 1528, 1579, 1608 VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Treaty 8 First Nations resolution and letter re (SP134- floor of (Motion 20: Hancock) ... 1111 135/05: Tabled) ... 211 Low-income families Foster children General remarks ... 849 Requirement to work ... 1779 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 133–34 General remarks ... 1169 Market enhancement recovery funds Frontier Economics Inc. General remarks ... 1170 Report on Project Stanley (SP8/05: Tabled) ... 27 McLennan Ross LLP (Legal counsel) Gas, Natural–Prices Information about partner in (SP823/05: Tabled) ... Impact on seniors ... 889–90 2056 Group homes–Standards Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 amendments ... Locating of homes ... 646 2048 Highway 881 Mega Project Excellence: Preparing for Alberta's Extension to Alberta/Saskatchewan border, Legacy, An Action Plan (Report) employment opportunities of ... 1131 General remarks ... 1132 Home care program Members' apologies to the House General remarks ... 889 General remarks ... 619 Horse racing Members' Statements (2005) Lottery funding for ... 849, 856 Cattle rustling ... 1258 Immigration Dorothy Pacquette ... 652 General remarks ... 279 Edmonton Eskimos ... 1888 Income Support program Legislature committees structure ... 733–34 Caseload increase ... 278–79 Remembrance Day ... 1629 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Mentally disabled–Housing Third reading ... 1513 Group homes, locating of ... 646 Labour laws and legislation Merit Contractors Association General remarks ... 1625 General remarks ... 1170 Labour mobility Ministerial Statements (2005) General remarks ... 279 National Day of Mourning ... 1118 Labour Relations Board Ministers (Provincial government) Advancing of interests of Christian Labour Random drug tests for ... 45 Association ... 2009, 2048 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 189 Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Racing entertainment centres (Horse racetracks) Second reading ... 473 Revenue from ... 849 Third reading ... 891 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) National Day of Mourning (Work-related Second reading ... 579 injuries/deaths) Remembrance Day Statement re ... 1118 Statement re ... 1629 National Institute for Nanotechnology Research and development General remarks ... 1376 Chairs for, establishment of ... 1376 Oil recovery methods Funding for ... 1376 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Research ... 1376 General remarks ... 1375–76 Oral Question Period (2005) Public awareness of ... 1376 Capital region petrochemical workers ... 1443 Recruitment of scientists for ... 1376 Employment of children ... 1779 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Foreign and non-union workers ... 121–122 Second reading ... 468 Group homes ... 646 Third reading ... 1513 Labour Relations Board ... 2008–09, 2048–49 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Lakeside Packers labour dispute ... 1625 (Bill 44) Minimum wage ... 164, 612–13 Second reading ... 1808 Oil sands employment ... 571 Road construction–Northern Alberta Physiotherapy services ... 292 Employment opportunities in ... 1131 Social assistance rates ... 849, 856 Roads–Northern Alberta Standing policy committee ... 737–38 Impact on aboriginal employment possibilities ... 281, Stony Plain youth justice committee ... 1076 1131 Support for low-income Albertans ... 1198 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Temporary foreign workers ... 318, 360–61, 411 Reduction incentives for clean energy technology Workers' compensation appeals ... 950 development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 673–74 Workplace drug testing ... 45 Science Workplace safety ... 1122 Public awareness of ... 1376 Pacquette, Dorothy Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Run from Fort McMurray to Edmonton: Statement re Second reading ... 176–77 ... 652 Third reading ... 996–97 Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005 Smoking in the workplace (Bill 8) Ban on: Letter re (SP167/05: Tabled) ... 295 Committee ... 688 Social housing Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) General remarks ... 1198 Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction Speech from the Throne projects, ban on ... 294, 326, 418, 463, 491, 536, Debate ... 133–34 621, 652, 745–46, 775, 806, 858, 957, 984, 1033, Strikes and lockouts–Lakeside Packers employees 1128, 1153, 1205, 1314, 1396, 1451, 1507, 1528, General remarks ... 1625 1578, 1607, 1630, 1674, 1715, 1745, 1788, 1836, Strikes and lockouts–Oil sands employees 1970, 2016 General remarks ... 1132 Petrochemical industry–Edmonton area Summer Temporary Employment Program Employees laid off at, employment in Fort McMurray General remarks ... 1131 ... 1443 Suncor Inc. Ethane supply for ... 1443 Employee strike action at ... 1132 Petroleos de Venezuela Memo re temporary foreign workers ... 360–61 Former employees of, recruited for Alberta oil sands Surplus, Budgetary employment ... 411 AISH increase with ... 889 Physical therapy–Finance Public assistance increase with ... 849 Cutbacks to ... 292 Tar sands development Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Employment opportunities in ... 279, 571, 1131, 1132 Committee ... 1381 Employment opportunities in: Dorothy Paquette run Progressive Contractors Association of Canada for, Edmonton - Fort McMurray ... 652 General remarks ... 1170 Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re Public assistance (foreign workers) ... 121–22, 279, 318, 360–61, Health/utility benefits ... 278 411, 1443 Increase to ... 849, 856, 1198 Tar sands development–Research Market-basket measure as basis for ... 849 General remarks ... 1376 Personal income exemption increase ... 849 Tar sands development–Safety aspects Review of ... 1198 General remarks ... 1122, 1134 Public service–Alberta Tax incentives Employees on minimum wage ... 1130 Northern residence tax deduction ... 571 Succession planning for ... 1131 190 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Backs, Dan (L, Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) Treaty 8 First Nations 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Resolution and letter re hiring temporary foreign Commonwealth Stadium concert re, payment of workers (SP134-135/05: Tabled) ... 211 artists at ... 1477 Unemployment–Wabasca Funding for ... 1477 General remarks ... 1131 Legacy of ... 1477 Unemployment–Youth Aboriginal peoples–Employment General remarks ... 279 General remarks ... 1139 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Second reading ... 556, 557 Second reading ... 234–35, 393 Victory in Europe Day Committee ... 728–29, 892–93 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Access to the Future Fund addressed the Assembly in the Chamber (Motion General remarks ... 866 20: Hancock) ... 1111 Age Care Ltd. Wages–Food service employees Board of directors ... 460 Increase in ... 613 Partnership with Calgary health region re long-term Wages–Minimum wage care facilities ... 460 Increase to ... 164, 612–13, 1130 Alberta 75th anniversary celebrations Increase to: Exceptions for food service and youth Legacy of ... 1477 employees ... 613 Alberta Alliance Party Public sector employees on ... 1130 Member of, participation in Question Period ... 54 Wages–Public service employees Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Second reading ... 1640–42 (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1937–38 Alberta Association of Sexual Assault Centres Wages–Youth Core services for survivors ... 1060 Increase in ... 613 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Winter roads Nongroup benefits, provincial funding for ... 1464 To facilitate travel to employment opportunities ... Alberta Cancer Board 1131 Funding increase for ... 1028 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Alberta Centennial Medal Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Second reading ... 588–590, 591, 593, 595 58) Committee ... 1649–53, 1657, 1659–61 Committee ... 1976 Third reading ... 1870–71 Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Amendment A2 (SP537/05: Tabled) ... 1657 Shelter statistics ... 1061 Amendment A3 (SP538/05: Tabled) ... 1659 Alberta Disability Strategy Amendments (SP383/05: Tabled) ... 1154 General remarks ... 880–81 General remarks ... 1169 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Public consultation re: Letter requesting (SP348/05: CT scans coverage ... 366 Tabled) ... 908 Midwifery coverage ... 1146 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Podiatry coverage ... 1463, 1471 (Bill 50) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Second reading ... 1812–13, 1815 Elimination of ... 965 Committee ... 1893–96 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Third reading ... 1898 Ethical investments by ... 82 Amendment A1 (SP714/05: Tabled) ... 1894 Investment in tobacco companies ... 82–83 Workers' Compensation Board Investment in tobacco companies: List of (SP35/05: Ana Gutierrez case: Correspondence re (M42/05: Tabled) ... 93 Defeated) ... 1169 Alberta Medical Association Long standing claims issue ... 950 Letter supporting Bill 201, Smoke-free Places Act Provision of physiotherapy services ... 292 (SP204/05: Tabled) ... 370 Workplace safety Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Drug use issue ... 45 (Bill 20) General remarks ... 279, 1118, 1122 Committee ... 479 Workplace safety inspections Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill General remarks ... 1122 206) Young adults–Employment Second reading ... 1755–56 Provincial initiatives re ... 1130–31 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Youth Connections (Employment service) (Bill 43) General remarks ... 1130–31 Second reading ... 1816–18, 1821 Youth justice committees Alberta Scene (Arts festival, Ottawa) General remarks ... 1076 General remarks ... 1476–77 Youth justice committees–Stony Plain Alberta Securities Commission Resignation of members of ... 1076 Chairman, Opposition Leaders comments re, law firm letter re (SP721/05: Tabled) ... 1919 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 191 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Alberta Securities Commission (Continued) ArtStart program Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Recognition of Safeway contribution to ... 252 General's report on investigation of, release to Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped media, point of privilege re ... 1633–35 Benefit levels, formula for ... 880 Influencing regulatory activity case: Emergency Benefit levels, market-basket measurement formula debate under SO 30 re ... 1084 for ... 880 Influencing regulatory activity case: Former Supplementary benefits to personal income support ... Treasurer's (Jim Dinning) involvement: Court 881 documents re (SP812/05: Tabled) ... 2055 Auditor General Influencing regulatory activity case: Independent Government employees' information technology investigation of ... 986 security awareness recommendation ... 754 Operations of, memo to William Code re (SP811/05: Long-term care facility management investigation Tabled) ... 2055 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1387, 1460 Zi Corporation (formerly Multi-Corp) investigation: Securities Commission enforcement processes, Letter re (SP722/05: Tabled) ... 1919 release to news media of report on, point of Alberta seniors benefit program privilege re ... 1633–35 Dental benefits ... 881 Suggestive references to, in Legislative Assembly ... Optical benefits ... 881 985–86 Alberta SuperNet Axia NetMedia Corporation Monitoring of contracts re ... 754 Alberta Supernet contract ... 754 School access to ... 760 Battered women Alberta Works (Employment training program) Government programs for ... 1139 General remarks ... 1139 Bell West Learner assistance allowances ... 1139, 1140 Alberta SuperNet contract ... 754 Ambulance service Bennett Jones LLP Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Letter to Opposition Leader re comments concerning Cancellation of ... 482, 754, 1463 Chair of Securities Commission (SP721/05: Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Tabled) ... 1919 Cancellation of, provincial assistance re ... 482 Bethany Long Term Care Centre, Camrose Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Resident of, hunger strike re conditions in ... 1121, Discovery projects re ... 483 1577 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Bingo halls Emergency motion under SO40 re ... 28 Amendment to retain smoking in ... 119 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Budget Impact of joint ambulance/fire services on ... General remarks ... 272 482–83 Bullying–Prevention Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Red Provincial initiatives re: For gay/lesbian youth ... Deer news release re (SP126/05: Tabled) ... 210 1060–61 Ambulance service–Finance Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Use of surplus funds for ... 1463 (Bill 56) Ambulance service–Medicine Hat Committee ... 1979–80 Joint fire/ambulance service ... 482–83 Calgary Health Region Ambulance service–Red Deer Hip/knee surgery contract with Health Resource News release re (SP126/05: Tabled) ... 210 Centre ... 244–45 Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Partnership with Age Care Ltd. re long-term care Third reading ... 1581 facilities ... 460 Aon Consulting Inc. Calgary-Mountain View (Constituency) Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 1839 Member for ... 26 Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary Calgary Vietnamese Caodaist Cultural Society Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Association's letter Wild Rose grants transferred to: Community re (SP459/05: Tabled) ... 1528 association's letter re (SP459/05: Tabled) ... 1528 Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Point of order re ... Wild Rose grants transferred to: Point of order re ... 1452–53, 1454 1452–53, 1454 Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Camp Firefly (Anti-bullying initiative) Committee ... 1586–88, 1590–91 General remarks ... 1061 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Committee ... 400–02, 404–05 General remarks ... 881 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Canada Health Act (Bill 51) General remarks ... 1463 Committee ... 1989–91 Physician access to both public and private health systems provisions ... 1622 Third reading ... 2035–36 Canada Safeway Ltd. Arts–Finance Oliver, Edmonton, store support for ArtStart program General remarks ... 866, 1476–77 ... 252 192 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Cancer–Treatment Daycare centres Funding increase for ... 1028 National plan principles re ... 1061 Capital Health Daycare centres–Finance Hospital capital upgrades ... 1839 National program for: Alberta participation ... 1059 Physiotherapy service cuts ... 163 Resource rebate funds use for, letters re (SP675- Capital projects, Medical 676/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Funding for ... 272, 1839–41 Debate (Parliamentary procedure) General remarks ... 1841 Time limits on ... 54 Operating funds for ... 1840 Dept. of Advanced Education Caritas Health Group Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 865–67 School lunch program: Statement re ... 2015 Separation from Dept. of Learning, costs re ... 865 Casinos Dept. of Children's Services Amendment to retain smoking in ... 119 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1059–61 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Dept. of Community Development General remarks ... 54 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1476–77 Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations Dept. of Economic Development Insurance costs for ... 964–65 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 281 Support for people on social assistance ... 1139 Dept. of Education Child abuse Separation from Dept. of Learning, costs re ... 865 Victims of, services to ... 1060 Dept. of Finance Child welfare Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 964–65 Early childhood intervention programs ... 1462 Minister of, comments re ... 986 City of Edmonton Archives Dept. of Health and Wellness Historical projects: Statement re ... 745 Credit or recovery budget amounts ... 273 Civil marriage commissioners Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1459–64, 1469–70, Exemption from performing same-sex marriages, 1471 letter re (SP632/05: Tabled) ... 1745 Health information protection budget ... 617 Closure debate (Parliamentary procedure) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... General remarks ... 54 272–74 Collective bargaining Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... First-contract certification legislation ... 647 1839–41 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Investigation of complaints against physicians: Letter Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1138–40 re (SP113/05: Tabled) ... 171 Dept. of Learning Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Separation into depts. of Education and Advanced Referral of comments in Legislature re Auditor Education, costs re ... 865 General to ... 986 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 753–54, 760 and Printing, Standing Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Referral of comments in Legislature re Auditor Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 880–81 General to ... 986 Dept. of Solicitor General Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1436–37 Changes to operation of ... 625 Deputy constables Changes to operation of, eight motions to amend General remarks ... 1436 SO50 re (SP673/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Diabetes–Treatment Report, 2004 (SP111/05: Tabled) ... 625 Foot problems ... 1463, 1471 Community health centres Diabetes strategy General remarks ... 1469 Funding for ... 272 Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Disabled–Housing Special General remarks ... 881 Membership change for (Motion 24: Hancock) ... Domestic violence 1638 General remarks ... 1527 Construction trades Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 1061 Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Provincial initiatives re: Impact of provision of, on ... 1140 health care demand ... 1462 Consumer protection Drayton Valley-Calmar (Constituency) Auto insurance rates ... 964–65 Notice of privilege re actions by Member for (Not Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Safe injection site re: Letter (SP180/05: Tabled) ... proceeded with) ... 1614–15, 1633 327 Drugs, Prescription CT scans (Medical imaging procedure) National plan for ... 1463–64 Coverage under health care plan ... 366 Public vs private development of ... 1470 Private clinic provision of ... 365–66 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Safety aspects ... 365–66 General remarks ... 1461 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 193 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Eastwood Public Health Centre Extended care facilities–Standards Surplus funding for ... 1839 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Edmonton Art Gallery 1398–99, 1404–05 Private donation to ... 1476 General remarks ... 1121, 1460, 1469, 1498 Provincial support ... 1476 Personal hygiene standards ... 1498 Edmonton Community Loan Fund Society Extendicare Inc. Pamphlet (SP524/05: Tabled) ... 1632 Lobbying of government ... 1569 Edmonton Folk Festival Fabry disease Provincial funding for ... 1477 Enzyme replacement therapy for, provincial Edmonton-Rutherford (Constituency) assistance re ... 290 Notice of privilege re actions by Member for Drayton Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Valley-Calmar against (Not proceeded with) ... (Bill 205) 1614–15, 1633 Second reading ... 1750 Education Family and community support services program Impact of provision of, on health care demand ... Funding for, using resource rebate funds, letters re 1462 (SP675-676/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Education, Postsecondary Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) Access to, new spaces to improve ... 866 Committee ... 633–36 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Famous Five Capital spending ... 865 General remarks ... 856 General remarks ... 865–67 Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Letter re (SP311/05: Tabled) ... 700 Second reading ... 703–04 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Committee ... 721–23 Alberta visit, May 2005: Special Legislature sitting Fees, Government for (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 597 Review of ... 754 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Festivals–Finance Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... General remarks ... 1477 1398–99, 1404–05 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Securities Commission, loss of investor confidence in General remarks ... 769–70 (not proceeded with) ... 1084 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder affected adults–Housing Emergency medical response services–Calgary General remarks ... 770 Contingency plan for ... 644 Film industry Emergency motions under Standing Order 40 Film distribution problems: Letter re (SP178/05: Ambulance services funding ... 28 Tabled) ... 327 Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Foothills Medical Centre 35) Upgrades to ... 644 Committee ... 1491–92 Foreign workers, Temporary English as a Second Language General remarks ... 1140 General remarks ... 866–67 Letters re (SP205/05: Tabled) ... 370 Epidemic response services–Calgary Freedom of Expression Committee (Book and Periodical Contingency plan for ... 644 Council) Expert Advisory Panel to Review Publically Funded General remarks ... 25–26 Health Services Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Report ... 205 General remarks ... 1140 Extended care facilities Liberal opposition requests under, re government Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1387, 1460, aircraft manifest information ... 53 1577 Freedom to Read Week Conditions in ... 1469, 1577 Statement re ... 25–26 General remarks ... 1460, 1839 Friends of Medicare MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1839 Co-sponsor of alternative Calgary health care Redesignation to assisted living status ... 1460, 1463 conference (Weighing the Evidence) ... 1459 Extended care facilities, Private Geddes, Marie Public funding of ... 1460–61, 1569 Statement re ... 1577 Extended care facilities–Fees Glenbow Museum General remarks ... 1387 General remarks ... 1476 Extended care facilities–Finance Government aircraft General remarks ... 1469 Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 52–53 Extended care facilities–Inspection Government efficiency General remarks ... 1469 General remarks ... 753–54, 760 Extended care facilities–Regulations General remarks ... 1460–61, 1469 Government information systems Extended care facilities–Staffing Security aspects ... 754 Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 981, Grant MacEwan Community College 1121, 1460, 1469 Health care learning centre: Funding for ... 867 194 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Grey Nuns Hospital Hospitals–Vulcan Upgrades to ... 1839 Reconversion to active-care use: Letter re (SP114/05: Health Tabled) ... 171 Social determinants of ... 880, 1139, 1459, 1462 Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000) (Bill 21) Advertising campaign re ... 1666 Committee ... 229–31 Health Information Act Review Committee, Select Housing Special Impact of provision of, on health care demand ... Final report, 2004 (SP200/05: Tabled) ... 1471 1462 Second committee, need for ... 1471 IBM Canada Ltd. Health Link Alberta Processing of Alberta health records, security General remarks ... 1463 implications ... 617 Health Resource Centre, Calgary Immigrant doctors General remarks ... 205 General remarks ... 1463 Hip/knee surgery contract with Calgary health region Information and Privacy Commissioner (B.C.) ... 244–45 Ruling on impact of USA PRIVACY Act on Wait times at ... 244–45 Canadian health records (SP247/05: Tabled) ... Health sciences personnel–Education 491–92 General remarks ... 1469 Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 7) General remarks ... 92 Second reading ... 371–72 Resolution by (SP34/05: Tabled) ... 93 Third reading ... 637 Insurance, Automobile Health workforce planning Reform of ... 954 General remarks ... 980–81, 1461, 1469–70, 1840 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Letters re (SP544-545/05: Tabled) ... 1674 Impact on non-profit sector ... 964–65 Heart–Surgery Insurance, Health (Private) Coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, intensive Alberta plan for ... 1622, 1666 home care for patients waiting for ... 273 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Funding for ... 272 Second reading ... 710–11 Wait times for ... 273 International Day of the Midwife Herceptin (Cancer therapy) General remarks ... 1146 Funding for, letters re (SP546-547/05: Tabled) ... International Literacy Day 1674 Stars of Literacy 2005 program (SP525/05: Tabled) ... Highway 63 1632 Upgrading of ... 1140 International Women's Day Upgrading of: Letter re (SP237/05: Tabled) ... 463 Statement re ... 92 Hip and knee surgery Jazz City festival, Edmonton Funding for ... 272 Provincial funding for ... 1477 Home care program Justice of the Peace Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 48) General remarks ... 1463 Committee ... 1822–23 Homeless–Housing Labour Relations Code General remarks ... 881 Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major Hospital beds–Calgary projects) ... 1140 Shortages of ... 272, 644–45 Labour unions Hospital beds–Edmonton General remarks ... 1138 Shortages of ... 272 The Land Development Company Hospital beds–Rural areas Letter of complaint to Walton International Funding for ... 272 (SP785/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Hospitals–Calgary Legislative Assembly of Alberta New south Calgary hospital: Funding for ... 272 Special sitting of, for Royal visit (Motion 16: New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of Hancock) ... 597 ... 272 Libraries, School Hospitals–Construction Purchase of books for, using donated resource rebate Funding for: Letters re (SP544-545/05: Tabled) ... cheques, letter re (SP674/05: Tabled) ... 1837 1674 Licensed premises Hospitals–Emergency services Amendment to retain smoking in ... 119 Wait-times at ... 1915 Lobbyists–Registration Hospitals–Finance General remarks ... 1569 General remarks ... 1915 Lois Hole humanities and social sciences scholarship Hospitals–Fort Saskatchewan (Proposed) Surplus funding for ... 1839, 1840 General remarks ... 866 Hospitals–Strathcona County Long-Term Care Review Advisory Committee (1999) Surplus funding for ... 1839 Final report ... 1463 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 195 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Louise McKinney Riverfront Park, Edmonton Members' Statements (2005) (Continued) Centennial funding for ... 1477 Marie Geddes ... 1577 Medical care Nursing Week ... 1395 Demand for, reduction of ... 1462 Participation of women in politics ... 856 General remarks ... 1459 Women's Global Charter for Humanity ... 1527 Premier's remarks re: Letter re (SP310/05: Tabled) ... Members' withdrawal of remarks 700 Regarding Member for Calgary-Montrose ... 1454, Restructuring (third way option) ... 205, 460, 1839, 1456 1840, 1841 Mental Health Act Restructuring (third way option): Advertising Change from danger model to a treatment model ... campaign re ... 1666 903 Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation Mental health innovation fund re ... 1666 General remarks ... 1464 Medical care, Cost of Mental health services Public knowledge of, purpose of ... 1666, 1782 General remarks ... 1464 Medical care, Primary Mental health services–Children General remarks ... 273, 1461 General remarks ... 1464 Local initiatives re ... 1462, 1469 Mental health services–Funding Local initiatives re: Performance measures ... 1469 General remarks ... 903, 1840 Midwives inclusion in ... 1462 Mental health strategy Team-based care ... 1461 General remarks ... 903 Medical care, Primary–Finance Microsoft Corporation General remarks ... 1469 School software licences purchase by provincial Medical care, Private government: Documents re (M27/05: Accepted) ... General remarks ... 205, 1459–60, 1569, 1622 1159 Medical care–Finance Midwifery Health Disciplines Committee General remarks ... 272, 273, 274, 1840 Consumer representative on ... 1146, 1462 MLA committee to review: Report ... 205 Midwives and midwifery Medical equipment Inclusion under health care plan ... 1146, 1462 Funding for ... 273, 1461 Integration of midwifery services evaluation report ... Medical profession 1146, 1462 Practicing in public/private health systems ... 1622 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Recruitment of (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1362–63 (Bill 52) Medical profession–Education Committee ... 1974 General remarks ... 1469, 1840–41 Morgan, Tonika Medical profession–Fees Statement re ... 1527 Alternative payment schemes ... 1469 Motions other than Government Motions Medical profession–Rural areas Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Action plan re ... 1469, 1841 Hancock/Stevens) ... 624–25 Recruitment for (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1362–63 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Medical profession–Supply Second reading ... 386–87, 470–71 General remarks ... 1461, 1463 National Arts Centre, Ottawa Medical records Alberta Scene arts festival ... 1477 Outsourcing management of ... 617 New Democrat Opposition Medical records, Electronic Role in Question Period ... 54 General remarks ... 1471 NorQuest College Medical records–Confidentiality English as a Second Language courses ... 866 Departmental budget for ... 617 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium General remarks ... 1471 Renovations ... 1477 Missing health records situation ... 617 Nurses Medical tests General remarks ... 1395 Necessity for repeated tests, letter re (SP724/05: Nurses, Licensed practical Tabled) ... 1919 Medication duties ... 1121 Members' apologies to the House Nurses–Education General remarks ... 1454, 1456, 1633 General remarks ... 1469 Members' Statements Nursing homes–Staffing Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Shortages: Letter re (SP179/05: Tabled) ... 327 Hancock/Stevens) ... 624–25 Shortages: Petition tabled re (SP489/05: Tabled) ... Members' Statements (2005) 1579 Nursing Week Caritas Health Group school lunch program ... 2015 Statement re ... 1395 City of Edmonton Archives ... 745 Office of the Premier Freedom to Read Week ... 25–26 Former chief of staff (Steve West) severance International Women's Day ... 92 package: E-mail re (SP125/05: Tabled) ... 210 196 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Officers of the Legislative Assembly Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) Definition of, re Beauchesne 493 ... 986 Second reading ... 713–14 Official Opposition Third reading ... 1582 Role in Question Period ... 53–54 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Ontario Securities Commission Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Conflict of interest and disclosure guidelines Second reading ... 1529–31 (SP747/05: Tabled) ... 1970 Committee ... 1931–32 Oral Question Period (2005) Physical therapy Age Care Ltd. ... 460 Inclusion under health care plan ... 1463 CT scans ... 365–66 Physical therapy–Fees Fabry disease ... 290 Set fees for traffic injury cases ... 954 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder ... 769–70 Physical therapy–Finance For-profit health care ... 1569 Cutbacks to ... 163 Health care costs ... 1782 Podiatry Health care operating costs ... 1915 Inclusion under health care plan ... 1463, 1471 Health care privatization ... 1666 Point of Order Health care reform ... 205 Imputing motives ... 1482 Health care staffing ... 980–81 Insulting language ... 493 Health Resource Centre ... 244–245 Provoking debate ... 52–53 Hospital space in Calgary ... 644–45 Referring to the absence of members ... 1489 Investments in tobacco companies ... 82–83 Reflections on a member ... 1454–55, 1456 Joint fire and ambulance services ... 482–83 Reflections on nonmembers ... 1452–53, 1454 Long-term care facility standards ... 1498 Relevance ... 237 Long-term care standards ... 1121 Urgency of questions ... 700 Mental health strategy ... 903 Police Midwifery services ... 1146 MLA committee review of: Report ... 1436 Missing health records ... 617 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Nonsmoking legislation ... 119 Third reading ... 1584–85 Physiotherapy insurance fees ... 954 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Private health services ... 1622 Second reading ... 377–79 Tobacco reduction strategy ... 1028 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) User fees in long-term care facilities ... 1387 (Bill 55) Wellness initiatives ... 163 Committee ... 1975 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Postsecondary educational institutions–Finance Alliance member's participation in ... 54 Private-sector funding ... 867 Government members' role in ... 53––54 Poverty Official opposition role in ... 53–54 Impact on women ... 1527 Preambles before supplementary questions ... 54 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Rotation of questions and answers: 1986 precedent ... Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 205 54 Preventive medical services Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... General remarks ... 163, 1470 53–54 Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre Third opposition party's role in ... 54 Early Edmonton tax rolls on Archives web site ... 745 Time limit on questions and answers ... 54 Map cataloguing project ... 745 Out is In project (Anti-bullying initiative) Privilege General remarks ... 1061 Auditor General's investigation of Securities Palliser Health Region Commission enforcement processes, comments re Ambulance service transfer to, discovery project re ...... 985, 986 483 Contempt (Auditor General's report on Securities Former medical officer of health situation, 2003 ... 26 Commission enforcement processes, release to Peace Country Health media) ... 1633–35 Ambulance service transfer to, discovery project re ... Notice of, re actions by Member for Drayton Valley- 483 Calmar (Not proceeded with) ... 1614–15, 1633 Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005 Probation officers (Bill 8) Supervision of youth justice committees ... 1436–37 Second reading ... 374–75 Professional qualifications, Foreign Third reading ... 1486–87 Assessment service for ... 866 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Upgrades to ... 644 Letter re (SP181/05: Tabled) ... 327 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) Public assistance Nursing homes staffing improvement (SP489/05: Funding for, using resource rebate funds, letters re Tabled) ... 1579 (SP675-676/05: Tabled) ... 1837 General remarks ... 1459 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 197 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Public assistance (Continued) Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton Increase to ... 1139, 1140 Budget ... 1060 Medication copay allowance ... 1140 Sexual assault centres Public Health and Immunization Trust (Federal) Funding for ... 92, 965, 1060, 1061, 1436, 1462 Alberta's share ... 272, 273 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton/Calgary Second reading ... 173–74 General remarks ... 1745 Alberta Medical Assoc. letter re (SP204/05: Tabled) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) ... 370 Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: General remarks ... 119, 1028 Hancock/Stevens) ... 624–25 Smoking–Prevention Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) General remarks ... 1028 General remarks ... 252 Relation of provincial investment in tobacco Regional health authorities companies to ... 82–83 Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of ... 482 Smoking in public places Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of, Ban on ... 1028 provincial assistance re ... 482 Smoking in the workplace Ambulance service transfer to: Impact of joint Ban on ... 163 ambulance/fire services on ... 482–83 Ban on: Legislation re (Bill 201) ... 119 Deficits, elimination of ... 273 Social housing Funding ... 272, 1840 General remarks ... 881, 1139 General remarks ... 1459 Social housing–Finance Long-term care facilities' programs ... 1121 Federal/provincial funding ... 881 Mental health programs ... 1464 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Replacement workers Insurance costs ... 1061 Legislation re, proposed ... 1139 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Renovations ... 1477 Second reading ... 513–14 Speaker–Rulings and statements Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Referring to an officer of the Legislature ... 985–86 Second reading ... 469–70 Speaker (Federal parliament)–Rulings and statements Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Toews bill, March 2001 news media briefing re ... (Bill 44) 1633–34, 1635 Second reading ... 1808–09 Special constables Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) Role of ... 867, 1436 Letters re (SP633, 674-676, 723/05: Tabled) ... 1745, Speech from the Throne 1837, 1919 Debate ... 59–61 RespErate (Blood pressure device) Standing Orders Web site article re (SP724/05: Tabled) ... 1919 SO 50 (Public Accounts committee) amendments, Risk management fund eight motions re (SP673/05: Tabled) ... 1837 General remarks ... 964 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Road construction–Northern Alberta Second reading ... 519–20, 521, 522 Employment opportunities in ... 1139 Student financial aid Roads–Northern Alberta Appeals of loan awards, 2000-04 (Q27/05: Response Impact on aboriginal employment possibilities ... tabled as SP478/05) ... 1157 1139 Default rates, 1994-95 to 2003-04 (Q25/05: Response Rockyview General Hospital tabled as SP476/05) ... 1155–57 Upgrades to ... 644, 1840 Maximum allowable loans, number of (Q26/05: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Response tabled as SP477/05) ... 1157 Alberta Securities Commission case ... 1919 Repayment systems for, reports/studies (M31/05: Safe injection sites (Drugs) Response tabled as SP481/05) ... 1161 Letter re (SP180/05: Tabled) ... 327 Substance abuse–Treatment Same-sex marriage Impact of provision of, on health care demand ... Exemption of civil marriage commissioners from 1462 performing, letter re (SP632/05: Tabled) ... 1745 Substance abuse–Treatment–Prisoners School lunch programs General remarks ... 1436 General remarks ... 2015 Substance abuse–Treatment–Young offenders Senior citizens General remarks ... 1436 Definition of ... 1460 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Senior citizens–Housing Mandatory programs for: Letter re (SP181/05: Telephone/cable TV provision in rental rates for ... Tabled) ... 327 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 881 General remarks ... 1839 Seniors' centres Supreme Court of Canada Funding using resource rebate funds, letters re Government fees decision (Eurig case) ... 754 (SP675-676/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Private health insurance ruling ... 1622 198 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Surgery waiting lists Wild Rose Foundation General remarks ... 273 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Public vs private facilities ... 244–45 Community association's letter re (SP459/05: Surplus, Budgetary Tabled) ... 1528 Ambulance service funding ... 1463 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Point of Arts funding with ... 1477 order re ... 1452–53, 1454 Hospital funding with ... 1839, 1840 Winspear Foundation Postsecondary education funding with ... 866 Support for people on social assistance ... 1139 Tar sands development Women–Employment Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re General remarks ... 1140 (foreign workers), Letters re (SP205/05: Tabled) ... Women–Right to vote 370 General remarks ... 856 Telehealth services Women in politics General remarks ... 1469, 1471 Statement re ... 856 Tobacco companies Women's Global Charter for Humanity Heritage Fund investment in ... 82–83 Statement re ... 1527 Heritage Fund investment in: List of (SP35/05: Womens' shelters Tabled) ... 93 General remarks ... 881 Travel Alberta Secretariat Statistics re ... 1061 Computer hardware, provincial funding for ... 281 Womens' shelters–Finance Tuition fees General remarks ... 92, 1061 Documentation re (M28/05: Defeated) ... 1160 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Remission of, for second year courses ... 867 Committee ... 1656–58, 1661 United Nurses of Alberta Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Nursing shortage comment ... 1840 (Bill 50) Universities and colleges Second reading ... 1814–15 Private-sector driven instruction in ... 867 World Trade Centre, Edmonton Quality of instruction in ... 867 Provincial contribution to ... 281 University lecturers Youth Connections (Employment service) General remarks ... 867 General remarks ... 1140 University of Phoenix Youth in transition from the justice system Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Government programs for: Funding ... 1061 Documentation re, including PCAB documents Youth justice committees (M30/05: Defeated) ... 1160–61 Probation officers' review of decisions by ... 1436–37 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Youth justice committees–Stony Plain (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) Resignation of members of ... 1437 General remarks ... 1459, 1471 Zebra Child Protection Centre Private health care system submissions ... 1622 General remarks ... 1060 USA PATRIOT Act Zi Corporation Impact on access to Canadian medical records Securities Commission investigation of: Letter re (SP247/05: Tabled) ... 491–92 (SP722/05: Tabled) ... 1919 Vaccine, Avian influenza Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) Funding for ... 273 Aboriginal issues Vaccines–Finance General remarks ... 843, 845 Federal funding ... 272, 273 Agrology Profession Act (Bill 17) Victims of crime Committee ... 557–58 Definition of ... 1436 Air tankers (Water bombers) Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Upgrading of ... 928 Second reading ... 599–01 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Victims of Crime Fund Coal-bed methane well drilling requirements ... 1075 Compensation to sexual assault victims from ... 965 Drilling applications on Lubicon claimed lands, Surplus ... 1436 review of ... 843, 951 Violence against women Guide 56, well licence application ... 951 Aboriginal women ... 92 Guide 56, well licence application (SP352/05: Statement re ... 92 Tabled) ... 957 Wages–Minimum wage Informational letter IL2001-5 (well site preparation Impact on health care demand ... 1462 prior to licence issuing) ... 951 Waiting lists (Medical care) Informational letter IL2001-5 (well site preparation General remarks ... 1470 Walton International Group Inc. prior to licence issuing) (SP351/05: Tabled) ... 957 Documents re (SP782-785/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Alberta Government Offices Wellness fund (Proposed) Washington, D.C. office ... 1187, 1189 General remarks ... 163, 205 Washington, D.C. office: Documents re (M20/05: Motion 501: Blakeman ... 69–70, 74 Response tabled as SP744/05) ... 821 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 199 Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Alberta Government Offices (Continued) Dept. of Economic Development (Continued) Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving softwood Grants distributed by (M45/05: Defeated) ... 1748 lumber issue ... 929 Hosting expenses, 1992-2005 (Q39/05: Defeated) ... Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 1747 (Bill 43) Performance measures ... 1009 Second reading ... 1861–62, 1863 Trade missions expenditures (Q13/05: Defeated) ... Alberta School Boards Association 808 Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... Trade show expenditures (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 1267 Dept. of Education Alberta SuperNet Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1266–67 School access to: Total amount spent on (Q35/05: Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Response tabled as SP717/05) ... 1746 309–10 Alberta Wilderness Association Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Big game farming ban, call for ... 250 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1133–34 Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Second reading ... 425 Elimination of ... 1187 Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 1187, 1189 Budget increase ... 1134 Performance measures ... 1187, 1189 Apprenticeship and Industry Training Amendment Act, Dept. of Municipal Affairs 2005 (Bill 57) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1328–29 Third reading ... 2031–32 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Apprenticeship training Deputy Minister's and departmental official's credit General remarks ... 1134 card statements, 2003-04 (M13/05: Response Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill tabled as SP738/05) ... 667 27) Deputy Minister's office budget ... 928 Second reading ... 351–52 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 927–30, 937–38 Arts Fee revenues ... 928 Role in provincial economy ... 1009 Human resources budget ... 928 Auditor General Lottery funding to ... 928 Sustainable resource development comments ... 1829 Minister's and executive assistant's credit card Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) statements, 2003-04 (M12/05: Response tabled as Third reading ... 1194 SP737/05) ... 666–67 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Minister's business expenses, 2003-04 (M11/05: Hines Creek mill closure, impact of ... 123–24 Response tabled as SP736/05) ... 666 Caribou management Minister's office budget ... 928 General remarks ... 930, 1963 Property theft in (Q28/05: Response tabled as Cellular telephones in automobiles SP776/05) ... 1158 Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1000–01 Staff salaries ... 928 Chronic wasting disease Strategic corporate services budget ... 928 Elk and deer testing for ... 937 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Human/animal risk of ... 250 1847–48 Presence on game farms ... 250 Support services funding ... 928 Roadkill testing for ... 937 Disabled Adults Transportation Service Coal bed methane extraction Provincial funding for ... 1328 Impact of ... 1075 Economic development and the environment Collective bargaining–Teachers General remarks ... 937, 1312, 1829 Province-wide bargaining ... 1267 Education–Curricula Community schools Social studies courses ... 309 General remarks ... 1266–67 Education–Finance Computers in schools Cutbacks ... 1267 Funding for ... 310 General remarks ... 1266 Conflict of interest Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Natural Resources Conservation Board advisors' Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... appearance at appeals hearings ... 1252 1407–08 Construction trades Endangered Species Conservation Committee Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Grizzly bear designation recommendation ... 957, ... 1266 1396 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area Endangered wildlife species Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 250, 937 Development management plans re (Q34/05: Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Accepted) ... 1746 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 843, 845 Protection of ... 21, 929, 957, 1963 Dept. of Economic Development Energy industry Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1008–10 Use of water supplies ... 843 200 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Energy industry–Crown lands Grazing lands, Public Aboriginal issues re ... 843, 845 Bison grazing on ... 1393, 1449 Energy industry–Crown lands–Sawn Lake area General remarks ... 930 Oil well drilling before approvals for ... 902, 951 Revenue from oil and gas leases on ... 1393, 1449 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Great Kids of Alberta Reforestation activities ... 929 Awards: Recognition of ... 418 English as a Second Language Grizzly bear conservation General remarks ... 1134 General remarks ... 1848, 1963 Environmental impact assessments Grizzly bear hunting Well drilling, Lubicon Lake Band areas ... 843 General remarks ... 21, 929, 937, 1311–12, 1848 Well drilling, Sawn Lake area ... 902 Grizzly bears Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Designation as threatened species ... 21 Amount of detail in ... 928 Designation as threatened species: Petitions presented Extended care facilities–Standards re ... 957, 1396 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Development management plans re (Q34/05: 1407–08 Accepted) ... 1746 Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1178 Feeding of, with roadkill ... 937 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Grizzly bears–Populations (Bill 205) DNA-based census of ... 937, 1963 Second reading ... 1542 High school credits Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Second reading ... 702–03 832 Fees, Government High school education–Curricula General remarks ... 928 Vocational/trades courses ... 1266, 1267 Film industry Ice fishing General remarks ... 1009 Impact on fish stocks ... 1848 Government budget for ... 1010 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Tax incentives for ... 1009 Government budget for ... 1010 Fire–Control Integrated resource management (Public lands) Winter conditions' effect on ... 1328–29 General remarks ... 902, 1312 Fish and wildlife legislation International trade Enforcement of ... 928 Provincial budget re ... 1009 Fish and wildlife officers Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd. Number of ... 928, 929, 1848 Pictures illustrating conditions in (SP242/05: Tabled) Foreign workers, Temporary ... 463 Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 326, 419, 621, 652, Learning Resources Centre 699 Buy-down credit for school purchases at ... 309 General remarks ... 1266 Livestock industry, Intensive Language training for ... 1134 Phase out of: Petition presented re ... 1674, 1715, Forest conservation 1745, 1969 General remarks ... 929, 930, 1312 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Forest firefighters Enforcement of legislation re ... 1252 Room and board rates for ... 618, 928 Lottery Fund Forest fires–Control Funds allocation to Sustainable Resources dept. ... Equipment for ... 928 928 Funding for ... 928, 929, 938, 1848 Lubicon Lake Band General remarks ... 618 Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 843, 951 Impact on pine beetle control ... 1847–48 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Forest fires–Control–Municipal areas General remarks ... 78–79 Assistance program re ... 929 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Forest management agreements Second reading ... 1685–86 Consultation on renewals of, with Treaty 8 First Committee ... 1876 Nations, resolution re (SP634/05: Tabled) ... 1745 Members' Statements (2005) Reforestation requirements ... 929 Royal Alexandra Hospital volunteers ... 1204–05 Forest protection Métis hunting/fishing rights Budget for, reports on (Q37/05: Accepted) ... 1747 Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 928, 929 Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta Minable oil sands strategy–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 937 General remarks ... 1829 Francis Winspear Centre for Music Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Second reading ... 475 General remarks ... 1009 Committee ... 563–64, 631–32 Game farming Natural Resources Conservation Board Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 250 Appeals process: NRCB advisors as representatives Public inquiry re ... 250 of companies during ... 1251–52 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 201 Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Natural Resources Conservation Board (Continued) Public lands–Eastern Slopes Board governance review report ... 1740 General remarks ... 928 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1252 Public safety (Building/fire codes) Staffing levels ... 1740 Funding for ... 1328 Northern Alberta Development Council Public transit–Finance Relationship with Sustainable Resource Development Provincial funding ... 1328 dept. ... 843 Railway (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 13) Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Second reading ... 422 Input into high school vocational/trades courses ... Third reading ... 637 1267 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Second reading ... 539–40 General remarks ... 1009 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Northern development General remarks ... 127, 418 Statement re ... 843 Recreation Oil well drilling industry–Public lands Role in provincial economy ... 1009 EUB permits required for ... 951, 957 Reforestation Oral Question Period (2005) Energy industry lands ... 929 Bison grazing on agricultural public land ... 1393 Timelines met re (Q19/05: Response tabled as Canadian Forest Products Ltd. mill closure ... SP775/05) ... 813 123–124 Reforestation on burnt-out areas Coal-bed methane ... 1075 General remarks ... 937, 1575 Game farming ... 250 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Grizzly bear hunt ... 21 General remarks ... 1266 Leaseholders on agricultural public land ... 1449 Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Minable oil sands strategy ... 1829 Second reading ... 1346, 1349–50 Mountain pine beetle ... 801–02 Research and development Mountain pine beetle control ... 740 Tax incentives for ... 1009 Natural Resources Conservation Board ... 1740 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Natural Resources Conservation Board appeals ... Second reading ... 466 1251–52 Royal Alexandra Hospital Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 902, 951 Volunteers at: Statement re ... 1204–05 Parks and protected areas ... 167 Rural economic development Reforestation ... 1575 Government strategy re ... 123 Room and board for forest firefighters ... 618 Provincial budget re ... 1009 Sustainable resource management ... 1311–12 School trustees Wildlife conservation ... 1963 Role of, re teacher bargaining process ... 1267 Parks, Provincial Schools–Closure Upgrading of ... 167 General remarks ... 1266–67 Peregrine falcons Schools–Utilization Development management plans re (Q34/05: Community group use of, as part of formula re ... Accepted) ... 1746 1266–67 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Securities Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 19) Confined feeding operations phase out ... 1674, 1715, Second reading ... 629 1745, 1969 Small business Grizzly bear declaration as endangered species ... Venture capital for ... 1009 957, 1396 Softwoods–Export–United States Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction Countervail duties re ... 929 projects, ban on ... 326, 419, 621, 652, 699 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Input into high school vocational/trades courses ... Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) 1267 Second reading ... 1533–34 Speech from the Throne Pine beetles–Control Debate ... 78–79 General remarks ... 740, 801–02, 929, 937, 1312, Sports 1847–48 Role in provincial economy ... 1009 Impact of forest fire fighting on ... 1847–48 Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Research into ... 929, 1848 (Bill 14) Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Second reading ... 431 Second reading ... 708–09 Student testing Protected areas Achievement tests: Costs of administering, 2000-05 Upgrading of ... 167 (Q40/05: Accepted) ... 1747 Public lands Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 53) General remarks ... 928, 1075 Second reading ... 1868–69 Industrial development on ... 928, 937 Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Sale of, freeze on ... 167 General remarks ... 1829 202 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Bonko, Bill (L, Edmonton-Decore) (Continued) Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Tax incentives Buffalo) (Continued) Film/TV production companies ... 1009 Air quality Investments in new technology companies ... 1009 General remarks ... 1046 Research and development projects ... 1009 Air quality–Monitoring Teacher-librarians Toxic waste fires situations ... 1335–36, 1337–38 General remarks ... 1267 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Teachers Canadian Natural Resources pipeline leak ... 1448 Numbers of, increase in: Funding for ... 309 Drilling applications on Lubicon claimed lands, Technology commercialization review of ... 615, 902–03 Provincial initiative re ... 1009 Role in handling of chemical vapour pressure release Technology venture fund (Proposed) by Shell chemical plant ... 162 General remarks ... 1009 Role of ... 1049 Textbooks–Finance Standards for reclamation of abandoned well sites ... General remarks ... 309, 310 166 Timber–Royalties Alberta Water Council General remarks ... 928–29 Water conservation planning ... 530 Tourism Alberta's Environment Conference 2005, Edmonton General remarks ... 1009 (April 20-22) Government budget for ... 1010 General remarks ... 978 Tourism–Hines Creek area Auditor General General remarks ... 123 Fort McMurray land sale process, report on leaked to Tourism–Marketing media, point of privilege re ... 1675–76 Provincial budget re ... 1009 Performance measures comments ... 1037 Trade missions Sustainable resource development comments ... 1829 Expenditures re (Q13/05: Defeated) ... 808 Battle River watershed Performance measures re ... 1009 Planning re ... 1047 Trade shows Bow River Water Quality Task Force Expenditures re (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 Water quality recommendations ... 799 Traffic Safety Act Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, comments on ... driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1000–01 365, 485 Treaty 8 First Nations Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Federal) Resolution re consultation on forest management Amendments to, in federal budget legislation ... 485 agreement renewals (SP634/05: Tabled) ... 1745 Carbon dioxide classified as noxious gas under ... Ukraine–Politics and government 1967 Democratic process: Recognition of ... 127 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Pipeline leak ... 1448 Second reading ... 554–55 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance W. P. Wagner high school, Edmonton Fort McMurray projects ... 485 Closure of ... 1266 Carbon dioxide Wages–Minimum wage Classification as noxious gas ... 1967 Increase to ... 1134 Carbon dioxide emissions Water supply Reduction in ... 1829 Use by energy industry ... 843 Regulations re ... 1967–68 Wildlife conservation Carbon dioxide projects General remarks ... 21, 929, 1311–12, 1963 Joffre project ... 21 Wildlife management Clean Air Strategic Alliance General remarks ... 1848 General remarks ... 1040 Workers' Compensation Board Climate change Early return to work issue ... 1134 General remarks ... 1832 Workplace safety Initiatives re ... 44–45 General remarks ... 1134 International conference on, Montreal, November Workplace safety inspections 2005 ... 1832, 1914 General remarks ... 1134 Kyoto protocol on ... 485 Yaassoub, Justin Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 365, Recognition of ... 418 1037, 1040, 1043, 1046, 1967–68 Youth Connections (Employment service) Technological developments re ... 21, 485, 1832 General remarks ... 1134 Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood 37, 2003) Buffalo) General remarks ... 22 AAA Cattle Company Climate Change Central Feedlot expansion approval ... 1027 General remarks ... 44, 365, 1037, 1039, 1043, 1832, 1915, 1967 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 203 Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo) (Continued) Buffalo) (Continued) CN Rail Electronic waste–Recycling Train derailment, Lake Wabamum ... 1667–68 Fees for ... 1043 Co-energy electrical production General remarks ... 1039 Garbage as energy source ... 1710–11 Emergency agencies (Fire, etc.) Coal bed methane extraction Procedures at toxic waste site fires ... 1335–36 Impact of ... 1202 Emergency Management Alberta Water recovery issues ... 1202 Role in handling of chemical vapour pressure release Coal bed methane extraction–Environmental aspects by Shell chemical plant ... 162 General remarks ... 1202 Emission control credits Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, Trading of ... 485, 1043 Standing Policy Energy efficiency (Buildings) Municipal infrastructure funding discussion ... 485 Direct Energy/U of C partnership re ... 1037 Composting Interest-free loans for ... 365 General remarks ... 1040 Energy industry Contaminated sites Use of water supplies, phase out of ... 978 Cleanup of ... 1961–62 Energy industry–Crown lands Contaminated sites–Calgary Aboriginal issues re ... 615, 802–03, 902–03 Cleanup efforts ... 1709–10 Energy industry–Crown lands–Sawn Lake area Contaminated soil–Lynnview Ridge, Calgary Oil well drilling before approvals for ... 849 Cleanup of ... 84, 529–30, 1709 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Court of Appeal (Alberta) General remarks ... 292, 1040 AAA Cattle Company feedlot expansion ruling ... Energy Innovation Network 1027 General remarks ... 292, 1915, 1967 CP Rail Energy resources, Alternate Ogden rail yards, Calgary: Toxic materials runoff General remarks ... 1037, 1832, 1915 from ... 1709 Provincial government usage of ... 22 Custom Environmental Services Ltd. Environmental impact assessments Fire at ... 1335–36, 1337–38 AAA Cattle Company feedlot expansion ... 1027 Deep Well Oil & Gas Ltd. Coal-bed methane extraction process ... 1202 Oil well drilling activity, Lubicon Lake area ... Well drilling, Lubicon Lake Band areas ... 615 902–03 Environmental law Dept. of Energy Enforcement of ... 1043, 1046, 1049 Communications contracts expenditures, 2003-04 Enforcement of, staffing re ... 1045–46 (Q16/05: Defeated) ... 811 Environmental protection Contracted employees/consultants salaries, 2003-04 Conference on ... 1044 (M25/05: Response tabled as SP808/05) ... 990 Federal/provincial co-operation re ... 1039 Minister's noninternational trips details, 2003-04 General remarks ... 1036, 1037, 1040, 1044 (M26/05: Response tabled as SP735/05) ... 990–91 Public education re ... 1043–44 Dept. of Environment Environmental Protection Commission Annual report, 2003-04 (SP45/05: Tabled) ... 93 Report on Lake Wabamum train derailment ... 1668 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP570/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Environmental Protection Security Fund Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1036–37, 1039–40, Annual report, 2003-04 (SP139/04: Tabled) ... 211 1042–49 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP810/04: Tabled) ... 2018 Minister's role re hazardous materials spills ... 1668 Environmental regulations Performance measures ... 1037, 1043 MacNichol report on ... 1049 Staff ... 1045–46 Environmental research Driedmeat Lake–Water levels General remarks ... 1043 Raising of ... 618 Ethics Commissioner Drinking water–Stettler area Report into allegations re Minister of Environment Allocation level for, in Bill 11 ... 978–79 and Fort McMurray land sale process, leak to Drinking water–Turner Valley area media, point of privilege re ... 1675–76 Testing of ... 1961–62 Fires at hazardous waste sites Economic development and the environment Monitoring of ... 1335–36, 1337–38 General remarks ... 485, 1829, 1913–14, 1963–64 Fort McMurray Research re ... 292 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 201, 485 Edmonton Fire Rescue Service Impact of oil sands expansion on: Environmental Response to Custom Environmental Services Ltd. fire aspects ... 1048 ... 1335–36 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Electric power, Coal-produced Environmental information requests under ... 1036 Research into ... 21 Greenhouse gas emissions Standards for ... 1046 Reduction of ... 22, 44–45, 365, 1039, 1042, 1832, 1913–15 204 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo) (Continued) Buffalo) (Continued) Greenhouse gas emissions (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Reduction of: Federal budget legislation re ... 485 Canadian Natural Resources Limited pipeline leak ... Regulations re ... 1967–68 1448 Greenhouse gas emissions–Fort McMurray area Climate change ... 44–45, 365, 1832, 1967–68 Reduction of ... 201 Climate change technology ... 21–22 Groundwater–Contamination–Bow/Elbow Rivers Coal-bed methane ... 1202 watersheds Contaminated sites cleanup in Calgary ... 1709–10 From pesticides/herbicides ... 800 Custom Environmental Services Ltd. fire ... 1335–36, Hazardous substances–Health aspects 1337–38 During fires ... 1337–38 Energy Innovation Network ... 292 Hazardous substances–Safety aspects Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 485 During fires ... 1335–36 Greenhouse gas emissions ... 485, 1914–15 Herbicides in water sources Hazardous material spill at Wabamun Lake ... General remarks ... 799–800 1667–68 Hub Oil Company Ltd. Impacts of oil sands expansion ... 201 Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 1710 Lynnview Ridge ... 84, 529–30 Hydrogen as fuel Minable oil sands strategy ... 1829, 1913–14, Research re ... 21 1963–64 Imperial Oil Ltd. Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 615, 802–03, 849, Cleanup of contaminated site, Lynnview Ridge, 902–03 Calgary ... 529 Reclamation of oil well sites ... 166 Incineration Red Deer River water transfer ... 1785 As electrical power generation method ... 1710–11 Shell chemical plant vapour release ... 162 Integrated resource management (Public lands) Turner Valley gas plant historic site ... 1961–62 Big Lake basin ... 321 Waste management strategy ... 1710–11 General remarks ... 1048–49 Water strategy ... 530, 978–79 Library cards West Nile virus ... 1120–21 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Pesticides in water sources (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 188–89 General remarks ... 799–800 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Petroleum tank sites remediation program Enforcement of legislation re ... 1027 General remarks ... 1046 Lubicon Lake Band Point of Order Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 615, Insulting language ... 493 802–03, 902–03 Pollution ME First! (Municipal Energy Efficiency Assistance) Cleanup orders re, enforcement of ... 84 program Privilege General remarks ... 365 Contempt (Release to media of three reports by Minable oil sands strategy–Environmental aspects Officers of the Assembly) ... 1675–76 General remarks ... 1829, 1915, 1963–64 Public lands Mosquito control programs General remarks ... 1040 General remarks ... 1120–21 Reclamation of land Natural resources Abandoned well sites ... 166 Inventory of ... 1040 Energy industry sites ... 1046 Natural Resources Conservation Board Oil sands sites ... 1915 AAA Cattle Company feedlot expansion approval ... Recycling (Waste, etc.) 1027 General remarks ... 1710–11 Role of ... 1049 Reforestation North American free trade agreement Oil sands lands ... 1915 Sale of water under ... 530 Refuse and refuse disposal North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance General remarks ... 1040 Report ... 978 Provincial strategy re ... 1710–11 Oil recovery methods Rural economic development Carbon dioxide sequestering: Research ... 21 Government strategy re ... 1785 General remarks ... 1039–40 Sanitary landfills Oil well drilling industry–Public lands General remarks ... 1044, 1710–11 EUB permits required for ... 849, 902–03 Sewage disposal plants Oral Question Period (2005) General remarks ... 978 AAA Cattle Company ... 1027 Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray Battle River water strategy ... 618 Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 485 Big Lake natural area ... 321 Shell Canada Limited Bow and Elbow River watersheds ... 799–800 Chemical plant vapour pressure release, Fort Saskatchewan area ... 162 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 205 Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo) (Continued) Buffalo) (Continued) Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamum Water resources development CN train derailment ... 1667–68 Infrastructure for ... 1043 CN train derailment: Bans on boating/usage of lake Water resources development–Battle River re, lifting of ... 1668 General remarks ... 618 CN train derailment: Cleanup procedures ... 1668 Water resources development–Big Lake basin CN train derailment: Environmental enforcement General remarks ... 321 orders re ... 1668 Water rights, Interprovincial CN train derailment: Minister's advisors re ... 1668 General remarks ... 1037 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Water supply Second reading ... 523 Measurement of total provincial supply ... 530, 978, Allocation level in ... 978–79 1040 General remarks ... 530 Use by energy industry, phase out of ... 978 Strathcona County Water treatment plants Role in handling of chemical vapour pressure release Funding for ... 1043 by Shell chemical plant ... 162 General remarks ... 1046 Strathcona County Emergency Services Review of ... 978 Response to Custom Environmental Services Ltd. fire Water treatment plants–Walkerton, Ont. ... 1335–36 Safety lapse at ... 1046 Suncor Inc. Water wells–Lake Wabamum Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, comments on ... Testing of, re train derailment ... 1668 365 Watershed planning Swan Hills Treatment Centre General remarks ... 1047 General remarks ... 1337 Legislation re ... 530 Tar sands development Watershed planning and advisory councils Impact of ... 201 General remarks ... 1046 Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Well sites, Abandoned General remarks ... 201, 365, 1042–43, 1048–49, Reclamation of ... 166 1829, 1914–15, 1963–64, 1967–68 West Nile virus Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site) Control methods for ... 1120–21 Environmental cleanup of ... 1961–62 Wetlands Universities and colleges Provincial policy re ... 1040 Climate change research ... 21 Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) Water–Export 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations General remarks ... 530 Funding for ... 1482 Impact of NAFTA on ... 530 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Water Act Committee ... 1069 Interbasin water transfers provisions ... 1785 Amendment A3 (SP344 & 367/05: Tabled) ... 1069 Water conservation Amendment A4 (SP368/05: Tabled) ... 1069 General remarks ... 1047 Amendment A5 (withdrawn) (SP369/05: Tabled) ... Provincial plan for ... 1039–40 1069 Water conservation–United States Amendment A6 (SP370/05: Tabled) ... 1069 General remarks ... 1040 Four amendments (SP371/05: Tabled) ... 1069 Water councils Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge General remarks ... 978, 1040 Drilling in ... 1188 Water diversion Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) General remarks ... 530 Amendment A1 (SP716 & 767/05: Tabled) ... 1906 Water diversion–North Saskatchewan/Battle River Alberta Government Offices basins Washington, D.C. office: Representative's comments General remarks ... 618 re Alaska wildlife refuge drilling ... 1188 Water diversion–Red Deer River basin/Special Areas Alberta's Commission on Learning General remarks ... 1785 High school completion rate recommendation ... 123 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Funding for ... 978–79, 1037 Second reading ... 427 General remarks ... 530, 1037, 1040, 1046, 1047 Anne Frank exhibit, Calgary Water licences Statement re ... 1079–80 Intensive livestock operations approvals (AAA Cattle Arts–Finance Company) ... 1027 General remarks ... 1482 Water quality–Bow/Elbow Rivers watersheds Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Identification of contaminants to ... 799–800 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Water quality–Sheep River Second reading ... 1070 Impact of Turner Valley Gas Plant historic site on ... Third reading ... 1509–10, 1512 1961–62 206 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Automobiles–Registration Dept. of Government Services Registrations transferred from other provinces, Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1422 timeliness of ... 1422 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Bighorn sheep hunting Estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 1188 Under Métis hunting agreement ... 850 Edmonton Art Gallery Bow Valley Community Foundation Act Provincial support ... 1482 Petition presented ... 326 Education, Postsecondary Recommendation to proceed ... 1033 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 1571 Standing Orders 85-89 complied with ... 369 Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil 1552 Action Act Education, Postsecondary–Finance Deferred until fall 2005 sitting ... 1033 General remarks ... 874 Petition presented ... 326 Review of ... 1571 Recommendation to proceed, with amendment ... Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 1788 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Standing Orders 85-89 complied with ... 369 1413 Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) 35) Amendment (SP647/05: Tabled) ... 1788 First reading ... 419 Brown, Mr. Allan Second reading ... 551–52 Statement re ... 535 Committee ... 1490–92 Budget Third reading ... 1581–82 General remarks ... 1106 Amendment (SP437/05: Tabled) ... 1490 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) Executive Council First reading ... 127 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1106 Second reading ... 423 Extended care facilities–Standards Committee ... 1113–15 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Third reading ... 1194 1413 Amendment (SP377/05: Tabled) ... 1113 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Proclamation of ... 1422 (Bill 205) Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Second reading ... 1542–43 (Bill 56) Glenbow Museum First reading ... 1890 General remarks ... 1482 Second reading ... 1955 Grant MacEwan Community College Committee ... 1980 Capital expenditures ... 1571 Camrose Lutheran College Corporation Act Groundwater–Contamination–Bow/Elbow Rivers Petition presented ... 326 watersheds Recommendation to proceed, with amendment ... From pesticides/herbicides ... 800 1033 Herbicides in water sources Standing Orders 85-89 complied with ... 369 General remarks ... 799–800 Camrose Lutheran College Corporation Act (Bill Pr. 2) High school graduates Amendment (SP363/05: Tabled) ... 1033 Numbers of ... 123 Caribou (Porcupine herd)–Alaska/Canada Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd. Impact of drilling activity on ... 1188 Renewal of permit for ... 533–34 Chief Internal Auditor's office Legislative Assembly Chamber Role of ... 1106 VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Commission on advanced education (Proposed) floor of (Motion 20: Hancock) ... 1110–11 Review of public postsecondary education system Library cards (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1552 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Committee on Private Bills, Standing (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 188 Fees for petitions, recommendation to increase ... Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) 1033 General remarks ... 66–67 Report presented ... 369, 1033, 1788 Medicine Hat Community Foundation Amendment Act, Corporations–Law and legislation 2005 Conversion to/from unlimited liability corporation, Petition presented ... 326 minority dissenting shareholders buyout (Bill 56) ... Recommendation to proceed ... 1033 1890 Standing Orders 85-89 complied with ... 369 Harmonization with federal legislation: Bill 16 ... 127 Members' Statements (2005) Dept. of Advanced Education Allan Brown ... 535 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 874 Anne Frank memorial ... 1079–80 Dept. of Community Development Canadian contribution to victory in Europe ... 1312 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1482 University of Calgary centennial projects ... 1744 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 207 Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Brown, Dr. Neil (PC, Calgary-Nose Hill) (Continued) Métis Water quality–Bow/Elbow Rivers watersheds Definition of ... 850 Identification of contaminants to ... 799–800 Métis hunting/fishing rights Wellness fund (Proposed) Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 850 Motion 501: Blakeman ... 73 Mount Royal College Wildlife Act Capital expenditures ... 1571 Sale of animal parts regulations ... 850 Oral Question Period (2005) World War II Bow and Elbow River watersheds ... 799–800 General remarks ... 1312 GuZoo animal farm ... 533–34 Calahasen, Hon. Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) High school completion rate ... 123 Aboriginal children–Education Métis hunting rights ... 850 General remarks ... 839 Postsecondary education review ... 1571 Aboriginal economic development Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) General remarks ... 836, 844, 1781 Government members' role in ... 58 Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... funding for ... 1829, 1912 58 Aboriginal issues Pensions, Private-sector First ministers' meeting re, Kelowna, November 2005 Access to information re (Bill 35) ... 419 ... 1781, 1829, 1912 Pesticides in water sources General remarks ... 835–42, 844–45, 1781, 1829 General remarks ... 799–800 Aboriginal land claims Petitions for Private Bills (2005) General remarks ... 836, 1502–03 Bow Valley Community Foundation Act ... 326 Traditional land-use studies re ... 615, 836, 844, 1781 Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Aboriginal peoples–Education Action Act ... 326 General remarks ... 839 Camrose Lutheran College Corporation Act ... 326 Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Medicine Hat Community Foundation Amendment funding for ... 1829, 1912 Act, 2005 ... 326 Aboriginal peoples–Health care Petitions for Private Bills (Parliamentary procedure) Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Fees for, recommendation to increase ... 1033 funding for ... 1829, 1912 Point of Order Aboriginal peoples–Housing Clarification ... 1512 General remarks ... 841 Improper questions ... 2056–57 Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Imputing motives ... 1482 funding for ... 1829, 1912 Reading from documents ... 265 Aboriginal peoples–Self-government Relevance ... 1511 General remarks ... 836 Provincial Museum of Alberta Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas Funding for upgrading ... 1482 General remarks ... 835, 836, 838–39 Registry offices, Private Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas–Calgary General remarks ... 1422 General remarks ... 838 Speech from the Throne Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas–Edmonton Debate ... 66–67 General remarks ... 838 Standing Orders Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas–Lethbridge SO 87(1) amendment, to increase fees for petitioning General remarks ... 838–39 private bills ... 1033 Aboriginal policy framework Superintendent of Insurance General remarks ... 835, 836 Private-sector pension funds security precautions: Aboriginal policy initiative Legislation re (Bill 35) ... 419 General remarks ... 836, 839, 845 Teachers Alberta-Alaska Bilateral Council University of Calgary book about (My Most Alberta membership in ... 836 Memorable Teacher ...) ... 1744 Alberta/British Columbia accord University of Calgary General remarks ... 836 Centennial projects, statement re ... 1744 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Research initiatives report (SP399/05: Tabled) ... Drilling applications on Lubicon claimed lands, 1259 review of ... 1503 Unlimited liability corporations Alberta Fish and Game Association Incorporation of (Bill 16) ... 127, 1422 Provincial consultations with, re Métis Victory in Europe Day hunting/fishing rights ... 43 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Alberta/Northwest Territories memorandum of addressed the Assembly in the Chamber (Motion understanding for co-operation and development 20: Hancock) ... 1110–11 General remarks ... 836 60th Anniversary of: Statement re ... 1312 Alberta's Commission on Learning Water quality Aboriginal-specific recommendations ... 839 Source waters protection aspect ... 799 208 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Calahasen, Hon. Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) Calahasen, Hon. Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Apprenticeship training Métis issues Aboriginal people ... 1912 General remarks ... 1781, 1829 Auditor General Métis Nation of Alberta Association Aboriginal Affairs dept. comments ... 839 Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... Bighorn sheep hunting 45, 323, 574, 842, 850 Under Métis hunting agreement ... 850 Métis settlements Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee General remarks ... 835 General remarks ... 838, 841 Métis Settlements Accord Implementation Act Construction trades General remarks ... 835 Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Métis Settlements Appeal Tribunal ... 839 Funding for ... 835 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Métis Settlements General Council Annual report, 2003-04 (SP39/05: Tabled) ... 93 Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... Annual report, 2004-05 (SP562/05: Tabled) ... 1675 45, 323, 574, 842, 850 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 835–42, 844–45 Funding for, ends 2007 ... 835, 840 Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Native friendship centres (SP501/05: Tabled) ... 1608 General remarks ... 839 Funding details ... 844, 845 Natural Resources Transfer Agreement Minister's potential conflict re Lubicon land claim First Nations hunting/fishing rights under, Blais court process ... 841 case re ... 842 Staffing ... 835 Northern Alberta Development Council Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Annual report, 2003-04 (SP502/05: Tabled) ... 1608 Role in Métis hunting/fishing agreement ... 1574 Funding for ... 835 Edmonton Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee Northern development General remarks ... 838, 841 Statement re ... 835, 836, 837, 839 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Northern Development Ministers Forum Alberta visit, May 2005: First Nations participation ... (Federal/provincial) 1445 Alberta participation ... 836 Employment training programs Northern Forum (International ministers' meetings) Aboriginal peoples ... 839, 840, 844 General remarks ... 836 Endangered wildlife species Oil–Royalties Protection of ... 574 From disputed aboriginal lands ... 1503 Energy industry Oral Question Period (2005) Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1781 Aboriginal issues ... 1781, 1829, 1912 Energy industry–Crown lands First Nations land claims ... 1503 Aboriginal issues re ... 615, 836, 841, 844–45, 1503 First Nations participation in Royal visit ... 1445 First Nations treaties Métis hunting rights ... 43–45, 89, 323–24, 574, 850, Honouring of ... 1829 1124–25, 1574 Fish conservation Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 615 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 43, 45, 89 Traumatic injury rate in the aboriginal community ... Fisheries, Commercial 768 Exclusion from Métis hunting/fishing agreement ... Postsecondary graduates, Aboriginal 842 Increase in number of ... 1912 Fishing, Sport Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89 Third reading ... 793 Foreign workers, Temporary Scholarships General remarks ... 839 Aboriginal students ... 1912 Gas, Natural–Royalties Supreme Court of Canada From disputed aboriginal lands ... 1503 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 43, High school students, Aboriginal 45, 323, 574, 840, 842, 845, 1124 Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Surplus, Budgetary funding for ... 1912 Aboriginal issues funding with ... 1781 Lubicon Lake Band Tar sands development Land claim, minister's potential conflict re ... 841 Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 615, 841, (foreign workers) ... 839 1503 Traffic accident injuries–Aboriginal communities Métis Rates of ... 768 Definition of ... 850 Métis–Self-government Traffic safety General remarks ... 836 McDermid report on ... 768 Métis hunting/fishing rights Promotion of ... 768 Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 43–44, 45, 89, Traffic safety–Aboriginal communities 323–24, 574, 836, 840, 842, 850, 1124–25, 1574 General remarks ... 768 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 209 Calahasen, Hon. Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Advanced Education Western Economic Diversification Office Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 874–75 Alberta urban aboriginal accord ... 838, 841 Dept. of Education Wildlife conservation Return of school capital funding to ... 1914 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 43, 45, 89, Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation 323–24, 574 Reassignment of capital funding to other departments Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) ... 1914 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Deputy Chair Statement re ... 1605 Election of, on second ballot ... 4 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Disabled Second reading ... 396 Government programs for ... 1524 Agribusiness Education Statement re ... 1032 Statement re ... 651 Agriculture Education, Postsecondary Statement re ... 1032 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 874 Alberta Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Statement re ... 857 1553 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Education, Postsecondary–Finance Second reading ... 1646–47 Federal funding ... 1306–07 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 General remarks ... 874–75 (Bill 43) Employment training programs Second reading ... 1864 Non profit groups providing ... 164–65 Alberta Restaurant and Food Services Exposition Energy industry (ARFEX), Edmonton (2005) Statement re ... 1526–27 Statement re ... 744–45 English as a Second Language Alberta's Commission on Learning General remarks ... 1784 School funding under Education dept. Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 recommendation ... 1914 (Bill 205) Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Second reading ... 1541–42 General remarks ... 1834 Farm produce–Export Blind–Employment Statement re ... 1032 CNIB assistance program re ... 1524 Foreign workers, Temporary Calgary Board of Education General remarks ... 802 English as a Second Language programs, funding for Forest Lawn high school ... 1784 Awards night: Statement re ... 1968 International students ... 1786 Great Kids of Alberta Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Awards: Statement re ... 368 Member for, elected as Deputy Chair of Committees, Greenhouse equipment and supplies on second ballot ... 4 Tracking purchases of ... 459 Canadian National Institute for the Blind High school credits Bridge to employment program ... 1524 Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Capital projects, Municipal–Finance 833–34 Calgary education projects ... 1026–27 Hours of labour Cellular telephones in automobiles Working alone regulation ... 364 Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1001–02 Hub Oil Company Ltd. Chinook College Calgary plant fire: Cleanup efforts ... 1710 General remarks ... 1786 Immigrants Coalition for Equal Access to Education General remarks ... 1605 English as a second language study ... 1784 Government internship program for ... 1576–77 Commission on advanced education (Proposed) Immigrants of Distinction Awards Review of public postsecondary education system Recognition of ... 490 (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1553 Immigration Construction trades Statement re ... 1576–77 Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Imperial Oil Ltd. ... 802 Cleanup of contaminated site, Lynnview Ridge, Contaminated sites–Calgary Calgary ... 529 Cleanup efforts ... 1709–10 Marijuana growing operations Contaminated soil–Lynnview Ridge, Calgary Cleanup of ... 84, 529, 1709 General remarks ... 459 Court interpreters–Fees MCC Employment Development Increase in ... 1502 General remarks ... 165 CP Rail Medical care, Private Ogden rail yards, Calgary: Toxic materials runoff Influence of health symposium on ... 1147 from ... 1709 210 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) Members' Statements (2005) Tar sands development (Continued) Agriculture industry ... 1032 Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re Alberta: Land of opportunity ... 857 (foreign workers) ... 802 Alberta Centennial ... 1605 Teachers ARFEX 2005 culinary trade show ... 744–45 General remarks ... 651 Benefits of immigration to Alberta ... 1576–77 Traffic Safety Act Forest Lawn high school awards night ... 1968 Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while Great Kids awards ... 368 driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1001–02 International students ... 1786 Tuition fees Petroleum industry ... 1526–27 Federal funding to be used for ... 1306 Value of education ... 651 Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by Veterans Memorial Highway ... 1629 provincial government ... 1307 World Schools Debating Championship ... 91 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Oral Question Period (2005) (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) Aid for disabled persons ... 1524 General remarks ... 1146–47 Contaminated sites cleanup in Calgary ... 1709–10 Veterans Memorial Highway Contracted employment training ... 164–165 Statement re ... 1629 English as a Second Language programs ... 1784 Wages–Minimum wage Health symposium ... 1146–47 Increase to ... 980 Interpretation services in courts ... 1502 Increase to: Exceptions for food service and youth Lynnview Ridge ... 84, 529 employees ... 980 Minimum wage rate ... 980 Workers' compensation Postsecondary education federal funding ... 1306–07 Reviews of, results ... 1338 School construction in Calgary ... 1026–27 Workers' Compensation Board School intrastructure needs in Calgary ... 1914 Medical opinion process, new ... 1834 Seizure of vehicles in prostitution-related offences ... MLA committee to review: Report ... 1834 120 Workplace safety Temporary foreign workers ... 802 General remarks ... 364 Workers' compensation ... 1338 World Schools Debating Championship Workers' compensation appeals ... 1834 Statement re ... 91 Workplace safety ... 364 Year of the Veteran, 2005 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries General remarks ... 1629 Canadian membership in ... 1526 Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Aboriginal peoples Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Federal policies re ... 1133, 1141 Second reading ... 1359, 1529 Aboriginal peoples–Employment Committee ... 1932–33 General remarks ... 281, 1131, 1132–33 Pollution Airports–Northern Alberta Cleanup orders re, enforcement of ... 84 Employment opportunities re ... 1138 Private colleges–Finance Alberta Adult Health Benefit (Human Resources General remarks ... 874 program) Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) General remarks ... 278, 1129 Committee ... 788 Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Ratio of journeymen to apprentices ... 1138 General remarks ... 50, 490 Alberta Association of Architects Schools–Construction–Calgary Annual report, 2004 (SP447/05: Tabled) ... 1508 General remarks ... 1026–27, 1914 Alberta Dental Association and College Schools–Construction–Finance Radiation health and safety program annual report, Return to Education dept. responsibility ... 1914 2003 (SP452/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Shewfelt, Kyle Radiation health and safety program annual report, Recognition of ... 50 2004 (SP658/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Alberta Land Surveyors' Association Second reading ... 177–78 95th annual general meeting (SP449/05: Tabled) ... Committee ... 508 1508 Speech from the Throne 96th annual general meeting (SP689/05: Tabled) ... Debate ... 77–78 1838 Student financial aid Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 874 Replaces widows' pension ... 1966 Students, Foreign (Grade school) Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Recruitment of ... 874–75 Consultation with, re changes to Veterinary Statement re ... 1786 Profession Act ... 1627 Tar sands development Radiation protection program annual report, 2003 Employment opportunities in ... 802 (SP451/05: Tabled) ... 1508 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 211 Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Veterinary Medical Association (Continued) College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Radiation protection program annual report, 2004 (Continued) (SP659/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Radiation health administrative organization annual Alberta Works (Employment training program) report, 2004-05 (SP661/05: Tabled) ... 1789 General remarks ... 1129 Construction trades Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Budget increase ... 1135 ... 85–86, 121–22, 280, 281, 318, 321–22, 361–62, Funding transfer to minister's budget ... 950 411, 458, 571, 802, 1133, 1135 General remarks ... 1129, 1130, 1338, 1834 Consulting Engineers of Alberta Waiting times at ... 950 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP693/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Apprenticeship training Dept. of Children's Services Aboriginal people ... 411 General remarks ... 1138 General remarks ... 86, 280–81, 321, 531, 1129, 1135 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Government supports for ... 1129 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP52/05: Tabled) ... 93 Safety aspects ... 980 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP577/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Collective Agreement Settlements in Alberta (Report) Geophysicists of Alberta (SP638/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Annual report, 2004 (SP448/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1129–30, 1132–33, Auditor General 1135, 1137–38, 1140–41 Workers' Compensation Board performance review ... Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during 1338 (SP494/05: Tabled) ... 1579 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Minister's resignation ... 2009 Report on workplace injuries in Canada ... 1122 Service centres ... 280, 1129 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 278, Horizon oil sands project, airport for ... 1138 280–81 Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development 121–22, 322, 2048–49 Property theft in (Q28/05: Response tabled as Careers: the Next Generation (Youth employment SP776/05) ... 1158 program) Disabled–Employment General remarks ... 1135 Government programs for ... 1130, 1138 Certified General Accountants Association of Alberta Drug use in the workplace Annual report, 2005 (SP692/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Random testing for ... 45 Child health benefits program Random testing for: Report on ... 45 General remarks ... 1129 Employment and training centres Children–Employment General remarks ... 1129 Age restriction re ... 1779 Employment standards Christian Labour Association of Canada Bathroom/coffee breaks inclusion in ... 1625 Actions of Labour Relations Board in advancing General remarks ... 1129 interests of ... 2009, 2048–49 Review of ... 980 Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 321, Employment training programs 411, 458, 2048–49 Aboriginal peoples ... 280, 281, 1130 Collective bargaining Eligibility of young adults for ... 363 First-contract certification legislation ... 1140, 1625, General remarks ... 86, 278, 280, 531, 1129, 1137, 1711–12 1916 Report on: Collective Agreement Settlements in Non profit groups providing ... 165 Alberta (SP638/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Tuition fees re ... 1130 Collective bargaining–Health authorities English as a Second Language Labour Relations Board involvement in ... 2009, Funding ... 1130, 1132 2048–49 General remarks ... 1129 College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists Fatalities, Work-related Annual report, 2004 (SP450/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Day of mourning re ... 1118 Financial statements, 2004 (SP695/05: Tabled) ... Foreign workers, Temporary 1838 Alberta/federal government memorandum re: College of Alberta Professional Foresters Information package (SP366/05: Tabled) ... 1034 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP690/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Alberta/federal government memorandum re College of Chiropractors of Alberta (M24/05: Defeated) ... 823, 989 Radiation health administrative organization annual General remarks ... 85–86, 121–22, 280, 281, 318, report, 2003-04 (SP466/05: Tabled) ... 1529 321–22, 361, 362, 411, 458, 571, 802, 1133, 1135, Radiation health administrative organization annual 1443 report, 2004-05 (SP660/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Language training for ... 1132 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Process to apply for (SP217/05: Tabled) ... 370 Radiation health administrative organization annual Foster children report, 2003-04 (SP455/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Requirement to work ... 1779 212 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) (Continued) (Continued) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Lakeside Packers General remarks ... 1169 Brooks packing plant: Complaints re working High school students conditions in ... 1625 Financial assistance to, when living independently ... Ledcor Industries Limited 363 Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 321 Highway 63 Low-income families Upgrading of ... 1133, 1138 General remarks ... 849 Highway 813 MLA committee review of programs for ... 1966 General remarks ... 1133, 1138 Market enhancement recovery funds Highway 881 General remarks ... 1170 Extension to Alberta/Saskatchewan border, MCC Employment Development employment opportunities of ... 1133, 1138 General remarks ... 165 Upgrading of ... 1138 McLennan Ross LLP (Legal counsel) Horse industry Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 amendments ... Consultation with, re changes to Veterinary 2048 Profession Act ... 1627 Ministerial Statements (2005) Horse racing National Day of Mourning ... 1118 Lottery funding for ... 849 Ministers (Provincial government) Hours of labour Random drug tests for ... 45 Working alone regulation ... 364 National child benefit Immigrants General remarks ... 1129 Visas for, Alberta processing of ... 1833 National Day of Mourning (Work-related Immigration injuries/deaths) Provincial nominee program ... 1833 Statement re ... 1118 Income Support program Northern Alberta Development Council Caseload increase ... 278, 280 Youth apprenticeship program ... 1135 Funding cutbacks to ... 1137 Oral Question Period (2005) General remarks ... 1129 Apprenticeship training ... 980 Labour laws and legislation Capital region petrochemical workers ... 1443 General remarks ... 1138, 1625, 1711–12 Contracted employment training ... 165 Labour productivity Employment of children ... 1779 General remarks ... 1916 Finanical assistance for youths ... 363 Labour relations First-contract labour arbitration ... 1711–12 General remarks ... 1129, 1711, 2048 Foreign and non-union workers ... 121–122 Labour Relations Board Foreign workers ... 85–86 Advancing of interests of Christian Labour Labour force resources ... 1915–16 Association ... 2009, 2048–49 Labour Relations Board ... 2009, 2048–49 Chair/vice-chairs of, firing of ... 2049 Lakeside Packers labour dispute ... 1625 General remarks ... 1129 Major Alberta projects ... 531 Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Minimum wage ... 164, 613 authorities bargaining restructuring) ... 2009, Minimum wage rate ... 980 2048–49 Oil sands employment ... 571 Labour Relations Code Physiotherapy services ... 292 Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major Services for immigrants ... 1833 projects) ... 121–22 Social assistance rates ... 849 Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major Support for low-income Albertans ... 1198 projects): Labour Relations Board involvement in Temporary foreign workers ... 318, 321–22, 361–62, ... 2048–49 411, 458, 802 Review of: MLA committee re: Report (M43/05: Veterinary profession legislation ... 1627 Defeated) ... 1170 Widows' pension ... 1966 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Workers' compensation ... 1338, 2052 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27, 2003) Workers' compensation appeals ... 950, 1834 Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting ... Workplace drug testing ... 45 2009, 2048–49 Workplace safety ... 364, 1122 Labour supply Personnel Administration Office Shortages of skilled workers ... 85–86, 1915–16, 2049 General remarks ... 1129, 1130 Strategy re ... 1133 Petrochemical industry–Edmonton area Labour unions Employees laid off at, employment in Fort McMurray Impact on, of division 8 designation re foreign ... 1443 workers ... 121–22 Petroleos de Venezuela Organizing activities (Salting) ... 1170 Former employees of, recruited for Alberta oil sands employment ... 411 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 213 Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca-Redwater) (Continued) (Continued) Physical therapy–Finance Veterinary Profession Act Cutbacks to ... 292 Changes to, re veterinary dentistry inclusion in ... Prostitutes 1627 Murder of ... 953 Wages–Food service employees Public assistance Increase in ... 613 Aboriginal peoples ... 281 Wages–Minimum wage Caseload ... 1129 Increase to ... 164, 612–13, 980, 1132, 1135, 1140, General remarks ... 1129, 1140–41 1198 Health/utility benefits ... 278 Increase to: Exceptions for food service and youth Increase to ... 849, 953, 1138, 1198 employees ... 613, 980, 1779 Market-basket measure as basis for ... 849 Increase to: Impact on workers' compensation earning Personal income exemption increase ... 849 loss supplement ... 2052 Review of ... 1198 Indexing of ... 1138 Public service–Alberta Wages–Youth Increase in ... 1133 Increase in ... 613 Succession planning for ... 1130, 1133 Widows–Pensions Racing entertainment centres (Horse racetracks) Replacement of, with seniors' benefit ... 1966 Revenue from ... 849 Work Safe Alberta Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) General remarks ... 1118, 1122, 1129, 1130 General remarks ... 1135 Workers' compensation Replacement workers Earning loss supplement, impact of increased Legislation re, proposed ... 1140 minimum wage on ... 2052 Road construction–Northern Alberta Reviews of, results ... 1338 Employment opportunities in ... 1133, 1138 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 26, Roads–Northern Alberta 2002) Impact on aboriginal employment possibilities ... 280, General remarks ... 1338 1133, 1138 Workers' Compensation Board Strikes and lockouts–Lakeside Packers employees 2004 accountability framework report (SP694/05: General remarks ... 1625, 1711–12 Tabled) ... 1838 Summer Temporary Employment Program Ana Gutierrez case: Correspondence re (M42/05: General remarks ... 1132 Defeated) ... 1169 Suncor Inc. Annual report, 2004 (SP691/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Memo re temporary foreign workers ... 361, 458 Annual reports ... 1338 Surplus, Budgetary Auditor General's performance review of ... 1338 Public assistance increase with ... 849 General remarks ... 1129 Tar sands development Long standing claims issue ... 950 Employment opportunities in ... 531, 571, 802 Medical opinion process, new ... 1338, 1834 Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re MLA committee to review: Report ... 1834 (foreign workers) ... 121–22, 280, 281, 318, MLAs concerns re, resolution of ... 1135 321–22, 361, 362, 411, 458, 802, 1443 Provision of physiotherapy services ... 292 Tar sands development–Safety aspects Support for Work Safe Alberta ... 1130 General remarks ... 1122 Workers' health Technical schools General remarks ... 1130 Enrollment decline at ... 1141 Working Alone Safely (Brochure) Truck drivers–Supply General remarks ... 364 Government calculations re (Q42/05: Response tabled Workplace accidents as SP805/05) ... 1748, 2018 General remarks ... 1138 Tuition fees Location of ... 1122 For occupational training ... 1130 Reduction in ... 1130 Unemployment Workplace safety General remarks ... 1129 Drug use issue ... 45 Unemployment–Wabasca General remarks ... 364, 980, 1118, 1122, 1130, 1135 General remarks ... 1133 Workplace safety inspections University of Alberta General remarks ... 1122, 1135 Radiation health administrative organization annual Youth Connections (Employment service) report, 2003-04 (SP454/05: Tabled) ... 1508 General remarks ... 1132, 1135, 1141 Radiation health administrative organization annual Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) report, 2004-05 (SP662/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Abduction of children–Calgary University of Calgary Police actions re ... 486–87 Radiation health administration organization annual Aboriginal police services report, 2003-04 (SP453/05: Tabled) ... 1508 General remarks ... 768, 1428 Radiation health administration organization annual Aboriginal policy initiative report, 2004-05 (SP663/05: Tabled) ... 1789 General remarks ... 1428 214 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police Constitution Act, 1982 General remarks ... 574 Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Application to Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties prison inmates ... 855 Police funding discussions with provincial Correctional institutions–Finance government ... 1250, 1432 General remarks ... 1427, 1433–34 Alberta Association of Police Governance Correctional institutions–Staff training General remarks ... 574 General remarks ... 1433 Alberta Association of Sexual Assault Centres Correctional institutions–Staffing General remarks ... 1438 General remarks ... 1427 Alberta Children and Youth Initiative Courtroom security officers–Training Sexual exploitation inititative ... 1433 General remarks ... 743, 1433 Alberta Federation of Police Associations Courts–Security aspects General remarks ... 574 Funding for ... 1427 Alberta Mental Health Board General remarks ... 902, 1431 Funding for diversion services for mentally ill Crime prevention offenders ... 1785 Aboriginal programs re ... 1428 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Funding for ... 1427 Police funding discussions with provincial General remarks ... 1256, 1428, 1671 government ... 1250, 1432 Crime rate Alberta Vehicle Theft Committee General remarks ... 1671 General remarks ... 1256 Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Alberta Warriors (Aboriginal street gang) General remarks ... 459, 1148, 1427 General remarks ... 1430 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Auditor General Manufacturing of (illegal meth labs) ... 1427, 1430 Policing in Alberta, study of ... 1885 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Prevention Policing standards comments ... 1432 General remarks ... 770, 1884 Auditor General of Canada Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Treatment RCMP services report ... 1884–85 Treatment centres for, in closed young offender Automobile chop shops centres ... 800 General remarks ... 1256 Dept. of Solicitor General Automobile drivers' licences Annual report, 2003-04 (SP62/05: Tabled) ... 94 Graduated licences, monitoring of ... 1307–08 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP585/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Automobile theft–Prevention Business plan ... 1427 General remarks ... 1256 Communications branch ... 1435–36 Automobiles–Seizure Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1427–28, 1430–38 For prostitution-related offences: Legislation re (Bill Minister's letter re Crowsnest Pass police grant ... 206, 2003) ... 456 1305 Calgary Board of Education Deputy constables Co-operation with police service in child abduction General remarks ... 1437 cases ... 487 Diversion (Mentally disabled offenders) Calgary Police Service General remarks ... 1785 Chief Crowfoot Learning Centre ... 1123 Domestic violence Child abduction procedures ... 486 General remarks ... 1196 Child exploitation prevention teams ... 206 Murder/suicide case, Red Deer 2003 ... 1196, 1575 Domestic violence conflict unit ... 1576 Domestic violence–Legal aspects Peace officers on beat in inner city areas ... 1437–38 General remarks ... 1433 Provincial funding for ... 800–01 Drug abuse–Prevention Calgary Remand Centre General remarks ... 1884 Extension to ... 696 Drug abuse resistance education program Cattle rustling–Prevention General remarks ... 1201 General remarks ... 1121 Drug trafficking Check Stop program Role in gang-related crime ... 1148 Use for graduated drivers' licence checks ... 1307–08 Drug trafficking–Prevention Child abuse–Prevention General remarks ... 770 Provincial initiatives re ... 206, 1433, 1671 Drugs in schools Child Welfare Act Use of dogs to detect ... 1256 Funding for youth in transition from custody ... 1433 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act Edmonton Police Service Funding for youth in transition from custody ... 1433 Child exploitation prevention teams ... 206, 1671 Committee on Justice and Government Services, Community support officers/special constables pilot Standing Policy project ... 1437 Vehicle Theft Committee's recommendations to ... Family violence conflict unit ... 1576 1256 Inmate sexual assault investigation ... 696 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 215 Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) (Continued) (Continued) Edmonton Police Service (Continued) Lethbridge Community College Mill Woods gang-related killing investigation ... 1148 Police training programs ... 1123, 1602 Police radio conversation transcript, publication in Lethbridge Young Offender Centre news media (Overtime bar case) ... 411–12 Closure of, use for youth drug treatment facility ... Provincial funding for ... 800–01, 952–53, 1148, 1671 800 Randy Fryingpan tasering case ... 1431, 1504 Marijuana Training centre ... 1123 Decriminalization of ... 41 Edmonton Remand Centre Marijuana growing operations New facility for ... 696 General remarks ... 459, 1427 Overcrowding ... 696, 855, 1389, 1434 Northern/southern investigative teams re ... 1430 Rape of inmates in ... 696, 1389, 1433 Medicine Hat Remand Centre Replacement of ... 1434 Young offender unit, closure of, use for youth drug Family courts–Calgary treatment facility ... 800 General remarks ... 1433 Mental health services–Prisoners Fatality inquiries General remarks ... 1438, 1785 Fekete family murder/suicide case ... 1575 Mental health services–Young offenders RCMP corporal's death in mentally ill gunman case ... General remarks ... 1433, 1438 1784 Mentally disabled Fatality Inquiries Act Involvement with police ... 1784–85 Public inquiries provision ... 162 Ministerial Statements (2005) Fines (Traffic violations) Deaths of RCMP officers ... 40 Graduated licence conditions violation ... 1308 RCMP drug raid near Mayerthorpe ... 16 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Mortgage fraud Application to police radio conversations (Overtime Caused by marijuana grow ops problems ... 1417, bar case) ... 411 1430 Gang-related crime Municipal bylaws General remarks ... 1148, 1430 Pawnshop provision of client information to police, Gang-related crime–Prevention requirement for ... 416 General remarks ... 205, 1148, 1916 Municipal finance–Crowsnest Pass area Police intelligence sharing re ... 205, 1916 Government grants ... 1250, 1305 George C. King Tower, Calgary Municipal Government Act Security concerns ... 616 Crowsnest Pass regulation ... 1250, 1305 Government attorneys Murdoch Manor, Calgary Specialization in child exploitation cases ... 206 Security concerns ... 616 Specialization in gun-related crime cases ... 1916 Oral Question Period (2005) Greenhouse equipment and supplies Attempted child abductions ... 486–87 Tracking purchases of ... 460 Cattle rustling ... 1121 Harry Ainlay high school, Edmonton Community policing ... 952–53, 1201 Drug-sniffing dog program ... 1256 Corrections officers ... 743–44 Hells Angels (Biker gang) Courthouse security ... 902 General remarks ... 1430 Crime prevention ... 1256 Indian Posse (Aboriginal street gang) Crime rate reduction ... 1671 General remarks ... 1430 Domestic violence ... 1196, 1575–76 Integrated child exploitation teams Edmonton Police Service investigation ... 1504 General remarks ... 206, 1427, 1432–33, 1884 Edmonton Remand Centre ... 696, 855 Integrated Response to Organized Crime Edmonton Remand Centre assault incident ... 1389 General remarks ... 459, 770, 801, 952, 1148, Exploitation of children ... 206 1430–31, 1671 Gang violence ... 1148 Increase in RCMP officers for ... 1201 Graduated drivers' licences ... 1307–08 Internet (Computer network) Inquiry into deaths of RCMP officers ... 41 Crimes against children on ... 1427, 1432–33 Mental illness and the criminal justice system ... Crimes against children on: Provincial initiatives re ... 1784–85 206, 1427 Municipal grants to Crowsnest Pass ... 1305 Law Enforcement Review Board Police recruitment and training centre ... 1123, 1602 Annual report, 2003 (SP384/05: Tabled) ... 1205 Police service investigation ... 411–12 Enhancement of effectiveness of: Legislation re (Bill Policing resources ... 800–01 49) ... 1674 Policing review ... 162 General remarks ... 162, 574 Policing services ... 167, 205–206, 574, 1884–85, Legislative Assembly of Alberta–Adjournment 1916 For RCMP memorial service, March 10, 2005 Policing services in Crowsnest Pass ... 1250 (Motion 12: Cenaiko/Stevens) ... 105 Private security legislation review ... 1311 Project Kare ... 901–02, 1523 216 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Police Act Protection of personal information ... 416 Amendments to ... 162 Road safety ... 458 Civilian oversight provision enhancement ... 162 Rural police services ... 770 Paramountcy over Crowsnest Pass regulation re Security in seniors' apartment buildings ... 616 police funding ... 1250 Seizure of vehicles in prostitution-related offences ... Police funding provisions ... 1432 120, 456 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Sex trade workers ... 1339 First reading ... 491 Stony Plain youth justice committee ... 1076 Second reading ... 629–30, 1244 Traumatic injury rate in the aboriginal community ... Committee ... 1296–99, 1379–82 768 Third reading ... 1583 Youth residential drug treatment ... 800 General remarks ... 574, 1428, 1431, 1438 Organized crime Police Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) (Bill 49) Additional officers for ... 1427 First reading ... 1674 Involvement with marijuana grow ops ... 1430 Second reading ... 1770–71 Organized crime–Prevention Third reading ... 2026 Funding for ... 1427 Police commissions General remarks ... 41, 1256, 1671, 1884, 1916 Oversight function ... 1428, 1431, 1438 Police intelligence sharing re ... 206, 1916 Pornography, Child Overtime Broiler & Taproom Provincial initiatives re ... 206 Edmonton Police stakeout at ... 411–12 Prisoners Pawnshops Application of Charter of Rights to ... 855 Provision of client information to police ... 416 Prisoners–Safety aspects Personal Information Protection Act General remarks ... 696, 1389 Application to pawnshops ... 416 Privacy, Right of Police General remarks ... 416 Challenges performing duties of ... 16 Private investigators–Law and legislation Complaints against, procedure for ... 574, 1428, 1431, Review of ... 1311 1438, 1504 Private investigators–Licensing Complaints against, procedure for: Legislation re Review of ... 1311 (Bill 36) ... 491 Private investigators–Training Complaints against, procedure for: Legislation re Review of ... 1311 (Bill 49) ... 1674 Private Investigators and Security Guards Act Domestic violence case handling training ... 1196, Review of ... 1311 1575–76 Probation officers Gang-related activity prevention efforts ... 1148 Supervision of youth justice committees ... 1076, Increase in numbers of ... 205–06, 1201, 1427, 1431, 1434, 1435 1671, 1884–85, 1916 Project Kare (Missing women investigation team) Intelligence sharing re crime prevention ... 206 Funding for ... 800, 901–02, 1339, 1523 Intermunicipal co-operation between ... 205, 1602 General remarks ... 1523, 1671 Mental health related incidents, responses to ... Prostitutes 1784–85 Murder of ... 800, 901–02, 952–53, 1339 MLA committee review of: Report ... 162, 491, 574, Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) 1428, 1437, 1602 General remarks ... 800 Neighbourhood patrols ... 952–53 Protective vests (Corrections officers) Pawnshop provision of client information to ... 416 General remarks ... 1427, 1434 Public confidence in ... 574 Provincial protection officers Use-of-force policy ... 1431 General remarks ... 1427, 1431 Police–Finance Training ... 1433 General remarks ... 205–06, 770, 1148, 1427, 1432 Public Affairs Bureau Increase to ... 770, 800–01, 952–53, 1201, 1431, Relation to departmental communications divisions ... 1671, 1916 1435–36 Police–Finance–Crowsnest Pass Public safety (From criminal activity) General remarks ... 1250, 1305, 1432 General remarks ... 1427, 1433 Police–Rural areas Red Deer Remand Centre General remarks ... 167, 1201, 1884–85 Young offender unit, closure of, use for youth drug Police–Standards treatment facility ... 800 Auditing of ... 1432, 1885 Redd Alert (Aboriginal street gang) General remarks ... 1431–32 General remarks ... 1430 Police–Training Rehabilitation of criminals Centre of excellence re ... 1123, 1428, 1602 Funding for ... 1427 Mentally ill people handling ... 1784–85 General remarks ... 1433 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 217 Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) (Continued) (Continued) Remand centres–Construction Traffic safety General remarks ... 696 General remarks ... 1435 Remand centres–Finance McDermid report on ... 1435 General remarks ... 1427, 1433–34 Review of ... 1435 Road Safety Vision 2010 (Federal traffic safety Traffic safety–Rural Alberta initiative) General remarks ... 1435 General remarks ... 1435 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Royal Canadian Mounted Police Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206, Auditor General of Canada's report on provincial 2003) policing services by ... 1884–85 Proclamation of ... 456 Cattle rustling prevention efforts ... 1121 Victims of crime Child exploitation prevention teams ... 206 Assistance programs: Funding for ... 1427, 1428 Corporal's death in mentally ill gunman case ... 1784 Assistance programs: Status report re, 2003-04 Domestic violence handling training ... 1575 (SP385/05: Tabled) ... 1205 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area ... 1430 Assistance programs: Status report re, 2004-05 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Memorial service for (SP517/05: Tabled) ... 1632 fallen officers, Assembly adjourned (Motion 12: Definition of ... 1438 Cenaiko/Stevens) ... 105 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Provincial inquiry into Second reading ... 600–01 ... 41 General remarks ... 1428 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Statement re fallen Victims of Crime Fund officers in ... 16, 40 Compensation to assaulted inmate from ... 1389 Impact of provincial police training centre on ... 1602 Compensation to sexual assault victims from ... 1438 Increase in numbers of ... 205, 770, 1201, 1427, 1431, Surplus ... 1433 1435, 1884–85 Victims of Crime Programs Committee Murder/suicide case, Red Deer 2003, investigation, General remarks ... 1433 recommendations from ... 1196, 1575 Victims of sexual assault Pawnshop provision of client information to, bylaw re Definition of ... 1438 ... 416 Video conferencing of court proceedings Requalification of officers (weapons handling) ... General remarks ... 902, 1427 1885 Violent crime Schoolchildren–Protective services Prevention of ... 1916 Child abduction cases ... 487 Violent crime–Finance Security guards–Law and legislation General remarks ... 1427 Review of ... 1311 Whistle-blower protection Security guards–Licensing Workplace safety complaints ... 744 Review of ... 1311 Womens' shelters Security guards–Training Violent spouse situations handling ... 1196 Review of ... 1311 Workplace safety Selective traffic enforcement program Employee complaints re ... 744 General remarks ... 1307–08 Young, Kyle James (Prisoner) Senior citizens–Housing Death in Edmonton courthouse ... 743–44, 1433 Security concerns re ... 616 Young offenders Seniors' apartment buildings–Security aspects–Calgary Government programs for ... 1433 General remarks ... 616 Youth Criminal Justice Act Special constables Impact on young offender centres' populations ... 800 Role of ... 1437 Youth in transition from the justice system Role of, review ... 1123, 1428, 1437–38 Government programs for ... 1433 Special constables–Grande Prairie Youth justice committees General remarks ... 1438 General remarks ... 1076, 1428, 1434, 1435 Substance abuse–Treatment–Prisoners Probation officer liasons to ... 1435 General remarks ... 1438 Youth justice committees–Stony Plain Substance abuse–Treatment–Young offenders Resignation of members of ... 1076 General remarks ... 1433, 1438 Chair of Committees (Marz, Richard) Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Detox/residential services re, in empty young Amendment A2 (SP314 & 343/05: Tabled) ... 892 offender centres ... 800 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Traffic accidents–Prevention Amendment A1 (SP716 & 767/05: Tabled) ... 2001 General remarks ... 458 Auditor General Traffic regulations Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 751 Enforcement of ... 458 Chief Electoral Officer Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 751 218 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Chair of Committees (Marz, Richard) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Ethics Commissioner Alberta Order of Excellence Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 751 18) Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Committee ... 446 Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 751 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Legislative Assembly Office (Bill 20) Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 751 Second reading ... 437 Ombudsman Third reading ... 551 Main estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 751 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Point of Order (Bill 43) Factual accuracy ... 1110 Second reading ... 1856–58, 1862, 1864, 1866, 1867 Referring to the absence of members ... 306 Third reading ... 2019, 2021 Relevance ... 305 Alberta SuperNet Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) School access to ... 756 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Alberta Wilderness Association Funding for ... 1481 Calgary Tower climb ... 907 General remarks ... 264 Alberta's Commission on Learning Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 1506 Second reading ... 236–38 Ambulance service Alberta 75th anniversary celebrations General remarks ... 1467 Legacy of ... 1481 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Cancellation of ... 1470 Gambling addiction programs ... 1284 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Documents re (M19/05: Response tabled as SP807) Committee ... 2001, 2003–05 ... 821 Third reading ... 2026 Andy Russell I'tai Sah Kòp wild-land park Amendment A5 (SP771/05: Tabled) ... 2005 Redesignation of Castle wilderness as ... 1673, 2012 Alberta Centennial Medal Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) 58) Second reading ... 541 Third reading ... 2032 Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Alberta Centennial Multicultural Gala Night, Calgary Second reading ... 425–26, 427 Statement re ... 775 Third reading ... 1581 Alberta Children's Hospital Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton New hospital ... 1467–68 Cost overruns ... 1336 New hospital: Road access ... 364 Public/private partnership funding model for New hospital: Road access, letters re (SP127-128, southeast portion of ... 1883 150, 182-184, 240, 300-301/05: Tabled) ... 210, Public/private partnership funding model for 253, 327, 463, 653 southeast portion of: Loan interest rate comparison Alberta College of Art and Design re (M32/05: Response tabled as SP511/05) ... 1161 2005 convocation ceremony program (SP491/05: Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Tabled) ... 1579 Second reading ... 1565 Infrastructure needs ... 796 Committee ... 1588 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill Funding for ... 1048 27) Role of ... 1048 Third reading ... 441–42, 451 Alberta Government Offices Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) China office ... 1185 (Bill 51) India office ... 1185 Committee ... 1991–92, 2000 Japan office ... 1185 Arts Ottawa office ... 1185 Impact on tourism ... 1012 Washington, D.C. office ... 1185 Arts–Finance Washington, D.C. office: Documents re (M20/05: General remarks ... 797, 984, 1481 Response tabled as SP744/05) ... 821–22 Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border Degree-granting accreditation procedure, closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 1187 documentation re (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921–22 Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border Bentall Real Estate trade crossing issue ... 1186 Involvement with SouthLink health centre ... 1467 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Increase in ... 1466–67 Impact on cattle industry ... 266 Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Testing re, to expedite exports ... 266, 1185 Consultation with, re renaming of provincial parks: Bridges–North Saskatchewan River–Drayton Valley area Letter re (SP185/05: Tabled) ... 327 General remarks ... 1802 Alberta Ingenuity Fund Bridges–Stoney Trail, Calgary Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 512 General remarks ... 1802 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 219 Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) Chrysalis Society (Continued) Third reading ... 1194 10th annual achievement awards: Statement re ... Calgary Board of Education 1152 Portable classrooms ... 1801 City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) Calgary Catholic Board of Education Committee ... 447 Portable classrooms ... 1801 Climate change Calgary General Hospital Kyoto protocol on ... 1047 Destruction of ... 1087, 1466 Coal bed methane extraction–Horseshoe Canyon area Calgary Heritage Fair Impact on tourism of ... 1012 General remarks ... 1342 Commission on advanced education (Proposed) Calgary-Varsity (Constituency) Review of public postsecondary education system Events in, attended by the Member for ... 1152, (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1552–53 1341–42 Community schools Campus Alberta Quality Council General remarks ... 265 Degree program approval process, documentation re Confederation Park Senior Citizens Centre (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921–22 Extension contract, letter re (SP725/05: Tabled) ... Canadian Association of Journalists 1919 Code of Silence Award given to province of Alberta: Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select News release re (SP462/05: Tabled) ... 1528 Special Cancer Awareness Month Appointment of (Motion 11: Stevens) ... 105–06 Recognition of ... 490–91 Corporate Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 26) Canoffer Society Second reading ... 537 25th anniversary: Program from (SP390/05: Tabled) Courts–Calgary ... 1205 New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 905 25th anniversary: Statement re ... 1152 Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Capital endowment fund (Proposed) Second reading ... 1867 General remarks ... 1801 Culture–Finance Capital projects General remarks ... 797 General remarks ... 265 Cypress Hills Provincial Park Public/private partnerships re ... 645, 905, 1467, 1883 Industrial development in ... 1011–12 Public/private partnerships re: List of all potential Daishowa Canada Co. Ltd. projects (M33/05: Response tabled as SP512/05) ... General remarks ... 1012 1162 Daycare centres–Finance Small projects funding ... 1801 National program for: Alberta participation, Letters re Capital projects, Municipal–Finance (SP282-284/05: Tabled) ... 622 Federal funding ... 1801 Debts, Public (Municipal government)–Fort McMurray Fort McMurray projects ... 484–85, 575–76, 1199, General remarks ... 576 1627–28 Debts, Public (Provincial government) General remarks ... 796–97, 1086, 1199 General remarks ... 1086, 1466 Legacy funding for, proposed ... 741 Dept. of Advanced Education Casinos General remarks ... 755 Use as provincial revenue generator ... 1744–45 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 265–66 Castle-Crown wilderness area Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1798 Redesignation as Andy Russell I'tai Sah Kòp wild- Dept. of Community Development land park ... 1673, 2012 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1480–81 Cataract Creek wilderness protected area Dept. of Economic Development General remarks ... 1480–81 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1011–13 Cattle–Export–United States Trade missions expenditures (Q13/05: Defeated) ... Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border 808 closed ... 1186, 1187 Trade show expenditures (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 Cellular telephones in automobiles Dept. of Education Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 999, 1006 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 265 Centennial ambassadors Return of school capital funding to ... 1086–87, 1801 General remarks ... 1481 Dept. of Energy Centennial celebrations–Saskatchewan Communications contracts expenditures, 2003-04 General remarks ... 1481 (Q16/05: Defeated) ... 811 Centennial Legacy Ball, Edmonton Dept. of Environment General remarks ... 1342 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1047–48 Centennial Summary (Poem) Dept. of Gaming General remarks ... 1918 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1283–84 Chrysalis Society Dept. of Health and Wellness 10th annual achievement awards: Program from Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1466–68, 1470 (SP390/05: Tabled) ... 1205 Return of health facility funding to ... 1801 220 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Emergency medical technicians Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1086–88 Increase in numbers of ... 1467 General remarks ... 755 Energy industry Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 264 Use of water supplies, phase out of ... 1377 Reassignment of capital funding to other departments Energy resources, Alternate ... 1086–87, 1801 Research into: Funding for ... 1377 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... English as a Second Language 1801–02 Funding ... 265, 755 Dept. of Innovation and Science Enron Canada Corporation Credit card statements for deputy minister (M18/05: Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Response tabled as SP772/05) ... 820 Stanley) ... 1186 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1377 Environmental protection Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Federal/provincial co-operation re ... 1047 Estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 1184–87, 1189 General remarks ... 1048 Dept. of Learning Extended care facilities–Fees Credit card statements for deputy minister (M17/05: Increase in ... 1467 Response tabled as SP718/05) ... 819 Extended care facilities–Staffing General remarks ... 755 Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 1467 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Extended care facilities–Standards Credit card statements for deputy minister (M15/05: Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Response tabled as SP826/05) ... 817 1400 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1176 Budget statements ... 756 Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) Deputy ministers, number of ... 755 Third reading ... 550 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 755–56 Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) Desalination of water Third reading ... 1021 Research into ... 1377 Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Drugs, Prescription Second reading ... 700–01 National plan for ... 1189, 1468 Festivals–Finance Drugs, Prescription–Costs General remarks ... 1481 General remarks ... 1468 Film industry East Coulee spring festival Impact of industrial development on ... 1011–12 Statement re ... 775 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Economic development and the environment Committee ... 1018 General remarks ... 1011–12, 1048 Fish and wildlife officers Edmonton Public School Board Number of ... 1480–81 Closure of schools ... 1311 Foothills Medical Centre Education Road access to new children's hospital ... 210, 364, Provincial support for: Statement re ... 1506 653 Education, Postsecondary Single room format ... 1467 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 1087 Upgrades to ... 1470 Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Foreign workers, Temporary 1552–53 Alberta/federal government memorandum re General remarks ... 265–66 (M24/05: Defeated) ... 824–25 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Fort McMurray General remarks ... 265, 755 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 484–85, 575–76, Education–Finance 1086, 1627–28 General remarks ... 265, 755 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Environmental Letter re (SP442/05: Tabled) ... 1507 aspects ... 1047 Statement re ... 1506 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q15/05: Edmonton Journal request under, re government Defeated) ... 809, 810 aircraft manifest information ... 1518–19 Electric power, Coal-produced General remarks ... 57 Research into: Funding for ... 1377 Friends of Medicare Electric power–Prices Co-sponsor of alternative Calgary health care Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 1186 conference (Weighing the Evidence) ... 1152 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Report on P3s in health care projects (Flawed, Failed, Alberta visit, May 2005: Special Legislature sitting Abandoned) (SP302/05: Tabled) ... 653 for (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 597–98 Gambling–Moral/legal issues Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 General remarks ... 1284 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Gaming industry 1400 Revenue from ... 1283–84 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 221 Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Gaming industry (Continued) Housing–Fort McMurray Revenue from, relation to oil/gas revenues ... 1283 Impact of population increase on ... 485 Revenue from, statement re ... 1744–45 Immigrant doctors Gas, Natural General remarks ... 1467 Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1377 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Gas, Natural–Royalties Second reading ... 711–12 Relation to gaming revenues ... 1283 Committee ... 1191, 1193 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Off-highway vehicle access to ... 1601 estimates, 2005-06 Government aircraft Estimates debated ... 264–66 Policy on usage of ... 18–19 Jasper National Park Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 19, 122–23, Industrial development near ... 1012 1518–19 Junior high school education–Curricula Rod Love's trip to Fort McMurray on ... 612 Fine arts courses ... 1481 Government chartered aircraft Legislative Assembly of Alberta Premier's use of ... 160–61 Special sitting of, for Royal visit (Motion 16: Government departments Hancock) ... 597–98 Control of infrastructure planning/funding ... 1086–87 Logging, Clear-cut Renaming of ... 755 Impact on tourism ... 1012 Government efficiency Logging, Clear-cut–Cataract Creek area General remarks ... 755–56 General remarks ... 1012, 1480–81 Government programs Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park Lottery funding for ... 1284 General remarks ... 1012 Grace Hospital, Calgary Lottery boards, Community Sale of ... 1087, 1466 Elimination of ... 1283 Health facilities Lottery Fund Personal donations for ... 1467 Funds allocation ... 1284 Health Link Alberta Love, Rod General remarks ... 1467 Fees paid to, re Fort McMurray rail service High school education–Curricula consultation ... 612 Fine arts courses ... 1481 Trip to Fort McMurray on government aircraft ... 612 Highway 8–Calgary area Magnetic resonance imaging Upgrading of ... 264 Fort McMurray unit ... 576 Highway 11 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Upgrading of: Cost overruns ... 1336 General remarks ... 64–66 Highway 28 Markin Institute for Public Health Upgrading of ... 741, 1628 Personal donation to ... 1467 Upgrading of: Letters re (SP317/05: Tabled) ... 746 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Highway 43 Committee ... 1875, 1877–78 Upgrading of ... 264 Mayor's Luncheon for Business & the Arts, Calgary Highway 63 Program from (SP362/05: Tabled) ... 984 Upgrading of ... 264, 1336, 1628 Meals on Wheels Upgrading of: Petitions presented re ... 1452 40th anniversary of ... 1342 Highway 725 Meat packing plants Upgrading of: Cost overruns ... 1336 Building of: Provincial support for ... 266 Hip and knee surgery Medical care Privatization of, in Calgary ... 1466 Demand for, reduction of ... 1467 Waiting lists for ... 1466 General remarks ... 1152 Hockey championships Restructuring (third way option) ... 1087 Calgary pee wee girls provincial champions ... 907 Medical care, Private Holy Cross Hospital General remarks ... 1087, 1466 Sale of ... 1466 Medical care–Finance Horseshoe Canyon General remarks ... 1470 Industrial development in ... 1012 Medical profession Hospital beds–Calgary Recruitment of (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1364–65 Shortages of ... 797, 1467 Medical profession–Rural areas Hospitals–Calgary Recruitment for (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1364–65 Closure of ... 1087, 1466 Medical profession–Supply New south Calgary hospital ... 265, 797, 1087, 1467 General remarks ... 1467 New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of Medical records, Electronic ... 645, 905 General remarks ... 1467 Hospitals–Closure Medical research–Finance General remarks ... 1087 General remarks ... 1377 222 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Members' Statements (2005) Pacific Northwest Economic Region Alberta Centennial Multicultural Gala Night / East General remarks ... 1186 Coulee Spring Festival ... 735 Parkland Institute BVolunteer achievements ... 907 Co-sponsor of Calgary health care conference ... 1152 Castle wilderness ... 1673 Parkland School Division A Centennial Summary (poem) ... 1918 Portable classrooms ... 1801 Events attended by Member for Calgary-Varsity ... Parks, Provincial 1152, 1341–42 Enforcement of rules in ... 1601 Gaming as a source of revenue ... 1744–45 Funding for ... 264, 1480–81 Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie ... 209 General remarks ... 2012 Public education stressors ... 1506 Increase in number of ... 1048 Métis hunting/fishing rights Industrial development in ... 1012, 1601 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Letters re (SP307, Interpretive centre programs in ... 1012 327, 335/05: Tabled) ... 699, 776, 807 Renaming of: Letter re (SP185/05: Tabled) ... 327 Mount Royal College Upgrading of ... 852–53, 1012, 2012 Infrastructure needs ... 796 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Municipal finance Upgrades to ... 1470 Deferred maintenace costs ... 1801–02 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Highway 63 upgrading ... 1452 Second reading ... 386 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) Museums, Provincial–Finance Second reading ... 714–15 General remarks ... 1012 Committee ... 1560 Mustard Seed Street Ministry Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) General remarks ... 1341 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Natural resources revenue Committee ... 1929, 1934 General remarks ... 1086 Piikani (Peigan) Nation Relation to gaming revenues ... 1283 General remarks ... 1673, 2012 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Point of Order Renovations ... 1481 Insulting language ... 493 Northern Lights Health Region Items previously decided ... 1292, 1293 Magnetic resonance imaging unit ... 576 Reading from documents ... 265 Nurses, Licensed practical Relevance ... 442, 443–44 Extensive use of, in long-term care facilities ... 1467 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Off-highway vehicles Second reading ... 705 Access to Ghost-Waiporous recreation area ... 1601 Committee ... 1299, 1379, 1381–82 Office of the Premier Third reading ... 1585 Current chief of staff (Rod Love) remuneration Portable/modular classrooms (Q23/05: Defeated) ... 814 General remarks ... 1801 Former chief of staff (Peter Elzinga) remuneration Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) (Q22/05: Defeated) ... 814 (Bill 55) Premier's use of chartered aircraft for Ottawa health Third reading ... 2030 conference, 2004 ... 160–61 Postsecondary educational institutions Oil–Royalties Accreditation of degree-granting institutions, Investment into research and develolpment ... 1377 documentation re (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921–22 Relation to gaming revenues ... 1283 Postsecondary educational institutions–Calgary– Oral Question Period (2005) Maintenance and repair Budget expenditures ... 796–97 General remarks ... 796–97 Chartered air travel ... 160–161 Postsecondary educational institutions–Construction Construction projects in University Heights ... 364 General remarks ... 1087 Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 484–85, Postsecondary educational institutions–Finance 575–76, 1627–28 General remarks ... 1087 Government aircraft ... 18–19, 122–123 Postsecondary graduates Government aircraft flight logs ... 1518–19 Number of ... 1087 Highway 28 ... 741 Preventive medical services Highway construction ... 1336 General remarks ... 1467 Infrastructure needs in Fort McMurray ... 612 Property tax–Education levy Municipal infrastructure spending ... 1199 Collection of, by municipalities ... 1086–87 Parks and protected areas ... 852–53, 1601, 2012 Reduction of ... 1801 Private/public partnerships ... 645, 905, 1883 Protected areas School construction estimates ... 1310–11 Enforcement of rules in ... 1601 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Funding for ... 264, 1480–81 Official opposition role in ... 57 General remarks ... 2012 Increase in number of ... 1048 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 223 Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Protected areas (Continued) Schools–Construction–Finance Industrial development in ... 1012, 1601 Return to Education dept. responsibility ... 1086–87 Upgrading of ... 852–53, 1012 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 1087 Public lands Schools–Utilization Sale of ... 1012, 1048 Change to formula for ... 1310–11 Sale of, freeze on ... 853 General remarks ... 1087, 1801 Public service–Alberta Sewage disposal plants–Finance Cuts to, in 1994 ... 1466 General remarks ... 1801 Queen Elizabeth II highway–Carstairs/Crossfield area Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray Upgrading of ... 264 Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 484–85, Rail service–Edmonton/Fort McMurray 1627–28 Lobbyist for, fees paid to ... 612 Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary Railway (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 13) General remarks ... 1467 Second reading ... 421–22 Shell Canada Limited Committee ... 449 Dredging in beluga whale habitat ... 907 Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) Simon Fraser junior high school, Calgary Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision Band program cancellation: E-mails re (SP490/05: re ... 1187 Tabled) ... 1579 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Band program cancellation: Letters re (SP442, Second reading ... 540 461/05: Tabled) ... 1507, 1528 Committee ... 1190 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Second reading ... 178 General remarks ... 490–91 Committee ... 496–97 Referendum, Provincial General remarks ... 1466 Video gambling machines, removal of ... 1284 Letters re (SP276/05: Tabled) ... 579 Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, 2005 Smoking–Prevention Statement re ... 209 AADAC award of excellence and scholarship re Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) (Barb Tarbox award) ... 490–91 Second reading ... 515–16 Recognition of ... 490–91 Research and development Smoking in public places Funding for ... 1377 E-mail re (SP361/05: Tabled) ... 984 Road construction Southern Alberta Institute of Technology General remarks ... 1087, 1336 Infrastructure needs ... 796 Road construction–Fort McMurray area Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Impact of population increase on ... 612 Renovations ... 1481 Roads–Maintenance and repair SouthLink health centre, Calgary Funding for ... 1802 P3 project funding ... 1467 General remarks ... 264 Special Places program Rockyview General Hospital General remarks ... 2012 Upgrades to ... 1470 Speech from the Throne Rosebud Theatre Debate ... 64–66 General remarks ... 1012 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) School boards Second reading ... 522–23, 524–25 Audit upgrades ... 1801 Committee ... 605–06, 609–10 Deferred maintenance ... 1801 Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Deficit financing ... 265 Second reading ... 545 Foreign student recruitment ... 265 Street car-racing Funding ... 1801 Letter re (SP726/05: Tabled) ... 1920 Utility costs ... 1801 Student financial aid School councils Dollar value for students attending private Fund-raising activities: Revenues from (Q15/05: institutions, 2000-04 (Q21/05: Response tabled as Defeated) ... 809, 810 SP475/05) ... 814 Schoolchildren–Transportation Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Cost effectiveness of ... 265 (Bill 14) Schools–Closure Second reading ... 430, 433, 434 General remarks ... 1087, 1311 Committee ... 1561 Schools–Construction Student testing Contingent on closure of older schools ... 1087 Achievement tests ... 265 General remarks ... 1801 Students, Foreign (Grade school) Impact of utilization formula on ... 1310–11 Recruitment of ... 265 Public/private projects re ... 905 Suncor Inc. Schools–Construction–Edmonton Greenhouse gas emissions reduction ... 1047 General remarks ... 1311 224 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Chase, Harry B. (L, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Wild Rose School Division General remarks ... 1798, 1801 Portable classrooms ... 1801 Supreme Court of Canada Wind power–Cypress Hills area Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 776 Impact on tourism ... 1012 Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 53) Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Second reading ... 1869 Committee ... 1651, 1654–55, 1659–61 Third reading ... 2027–28 Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Surplus, Budgetary Industrial development in ... 1012 Capital project funding with ... 645 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Fort McMurray infrastructure funding with ... Agriculture Financial Services Corporation 1627–28 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP66/05: Tabled) ... 94 General remarks ... 1801 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP587 & 664/05: Tabled) ... School construction funding with ... 1087 1675, 1789 Tar sands development Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council Use of natural gas supplies ... 1377 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP665/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board General remarks ... 1047 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP292/05: Tabled) ... 623 Technology commercialization Annual report, 2004-05 (SP733/05: Tabled) ... 1920 General remarks ... 1377 Alberta Association of Architects Tourism Annual report, 2004 (SP447/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Impact of arts/culture facilities on ... 1012 Alberta Association of Registered Nurses Impact of industrial development on ... 1011–12 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP609/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Trade missions Alberta Association of Registered Occupational Expenditures re (Q13/05: Defeated) ... 808 Therapists Trade shows Annual report, 2004-05 (SP763/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Expenditures re (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 Alberta Automobile Insurance Board Traffic safety Annual report, 2003 (SP69/05: Tabled) ... 94 McDermid report on ... 1802 Alberta Boilers Safety Association McDermid report on: Costs of (M48/05: Response Annual report, 2004 (SP642/05: Tabled) ... 1746 tabled as SP713/05) ... 1749 Alberta Cancer Board Traffic Safety Act Annual report, 2004-05 (SP626/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while Alberta Capital Finance Authority driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 999, 1006 Annual report, 2004 (SP67/05: Tabled) ... 94 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39) Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists Second reading ... 1292–93 Annual report, 2004 (SP764/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Committee ... 1487–88 Alberta College of Optometrists Third reading ... 1582 Annual report, 2004 (SP615/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Amendment (SP436/05: Tabled) ... 1487 Alberta College of Pharmacists Truck drivers–Supply Annual report, 2004-05 (SP612/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Government calculations re (Q42/05: Response tabled Alberta College of Social Workers as SP805/05) ... 1748 Annual report, 2003 (SP216/05: Tabled) ... 370 University of Calgary Annual report, 2004 (SP688/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Infrastructure needs ... 796 Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Video gambling machines Audiologists Referendum on removal of ... 1284 Annual report, 2004 (SP614/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Volunteers Alberta Dental Assistants Association Statement re ... 907 Annual report, 2003 and 2004 (SP761-762/05: Waiting lists (Medical care)–Calgary Tabled) ... 1971 General remarks ... 1466 Alberta Dental Association and College Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Annual report, 2004 (SP211 & 683/05: Tabled) ... Funding for ... 1801 1838 Water supply Radiation health and safety program annual report, Use by energy industry, phase out of ... 1377 2003 (SP452/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Water treatment plants Radiation health and safety program annual report, Funding for ... 1801 2004 (SP658/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Water treatment plants–Fort McMurray Alberta Dental Hygienists' Association General remarks ... 576, 1627–28 Annual report, 2003 (SP213/05: Tabled) ... 370 Wellness fund (Proposed) Annual report, 2004 (SP611/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Motion 501: Blakeman ... 73 Alberta Elevating Devices and Amusement Rides Safety West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix Champ Car race Association Letter re (SP726/05: Tabled) ... 1920 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP643/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Whaleback Ridge natural area Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Industrial development in ... 1012 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP209/05: Tabled) ... 370 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 225 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Ambulance service (Continued) Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Documents re (M19/05: Response tabled as SP807) Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and ... 2018 Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Public/private partnership funding model for Engineering Research southeast portion of: Contracts re (M39/05: Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and Response tabled as SP513/05) ... 1608 Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Public/private partnership funding model for Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and southeast portion of: Costs comparison for Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 (M41/05: Response tabled as SP514/05) ... 1608 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Public/private partnership funding model for Annual report, 2004 (SP68/05: Tabled) ... 94 southeast portion of: Loan interest rate comparison Annual report, 2005 (SP588/05: Tabled) ... 1675 re (M32/05: Response tabled as SP511/05) ... 1608 First- and second-quarter updates, 2004-05 (SP83- Aspen Regional Health Authority 4/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP617/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Alberta Land Surveyors' Association Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and 95th annual general meeting (SP449/05: Tabled) ... Geophysicists of Alberta 1508 Annual report, 2004 (SP448/05: Tabled) ... 1508 96th annual general meeting (SP689/05: Tabled) ... Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped 1838 Benefits dollar value (Q9/05:Response tabled as Alberta Law Foundation SP639/05) ... 1746 Annual report, 2004 (SP154/05: Tabled) ... 253 Benefits received under (Q32/05: Response tabled as Annual report, 2005 (SP51/05: Tabled) ... 1675 SP640/05) ... 1746 Financial statements, 2003-04 (SP155/05: Tabled) ... Review of (2004): Submissions received by (M23/05: 253 Response tabled as SP641/05) ... 1746 Financial statements, 2004-05 (SP592/05: Tabled) ... Auditor General 1675 Government employees' information technology Alberta Mental Health Board security awareness recommendation (Q33/05: Annual report, 2004-05 (SP616/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 2056 Alberta Opticians Association Authorized accredited agencies Annual report, 2004 (SP610/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP646/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Alberta Research Council Inc. Automobile Insurance Rate Board Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and Annual report, 2004 (SP559/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 93 Banff Centre for Continuing Education Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and Audited financial statements, 2003-04 (SP291/05: Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Tabled) ... 623 Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority Audited financial statements, 2004-05 (SP732/05: Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and Tabled) ... 1920 Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1 Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Bercha Group Alberta Securities Commission Sour gas blowout ignition study: Study re (M8/05: Annual report, 2005 (SP560/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Response tabled as SP667/05) ... 1789 Alberta SuperNet Budget Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government 2004-05 first- and second-quarter fiscal updates and Efficiency: Documentation re (M29/05: Response activity reports (SP70-73/05: Tabled) ... 94 tabled as SP515/05) ... 1608 2005-06 first-quarter activity report (SP557/05: Alberta Treasury Branch Financial Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2004 (SP78/05: Tabled) ... 94 2005-06 first-quarter fiscal update (SP556/05: Annual report, 2005 (SP561/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Tabled) ... 1675 Alberta Veterinary Medical Association Calgary Health Region Rediation protection program annual report, 2003 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP619/05: Tabled) ... 1717 (SP451/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Rediation protection program annual report, 2004 Member for, elected as Deputy Chair of Committees, (SP659/05: Tabled) ... 1789 on second ballot ... 4, 5 Alberta's Promise Capital Health Partners' report, 2004 (SP590/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP620/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Ambulance service Capital projects Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Public/private partnerships re: List of all potential Cancellation of, provincial assistance re (Q5/05: projects (M33/05: Response tabled as SP512/05) ... Response tabled as SP627/05) ... 1717 1608 226 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Certified General Accountants Association of Alberta Dept. of Children's Services Annual report, 2005 (SP692/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP41/05: Tabled) ... 93 Chair Annual report, 2004-05 (SP565/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Election of ... 3 Dept. of Community Development Chinook Regional Health Authority Annual report, 2003-04 (SP42/05: Tabled) ... 93 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP625/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP566/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Collective bargaining Dept. of Economic Development Report on: Collective Agreement Settlements in Annual report, 2003-04 (SP43/05: Tabled) ... 93 Alberta (SP638/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP567/05: Tabled) ... 1675 College of Alberta Denturists Dept. of Education Annual report, 2003 (SP214/05: Tabled) ... 370 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP568/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2004 (SP613/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Dept. of Energy College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists Annual report, 2003-04 (SP44/05: Tabled) ... 93 Annual report, 2004 (SP450/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP569/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Financial statements, 2004 (SP695/05: Tabled) ... Contracted employees/consultants salaries, 2003-04 1838 (M25/05: Response tabled as SP808/05) ... 2018 College of Alberta Professional Foresters Minister's noninternational trips details, 2003-04 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP690/05: Tabled) ... 1838 (M26/05: Response tabled as SP735/05) ... 1920 College of Alberta Psychologists Dept. of Environment Annual report, 2004-05 (SP687/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP45/05: Tabled) ... 93 College of Chiropractors of Alberta Annual report, 2004-05 (SP570/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual review, 2004-05 (SP766/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Dept. of Finance Rediation health administrative organization annual Annual report, 2003-04 (SP47/05: Tabled) ... 93 report, 2003-04 (SP466/05: Tabled) ... 1529 Annual report, 2005 (SP572/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Rediation health administrative organization annual Dept. of Gaming report, 2004-05 (SP660/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP48/05: Tabled) ... 93 College of Dental Technologists of Alberta Annual report, 2004-05 (SP573/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2004 (SP765/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Dept. of Government Services College of Dietitians of Alberta Annual report, 2003-04 (SP49/05: Tabled) ... 93 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP215 & 685/05: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2004-05 (SP574/05: Tabled) ... 1675 370, 1838 Dept. of Health and Wellness Annual report, 2004-05 (SP686/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Annual report, 2003-04 , sections I and II (SP50- College of Hearing Aid Practitioners of Alberta 51/05: Tabled) ... 93 Annual report, 2004 (SP398/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Annual report, 2004-05, sections I and II (SP575- College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta 576/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2003 (SP212/05: Tabled) ... 370 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Responses to Annual report, 2004 (SP684/05: Tabled) ... 1838 questions during (SP516/05: Tabled) ... 1608 College of Physical Therapists of Alberta Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Annual report, 2003-04 (SP210/05: Tabled) ... 370 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP52/05: Tabled) ... 93 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Annual report, 2004-05 (SP577/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Radiation health administrative organization annual Collective Agreement Settlements in Alberta (Report) report, 2003-04 (SP455/05: Tabled) ... 1508 (SP638/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Radiation health administrative organization annual Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during report, 2004-05 (SP661/05: Tabled) ... 1789 (SP494/05: Tabled) ... 1579 Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Dept. of Infrastructure Standing Annual report, 2003-04 (SP53/05: Tabled) ... 94 Reports, 2004 & 2005 (SP739-740/05: Tabled) ... Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation 1920 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP578/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Consulting Engineers of Alberta Dept. of Innovation and Science Annual report, 2004-05 (SP693/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation Annual report, 2004-05 (SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2003 (SP79/05: Tabled) ... 94 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations David Thompson Regional Health Authority Annual report, 2003-04 (SP56/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP624/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP580/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Annual report, 2003-04 (SP39/05: Tabled) ... 93 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP57/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP562/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP581/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Dept. of Advanced Education Dept. of Learning Annual report, 2004-05 (SP563/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP58/05: Tabled) ... 94 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Dept. of Municipal Affairs Annual report, 2003-04 (SP40/05: Tabled) ... 93 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP59/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP564/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP582/05: Tabled) ... 1675 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 227 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Dept. of Municipal Affairs (Continued) General Revenue Fund Credit card statements for deputy minister (M15/05: Details by payee, 2003-04 (SP65/05: Tabled) ... 94 Response tabled as SP826/05) ... 2056 Details by payee, 2004-05 (SP657/05: Tabled) ... Credit card statements for minister and executive 1789 assistant (M16/05: Response tabled as SP827/05) ... Government chartered aircraft 2056 Provision of details re: Documents, April 2001 to Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Dec. 2004 (SP358/05: Tabled) ... 957 (SP456/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Government of Alberta Minister's business expenses (M14/05: Response Annual report, 2004-05 (SP555/05: Tabled) ... 1675 tabled as SP825/05) ... 2056 Health Disciplines Board Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Annual report, 2003 (SP356/05: Tabled) ... 957 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP583/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2004 (SP357/05: Tabled) ... 957 Dept. of Revenue Informatics Circle of Research Excellence Annual report, 2003-04 (SP60/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and Dept. of Seniors Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP61/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP584/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Information and communications technology Dept. of Solicitor General Security issues: Auditor General's recommendation re Annual report, 2003-04 (SP62/05: Tabled) ... 94 (Q33/05: Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 2056 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP585/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Law Society of Alberta Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Annual report, 2004 (SP365/05: Tabled) ... 1034 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP63/05: Tabled) ... 94 Livestock Identification Services Ltd. Annual report, 2004-05 (SP586/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Manager's report and financial statements, 2004-05 Deputy Minister's and departmental official's credit (SP666/05: Tabled) ... 1789 card statements, 2003-04 (M13/05: Response Members of the Legislative Assembly tabled as SP738/05) ... 1920 Report of selected payments to, 2003-04 (SP64/05: Minister's and executive assistant's credit card Tabled) ... 94 statements, 2003-04 (M12/05: Response tabled as Report of selected payments to, 2004-05 (SP656/05: SP737/05) ... 1920 Tabled) ... 1788–89 Minister's business expenses, 2003-04 (M11/05: Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan Response tabled as SP736/05) ... 1920 Annual reports, 2001-2004 (SP74-77/05: Tabled) ... Dept. of Transportation 94 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP54/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual reports, 2004-05 (SP558/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Deputy Chair Mental Health Patient Advocate Election of, on second ballot ... 4, 5 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP608/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Deputy Speaker Northern Lights Health Region Election of ... 3 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP623/05: Tabled) ... 1717 East Central Health Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (Constituency) Annual report, 2004-05 (SP621/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 3 Edmonton-Castle Downs (Constituency) Palliser Health Region Report on electoral results in ... 11 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP622/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Elections, Municipal–Calgary Peace Country Health Ward 10 election process: Cost of investigation of Annual report, 2004-05 (SP618/05: Tabled) ... 1717 (Q30/05: Response tabled as SP806/05) ... 2018 Petroleum Tank Management Association of Alberta Elections, Provincial Annual report, 2004 (SP644/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Report on general election of Nov. 22, 2004 ... 11 Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension Report on general election of Nov. 22, 2004 results Plan for Edmonton-Castle Downs ... 11 Annual reports, 2000/01 - 2002/03 (SP80-82/05: Environmental Protection Security Fund Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP139/04: Tabled) ... 211 Public Health Appeal Board Annual report, 2004-05 (SP810/04: Tabled) ... 2018 Annual report, 2004 (SP397/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Executive Council Public service–Alberta Annual report, 2003-04 (SP46/05: Tabled) ... 93 Information technology security awareness Annual report, 2004-05 (SP571/05: Tabled) ... 1675 recommendation (Q33/05: Response tabled as Foreign workers, Temporary SP824/05) ... 2056 Alberta/federal government memorandum re: Safety Codes Council Information package (SP366/05: Tabled) ... 1034 Annual report, 2004 (SP645/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Gas well drilling industry Social Care Facilities Review Committee Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: Annual report, 2003-04 (SP329/05: Tabled) ... 776 Study re (M8/05: Response tabled as SP667/05) ... Annual report, 2004-05 (SP809/05: Tabled) ... 2018 1789 Semiannual report, October 2002 to March 2003 (SP264/05: Tabled) ... 492 228 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Speaker (Continued) Election of ... 1 Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre Special Areas Trust Account National surveillance program for avian flu ... 1781 2004 financial statements (SP432/05: Tabled) ... 1396 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Technical schools Hines Creek mill closure, impact of ... 88 Audited financial statements, 2002-03 (SP291/05: Caribou management Tabled) ... 623 General remarks ... 926, 955, 1521, 1963, 1965 Audited financial statements, 2003-04 (SP732/05: Chronic wasting disease Tabled) ... 1920 Human/animal risk of ... 934 Tobacco companies Presence on game farms ... 934 Meetings with provincial ministers, 2001-2004 Survey of ... 926 (M4/05: Response tabled as SP628/05) ... 1717 Coal bed methane extraction Traffic safety Impact of ... 1075 McDermid report on: Costs of (M48/05: Response Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, tabled as SP713/05) ... 1891 Standing Policy Truck drivers–Supply Eastern Slopes access issues, discussion of rural Government calculations re (Q42/05: Response tabled municipalities report on ... 1573 as SP805/05) ... 2018 Community timber program Universities and colleges General remarks ... 927, 931 Audited financial statements, 2003 and 2004 Conflict of interest (SP291/05: Tabled) ... 623 Natural Resources Conservation Board advisors' Audited financial statements, 2004 and 2005 appearance at appeals hearings ... 1252 (SP732/05: Tabled) ... 1920 ConocoPhillips University of Alberta Pipeline planning, wildlife consideration ... 1965 Radiation health administrative organization annual Cougars report, 2003-04 (SP454/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Public awareness of ... 769 Radiation health administrative organization annual Relocation of ... 769 report, 2004-05 (SP662/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area University of Calgary Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 934 Radiation health administration organization annual Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development report, 2003-04 (SP453/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP63/05: Tabled) ... 94 Radiation health administration organization annual Annual report, 2004-05 (SP586/05: Tabled) ... 1675 report, 2004-05 (SP663/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Deputy Minister's and departmental official's credit Workers' Compensation Board card statements, 2003-04 (M13/05: Response tabled 2004 accountability framework report (SP694/05: as SP738/05) ... 667, 1920 Tabled) ... 1838 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 925–27, 930–37 Annual report, 2004 (SP691/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Fee revenues ... 931 Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Lottery funding to ... 930 AAA Cattle Company Minister's and executive assistant's credit card Feedlot expansion approval ... 1027 statements, 2003-04 (M12/05: Response tabled as Air tankers (Water bombers) SP737/05) ... 666, 1920 Fees for airport use by ... 937 Minister's business expenses, 2003-04 (M11/05: Upgrading of ... 927 Response tabled as SP736/05) ... 666, 1920 Upgrading of bases for ... 927 Minister's office budget ... 930 Airports–Northern Alberta Property theft in (Q28/05: Response tabled as Review of fees at, for water bomber fleet ... 937 SP776/05) ... 1158, 2017 Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, March Staff salaries ... 930 2005 Staffing ... 925, 930 Mountain pine bark beetle infestation discussions ... Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 740 1846–49 Alberta Conservation Association Economic development and the environment Funding for, from fishing licences ... 855 General remarks ... 1312, 1964, 1965 Alberta Softwood Lumber Trade Council Endangered plant species General remarks ... 21, 89 Protection of ... 1521 Alberta Sustainability Fund Endangered Species Conservation Committee Use for forest fire control costs ... 930, 934 General remarks ... 1521, 1963 Backcountry safety Grizzly bear designation recommendation ... 1963 General remarks ... 769 Endangered wildlife species Bighorn sheep hunting Development management plans re (Q34/05: Under Métis hunting agreement ... 850 Accepted) ... 1746 Bighorn wildlife recreation area Protection of ... 21, 926, 931–32, 955, 1521, 1963 Access management plan for ... 648, 1573 Energy industry–Crown lands–Sawn Lake area Oil well drilling before approvals for ... 902 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 229 Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) (Continued) (Continued) Environmental impact assessments Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta AAA Cattle Company feedlot expansion ... 1027 General remarks ... 530, 927, 931, 936, 1575 Well drilling, Sawn Lake area ... 902 Forest resource improvement program Fees, Government General remarks ... 927 General remarks ... 931 Forest tenure system Fines (Poaching violations) General remarks ... 936–37 General remarks ... 21 ForestCare (Forest protection program) Firearms–Licensing General remarks ... 936 Impact on provincial hunting regulations ... 2050 Forintek Canada Corp. FireNet (Forest fire communications system) Provincial partnership with ... 927 General remarks ... 930 Game farming FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention) Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 934 General remarks ... 47, 1849 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area Fish and wildlife legislation Access management plan for ... 927, 1252, 1573 Enforcement of ... 931, 933–34, 936 Management of use of ... 1252 Fish and wildlife officers Off-highway vehicle access to ... 1573–74 Number of ... 925, 931, 933–34, 936, 1254, 1849 Grazing lands, Public Fish conservation Bison grazing on ... 1393 General remarks ... 855 General remarks ... 927 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89, 615–16, 926 Revenue from oil and gas leases on ... 1393, 1449 Fish management Grizzly bear conservation General remarks ... 925–26, 934 General remarks ... 1849, 1963 Fish populations–Alberta Grizzly bear hunting General remarks ... 855 General remarks ... 21, 246, 935, 1311–12, 1849 Fish stocking Grizzly bears General remarks ... 855 Designation as threatened species ... 21 Fisheries, Commercial Development management plans re (Q34/05: Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 615–16 Accepted) ... 1746 Reduction in ... 926 Human contact issues ... 935 Fisheries, Commercial–Bow River Grizzly bears–Populations General remarks ... 615 DNA-based census of ... 926, 935, 1963 Fishing, Sport Hinton Training Centre 2005 Alberta Guide to Sport Fishing Regulations General remarks ... 1393 (SP110/05: Tabled) ... 171 Hunters–Education General remarks ... 855 General remarks ... 2050 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89 Hunting–Regulations Forest conservation For youth ... 2050 General remarks ... 936, 1312 Ice fishing Forest firefighters Impact on fish stocks ... 1849 Room and board rates for ... 618, 934 Integrated resource management (Public lands) Forest firefighters–Training Access issues ... 694, 927 General remarks ... 1393 General remarks ... 648, 902, 927, 1312, 1849 Forest fires–Control Integrated resource management (Public lands)–Fort Capital funding for ... 927 McMurray area Equipment for ... 930 General remarks ... 1964 Funding for ... 930, 934, 1846–47, 1849 Kakwa-Narraway watershed General remarks ... 618 Mountain pine beetle infestation in ... 1847, 1848 Impact on pine beetle control ... 1848 Kananaskis Country Forest fires–Prevention Mountain pine beetle infestation in ... 926 General remarks ... 47, 1393 Kneehill Animal Control and Rehabilitation Centre Ltd. Phone reporting line re ... 1393 Renewal of permit for ... 534 Forest guardians Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 925, 931, 934, 1252, 1254 Enforcement of legislation re ... 1027, 1252 Forest industries Enforcement of legislation re, review of ... 1252, Impact of mountain pine beetle on ... 247, 926 1740 Impact of softwood lumber dispute on ... 20–21, 1626 Logging Value-added processing in ... 926–27, 937 As pine bark beetle prevention measure ... 1742 Forest management agreements Rate of ... 530–31 Logging in forest fire hit areas Recreational/snowmobile access to lands under ... 694 General remarks ... 1393 Reforestation requirements ... 1575 Lottery Fund Forest protection Funds allocation to Sustainable Resources dept. ... Budget for, reports on (Q37/05: Accepted) ... 1747 930 230 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) (Continued) (Continued) Métis hunting/fishing rights Petty Trespass Act Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 89, 165, 246, Snowmobiles on public lands provisions ... 693–94 615–16, 926, 931, 936 Pheasant hunting Métis hunting/fishing rights–Ontario General remarks ... 162–63 Provincial agreement re ... 165 Pine beetles–Control Minable oil sands strategy–Environmental aspects Federal funding for ... 936 General remarks ... 1964 General remarks ... 247, 740, 801–02, 926, 930–31, Natural Resources Conservation Board 934, 936, 1312, 1742, 1847, 1848–49 AAA Cattle Company feedlot expansion approval ... Impact of forest fire fighting on ... 1848 1027 Research into ... 1848 Appeals process: NRCB advisors as representatives Poaching of companies during ... 1252 Penalties for ... 955 Board governance review report ... 1740 Poaching–Law and legislation Chief operating officer ... 1740 Enforcement of ... 1254 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1252, 1740 Public lands Confined feeding operations regulation, review of ... Access to ... 648, 693–94, 927, 1573 1252 General remarks ... 1075 Staffing levels ... 1740 Public lands–Eastern Slopes Off-highway vehicles Access issues re ... 1573–74 Access to Ghost-Waiporous recreation area ... 1252 Reforestation Access to public lands ... 694, 1573 General remarks ... 530–31, 927, 931, 936, 937, 1393 Oil well drilling industry–Public lands Timelines met re (Q19/05: Response tabled as EUB permits required for ... 902 SP775/05) ... 813, 2017 Oral Question Period (2005) Reforestation on burnt-out areas AAA Cattle Company ... 1027 General remarks ... 927, 931, 1575 Avian influenza ... 1780–81 Snowmobiles Bison grazing on agricultural public land ... 1393 Access to public lands ... 693–94 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. mill closure ... 88 Softwoods–Export–United States Caribou conservation ... 1965 Countervail duties re ... 20–21, 89, 927, 937, 1626 Cougar management ... 769 Countervail duties re: Byrd amendment re ... 573 Forest fires ... 1393 Species at Risk Act (Federal) Forest sustainability ... 530–31 General remarks ... 955 Ghost-Waiparous access management ... 1252 Suncor Inc. Grizzly bear hunt ... 21 Pipeline planning, wildlife consideration ... 1965 GuZoo animal farm ... 534 Supreme Court of Canada Hunting regulations for youths ... 2050 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 165, Integrated land management ... 648 246, 616 Leaseholders on agricultural public land ... 1449 Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board Métis hunting rights ... 89, 165, 246, 615–16, 850 Annual report, 2004 (SP324/05: Tabled) ... 776 Minable oil sands strategy ... 1964 Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Mountain pine beetle ... 801–02 General remarks ... 1964 Mountain pine beetle control ... 247, 740, 1742 Timber, Fire-killed Natural Resources Conservation Board ... 1740 Value-adding re ... 1393 Natural Resources Conservation Board appeals ... Timber–Hines Creek area 1252 Allocation of ... 88 Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 902 Timber–Royalties Pheasant hunting ... 162–163 General remarks ... 930, 931 Prevention of wildfires ... 47 Trails, Recreational Public land management ... 1573–74 On public lands ... 694 Recreational sport fishing ... 855 Trout–Bow River Reforestation ... 1575 Commercial fishing of ... 615 Room and board for forest firefighters ... 618 Walleye fishing Snowmobile use on public lands ... 693–94 General remarks ... 855 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 20–21, 89, 573, West Nile virus 1626 Monitoring of ... 926 Species at risk ... 955, 1521 Western blue flag (Flower) Sustainable resource management ... 1311–12 Protection of ... 1521 Wildlife conservation ... 1963 Wild waterfowl Wildlife protection ... 1254 Peregrine falcons Handling of, re avian flu risk ... 1780–81 Development management plans re (Q34/05: Wildfire reclamation program Accepted) ... 1746 General remarks ... 927, 931 Restoration of ... 955 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 231 Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Danyluk, Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) (Continued) Cattle–Export–United States Wildlife Act Contingency plan (2004) re continued border closure Changes to, re federal firearms licensing regulations ... 46 ... 2050 Current assistance plans re border reopening ... 46 Sale of animal parts regulations ... 850 Climate change Species at risk provisions ... 931–32, 955 Kyoto protocol on ... 906 Wildlife conservation Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, General remarks ... 21, 926, 1311–12, 1521, 1963, Standing Policy 1965 Municipal infrastructure funding discussion ... 531 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89, 165, 246, Construction trades 615–16, 850, 926 Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Wildlife management ... 843 General remarks ... 925–26, 1254, 1849 Crop insurance program Human/wildlife interaction issue ... 769, 935 Spring price endorsement option ... 695 Willmore Wilderness Park Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Mountain pine bark beetle infestation in ... 1742, Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 836–37, 843, 844 1847, 1848 Dept. of Children's Services Danyluk, Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1052–53, 1062–63 Aboriginal issues Deputy Chair General remarks ... 836–37, 843, 844 Election of, on second ballot ... 4 Agriculture Economic development Government assistance programs ... 1624–25 General remarks ... 531 Agrology Profession Act (Bill 17) Education, Postsecondary First reading ... 128 Aboriginal students ... 843, 1395 Second reading ... 194 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 981 Committee ... 557–58 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 981 Third reading ... 1513 Education, Postsecondary–Northern Alberta Airport authorities General remarks ... 843 Rent paid to federal government ... 362 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Alberta SuperNet Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Health services delivery via ... 853–54 1409–10 Library access to ... 843 Employment training programs Rural homes access to ... 843 Aboriginal peoples ... 843 School access to ... 843 General remarks ... 531 Apprenticeship training Employment training programs–Northern Alberta General remarks ... 1882–83 General remarks ... 837, 843 Apprenticeship training–Northern Alberta Extended care facilities–Standards General remarks ... 981 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Provincial assistance re ... 1882–83 1409–10 Apprenticeship training–Rural areas Farm input costs Provincial assistance re ... 1883 General remarks ... 695 Baldwin, Mr. Tom Food industry and trade Recognition of ... 251 General remarks ... 836 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Foreign workers, Temporary Impact on cattle industry ... 46 General remarks ... 843 Impact on crop production ... 695 Fort McMurray British Columbia ports strategy Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 203, 843 Alberta participation in ... 772 Forum for Young Albertans Bullying–Prevention Statement re ... 1126 Provincial initiatives re: Involvement of youth in ... Grain–Prices 1062 Provincial assistance program re ... 1624–25 Calf set-aside program (Canada/Alberta) Great Kids of Alberta Extension of ... 46 Awards: Recognition of ... 168 Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Hay-Zama Lakes wild-land provincial park Member for, elected as Deputy Chair of Committees, General remarks ... 774 on second ballot ... 4 Health Link Alberta Canadian agriculture income stabilization program General remarks ... 1152 Changes to ... 1624–25 Highway 28 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Upgrading of ... 87 Fort McMurray projects ... 203 Highway 63 Capital projects–Northern Alberta Upgrading of ... 87, 1199–1200 General remarks ... 804–05 Highway 881 Upgrading of ... 1199–1200 232 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Danyluk, Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) Danyluk, Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) Hockey championships NorQuest College U of A Pandas Canada West title winners ... 50 Partnership agreement with University of Alberta ... Housing–Fort McMurray 1395 Impact of population increase on ... 87, 843 Northern Alberta Development Council International trade–Asian countries General remarks ... 837, 843 General remarks ... 772 Recognition of former executive director (Tom Keyano College Baldwin) ... 251 Transition program to University of Alberta Relationship with Sustainable Resource Development programs: Statement re ... 1394–95 dept. ... 844 Land agents–Licensing Role of ... 844 Legislation re (Bill 218) ... 1919 Northern development Land Agents Licensing (Licence Requirement) Statement re ... 804–05, 836–37, 843, 844 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 218) Northern Lakes College First reading ... 1919 Transition program to University of Alberta programs Library cards ... 1395 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Nursing Week (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 193, 343 Statement re ... 1152 Louis Riel commemoration ceremony Olds College General remarks ... 1672 Partnership agreement with University of Alberta ... Magnetic resonance imaging 1395 Mobile units for ... 854 Oral Question Period (2005) Medical care–Northern Alberta Access to postsecondary education ... 981 General remarks ... 1339 Affordable housing in Fort McMurray ... 87 Medical profession Affordable housing in the north ... 1125 Recruitment of (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1361–62, Agricultural assistance ... 1624–25 1368 Airport rental costs ... 362 Medical profession–Rural areas B.C./Alberta transportation issues ... 772 General remarks ... 1339 Beef recovery strategy ... 46 Recruitment for (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1361–62, Benefits of SuperNet for rural Alberta ... 853–54 1368 Crop production insurance changes ... 695 Members' Statements (2005) Health services in the north ... 1339 Economic development in northern Alberta ... 804–05 Highway improvements in northeastern Alberta ... Forum for Young Albertans ... 1126 1199–1200 Métis Week ... 1672 Major Alberta projects ... 531–32 National Child Day ... 1714 Oil sands development ... 203 National Soil Conservation Week ... 906 Postsecondary opportunities for youth ... 1882–83 National Wildlife Week ... 734 Railway container terminals ... 905 Nursing Week ... 1152 Parent Link Centres Parent Link Centres ... 462 Statement re ... 462 U of A and Keyano College partnership ... 1394–95 Parks, Provincial–Northern Alberta Youth Advisory Panel ... 1889 Funding for ... 843 Youth Secretariat ... 857 PCL Construction Group Inc. Métis hunting/fishing rights 100th anniversary of: Recognition of ... 577–78 Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 1672 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Métis Nation of Alberta Association Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... Committee ... 1925–26 1672 Port of Prince Rupert Métis settlements Alberta participation in development of ... 772 General remarks ... 1672 Container terminal at ... 905 Métis Settlements General Council Professions–Law and legislation Consultations with, re Métis hunting/fishing rights ... Agrology profession (Bill 17) ... 128 1672 Rail service–Alberta/Prince Rupert, B.C. Métis Week General remarks ... 836, 843 Statement re ... 1672 Rail service–Northern Alberta National Child Day General remarks ... 804–05, 836 Statement re ... 1714 Railway container terminals–Grande Prairie area National Soil Conservation Week Proposal for ... 837, 843, 905 Statement re ... 906 Railway container terminals–Prince Rupert, B.C. National Wildlife Week Impact on Alberta trade ... 905 Statement re ... 774 Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) Natural resources Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision Value-adding re ... 531–32 re ... 46 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 233 Danyluk, Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) Danyluk, Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Wildlife conservation General remarks ... 50, 168, 251, 577–78 Statement re ... 774 Regional health authorities–Northern Alberta Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) General remarks ... 1339 Amendment A1 (SP534-535/05: Tabled) ... 1639, Road construction–Fort McMurray area 1662 Impact of population increase on ... 87 Amendment A2 (SP537/05: Tabled) ... 1662 Road construction–Northern Alberta Amendment A3 (SP538/05: Tabled) ... 1662 General remarks ... 804–05, 837 Subamendment SA1 (SP536/05: Tabled) ... 1662 Roads–Maintenance and repair–Northern Alberta Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) General remarks ... 1199–1200 (Bill 50) Round-table on Family Violence and Bullying, Calgary Amendment A1 (SP714/05: Tabled) ... 1897 (May 2004) Amendment A2 (SP715/05: Tabled) ... 1897 General remarks ... 1052 Young adults Involvement of youth in ... 1062 Provincial initiatives re, Involvement of youth in ... Scholarships 1052–53 Rural/northern students ... 1883 Youth Advisory Panel Senior citizens–Housing–Northern Alberta General remarks ... 857, 1053, 1882 General remarks ... 1125 Statement re ... 1889 Senior citizens' lodges–Northern Alberta Youth Secretariat Funding for ... 1125 General remarks ... 1052–53 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Statement re ... 857 Second reading ... 184–85 DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) Committee ... 495–96 Airline company failures Social housing–Northern Alberta Consumer insurance plan for ... 204 Committee to study ... 1125 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 General remarks ... 1125 (Bill 43) Social housing–Rural areas Third reading ... 2021 Sustainable remote housing initiative ... 1125 Alberta Scene (Arts festival, Ottawa) Soil conservation Statement re ... 1257–58 General remarks ... 906 Alberta SuperNet Speaker School access to: Statement re ... 2015 Congratulations to ... 4 Webcast of health symposium over ... 1336 Substance abuse–Prevention–Youth Climate change Youth input into ... 1052–53, 1062–63 International conference on, Montreal, November Suncor Inc. 2005 ... 1887 Voyageur project ... 203 Declaration of Arbroath (Scottish independence, 1320) Tar sands development Recognition of ... 578 Employment opportunities in ... 531 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Expansion projects ... 203, 531 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 758 Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports (foreign workers) ... 843 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 890 Impact of ... 203 Direct Energy Business Services Value-added opportunities ... 804–05, 836 Energy savings partnership with University of Telehealth services Calgary ... 696 General remarks ... 843, 853–54 Electric power–Retail sales Tourism–Northern Alberta Review of ... 1075 General remarks ... 804–05, 836 Energy efficiency (Buildings) Transportation, Interprovincial–Alberta/British Direct Energy/U of C partnership re ... 696 Columbia Energy research General remarks ... 772, 836–37, 843 General remarks ... 1887 Northern corridor study re ... 772 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Transportation–Northern Alberta (Bill 205) General remarks ... 843 Second reading ... 1752–53 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) General remarks ... 1714 Committee ... 636 University of Alberta Fathers Partnership agreement with Keyano College ... Statement re ... 1394 1394–95 Film industry Partnership agreement with NorQuest College ... General remarks ... 2013 1395 Government efficiency Partnership agreement with Northern Lakes College General remarks ... 758 ... 1395 Government information systems Partnership agreement with Olds College ... 1395 Security aspects ... 758 234 2005 Hansard Speaker Index DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) (Continued) Deputy Chair of Committees (Shariff, Shiraz) Homeless–Housing (Continued) Funding for ... 890 Deputy Chair–Rulings and statements (Continued) Information and communications technology Relevance ... 606 Security issues ... 758 Separating amendments ... 723 Jetsgo Corporation Speaking order ... 1465 Bankruptcy: Ticket refunds re ... 204 Point of Order LearnAlberta.ca (Website) Decorum ... 1692 Statement re ... 2015 Imputing motives ... 262–63, 1482 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Reading from documents ... 265 Committee ... 1878 Referring to the absence of members ... 256, 1489 Medical records, Electronic Deputy Speaker (Marz, Richard) General remarks ... 320–21 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) Members' Statements (2005) Third reading ... 451 Alberta Scene festival ... 1257–58 Deputy Speaker–Rulings and statements SuperNet learning resources ... 2015 Addressing questions through the chair ... 1862 A tribute to fathers ... 1394 Decorum ... 142 Net metering (Electricity) Historical vignettes of Alberta ... 199 Motion 510: Marz ... 1767, 1769 Legislature Page appreciation (Leah Halliday) ... Oral Question Period (2005) 1258 Climate change ... 1887 Legislature Page recognition ... 1604–05, 2055 Electricity marketing review ... 1075 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Electronic health record ... 320–21 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Energy efficiency at the University of Calgary ... 696 Fund) 2005-06 transmitted to Assembly (SP140/05: Film industry ... 2013 Tabled) ... 211 Health symposium webcast ... 1336 Historical vignettes of Alberta Jetsgo bankruptcy ... 204 First session of Legislature, March 15, 1906 & first Payday loans ... 365 radio/TV coverage of Legislature sittings, March Trade mission to United States ... 1500 15, 1972 ... 199 Payday loan companies Legislative Assembly Chamber Business practices ... 365 New sound system microphones in ... 1862 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Third reading ... 792 Transmittal of 2005-06 interim estimates (SP140/05: Public buildings Tabled) ... 211 Energy efficiency in ... 696 Pages (Legislative Assembly) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Recognition of ... 1604–05, 2055 General remarks ... 578 Point of Order Scholarships Question and comment period ... 141 U of C/Direct Energy scholarship ... 696 Quoting documents ... 1857 Spam (Computer junk e-mail) Relevance ... 237, 442, 443–44 General remarks ... 758 Subamendments ... 993 Tartan Day (Scotland) Doerksen, Hon. Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) Recognition of ... 578 Access to the Future Fund Trade missions–United States General remarks ... 1375, 1377 Benefits of ... 1500 Agricultural bioproducts industry University of Calgary General remarks ... 1369 Energy savings partnership with Direct Energy ... 696 Agriculture–Research Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium General remarks ... 1390 (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) Alberta Energy Research Institute Webcast of ... 1336 EnergyINet initiative ... 292, 1369 Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council General remarks ... 1887 Input into retail electricity marketing review ... 1075 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Wages–Public service employees Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1942–43 Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and Deputy Chair of Committees (Shariff, Shiraz) Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Funding for ... 1368, 1375 Amendment A1 (SP271 & 313/05: Tabled) ... 728 Programs and financial highlights, 2004-05, with Deputy Chair–Rulings and statements attached 2006 calendar (SP773/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Access to Statutes in the Assembly ... 1958 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Decorum ... 256 Engineering Research Insulting language ... 267 Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and Questions to members other than ministers ... 839 Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Referring to the absence of members ... 267 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 235 Doerksen, Hon. Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) Doerksen, Hon. Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Dept. of Innovation and Science Engineering Research (Continued) Annual report, 2003-04 (SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and Annual report, 2004-05 (SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Credit card statements for deputy minister (M18/05: Alberta Information and Communications Technology Response tabled as SP772/05) ... 2017 Institute Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1368–69, 1372–78 Establishment of: Legislation re (Bill 4) ... 51, 1369 Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Alberta Ingenuity Fund (SP498/05: Tabled) ... 1607 Funding for ... 1368, 1372, 1375 Performance measures ... 1372, 1377 Funding for prion research ... 1368–69, 1372, 1885 Staffing ... 1372 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 347 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Water research ... 1373 Alberta SuperNet project transferred to ... 461 Alberta Life Sciences Institute Economic development and the environment Establishment of ... 1369 Research re ... 292 Establishment of: Legislation re (Bill 4) ... 51 Edmonton Protocol (Diabetes treatment) Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority General remarks ... 1368 General remarks ... 1372 Electric power, Coal-produced Alberta prion research institute Research into ... 1369 Funding for ... 1885 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Alberta Research Council Inc. Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and 1408–09 Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 93 Endowment funds, Public Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and General remarks ... 1368, 1372 Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Energy industry–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1369 EnergyINet information kit re (SP159/05: Tabled) ... Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 295 (Bill 43) General remarks ... 292 Second reading ... 1817 Energy Innovation Network Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority General remarks ... 292, 1369, 1375 Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and Information kit re (SP159/05: Tabled) ... 295 Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Energy research General remarks ... 1368, 1369, 1373, 1377 General remarks ... 1369, 1372, 1375, 1887 Alberta Science and Research Authority Amendment Energy resources, Alternate Act 2005 (Bill 4) General remarks ... 1390, 1887 First reading ... 51 Research into ... 1369, 1374–75 Second reading ... 194–95 Environmental research Committee ... 449–50 Endowment fund for (proposed) ... 1375 Third reading ... 638 Extended care facilities–Standards General remarks ... 1369 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Alberta SuperNet 1408–09 Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Farm manure–Recycling Efficiency ... 461 Pilot project re ... 1390 Alberta Water Council Feedlots–Waste disposal General remarks ... 1373 Joint research project re ... 1390 Biomass as energy source Galileo (European satellite navigation system) Vegreville project ... 1887 General remarks ... 1369 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Global positioning systems Research into ... 1372 Centre of excellence in ... 1369 Carbon dioxide emissions Humanities–Research Research into ... 1369, 1374 Funding for ... 1373 Carbon dioxide projects Industrial development (Value-added industries) General remarks ... 1887 Government strategy re ... 1369 Climate change Informatics Circle of Research Excellence International conference on, Montreal, November Annual report, 2003-04 (In Dept. of Innovation and 2005 ... 1887 Science annual report, SP55/05: Tabled) ... 94 Technological developments re ... 1369 Annual report, 2004-05 ( SP774/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Corporate Chief Information Officer Annual report, 2004-05 (In Dept. of Innovation and Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Science annual report, SP579/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Efficiency ... 461, 1372 Dept. of Economic Development General remarks ... 1369 Grants distributed by (M45/05: Defeated) ... 1748 Information and communications technology Hosting expenses, 1992-2005 (Q39/05: Defeated) ... General remarks ... 1373 1747 Research into ... 1369, 1372 236 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Doerksen, Hon. Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Innovation strategy Aboriginal police services General remarks ... 51 General remarks ... 768 John Dosseter Health Ethics Centre Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 General remarks ... 1378 (Bill 20) Life sciences research First reading ... 128 Funding for wet lab re ... 1501 Second reading ... 436 General remarks ... 1368, 1369, 1372 Committee ... 478–79 Microsoft Corporation Third reading ... 551 Centres of excellence establishment at NAIT/SAIT ... Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 1369 (No. 2) (Bill 40) National Institute for Nanotechnology Second reading ... 1244 General remarks ... 1044, 1373 Third reading ... 1557 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology B & R – Eckel's Transport Ltd. Centre of excellence for small manufacturers ... 1369 General remarks ... 744 Oil recovery methods Canadian Natural Resources Limited Carbon dioxide sequestering: Research ... 1374 Donation to Bonnyville recreation centre ... 1482 Research into ... 1369 Centennial ambassadors Oral Question Period (2005) General remarks ... 1483 Agricultural research initiatives ... 1390 Curling championships Animal health suveillance ... 1885 Team Ferbey (2005 world champions) ... 650–51 Climate change ... 1887 Team Ferbey (2005 world champions): Premier's Energy Innovation Network ... 292 letter to (SP304/05: Tabled) ... 653 SuperNet ... 461 Denmar Energy Services Ltd. Technology funding ... 1501 Donation to Bonnyville recreation centre ... 1482 Prion research (BSE control) Team Ferby sponsors ... 650 Funding for ... 1368–69, 1372, 1885 Dept. of Community Development Research and development Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1482–83 Chairs for, establishment of ... 1377 Encana Corporation Ethical implications ... 1378 Donation to Bonnyville recreation centre ... 1482 Funding for ... 1368–69, 1372, 1501 Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) Funding for: Private partnership re ... 1375 First reading ... 51 Platform technology development ... 1372 Second reading ... 216 Public awareness of ... 1376–77 Committee ... 476–77 Recruitment of scientists for ... 1377 Third reading ... 547–48, 551 Science Francophone Secretariat Public awareness of ... 1376–77 Funding for ... 1482 Social sciences–Research Great Kids of Alberta Funding for ... 1373 Awards: Recognition of ... 168 Solar power Ice arena–Cold Lake Housing project, Okotoks ... 1375, 1887 Provincial funding for ... 1482–83 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Income tax, Provincial Centre of excellence for small manufacturers ... 1369 Legislation re (Bill 20) ... 128 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Members' Statements (2005) General remarks ... 1372 Centennial celebrations in Bonnyville ... 1714 Surplus, Budgetary Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie ... 208–09 Endowment funds funding ... 1368 Stollery Children's Hospital ... 956 Tar sands development–Research Team Ferby ... 650–51 General remarks ... 1369 Victor Ringuette ... 744 Technology commercialization Oral Question Period (2005) General remarks ... 1369 Traumatic injury rate in the aboriginal community ... Traffic safety 768 McDermid report on: Costs of (M48/05: Response Payday loan companies tabled as SP713/05) ... 1749 Legislation re (Bill 6) ... 51 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) General remarks ... 1373 Seniors' programs changes (SP236/05: Tabled) ... 463 Water resources development Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Research into ... 1369, 1373 General remarks ... 168 Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) Recreation centre–Bonnyville 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Provincial funding for ... 1482 Bonnyville celebrations ... 1482 Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, 2005 Bonnyville celebrations: Statement re ... 1714 Statement re ... 208–09 Funding for ... 1482 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 237 Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) (Continued) Calgary Business Information Centre Ringuette, Mr. Victor General remarks ... 1007 Statement re ... 744 Calgary-Edmonton corridor Sadlowski, Mr. Vic (Centennial ambassador) Economic growth in ... 531 General remarks ... 1482 Canadian Beef Export Federation Seniors' issues Legacy project ... 1017 Petition tabled re (SP236/05) ... 463 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Smith, Alaina Hines Creek mill closure, impact of ... 88–89, 123–24 Recognition of ... 168 China-Alberta Petroleum Centre Stollery Children's Hospital General remarks ... 1016 Statement re ... 956 Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation Standing Policy General remarks ... 956 Municipal infrastructure funding discussion ... 531 Traffic accident injuries–Aboriginal communities Commuter Air Access Network of Alberta Rates of ... 768 Edmonton City Centre Airport status ... 125 Traffic safety–Aboriginal communities Corporations General remarks ... 768 Provincial information assistance to ... 1007–08 Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Aboriginal economic development Committee ... 1905 General remarks ... 1008 Daishowa Canada Co. Ltd. Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 1013 20-year strategic plan ... 1007 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, March General remarks ... 1010 2005 Dell Inc. B.C. ports strategy discussion at ... 319 Involvement in Alberta ... 1010 Alberta Economic Development Authority Dept. of Economic Development Annual report, 2003-04 (SP280 & 485/05: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2003-04 (SP43/05: Tabled) ... 93 622, 1578 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP567/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Alberta Film Commission Advisory Council Corporate communications, relation to Public Affairs General remarks ... 322 Bureau ... 1015 Alberta Government Offices Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1006–08, 1010–11, Annual report, 2003-04 (SP281/05: Tabled) ... 622 1013, 1015–18 Beijing office ... 1016 Grants distributed by (M45/05: Defeated) ... 1748 General remarks ... 1007, 1008 Hosting expenses, 1992-2005 (Q39/05: Defeated) ... Korea office website ... 1016 1747 Shanghai office proposal ... 1016 Performance measures ... 1011 Washington, D.C. office ... 1016 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 281 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Trade show expenditures (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 (Bill 43) Dinosaur Trail Second reading ... 1858–59 General remarks ... 48, 1013 Arts Diversification Impact on tourism ... 1013 General remarks ... 1007 Role in provincial economy ... 1010–11 Economic development Aspen exhibition, Japan General remarks ... 531, 1007 Alberta participation ... 644 Economic development–Lethbridge Badlands–Alberta General remarks ... 531 Tourism development in ... 48 Edmonton Beef–Export As festival city ... 1011 Diversification of markets for ... 1017 Edmonton City Centre Airport Bighorn wildlife recreation area Operational status ... 125 Snowmobile trails in ... 744 Edmonton Regional Airports Authority Biotechnology General remarks ... 125 General remarks ... 1007, 1016 Electronic Business Intelligence Service Border crossings–Canada/United States General remarks ... 1008 Additional 24-hour crossing for Alberta (Wild Horse Energy Innovation Network crossing) ... 646 General remarks ... 1016 British Columbia ports strategy Energy resources, Alternate Alberta participation in ... 319 Use of royalty structure to encourage ... 1016 The Business Link Exports General remarks ... 1007 General remarks ... 1008 Calgary Film development grant program As financial centre ... 1011 General remarks ... 322 238 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) Film industry Public Affairs Bureau General remarks ... 1011, 1013, 2013 Relation to departmental communications divisions ... Tax incentives for ... 1010, 1013, 1016 1015 Foreign workers, Temporary Recreation General remarks ... 86, 1008 Role in provincial economy ... 1010–11 Forest industries Regional economic development partnerships Value-added processing in ... 88, 124, 644, 836 General remarks ... 1008, 1011, 1017 Golden Triangle (Snowmobile trail) Rosebud Theatre General remarks ... 744 General remarks ... 1013 Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 Royalty structure (Energy resources) (Bill 21) General remarks ... 1018 Second reading ... 212–213 Use for green energy production ... 1016 Houston Offshore Technology Conference Rural economic development Attendance of Minister of Economic Development at Government strategy re ... 123, 1007, 1008, 1011, ... 1500 1017, 2013 Immigration Government strategy re: Report (A Place to Grow) ... Provincial nominee program ... 86, 1008 48, 1007 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Small business Government strategy re ... 1007 Venture capital for ... 1010 International trade Snowmobile trails Alberta strategy re ... 1011 Tourism aspects ... 744 General remarks ... 1007, 1008 Sports Investments Role in provincial economy ... 1010–11 General remarks ... 1007, 1008 Strategic Tourism Marketing Council Investments, Foreign General remarks ... 1008 General remarks ... 1500 Tar sands development Iron Horse Trail (Snowmobiles) Expansion projects ... 531 General remarks ... 744 Tax incentives Labour supply Film/TV production companies ... 1010, 1013, 1016 Shortages of skilled workers ... 86 General remarks ... 1010 Manufacturing Taxation General remarks ... 1007–08 General remarks ... 1010 Meat packing plants Tourism Building of ... 1017 General remarks ... 1015 North/south trade corridor Impact of arts/culture facilities on ... 1013 General remarks ... 1011 Snowmobile trails attractions ... 744 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Tourism–Hines Creek area Alberta tourism opportunities re ... 1013 General remarks ... 88, 123 Oral Question Period (2005) Tourism–Marketing Alberta/U.S. border crossings ... 646 General remarks ... 1007, 1008, 1013 B.C. ports strategy ... 319 Provincial budget re ... 1011 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. mill closure ... 88–89, Use of tourism levy revenue for ... 1008 123–124 Tourism–Rural Alberta Economic benefits of snowmobiling ... 744 General remarks ... 48 Edmonton City Centre Airport ... 125 Tourism–Southeast Alberta Film development program ... 322 Impact of additional 24-hour border crossing on ... Film industry ... 2013 646 Foreign workers ... 86 Tourism levy Major Alberta projects ... 531 Conversion of hotel tax to: Impact on computer Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 644 hardware requirements ... 281 Tourism in rural Alberta ... 48 General remarks ... 1008, 1011 Trade mission to United States ... 1500 Trade missions Parks, Provincial General remarks ... 1016 Upgrading of ... 1013 Performance measures re ... 1011 Peace Region Economic Development Alliance Trade missions–United States General remarks ... 88, 123 Benefits of ... 1500 Point of Order Trade shows Referring to the absence of members ... 256 Expenditures re (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 Port of Prince Rupert Travel Alberta Alberta participation in development of ... 319, 1007, Web site ... 1008 1016 Travel Alberta Secretariat CN/Illinois Central's role in ... 1016 Computer hardware, provincial funding for ... 281 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 239 Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Wages–Public service employees Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Continued) Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Enforcement policy changes: EUB bulletin re (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1938 (SP275/05: Tabled) ... 579 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Enforcement policy changes: News release re Committee ... 1652, 1661 (SP274/05: Tabled) ... 579 World Trade Centre, Edmonton Gas well applications approved by, 2001-04 (M10/05: Provincial contribution to ... 281 Defeated) ... 665–66 Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Gas well applications denied by, 2001-04 (M9/05: General remarks ... 1013 Defeated) ... 665 Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) Kidzone website ... 915 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Alberta Energy Research Institute Funding for ... 1478 General remarks ... 1373 Aboriginal issues Public/private research arrangements ... 1373 General remarks ... 839–40 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Aboriginal peoples–Housing Funding ... 1478 General remarks ... 840 Alberta Government Offices Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas Beijing office ... 1014 General remarks ... 840 General remarks ... 1014 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Korea office website ... 1014 Second reading ... 154–55 Shanghai office proposal ... 1014 Access to the Future Fund Washington, D.C. office ... 1014 General remarks ... 1374 Washington, D.C. office: Role re energy trade ... Acclaim Energy Inc. 1014 Acheson gas well failure, Edmonton ... 575 Washington, D.C. office: Salary of head of ... 1183 Administrative Procedures Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research 23) Funding for ... 1374 Second reading ... 679 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Agricultural workers Engineering Research Status under Charter of Rights: Petition tabled re Funding for ... 1374 (SP508/05) ... 1608 Alberta Ingenuity Fund Air pollution–Alberta General remarks ... 1373 Fact sheet re (SP601/05: Tabled) ... 1716 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 347–48 Air quality–Monitoring Alberta Life Sciences Institute Toxic waste fires situations ... 1337–38 Establishment of ... 1374 Air quality–Standards Alberta Order of Excellence Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill General remarks ... 1041 18) Alberta 75th anniversary celebrations Second reading ... 353 Legacy of ... 1478 Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity Forest management area study ... 1395 Electricity exports recommendation ... 1306 Alberta Research Council Inc. Alberta Agricultural Research Institute General remarks ... 1373 General remarks ... 1373 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Alberta Alliance Party (Bill 43) Payment of senators-in-waiting speaking tour costs ... Second reading ... 1820–21 695 Alberta Scene (Arts festival, Ottawa) Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Centennial funding for ... 1478 Second reading ... 1645–46 Return of artists at, to Alberta ... 1478 Alberta Centennial Medal Act (Bill 2) Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority Committee ... 354 General remarks ... 1373 Alberta Centennial Medal Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Alberta Science and Research Authority Amendment 58) Act 2005 (Bill 4) Second reading ... 1973 General remarks ... 1374 Alberta Commission on Energy Efficiency Act (Bill Alberta Social Housing Corporation 211) Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Land titles First reading ... 1890–91 certificate re (SP446 & 507/05: Tabled) ... 1608 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Alberta SuperNet Coal bed methane well applications approved by, Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government 2001-04 (M6/05: Defeated) ... 664 Efficiency ... 1373 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Coal bed methane well applications denied by, 2001- News release re fish and wildlife officers numbers 04 (M5/05: Defeated) ... 664 (SP406/05: Tabled) ... 1259 Drilling applications on Lubicon claimed lands, Alberta Wilderness Association review of ... 902–03 Letter re industrial activity in Kakwa-Narraway Enforcement policy changes ... 575, 1033 watershed (SP803/05: Tabled) ... 2018 240 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Alberta Wilderness Association (Continued) Chronic wasting disease Letter re industrial activity in Rumsey natural area Human/animal risk of ... 933 (SP760/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Presence on game farms ... 933 Ambulance service City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Second reading ... 382–83 Provincial committment re (SP31/05: Tabled) ... 93 Class size (Grade school) Andy Russell I'tai Sah Kòp wild-land park Reduction of ... 1728 Redesignation of Castle wilderness as: Letter re Clean Air Strategic Alliance (SP819/05: Tabled) ... 2012 General remarks ... 1041 Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Clean energy technology Second reading ... 424–25 Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) 504: Swann) ... 670–71 Third reading ... 1610–12 Climate change Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill General remarks ... 933, 1042, 1832 27) International conference on, Montreal, November Second reading ... 350–51 2005 ... 1832, 1914 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Kyoto protocol on ... 1374, 1914 (Bill 51) Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 364–65 Committee ... 1994–96 Kyoto protocol on: ND opposition proposals for Arts–Finance (SP203/05: Tabled) ... 370 General remarks ... 1478 Climate Change Central Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped General remarks ... 1042 Benefits received under (Q32/05: Response tabled as Coal bed methane extraction SP640/05) ... 1344–45 General remarks ... 1033 Athabasca River Impact of ... 914 Rerouting of tributaries to ... 1715 Reclamation costs re ... 914 Auditor General Water recovery issues ... 914 Performance measures comments ... 1041 Well applications approved by AEUB, 2001-04 Royalty reduction programs evaluation (M6/05: Defeated) ... 664 recommendation ... 915 Well applications denied by AEUB, 2001-04 (M5/05: Bear's Paw Day Care Centre, Edmonton Defeated) ... 664 Closure of ... 1733 Coal bed methane extraction–Environmental aspects Bercha Group General remarks ... 914 Sour gas blowout ignition study: Memos re (M7/05: Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Defeated) ... 664–65 Changes to operation of ... 1783–64 Sour gas blowout ignition study: Study re (M8/05: Community schools Response tabled as SP667/05) ... 665 Funding for: Petition tabled re (SP273/05) ... 579 Boreal forest General remarks ... 1728 Statement re ... 1395–96 Compton Petroleum Corporation Calgary Local Council of Women Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 915 Minimum wage increase, letter re (SP350/05: Tabled) Constitution Act, 1982 ... 957 Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Application to farm Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers workers, petition tabled re (SP508/05) ... 1608 Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, comments on ... Consumer Choice (Government web site) 365 Excerpt from, re long-term retail electricity/natural Carbon dioxide emissions gas contracts (SP375/05: Tabled) ... 1081 Reduction in ... 1374 Consumer protection Research into ... 1374 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1073–74 Caribou–Kakwa-Narraway watershed Custom Environmental Services Ltd. Impact of industrial development on: Letter re Fire at ... 1337–38 (SP803/05: Tabled) ... 2018 Daycare centres Castle-Crown wilderness area Subsidies re ... 1733 Redesignation as Andy Russell I'tai Sah Kòp wild- Daycare centres–Closure land park: Letter re (SP819/05: Tabled) ... 2056 General remarks ... 1733 Cattle–Prices Daycare centres–Employees Minimum floor price: Petitions presented re ... 51 Accreditation program for ... 1733 Cellular telephones in automobiles Salaries of: KPMG study of ... 1732 Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1002–03 Daycare centres–Safety aspects Cheviot Creek coal mine–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1733 General remarks ... 1041–42 Deep Well Oil & Gas Ltd. Road access assessment ... 1042 Oil well drilling activity, Lubicon Lake area ... Child welfare workers 902–03 Protective safe houses for child prostitutes, awareness Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area of ... 1733 Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 933 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 241 Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Electric power–Prices Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 839–40 General remarks ... 914 Funding details ... 839–40 Manipulation of ... 914 Dept. of Advanced Education Regulated option vs contract rate, compensation for Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 875 difference in ... 1073 Dept. of Children's Services Electric power–Supply Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... General remarks ... 1306 1731–32 Electric power contracts, Residential Dept. of Community Development Long-term contracts for residential consumers ... Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1477–78 1073 Dept. of Economic Development Long-term contracts for residential consumers, Corporate communications, relation to Public Affairs cancellation of without penalty ... 1074 Bureau ... 1014 Electric utilities–Regulations Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1014–15 Deregulation ... 653, 914 Relation to Dept. of International and Electronic waste–Recycling Intergovernmental Relations ... 1183 Fees for ... 1041 Dept. of Education General remarks ... 1041 Return of school capital funding to ... 1728 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Alberta visit, May 2005: First Nations participation ... 1728–29 1573 Dept. of Energy Employment training programs Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 913–15 Aboriginal peoples ... 840 Dept. of Environment Endowment fund for forest fire control (Proposed) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1040–42 General remarks ... 932 Performance measures ... 1041 Energy efficiency (Buildings) Support services ... 1041 Interest-free loans for ... 365 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Legislation re (Bill 211) ... 1890–91 Reassignment of capital funding to other departments Energy industry ... 1728 Profits ... 914 Dept. of Innovation and Science Energy industry–Crown lands Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1373–74 Aboriginal issues re ... 840, 902–03 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Energy industry–Safety aspects Estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 1182–83 General remarks ... 575 Performance measures ... 1183 Energy resources, Alternate Relation to Dept. of Economic Development ... 1183 General remarks ... 1832, 1915 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Use of royalty structure to encourage ... 1015 Alberta SuperNet project transferred to ... 1373 Enron Canada Corporation Role of ... 1183 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 914 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 932–33 Environmental impact assessments Direct Energy Business Services Oil sands mining projects ... 1714–15 Brochure re long-term contracts (SP299/05: Tabled) Environmental law ... 653 Enforcement of ... 1041, 1042 Diversification Environmental protection General remarks ... 1015 Statement re ... 1033 Drinking water Environmental protection–Finance Safety of ... 1041 General remarks ... 1040–41 Early childhood education Environmental research Full-day programs ... 1728 Endowment fund for (proposed) ... 1374 Economic development and the environment Extended care facilities–Standards General remarks ... 575, 1395–96, 1714–15 Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1175–76 Ecotourism Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Relation to preserving boreal forests ... 1396 (Bill 205) Edmonton Folk Festival Second reading ... 1540–41 Provincial funding for ... 1478 Fatalities, Work-related Edmonton Public School Board Day of mourning re ... 1081 Closure of schools ... 1447 Statistics on, over past 100 years (SP374/05: Tabled) Education, Postsecondary–Finance ... 1081 Capital spending ... 875 Federal/provincial relations General remarks ... 875 Budget increase for ... 1183 Electric power–Export Festivals–Finance General remarks ... 1306 General remarks ... 1478 242 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Film industry Government efficiency General remarks ... 1015 General remarks ... 694–95 Hiring of local talent provisions ... 1015 Greenhouse gas emissions Tax incentives for ... 1015 Reduction of ... 364–65, 1042, 1374, 1832, 1914–15 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Grizzly bears–Cheviot Creek area Second reading ... 939 Impact of coal mine access road on ... 1042 General remarks ... 1374 Hazardous substances–Health aspects Fires at hazardous waste sites During fires ... 1337–38 Monitoring of ... 1337–38 Health Sciences Association of Alberta Fish and wildlife legislation Physiotherapy funding cuts: Press release re Enforcement of ... 932–33 (SP124/05: Tabled) ... 210 Fish and wildlife officers Heavy oil–Royalties Number of ... 932–33, 1254 General remarks ... 915 Number of: AUPE news release re (SP406/05: Verification of, Auditor General's comments re ... 915 Tabled) ... 1259 High school credits Forest conservation Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Sierra Club press release re Alberta policy re 830–31 (SP421/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Highway 63 Statement re ... 1395–96 Upgrading of: Petitions presented re ... 1506 Forest firefighters Hockey Room and board rates for ... 932 Lottery funding for ... 1478 Forest fires–Control Informatics Circle of Research Excellence Funding for ... 932 General remarks ... 1373 Forest management Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) General remarks ... 1396 Second reading ... 584–85 Forest management agreements International Day of Mourning (Workplace fatalities) Al-Pac agreement: Study ... 1395 General remarks ... 1081 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act International trade–China Liberal opposition requests under, re government General remarks ... 1014 aircraft manifest information ... 87 Jazz City festival, Edmonton Game farming Provincial funding for ... 1478 Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 933 Kakwa-Narraway watershed Gas, Natural Industrial development in, letter re (SP803/05: Use as power source in oil sands production ... 1715 Tabled) ... 2018 Gas, Natural–Prices KPMG consulting Forecasting of ... 914 Daycare workers' salaries report ... 1733 Gas industry Legislative Assembly Chamber General remarks ... 915 VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Gas well drilling industry floor of ... 1303 General remarks ... 915 Library cards Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Memos re (M7/05: Defeated) ... 664–65 (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 189 Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: Life sciences research Study re (M8/05: Response tabled as SP667/05) ... General remarks ... 1373 665 Livestock industry, Intensive In vicinity of urban areas ... 665, 1033 Phase out of: Petition presented re ... 1788, 1837, Well applications approved by AEUB, 2001-04 1889 (M10/05: Defeated) ... 665–66 Lottery Fund Well applications denied by AEUB, 2001-04 (M9/05: Funds allocation ... 1478 Defeated) ... 665 Lubicon Lake Band Gas well drilling industry–Calgary area Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 840, General remarks ... 915 902–03, 1042 Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) General remarks ... 915 General remarks ... 95–96 GCI Canada Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) Tobacco industry front groups, website article re Monitoring of electricity prices ... 914 (SP821/05: Tabled) ... 2056 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Government aircraft Second reading ... 1683–85 Costs ... 46 Third reading ... 2023 Policy on usage of ... 45–46 Medical profession Government chartered aircraft Recruitment of (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1365–66 Policy on usage of ... 45–46, 86–87 Medical profession–Rural areas Recruitment for (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1365–66 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 243 Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Members' Statements (2005) Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005 Boreal forest ... 1395–96 (Bill 8) Environmental sustainablity ... 1033 Second reading ... 375 Minable oil sands strategy ... 1714–15 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Mentally disabled Confined feeding operations phase out ... 1788, 1837, Funding for programs for: Letter re (SP820/05: 1889 Tabled) ... 2056 Highway 63 upgrading ... 1506 Métis–Self-government Minimum floor price for cattle ... 51 General remarks ... 840 Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, increase in Métis hunting/fishing rights number of ... 1837 Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 840, 932, 933 Tuition fee assistance to students ... 1506 Métis Settlements General Council Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) Funding for, ends 2007 ... 840 Community school funding (SP273/05: Tabled) ... Minable oil sands strategy–Environmental aspects 579 Pembina Institute news release re (SP602/05: Tabled) Farmworkers' status under Charter of Rights ... 1716 (SP508/05: Tabled) ... 1608 Statement re ... 1714–15 Petrochemical industry Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) General remarks ... 914–15 Second reading ... 472–73 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) National Arts Centre, Ottawa Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Alberta Scene arts festival ... 1478 Second reading ... 1358–59 Natural resources revenue Physical therapy–Finance Forecasting of ... 914 Cutbacks to: Health Sciences Association press Net metering (Electricity) release re (SP124/05: Tabled) ... 210 Motion 510: Marz ... 1765–66, 1768 Piikani (Peigan) Nation Non-Smokers' Rights Association General remarks ... 2056 Tobacco industry front groups in Canada, statement Pine beetles–Control re (SP821/05: Tabled) ... 2056 General remarks ... 933 North American free trade agreement Research into ... 933 Sale of electricity under ... 1306 Pipelines Official Opposition Development of ... 914–15 Leader's speech to National Club in Toronto, Poaching–Law and legislation invitation to (SP804/05: Tabled) ... 2018 Enforcement of ... 1254 Oil–Prices Point of Order Forecasting of ... 914 Referring to a member by name ... 1343 Oil industry Police Use of water supplies ... 914 Protective safe houses for child prostitutes, awareness Oil recovery methods of ... 1733 Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 1042 Police–Finance Carbon dioxide sequestering: Research ... 1374 General remarks ... 167 Oil well drilling industry–Public lands Police–Rural areas EUB permits required for ... 902–03 General remarks ... 167 Oral Question Period (2005) Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Climate change ... 364–65, 1832 Second reading ... 684–85 Custom Environmental Services Ltd. fire ... 1337–38 Committee ... 1381–82 Electricity exports ... 1306 Amendment A4 (SP428/05: Tabled) ... 1381 Electricity marketing ... 1073–74 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) (Bill 49) Energy and Utilities Board ... 575 Second reading ... 1771 First Nations participation in Royal visit ... 1573 Pollution Watch Government air travel ... 45–46, 86–87 Pollution fact sheets (SP601/05: Tabled) ... 1716 Greenhouse gas emissions ... 1914–15 Port of Prince Rupert Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 902–03 Alberta participation in development of ... 1014–15 Policing services ... 167 CN/Illinois Central's role in ... 1014–15 Public Accounts committee ... 1783–84 Portable/modular classrooms School closures ... 1447 General remarks ... 1728 Travel by elected Senators ... 694–95 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Wildlife protection ... 1253–54 Parks, Provincial Second reading ... 379 Funding for ... 1478 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Peace Payment of senators-in-waiting speaking tour costs by Recognition of promotors of ... 418 ... 695 Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Prostitution, Juvenile Minable oil sands strategy, news release re General remarks ... 1733 (SP602/05: Tabled) ... 1716 244 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Protected areas Sierra Club of Canada Funding for ... 1478 Press release re Alberta's forest policy ... 1396 Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act Press release re Alberta's forest policy (SP421/05: General remarks ... 1733 Tabled) ... 1342 Protective safe houses (Child prostitute protection) Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) General remarks ... 1733 Committee ... 501 Public Affairs Bureau Smokers' Freedom Society Relation to departmental communications divisions ... Website article re (SP821/05: Tabled) ... 2056 1014 Smoking in the workplace Railway (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 13) Ban on: Letter re (SP250/05: Tabled) ... 492 Second reading ... 422 Speech from the Throne Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Debate ... 95–96 Second reading ... 539 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Reclamation of land Second reading ... 524–25 Abandoned well sites ... 914 Third reading ... 940 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, General remarks ... 418 Edmonton Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Closure ... 1447 Second reading ... 517, 1345–46 Student assessment Research and development Fees for ... 1728–29 Funding for: Private partnership re ... 1373–74 Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) (Bill 14) Second reading ... 466–67 Second reading ... 430–31 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Suncor Inc. (Bill 44) Greenhouse gas emissions reduction, comments on ... Third reading ... 2022 365 Road Runner day care, Calgary Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Closure of ... 1733 General remarks ... 1732 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supreme Court of Canada Increase in numbers of: Petition presented re ... 1837 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 840 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Swan Hills Treatment Centre General remarks ... 914, 915 General remarks ... 1337 Reduction incentives for clean energy technology Tar sands development development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 670–71 Use of natural gas supplies ... 1715 Use for green energy production ... 1015 Use of water supplies ... 1715 Rumsey natural area Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Industrial activity in: Letter re (SP760/05: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 365, 1714–15, 1914–15 1971 Tax incentives Schindler, Dr. David Film/TV production companies ... 1015 Remarks re environmental research funding ... 1374 Technology commercialization Remarks re northern Alberta wilderness conservation General remarks ... 1373 ... 1396 Tourism–Marketing School–Grande Prairie International marketing efforts ... 1014 Portables at ... 1728 Traffic Safety Act Schools–Closure Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while General remarks ... 1447 driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1002–03 Schools–Construction–Finance Travel at public expense Return to Education dept. responsibility ... 1728 Alberta senators-in-waiting trip to eastern Canada ... Schools–Utilization 694–95 Change to formula for ... 1447 Tuition fees Community group use of, as part of formula re ... Increase in, over last few years ... 875 1728 Provincial assistance re: Petition presented re ... 1506 General remarks ... 1728 University dropouts Review of formula for ... 1447 Rate of ... 875 Securities Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 19) Victory in Europe Day Committee ... 726–27 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Third reading ... 942 addressed the Assembly in the Chamber ... 1303 Amendment ... 942 Wages–Minimum wage Senators Increase to: Letter from Calgary Local Council of Alberta nominees for ... 1183 Women re (SP350/05: Tabled) ... 957 Alberta nominees for: Eastern Canada speaking tour Water ... 694–95 Sale of ... 1033 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 245 Eggen, David (ND, Edmonton-Calder) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Alberta Ingenuity Fund Performance measures ... 1041 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 345 Water quality Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation General remarks ... 1041 Microfiche copies of pension cheques, loss of ... 1026 Water resources development Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill General remarks ... 1033 206) Water supply Second reading ... 1757 Measurement of total provincial supply ... 1041 Alberta Research Council Inc. Use by energy industry ... 914 General remarks ... 1370 Use by oil sands producers ... 1715 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Well sites, Abandoned (Bill 43) Reclamation of ... 914 Second reading ... 1818–20 Wildlife management Alberta royalty tax credit General remarks ... 1253–54 General remarks ... 917 Wildrose Forum (CBC radio program) Alberta Science and Research Authority Amendment Dismissal of Don Hill, host, from: Letters re Act 2005 (Bill 4) (SP309/05: Tabled) ... 699 Second reading ... 195 Wind power Third reading ... 638 General remarks ... 1015 General remarks ... 1370 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Alberta Securities Commission Second reading ... 592–93 Influencing regulatory activity case ... 2011 Amendment ... 592 Alberta SuperNet Letter re (SP346/05: Tabled) ... 908 Completion date ... 88 World Society for the Protection of Animals Hookup fees ... 320 Letter re zoo licensing (SP420/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Telus bid on ... 320 Zoos–Licensing Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Letter re (SP420/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Efficiency ... 461, 1370 Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Efficiency: Documentation re (M29/05: Response Second reading ... 223–25 tabled as SP515/05) ... 1160 Alaska permanent fund Alberta Sustainability Fund General remarks ... 966 General remarks ... 966 Alberta Agricultural Research Institute Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Annual reports ... 1370 Municipal Government Act review discussions ... Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) 1326 Second reading ... 1644–45 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Committee ... 1905–06 Public opening of, invitation of Opposition MLAs to, Amendment A1 (SP716 & 767/05: Tabled) ... 1906 statement re ... 1744 Amendment A5 (SP771/05: Tabled) ... 2005 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) Alberta Corporate Service Centre Second reading ... 349 Sole-source contracts: Auditor General's comments re Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill ... 619 27) Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Second reading ... 350 Efficiency ... 1417 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Alberta Energy Research Institute (Bill 51) Annual reports ... 1370 Committee ... 1981–82 Alberta Forestry Research Institute Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth Annual reports ... 1370 General remarks ... 1313 Alberta Government Offices Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Washington, D.C. office: Documents re (M20/05: Benefits increase ... 966–67 Response tabled as SP744/05) ... 821–22 Auditor General Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Government contracting process comments ... 1418 Midwifery coverage ... 1313 Government employees' information technology Midwifery coverage: Mock invoices re (SP443/05: security awareness recommendation (Q18/05: Tabled) ... 1507–08 Defeated) ... 812–13 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Government employees' information technology Elimination of ... 966–67 security awareness recommendation (Q33/05: Reducing of ... 954 Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 1746 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Internal auditor, liason with ... 1104 Ethical investments by ... 966 Royalty reduction programs evaluation General remarks ... 966, 1326 recommendation ... 917 Investment in tobacco companies ... 966 Sole-source contracts comments ... 619, 1418 246 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Automobile drivers' licences Dept. of Government Services Resumption of provincial control over issuing of ... Access and privacy branch, role of ... 1418 1417 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1417–18, 1426 Automobile drivers' tests Staffing ... 1417 Resumption of provincial control over ... 1417 Support services budget ... 1417 Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers Dept. of Innovation and Science Contribution to funding for Utilities Consumer Credit card statements for deputy minister (M18/05: Advocate ... 975, 1418 Response tabled as SP772/05) ... 820 Bell West Employee information technology security Alberta SuperNet contract ... 320 awareness, actions to promote (Q18/05: Defeated) Budget ... 812–13 2002-03 budget, advertising campaign re ... 1104 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1370–72 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) Performance measures ... 1370 Second reading ... 675–76 Staffing ... 1370 Committee ... 1113–15 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1326–27 (Bill 56) Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Committee ... 1980 Alberta Corporate Service Centre transferred to ... Canada Health Day 1417 Statement re ... 1505 Alberta SuperNet project transferred to ... 461, 1370 Capital endowment fund (Proposed) Alberta SuperNet project transferred to: General remarks ... 1326 Documentation re (M29/05: Accepted) ... 1160 Capital projects Communications function ... 1104 Public/private partnerships re ... 88 Cross-government human resources function ... 1710 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Enron electricity prices manipulation scheme, General remarks ... 1326 investigation of ... 249 Centennial Capital Plan Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 763 General remarks ... 966 Estimates, 2005-06: Net loss statement ... 763 Chief Internal Auditor's office Microfiching of Alberta pension cheques, Liason with Auditor General ... 1104 recommendation to cease ... 1026 New chief's appointment process ... 1603 Opportunity and restructuring assessment function ... Role of ... 1104 763 Civil service pension cheques Role of ... 1104, 1710 Loss of microfiche copies of, privacy concerns re ... Staffing ... 763, 1104 1026 Disabled Climate change Government programs for ... 967 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to, publicity Dividend payments to Albertans (From Heritage Fund) campaign re ... 1104 General remarks ... 966 Conflict of interest Education–Finance Securities Commission director of enforcement issue User fees: Petition presented for elimination of ...... 2011 1674, 1715, 1745, 1837, 1889–90, 1918–19 Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Electric power–Prices Special Consumer protection re ... 1418 Recommendations ... 2010–11 Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 249 Consumer protection Regulated option re ... 918 Re electricity/gas prices ... 975, 1418 Electric power–Retail sales General remarks ... 1417 General remarks ... 918 Corporate Chief Information Officer Electric utilities–Regulations Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Deregulation: Public reaction to ... 917–18, 975 Efficiency ... 1370 Deregulation: Publicity campaign re ... 1104 Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Energy research Committee ... 1903 Funding ... 1371 Deficit financing Enron Canada Corporation General remarks ... 966 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Dept. of Economic Development Stanley) ... 249 Trade missions expenditures (Q13/05: Defeated) ... Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project 808 Stanley): Utilities Consumer Advocate 's web site Trade show expenditures (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 re (SP151/05: Tabled) ... 253 Executive Council Dept. of Energy Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1103–04 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 917–18 Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) Dept. of Finance Second reading ... 216–217 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 966–67 Committee ... 477–78 Third reading ... 548 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 247 Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 International Day of the Midwife (Bill 205) General remarks ... 1313 Second reading ... 1538–39 Land titles–Registration Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Security concerns in, re mortgage fraud cases ... Second reading ... 702 803–04 Foreign workers, Temporary Life sciences research Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 369, 462, 621 Funding for wet lab re ... 1501 Letter re (SP254/05: Tabled) ... 492 Lobbyists–Registration Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 2011 Application to Canadian subsidiaries of U.S. Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) corporations ... 1886 General remarks ... 137–38 Edmonton Journal request under, re government Maternity Center Association aircraft manifest information ... 1521 Booklet about cesarean section (SP410/05: Tabled) ... Fees ... 1521 1315 Gas, Natural–Prices Medical care Forecasting of ... 966 Restructuring (third way option) ... 1506 Government accountability Medical profession–Rural areas Federal Conservative Party leader's address re (SP526 Action plan re: Web site article (SP748/05: Tabled) ... & 548/05: Tabled) ... 1632, 1674 1970 General remarks ... 2010–11 Members of the Legislative Assembly Government agencies, boards, and commissions Opposition members' invitation to public events, PC party supporters' appointment to ... 1603 statement re ... 1744 Government aircraft Members' Statements (2005) Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 1521 Canada Health Day ... 1505–06 Government appointments Midwifery services ... 1313 PC party supporters' appointments ... 1603 MLA invitations to public events ... 1744 Government departments Midwives and midwifery Number of ... 773, 953 Inclusion under health care plan ... 1313 Government efficiency Inclusion under health care plan: Mock invoices re General remarks ... 763, 773, 804, 953–54 (SP443/05: Tabled) ... 1507–08 Government information Statement re ... 1313 Access to ... 1103–04 Ministers (Provincial government) Government information systems Cooling-off period for, following resignation ... 2011 Security aspects: Improvement of employee Number of ... 773, 953 awareness of (Q18/05: Defeated) ... 812–13 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Harper, Hon. Stephen (Federal Leader of the Opposition) Second reading ... 473–74 Address on government accountability (SP526 & Committee ... 632–33 548/05: Tabled) ... 1632, 1674 Public consultation re ... 1326 Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000) National Institute for Nanotechnology Advertising campaign re ... 1104 General remarks ... 1371 Horse racing Natural resources revenue Lottery funding for ... 954 Use for budget purposes ... 966 Humanities–Research Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund Funding for ... 1371 General remarks ... 966 IBM Canada Ltd. Oil–Prices Microfiching of Alberta pension cheques, security Forecasting of ... 966 implications ... 1026 Opposition (Parliamentary procedure) Information and communications technology Members of, excluded from public events, statement Security issues: Auditor General's recommendation re re ... 1744 (Q18/05: Defeated) ... 812–13 Oral Question Period (2005) Security issues: Auditor General's recommendation re Enron activities in Alberta ... 249 (Q33/05: Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 1746 Government accountability ... 2010–11 Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Government aircraft flight logs ... 1521 Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta Government appointments ... 1603 pension records ... 1026 Government contracts ... 619 Information and Privacy Commissioner (B.C.) Government efficiency ... 773, 953–54 Warning on impact of USA PRIVACY Act on Missing computer tapes and microfiches ... 1026 Canadian personal privacy ... 1885–86 Mortgage fraud ... 803–04 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Protection of personal information ... 1885–86 Second reading ... 582–84 Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 1710 International Day for the Elimination of Racial SuperNet ... 88, 320, 461 Discrimination Technology funding ... 1501 Recognition of ... 325 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 975 248 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005 Registry offices, Private–Security aspects (Bill 8) Concerns re mortgage fraud ... 803–04 Second reading ... 373–74 Research and development Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Funding for ... 1371, 1501 School fees elimination ... 1673–74, 1715, 1745, Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) 1837, 1890, 1918–19 Second reading ... 380, 465–66 Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) projects, ban on ... 369, 462, 621 (Bill 44) Pharmacist Awareness Week Second reading ... 1807–08 Recognition of ... 50–51 Committee ... 1978 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) Royalty structure (Energy resources) Second reading ... 715 General remarks ... 917 Committee ... 1559–60 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Third reading ... 996 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Smoking in public places Second reading ... 1354–55 E-mails re (SP238-239/05: Tabled) ... 463 Committee ... 1926–27 Letters re (SP239 & 334/05: Tabled) ... 463, 806–07 Power Pool of Alberta Social sciences–Research Contribution to funding for Utilities Consumer Funding for ... 1371 Advocate ... 975 Speech from the Throne Preventive medical services Debate ... 137–38 General remarks ... 1505–06 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Prion research (BSE control) General remarks ... 1371 Funding for ... 1370 Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Privacy, Right of Second reading ... 544–45 General remarks ... 1417, 1885–86 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) General remarks ... 966, 1326, 1370 Second reading ... 339–40 Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 53) Protocol Office Committee ... 1979 General remarks ... 1104 Surplus, Budgetary Provincial/municipal fiscal relations General remarks ... 966 General remarks ... 1326 Investment in capital account ... 1326 Public Affairs Bureau Telus Corporation Communications goals ... 1103–04 SuperNet contract bid ... 320 Relation to departmental communications divisions ... Tobacco companies 1104 Heritage Fund investment in ... 966 Role of ... 1104 Trade missions Public contracts Expenditures re (Q13/05: Defeated) ... 808 Auditor General's comments re ... 1418 Trade shows Sole-source contracts: Auditor General's comments re Expenditures re (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 ... 619, 1418 Traffic safety Public records–Confidentiality McDermid report on: Costs of (M48/05: Response General remarks ... 1026, 1417, 1426, 1886 tabled as SP713/05) ... 1749 Public safety (Building/fire codes) Truck drivers–Supply Funding for ... 1326 Government calculations re (Q42/05: Response tabled Public service–Alberta as SP805/05) ... 1748 Increase in ... 773 Universities and colleges Information technology security awareness Research capacity ... 1371 recommendation (Q33/05: Response tabled as USA PATRIOT Act SP824/05) ... 1746 Impact on Canadian personal privacy ... 1426, Senior officials' cooling-off period, following 1885–86 resignation ... 2011 Utilities Consumer Advocate Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Budget ... 1418 Second reading ... 538–39 Consumer complaints to ... 1418 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Enron electricity price manipulation investigation ... General remarks ... 50–51, 325 249 Reforestation Enron electricity price manipulation investigation: Timelines met re (Q19/05: Response tabled as Web site re (SP151/05: Tabled) ... 253 SP775/05) ... 813 Independence of (arm's length from government) ... 975, 1418 Regional health authorities Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council Board members with PC party connections ... 1603 Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Registry offices, Private Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity General remarks ... 1417, 1418 ("draft" report, Feb. 23, 2005) ... 975 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 249 Elsalhy, Mo (L, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Water–Export Alberta College of Optometrists General remarks ... 1372 Annual report, 2003 (SP95/05: Tabled) ... 128 Water conservation Annual report, 2004 (SP615/05: Tabled) ... 1717 General remarks ... 1372 Alberta College of Pharmacists Water diversion Annual report, 2003 (SP94/05: Tabled) ... 128 General remarks ... 1371–72 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP612/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Alberta College of Social Workers General remarks ... 1371 Annual report, 2003 (SP216/05: Tabled) ... 370 Water resources development Annual report, 2004 (SP688/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Research into ... 1371 Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Wellness fund (Proposed) Audiologists Motion 501: Blakeman ... 74 Annual report, 2003 (SP97/05: Tabled) ... 128 Whistle-blower protection Annual report, 2004 (SP614/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Securities Commission case ... 2011 Alberta Dental Assistants Association Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Annual report, 2003 and 2004 (SP761-762/05: Committee ... 1651, 1655–56, 1660 Tabled) ... 1971 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Alberta Dental Association and College (Bill 50) Annual report, 2004 (SP211 & 683/05: Tabled) ... Committee ... 1894 370, 1838 Third reading ... 1898–99 Alberta Dental Hygienists' Association Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) Annual report, 2003 (SP213/05: Tabled) ... 370 1157268 Alberta Ltd. Annual report, 2004 (SP611/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Hip and knee surgery contract ... 1846 Alberta Health Care Insurance Act Abortion–Edmonton Notwithstanding provision addition to ... 1665–66 Provision by private clinic only ... 853 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Abortion–Rural areas CT scans coverage ... 366 General remarks ... 853 Midwifery coverage ... 1146 Age Care Ltd. Podiatry coverage ... 1464–65 Board of directors ... 460 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Partnership with Calgary health region re long-term Annual report, 2003-04 (SP209/05: Tabled) ... 370 care facilities ... 460 Alberta Medical Association Alberta Aids to Daily Living Provincial discussions with, re public/private health Jurisdiction re long-term care residents' treatment ... systems ... 1665 613 Alberta Mental Health Board Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Annual report, 2003-04 (SP143/05: Tabled) ... 252 Addictions treatment programs, funding for ... 1458 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP616/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder program ... 271 Funding ... 1458 Funding ... 1458 Alberta Opticians Association Youth gambling addiction survey ... 741 Annual report, 2003 (SP98/05: Tabled) ... 128 Youth substance abuse treatment programs ... 23, Annual report, 2004 (SP610/05: Tabled) ... 1717 267, 1669, 1670, 2048 Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill Alberta Association of Registered Nurses 206) Annual report, 2003-04 (SP609/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Second reading ... 1755 General remarks ... 271 Alberta SuperNet Alberta Association of Registered Occupational Health services delivery via ... 854 Therapists Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Annual report, 2004-05 (SP763/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Ambulance service transfer to regional health Alberta Blue Cross Plan authorities discussions ... 17, 483 Nongroup benefits, provincial funding for ... 1458, Allan Gray Continuing Care Centre 1465 Conditions in ... 1499–1500 Seniors' drug benefits ... 1458 Ambulance Governance Advisory Council Alberta Cancer Board General remarks ... 1458 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP142/05: Tabled) ... 252 Ambulance service Annual report, 2004-05 (SP626/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Co-ordination of ... 1915 Funding ... 271, 1458 Review of, 2002: Report ... 202 Funding increase for ... 1028 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Locating of facility at new south Calgary hospital ... Cancellation of ... 17, 19, 83, 202, 243–44, 482, 274 1464 Alberta Children's Hospital Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Former hospital: Renovations to ... 1839 Cancellation of, provincial assistance re ... 17, 19, New hospital: Funding for ... 1458 83, 202, 243–44, 245, 482, 1464 Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Annual report, 2003 (SP96/05: Tabled) ... 128 Cancellation of, provincial assistance re (Q5/05: Annual report, 2004 (SP764/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Response tabled as SP627/05) ... 658, 1717 250 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Ambulance service (Continued) Canada Health Act Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Costs General remarks ... 205, 1147, 1465, 1843, 1846 ... 19, 202, 245 Physician access to both public and private health Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: systems provisions ... 1622 Discovery projects re ... 202, 245, 483 Canadian Cancer Society Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Research on cancer prevention projects ... 271 Impact of joint ambulance/fire services on ... Canadian Medical Association 482–83 Provincial discussions with, re public/private health Ambulance service–Finance systems ... 1665 General remarks ... 83 Cancer–Prevention Ambulance service–Medicine Hat Pilot projects re ... 271 Joint fire/ambulance service ... 482–83 Cancer–Treatment Ambulance service–Red Deer Funding increase for ... 1028 General remarks ... 202, 245 Capital Health Ambulance service–Rural areas Abortion services, contracting out of ... 853 Costs, provincial assistance re ... 243–44 Allan Gray Continuing Care Centre, review of Aon Consulting Inc. conditions in ... 1499 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 1627, Annual report, 2003-04 (SP131/05: Tabled) ... 211 1665, 1670–71, 1841, 1844 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP620/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Aon Reed Stenhouse Cataract surgery/ophthalmology services ... 1966, General remarks ... 1671 2051 Aspen Regional Health Authority Funding ... 271, 273, 977 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP132/05: Tabled) ... 211 Hospital capital upgrades ... 1839 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP617/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Physical therapy funding ... 274 Funding ... 271 Physiotherapy service cuts ... 163 Auditor General Surplus funding for ... 1622 Charlebois Consulting Ltd. contracts, investigation of Capital projects ... 642–43 Public/private partnerships re ... 646 Long-term care facility grants: Audit of ... 2050 Capital projects, Medical Long-term care facility management investigation Funding for ... 271–75, 1458, 1838–39, 1841–46 (Seniors care programs) ... 1077 Operating funds for ... 1841 Long-term care facility management investigation Cataract surgery, Private–Calgary (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1497–98, 1623, Waiting times for ... 1966, 2051 1707, 1843–44, 1962 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Automobile seat belts Meetings of tobacco companies with, 2001-2004 Role of, in preventive health care strategy ... 205 (M4/05:Accepted) ... 494 Barrhead Healthcare Centre Child and family services authorities Upgrades to ... 1839, 1842 Mental health programs ... 903 Bethany Long Term Care Centre, Camrose Children and poverty Resident of, hunger strike re conditions in ... 1074, General remarks ... 1778, 1832 1077, 1121 Chinook Regional Health Authority Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Annual report, 2003-04 (SP89/05: Tabled) ... 128 Human/animal risk of ... 319 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP625/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Budget Conversion of long-term care facilities to assisted General remarks ... 273 living status ... 1843 Process re ... 1622 Funding ... 271 Calgary Health Region Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease initiative Annual report, 2003-04 (SP91/05: Tabled) ... 128 Federal funding ... 271 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP619/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Chronic wasting disease Cataract surgery/ophthalmology services ... 1966, Human/animal risk of ... 319 2051 Cigarettes, Discount–Taxation Cataract surgery/ophthalmology services, review of ... General remarks ... 1028 1966 Cigarettes–Retail sales Doctor shortage, northeast Calgary, review of ... 533 Positioning re ... 1028 Funding ... 271, 977 Cold fX (Cold/flu prevention preparation) Hip/knee surgery contract with Health Resource Given to seniors in care facilities ... 207 Centre ... 244–45, 644, 1145 College of Alberta Denturists Hospital capital upgrades ... 1838 Annual report, 2003 (SP214/05: Tabled) ... 370 Partnership with Age Care Ltd. re long-term care Annual report, 2004 (SP613/05: Tabled) ... 1717 facilities ... 460 College of Alberta Psychologists Partnership with Alberta Cancer Board re new cancer Annual report, 2004-05 (SP687/05: Tabled) ... 1838 facility ... 274 College of Chiropractors of Alberta Physical therapy funding ... 274 Annual review, 2004-05 (SP766/05: Tabled) ... 1971 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 251 Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) College of Dental Technologists of Alberta Drug abuse–Testing Annual report, 2004 (SP765/05: Tabled) ... 1971 General remarks ... 2048 College of Dietitians of Alberta Home testing kits, accuracy of ... 2048 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP215 & 685/05: Tabled) ... Drugs, Generic–Prices 370, 1838 Policy re ... 1461 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP686/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Drugs, Prescription–Costs College of Hearing Aid Practitioners of Alberta General remarks ... 1458, 1461–62 Annual report, 2004 (SP398/05: Tabled) ... 1206 East Central Health College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta Annual report, 2003-04 (SP93/05: Tabled) ... 128 Annual report, 2003 (SP212/05: Tabled) ... 370 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP621/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Annual report, 2004 (SP684/05: Tabled) ... 1838 Funding ... 271 College of Physical Therapists of Alberta Funding formula ... 977 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP210/05: Tabled) ... 370 Eastwood Public Health Centre College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta Surplus funding for ... 1622, 1839, 1841 Special register, section 5 (Foreign doctor Edson Health Care Centre recruitment) ... 1122 Upgrades to ... 1839, 1841 Committee on Continuing Care Standards, Standing Elder Advocates of Alberta Society General remarks ... 1464 Forum on extended care residents treatment ... 613, Committee on Public Accounts, Standing 614 Charlebois Consulting Ltd. contract, discussion of ... Elk antler velvet–Health aspects 643 General remarks ... 319 Community halls–Rural areas Emergency medical response services–Calgary Food safety regulations in ... 248, 1520 Contingency plan for ... 645 Cornea transplants Emergency medical technicians Registry for ... 1601 Impact of ambulance service transfer to regional Waiting list for ... 1601 health authorities on ... 17, 19 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Prevention Emergency medical technicians–Wainwright General remarks ... 1669–70 Layoff of ... 19 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Treatment Epidemic response services–Calgary AADAC treatment program for ... 1669, 1670 Contingency plan for ... 645 Treatment centres for ... 267, 852, 1669–70 Extended care facilities CT scans (Medical imaging procedure) Auditor General's review of ... 1077 Coverage under health care plan ... 366 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1497–98, Private clinic provision of ... 365–66 1707, 1843–44, 1962 Safety aspects ... 365–66 Conditions in ... 1499–1500 David Thompson Regional Health Authority Death of resident in (Jennie Nelson) ... 1962 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP92/05: Tabled) ... 128 General remarks ... 1707, 1839, 1841–42 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP624/05: Tabled) ... 1717 MLA committee to review (2005) ... 1443, 1497–98 Funding ... 271 MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1623, Dept. of Health and Wellness 1707, 1843–44, 1886–87, 1962 Annual report, 2003-04 , sections I and II (SP50- Redesignation to assisted living status ... 1843, 1962 51/05: Tabled) ... 93 Review of ... 1497 Annual report, 2004-05, sections I and II (SP575- Extended care facilities, Private 576/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Public funding of ... 1569 Budget target ... 1621 Extended care facilities–Finance Contracts awarded to Charlebois Consulting Ltd. ... General remarks ... 613, 1074–75 642–43 Government grants ... 2049–50 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1458–59, 1461–62, Extended care facilities–Rural areas 1464–65 Funding for ... 1707 Health information protection budget ... 617 Extended care facilities–Staffing Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 259–60, 267 Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 981, Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 1074–75, 1077, 1121, 1124, 1458, 1497, 1498, 271–75 1623, 1707 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Responses to Extended care facilities–Standards questions during (SP516/05: Tabled) ... 1608 General remarks ... 1074–75, 1077, 1121, 1124, 1458, Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1459, 1464, 1497–98, 1844, 1962 1838–39, 1841–46 Personal hygiene standards ... 1498 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Extended care facilities–Vegreville Jurisdiction re long-term care residents' treatment ... General remarks ... 977 Extended care facilities–Vermilion 613 General remarks ... 977 Diabetes strategy Extended care facilities residents Funding for ... 271 Abuse/neglect of ... 613, 614 Prescription drug usage ... 207–08, 415, 613 252 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Extendicare Inc. Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 7) Lobbying of government ... 1569 First reading ... 52 Fabry disease Health workforce planning Enzyme replacement therapy for, provincial General remarks ... 980–81, 1459, 1461, 1842 assistance re ... 290 Heart–Surgery Fabryzyme (Drug) Coronary artery bypass grafting procedure, intensive General remarks ... 290 home care for patients waiting for ... 271 Farmers' markets Funding for ... 271 Food service regulations at ... 1520 Wait times for ... 271, 274 Fatality inquiries High Prairie Health Complex Long-term care resident's death (Jennie Nelson) ... Upgrades to ... 1839 1962 Hip and knee surgery Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.) Funding for ... 271, 1458 Access to Canadian health records held by U.S. Pilot projects re ... 1846 companies ... 482 Private health insurance for ... 1665 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Privatization of, in Calgary ... 1145 AADAC program re, funding for ... 271 Waiting lists for, reduction of ... 271 Food safety Home care program Rural community halls ... 248, 1520 General remarks ... 1464, 1707 Foothills Medical Centre Hospital beds Upgrades to ... 533, 644 Funding for ... 1839 Upgrades to, funding for ... 1838 Hospital beds–Calgary Fort McMurray Shortages of ... 274, 533, 644–45 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 576 Hospital beds–Rural areas Gambling, Compulsive Funding for ... 1839 Youth gambling ... 741 Hospitals–Calgary Government appointments New south Calgary hospital: Funding for ... 274, 1458 PC party supporters' appointments ... 1603 New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of Government Organization Act ... 646 Amendment by Bill 7 ... 52 Hospitals–Emergency services Government spending policy "Friends of ..." volunteers re ... 692 General remarks ... 1622 General remarks ... 692–93 Grey Nuns Hospital Wait-times at ... 1915 Staff shortages ... 1844 Hospitals–Finance Upgrades to ... 1839 General remarks ... 1915 Hantavirus Hospitals–Fort Saskatchewan Precautions re ... 1522 Surplus funding for ... 1622, 1839, 1843 Health Council of Canada Hospitals–Strathcona County Wait times comments ... 1845 Surplus funding for ... 1622, 1839, 1843 Health Disciplines Board IBM Canada Ltd. Annual report, 2003 (SP356/05: Tabled) ... 957 Processing of Alberta health records, security Annual report, 2004 (SP357/05: Tabled) ... 957 implications ... 482, 483, 529, 617 Health facilities–Construction Identification, Personal Funding for ... 1458 Theft of, from lost health records ... 483–84, 529 Health First Strathcona Immigrant doctors General remarks ... 1569 General remarks ... 1122–23, 1339, 1461 Health Link Alberta Immigration General remarks ... 693 Provincial nominee program ... 1461 Health Professions Act Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Amendment by Bill 7 ... 52 Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta General remarks ... 271 health records ... 482–84, 529, 617 Midwives inclusion under ... 1146 Information and Privacy Commissioner (B.C.) Health Quality Council of Alberta Ruling on impact of USA PRIVACY Act on Hospital emergency services study ... 692 Canadian health records ... 482 Health Resource Centre, Calgary Institute of Health Economics General remarks ... 205 Chronic disease management pilot projects ... 271 Hip/knee surgery contract with Calgary health region Insurance, Health (Private) ... 244–45, 644, 1145, 1569 Alberta plan for ... 1665, 1666, 1671, 1843, 1845 Wait times at ... 244–45, 1145 Pre-existing conditions, provision for ... 1845 Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University Intelligence agencies–United States of Alberta) Access to Canadian health records held by U.S. Funding for ... 1458 companies ... 482 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 253 Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Medical profession–Education estimates, 2005-06 Bursary program for ... 1339 Estimates debated ... 259–60, 267 Medical profession–Fees Jubilee Lodge Nursing Home Ltd. Alternative payment schemes ... 289 Government grants to ... 2049–50 Funding for ... 1458 Kelley Charlebois Consulting Ltd. Medical profession–Rural areas Contracts with Dept. of Health and Wellness ... Action plan re ... 289, 1339 642–43 General remarks ... 1339 Lethbridge Regional Hospital Recruitment for (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1366–67 Upgrades to ... 1839 Medical profession–Supply Lobbyists–Registration General remarks ... 1458, 1461 General remarks ... 1569 Northeast Calgary area ... 533 Long-Term Care Review Advisory Committee (1999) Medical records Final report ... 617 Outsourcing management of ... 482 Low-income families Medical records, Electronic Government programs ... 1832 General remarks ... 205, 320–21, 854, 1339, 1459, Magnetic resonance imaging 1782 Fort McMurray unit ... 576 Impact on organ transplantation process ... 1601 Funding for ... 271 Medical records–Access issues Mobile units for ... 854 Access by outside intelligence agencies ... 482 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Medical records–Confidentiality Second reading ... 1774 Departmental budget for ... 617 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Missing health records situation ... 482–84, 529, 617 Funding for ... 1458 U.S. access to information re ... 482–84 Medical care Mental Health Act 24-hour service re ... 1459 Change from danger model to a treatment model ... General remarks ... 1846 903 Restructuring: Funding for ... 271 Mental health innovation fund Restructuring (third way option) ... 205, 275, 460, General remarks ... 205, 1458, 1465 1123–24, 1458, 1627, 1832, 1841, 1842, 1844 Mental Health Patient Advocate Restructuring (third way option): Advertising Annual report, 2003-04 (SP608/05: Tabled) ... 1717 campaign re ... 1666 Mental health services Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation General remarks ... 1459, 1465 re ... 1666 Mental health services–Children Medical care, Cost of General remarks ... 205, 903, 1458 Public knowledge of, purpose of ... 1782 Mental health services–Funding Medical care, Primary General remarks ... 271, 903, 1841 General remarks ... 205, 271, 533, 1459 Mental health strategy Local initiatives re ... 693, 1077–78 General remarks ... 903 Midwives inclusion in ... 1146 Midwifery Health Disciplines Committee Team-based care ... 693, 1458, 1843 Consumer representative on ... 1146 Medical care, Primary–Finance Midwives and midwifery General remarks ... 1458 Inclusion under health care plan ... 1146, 1464 Medical care, Private Integration of midwifery services evaluation report ... General remarks ... 205, 260, 1123–24, 1145, 1569, 1146 1622, 2051 Misericordia Community Hospital Influence of health symposium on ... 1147 Upgrades to ... 1839 Medical care–Calgary Mosquito control programs General remarks ... 533 General remarks ... 1120 Medical care–Finance National immunization program General remarks ... 271, 273, 274, 1458 Federal funding for ... 271 MLA committee to review: Report ... 1124 Nonemergency health care services Surplus funding for ... 1622 Definition ... 1843 User fees ... 1123–24 Northern Lights Health Region Medical care–Northern Alberta Abortion services ... 853 General remarks ... 1339 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP141/05: Tabled) ... 252 Medical equipment Annual report, 2004-05 (SP623/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Funding for ... 271, 273, 274, 1458, 1459 Funding ... 271 Medical graduates, Foreign Magnetic resonance imaging unit ... 576 Residencies for ... 1123 Nurse practitioners Medical profession General remarks ... 1461 Practicing in public/private health systems ... 1622, Regulation changes re (Bill 7) ... 52 1665–66 Nurses, Licensed practical Recruitment of (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1366–67 Medication duties ... 1121 254 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Nurses–Supply Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) General remarks ... 1461 Physiotherapy insurance fees ... 954 Nursing homes–Staffing Private health services ... 1622 Shortages: Impact on medication levels for residents Private/public partnerships ... 646 of ... 207–08 Protection for persons in long-term care ... 613 Nursing Homes Act Rural development strategies ... 289 Review of standards under ... 614 Self-managed care for seniors ... 617 Ombudsman Tobacco reduction strategy ... 1028 Long-term care residents' abuse, report on ... 613 Wait times for health care ... 1966 Oral Question Period (2005) Wait times for ophthalmology services ... 2051 Abortion services ... 853 Wellness initiatives ... 163 Access to medical services ... 1077–78 West Nile virus ... 1120 Age Care Ltd. ... 460 Youth residential drug treatment ... 23, 852 Allen Gray Continuing Care Centre ... 1499–1500 Organ and tissue donation Ambulance services ... 17, 19, 83, 202, 243–245, 245 General remarks ... 1601 Aon Consulting Inc. ... 1627, 1670–71 Palliser Health Region Benefits of SuperNet for rural Alberta ... 854 Ambulance service transfer to, discovery project re ... Budget surplus expenditures ... 1622 202, 245, 483 Capital health outpatient residence ... 1960 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP90/05: Tabled) ... 128 Confidentiality of health records ... 482 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP622/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Continuing care funding ... 1707 Funding ... 271, 273 Continuing care review ... 1443, 1623 Parent Link Centres Cornea transplants ... 1601 General remarks ... 1832 Crystal methamphetamine ... 1669–70 Peace Country Health CT scans ... 365–66 Ambulance service transfer to, discovery project re ... Drug abuse by children ... 2048 202, 245, 483 Electronic health record ... 320–21 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP133/05: Tabled) ... 211 Emergency hospital services ... 692–93 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP618/05: Tabled) ... 1717 Fabry disease ... 290 Funding ... 271 Food regulations review ... 1520 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) For-profit health care ... 1569 Upgrades to ... 533, 644 Foreign-trained physicians ... 1122–23 Upgrades to, funding for ... 1838 Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 576 Pharmacists–Supply Funding for regional health authorities ... 977 General remarks ... 1461 Gambling addiction ... 741 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) Game farming ... 319 Second reading ... 630–31 Government appointments ... 1603 Pharmacy and Therapeutic Committee Hantavirus ... 1522 Medication use guidelines ... 415 Health care costs ... 1782 Physical fitness–Teaching Health care insurance privatization ... 1665–66 Daily mandatory activities ... 1459 Health care operating costs ... 1915 Physical therapy Health care privatization ... 1145, 1666 Inclusion under health care plan ... 1465 Health care reform ... 205 Physical therapy–Fees Health care staffing ... 980–81 Set fees for traffic injury cases ... 954 Health regulations for rural community halls ... 248 Physical therapy–Finance Health Resource Centre ... 244–245 Cutbacks to ... 163 Health Resource Centre joint replacements ... 644 General remarks ... 274 Health services in Calgary ... 533 Podiatry Health services in the north ... 1339 Inclusion under health care plan ... 1464–65 Health symposium ... 1123–24, 1147 Police Health symposium webcast ... 1336 Reporting missing health records to ... 483–84 Hospital space in Calgary ... 644–45 Poverty Impoverished Albertans ... 1832 General remarks ... 1832 Joint fire and ambulance services ... 482–83 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Kelley Charlebois Consulting Ltd. ... 642–43 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... 205, Long-term care facility standards ... 1497–98 1124, 1459 Long-term care funding ... 2049–50 Preventive medical services Long-term care standards ... 614, 1074–75, 1077, General remarks ... 163, 271, 1458–59 1121, 1124, 1962 Privacy, Right of Medication for seniors ... 207–208, 415 General remarks ... 482–84 Mental health strategy ... 903 Protection for Persons in Care Act Midwifery services ... 1146 General remarks ... 613 Missing health records ... 483–84, 529, 617 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 255 Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Senior citizens–Housing General remarks ... 852, 2048 Assisted living concept ... 1962 Implementation of ... 1670 Senior citizens–Medical care Provincial Laboratory of Public Health Funding for ... 1458 Funding ... 271 Seniors' self-managed care program Public contracts Funding for ... 617 Awarding of, to former ministerial aides ... 642–43 Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary Public Health Act Funding for ... 1838 Amendment by Bill 7 ... 52 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Food service regulations under ... 1520 Second reading ... 181 Public Health and Immunization Trust (Federal) General remarks ... 1028 Alberta's share ... 271, 273 Smoking–Prevention Public Health Appeal Board General remarks ... 1028 Annual report, 2004 (SP397/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Smoking in public places Public records–Confidentiality Ban on ... 1028 General remarks ... 482–84 Smoking in the workplace Regional health authorities Ban on ... 163 Abortion services ... 853 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Ambulance service ... 1915 Second reading ... 523 Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of ... 17, Strokes (Brain disease) 19, 83, 202, 243–44, 482 Provincial strategy re ... 1458 Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of, Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth provincial assistance re ... 17, 19, 83, 202, 243–44, Detox/residential services re ... 23, 267, 1458, 2048 245, 482 Detox/residential services re: Tendering procedures re Ambulance service transfer to: Costs ... 19, 202, 245 ... 852 Ambulance service transfer to: Impact of joint Mandatory programs for ... 852 ambulance/fire services on ... 482–83 Surgery equipment Board members with PC party connections ... 1603 Funding for ... 271 Capital plans ... 1838, 1841 Surgery waiting lists CT scan safety requirements ... 366 General remarks ... 271, 1077, 1915 Deficits ... 260 Public vs private facilities ... 244–45, 1145 Deficits, elimination of ... 271, 273 Surplus, Budgetary Disaster/epidemic planning ... 645 General remarks ... 1622, 1707 Drug abuse treatment programs ... 852 Hospital funding with ... 1838, 1841, 1915 Emergency rooms improvements ... 692–93 Telehealth services Food safety regulations application ... 248 General remarks ... 854, 1339 Funding ... 271, 273, 977, 1074, 1458, 1915 Tobacco companies Long-term care facilities' programs ... 207–08, Meetings with provincial ministers, 2001-2004 1074–75, 1077, 1121, 1124, 1707, 1962, 2049–50 (M4/05: Response tabled as SP628/05) ... 494, Long-term care facilities' programs: Auditor General's 1717 audit of ... 2050 Truck drivers–Supply Medications usage monitoring ... 415 Government calculations re (Q42/05: Response tabled Physiotherapy fees paid ... 274 as SP805/05) ... 1748 Provincewide services ... 977, 1339 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Role in health care restructuring ... 205 (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) Self-managed care programs for seniors ... 617 General remarks ... 163, 205, 260, 1078, 1123–24, Staffing levels increase ... 1623 1147, 1458 Vaccine administrative grants to, federal ... 271 Speakers/presenters at, remuneration paid to Regional health authorities–Northern Alberta (M35/05: Accepted) ... 1165 General remarks ... 1339 Webcast of ... 1336 Replagal (Drug) USA PATRIOT Act General remarks ... 290 Impact on access to Canadian medical records ... 482 Rockyview General Hospital Vaccine, Avian influenza Upgrades to ... 533, 644, 1838–39 Funding for ... 274 Royal Alexandra Hospital Vaccines–Finance Abortion services cancellation ... 853 Federal funding ... 271, 273 In vitro fertilization clinic ... 853 Viking Health Centre Rural economic development Upgrades to ... 1839 Government strategy re ... 289 Wages–Public service employees St. John Ambulance Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Training of emergency room volunteers ... 692 Senior citizens (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1941 Government programs: Auditor General's review of ... Waiting lists (Medical care) 1077 General remarks ... 1077–78, 1838, 1843, 1844, 1845 256 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Treatment Outpatient residence, replacement with private run Treatment centres for ... 266–67 hotel facility ... 1960 Dept. of Advanced Education Outpatient residence, replacement with private run Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 874 hotel facility: Subsidies re ... 1960 Dept. of Education Wellness fund (Proposed) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1262–64 General remarks ... 163, 205 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 266 West Nile virus Return of school capital funding to ... 84 Control methods for ... 1120 Supplementary estimates ... 1264 Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 307 Aboriginal policy framework Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1721 General remarks ... 874 Dept. of Gaming Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 266–67 Second reading ... 236 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Reassignment of capital funding to other departments Youth substance abuse treatment programs ... 266–67 ... 84 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Committee ... 2001 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1235 Alberta Centennial Medal Act (Bill 2) Dept. of Learning Second reading ... 239 Credit card statements for deputy minister (M17/05: Alberta SuperNet Response tabled as SP718/05) ... 818 School access to: Total amount spent on (Q35/05: Disabled children–Education Response tabled as SP717/05) ... 1746 General remarks ... 1030 Alberta's Commission on Learning Review of (2000) ... 1255 Aboriginal-specific recommendations ... 874 Drug abuse Class size guideline ... 307 School programs re ... 266 Daily physical activity recommendation ... 416 Drug abuse resistance education program School funding under Education dept. General remarks ... 1263 recommendation ... 84 Early childhood education Alexander Forbes elementary school, Grande Prairie Full-day programs: Studies re (Q29/05: Response Expansion funding for ... 1721, 1739 tabled as SP499/05) ... 1158 Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Committee ... 1593 2005 Grey Cup contenders: Letter re (SP711/05: Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Tabled) ... 1891 (Bill 51) Edmonton Public School Board Committee ... 1992–93 Closure of schools ... 120–21, 576–77, 693, 851, Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped 1446, 1570 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Closure of schools: Court decision re ... 1446 Third reading ... 1510 Maintenance/utility costs, use of instructional funds Big Lake natural area for ... 1570 Designation as provincial park ... 321 Education Renaming of ... 321 Issues re ... 952 Bruderheim Elementary School Education, Postsecondary–Finance Closure ... 693 General remarks ... 874 City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) Incentive funding for specific needs ... 874 Third reading ... 479–80 Education–Curricula Class size (Grade school) Drug abuse awareness courses ... 266 Reduction of: Funding for ... 307, 1570 Fine arts courses ... 952 Classroom space General remarks ... 307, 1262 Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 307 Health and wellness instruction framework ... 952 Collective bargaining–Teachers Education–Finance General remarks ... 203 Funding for teachers' salaries ... 203 Province-wide bargaining ... 203–04, 1147 General remarks ... 693, 851, 952, 1522, 1570 Collective bargaining–Teachers–Fort McMurray User fees ... 266, 1833–34 Agreement: Northern allowance provision ... 203 User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q14/05: Community schools Response tabled as SP500/05) ... 808 General remarks ... 266, 1263–64 User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q15/05: Court of Queen's Bench Defeated) ... 808 Edmonton Public School Board school closure Education–Specialists decision ... 1446 Funding for ... 1030 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Prevention Education Week (Provincial, April 2005) General remarks ... 1263 Statement re ... 1032 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 257 Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Elections, Municipal–Calgary Physical fitness–Teaching Ward 10 election process: Cost of investigation of Daily mandatory activities ... 307, 416 (Q30/05: Response tabled as SP806/05) ... 1158 Pine beetles–Control Elementary education General remarks ... 266 General remarks ... 1262–63 Portable/modular classrooms English as a Second Language General remarks ... 1721 General remarks ... 952 Postsecondary educational institutions Football championships Student services ... 874 Edmonton Eskimos Grey Cup contenders and Private schools–Finance champions: Letter re (SP711/05: Tabled) ... 1891 General remarks ... 952 Foster parents Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Legal aid funding for ... 1235 Second reading ... 333–34 Gifted children–Education Committee ... 788 Funding for ... 266 Web site article re (SP196/05: Tabled) ... 327 High school credits Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 25) Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Second reading ... 717 828–29 Public School Boards Council High school education–Curricula Showcase celebration, program from (SP682/05: Fine arts courses ... 952 Tabled) ... 1838 Vocational/trades courses ... 1262 Railway (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 13) Vocational/trades courses: Statement re ... 1787 Third reading ... 637 High school graduates Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Numbers of ... 1262 General remarks ... 1787 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) estimates, 2005-06 (Bill 44) Estimates debated ... 266–67 Third reading ... 2021 Legal aid Rural economic development Funding for ... 1235 Government strategy re ... 84 Lois Hole elementary school (Proposed) Sangudo high school General remarks ... 121 Closure ... 693 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) School boards General remarks ... 147–48 Funding ... 1522 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Utility costs ... 1522, 1570 Second reading ... 1686, 1772 School boards, Regional Members' Statements (2005) General remarks ... 1147 Education Week ... 1032 School councils Vocational education ... 1787 Fund-raising activities ... 1833–34 Microsoft Corporation Fund-raising activities: Revenues from (Q15/05: School software licences purchase by provincial Defeated) ... 808 government: Documents re (M27/05: Accepted) ... School counsellors 1159 General remarks ... 1721 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) School dropouts Second reading ... 472 General remarks ... 266, 1262 General remarks ... 1264 Schoolchildren–Transportation Obesity in children Funding increase for ... 1721 Reduction of, through physical activity in schools ... Schools–Closure 416 General remarks ... 84, 120–21, 576–77, 693, 851, School programs re ... 1966–67 1263, 1446, 1570 Oral Question Period (2005) Schools–Construction Achievement testing ... 1255 General remarks ... 1721 Big Lake natural area ... 321 Impact of utilization formula on ... 121, 1739 Centralized teacher bargaining ... 1147 Schools–Construction–Finance Childhood obesity ... 1966–67 Return to Education dept. responsibility ... 84 Education fundraising ... 1833–34 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 1739 Education system ... 952 Schools–Downtown areas Labour negotiations with teachers ... 203 General remarks ... 1264 Physical activities in schools ... 416 Schools–Maintenance and repair Provincial achievement tests ... 648 Funding for ... 1522, 1570, 1721 School closures ... 693, 851, 1446, 1570 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 1739 School funding formula ... 1522 Schools–Rural areas School infrastructure funding ... 1739 Community-based utilization formula for ... 84, 121 School utilization ... 84, 576–77 Schools–Utilization School utilization formula ... 120–121 Change to formula for ... 84, 120–21, 576–77, 693, Special-needs education ... 1030 1446, 1570 258 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Flaherty, Jack (L, St. Albert) (Continued) Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) Schools–Utilization (Continued) (Continued) Community group use of, as part of formula re ... 577, Alberta Foster Parent Association 1263–64 General remarks ... 1056 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Alberta's Promise Second reading ... 184 Private support re ... 1052 Third reading ... 997 Battered women–Housing Speech from the Throne Second-stage housing ... 743 Debate ... 147–48 Bear's Paw Day Care Centre, Edmonton Speech therapy Closure of ... 1733 In schools ... 1263, 1721 Budget Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, As reflection of social values ... 303 Edmonton Bullying Closure: Court decision re ... 1446 Over the Internet ... 1062 Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Bullying–Prevention (Bill 14) Provincial initiatives re ... 1062 Second reading ... 434–35 Provincial initiatives re: For gay/lesbian youth ... Third reading ... 1581 1062 Student testing Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 301, 303, Achievement tests ... 266, 1255, 1262–63 1051, 1052 Achievement tests: Comparison to international Capital projects, Municipal–Finance standards ... 1262 General remarks ... 900 Achievement tests: Costs of administering, 2000-05 Casinos–Camrose (Q40/05: Accepted) ... 1747 Provincial funding for ... 1200 Achievement tests: Grade 3 retesting ... 648, 952 Child abuse Diagnostic tests ... 266, 952, 1255, 1262–63, 1264 Nina Louise Courtepatte case ... 1390 Diploma exams: Method for equating, studies re Child abuse–Prevention (M49/05: Accepted) ... 1920 Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 1051, 1052 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Child and family services authorities Detox/residential services re ... 266–67 Funding ... 301, 1051 Surplus, Budgetary Child and Youth Advocate School construction funding with ... 1739 Funding for ... 1598 Teachers, Aboriginal Role of ... 1052 Incentives for ... 874 Transfer to legislature officer status ... 1445, 1737 Terrace Heights Elementary School, Edmonton Child care after school Closure ... 1446 Accreditation ... 2013 Textbooks–Finance Provincial support for ... 1731 General remarks ... 307 Child care after school–Employees Tuition fees Salaries and training ... 2013 Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by Child welfare provincial government ... 577 Aboriginal children ... 1052 Universities and colleges Early childhood intervention programs: Funding ... Extension programs for seniors ... 874 1052 Valhalla school, Peace River Government programs ... 301–05 Closure ... 693 Government programs: Cross-ministry initiative re ... Wages–Teachers 1056 Funding for increase in ... 203 Statistics re, interpretation of ... 1055 Wages–Teachers–Fort McMurray Child welfare–Finance Coverage of cost of living ... 203 General remarks ... 1051–52 Water resources development–Big Lake basin Child welfare recipients General remarks ... 321 Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case ... 1445, Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) 1500–01 Second reading ... 590–91 Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, fatality Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) review of ... 1390, 1445 Advancingfutures bursary program Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, independent Funding for ... 1052, 1062 review of ... 1445 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, internal Chimo Healing Home (youth addictions treatment review of ... 1390 program) ... 23 Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, special case Youth substance abuse treatment programs ... 799 Alberta Association of Sexual Assault Centres review of ... 1445, 1501, 1737 Funding for ... 1062 Deaths of: Special case reviews re, publication of ... Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community 1737 Research Child welfare workers Funding ... 1052 General remarks ... 1500–01 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 259 Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act Early childhood education Funding for implementation of ... 301, 305, 1051, Funding ... 1730–33 1052, 1055, 1730, 1731 Family and community support services program General remarks ... 1500–01, 1827–28, 1832 Funding ... 1052 Children and poverty Review of ... 303 General remarks ... 1827–28, 1832 Youth program funding ... 206–07, 532 Children's Advocate Family Support for Children With Disabilities Act Annual report, 2002-03 (SP482/05: Tabled) ... 1578 Initiatives re: Funding for ... 1051, 1052, 1730, 1731 Annual report, 2002-03: Responses to (SP483/05: Fatality inquiries Tabled) ... 1578 Nina Louise Courtepatte case ... 1390, 1445 Annual reports, lateness of reporting of ... 1598 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Commonwealth of Nations Canada northwest partnership re ... 769 General remarks ... 301–02 Funding for programs re ... 303 Community incentive grants General remarks ... 769–70 General remarks ... 1062 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder–Research Daycare centres General remarks ... 769–70 National plan principles re ... 304, 1056, 1062, 1732, Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder affected adults–Housing 2013 General remarks ... 770 Special-needs children ... 1730 Foster parents Subsidies re ... 85, 304, 1730, 1733 Increased funding for ... 301, 305, 1052, 1056 Subsidies re, for stay-at-home parents ... 1730, 1731 Review of ... 1052 Survey re ... 1056 Homeless–Housing Daycare centres–Closure General remarks ... 1832 General remarks ... 1733 Presence of children in ... 1778, 1832 Daycare centres–Employees Kids in the Hall Bistro Accreditation program for ... 1056, 1059, 1732, 2013 Provincial funding for ... 206 Salaries of ... 1730, 1731, 1733, 2013 Low-income families Training for ... 1730 Government programs ... 1832 Daycare centres–Finance Maintenance (Domestic relations) General remarks ... 1052 Rate increase funding ... 1052 National program for: Alberta participation ... 85, Oral Question Period (2005) 304, 1051–52, 1056, 1059, 1076–77, 1309–10, Camrose women's shelter ... 1200 1388–89, 1730, 1731, 1732, 1733, 2013 Child and Youth Advocate ... 1598 National program for: Alberta participation, federal Child care standards ... 2013 Conservative Party comments re ... 1059 Child protection ... 1445 Daycare centres–Inspection Children in care ... 1737 Surplus funding for ... 1732 Children in poverty ... 1778 Daycare centres–Safety aspects Children's Services special case reveiw ... 1500–01 General remarks ... 1733 Daycare system ... 85 Daycare in family members' homes Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder ... 769–70 Subsidies for ... 1730, 1732 Funding for youth programs ... 206–207 Daycare in private homes Impoverished Albertans ... 1832 Subsidies for ... 1730 Infrastructure spending ... 900 Daycare in private homes–Inspection National child care initiative ... 1076–77, 1309–10, Surplus funding for ... 1731 1388–89 Dept. of Children's Services Nina Louise Courtepatte ... 1390 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP41/05: Tabled) ... 93 Nutrition programs in schools ... 1827–28 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP565/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Protection of children abusing drugs ... 413 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1051–52, 1055–57, Womens' shelters ... 739, 742–43 1059, 1061–62 Youth emergency shelters ... 532 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 301, Youth residential drug treatment ... 23, 799 303–05 Parent information telephone line Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... General remarks ... 1730 1730–33 Parent Link Centres Youth substance abuse treatment programs funding ... Funding for ... 301, 305, 1052, 1730 23 Point of Order Disabled children Relevance ... 305 Government programs for: Funding re ... 1051, 1052 Pornography, Child Domestic violence Provincial initiatives re ... 1052 General remarks ... 739, 1200 Poverty Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 301, 303, 305, General remarks ... 1832 1051, 1052 260 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Blue Cross Plan Prostitution, Juvenile Seniors' drug benefits ... 164, 877, 887 Education program re ... 1052 Alberta Dental Association and College General remarks ... 1055 General remarks ... 951 On the Internet: Education program re ... 1052 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Seniors' premiums: Elimination of ... 164, 877, 887 Third reading ... 792 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee General remarks ... 413, 799 Long-term care facilities inspection ... 1201 Road Runner day care, Calgary Alberta Housing Act Closure of ... 1733 Management bodies provisions ... 1253 Round-table on Family Violence and Bullying, Calgary Sale of public land provisions ... 1502, 1519–20 (May 2004) Alberta Long Term Care Association General remarks ... 305 General remarks ... 614, 1388 Rural economic development Alberta Senior Citizens' Housing Association Government strategy re ... 1200 General remarks ... 614, 1388, 1886, 2009 School lunch programs Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 1827–28 Benefits comparison, before and after July 1, 2004 School nutrition programs changes (M46/05: Accepted) ... 1748 General remarks ... 1827–28 Booklet re, complexity of ... 889 Sexual assault centres Dental benefits ... 877–78, 882–83, 884, 951–52 Funding for ... 1062 Dental benefits: Enhancement of ... 163–64, 282 Social Care Facilities Licensing Act Evaluation criteria for ... 1387–88 Review of ... 1732 Federal seniors' benefits relation to ... 1387 Social Care Facilities Review Committee Forms re, filling out of ... 889 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP329/05: Tabled) ... 776 General remarks ... 877, 884 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP809/05: Tabled) ... 2018 Income testing of ... 164, 1387 Semiannual report, October 2002 to March 2003 Optical benefits ... 877–78, 882 (SP264/05: Tabled) ... 492 Optical benefits: Enhancement of ... 282 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Alberta Social Housing Corporation Duplication of services with government agencies ... Transfer of land to Fort McMurray ... 87, 1502, 303 1519–20 Employees of, salaries for ... 1052 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Appraisal process Employees of, training ... 303 re ... 1519–20, 1568–70 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Auditor General's Detox/residential services re ... 23, 799 report on ... 1741 Mandatory programs for: Provincial policy on ... 413 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Role of Minister Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 of Environment in ... 1570 General remarks ... 1056, 1733 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Tabling of copy Taber Safe Haven (Women's shelter) of agreement re ... 1520, 1569–70 Funding for ... 900 Assessment Tax incentives Market value as basis for: Impact on seniors ... 889 Stay-at-home parents (re daycare) ... 1076–77, 1310, Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped 1731 Benefit levels, formula for ... 880, 885 Womens' shelters Benefits dollar value (Q9/05:Response tabled as General remarks ... 1056 SP639/05) ... 661, 1746 Violent spouse situations handling ... 1200 Benefits increase ... 22, 661, 877, 1149–50 Womens' shelters–Camrose Benefits increase: Funding for ... 878 Funding ... 1200 Benefits increase: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 806 Womens' shelters–Finance Benefits received under (Q32/05: Response tabled as General remarks ... 739, 742–43, 1051, 1052 SP640/05) ... 1344, 1746 Women's shelters–Taber Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 878, Funding for ... 900 890, 1254–55 World Conference on Prevention of Family Violence, General remarks ... 877, 885, 887, 1524 Banff (October 2005) Modified AISH program for assisted care facilities General remarks ... 1051 residents ... 1149–50 Youth in transition from the justice system Review of (2004): Report ... 22, 661, 1150 Government programs for ... 303 Review of (2004): Submissions received by (M23/05: Government programs for: Funding ... 1052, 1062 Response tabled as SP641/05) ... 822–23, 1746 Youth shelters–Finance Review of (2005): Report ... 878, 1254–55 General remarks ... 206–07, 532, 1055–56, 1731–32 Supplementary benefits to personal income support ... Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) 878, 879–80 Alberta Aids to Daily Living Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped General remarks ... 877, 878, 879, 887, 890 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Hearing aid coverage for seniors ... 163 First reading ... 806 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 261 Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) (Continued) Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) (Continued) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Extended care facilities (Continued) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) (Continued) MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1624, Second reading ... 939–40 2010, 2012 Committee ... 1244–45 Redesignation to assisted living status ... 1886, General remarks ... 879 2012–13 Auditor General Review of ... 614 Fort McMurray land sale process, report on ... 1741 Extended care facilities–Fees Long-term care facility management investigation General remarks ... 1387 (Seniors care programs) ... 1201 Increase in, cancellation of ... 1201 Long-term care facility management investigation Extended care facilities–Inspection (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1387, 1388, General remarks ... 1200 1392, 1497, 2010, 2012 Inspector general re (proposed) ... 1882 Seniors' benefits program comments ... 1387 Extended care facilities–Staffing Seniors dept. financial statements, reservation of Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 797, 887, opinion re ... 1253 1200, 1392 Blind–Employment Training of ... 890 CNIB assistance program re ... 1524 Extended care facilities–Standards Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Accommodation standards: Revision of ... 614 Funding for Fort McMurray housing ... 87 Chemical/physical restraints use standards ... 1497 Funding for northern Alberta housing ... 1125 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... General remarks ... 878, 882, 888, 1198 1406–07 Canadian National Institute for the Blind General remarks ... 878, 887, 1200–01, 1388, 1392, Bridge to employment program ... 1524 1497, 2010, 2012–13 Children and poverty Extended care facilities residents General remarks ... 1778 Abuse/neglect of ... 614 College of Alberta Denturists Fatality inquiries General remarks ... 951 Long-term care resident's death (Jean Warden) ... Dependent Adults Act 1881 Review of ... 887 Federation of Canadian Municipalities Dept. of Environment Subsidized housing statistics ... 1198 Minister's role in Fort McMurray land sale ... 1570 Food banks Dept. of Seniors General remarks ... 366 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP61/05: Tabled) ... 94 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Social Housing Corporation sale agreement re land Annual report, 2004-05 (SP584/05: Tabled) ... 1675 transfer to Fort McMurray, release of information Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 877–80, 882–85, re under ... 1569 887–90 George C. King Tower, Calgary Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Security concerns ... 616 (SP439/05: Tabled) ... 1507 Group homes–Standards Financial statements, inclusion of management Locating of homes ... 646 bodies' surpluses/assets in ... 1253 Hearing aids for seniors Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Provincial assistance re ... 163–64 282–83 Home care program Disabled General remarks ... 889, 890 Government programs for ... 877, 885, 1524 Homeless–Housing Disabled–Housing Funding for ... 366, 878, 883, 890, 1778 General remarks ... 878 Presence of children in ... 1778 East Central Health Transitional housing ... 1778 Seniors' supportive housing projects ... 282 Housing–Fort McMurray Elder Advocates of Alberta Society Impact of population increase on ... 87 Forum on extended care residents treatment ... 614 Kerby Centre Elizabeth House General remarks ... 1388 General remarks ... 1338 Low-income seniors Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Special-needs assistance ... 877, 1387 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Special-needs assistance: Hearing aid coverage ... 163 1406–07 Management bodies (Housing) Extended care facilities Surpluses/assets, reporting of ... 1253 Auditor General's review of ... 1201 Meals on Wheels Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1387, 1388, General remarks ... 889, 890 1392, 1497, 2010, 2012 Mental health services Conditions in ... 797 General remarks ... 878 Death of resident in (Jean Warden) ... 1881–82 Mentally disabled–Housing Food service ... 887 Group homes, locating of ... 646 262 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) (Continued) Fritz, Hon.Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) (Continued) Murdoch Manor, Calgary Senior citizens–Housing Security concerns ... 616 Assisted living concept ... 1886 Oral Question Period (2005) Assisted living concept, keeping senior couples Affordable housing in Fort McMurray ... 87 together ... 888 Affordable housing in the north ... 1125 Garden suites ... 888 Affordable supportive living program ... 2009–10 Standards for ... 880 Aid for disabled persons ... 1524 Senior citizens–Housing–Northern Alberta Application process for seniors' benefits ... 619 General remarks ... 1125 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 22, Senior citizens–Housing–Rural areas 1149–50, 1254–55 Rural affordable supportive living program ... 1125 Children in poverty ... 1778 Senior citizens' lodges Continuing care review ... 1624 Funding for ... 878, 1624 Continuing care standards ... 2010, 2012–13 General remarks ... 1886–87 Death of a patient in long-term care ... 1881–82 Upgrades to, funding ... 2009–10 Dental assistance for seniors ... 951–52 Senior citizens' lodges–Northern Alberta Group homes ... 646 Funding for ... 1125 Homeless shelters ... 366 Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Long-term care ... 1886–87 General remarks ... 884 Long-term care facilities ... 797 Seniors' apartment buildings–Security aspects–Calgary Long-term care facility standards ... 1388, 1397, 1497 General remarks ... 616 Long-term care standards ... 614, 1200–01 Seniors' issues Ministry of seniors financial statements ... 1253 Telephone information line re ... 619, 889 Sale of Social Housing Corporation land ... 1502, Seniors' supportive housing incentive program 1519–20, 1568–69, 1569–70 General remarks ... 2009–10 Security in seniors' apartment buildings ... 616 Seniors' supportive housing incentive program–East Seniors' benefit program ... 163–164, 1387–88 Central Health region Seniors' property taxes ... 2049 General remarks ... 282 Sex trade workers ... 1338 Seniors' supportive housing incentive Social Housing Corporation land sales ... 1741 program–Standards Support for low-income Albertans ... 1198 General remarks ... 1886–87 User fees in long-term care facilities ... 1387 Seniors United Now Personal directives General remarks ... 1388 Promotion of ... 879 Social Care Facilities Licensing Act Personal Directives Act Group home provisions ... 646 Review of ... 887 Social housing Persons with Developmental Disabilities Provincial General remarks ... 877, 878, 883–84, 888, 1198, Board 1778 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP378/05: Tabled) ... 1128 Rent supplement program ... 87, 1198 Pleasant View Lodge, Mayerthorpe Subsidy level increase ... 880 Upgrades to, funding ... 2010 Social housing–Northern Alberta Property tax–Education levy Committee to study ... 1125 Seniors' tax relief re ... 877–78, 887, 2049 General remarks ... 1125 Prostitutes Social housing–Rural areas Murder of ... 1338 Sustainable remote housing initiative ... 1125 Prostitutes–Housing Social services recipients–Protection Transitional housing ... 1338 General remarks ... 878–79, 890 Protection for Persons in Care Act Timberlea Consortium Incorporated General remarks ... 614, 879, 890, 1881 Purchase of public land in Fort McMuray ... 1502, Public assistance 1519–20 Increase to ... 1198 Women's Emergency Accommodation Centre Public Guardian's office General remarks ... 1338 Funding ... 879, 887 Goudreau, Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Peace) Regional health authorities Agriculture Long-term care facilities' programs ... 614, 1886 Statement re ... 1080 Senior citizens Alberta Ingenuity Fund Benefits vs. family assistance to ... 888–89 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 348 Government programs ... 163–64, 877–80, 882–85, Alberta's Commission on Learning 887–90 Second-language teaching initiative ... 1603–04 Government programs: Auditor General's review of ... Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) 1201 First reading ... 370 Government programs: Streamlining of application Second reading ... 540 process re ... 619 Committee ... 558 Third reading ... 943 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 263 Goudreau, Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Peace) Goudreau, Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan-Central Peace) (Continued) (Continued) Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Committee ... 1295–96 General remarks ... 325 Animals, Treatment of Teachers, Modern languages Legislation re (Bill 32) ... 370 Incentives for ... 1604 Campus Alberta University of Alberta General remarks ... 1394 Partnership agreement with Northern Lakes College Canadian Forest Products Ltd. ... 1394 Hines Creek mill closure, impact of ... 88 Graydon, Hon. Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) Crop insurance program Agricultural societies Production insurance coverage ... 1570 Lottery funding ... 124, 534 Spring price endorsement option ... 979, 1570 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Gambling addiction programs ... 487, 1281 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 761 Gambling research ... 1286 Opportunity and restructuring assessment function ... Lottery funding for ... 1286 761 Alberta Centennial World Cup Cross Country Education, Postsecondary competition, Canmore (December 2005) Aboriginal students ... 1394 General remarks ... 305 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Annual report, 2003-04 (SP144/05: Tabled) ... 252 1403–04 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP669/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Employment training programs Board members, selection process re ... 1283 General remarks ... 1916 Casino application process ... 1281, 1712 Extended care facilities–Standards Disciplinary board hearings in camera ... 1288 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... General remarks ... 1277, 1283 1403–04 Inspections for liquor licence violations ... 1029 Fairview College Alberta Gaming Research Council Takeover by Northern Alberta Institute of Board members, selection process re ... 1283 Technology: Recognition of ... 325 General remarks ... 1277, 1278 Food industry and trade Alberta Gaming Research Institute Statement re ... 1080 Funding for ... 487, 534, 1278, 1288 Government efficiency General remarks ... 1277 General remarks ... 761 Research done by ... 1286 Highway 2–Dunvegan bridge area Research done by, interference in ... 487, 534 Realignment of ... 88 Study on compulsive gambling revenue ... 487 Labour productivity Bingo halls General remarks ... 1916 Impact of anti-smoking legislation on ... 1799 Labour supply Revenue decrease from ... 1799 Shortages of skilled workers ... 1915–16 Bingos, Electronic Languages–Teaching Proceeds distribution ... 1278 General remarks ... 1603–04 Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Ltd. Livery Stable Keepers Act Closure of race track ... 1283 Replacement by the Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) ... Funding for ... 1798–99 370 Lottery funding for ... 124, 976, 1278, 1288, 1289 Members' Statements (2005) Camrose Regional Exhibition and Agricultural Society Agriculture industry ... 1080 Lottery funding for ... 1286 U of A and Northern Lakes College partnership ... Canadian Finals Rodeo 2005 1394 Lottery funding for ... 1278 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Canmore Nordic Centre Takeover of Fairview College: Recognition of ... 325 Upgrades to: Funding for ... 305, 306 Northern Lakes College Casinos Transition program to University of Alberta Cashless technology in ... 2052 programs: Statement re ... 1394 General remarks ... 1281, 1283 Oral Question Period (2005) Impact on local crime rate ... 1287 Agricultural assistance ... 979 Limit on number of ... 1280, 1712–13 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. mill closure ... 88 Casinos–Camrose Crop insurance ... 1570 Lottery funding for ... 1286 Labour force resources ... 1915–16 Charitable Gaming in Alberta, 2003-2004 in Review Second-language instruction ... 1603–04 (Report) Organized crime–Prevention Copy tabled (SP145/05) ... 252 General remarks ... 1916 Charitable Gaming in Alberta, 2004-2005 in Review Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) (Report) Amendment A1 (SP407/05: Tabled) ... 1299 Copy tabled (SP670/05) ... 1837 264 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Graydon, Hon. Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) Graydon, Hon. Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) (Continued) (Continued) Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations Global Gaming Expo, Las Vegas (September 2005) Gaming revenue for ... 1282 Minister of Gaming's attendance at ... 2052 Lottery fundng for ... 1278 Government programs Community facility enhancement program Lottery funding for ... 1278 Churches' application to ... 1287 Hockey General remarks ... 771, 1277, 1278, 1282, 1284 Lottery funding for ... 1289–90 Lottery funds to ... 1289 Lottery funding for 2004, reallocation to low-income Community initiatives program programs ... 1290 General remarks ... 1277, 1278, 1282, 1284 Horse racing Lottery funds to ... 1289 Lottery funding for ... 770–71, 855–56, 901, 976, Dept. of Community Development 1278, 1282–83, 1288–89 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Horse Racing Alberta 305–06 Annual report, 2003 (SP146/05: Tabled) ... 252 Dept. of Gaming Annual report, 2004 (SP671/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP48/05: Tabled) ... 93 General remarks ... 855–56, 901, 976, 1289 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP573/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Horse Racing Alberta Act Budget: Other initiatives item ... 1284 General remarks ... 1277 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1277–84, 1286–90 Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, U.S. (2005) Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Alberta disaster relief for ... 1798–99 (SP458/05: Tabled) ... 1528 Licensed premises Role of ... 1277 Bouncers in, training of ... 1287 Social responsibility division ... 487, 1286 Liquor sales to minors ... 1029, 1287 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Liquor sales 1798–99 Revenue from ... 1286–87 Disaster relief Liquor sales–Regulations Funding for ... 1798–99 Server intervention program ... 1287 Disaster relief fund (Proposed) Under-25 program ... 1287 Funding for ... 1799 Lottery Fund Earthquakes–Pakistan Capital grants to major fairs from ... 124, 534 Alberta disaster relief for 2005 quake ... 1798–99 Disaster relief funding ... 1799 Edmonton Northlands Funds allocation ... 1277, 1278, 1282 Funding for ... 1289, 1798–99 Race track gaming revenues to ... 770–71, 901, 976 Lottery funding for ... 124, 976, 1278, 1288 Revenue in ... 1279 Fairs Oral Question Period (2005) Capital grants to ... 124, 1278 Capital grants for major fairs ... 124 First Nations development fund Casino construction ... 1712–13 General remarks ... 1278, 1282 Gaming Research Institute ... 534 Revenue decrease ... 1799 Gaming technology ... 2052 Gambling Horse-racing industry ... 901, 976 General remarks ... 1286 Horse-racing renewal program ... 770–71 Gambling, Compulsive Problem gambling ... 487 Amount of ... 1281 Sale of liquor to minors ... 1029 General remarks ... 1286 Social assistance rates ... 855–56 Level of revenue from ... 487 Public assistance Research into ... 1278, 1281, 1286 Increase to ... 855–56 Gambling, Compulsive–Treatment Racing Appeal Tribunal General remarks ... 487 General remarks ... 1277 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Racing entertainment centres (Horse racetracks) General remarks ... 1282 General remarks ... 1283, 1288–89 Revenue from, distribution of ... 1278 Revenue from ... 855–56 Gambling–Moral/legal issues Racing entertainment centres (Horse racetracks)–Calgary General remarks ... 1286 General remarks ... 1283 Gaming and Liquor Act Referendum, Provincial General remarks ... 1277 Video gambling machines, removal of ... 1284 Gaming industry Slot machines Revenue from ... 1279, 1281 General remarks ... 1281 Revenue from, distribution of ... 1289 Number of ... 1284 Revenue from, impact of smoking restrictions on ... Slot machines in casinos 1279 Cashless technology for ... 2052 Gaming industry–Nova Scotia Number of ... 1286 General remarks ... 1280 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 265 Graydon, Hon. Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) Griffiths, Doug (PC, Battle River-Wainwright) (Continued) (Continued) Slot machines in racing entertainment centres Soils Revenue from, transferred to horse-racing industry ... Carbon absorption properties ... 1334–35 901, 976, 1278, 1288–89 Tourism–Rural Alberta Smoking in public places General remarks ... 48 Ban on: Impact on gaming revenue ... 1279 Wages–Public service employees Surplus, Budgetary Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Agricultural society funding ... 1799 (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1937 Tsunami–Thailand/Indian Ocean area Groeneveld, George (PC, Highwood) Alberta relief funds for ... 1284 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 University of Alberta (Bill 43) Lottery funding for ... 1289 Second reading ... 1867 University of Calgary Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Lottery funding for ... 1289 Ford (Movie) Video gambling machines General remarks ... 1968 Cap on number of ... 1280, 1281, 1286, 1713 Automobile licence plates General remarks ... 1281 Sale of, portion of to Wild Rose Ag. Producers ... 953 Referendum on removal of ... 1284 Backcountry safety Responsible gaming features ... 1280–81 General remarks ... 769 Video gambling machines–Nova Scotia Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government) Cap on number of ... 1280 Parity of Ontario and Alberta re ... 1503 Wild Rose Foundation Clean energy technology International disaster relief funding ... 1799 Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Griffiths, Doug (PC, Battle River-Wainwright) 504: Swann) ... 674–75 4-H Premier's award Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, Statement re ... 1204 Standing Policy Carbon dioxide sinks Eastern Slopes access issues, discussion of rural General remarks ... 1334–35 municipalities report on ... 1573 Climate change Cougars Kyoto protocol on: Carbon credit plan re ... 1334–35 Public awareness of ... 769 El Mais, Mohamed Relocation of ... 769 Recognition of ... 417 Daycare centres–Finance Hedley, Kristen National program for: Alberta participation ... 1503 Statement re ... 1204 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Library cards Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 887 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 189–90 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 935 Medical profession Economic development and the environment Recruitment of (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1365 General remarks ... 648 Medical profession–Rural areas Energy industry–Crown lands Recruitment for (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1365 Land management issues re ... 648 Members' Statements (2005) Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Kristen Hedley ... 1204 (Bill 205) Rural development ... 1126 Second reading ... 1750–52 A tribute to mothers ... 1340–41 Federal/provincial fiscal relations Mothers General remarks ... 1503 Statement re ... 1340–41 Film industry Oral Question Period (2005) Statement re ... 1968 Grade level achievement reporting ... 1445–46 Foothills Country Hospice Society Kyoto climate change agreement ... 1334–35 Statement re ... 2014–15 Tourism in rural Alberta ... 48 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Off-highway vehicle access to ... 1573 General remarks ... 417 Grizzly bear hunting Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) General remarks ... 935 Second reading ... 516–17 High River (Town) Rural economic development Statement re ... 1257 Government strategy re: Report (A Place to Grow) ... Highway 2–Aldersyde area 48 Interchange with highways 7 and 547 ... 575 Government strategy re: Statement re ... 1126 Integrated resource management (Public lands) School reports General remarks ... 648 Grade level achievement reports ... 1445–46 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Library cards Second reading ... 175–76 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Committee ... 498 (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 192–93 266 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Groeneveld, George (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) (Continued) Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) General remarks ... 96–97 Third reading ... 1609–10 Members' Statements (2005) Avian influenza Alberta film industry ... 1968 Industry protection measures re ... 1780 Foothills Country Hospice Society ... 2014–15 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Town of High River ... 1257 Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1 Net metering (Electricity) Beef–Export Motion 510: Marz ... 1765 BSE-free status to expedite ... 1599–1600 Off-highway vehicles Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Access to public lands ... 1573 Impact on cattle industry ... 417, 1599–1600 Oral Question Period (2005) Testing re, to expedite exports ... 1599–1600 Cougar management ... 769 Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Federal transfer payments ... 1503 Member for, elected as Deputy Chair of Committees, Highways 2, 7 and 547 interchange ... 575 on second ballot ... 4 Integrated land management ... 648 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Public land management ... 1573 Avian flu test results announcements ... 1780 Wild Rose Agricultural Producers ... 953 Cattle–Export–United States Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border (Bill 8) closed ... 417 First reading ... 92 Cattle–Import–United States Second reading ... 373, 375 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Committee ... 686, 688 closed, impact on ... 417 Third reading ... 1486–87 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) General remarks ... 58 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Centennial medallions Second reading ... 1357–58 Presentation to Airdrie-Chestermere constitutents ... Political bodies 1786 Exemption from privacy legislation (PIPA) (Bill 8) ... Century Farm & Ranch awards 373 Jones Hereford ranch, statement re ... 1786 Privacy, Right of Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Legislative amendments re (Bill 8) ... 92 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 Public lands Dept. of Children's Services Access to ... 648, 1573 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 Public lands–Eastern Slopes Dept. of Community Development Access issues re ... 1573 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Dept. of Environment Second reading ... 514–15 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Dept. of Health and Wellness Reduction incentives for clean energy technology Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 674–75 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Social housing Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 General remarks ... 887 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Speech from the Throne Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 Debate ... 96–97 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Tourism Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 General remarks ... 1968 Dept. of Solicitor General Wild Rose Agricultural Producers Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 Provincial funding for ... 953 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Wildlife management Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 1852 Human/wildlife interaction issue ... 769 Deputy Chair Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) Election of, on second ballot ... 4 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Airdrie celebrations: Statement re ... 1786 Alberta visit, May 2005 ... 1786 General remarks ... 1 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 tabled (SP696/05) Amendment A1 (SP716 & 767/05: Tabled) ... 2005 ... 1852 Amendment A2 (SP768/05: Tabled) ... 2005 Excellence in Teaching Awards Amendment A3 (SP769/05: Tabled) ... 2005 General remarks ... 1504–05 Amendment A4 (SP770/05: Tabled) ... 2005 Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) Amendment A5 (SP771/05: Tabled) ... 2005 Amendment (Minister of Justice) (SP235, 272, Alberta Film Commission Advisory Council 295/05: Tabled) ... 636 General remarks ... 322 Subamendment (SP294/05: Tabled) ... 636 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 267 Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Chestermere) (Continued) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Film development grant program (Continued) General remarks ... 322 Administrative Procedures Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act 23) General remarks ... 58 Third reading ... 942 Members' Statements (2005) Advancingfutures bursary program Centennial events in Airdrie ... 1786 General remarks ... 1883 Positive influence on teachers ... 1504–05 Alberta–Economic policy Mosquito control programs 20-year strategic plan ... 20, 48, 859, 868–69, 1571 General remarks ... 1120 Alberta Alliance Party Oral Question Period (2005) Member of, participation in Question Period ... 56, 57 Avian influenza ... 1780 Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Border closure to U.S. cattle ... 417 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP292/05: Tabled) ... 623 Film development program ... 322 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP733/05: Tabled) ... 1920 Tracking and tracing system for Alberta beef ... Ratio of journeymen to apprentices, review of ... 980 1599–1600 Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan West Nile virus ... 1120 Children born before 2005 exclusion from ... 47–48 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) General remarks ... 277, 278, 859 Government members' role in ... 57–58 Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Amendment Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... Act, 2005 (Bill 54) 57–58 First reading ... 1890 Poultry industry Second reading ... 1950, 1952 Protective measures re avian flu ... 1780 Third reading ... 2028 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Alberta Centennial Medal Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Second reading ... 332–33 58) Amendment (SP332/05: Tabled) ... 790 Second reading ... 1973 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Alberta Centennial Scholarship Program Second reading ... 174–75 Nation-wide program ... 1738 Speaker Alberta College of Art and Design Election of ... 1 Downtown campus site ... 796–97 Role of ... 1 Infrastructure needs ... 796 Speech from the Throne Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer Debate ... 61–62 General remarks ... 1796 Teachers Mount Royal College issue ... 864 Statement re ... 1504–05 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Wagner, Eva Funding for ... 868, 871, 1795 100th birthday gold medal ... 1786 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Wellness fund (Proposed) Engineering Research Motion 501: Blakeman ... 70 Funding for ... 868 West Nile virus Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Control methods for ... 1120 General remarks ... 871 Wild waterfowl Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Detection of avian flu in ... 1780 General remarks ... 860, 864, 868, 869–70, 871, 1738, Handling of, re avian flu risk ... 1780 1795 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Inclusion of nation-wide scholarship endowment 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations under ... 1738 Gifts to Canadians nation-wide (scholarships and Alberta Ingenuity Fund artwork) ... 1738 General remarks ... 868, 871, 1795 Aboriginal health careers bursary Alberta-North; Northern Alberta Post-Secondary General remarks ... 1883 Institution Society Access Growth Fund (Postsecondary education) General remarks ... 981 General remarks ... 277, 278, 859, 860, 862, 981 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) (No. 2) (Bill 40) Second reading ... 150–52, 222, 224, 391 Second reading ... 1244 Committee ... 728, 732–33, 1064, 1066–69 Third reading ... 1557 Third reading ... 1237, 1242 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Amendment A1 (SP271 & 313/05: Tabled) ... 868, (Bill 43) 870–71 Third reading ... 2019 Amendment A3 (SP344 & 367/05: Tabled) ... 1064 Alberta Securities Commission Cap on contributions to ... 870–71 Commissioners of, dismissal ... 1250 General remarks ... 864, 868, 871, 1079, 1738, 2014 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Access to the Future Fund General remarks ... 20, 859, 865, 867–68, 869, General's authority challenged re, emergency 870–71, 1078–79, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1795 debate re ... 1316–17 Role re centre for Chinese studies ... 946–47 268 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Securities Commission (Continued) Arts–Finance Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor General remarks ... 869 General's investigation of ... 1197, 1250–51, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada 1304–05 Degree-granting accreditation procedure ... 1791 Influencing regulatory activity case: Emergency Degree-granting accreditation procedure, debate under SO 30 re ... 1084 documentation re (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921–22 Influencing regulatory activity case: Report on ... Athabasca University 1305 General remarks ... 981, 1793, 1795 Interim chairman ... 1250, 1304 Mount Royal College transfer students ... 864 Alberta SuperNet Auditor General Distance education delivery via ... 1883 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Alberta Treasury Branch Financial investigation of ... 1197, 1250–51, 1304–05 Subsidiary companies' control processes, Auditor Securities Commission enforcement processes, General's recommendation re (Q36/05: Response investigation of, authority to challenged, tabled as SP648/05) ... 1788 emergency debate re ... 1316–17 Alberta's Commission on Learning Suggestive references to, in Legislative Assembly ... Postsecondary system independent review 984–85 recommendation ... 1254 Treasury Branches' control processes comments Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School (Q36/05: Response tabled as SP648/05) ... 1788 Achievement Banff Centre for Continuing Education General remarks ... 1738 Audited financial statements, 2003-04 (SP291/05: Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Tabled) ... 623 Public/private partnership funding model for Audited financial statements, 2004-05 (SP732/05: southeast portion of: Loan interest rate comparison Tabled) ... 1920 re (M32/05: Response tabled as SP511/05) ... Bills, Private members' public 1161–62 Passage of ... 56 Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary Budget Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Point of order re ... Process re ... 1621 1453 Bursaries Apprenticeship and Industry Training Amendment Act, Funding for ... 860, 864 2005 (Bill 57) Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) First reading ... 1890 (Bill 56) Second reading ... 1953 Third reading ... 2030 Committee ... 1980 Calgary Vietnamese Caodaist Cultural Society Third reading ... 2031 Wild Rose grants transferred to: Point of order re ... Apprenticeship training 1453 Aboriginal people ... 982, 1883 Campus Alberta Quality Council Automated registration system for ... 277, 861 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP701/05: Tabled) ... 1891 General remarks ... 201–02, 248, 859, 860, 1792, Degree program approval process ... 851, 1168, 1790, 1794, 1882–83 1791, 1796 Mobile/distance delivery of ... 861 Degree program approval process, documentation re Safety aspects ... 980 (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921–22 Apprenticeship training–Finance Minutes of meetings of (M38/05: Defeated) ... Equipment funding ... 277 1166–67 General remarks ... 860 Campus Calgary Apprenticeship training–Northern Alberta General remarks ... 864, 1791, 1793 General remarks ... 861, 981–82 Canada Health Act Provincial assistance re ... 1882–83 Discussions with federal officials re ... 1308 Apprenticeship training–Rural areas Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government) Provincial assistance re ... 1883 Impact of Alberta's health care restructuring on ... Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) 1308 Second reading ... 1554 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Third reading ... 1614 General remarks ... 796–97 Unanimous consent to introduce denied ... 1485 Centennial Capital Plan Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) General remarks ... 1795 First reading ... 295 Centre for Chinese studies (Proposed) Committee ... 402–03 General remarks ... 1079 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 27) Statement re ... 946–47 First reading ... 312–13 Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Special (Bill 51) Motion to appoint (Motion 25: Hancock/Zwozdesky) Third reading ... 2033, 2037, 2039 ... 1943 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 269 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Citizens' initiative referenda Dept. of Advanced Education (Continued) Legislation re ... 1251 Separation from Dept. of Learning, costs re ... 869 Columbia College Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Letters, memos re (M40/05: Defeated) ... 1167–68 276–78 Commission on advanced education (Proposed) Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Review of public postsecondary education system 1789–98 (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1549–51 Dept. of Education Committee of Supply Separation from Dept. of Learning, costs re ... 869 Motion to resolve into (Motion 5: Dept. of Energy McClellan/Hancock) ... 75 Communications contracts expenditures, 2003-04 Schedule of debate (SP315/05: Tabled) ... 746 (Q16/05: Defeated) ... 811–12 Committee of the Whole Assembly Dept. of Finance Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Hancock) ... 75 Minister of, comments re ... 420, 985 Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Dept. of Learning Standing Separation into depts. of Education and Advanced Members' list presented (SP2/05: Tabled) ... 11 Education, costs re ... 869 Motion to appoint ... 11 DeVry Institute of Technology Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Academic programs, approval of ... 1166, 1168 Members' list presented (SP2/05: Tabled) ... 11 Direct Energy Business Services Motion to appoint ... 11 Energy savings partnership with University of Referral of comments in Legislature re Auditor Calgary ... 696–97 General to ... 985 Distance education Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing General remarks ... 981 Coverage of Members of the Legislative Assembly Vocational courses ... 1883 from the Alberta Risk Management Fund review, eCampusAlberta (Distance education) referred to (Motion 10: Hancock/Stevens) ... 106 General remarks ... 981, 1795 Members' list presented (SP2/05: Tabled) ... 11 Education, Postsecondary Motion to appoint ... 11 Aboriginal students ... 1624 Committee on Private Bills, Standing Access to, affordability review to improve ... 20, 48, Members' list presented (SP2/05: Tabled) ... 11 320, 361, 483, 649, 697, 798, 860, 863, 865, Motion to appoint ... 11 981–82, 1123, 1202–03, 1571, 1574, 1624, Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders 1795–96, 1830 and Printing, Standing Access to, affordability review to improve: Members list presented (SP2/05: Tabled) ... 11 Conference on results of ... 1571 Motion to appoint ... 11 Access to, by low-income students ... 1830–31 Referral of comments in Legislature re Auditor Access to, new spaces to improve ... 48, 859, 863, General to ... 985 864, 870, 981, 1790, 1791, 1792–93, 1794 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Changes to operation of ... 1784 1549–51 Members list presented (SP2/05: Tabled) ... 11 General remarks ... 859 Motion to appoint ... 11 Independent review of ... 1202, 1254 Community learning centres Legislation re (Bill 9) ... 92 Funding for ... 981 Education, Postsecondary–Calgary Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Access to, new spaces to improve ... 1791–92, 1793 Special Education, Postsecondary–Finance Membership change for (Motion 24: Hancock) ... Capital spending ... 860, 863–64, 869 1638 Federal funding ... 1306–07 Construction trades Funding envelopes ... 864 Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring General remarks ... 859–61, 863–65, 867–72 ... 248 Review of ... 20, 320, 361, 1202–03, 1571 Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Surplus spending on ... 1621 Committee ... 1903–04 Education, Postsecondary–Rural areas Daycare centres–Campuses Funding ... 860 Waiting lists for ... 1831 Education–Finance Daycare centres–Finance User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q15/05: National program for: Alberta participation ... 1831 Defeated) ... 810 Dept. of Advanced Education Elections, Provincial Annual report, 2004-05 (SP563/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Fixed dates for ... 1251 Budget target ... 1621 Electoral reform Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 859–61, 863–65, General remarks ... 1251 867–71, 875 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Alberta visit, May 2005: Special Legislature sitting (SP429/05: Tabled) ... 1396 for (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 597 270 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... estimates, 2005-06 1397–98 Estimates debated ... 253–54 Long-term care funding (Not proceeded with) ... 1718 International education Securities Commission, loss of investor confidence in Provincial action plan re: Brochure (SP542/05) ... (not proceeded with) ... 1084 1674 Securities Commission challenge of Auditor Student brochure re (SP543/05) ... 1674 General's authority (not proceeded with) ... Jason Lang Scholarships 1316–17 General remarks ... 1738 Endowment funds, Public Justice of the Peace Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 48) General remarks ... 868, 871 Third reading ... 1899 Energy efficiency (Buildings) Korea War Veterans Day Direct Energy/U of C partnership re ... 696–97 Recognition of date of, July 27 (Motion 21: Hancock) English as a Second Language ... 1111–12 Funding ... 860 Lakeland College General remarks ... 859, 870, 871, 1833 Sherwood Park campus ... 1574 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Sherwood Park campus: Role in postsecondary General remarks ... 56 education system ... 1574 Schedule of debate (SP315/05: Tabled) ... 746 Surplus spending for programs at ... 1621 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 considered for Learning strategy three days (Schedule of debate) (SP541/05: Tabled) General remarks ... 1202 ... 1674 Legislative Assembly Chamber Extended care facilities–Finance VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Emergency debate on (Not proceeded with) ... 1718 floor of ... 1302 Extended care facilities–Standards VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... floor of (Motion 20: Hancock) ... 1110 1397–98 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Foreign workers, Temporary Special sitting of, for Royal visit (Motion 16: General remarks ... 248 Hancock) ... 597 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Legislative Assembly of Alberta–Adjournment General remarks ... 1167 Fall sittings (Motion 26: Hancock) ... 2057 Geiger, Alyse Spring recess (Motion 6: Hancock) ... 75 Recognition of ... 169 Summer recess (Motion 7: Hancock) ... 75 Government spending policy Lethbridge Community College General remarks ... 1621 Cousins building upgrading, funding for ... 1795 Grande Prairie Regional College Increased funding for ... 1123 Portable trailers, funding to replace ... 1791, 1794 Literacy Grant MacEwan Community College General remarks ... 859, 860 Capital expenditures ... 1571 Lois Hole digital library (Proposed) Degree-granting programs, funding for ... 1790, 1796 General remarks ... 797, 869, 1078–79 Degree-granting programs, transferability of ... 1791, Lois Hole humanities and social sciences scholarship 1796 (Proposed) Health care learning centre: Funding for ... 871 General remarks ... 860, 869 Great Kids of Alberta Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarships Awards: Recognition of ... 169 General remarks ... 1738 Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University Mactaggart Art Collection of Alberta) Statement re ... 946–47 General remarks ... 869 Magnetic resonance imaging clinics, Private Surplus spending on ... 1621 Relation to Canada Health Act ... 1308 High school education–Curricula Medical care Vocational/trades courses ... 1883 Restructuring (third way option) ... 1308 High school graduates Medical care, Private Numbers of ... 1797, 1798 General remarks ... 1308 Numbers of: Transition to postsecondary education ... Influence of health symposium on ... 1308 1797, 1798 Medical profession–Education Hospital beds–Calgary Accessibility of ... 1965 Shortages of ... 797 Medical profession–Rural areas Hospitals–Calgary Action plan re ... 1965 New south Calgary hospital ... 797 Medical research–Finance Immigration General remarks ... 868 General remarks ... 870 Medical residents Payback of student loans ... 1965 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 271 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Members' Statements Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Health care privatization ... 1308 Hancock/Stevens) ... 624 Lakeland College ... 1574 Members' withdrawal of remarks Mount Royal College ... 24, 483, 851 Regarding Minister of Finance ... 985 Police recruitment and training centre ... 1123 Microsoft Corporation Postsecondary education costs ... 361 School software licences purchase by provincial Postsecondary education federal funding ... 1306–07 government ... 286–87 Postsecondary education review ... 1202–03, 1254, Ministerial Statements (2005) 1571, 1624 Mactaggart Art Collection ... 946–47 Postsecondary opportunities for youth ... 1882–83 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Private postsecondary institutions ... 2014 (Bill 52) Private vocational schools ... 1602–03 Third reading ... 2027 Protection of children abusing drugs legislation ... 737 MLA Post-secondary Funding Review Committee Public Accounts committee ... 1784 (2000) Second-language instruction ... 1604 Report ... 278 Securities Commission ... 1197, 1250–51, 1304–05 Motions other than Government Motions Services for immigrants ... 1833 Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Software licences for schools ... 287 Hancock/Stevens) ... 624 Student finance system ... 697, 798 Mount Royal College Student loan program ... 1830 Capacity of ... 864 Student loans ... 320 Capital expenditures ... 1571 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Infrastructure needs ... 796 Alliance member's participation in ... 56, 57 Request for university status ... 24, 483, 851, 860, 864 Official opposition role in ... 56–57 University transfer programs ... 864 Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... Natural resources revenue 56–57 Use for budget purposes ... 868 Third opposition party's role in ... 56 New Democrat Opposition Time limit on questions and answers ... 56 Role in Question Period ... 56 Point of Order NorQuest College Allegations against a member ... 420, 985 English as a Second Language courses ... 871 Citing documents ... 1580 Northern Alberta Development Council False allegations ... 1411 Bursary programs ... 1883 Imputing motives ... 1035 Bursary programs: Northern student supplement ... Items previously decided ... 1292 1883 Question and comment period ... 141 Youth apprenticeship program ... 982, 1882 Reflections on a member ... 1455 Northern Lakes College Reflections on nonmembers ... 1453 Role in postsecondary education system ... 1574, Urgency of questions ... 700 1795 Police–Training Office of the Premier Centre of excellence re ... 1123 Premier's travel to Ottawa, Quebec, and Atlantic Portage College Canada, November 2005: Centennial gifts to Role in postsecondary education system ... 1574 Canadians announced during ... 1738 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Official Opposition First reading ... 92 Role in Question Period ... 56–57 Second reading ... 240–41, 379 Olds College Committee ... 1691–1700 Community learning campus, funding for ... 1790 Third reading ... 1806 Oral Question Period (2005) Amendment (SP597/05: Tabled) ... 1691 Access to postsecondary education ... 981–82, General remarks ... 2014 1830–31 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Access to the Future Fund ... 1078–79 (Bill 55) Accessibility of medical education ... 1965 First reading ... 1890 Advanced education tuition costs ... 20 Second reading ... 1952–53 Affordability of postsecondary education ... 649 Committee ... 1974–76 Apprenticeship training ... 201–202, 248, 980 Third reading ... 2029 Budget expenditures ... 796–97 Postsecondary educational institutions Budget surplus expenditures ... 1621 Accreditation of degree-granting institutions, Centennial Education Savings Plan ... 47–48 documentation re (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921–22 Centennial gifts to Canadians ... 1738 Upgrading of, funding for ... 1790, 1791, 1792, 1794 Electoral reform ... 1251 Postsecondary educational institutions, Private Energy efficiency at the University of Calgary ... Funding ... 2014 696–97 272 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Postsecondary educational institutions–Admissions Scholarships (enrollment) Funding for ... 860, 864, 869 Province-wide centralization of ... 864, 1792, 2014 Rural/northern students ... 1883 Postsecondary educational institutions–Calgary– U of C/Direct Energy scholarship ... 696–97 Maintenance and repair School councils General remarks ... 796–97 Fund-raising activities: Revenues from (Q15/05: Postsecondary educational institutions–Finance Defeated) ... 810 General remarks ... 859 Securities–Law and legislation Performance envelope funds ... 277, 278, 861 National harmonization of ... 1197 Private-sector funding ... 868 Securities Act Private Colleges Accreditation Board Amendment re Securities Commission enforcement Minutes of meetings of (M38/05: Defeated) ... process investigation ... 1250 1166–67 Securities regulator, National Private non-profit colleges General remarks ... 1197 Funding for ... 859 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Private vocational schools Second reading on same day as first reading, motion Provincial monitoring of ... 1166–68, 1602–03 for, denied ... 59 Students' complaints procedure re ... 1603 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Privilege Aerospace centre at Calgary airport ... 796 Auditor General's investigation of Securities Infrastructure needs ... 796 Commission enforcement processes, comments re Surplus spending on ... 1621 ... 984–85 Speaker Minister of Finance, comments re ... 420 Congratulations to ... 56 Professional qualifications, Foreign Speaker–Rulings and statements Assessment service for ... 870, 871, 1833 Referring to an officer of the Legislature ... 984–85 Projected Government Business (Parliamentary Speech from the Throne procedure) Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 15: For the week of March 14, 2005 (SP99/05: Tabled) ... Klein/Hancock) ... 436 128 Debate ... 157–58 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Standing Orders Expediting passage of ... 737 Amendments to, re Members' Statements and Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Recognitions (Motion 17: Hancock/Stevens) ... Third reading ... 1290 624–25 Recall of elected representatives Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Legislation re ... 1251 Committee ... 606–07 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Third reading ... 943 Hancock/Stevens) ... 624 Student financial aid Red Deer College Appeals of loan awards, 2000-04 (Q27/05: Response Trade centre, spending of provincial surplus on ... tabled as SP478/05) ... 1157–58, 1578 1621 Default rates, 1994-95 to 2003-04 (Q25/05: Response Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) tabled as SP476/05) ... 1155–56, 1578 General remarks ... 982 Default rates, 2000-2003 (Q1/05: Response tabled as Scholarships for ... 981 SP468/05) ... 653–54, 1578 Registered education savings plan (Federal) Default rates of private vocational school students ... Provincial contribution to ... 47–48 1602 Provincial contribution to: Legislation re (Bill 54) ... Defaults: Value of, 2000-2003 (Q2/05: Response 1890 tabled as SP469/05) ... 655–56, 1578 Research and development Dollar value, 2001-03 (Q4/05: Response tabled as Funding for ... 864, 868, 871 SP471/05) ... 657–58, 1578 General remarks ... 869 Dollar value for students attending private Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) institutions, 2000-04 (Q21/05: Response tabled as Second reading ... 380 SP475/05) ... 813, 1578 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Dollar value under student loan program, 2000-04 (Bill 44) (Q20/05: Response tabled as SP474/05) ... 813, Third reading ... 2021 1578 Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) Federal loan limit increase ... 320 General remarks ... 1795 Federal loans ... 361 Risk management fund General remarks ... 20, 48, 277–78, 649, 697, 860, Review, Coverage of Members of the Legislative 864–65, 1796, 1797, 1831, 1965 Assembly under: Referred to Members' Services Loan interest rates ... 1830 committee (Motion 10: Hancock/Stevens) ... 106 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 273 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Student financial aid (Continued) Tuition fees (Continued) Loan remission funding ... 277–78, 860, 864, Provincial assistance re, after 2005-06 rebate program 1795–96, 1797 ... 361, 865, 1202 Loan remission policy re ... 697, 798, 864, 1830 Reduction of ... 1795, 1798 Maximum allowable loans, number of (Q26/05: Review of ... 20, 48, 320, 361, 798 Response tabled as SP477/05) ... 1157, 1578 Universities and colleges Number of students receiving, 2000-2004 (Q3/05: Audited financial statements, 2003 and 2004 Response tabled as SP470) ... 656–57, 1578 (SP291/05: Tabled) ... 623 Provincial loan policy ... 320, 361, 1830 Audited financial statements, 2004 and 2005 Relief benefits/completion payments dollar value, (SP732/05: Tabled) ... 1920 2000-2004 (private vocational schools attendance) College degrees, transferability of ... 1790, 1791, (Q11/05: Response tabled as SP473/05) ... 662, 1794, 1796 1578 Governance structure, academic council model, Relief benefits/completion payments dollar value, legislation re (Bill 55) ... 1890 2000-2004 (public institutions attendance) (Q10/05: Private-sector driven instruction in ... 868 Response tabled as SP472/05) ... 661–62, 1578 Quality of instruction in ... 871–72 Repayment systems for, reports/studies (M31/05: Universities and colleges–Accreditation Response tabled as SP481/05) ... 1161, 1578 National standards for ... 1791 Supplemental assistance from students' unions ... 649, Universities and colleges–Maintenance and repair 697 Deficit in ... 1794, 1797 Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 University lecturers (Bill 14) General remarks ... 871–72 First reading ... 127 University of Alberta Second reading ... 427–28, 435 Bay building purchase, to accommodate learning Third reading ... 1581 transition facility ... 1790, 1794 Student unions Health research innovation centre at ... 869 Establishment of, in private vocational schools ... Mactaggart Art Collection ... 946–47 1602–03 University of Calgary Students Finance Board Digital library project ... 797, 1792 General remarks ... 649, 697, 862, 864 Energy savings partnership with Direct Energy ... Sun Microsystems Inc. 696–97 Ontario deal with, for school software licences ... 287 Health research innovation centre at ... 869 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Infrastructure needs ... 796–97 General remarks ... 1798 Mount Royal College transfer students ... 864 Surplus, Budgetary Schulich donation to Faculty of Engineering, General remarks ... 1621 matching provincial contribution re ... 1790, 1791, Postsecondary education funding with ... 859, 1792 867–68, 1621, 1790, 1795, 1798 University of Lethbridge Tar sands development Water and Environmental Science building, spending Employment opportunities in ... 201–02 of provincial surplus on ... 1621, 1790, 1794 Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re University of Phoenix (foreign workers) ... 248 Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Approval of Technical schools ... 1166–67 Audited financial statements, 2002-03 (SP291/05: Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Tabled) ... 623 Documentation re, including PCAB documents Audited financial statements, 2003-04 (SP732/05: (M30/05: Defeated) ... 1160–61 Tabled) ... 1920 Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Governance structure, academic council model, Documentation re (M3/05: Response tabled as legislation re (Bill 55) ... 1890 SP480/05) ... 663, 1578 Trades Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Letter of Designation of: Legislation re (Bill 57) ... 1890 approval re (M2/05: Response tabled as SP479/05) Tuition fees ... 663, 1578 Documentation re (M28/05: Defeated) ... 1160 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Federal funding to be used for ... 1306–07 (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) General remarks ... 1203, 1795, 1797, 1830 General remarks ... 797, 1308 Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council provincial government ... 20, 48, 320, 361, 860, Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer 865, 1202–03, 1307, 1795, 2014 Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity Increase in, for 2006-07 school year ... 1624 ("draft" report, Feb. 23,2005): Point of Order ... Increase in, over last few years ... 649, 697 1035 For medical students ... 1965 274 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Herard, Denis (PC, Calgary-Egmont) (Continued) (Continued) Traffic regulations Veterinary medical school (University of Calgary) Enforcement of ... 458 Curriculum development funding ... 277 Traffic safety Funding for ... 1790, 1794 McDermid report on ... 458 Victory in Europe Day Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Committee ... 1651–54, 1658–61 addressed the Assembly in the Chamber ... 1302 Third reading ... 1869–70 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) addressed the Assembly in the Chamber (Motion (Bill 50) 20: Hancock) ... 1110 Second reading ... 1813 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Committee ... 1894–97 Funding for ... 1621 Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Wild Rose Foundation 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Point of General remarks ... 1273 order re ... 1453 Aboriginal issues Herard, Denis (PC, Calgary-Egmont) General remarks ... 841–42 Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Children born before 2005 exclusion from ... 47–48 Second reading ... 227–228, 396–97 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Agriculture (Bill 43) Government assistance programs: Federal Second reading ... 1863 involvement ... 1851 Basketball championships Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Lord Beaverbrook Lords 4A high school champions Framework ... 325 General remarks ... 1218 Cancer–Research Alberta Aids to Daily Living Dr. Stuart Kauffman's research ... 1151 Staff assistance under ... 888 Dept. of Education Alberta Alliance Party Minister's visits to all school boards ... 165–66 Caucus research and secretarial funding request ... Education 262 Issues re ... 166 Member of, participation in Question Period ... 55–56 Extended care facilities–Standards Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1176–77 Committee ... 2001–05 High school credits Third reading ... 2026 Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Alberta Beef Producers 827–28, 834–35 Check-off fees ... 1218 Informatics Circle of Research Excellence Alberta Capital Finance Authority General remarks ... 1151 Loan interest rate ... 900 Members' Statements (2005) Alberta Centennial Medal Act (Bill 2) Alberta's research environment ... 1151 Third reading ... 439 Oral Question Period (2005) Alberta Centennial Scholarship Program Centennial Education Savings Plan ... 47–48 Nation-wide program ... 1805 Road safety ... 458 Alberta Government Offices School board consultations ... 165–166 Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border Point of Order closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 739 Relevance ... 237, 442, 443–44 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Personal health cards for, security aspects ... 970 Committee ... 788–89 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Elimination of ... 971 General remarks ... 325 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Research and development Use to reduce long-term mortgage interest rates ... Statement re ... 1151 971 Roads–Maintenance and repair Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Impact on traffic safety ... 458 Investigation of complaints re Bishop Henry's Scholarships remarks ... 572, 1153 General remarks ... 1151 Alberta Regulations School boards Review of ... 762 Education minister's visits to ... 165–66 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Speech from the Throne (Bill 43) Debate ... 101–02 Second reading ... 1818, 1859–60 Student financial aid Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 48 Booklet re, complexity of ... 888 Traffic accidents–Prevention General remarks ... 458 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 275 Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta SuperNet Cattle–Export–United States Municipal government offices' connection to ... Contingency plan (2004) re continued border closure 761–62 ... 1017 Rural homes access to ... 841 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Alberta Teachers' Association closed ... 17, 262, 739, 1217 Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... Promotion of ... 1017 1273 Cellular telephones in automobiles Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1005–06 Second reading ... 542 Centre for Chinese studies (Proposed) Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Statement re ... 947 Second reading ... 426–27 Chinook Regional Health Authority Apprenticeship training Specialized medical services in ... 1468, 1845 General remarks ... 1272 Chronic wasting disease–United States Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) General remarks ... 1217 Committee ... 405 Citizens' initiative referenda Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Legislation re ... 1251 (Bill 51) Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) Committee ... 1985–86, 2000 General remarks ... 245–46, 572 Third reading ... 2033, 2036, 2042 Clean energy technology Assessment Provincial tax incentives for research into ... 1911 Market value as basis for: Impact on seniors ... 888 Climate change Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Kyoto protocol on ... 1444, 1714 Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 888 Coal bed methane extraction Basketball championships Tax incentives for research into ... 1911 Cardston Lady Cougars 3A provincial champions ... Collective bargaining–Teachers 956–57 Province-wide bargaining ... 1273 Raymond Comets 4A provincial champions ... Committee of Supply 956–57 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to Beef–Export (Motion 22: McClellan) ... 1679–80 Diversification of markets for ... 1017, 1217 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Beef–Marketing Alberta Alliance member's request at ... 262 Farm gate sales ... 48 Constitution Act, 1982 Beef processing Alberta definition of marriage inclusion in ... 1738 General remarks ... 48 Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... 1738 Biomass as energy source Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Same-sex marriage General remarks ... 1426 issue ... 1153 Tax incentives re ... 1426, 1851–52 Opting out provisions (same-sex marriage issue) ... Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 245–46, 1714 Impact on cattle industry ... 48–49, 262, 1217 Property rights inclusion in ... 1738 Impact on slaughter plants regulations ... 762 Constitutional Referendum Act Testing re ... 1017, 1218 Property rights referendum during federal election ... U.S. cow infected ... 262, 1217 1738 British Columbia regulations Consumer protection General remarks ... 762 Re electricity/gas prices ... 1074, 1426 Budget debate General remarks ... 1425 Motion 19: McClellan ... 782–83 Corporations–Taxation Bullying–Prevention General remarks ... 412 General remarks ... 1272–73 Reduction in ... 970 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Crop insurance program General remarks ... 263, 1217, 1714, 1851 General remarks ... 1216 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Payouts to renters of land ... 1217 BSE tests approval ... 1218 Premiums for ... 1216 Canadian Wheat Board Snowed under crop coverage ... 1216 Market choice addition to ... 1217 Spring price endorsement option ... 1216 Value-added products removal from ... 1217 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Cancer–Treatment –Southern Alberta Dogs as sniffers re, in schools ... 1272 General remarks ... 1468 Daycare centres Capital projects, Municipal–Finance National plan principles re ... 1714 General remarks ... 900 Daycare centres–Finance Carbon dioxide projects National program for: Alberta participation ... 1444 Tax incentives for research into ... 1911 276 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Electric power–Supply Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 841–42 General remarks ... 1425–26, 1911 Funding details ... 841 Electric utilities–Regulations Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Deregulation ... 1425–26 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1216–19 Deregulation: Petition presented re ... 1970 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 262–63 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Alberta visit, May 2005: Special Legislature sitting 1851–52 for (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 597 Dept. of Economic Development Energy rebates Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1017 Funding for ... 1805 Dept. of Education Energy resources, Alternate Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1272–73 General remarks ... 1426 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 263 Research into: Tax incentives for ... 1426, 1911 Dept. of Finance Equalization payments Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 970–71 General remarks ... 971 Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans (Federal government) Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Bridges over waterways, construction approval Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to process ... 1804–05 Committee of Supply (Motion 22: McClellan) ... Dept. of Government Services 1679–80 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1425–26 Extended care facilities–Standards Dept. of Health and Wellness Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1177–78 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1468 Fair Trading Act Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... General remarks ... 1425 1844–45 Farm fuel–Taxation Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation General remarks ... 1218 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Farm input costs 1804–05 Tax portion impact on ... 1218 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Federal/provincial fiscal relations Elimination of ... 1599 General remarks ... 971, 1444 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 761–62 Federal/provincial relations Role of ... 970 General remarks ... 1444 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Statement re ... 1714 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 888 Feedlots Drug abuse resistance education program Tax incentives re ... 1852 General remarks ... 1272 Feedlots–Waste disposal Drugs, Prescription–Costs Biomass reactor for, tax incentives re ... 1851–52 General remarks ... 1844 Fertilizer–Taxation Drugs in schools Reduction of ... 1851 Use of dogs to detect ... 1272 Football championships Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Edmonton Eskimos Grey Cup contenders and 2005 Grey Cup victors: Statement re ... 1909 champions ... 1909 Education–Curricula–Rural areas Raymond Comets tier 1 provincial champions, Matrix for ... 1273 Statement re ... 2055 Education–Finance Foreclosure–Farms General remarks ... 1272 BSE related situations ... 49 Elections, Federal Francophone schools Referenda on property rights and Alberta definition of Provincial funding of ... 1805 marriage during ... 1714, 1738 Gas, Natural–Prices Elections, Provincial Impact on seniors ... 888 Fixed dates for ... 1251 Government departments Electoral reform Number of ... 761, 762 General remarks ... 1251 Restructuring of ... 1599 Electric power, Coal-produced Government efficiency Research into: Tax incentives for ... 1911 General remarks ... 761–62, 1599 Electric power–Export Gun control (Federal) General remarks ... 1425 Registry for ... 1444 Electric power–Prices Health facilities, Private Consumer protection re ... 1074, 1425–26 General remarks ... 1845 General remarks ... 1074, 1425, 1911 Heavy oil–Royalties Impact on seniors ... 888 General remarks ... 1017 Regulated option re ... 1074 Henry, Frederick B., Roman Catholic Bishop of Calgary Remarks about definition of marriage ... 572, 1153 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 277 Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) (Continued) (Continued) High school education–Curricula Medical profession Vocational/trades courses: Use of ticketed Recruitment of (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1367 journeymen in ... 1272 Medical profession–Rural areas Highway 2–Dunvegan bridge area General remarks ... 1468 Realignment of ... 1804–05 Recruitment for (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1367 Highway 501–Cardston east Members' apologies to the House Paving of ... 1804 General remarks ... 262 Hospitals–Emergency services Members of the Legislative Assembly General remarks ... 1845 Conduct in the Chamber ... 1272–73 Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 Members' Statements (2005) (Bill 21) Definition of marriage ... 1153 Third reading ... 399 Federal/provincial relations ... 1714 Income tax, Provincial Raymond Comets/Cardston Lady Cougars ... 956–57 Decrease in ... 264 Métis hunting/fishing rights Personal exemption level ... 412 Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 841–42 Provincial vs federal collection of ... 1444 Milk River (Town) Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Access to Alberta SuperNet ... 761–62 Six percent cut to ... 970 Loan rate from Capital Finance Authority ... 900 Insurance, Health (Private) Ministerial Statements (2005) Alberta plan for ... 1845 Border closure to Canadian beef ... 16 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Edmonton Eskimos ... 1909 estimates, 2005-06 Mactaggart Art Collection ... 947 Estimates debated ... 262–64 Yom ha-Shoah, Holocaust Memorial Day ... 1248 Irrigation Ministers (Provincial government) Upgrading of infrastructure re ... 1216 Number of ... 761, 762 Legislative Assembly Chamber Mortgages–Interest rates VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Reduction by Heritage Fund monies ... 971 floor of ... 1303 Municipal finance Legislative Assembly of Alberta General remarks ... 412 Special sitting of, for Royal visit (Motion 16: Net metering (Electricity) Hancock) ... 597 General remarks ... 1426 Lethbridge Regional Hospital North American free trade agreement General remarks ... 1845 Sale of electricity under ... 1425 Mactaggart Art Collection Sale of water under ... 1425 Statement re ... 947 Northern Alberta Development Council Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Bursary programs ... 841 General remarks ... 149 Youth apprenticeship program ... 1272 Marriage Oil recovery methods Definition of ... 245–46, 572 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Research into, tax Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 245–46 incentives re ... 1911 Definition of: Citizens' initiative legislation re ... 1251 Oral Question Period (2005) Definition of: Referendum on Alberta definition in Beef slaughter facilities ... 48–49 next federal election ... 1714, 1738 Border closure to Canadian cattle ... 739 Definition of: Referendum on Alberta definition in Clean energy incentives ... 1911 next federal election, response to question re Constitutional referendums ... 1738 (SP668/05: Tabled) ... 1738 Definition of marriage ... 245–46, 572 Definition of: Statement re ... 1153 Electoral reform ... 1251 Pro traditional marriage rally, Mill Woods ... 1153 Electricity marketing ... 1074 Marriage Amendment Act, 2000 (Alberta Bill 202, Federal/provincial relations ... 1444 2000) Government efficiency ... 1599 Renewal of ... 245–46 Infrastructure spending ... 900 Meat packing industry Taxation policy ... 412 Profit margins ... 1217 Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Provincial incentives to ... 971, 1017 Alliance member's participation in ... 55–56 Meat packing plants Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... BSE testing labs in ... 1218 55–56 Building of ... 1217–18 Passchendaele (Film) Building of: Provincial support for ... 48, 262–63, Provincial funding for ... 1805 1017 Petitions Medical care, Private Property rights inclusion in Canadian constitution ... General remarks ... 1844–45 1738 278 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Hinman, Paul (AAP, Cardston-Taber-Warner) (Continued) (Continued) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Re-regulation of electric utilities ... 1970 Committee ... 562 Point of Order Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Imputing motives ... 262–63 (Bill 14) Property rights Second reading ... 431 Inclusion in Canadian constitution, referendum re ... Supreme Court of Canada 1738 Definition of marriage decision ... 1153 Property tax–Education levy Surplus, Budgetary Reduction of ... 971 General remarks ... 264 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Taber Safe Haven (Women's shelter) Committee ... 789 Funding for ... 900 Public service–Alberta Tax incentives Decrease in ... 970 Agribusinesses ... 1851 Increase in, freeze on ... 1599 Alternate energy research ... 1426, 1911 Recall of elected representatives Clean energy research ... 1911 Legislation re ... 1251 Energy industry incentives ... 1017 Referendum, Federal Tax revenue, Provincial Definition of marriage ... 1714, 1738 General remarks ... 970–71 Property rights ... 1738 Taxation Regional health authorities General remarks ... 412 Medical specialists in smaller regions ... 1845 Reduction in ... 970–71 Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Teachers General remarks ... 1272 Rewards for excellence ... 1273 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Traffic Safety Act Second reading ... 468–69 Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1005–06 General remarks ... 1911 University of Alberta Road construction Mactaggart Art Collection ... 947 Contracting procedure re ... 1804 Utilities Consumer Advocate Secondary road program ... 1804 General remarks ... 1425 Road construction–Finance Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Public/private partnerships re ... 1804 Second reading ... 555–56 Trust fund for ... 1804 Victory in Europe Day Rural economic development 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Government strategy re ... 1017 addressed the Assembly in the Chamber ... 1303 Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation Wages–Public service employees General remarks ... 245–46 Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Schools–Closure–Rural areas (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1940–41 General remarks ... 263, 1273 Waiting lists (Medical care) Schools–Milk River General remarks ... 1845 Utilization formula's impact on ... 263 Warner hockey school for girls Schools–Utilization Infrastructure funding for ... 900, 1273, 1805 Change to formula for ... 263 Water–Export Community group use of, as part of formula re ... General remarks ... 1425 1272 Water storage Senior citizens General remarks ... 1216 Benefits vs. family assistance to ... 888 Wildlife damage Government programs ... 888 Provincial programs re ... 1216 Senior citizens–Housing Wind power Garden suites ... 888 General remarks ... 1426 Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation Tax incentives re ... 1426, 1852 Lethbridge base ... 1468 Women's shelters–Taber Small business Funding for ... 900 Regulations re, review of ... 762 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) (Bill 50) Second reading ... 185 Second reading ... 1815 Committee ... 507–08 Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) Speech from the Throne Statement re ... 1248 Debate ... 149 Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Albert) Second reading ... 523, 524 Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial) General remarks ... 488, 1222 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 279 Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert) (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Agricultural wastes Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Conversion to fuel source ... 1222 (Bill 51) Agriculture Second reading ... 1947 General remarks ... 1206–07 Auditor General Government assistance programs ... 119–20, 122, BSE compensation programs auditing ... 299 488, 1210, 1214, 1624–25 Australian Wheat Board Agriculture–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1221, 1222 General remarks ... 1222 Automobile licence plates Agriculture–Research Sale of, portion of to Wild Rose Ag. Producers ... 953 Funding ... 1207 Avian influenza General remarks ... 1389–90 Industry protection measures re ... 1780 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Beef–Export Advertising costs ... 1211 Age of animal verification system to expedite ... Annual report, 2003-04 (SP66/05: Tabled) ... 94 1220, 1600 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP587 & 664/05: Tabled) ... BSE-free status to expedite ... 296, 1599–1600 1675, 1789 Diversification of markets for ... 46, 298, 300, 1207, CAIS program ... 122, 298, 367, 488 1209, 1215–16, 1220 General remarks ... 1220, 1221 Beef–Marketing Role of ... 1210–11 Farm gate sales ... 48 Agriculture ministers' meeting Federal funding for ... 258, 296 (Federal/provincial/territorial), Alberta (July 2005) Market retention and development fund for ... 296, CAIS program discussions ... 1215 300 General remarks ... 119, 122 Provincial funding for ... 298, 1849 Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Beef–Prices Framework General remarks ... 1210, 1499 General remarks ... 1207 Minimum floor price ... 300–01 Agriculture service boards Beef processing Funding ... 1207 Concentration of, in few companies ... 1209–10 Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council General remarks ... 48, 296, 1211 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP665/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Provincial assistance re ... 1214 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Biodigesters Representation on Rural Development Strategy Task Conversion of agricultural wastes to fuel source ... Force ... 1221 1222 Alberta Beef Producers Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Check-off fees ... 1220 Compensation plans re ... 296, 1207, 1210, 1849 General remarks ... 290, 299, 300, 949, 1210, 1215, Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation 1498 of ... 299 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Compensation plans re: Federal funding for ... 258, Coal-bed methane well drilling requirements ... 1075 296, 1210 Alberta Government Offices Human/animal risk of ... 250, 288, 319 Ottawa office ... 1211 Impact on cattle industry ... 42–43, 46, 48–49, 119, Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border 289, 296, 298, 417, 1390, 1599–1600, 1607 closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 42–43, 291, 740, Impact on crop production ... 695 1211 Live testing for ... 300 Alberta Ingenuity Fund New assistance programs re (2005) ... 46, 258, 296 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 512–13 Research into ... 258, 1211 Alberta Opportunity Company Testing re ... 1207, 1220 General remarks ... 1210 Testing re, to expedite exports ... 296, 298–99, 300, Alberta Research Council Inc. 1216, 1599–1600 Level 3 lab for animal health, joint project re ... 1885 Testing standards re, harmonization with U.S. Manure utilzation system, joint project re ... 1389 standards ... 414, 417 Alberta veterinary surveillance network U.S. cow infected ... 1220 General remarks ... 1885 Calf set-aside program (Canada/Alberta) American Meat Institute (U.S.) Extension of ... 42, 46, 119–20, 301, 1207, 1208, General remarks ... 290, 1210, 1215 1498 Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) General remarks ... 301, 1220 Second reading ... 540–41, 543 Canada Beef Export Federation Committee ... 558–60 General remarks ... 1209 Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Second reading ... 425 Administration costs ... 1851 Antidumping laws (International trade) Changes to ... 1624–25, 1849 General remarks ... 293, 614 Claims under, impacts on ... 1207 280 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert) (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Chronic wasting disease (Continued) Elk and deer testing for ... 250 Equity loss advance component ... 298 Human/animal risk of ... 250, 288, 319 General remarks ... 49, 119–20, 122, 296, 297–98, Presence on game farms ... 456 367, 488, 695, 1211–12, 1219–20, 1850, 1851 Research into ... 1211 Overpayments ... 1850–51 Climate change Recalculation of reference margins, pilot project re ... Kyoto protocol on ... 1222 1624–25 Kyoto protocol on: Carbon credit plan re ... 1334–35 Canadian Beef Export Federation Coal bed methane extraction Legacy project ... 298, 1220 Impact of ... 1075, 1391 Canadian Cattle Identification Agency Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Age verification system for slaughter cattle ... 1600 Incidence of ... 250, 288 Canadian Cattlemen for Fair Trade Crop insurance program NAFTA challenge re U.S. border closure to Canadian Claims under, impacts on ... 1207 cattle ... 289, 290–91, 301 Deductible for ... 1214 Canadian Cattlemen's Association General remarks ... 1214, 1850 General remarks ... 290, 299, 949, 1210, 1215, 1220, Payouts to renters of land ... 1219 1498 Per-acre funding for payouts re ... 1214 Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre Premiums for ... 1219 National surveillance program for avian flu ... 1780 Production insurance coverage ... 1570 Canadian Food Inspection Agency Snowed under crop coverage ... 1219 Alberta level 3 lab approval ... 1885 Spring price endorsement option ... 695, 979, 1211, Avian flu test results announcements ... 1780 1214, 1219, 1570, 1624, 1850 BSE tests approval ... 414, 417, 1220 Deer Canadian Wheat Board Testing of, for chronic wasting disease ... 250 Market choice addition to ... 1221, 1222 Deer–Alberta/Saskatchewan border area Carbon dioxide sinks Culling of, due to CWD threat ... 250 General remarks ... 1334–35 Deer ranching Cargill, Incorporated Impact of chronic wasting disease on ... 456 Relation to Ranchers Own ... 1210 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Cattle Annual report, 2003-04 (SP40/05: Tabled) ... 93 Age verification system re ... 298–99, 1600, 1849 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP564/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Age verification system re: Press release re Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1206–12, 1214–16, (SP496/05: Tabled) ... 1607 1219–23 Cattle–Export–United States Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 258 Alternatives to ... 46 Rural offices closure ... 298 Contingency plan (2004) re continued border closure Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ...... 43, 46, 48, 119, 1390 296–301 Current assistance plans re border reopening ... 46 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border 1849–51 closed ... 42–43, 289, 290–91, 301, 417, 739–40, Dept. of Agriculture (United States) 1207, 1210, 1220, 1498, 1849 Position on Montana court injunction re border Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border closure to Canadian cattle ... 289, 290, 417, closed: Appeal of ... 949 739–40, 949 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Dept. of Health (Federal) closed: Appeal of, participation of federal PC party Draft report on CWD in wild game animals ... 456 in ... 949, 1215 Drought Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Compensation plans re ... 296, 301 closed: Appeal of, under NAFTA ... 289, 290–91, Electric utilities–Regulations 301 Deregulation ... 1222 Cattle–Import–United States Elk Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Testing of, for chronic wasting disease ... 250 closed, impact on ... 417 Elk antler velvet–Health aspects Cattle–Marketing General remarks ... 456 Diversification of markets for ... 46 Elk ranching Cattle–Prices Impact of chronic wasting disease on ... 456 General remarks ... 1499 Emission control credits Minimum floor price ... 42 Trading of ... 1222 Cattle carcass quality feedback program Energy resources, Alternate General remarks ... 1600 General remarks ... 1389 Cattle rustling–Prevention Environmental farm plans General remarks ... 1121–22 General remarks ... 1222 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 281 Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert) (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Family farm Johne's disease Preservation of ... 1214 Detection and control program for ... 1885 Farm fuel–Taxation Livestock brands–Inspection General remarks ... 1219 Role in cattle rustling prevention ... 1121–22 Farm Fuel Distribution Allowance Livestock Identification Services Ltd. General remarks ... 695, 1219 General remarks ... 1122 Farm Implement Board Manager's report and financial statements, 2004-05 Annual report, 2004 (SP293/05: Tabled) ... 623 (SP666/05: Tabled) ... 1789 Farm income Livestock industry, Intensive Impacts on ... 1207 Public education re ... 1222 Farm income disaster program (Alberta) Meat packing industry General remarks ... 296, 297 Profit margins ... 42, 1498 Farm Income Payment Program (Federal) Meat packing plants Alberta participation ... 488 BSE testing labs in ... 1220 Farm input costs Building of ... 43, 46, 1210–11, 1216, 1220 General remarks ... 695 Building of: Provincial support for ... 48 Farm manure–Recycling Methane from manure as fuel source Pilot project re ... 1389 General remarks ... 1222, 1389 Farm produce–Export Municipal governments Antidumping rules re ... 293, 614 Agriculture infrastructure, provincial assistance re ... Fed cattle set-aside program 1849 Extension of ... 119, 1498 National Cattlemen's Beef Association (U.S.) Feedlots–Waste disposal Discussions with, re opening border to live cattle ... Joint research project re ... 1389 43, 290, 949, 1210, 1215 Food industry and trade National Meat Association (U.S.) General remarks ... 1222 General remarks ... 290 Provincial support programs re ... 296, 298, 1214 Net income stabilization account (Farm income Research re ... 296 program) Food safety General remarks ... 297 Chronic wasting disease infected deer, served for Net metering (Electricity) human consumption, news article re (SP290/05: Motion 510: Marz ... 1767 Tabled) ... 623 North American free trade agreement Chronic wasting disease threat to ... 250, 288 Border closure to cattle challenge under ... 289, General remarks ... 48, 1222 290–91, 301 Foreclosure–Farms Oral Question Period (2005) BSE related situations ... 49 Agricultural assistance ... 122, 488, 979, 1624–25 Game farming Agricultural income stabilization program ... 119–20, Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 250, 288, 456 367 Federal/provincial compensation to ... 258 Agricultural research initiatives ... 1389–90 Public inquiry re ... 319 Animal health suveillance ... 1885 Grain–Prices Avian influenza ... 1780 Provincial assistance program re ... 488, 1624–25 Beef marketing ... 1498–99 Provincial assistance re ... 1222 Beef recovery strategy ... 46 Grazing lands, Public Beef slaughter facilities ... 48–49 Revenue from oil and gas leases on ... 1449 Border closure to Canadian cattle ... 42–43, 290–91, Highland Feeders Limited 739–40, 949 Joint manure utilization system project ... 1222, 1389 Border closure to U.S. cattle ... 417 Hogs–Export–United States BSE testing ... 414 Antidumping duties on ... 293, 614 Capital health outpatient residence ... 1960 Horse racing Cattle rustling ... 1121–22 Lottery funding for ... 954 Coal-bed methane ... 1075 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Crop insurance ... 1570 estimates, 2005-06 Crop production insurance changes ... 695 Estimates debated ... 258 Diversified livestock industry ... 456 International trade–United States Environmental protection ... 1391 Irritants re ... 289, 293 Game farming ... 250, 288, 319 International Trade Commission (U.S.) Government efficiency ... 954 Pork/hog import duties investigation ... 293, 614 Kyoto climate change agreement ... 1334–35 Irrigation Leaseholders on agricultural public land ... 1449 Upgrading of infrastructure re ... 1219 Live hog exports ... 614 Irrigation–Finance North American trade ... 289 General remarks ... 1207 Pork exports ... 293 282 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Horner, Hon. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert) (Continued) Albert) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Wild Rose Agricultural Producers Tracking and tracing system for Alberta beef ... Provincial funding for ... 953 1599–1600 Wild waterfowl Wild Rose Agricultural Producers ... 953 Detection of avian flu in ... 1780 Peace Country Tender Beef Co-op Ltd. Wildlife damage General remarks ... 1216, 1221 Provincial programs re ... 296, 301, 1214, 1850 Point of Order World Organisation for Animal Health Imputing motives ... 262–63 BSE testing standards ... 414 Pork–Export–United States Zoonosis–Research Antidumping duties on ... 293 General remarks ... 300 Poultry industry Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Protective measures re avian flu ... 1780 Aboriginal economic development Prion research (BSE control) Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Funding for ... 250, 300, 1211 funding for ... 1912 General remarks ... 1207 Aboriginal issues Rancher's Beef First ministers' meeting re, Kelowna, November 2005 Provincial assistance to ... 1210 ... 1829, 1912 Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) General remarks ... 1829 Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision Aboriginal peoples–Education re ... 290, 301, 949, 1207, 1210 Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Rural Development Strategy Task Force funding for ... 1912 General remarks ... 1222 Aboriginal peoples–Health care Report ... 1221 Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Rural economic development funding for ... 1912 Government strategy re ... 300, 1207, 1221, 1960 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Senate (United States) Kelowna first ministers' meeting consideration of Position on Montana court injunction re border funding for ... 1912 closure to Canadian cattle ... 42–43 Alberta Conservation Association Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Funding for, from fishing licences ... 855 Committee ... 505 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Soils (Bill 43) Carbon absorption properties ... 1334–35 Second reading ... 1821, 1860 Specified risk material (Cattle parts) Ambulance service–Finance Handling of ... 1390 Petition tabled re (SP430/05) ... 1396 Research into ... 258, 298, 300 Apprenticeship training Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) General remarks ... 86 First reading ... 370 Armenian genocide Second reading ... 543, 546 Statement re ... 1031–32 Committee ... 560–62 Automobile drivers' licences Third reading ... 943 Graduated licences, monitoring of ... 1307–08 Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Bills, Private members' public (Bill 14) Unanimous consent given for Bill 202 to proceed to Second reading ... 433 Committee and Third readings (SO 8(3) waived) ... Sunterra Quality Food Markets Inc. 784, 790 Packing plant, provincial assistance to ... 1210 Canadian Natural Resources Limited University of Alberta Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... 121 Level 3 lab for animal health, joint project re ... 1885 Cellular telephones in automobiles Urban growth Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1003–04 General remarks ... 1222 Check Stop program Urban/rural relations Use for graduated drivers' licence checks ... 1307 Public education re ... 1222–23 Child abuse–Prevention Veterinary laboratories Provincial initiatives re ... 206 Level 3 lab ... 1885 Construction trades Veterinary medical school (University of Calgary) Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring General remarks ... 298, 1885 ... 85–86, 121 Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Outpatient residence, replacement with private run First reading ... 1631 hotel facility ... 1960 Second reading ... 1686–87 Water conservation Third reading ... 2024–25 General remarks ... 1222 Criminals, Violent Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Prevention of profiting from their stories: Legislation General remarks ... 1219, 1222 re (Bill 46) ... 1631 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 283 Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) (Continued) (Continued) Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Integrated child exploitation teams Manufacturing of (illegal meth labs) ... 25 General remarks ... 206 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Prevention Labour Relations Code General remarks ... 1669–70 Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Treatment projects) ... 121 Treatment centres for ... 1670 Labour supply Cunningham, Dr. John Robert Shortages of skilled workers ... 85–86 Investiture into Order of Canada ... 1743 Labour unions Dept. of Children's Services Impact on, of division 8 designation re foreign Youth substance abuse treatment programs funding ... workers ... 121 23 Le May Doan, Ms Catriona Domestic violence Investiture into Order of Canada ... 1743 Murder/suicide case, Red Deer 2003 ... 1575, 1918 Mannix, Mr. Ronald Neil Statement re ... 1629–30, 2053–54 Investiture into Order of Canada ... 1743 Domestic Violence Handbook for Police and Crown Marijuana growing operations Prosecutors General remarks ... 25 Statement re ... 1918 Members' Statements (2005) Drug abuse Armenian genocide ... 1031–32 Statement re ... 25, 621 Domestic violence handbook ... 1918 Drug abuse–Testing National Day of Remembrance and Action on General remarks ... 2048 Violence against Women ... 2053–54 Home testing kits, accuracy of ... 2048 Order of Canada awards ... 1743 Drug abuse resistance education program Prevention of family violence ... 1629–30 General remarks ... 1201 Proliferation of drug abuse ... 25 Employment training programs Protection of Children Abusing Drugs legislation ... Eligibility of young adults for ... 363 697–98, 956 General remarks ... 86 Teen drug addiction ... 621 Extended care facilities–Staffing Métis issues Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 1124 General remarks ... 1829 Extended care facilities–Standards National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence General remarks ... 1124 against Women Family Violence Prevention Month Statement re ... 2053–54 General remarks ... 1630, 2053 North Red Deer Regional Water Users Group Fatality inquiries Regional water initiative ... 576 Fekete family murder/suicide case ... 1575 Oral Question Period (2005) Fines (Traffic violations) Aboriginal issues ... 1829, 1912 Graduated licence conditions violation ... 1308 Community policing ... 1201 Fish populations–Alberta Crystal methamphetamine ... 1669–70 General remarks ... 854–55 Domestic violence ... 1575–76 Fish stocking Drug abuse by children ... 2048 General remarks ... 855 Exploitation of children ... 206 Fishing, Sport Finanical assistance for youths ... 363 General remarks ... 854–55 Foreign and non-union workers ... 121 Foreign workers, Temporary Foreign workers ... 85–86 General remarks ... 85–86, 121 Graduated drivers' licences ... 1307–08 Government attorneys Hantavirus ... 1522 Training in domestic violence case handling: Highway 2A ... 1962–63 Handbook for ... 1918 Long-term care standards ... 1124 Hantavirus Recreational sport fishing ... 854–55 Precautions re ... 1522 Red Deer River water transfer ... 1785 High school credits Regional water and sewer systems ... 576 Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Youth residential drug treatment ... 23 832–33 Order of Canada High school students Albertans invested into, statement re ... 1743 Financial assistance to, when living independently ... Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) 363 Mandatory drug treatment programs (Bill 202) ... 210, Highway 2A–Red Deer/Blackfalds area 653, 745, 1342, 1528 Intersection at Blindman industrial park ... 1962–63 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) Immigration Ambulance service funding (SP430/05: Tabled) ... Provincial nominee program ... 86 1396 Innisfail Meats Ltd. Recognition of Mad Butcher brand name ... 489–90 284 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Jablonski, Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) (Continued) (Continued) Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth (Continued) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Mandatory programs for: Petitions presented re ... Second reading ... 1355–57 210, 653, 745, 1342, 1528 Committee ... 1925 Mandatory programs for: Statement re ... 697–98 Police Tar sands development Domestic violence case handling training ... 1575 Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re Domestic violence case handling training: Handbook (foreign workers) ... 121 for ... 1918 Traffic Safety Act Increase in numbers of ... 1201 Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while Police–Finance driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1003–04 Increase to ... 1201 Victims of crime Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Federal/provincial/territorial principles re: Legislation First reading ... 52 re (Bill12) ... 93 Second reading ... 328–29, 342 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Committee ... 784–85 First reading ... 93 Third reading ... 790–91, 793 Second reading ... 525, 553, 601–02 Amendment (SP332/05: Tabled) ... 784 Third reading ... 1290 Document re (SP162/05: Tabled) ... 295 Volleyball championships Expediting passage of ... 956 Red Deer College Kings national champions ... 251 Implementation of ... 1670 Wages–Public service employees Letter re (SP147/05: Tabled) ... 252 Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Petition presented re ... 210, 653, 745 (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1939–40 Statement re ... 697 Walleye fishing Unanimous consent to proceed to Committee and General remarks ... 855 Third readings (SO 8(3) waived) ... 784, 790 Water diversion–Red Deer River basin/Special Areas Quilting in Learning and Tribute project General remarks ... 1785 General remarks ... 1630 Water pipelines–Red Deer area Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) General remarks ... 576 General remarks ... 50, 251, 489–90 Water treatment plants, Regional Royal Canadian Mounted Police General remarks ... 576 Domestic violence handling training ... 1575 World Conference on Prevention of Family Violence, Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area ... 25 Banff (October 2005) Sewage disposal plants, Regional General remarks ... 1629 General remarks ... 576 Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) Smith, Dr. Eldon Raymond Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Investiture into Order of Canada ... 1743 Second reading ... 223 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Committee ... 497 Canada Third reading ... 996 High school CPR program, Statement re ... 535 Speech from the Throne Agriculture–Research Debate ... 37–38, 114 General remarks ... 1389–90 Speed skating Alberta–Economic policy Sylvan Lake Ice Marathon ... 50 20-year strategic plan ... 1673 Spitz Sylvan Lake Ice Marathon Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Recognition of ... 50 First reading ... 1631 Spousal abusers Second reading ... 1639–40 Treatment of, required ... 1576 Committee ... 1905, 2001–05 Standing Orders Third reading ... 2025–26 SO 8(3) waived to allow consideration of Bill 202, Alberta Association of Former M.L.A.s Act (Bill 207) Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act ... 784, First reading ... 984 790 Alberta Ingenuity Fund Stanford, Mr. James M. Funding for prion research ... 1885 Investiture into Order of Canada ... 1743 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 345–46 Stanley-Venne, Ms Muriel Alberta Order of Excellence Investiture into Order of Canada ... 1743 General remarks ... 1107 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Alberta Order of Excellence Council Detox/residential services re ... 23, 2048 General remarks ... 1107 Mandatory programs for ... 621, 2048 Alberta Research Council Inc. Mandatory programs for: Legislation re (Bill 202) ... 52, 956 Annual report, 2005 (SP778/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Mandatory programs for: Legislation re (Bill 202) - Manure utilzation system, joint project re ... 1389 unanimous consent to proceed to Committee and Alberta Water Council Third readings of ... 784, 790, 956 Water conservation planning ... 1046 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 285 Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose)(Continued) Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose)(Continued) Augustana University College Highland Feeders Limited Merger with University of Alberta: Legislation re Joint manure utilization system project ... 1389 (Bill Pr. 2) ... 622 Highway 13–Camrose area Battle River Community Foundation Upgrading of ... 1448 Endowment funds, Statement re ... 1340 Historic sites–Wetaskiwin Battle River watershed Statement re ... 1836 Planning re ... 1046–47 Hockey championships Bethany Long Term Care Centre, Camrose Camrose Kodiacs Canadian junior A hockey silver Resident of, hunger strike re conditions in ... 1074 medal winners ... 1577 British Commonwealth air crew memorial, Calgary Camrose Kodiacs Junior Hockey League champions Recognition of ... 126 ... 857 Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil U of A Golden Bears 2005 University Cup winners ... Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) 490 Amendment (SP742/05: Tabled) ... 1958 International delegations Calgary-McCall (Constituency) General remarks ... 773 Member for, elected as Deputy Chair of Committees, Shandong delegation's visit to Alberta ... 773 on second ballot ... 4 International education Camrose Lutheran College Corporation Act (Bill Pr. 2) Provincial action plan re: Brochure (SP542/05) ... First reading ... 622 1674 Second reading ... 1508 Student brochure re (SP543/05) ... 1674 Committee ... 1509 International Education Week (November 2005) Third reading ... 1556 Statement re ... 1673 Amendment (SP457/05: Tabled) ... 1509 Johne's disease Camrose regional sport development centre Detection and control program for ... 1885 General remarks ... 1917–18 Leaders of Tomorrow program Cardiopulmonary resuscitation–Training Wetaskiwin and Camrose winners: Statement re ... Statement re ... 535 1152 Climate change Lottery Fund Technological developments re ... 21 Capital grants to major fairs from ... 124 Dept. of Environment Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1046–47 General remarks ... 142–43 Deputy Chair Members of the Legislative Assembly Election of, on second ballot ... 4 Former members, association of: Legislation re (Bill East Central Health 47) ... 1631 Health education courses at Augustana campus, Former members, association of: Legislation re (Bill project re ... 1917 207) ... 984 Education, Postsecondary Members' Statements (2005) International learning component ... 1673 Battle River Community Foundation ... 1340 Energy resources, Alternate Camrose Kodiacs hockey team ... 857, 1577 General remarks ... 1389 Family Doctor Week ... 1969 Executive Council High school CPR program ... 535 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1107 Historical preservation in Wetaskiwin ... 1836 Extended care facilities–Finance International Education Week ... 1673 General remarks ... 1074 Motorcycle exhibition at Reynolds-Alberta Museum Extended care facilities–Staffing ... 1450 Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 1074 Registered apprenticeship program ... 983 Extended care facilities–Standards Rural tourism conference ... 368 General remarks ... 1074 University of Alberta Augustana campus ... 1917–18 Fairs Wetaskiwin and Camrose Leaders of Tomorrow Capital grants to ... 124 awards ... 1152 Family Doctor Week Methane from manure as fuel source Statement re ... 1969 General remarks ... 1389 Farm manure–Recycling Municipal bylaws Pilot project re ... 1389 Pawnshop provision of client information to police, Feedlots–Waste disposal requirement for ... 416 Joint research project re ... 1389 Nurses–Education Great Kids of Alberta East Central Health and Augustana campus project re Awards: Recognition of ... 251 ... 1917 Greenhouse gas emissions Oral Question Period (2005) Reduction of ... 21 Agricultural research initiatives ... 1389–90 Griffith Scott middle school, Millet Animal health suveillance ... 1885 Replacement/renovation of ... 1025–26 Battle River water strategy ... 618 Capital grants for major fairs ... 124 286 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose)(Continued) Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose)(Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Volleyball championships Climate change technology ... 21 U of A Golden Bears national men's title winners ... Griffith Scott middle school ... 1025–26 50 Highway 13 ... 1448 Voytechek, Joe, and family International delegations ... 773 Endowment in honour of ... 1340 Long-term care standards ... 1074 Water diversion–North Saskatchewan/Battle River Pheasant hunting ... 162–163 basins Protection of personal information ... 416 General remarks ... 618 Pawnshops Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Provision of client information to police ... 416 General remarks ... 1047 Personal Information Protection Act Water resources development–Battle River Application to pawnshops ... 416 General remarks ... 618 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Watershed planning and advisory councils Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) General remarks ... 1046 Second reading ... 1532–33 Wetaskiwin water tower Committee ... 1930–31 Statement re ... 1836 Pheasant hunting Youth Science Month General remarks ... 162–63 Recognition of ... 126 Police Johnston, Art (PC, Calgary-Hays) Pawnshop provision of client information to ... 416 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Potts, Jared Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 890 Recognition of ... 251 Courts–Security aspects Prion research (BSE control) General remarks ... 902 Funding for ... 1885 Dept. of Children's Services Privacy, Right of Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1053 General remarks ... 416 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 890 Second reading ... 336–37 Fax machines, Digital Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Security concerns ... 413 General remarks ... 50, 126, 251, 490 Fort MacKay First Nation Regional health authorities Passing of Chief Dorothy McDonald ... 1628 Long-term care facilities' programs ... 1074 Fox, Terry Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) Statement re ... 698–99 Scholarships for: Statement re ... 983 Frankenstein (Film) Reynolds-Alberta Museum Statement re ... 1126–27 General remarks ... 1836 Glendale elementary school Motorcycle exhibition: Statement re ... 1450 Film created by students at: Statement re ... 1126–27 Ross, Jennifer Government information systems Recognition of ... 251 Security aspects ... 413 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Pawnshop provision of client information to, bylaw re Digital photocopiers/fax machines security concerns, ... 416 news release re ... 413 Rural economic development Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Government strategy re ... 1917 General remarks ... 110 Schools–Maintenance and repair McDonald, Chief Dorothy Renovation or replacement criteria ... 1026 Statement re ... 1628 Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service Foundation Members' Statements (2005) High school CPR program, Statement re ... 535 Dorothy McDonald ... 1628 Smith, Mr. Arthur Glendale elementary school ... 1126–27 Recognition of ... 126 Private Braun Scott Woodfield ... 1917 Speaker Terry Fox ... 698–99 Congratulations to ... 4 New York International Independent Film and Video Speech from the Throne Festival Debate ... 142–43 Showing of Alberta school produced film ... 1126–27 Tourism–Rural Alberta Oral Question Period (2005) 2005 conference on: Statement re ... 368 Courthouse security ... 902 University of Alberta Private security legislation review ... 1311 Merger of Augustana University College with: Project Kare ... 1523 Legislation re (Bill Pr. 2) ... 622 Protection of personal information ... 413 University of Alberta. Augustana campus Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Statement re ... 1917–18 Public school for McKenzie Towne district, Calgary Veterinary laboratories (Not in order to be presented) ... 1342 Level 3 lab ... 1885 School construction in Calgary ... 1507 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 287 Johnston, Art (PC, Calgary-Hays) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Photocopiers, Digital Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Security concerns ... 413 Elimination of ... 766, 768 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) (Bill 49) General remarks ... 766 Committee ... 1899–1900 Seniors' premiums: Elimination of ... 766, 768 Privacy, Right of Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee General remarks ... 413 Long-term care facilities inspection ... 1334, Private investigators–Law and legislation 1386–87, 1443 Review of ... 1311 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Private investigators–Licensing Ethical investments by ... 82 Review of ... 1311 Investment in tobacco companies ... 82–83 Private investigators–Training Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Review of ... 1311 Investigation of complaints re Bishop Henry's Private Investigators and Security Guards Act remarks ... 572 Review of ... 1311 Alberta Ingenuity Fund Project Kare (Missing women investigation team) Funding for clean energy research projects ... 1911 Funding for ... 1523 Alberta Order of Excellence General remarks ... 1523 Display of members of, in Jubilee Auditoria ... 1108 Public records–Confidentiality General remarks ... 1107–08 General remarks ... 413 Alberta Order of Excellence Council Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Budget for ... 1099 General remarks ... 126 Web site for children ... 1108 Schools–Construction–Calgary Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation McKenzie Towne area school ... 1342 Microfiche copies of pension cheques, loss of ... 1026 McKenzie Towne area school: Petition presented re ... Alberta Securities Commission 1507 Director of enforcement's breach of code of Security guards–Law and legislation ethics/conflict of interest/insider trading: Action Review of ... 1311 taken re ... 2047 Security guards–Licensing Influencing regulatory activity case ... 612 Review of ... 1311 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Security guards–Training General's investigation of ... 1333 Review of ... 1311 Influencing regulatory activity case: Former Social Care Facilities Review Committee Treasurer's (Jim Dinning) involvement ... 2046 General remarks ... 1053 Influencing regulatory activity case: Ministerial Speech from the Throne involvement ... 1961 Debate ... 110 Interim chairman ... 1333 Wellness fund (Proposed) Walton International land sales without filing a Motion 501: Blakeman ... 71–72 prospectus ... 2008 Woodfield, Private Braun Scott Alberta Social Housing Corporation Death of: Statement re ... 1917 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray ... 201, 485, 528 Year of the Veteran, 2005 Alberta SuperNet General remarks ... 1917 Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) Efficiency ... 1109 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Alberta's Promise Centennial hockey game, Lloydminster, April 14, Partners' report, 2004 (SP590/05: Tabled) ... 1675 2005: Premiers' wager re (SP331/05: Tabled) ... Ambulance service 784 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Communications re ... 1100 Cancellation of ... 17–18, 19, 83–84, 202 General remarks ... 3, 11, 1099, 1617 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Cancellation of, provincial assistance re ... 17, 83, First reading ... 11 202, 245 Access to the Future Fund Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Costs Establishment of ... 11 ... 17–18, 19, 83–84, 202, 245 General remarks ... 767 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Alberta–Economic policy Discovery projects re ... 83, 202 20-year strategic plan ... 1099 Ambulance service–Red Deer Alberta Connects (Government information initiative) General remarks ... 202, 245 General remarks ... 1101 Andy Russell I'tai Sah Kòp wild-land park Alberta family employment tax credit Redesignation of Castle wilderness as ... 2012 Improvement of ... 768 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Alberta Government Offices Public/private partnership funding model for Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border southeast portion of: Costs ... 287 closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 739 Aon Consulting Inc. Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 1666 288 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Audit Committee Cattle–Export–United States (Continued) Public members on ... 1102, 1106 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Auditor General closed ... 14–15, 290, 739 Government agencies, boards, and commissions, Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border political appointments to, recommendations re ... closed: Appeal of, under NAFTA ... 290 2047–48 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Government aircraft usage, Review of ... 82 General remarks ... 737–38 Internal audit function centralization, comments re ... Centennial hockey game, Lloydminster (April 14, 2005) 1100, 1102, 1106 Premiers' wager re (SP331/05: Tabled) ... 784 Internal auditor, liason with ... 1103, 1106 Centennial medallions Long-term care facility management investigation Presentation to Members of the Legislative Assembly (Seniors care programs) ... 1334 ... 3 Long-term care facility management investigation Chair (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1386–87, 1388, Election of ... 3 1392, 1443–44 Chief Internal Auditor's office Official Opposition press release re ... 1333 Budget ... 1099, 1103 Official Opposition press release re (SP414/05: Liason with Auditor General ... 1103, 1106 Tabled) ... 1342 Performance measures ... 1100 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Public members in, PC party membership ... 1024, investigation of ... 1333 1102 Bank of Montreal Role of ... 1100, 1102, 1106 Executive Council account ... 1107 Chronic wasting disease Beef processing Human/animal risk of ... 288 General remarks ... 14–15 Presence on game farms ... 288 Bingo halls Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) Amendment to retain smoking in ... 119 (Proposed) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy General remarks ... 691 General remarks ... 1444 Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) Human/animal risk of ... 288 General remarks ... 245–46, 484, 572 Impact on cattle industry ... 14–15 Civil service pension cheques British Columbia Power Exchange Corp. Loss of microfiche copies of, privacy concerns re ... Involvement in Enron electicity price manipulation ... 1026 83 Clean energy technology Budget Provincial tax incentives for research into ... 1911–12 2002-03 budget, advertising campaign re ... 1105 Climate change Process re ... 160, 1621 Kyoto protocol on ... 201, 1444 Calgary Health Region Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to, publicity Cataract surgery/ophthalmology services ... 1966, campaign re ... 1105 2051 Coal bed methane extraction Hip/knee surgery contract with Health Resource Tax incentives for research into ... 1911 Centre ... 644, 1145 Collective bargaining Canadian Cattlemen for Fair Trade First-contract certification legislation ... 1625 NAFTA challenge re U.S. border closure to Canadian Impact of use of foreign labour on ... 647 cattle ... 290 Collective bargaining–Health authorities Canadian Natural Resources Limited Labour Relations Board involvement in ... 2008, 2009 Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... 647 Labour Relations Board involvement in: Public Capital Health inquiry into ... 2008, 2009 Cataract surgery/ophthalmology services ... 1966, Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, 2051 Standing Policy Electric power bills to, overcharging re ... 161 Municipal infrastructure funding discussion ... 612 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Commonwealth of Nations Fort McMurray projects ... 484–85, 527–28 General remarks ... 1617 Carbon dioxide projects Competition Bureau (Federal) Tax incentives for research into ... 1911–12 Enron electricity price manipulation scheme Casinos investigation ... 18, 83, 247, 286 Amendment to retain smoking in ... 119 CompuSmart.com Castle-Crown wilderness area Executive Council contract ... 1107 Redesignation as Andy Russell I'tai Sah Kòp wild- Conflict of interest land park ... 2012 Labour Relations Board's involvement in drafting Cataract surgery, Private–Calgary collective bargaining legislation (Bill 27, 2003) ... Waiting times for ... 1966, 2051 2008 Cattle–Export–United States Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Contingency plan (2004) re continued border closure Special ... 14–15, 290 Recommendations ... 2011 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 289 Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Constitution Act, 1982 Electric power–Supply Opting out provisions (same-sex marriage issue) ... General remarks ... 1074, 1911 245–46 Electric power contracts, Residential Construction trades Long-term contracts for residential consumers ... Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring 1025, 1073 ... 647 Long-term contracts for residential consumers, Consumer protection cancellation of without penalty ... 1074 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1073–74 Electric utilities–Regulations Re electricity/gas prices ... 161, 1074 Deregulation ... 83, 118, 119, 161, 1024–25, 1073, Curling championships 1074 Team Ferbey (2005 world champions): Premier's Deregulation: Public inquiry into ... 18 letter to (SP304/05: Tabled) ... 653 Deregulation: Publicity campaign re ... 1105 Daycare centres–Finance Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain National program for: Alberta participation ... 1444 Alberta visit, May 2005 ... 1099, 1617 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Emergency medical technicians Minister's trip to Ottawa re border closure to Impact of ambulance service transfer to regional Canadian cattle ... 14 health authorities on ... 19 Dept. of Energy Emergency medical technicians–Wainwright Discussions with Enron, public access to documents Layoff of ... 19 re ... 246–47 Energy industry–Crown lands Dept. of Environment Aboriginal issues re ... 486 Funding level for ... 573, 768–69 Energy industry–Crown lands–Sawn Lake area Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Oil well drilling before approvals for ... 849 Communications function ... 1099, 1101 Energy resources, Alternate Executive Council budget increase, investigation of ... Provincial government usage of ... 1073 1103 Research into: Tax incentives for ... 1911–12 Role of ... 244, 1109 Enron Canada Corporation Staffing ... 1099 Discussions with Alberta Energy ... 286 Deputy Chair Discussions with Alberta Energy, documents re given Election of, on second ballot ... 3 to Competition Bureau ... 286 Deputy Speaker Discussions with Alberta Energy, public access to Election of ... 3 documents re ... 246–47 Disabled Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Government programs for ... 1109 Stanley) ... 18, 83, 118, 119, 246–47, 1964 Domestic violence Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project General remarks ... 739 Stanley): Adamson report on ... 1145 Economic development and the environment Environics Research Group (Western) Limited General remarks ... 573, 1105 Government advertising contract ... 1103 Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Environmental law 2005 Grey Cup victors: Statement re ... 1908 Enforcement of ... 769 Education, Postsecondary Environmental protection–Finance Access to, affordability review to improve: General remarks ... 768–69 Legislation re (Bill 1) ... 11 Ethics Commissioner Education, Postsecondary–Finance Directives to premier's chief of staff, publication of ... General remarks ... 767 643 University presidents' comments re (SP330/05: Executive Council Tabled) ... 784 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP46/05: Tabled) ... 93 Elections, Provincial Annual report, 2004-05 (SP571/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Fixed dates for ... 691 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1099–1110 Electric power, Coal-produced Limousine service costs ... 1107 Research into: Tax incentives for ... 1911–12 Staff ... 1099 Electric power–Prices Extended care facilities Consumer protection re ... 161 Auditor General's review of ... 1334 General remarks ... 1911 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1386–87, Manipulation of ... 488–89 1388, 1391–92, 1443–44 Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 18, 83, Conditions in ... 797, 850 118, 119, 247 MLA committee to review (2005) ... 1442–43 Regulated option re ... 1073, 1074 Extended care facilities–Fees Regulated option vs contract rate, compensation for General remarks ... 1387 difference in ... 1074 Extended care facilities–Finance Electric power–Retail sales Government funding revoked for inadequate Billing systems re ... 18, 161 performance by facility ... 1387 290 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Extended care facilities–Inspection Granum school General remarks ... 850, 1334, 1386–87 In Assembly during Queen's address ... 1617 Extended care facilities–Inspection–Ontario Greenhouse gas emissions Publication of results of ... 1334 Reduction of: Provincial advertising campaign re ... Extended care facilities–Rural areas 1105 Funding for ... 1706–07 Greenhouse gas emissions–Fort McMurray area Extended care facilities–Staffing Reduction of ... 201 Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 797, 850, Gun control (Federal) 1392, 1706–07 Registry for ... 1444 Extended care facilities–Standards Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000) General remarks ... 797, 1388, 1391–92, 1962, 2010 Advertising campaign re ... 1105 Extended care facilities residents Health information panels (Health care debate) Abuse/neglect of ... 850 General remarks ... 1105 Federal/provincial fiscal relations Health Resource Centre, Calgary General remarks ... 1444 Hip/knee surgery contract with Calgary health region Federal/provincial relations ... 644, 1145 General remarks ... 1444 Wait times at ... 644, 1145 Financial Administration Act Heavy oil–Royalties General remarks ... 1912 Reductions in ... 1911 Food safety Henry, Frederick B., Roman Catholic Bishop of Calgary Chronic wasting disease threat to ... 288 Remarks about definition of marriage ... 572 Football championships Highway 63 Edmonton Eskimos Grey Cup contenders and Upgrading of ... 201, 485, 528 champions ... 1908 Highway 881 Foreign workers, Temporary Upgrading of ... 201, 485, 528 General remarks ... 647 Highwood Communications Ltd. Fort McMurray Government advertising contract ... 1102, 1103 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 201, 484–85, Hip and knee surgery 527–28 Privatization of, in Calgary ... 1145 Impact of oil sands expansion on: Meeting re, April 8, Hole, Hon. Lois E., CM, AOE (Former Lieutenant 2005 ... 201 Governor) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Tribute to ... 1100 Liberal opposition requests under, re government Hospitals–Fort McMurray aircraft manifest information ... 19 Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 201 Friends of Medicare Housing–Fort McMurray Long-term care facilities' conditions, news conference Impact of population increase on ... 201, 485, 528 re ... 797, 850 IBM Canada Ltd. Game farming Microfiching of Alberta pension cheques, security Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 288 implications ... 1026 Public inquiry re ... 288 Identification, Personal Government accountability Theft of, from lost health records ... 529 General remarks ... 2011 Income tax, Provincial Government agencies, boards, and commissions Flat tax ... 768 Political appointments to ... 2047–48 Provincial vs federal collection of ... 1444 Political appointments to, independent panel to Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) investigate ... 2048 Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta Government aircraft pension records ... 1026 Policy on usage of ... 18–19 Labour Relations Board conflict re drafting Bill 27, Policy on usage of: Review by Auditor General ... 82 2003, release of information re ... 2008 Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 19 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Rod Love's trip to Fort McMurray on ... 82 Six percent cut to ... 900 Government chartered aircraft Insurance, Health (Private) Premier's use of ... 160–61, 1109 Alberta plan for ... 1622, 1666 Government corporate identity International relations General remarks ... 1101–02 Communication initiatives re ... 1100 Government information Labour laws and legislation Access to ... 1100–01 General remarks ... 1625 Government of Alberta Labour relations Web site ... 1100–01 Impact of foreign worker importation on ... 647 Government programs Labour Relations Board Communication initiatives re ... 1100 Chair of, resignation ... 2009 Government spending policy Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health General remarks ... 1621 authorities bargaining restructuring) ... 2008, 2009 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 291 Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Labour Relations Board (Continued) Medical care–Utilization Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Premier's remarks re ... 1706 authorities bargaining restructuring): Public inquiry Medical records–Confidentiality into ... 2008, 2009 Missing health records situation ... 484, 529 Labour Relations Code Members' apologies to the House Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major General remarks ... 1108, 1110 projects) ... 647 Members of the Legislative Assembly Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Centennial medallions presented to ... 3 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27, 2003) Ministerial Statements (2005) Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting ... Border closure to Canadian beef ... 14–15 2008, 2009 Centennial medallions ... 3 Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting: Edmonton Eskimos ... 1908 Public inquiry ... 2008, 2009 Ministers (Provincial government) Licensed premises Cooling-off period for, following resignation ... 2011 Amendment to retain smoking in ... 119 Monarchy, British Lieutenant Governor of Alberta General remarks ... 1617 Budget for ... 1099 Natural gas rebates Former Lieutenant Governor (Hon. Lois Hole) ... General remarks ... 1911 1100 Natural resources revenue New Lieutenant Governor (Hon. Norman Kwong) ... Use for budget purposes ... 1621 1099–1100 North American free trade agreement Limousines Border closure to cattle challenge under ... 290 Use by government members ... 1107 Sale of water under ... 573 Lobbyists–Registration Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium General remarks ... 691, 2008, 2011 Alberta Order of Excellence recipients, display of ... Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park 1108 General remarks ... 1100 Nursing homes–Inspection Lois Hole humanities and social sciences scholarship General remarks ... 1334 (Proposed) Nursing homes–Standards General remarks ... 1100 General remarks ... 1334 Love, Rod Office of the Premier Fees paid to, re Fort McMurray rail service Former chief of staff (Peter Elzinga) remuneration consultation ... 612 (Q22/05: Defeated) ... 814 Tobacco industry ties, influence on smoke-free Premier's accountability ... 1623 legislation changes ... 690 Premier's remarks to Queen Elizabeth II on Her Trip to Fort McMurray on government aircraft ... 82 address to the Assembly ... 1617 Low-income families Premier's television addresses ... 1107, 1109 Tax reductions for ... 768 Premier's travel details, posting of, on government Lubicon Lake Band website ... 1109 Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 486 Premier's travel to Ottawa, Quebec, and Atlantic Margaret Kool Marketing Inc. Canada, November 2005 ... 1623 Government advertising contract ... 1103, 1105 Premier's travel to Ottawa, Quebec, and Atlantic Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) Canada, November 2005: Discussion of private Enron's price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... health care plans during ... 1666 18, 83, 119, 247, 286 Premier's use of chartered aircraft for Ottawa health Marriage conference, 2004 ... 160–61 Definition of ... 245–46, 484, 572 Official Opposition Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 245–46, 484 Press release re Auditor General ... 1333 Marriage Amendment Act, 2000 (Alberta Bill 202, Press release re Auditor General (SP414/05: Tabled) 2000) ... 1342 Renewal of ... 245–46 Oil recovery methods Meat packing plants Carbon dioxide sequestering: Research into, tax Building of ... 14 incentives re ... 1911–12 Medical care Oil well drilling industry–Public lands General remarks ... 1666 EUB permits required for ... 849 Restructuring (third way option) ... 249, 1666–67 Ombudsman Restructuring (third way option): Advertising Long-term care residents' abuse, report on ... 613 campaign re ... 1666 Ombudsperson (Long-term care residents) Medical care, Private General remarks ... 1386 General remarks ... 1105, 1145, 1622–23, 2051 Oral Question Period (2005) Medical care–Finance Access to information on Enron ... 247 General remarks ... 249, 766, 1667 Ambulance services ... 17–18, 19, 83–84, 202, 245 Automobile insurance rates ... 900 292 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Boards, commissions, and agencies ... 2047–48 Wait times for ophthalmology services ... 2051 Border closure to Canadian cattle ... 290, 739 Walton International Group Inc. ... 2008 Budget process ... 160 Water strategy ... 573 Budget surplus expenditures ... 1621 Womens' shelters ... 739 Capital health outpatient residence ... 1960–61 Palliser Health Region Chartered air travel ... 160–161 Ambulance service transfer to, discovery project re ... Clean energy incentives ... 1911–12 83, 202 Continuing care funding ... 1706–07 Parks, Provincial Continuing care review ... 1442–43 General remarks ... 2012 Continuing care standards ... 2010 Peace Country Health Definition of marriage ... 245–46, 484, 572 Ambulance service transfer to, discovery project re ... Electricity billing ... 161 83, 202 Electricity deregulation ... 118, 1024–25 Personnel Administration Office Electricity marketing ... 1073–74 Communications function ... 1099 Enron activities in Alberta ... 286, 1145, 1964 Staffing ... 1099 Environment budget ... 768–69 Point of Order Federal/provincial relations ... 1444 Factual accuracy ... 1110 Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 484–85 Police Game farming ... 288 Reporting missing health records to ... 484 Government accountability ... 2011 Prion research (BSE control) Government aircraft ... 18–19, 82 Funding for ... 15 Growth pressures in Fort McMurray ... 527–28 Privacy, Right of Health care premiums ... 766, 768 General remarks ... 484 Health care privatization ... 1145, 1666–67 Property tax–Education levy Health care utilization ... 1706 Seniors' tax relief re ... 768 Health Facilities Review Committee ... 1334, Protected areas 1386–87 General remarks ... 2012 Health reform ... 249 Protection for Persons in Care Act Health Resource Centre joint replacements ... 644 General remarks ... 850 Horizon oil sands project ... 647 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Impacts of oil sands expansion ... 201 Expediting passage of ... 737 Infrastructure needs in Fort McMurray ... 612 Protocol Office Investments in tobacco companies ... 82–83 General remarks ... 1099 Labour Relations Board ... 2008–09 Public Affairs Bureau Lakeside Packers labour dispute ... 1625 Advertising budget ... 1102, 1103 Long-term care facilities ... 797, 850 Communications goals ... 1100, 1101, 1104–05 Long-term care facility standards ... 1388, 1391–92, Relation to departmental communications divisions ... 1443–44 1105 Long-term care standards ... 1962 Role of ... 1105 Market surveillance administrator review of Enron ... Staffing ... 1101 18, 83, 119 Web site for government members only ... 1101 Missing computer tapes and microfiches ... 1026 Public contracts Missing health records ... 484, 529 Awarding of, to former ministerial aides ... 643 Nonsmoking legislation ... 119 Public records–Confidentiality Office of the Chief Internal Auditor ... 1024 General remarks ... 484, 1026 Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 486, 849 Public service–Alberta Parks and protected areas ... 2012 Senior officials' cooling-off period, following Postsecondary education funding ... 767 resignation ... 2011 Premier's travel ... 1623 Queen's Printer Private health services ... 1622 Staff ... 1101 Protection for persons in long-term care ... 613 Rail service–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Protection of children abusing drugs legislation ... 737 Lobbyist for, fees paid to ... 612, 643 Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 244 Lobbyist for, use of government aircraft ... 82 Rod Love Consulting Inc. ... 643 Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) Securities Commission ... 612, 1333, 1961, 2046 Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision Smoke-free places legislation ... 690 re ... 14, 15 Southeast Edmonton ring road ... 287 Reclamation of land Standing policy committee ... 737–38 Energy industry sites ... 769 Regional health authorities TransAlta Utilities ... 488–89 Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of ... Travel by elected Senators ... 691 17–18, 19, 83–84, 202 User fees in long-term care facilities ... 1387 Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of, Wait times for health care ... 1966 provincial assistance re ... 17, 83, 202, 245 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 293 Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Regional health authorities (Continued) Tar sands development Ambulance service transfer to: Costs ... 17–18, 19, Employment opportunities in ... 647 83–84, 202, 245 Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re Deficits, elimination of ... 249 (foreign workers) ... 647 Detection of overcharging on electric power bills ... Impact of ... 201 161 Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Long-term care facilities' programs ... 797, 850 General remarks ... 201 Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) Tax incentives General remarks ... 1911 Alternate energy research ... 1911–12 Road construction–Fort McMurray area Clean energy research ... 1911–12 Impact of population increase on ... 612 Taxation Rod Love Consulting Inc. General remarks ... 768 Government contracts with ... 643 Tobacco companies Royal Rubber Stamp Co. Heritage Fund investment in ... 82–83 Executive Council contract ... 1107 Influence on smoke-free legislation changes ... 690 St. Matthew Lutheran school TransAlta Utilities Corporation In Assembly during Queen's address ... 1617 Electricity price manipulation activities ... 488–89 Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation Hydropower generation pricing ... 489 General remarks ... 245–46, 484 Travel at public expense Schools–Construction–Fort McMurray Alberta senators-in-waiting trip to eastern Canada ... Increase in, due to oil sands expansion ... 201 691 Senate (Canada) Premier's travel details, posting of, on government Reform of ... 691, 1444 website ... 1109 Senators Tuition fees Alberta nominees for: Eastern Canada speaking tour Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by ... 691 provincial government: Legislation re (Bill 1) ... 11 Senior citizens Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Government programs: Auditor General's review of ... (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) 1334 General remarks ... 249, 1145 Service Alberta initiative (Government information Private health care system submissions ... 1622 access) Utilities Consumer Advocate Equipment upgrades for ... 1099, 1100, 1101 Consumer complaints to ... 161 Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 484–85 Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity Amendments ... 690 ("draft" report, Feb. 23, 2005) ... 1024 General remarks ... 82, 119 Waiting lists (Medical care) Smoking–Prevention General remarks ... 249 Relation of provincial investment in tobacco Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre companies to ... 82–83 Outpatient residence, replacement with private run Smoking in the workplace hotel facility ... 1960–61 Ban on: Legislation re (Bill 201) ... 119 Outpatient residence, replacement with private run Snohomish Public Utility District, Washington State hotel facility: Subsidies re ... 1960–61 (U.S.) Walton International Group Inc. Investigation of Enron price fixing ... 119 Land sales without filing prospectus with Securities Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Commission ... 2008 Alberta Order of Excellence recipients, display of ... Water–Export 1108 General remarks ... 573 Speaker Impact of NAFTA on ... 573 Congratulations to ... 3 Water diversion Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 573 Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 15: Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Klein/Hancock) ... 436 Funding for ... 768–69 Motion to consider ... 11 General remarks ... 573 Strikes and lockouts–Lakeside Packers employees Impact of economic development policy on ... 573 General remarks ... 1625 Well sites Supreme Court of Canada Reclamation of ... 769 Private health insurance ruling ... 1622, 1623 Womens' shelters–Finance Surgery waiting lists Public vs private facilities ... 644, 1145 General remarks ... 739 Surplus, Budgetary Knight, Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Accountability for, relation to Premier's travel to Aboriginal peoples–Employment eastern Canada ... 1623 General remarks ... 1450 General remarks ... 1621, 1706–07 294 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Knight, Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) (Continued) Knight, Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) (Continued) Aboriginal workforce participation initiative Oil–Export–United States General remarks ... 1450 Impact of U.S. energy bill on ... 1310 Statement re ... 294 Oral Question Period (2005) Access to the Future Fund Access to the Future Fund ... 900–01 General remarks ... 900–01 B.C. ports strategy ... 319 Agrology Profession Act (Bill 17) Energy Innovation Network ... 292 Third reading ... 1513 Highway safety ... 44 Alberta–Economic policy Minable oil sands strategy ... 1963–64 20-year strategic plan ... 901 United States energy legislation ... 1310 Alberta/British Columbia joint cabinet meeting, March Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) 2005 Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... B.C. ports strategy discussion at ... 319 58 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Peace River area Engineering Research Opening of: Statement re ... 1672 Funding for ... 901 Port of Prince Rupert Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Alberta participation in development of ... 319 General remarks ... 901 Roads–Maintenance and repair–Northern Alberta Alberta Ingenuity Fund Impact on traffic safety ... 44 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 344–45 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Reduction incentives for clean energy technology (Bill 43) development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 674 Second reading ... 1821–22 Securities–Law and legislation Alberta Sustainability Fund National harmonization of: Legislation re (Bill 19) ... Transfers to education endowment funds ... 901 169–70 Apprenticeship and Industry Training Amendment Act, Securities Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 19) 2005 (Bill 57) First reading ... 169–70 Third reading ... 2032 Second reading ... 450–51, 625, 629 British Columbia ports strategy Committee ... 725–27 Alberta participation in ... 319 Third reading ... 941 Clean energy technology Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 53) Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Third reading ... 2028 504: Swann) ... 674 Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Economic development and the environment General remarks ... 1963–64 General remarks ... 1963–64 Traffic regulations Research re ... 292 Enforcement of ... 44 Edson trail Traffic safety–Northern Alberta Statement re ... 1672 General remarks ... 44 Education, Postsecondary U.S. energy bill General remarks ... 901 Impact on Alberta ... 1310 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Walter Paszkowski agricultural legacy endowment fund General remarks ... 292 Statement re ... 368–69 Energy Innovation Network Kowalski, Mr. Kenneth R. (PC, Barrhead-Morinville- General remarks ... 292 Westlock) Gas, Natural–Export–United States Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (Constituency) Impact of U.S. energy bill on ... 1310 Member for, elected as Speaker ... 1 Grow with Canola program Speaker General remarks ... 368–69 Election of ... 1 Highway 43 Lieberman, Hon. Mr. Justice Sam (World War II Upgrading of ... 44 veteran, RCAF; VE Day ceremony spokesman) Highway 63 Legislative Assembly Chamber Upgrading of ... 44 VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Integrated resource management (Public lands)–Fort floor of ... 1301–02 McMurray area Victory in Europe Day General remarks ... 1964 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Members' Statements (2005) addressed the Assembly in the Chamber ... Aboriginal workforce participation initiative ... 294, 1301–02 1450 Year of the Veteran, 2005 Edson trial ... 1672 General remarks ... 1301 Liepert, Ron (PC, Calgary-West) Walter Paszkowski agricultural legacy endowment ... Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund 368–69 Annual report, 2004 (SP68/05: Tabled) ... 94 Minable oil sands strategy–Environmental aspects Annual report, 2005 (SP588/05: Tabled) ... 1675 General remarks ... 1963–64 First-quarter update, 2005-06 (SP589/05: Tabled) ... 1675 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 295 Liepert, Ron (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Alberta's Promise Administrative Procedures Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Recognition of new members in ... 578 23) Cellular telephones in automobiles Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 999–1000 sitting) Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Agrology Profession Act (Bill 17) Standing Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Reports, 2004 & 2005 (SP739-740/05: Tabled) ... sittings) 1920 Alberta Order of Excellence Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Conflict of interest 18) Declaration of, re Children's Services estimates Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House (member withdrew) ... 1051 sitting) Dept. of Children's Services Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Estimates, 2005-06: Member declared conflict of (Bill 20) interest re, and withdrew ... 1051 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Electric power–Prices sitting) Contributing factors to (London Economics group Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 report on) ... 291 (No. 2) (Bill 40) Electric utilities–Regulations Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Deregulation ... 291 sittings) Highway 8–Calgary area Alberta Science and Research Authority Amendment Truck traffic on ... 167 Act 2005 (Bill 4) Twinning of ... 166–67 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House London Economics International LLC sitting) Electricity prices, contributing factors to, report ... Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) 291 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) sitting) General remarks ... 102–03 Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Members' Statements (2005) Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Wes Montgomery ... 983 sittings) Members' withdrawal from debate Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Childrens' Services estimates ... 1051 Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Methane sittings) Presence at proposed school site in Calgary's Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Battalion park area ... 2051–52 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Montgomery, Mr. Wes Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Statement re ... 983 sitting), 2005 (Outside of House sittings) Mount Royal College Bow Valley Community Foundation Act (Bill Pr. 1) Request for university status ... 24 Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Oral Question Period (2005) sittings) Calgary area road construction ... 166–167 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) Electricity costs ... 291 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Mount Royal College ... 24 sitting) School construction in southwest Calgary ... 2051–52 Camrose Lutheran College Corporation Act (Bill Pr. 2) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House General remarks ... 578 sittings) Ring roads–Calgary City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) Land aquisition re, from Tsuu T'ina nation ... 166 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Schools–Construction–Calgary sitting) Battalion park area ... 2051–52 Corporate Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 26) Speech from the Throne Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Debate ... 102–03 sittings) Traffic Safety Act Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while 35) driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 999–1000 Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Trucking industry sittings) Use of highway 8 ... 167 Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) Tsuu T'ina First Nation Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... sitting) 166 Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House sitting) Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House sittings) sitting) 296 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39) Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House sitting) sittings) Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 7) Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House sitting) sitting) Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Lindsay, Fred (PC, Stony Plain) Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations sittings) General remarks ... 955 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Entrance of ... 1, 7 Edmonton/Calgary transmission line upgrade Medicine Hat Community Foundation Amendment Act, application, approval of ... 903–04 2005 (Bill Pr. 3) Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House (Bill 43) sittings) Second reading ... 1862–63 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 42) Bullying–Prevention Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Statement re ... 1715 sittings) Bullying Awareness Week Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) General remarks ... 1715 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) sitting) Amendment (SP377/05: Tabled) ... 1116 Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005 CN Rail (Bill 8) Train derailment, Lake Wabamum ... 1668 Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Education Week (Provincial, April 2005) sittings) Statement re ... 955 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) Electric power–Prices Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Regulated option re ... 647 sittings) Electric power lines–Edmonton/Calgary Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Upgrading of ... 903–04 Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Environmental Protection Commission sittings) Report on Lake Wabamum train derailment ... 1668 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Freestyle ski championships Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House World Cup moguls winner (Jennifer Heil) ... 417 sitting) Gas well drilling industry–Tomahawk/Drayton Valley Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 25) area Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Safety aspects ... 741–42 sitting) Heil, Jennifer Railway (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 13) Recognition of ... 417 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Hockey championships sitting) Stony Plain atom double-A team champions ... 251 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Hydrogen sulphide emissions Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House General remarks ... 741–42 sitting) Independent System Operator (Electricity industry) Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Edmonton/Calgary transmission line upgrade Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House application ... 903–04 sittings) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Securities Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 19) Discrimination Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Recognition of ... 324–25 sitting) Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) General remarks ... 144–46 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Members' Statements (2005) sitting) Education Week ... 955 Speech from the Throne Prevention of bullying ... 1715 Address given ... 7–10 Royal Alberta Museum ... 1505 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Motorcycle driver licensing Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Review of ... 954 sitting) Oral Question Period (2005) Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Electricity transmission ... 903–04 Royal Assent ... 10 May, 2005 (Outside of House Hazardous material spill at Wabamun Lake ... 1668 sitting) Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Motorcycle driver licensing ... 954 (Bill 14) Regulated rate option for electricity ... 647 Royal Assent ... 2 June, 2005 (Outside of House Sour gas well safety ... 741–42 sittings) Wabamun provincial park closure ... 249–250 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 297 Lindsay, Fred (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Lougheed, Rob (PC, Strathcona) (Continued) Parks, Provincial Endangered wildlife species Upgrading of ... 249–50 Protection of ... 574 Provincial Museum of Alberta Farm vehicles Renaming to Royal Alberta Museum ... 1505 Eligibility for veterans' licence plate stickers ... 366 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Fires at hazardous waste sites General remarks ... 251, 324–25, 417 Monitoring of ... 1335–36 Royal Alberta Museum Hackett, Finola Statement re ... 1505 Statement re ... 907 Speech from the Throne Hazardous substances–Safety aspects Debate ... 144–46 During fires ... 1335–36 Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamum Highway 14 CN train derailment ... 1668 Impact of Henday Drive on ... 324 CN train derailment: Bans on boating/usage of lake Highway 21 re, lifting of ... 1668 Impact of Henday Drive on ... 324 CN train derailment: Cleanup procedures ... 1668 Highway construction sites–Safety aspects Wabamun Lake Provincial Park Speeding limits ... 1884 Closure, 2005 season ... 249–50 Hockey game, World's longest Lougheed, Rob (PC, Strathcona) Dr. Brent Saik's Guinness record: Statement re ... Air quality–Monitoring 24–25 Toxic waste fires situations ... 1335–36 International Day of Disabled Persons Alberta Restaurant and Food Services Association Statement re ... 2054 General remarks ... 745 La Ronde Restaurant, Edmonton Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Braille menu at: Statement re ... 745 Impact on highways 14 and 21 ... 324 Lakeland College Time frame for completion ... 324 Sherwood Park campus ... 1574 Architecture and the disabled Sherwood Park campus: P3 proposal for ... 1575 Statement re ... 1917 Members' Statements (2005) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Barrier-free accessibility ... 1917 Review of (2005): Report (SP389/05: Tabled) ... 1205 Braille menu at La Ronde Restaurant ... 745 Automobile licence plates Cystic fibrosis ... 1577–78 Veterans' stickers for ... 366 Finola Hackett ... 907 Bow Valley Community Foundation Act (Bill Pr. 1) International Day of Disabled Persons ... 2054 Third reading ... 1556 Multiple Sclerosis ... 1257 BP Canada Strathcona Cadet Tatoo ... 1313 Fire, Fort Saskatchewan facility ... 207 Team Ferby ... 651–52 Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation World's longest hockey game ... 24–25 Statement re ... 1577–78 Métis hunting/fishing rights CanWest CanSpell National Spelling Bee Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 573–74 Champion (Finola Hackett) ... 907 MS Awareness Month Communityaccessibility.ca (Web site) Statement re ... 1257 General remarks ... 1917 Multiple sclerosis Curling championships Statement re ... 1257 Team Ferbey (2005 world champions) ... 651–52 Oral Question Period (2005) Custom Environmental Services Ltd. Custom Environmental Services Ltd. fire ... 1335–36 Fire at ... 1335–36 Electrical transmission system ... 1446–47 Cystic fibrosis Emergency preparedness ... 207 Statement re ... 1577–78 Lakeland College ... 1574–75 Disabled Métis hunting rights ... 573–74 General remarks ... 2054 Shell chemical plant vapour release ... 162 Services for ... 745 Southeast Edmonton ring road ... 324 Electric power–Export Traffic safety ... 1884 General remarks ... 1447 Veterans' licence plates ... 366 Electric power lines–Construction Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) General remarks ... 1446–47 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Emergency agencies (Fire, etc.) Committee ... 1929–30 Procedures at toxic waste site fires ... 1335–36 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Emergency Management Alberta Disabilities Role in handling of chemical vapour pressure release Annual report, 2004 (SP160/05: Tabled) ... 295 by Shell chemical plant ... 162 Awards of excellence ... 2054 Emergency planning Barrier-free access to buildings, survey re ... 1917 General remarks ... 745 General remarks ... 207 Shell Canada Limited Emergency vehicles, Stationary Chemical plant vapour pressure release, Fort Speed limits for passing of ... 1884 Saskatchewan area ... 162, 207 298 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Lougheed, Rob (PC, Strathcona) (Continued) Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) Spelling championships (Continued) CanWest CanSpell champion (Finola Hackett) ... 907 Edmonton Police Service Strathcona Cadet Tatoo Provincial funding for ... 1671 Statement re ... 1313 Edmonton Public School Board Supreme Court of Canada Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... 84–85 Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... Education–Curricula 573–74 First aid/CPR training courses ... 204–05 Traffic safety Education–Finance General remarks ... 1884 User fees ... 1913 Wildlife conservation Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 574 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to Year of the Veteran, 2005 Committee of Supply (Motion 22: McClellan) ... General remarks ... 1313 1680 Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) First aid–Training Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) As part of school curriculum ... 204–05 Second reading ... 224 Football championships Alberta School Boards Association Edmonton Eskimos Grey Cup contenders and Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... champions ... 1743–44 1147–48 Gifted children–Education Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 1078, 1080 Dental benefits: Enhancement of ... 163 Grant MacEwan Community College Alberta SuperNet Health care learning centre: Statement re ... 1505 Distance education delivery via ... 1505 Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University Alberta's Commission on Learning of Alberta) Teacher bargaining model recommendation ... 1147 Statement re ... 1032–33 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Hearing aids for seniors North portion of, completion date ... 1713 Provincial assistance re ... 163 Public/private partnership funding model for north High schools–Construction–Edmonton portion of ... 1713 Castle Downs area school, change in priority re ... Benedict XVI, Pope 1078, 1197–98 Statement re ... 857–58 Castle Downs area school, Edmonton Journal article Big Lake natural area re (SP387/05: Tabled) ... 1205 Designation as provincial park ... 982 South Edmonton academic school construction ... Renaming of ... 982 1078, 1080, 1197–98 Budget debate Immigrants Motion 19: McClellan ... 783 Federal funding for ... 1832–33 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation–Training Visas for, Alberta processing of ... 1833 As part of school curriculum ... 204–05 John Paul II, Pope Collective bargaining–Teachers Recognition of ... 489 Province-wide bargaining ... 1147–48 Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park Committee of Supply Statement re ... 982 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to Medical profession–Education (Motion 22: McClellan) ... 1680 U of A training facility ... 1032–33 Crime prevention Members' Statements (2005) General remarks ... 1671 Catholic high school construction ... 1080 Crime rate Edmonton Eskimos ... 1743–44 General remarks ... 1671 Grant MacEwan College learning centre ... 1505 Curling championships Health sciences ambulatory learning centre ... Team Ferbey (2005 Brier champions) ... 168 1032–33 Team Ferbey (2005 Brier champions): Letter from Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park ... 982 Premier to (SP115/05: Tabled) ... 171 Pope Benedict XVI ... 857–58 Distance education North Saskatchewan River rescue General remarks ... 1505 Recognition of ... 49–50 Edmonton Catholic School District Nurses–Education Capital plan, 2002-05 (SP386/05: Tabled) ... 1205 East Central Health and Augustana campus project re Capital plan changes (Castle Downs high school, ... 1505 Terwillegar school) ... 1078, 1197–98 Oral Question Period (2005) Letter to (SP388/05: Tabled) ... 1205 Anthony Henday ring road ... 1713 Statement re ... 1080 Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Centralized teacher bargaining ... 1147–48 2005 western final win: Statement re ... 1743–44 Crime rate reduction ... 1671 Edmonton Journal (Newspaper) First aid and CPR training in schools ... 204–205 Nov.27, 2002 article about Castle Downs high school Lunchtime supervision in schools ... 1913 (SP387/05: Tabled) ... 1205 Project Kare ... 901 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 299 Lukaszuk, Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Automobile chop shops School construction ... 1078 General remarks ... 1424 School construction in Edmonton ... 1197–98 Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects School utilization ... 84–85 Facial recognition system ... 1415 Seniors' benefit program ... 163 Automobile licence plates Services for immigrants ... 1832–33 Veterans' stickers for ... 366 Organized crime–Prevention Automobile theft–Prevention General remarks ... 1671 General remarks ... 1419, 1424, 1425 Point of Order Automobiles, Written off/rebuilt Items previously decided ... 1293 Resale of ... 1424 Reflections on a member ... 1455 Automobiles–Registration Police Database of, use in child abduction cases ... 486 Increase in numbers of ... 1671 Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers Professional qualifications, Foreign Contribution to funding for Utilities Consumer Assessment service for ... 1833 Advocate ... 975, 1419 Project Kare (Missing women investigation team) Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) Funding for ... 901 Proclamation of ... 1422 Prostitutes Capital Health Murder of ... 901–02 Electric power bills to, overcharging re ... 161–62 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Cemeteries Act General remarks ... 49–50, 168, 489 Modernization of ... 1425 St. John Ambulance Civil service pension cheques First aid/CPR instruction in schools ... 205 Loss of microfiche copies of, privacy concerns re ... School boards 1423 Academic school entrance requirements ... 1078 Competition Bureau (Federal) Academic school entrance requirements: Statement re Enron electricity price manipulation scheme ... 1080 investigation ... 249 Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... Conflict of interest 1147–48 Auditor General's comments re ... 1420 School lunchtime supervision Consumer protection Fees ... 1913 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1416, 1420 Schools–Closure Re electricity/gas prices ... 161–62, 975, 1025, 1416, General remarks ... 84–85 1420 Schools–Construction General remarks ... 1415, 1416, 1424, 1425 Determining of priorities for ... 1078 Legislation re ... 326 Schools–Construction–Edmonton Credit card companies General remarks ... 1078, 1197–98 Refund policy for unprovided services (airline tickets) Schools–Utilization ... 204 Change to formula for ... 84–85 Dept. of Government Services Senior citizens Annual report, 2003-04 (SP49/05: Tabled) ... 93 Government programs ... 163 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP574/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Speech from the Throne Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1415–26 Debate ... 28–30 Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) (SP497/05: Tabled) ... 1607 Abduction of children–Calgary Fees ... 1415 Police actions re ... 486 Performance measures ... 1415 Airline company failures Staffing ... 1418 Consumer insurance plan for ... 204 Support services budget ... 1418 Alberta Corporate Service Centre Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Alberta Corporate Service Centre transferred to ... Efficiency ... 1418, 1420 1418, 1420 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Electric power–Prices Electricity prices monitoring ... 1420 Consumer protection re ... 161–62, 975, 1025, 1416, Utilities Consumer Advocate's presentations to ... 1420 1416 General remarks ... 975–76, 1421 Alberta Registries Impact on seniors ... 1424 General remarks ... 1415 Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 249 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Regulated option re ... 1420, 1421 (Bill 51) Electric power–Retail sales Third reading ... 2042 Billing systems re ... 161–62, 1420 Auditor General Review of ... 1075 Conflict of interest comments ... 1420 Electric power–Supply Government contracting process comments ... 1419 General remarks ... 975, 976, 1025 300 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) (Continued) (Continued) Electric power contracts, Residential Marriage licences Long-term contracts for residential consumers ... Provision of, by religious institutions ... 1425 1025, 1424 Provision of, through registry offices ... 1425 Electric utilities Medical records–Confidentiality Competitive choice re ... 1421 Missing health records situation ... 1424 Electric utilities–Regulations U.S. access to information re ... 1424 Deregulation ... 161–62, 975–76, 1025 Mortgage fraud Deregulation: Public reaction to ... 975 General remarks ... 803, 1416, 1419, 1425 Enron Canada Corporation Government advisory committee re ... 1416 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Municipal bylaws Stanley) ... 249 Pawnshop provision of client information to police, Fair Trading Act requirement for ... 416 General remarks ... 1415–16 Oral Question Period (2005) Payday loan industry provisions ... 365 Electricity billing ... 161–162 Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) Electricity marketing review ... 1075 General remarks ... 365 Enron activities in Alberta ... 249 Farm vehicles EPCOR energy bills ... 489 Eligibility for veterans' licence plate stickers ... 366 Government aircraft flight logs ... 1521–22 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Jetsgo bankruptcy ... 204 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP672/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Mortgage fraud ... 803 Application to Canadian subsidiaries of U.S. Payday loans ... 365 corporations ... 1886 Protection of personal information ... 416, 1886 Edmonton Journal request under, re government Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 975–76 aircraft manifest information ... 1521–22 Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council ... Fees ... 1521–22 1025 General remarks ... 1416, 1423 Veterans' licence plates ... 366 Funerals–Law and legislation Parliamentary language General remarks ... 1425 General remarks ... 1034 Government aircraft Pawnshops Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 1521–22 Provision of client information to police ... 416 Government information Review of ... 1424 Access to ... 1425 Payday loan companies Access to, through registry offices ... 1416, 1419 Business practices ... 365 Identification, Personal Legislation re (Bill 6) ... 365 Theft of ... 1415, 1425 National regulations re ... 365 Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Personal Information Protection Act Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta Application to data held by Canadian subsidiaries of health records ... 1423 U.S. corporations ... 1886 Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta Application to pawnshops ... 416 pension records ... 1423 Select committee review of ... 1416 U.S. access to Alberta health records, investigation of Point of Order ... 1424 Imputing motives ... 1034 Information and Privacy Commissioner (B.C.) Police Ruling on impact of USA PRIVACY Act on Pawnshop provision of client information to ... 416 Canadian health records ... 1424 Power Pool of Alberta Warning on impact of USA PRIVACY Act on Contribution to funding for Utilities Consumer Canadian personal privacy ... 1886 Advocate ... 975 Insurance Bureau of Canada Privacy, Right of Mortgage fraud initiative ... 1425 General remarks ... 416, 1416, 1419, 1886 Internet (Computer network) Public contracts Sales contract regulation (airline tickets) ... 204 Auditor General's comments re ... 1419 Jetsgo Corporation Public records–Confidentiality Bankruptcy: Ticket refunds re ... 204 General remarks ... 1415, 1419, 1423, 1886 Land titles–Registration Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Performance measures ... 1415 First reading ... 326 Security concerns in ... 1425 Second reading ... 538 Security concerns in, re mortgage fraud cases ... 803 Third reading ... 1290 Landlord and tenant Mortgage fraud provisions ... 803 Legislation re (Bill 44) ... 1631 Real Estate Assurance Fund Marriage General remarks ... 803 Definition of ... 1425 Restriction on access to (Bill 31) ... 326 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 301 Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) (Continued) (Continued) Real Estate Council of Alberta Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council General remarks ... 803 (Continued) Mortgage fraud initiative ... 1416, 1425 Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Regional health authorities Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity Detection of overcharging on electric power bills ... ("draft" report, Feb. 23,2005): Point of Order ... 161–62 1034 Registry offices, Private Response to DOE's (Dept. of Energy) Call for General remarks ... 1418–19, 1422 Comments on it's Discussion Paper ... (April 14, Provision of government information through ... 2005) ... 1075 1416, 1419, 1425 Response to DOE's (Dept. of Energy) Call for Provision of marriage licences through ... 1425 Comments on it's Discussion Paper ... (April 14, Registry offices, Private–Security aspects 2005) (SP372/05: Tabled) ... 1081 Concerns re mortgage fraud ... 803 Utilities consumer ombudsman Fraud awareness programs for agents ... 1415 Proposal for ... 1423 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Vital Statistics (Bill 44) Removal of marriage licensing from ... 1425 First reading ... 1631 Water–Export Second reading ... 1805–06, 1811 General remarks ... 1425 Committee ... 1978–79 Water Act Third reading ... 2021 Exports prohibition ... 1425 Residential tenancies dispute resolution service Whistle-blower protection General remarks ... 1416 General remarks ... 1420 Legislation re (Bill 44) ... 1631 Wind power Royal Canadian Legion. Alberta-Northwest Territories General remarks ... 1426 Branch MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) Veterans' licence sticker situation ... 366 1157268 Alberta Ltd. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Hip and knee surgery contract ... 1846 Pawnshop provision of client information to, bylaw re Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) ... 416 Second reading ... 226–227 Service Alberta initiative (Government information Administrative Procedures Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill access) 23) General remarks ... 1416 Third reading ... 942–43 Provision of orientation for MLAs' staff ... 1425 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Advertising costs ... 1208 Committee ... 502–03 Debt servicing costs ... 1209 Travel insurance Governance issues ... 1208, 1209 Refunds for unprovided services (airline tickets) ... Role of ... 1208 204 Alberta Corporate Service Centre Unlimited liability corporations Sole-source contracts: Auditor General's comments re Incorporation of (Bill 16) ... 1422 ... 760 USA PATRIOT Act Alberta Electric System Operator Impact on access to Canadian medical records ... Electricity supply study ... 911–12 1424 Markets & Strategic Initiatives report (SP191/05: Impact on Canadian personal privacy ... 1886 Tabled) ... 327 Utilities Consumer Advocate Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Advisory committee re: Report on retail electricity Electricity price overcharging advisory ... 949 business ... 1419, 1421, 1424 Engage Energy electricity overcharging: Decision re Budget ... 1419 (SP129/05: Tabled) ... 211 Consumer complaints to ... 161–62, 1419 Grid West membership (SP382/05: Tabled) ... 1154 Enron electricity price manipulation investigation ... TransAlta hydropower pricing strategy ... 363, 488 249 TransAlta power pricing activities ... 455 Independence of (arm's length from government) ... Alberta Government Offices 975, 1419, 1421–22 Washington, D.C. office: Accommodation costs of Role of ... 1416, 1420, 1422 head of (Q6/05: Response tabled as SP540/05) ... Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council 659 Input into retail electricity marketing review ... 1075 Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border Membership of ... 976 closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 1208 Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity (Bill 20) ("draft" report, Feb. 23, 2005) ... 975–76, 1025, Second reading ... 437 1075 Alberta Racing Corporation Gaming revenue to ... 1289 302 2005 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Alberta Regulations Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Review of, staffing for ... 760 Benefits dollar value (Q9/05:Response tabled as Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 SP639/05) ... 660–61 (Bill 43) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Second reading ... 1864–66 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Alberta Securities Commission Third reading ... 1510 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Auditor General General's authority challenged re, emergency BSE compensation programs auditing ... 297 debate re ... 1318 Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Alberta seniors benefit program Internal auditor, liason with ... 1103 General remarks ... 255 Management letters re U of A and U of C, release of: Alberta SuperNet Letter re (SP101/05: Tabled) ... 128 General remarks ... 255 Securities Commission enforcement processes, School access to ... 759–60 investigation of, authority to challenged, Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government emergency debate re ... 1318 Efficiency ... 255, 759 Sole-source contracts comments ... 760 Alberta Sustainability Fund Beef–Prices Use for CAIS program funding ... 1850 General remarks ... 1208 Alberta's Commission on Learning Beef processing Class size guideline ... 311, 369 Concentration of, in few companies ... 1208 AltaGas Services Inc. Bighorn power plant Purchase of Sundance B power purchase Exclusion from power purchase agreements ... 363 arrangements from Enron ... 1834, 1912–13 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Ambulance service Compensation plans re ... 296–97 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Compensation plans re: Auditor General investigation Cancellation of, provincial assistance re (Q5/05: of ... 297 Response tabled as SP627/05) ... 658–59 Impact on cattle industry ... 296–97 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Live testing for ... 297 Documents re (M19/05: Response tabled as SP807) New assistance programs re (2005) ... 296–97 ... 820–21 Research into ... 1208 Ambulance service, Aerial Testing re, to expedite exports ... 297 Funding for ... 255 Brazeau power plant Ambulance service–Rural areas Exclusion from power purchase agreements ... 363 Costs, provincial assistance re ... 1209 British Columbia Power Exchange Corp. Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) Electicity price manipulation at Power Pool of Second reading ... 541–42 Alberta ... 286 Third reading ... 943 Electicity price manipulation at Power Pool of Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) Alberta: Document re (SP164/05: Tabled) ... 295 Second reading ... 424 Involvement in Enron electicity price manipulation ... Committee ... 1296 83, 650 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Involvement in Enron electicity price manipulation: Cost overruns ... 1803–04 Backgrounder re (SP148/05: Tabled) ... 252–53 Public/private partnership funding model for Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil southeast portion of: Loan interest rate comparison Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) re (M32/05: Response tabled as SP511/05) ... Second reading ... 1949 1161–62 Committee ... 1958 Apprenticeship and Industry Training Amendment Act, Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) 2005 (Bill 57) Second reading ... 423 Second reading ... 1954–55 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) (Bill 56) Third reading ... 1613–14 Second reading ... 1956–57 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) Committee ... 1980 Third reading ... 442–44 Calf set-aside program (Canada/Alberta) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill Extension of ... 1208 27) Calgary General Hospital Third reading ... 439–41 Destruction of ... 1845 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Calgary Health Region (Bill 51) Cataract surgery/ophthalmology services ... 1846 Second reading ... 1945–47 Committee ... 1986 Funding ... 1846 Third reading ... 2041–43 Hip and knee surgery project ... 1846 Artspace Housing Co-operative Ltd. Privatization initiatives ... 1846 Brochure on co-op housing (SP551/05: Tabled) ... Calpine Energy Services 1675 Electricity export application ... 650 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 303 MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Consumer protection Administration costs ... 1850 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1073 General remarks ... 297, 1208–09 Re electricity/gas prices ... 286, 455–56, 533, 650 Overpayments ... 1850 Court of Queen's Bench Capital Health Edmonton Public School Board school closure Funding ... 1846 decision (SP441/05: Tabled) ... 1507 Hip and knee surgery project ... 1846 Courts–Calgary Capital projects New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 255 Public/private partnerships re: List of all potential Crime prevention projects (M33/05: Response tabled as SP512/05) ... General remarks ... 1258 1162–64 Crop insurance program Capital projects, Medical General remarks ... 1208 Funding for ... 1845–46 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Cargill, Incorporated Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Relation to Ranchers Own ... 1208 Dept. of Advanced Education Cataract surgery, Private–Calgary Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Waiting times for ... 1846 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Cattle–Export–United States Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1208–09 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 closed ... 297, 1208, 1209 Rural offices closure ... 297, 1850 Cement Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Shortage of, impact on road construction costs ... 296–97 1804 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1850 Chief Electoral Officer Dept. of Children's Services Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Dept. of Community Development Special Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Motion to appoint (Motion 25: Hancock/Zwozdesky) Dept. of Economic Development ... 1944 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Chief Internal Auditor's office Trade missions expenditures (Q13/05: Defeated) ... Budget ... 1102–03 808 Liason with Auditor General ... 1103 Trade show expenditures (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 Role of ... 1102–03 Dept. of Education City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Committee ... 447–48 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 311 Class size (Grade school) Dept. of Energy Reduction of: Funding for ... 311 Communications contracts expenditures, 2003-04 Committee of Supply (Q16/05: Defeated) ... 811, 812 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to Contracted employees/consultants salaries, 2003-04 (Motion 22: McClellan) ... 1678–79 (M25/05: Response tabled as SP808/05) ... 990 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Discussions with Enron, correspondence re (M47/05: Coverage of Members of the Legislative Assembly Defeated) ... 1749 from the Alberta Risk Management Fund review, Discussions with Enron, correspondence re referred to (Motion 10: Hancock/Stevens) ... (SP678/05: Tabled) ... 1837 106–07 Discussions with Enron, public access to documents Committee on Public Accounts, Standing re ... 246–47 Report, 2004 (SP111/05: Tabled) ... 171 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 910–12 Community schools Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 General remarks ... 124, 1209 Minister's noninternational trips details, 2003-04 Statement re ... 369 (M26/05: Response tabled as SP735/05) ... 990 Competition Bureau (Federal) Service contracts costs, 2003-05 (Q41/05: Defeated) Enron electricity price manipulation scheme ... 1748 investigation ... 533, 911, 949, 1337 Staffing ... 911 Enron electricity price manipulation scheme Dept. of Environment investigation: Backgrounder re (SP148/05: Tabled) Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 ... 252–53 Dept. of Finance TransAlta electricity price manipulation scheme Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 investigation ... 949 Dept. of Gaming Conflict of interest Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1289–90 Market surveillance administrator ... 161 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1799 Special Dept. of Government Services Appointment of (Motion 11: Stevens) ... 105 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 304 2005 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Dept. of Health and Wellness Edmonton Public School Board (Continued) Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 Leasing of commercial space for continuing Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... education ... 738 1845–46 Portables for Kenilworth junior high ... 694 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Portables for Kenilworth junior high, purchase of, Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 letter to minister re (SP285/05: Tabled) ... 622 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Portables for Kenilworth junior high, purchase of, Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1097–98 letter to minister re: Minister's repsonse (SP486/05: Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 Tabled) ... 1578 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Victoria school project funds, diversion to new school 1803–04 funding ... 1524 Dept. of Innovation and Science Education–Finance Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 General remarks ... 1524–25 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q15/05: Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 Defeated) ... 809, 810 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Electric power–Export Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 General remarks ... 650 Dept. of Learning Electric power–Import Credit card statements for deputy minister (M17/05: Price manipulation re, investigation into ... 204, 650 Response tabled as SP718/05) ... 818–20 Electric power–Prices Dept. of Municipal Affairs Consumer protection re ... 286, 455–56, 533 Credit card statements for deputy minister (M15/05: Electric System Operator report on (SP191/05: Response tabled as SP826/05) ... 815–17 Tabled) ... 327 Credit card statements for minister and executive General remarks ... 911, 912, 948 assistant (M16/05: Response tabled as SP827/05) ... Impact on seniors ... 255 817–18 Manipulation of ... 204, 286, 488–89, 948–49, 1196 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 23, 83, Minister's business expenses (M14/05: Response 161, 204, 247, 455–56, 533 tabled as SP825/05) ... 815 Regulated option re ... 912, 1073, 1119–20 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Electric power–Retail sales Alberta SuperNet project transferred to ... 255 General remarks ... 912 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 759–60 Electric power–Supply Executive Council budget increase, investigation of ... General remarks ... 650, 911–12 1103 Electric power contracts, Residential Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 Long-term contracts for residential consumers ... Staffing ... 759 1025, 1073, 1119–20 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Electric power lines Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 255 General remarks ... 650 Direct Energy Business Services Tie lines with B.C. ... 911 Promise to, re regulated rate electricity price ... 1119 Electric utilities–Lake Wabamun area Edmonton Northlands Taxation of ... 912 Funding for ... 1289 Electric utilities–Regulations Edmonton Public School Board Deregulation ... 83, 161, 911, 1024–25, 1969 Closure of schools ... 124–25, 311, 369, 694, 738, Deregulation: Energy dept. correspondence with 767, 1097 Enron Canada re (M47/05: Defeated) ... 1749 Closure of schools: Is Your Public School at Risk? Deregulation: Impact on seniors ... 255 document (SP353/05: Tabled) ... 957 Deregulation: Private consultant re (Kellan Fluckiger) Closure of schools: Letter re (SP100/05: Tabled) ...... 1307 128 Deregulation: Public inquiry into ... 204, 899 Closure of schools: Letter re use of outdated Deregulation: Western Standard article re (SP697/05: regulation re (SP325/05: Tabled) ... 776 Tabled) ... 1865 Closure of schools: Provision of Supernet service to Electrical power purchase agreements ... 759–60 Enron activities re Sundance B power ... 1337, Closure of schools: Statement re ... 982–83 1834–35, 1912–13 Closure of schools: Workshop re (SP341/05: Tabled) Enron activities re Sundance B power: Email re ... 858 (SP677/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Closure of Strathearn school: Report re (SP318/05: Enron comments re: Transcript of taped conversation Tabled) ... 746 re (SP422/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... Enron comments re mispricing of ... 1337 982–83, 1097 Exclusion of hydropower from ... 363, 489 Cluster study re utilization levels in schools, Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 geographic distribution of schools (SP487/05: Securities Commission challenge of Auditor Tabled) ... 1578 General's authority (not proceeded with) ... 1318 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 305 MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Engage Energy Canada, L.P. Environics Research Group (Western) Limited Former executive of ... 161 Government advertising contract ... 1103 Overcharging re electricity prices: EUB decision re Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) (SP129/05: Tabled) ... 211 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to Enron Canada Corporation Committee of Supply (Motion 22: McClellan) ... Alberta activities, public inquiry re: Statement re ... 1678–79 1969 Ethics Commissioner Alberta activities: Statement re ... 1834–35 Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Bonuses to senior officials of: Website article re Executive Council (SP188/05: Tabled) ... 327 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1102–05 Discussions with Alberta Energy, correspondence re Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 (M47/05: Defeated) ... 1749 Limousine service costs ... 1103 Discussions with Alberta Energy, correspondence re Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) (SP678/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Third reading ... 548–50 Discussions with Alberta Energy, e-mails re (SP651 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 & 677/05: Tabled) ... 1788, 1837 (Bill 205) Discussions with Alberta Energy, FOIP request re Second reading ... 1543–44 (SP189/05: Tabled) ... 327 Farm income support Discussions with Alberta Energy, public access to General remarks ... 1209 documents re ... 246–47 Fearnley, Mr. Ken Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Statement re ... 858 Stanley) ... 23, 83, 161, 204, 246–47, 286, 455–56, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.) 533, 650, 949, 1196, 1964 Enron collusion with other electricity suppliers: Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Documents re ... 911 Stanley): Adamson report on ... 1144–45 Enron collusion with other electricity suppliers: Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Documents re (SP347, 401-402/05: Tabled) ... 908, Stanley): Backgrounder and e-mail re (SP148- 1259 149/05: Tabled) ... 252–53 Enron collusion with other electricity suppliers: Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Testimony re ... 1196 Stanley): Destruction of trading tapes re, e-mail re Enron collusion with other electricity suppliers: (SP149/05: Tabled) ... 252–53 Testimony re, document re (SP393/05: Tabled) ... Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project 1206 Stanley): Documents re (SP32 & 33/05: Tabled) ... Frontier Economics report on Enron trading strategies 93 on website of ... 1145 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Report on Enron trading strategies (SP246/05: Stanley): E-mails re (SP130, 163, 252-253/05: Tabled) ... 464 Tabled) ... 211, 295, 492 Feeder Associations Guarantee Amendment Act, 2004 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project (Bill 28, 2004) Stanley): FERC documents re (SP246, 347, 393, General remarks ... 1209 401-402/05: Tabled) ... 464, 908, 1206, 1259 Feeder associations (Livestock) Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Provincial guarantees to ... 1209 Stanley): Frontier Economics report re ... 1145 Feedlots Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Clean up costs re ... 1209 Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 911 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Second reading ... 939 Stanley): Tapes of employees' conversations re Food industry and trade (SP112 & 190/05: Tabled) ... 171, 327 General remarks ... 1208 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Provincial support programs re ... 297 Stanley): U.S. lawsuits re ... 1249 Foreign workers, Temporary Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Alberta/federal government memorandum re Stanley): Western Standard article re (SP697/05: (M24/05: Defeated) ... 823–24 Tabled) ... 1865 Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 369, 418, 463, 491, Involvement in Alberta power generation system ... 536, 1507 1337 Fort McMurray Involvement in Alberta power generation system: Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 911 Transcript of tape re (SP422/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Sundance B power purchase arrangement, sale of ... Liberal opposition requests under, re Enron/Alberta 1834–35, 1912–13, 1964 Energy records (SP189/05: Tabled) ... 327 Sundance B power purchase arrangement, sale of: Frontier Economics Inc. Letter/emails re (SP751-753/05: Tabled) ... 1970 Report on Project Stanley ... 1145 Sundance B power purchase arrangement auction Gaming industry participation ... 1337 Revenue from, distribution of ... 1289 Sundance power plant, takeover of control of ... 899 306 2005 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Gas, Natural–Prices Labour unions Residential heating prices, provincial comparison of Organizing activities (Salting) ... 1171 ... 1670 Legislative Assembly Office Gas, Natural–Retail sales Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 254 General remarks ... 912 Library cards Government aircraft Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole General remarks ... 255 (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 191–92 Government departments Limousines Number of ... 759 Use by government members ... 1103 Government efficiency Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 759–60 Cleanup costs ... 1209 Government spending policy Lottery Fund General remarks ... 254 Funds allocation ... 254 Greater Edmonton Foundation Margaret Kool Marketing Inc. General remarks ... 858 Government advertising contract ... 1103 Grid West Market enhancement recovery funds Membership list (SP382/05: Tabled) ... 1154 General remarks ... 1171 Health Care Protection Act (Bill 11, 2000) Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) General remarks ... 1846 Background of ... 161 Health information panels (Health care debate) Electricity imports, investigation into, re price General remarks ... 1105 manipulation activities ... 204 Heavy oil–Royalties Enron's price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... 23, General remarks ... 910–11 83, 204, 246–47, 533, 899, 1145 Projected revenues from, 2005-2015 (Q24/05: Enron's price manipulation scheme, inquiry into, Defeated) ... 1154–55 report on Power Pool prices (SP164-165/05: Highwood Communications Ltd. Tabled) ... 295 Government advertising contract ... 1103 Enron's takeover of Sundance power plant Hip and knee surgery production, investigation of ... 899 Pilot projects re ... 1846 Resignation of: Letters re (SP270/05: Tabled) ... 536 Hockey TransAlta price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... Lottery funding for ... 1289–90 286 Lottery funding for 2004, reallocation to low-income TransAlta price manipulation scheme, inquiry into, programs ... 1290 report on Power Pool prices re (SP164-165/05: Homeless–Housing Tabled) ... 295 Funding for ... 1799 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Hospitals–Construction Committee ... 1874–75 General remarks ... 1845–46 Meat packing industry Industrial Association of Southern Alberta Profit margins ... 297 Letter re Enron power purchase agreement Meat packing plants (SP751/05: Tabled) ... 1970 Building of: Provincial support for ... 297, 1208 Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Medical care Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Restructuring ... 1845–46 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Medical care, Private Second reading ... 587–88 General remarks ... 1846 Third reading ... 1514–15 Members' apologies to the House Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) General remarks ... 421 estimates, 2005-06 Members' Statements (2005) Estimates debated ... 254–55 Community schools ... 369 Is Your Public School at Risk? (Document) Enron activities in Alberta ... 1834–35, 1969 Copy tabled (SP353/05) ... 957 Ken Fearnley ... 858 Kane Veterinary Supplies Ltd. Ottewell community patrol ... 1258 Letter re changes to Veterinary Profession Act School closures ... 982–83 (SP650/05: Tabled) ... 1788 Members' withdrawal of remarks Kenilworth junior high school Regarding Minister of Finance ... 421 Portables for ... 694, 1098 Ministers (Provincial government) Portables for, purchase of, letter to minister re Number of ... 255 (SP285/05: Tabled) ... 622 National Energy Board Portables for, purchase of, letter to minister re: Future energy supply projections ... 1155 Minister's response (SP486/05: Tabled) ... 1578 National Public Relations Calgary Inc. King's University College Graduation program (SP392/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Government advertising contract ... 1103 Labour Relations Code Net metering (Electricity) Review of: MLA committee re: Report (M43/05: Motion 510: Marz ... 1764, 1766 Defeated) ... 1171 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 307 MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Office of the Premier Queen Elizabeth II highway–Edmonton area Premier's travel to Ottawa, Quebec, and Atlantic Underpass, Henday Drive interchange ... 1804 Canada, November 2005 ... 1670 Rancher's Beef Oil wells Provincial assistance to ... 1208 Temporary suspension of maximum rate limitations, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) letter re (SP679/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision Olds Agricultural Society re ... 297 Gaming revenue to ... 1289 Ranchers Own Meet Processors Inc. Ombudsman Provincial assistance to ... 1208 Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 254 Relation to Cargill ... 1208 Oral Question Period (2005) Regional health authorities Access to information on Enron ... 246–247 Funding ... 255, 1846 Electricity consultant ... 1307 Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Electricity deregulation ... 204, 1024–25 First reading ... 170 Electricity exports ... 650 Second reading ... 513, 1352–53 Electricity marketing ... 948–49, 1073, 1119–20 Risk management fund Electricity pricing ... 286 Review, Coverage of Members of the Legislative Enron activities in Alberta ... 533, 899, 1144–45, Assembly under: Referred to Members' Services 1196, 1249, 1337, 1912–13, 1964 committee (Motion 10: Hancock/Stevens) ... Hydropower purchase arrangements ... 363 106–07 Market surveillance administrator ... 161 Rocky Mountain Turf Club Inc. Market surveillance administrator review of Enron ... Gaming revenue to ... 1289 23, 83 Royal Rubber Stamp Co. Natural gas prices ... 1670 Executive Council contract ... 1103 School closures ... 694, 767 Rural economic development School utilization ... 738 Government strategy re ... 1209 School utilization formula ... 124–25 Sangudo high school Securities Commission ... 1597 Closure ... 767 TransAlta Utilities ... 455–56, 488–89 School boards Use of school instructional funding ... 1524–25 School closure regulation ... 767 Ottewell community patrol School councils Pamphlet re (SP423/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Fund-raising activities: Revenues from (Q15/05: Statement re ... 1258 Defeated) ... 809, 810 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) School dropouts Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction General remarks ... 738 projects, ban on ... 369, 418, 463, 491, 536, 1507 School Infrastructure Manual: A Guide to Existing Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) Legislation ... Strathearn school closure (SP506/05: Tabled) ... 1608 General remarks ... 1098 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Schools–Closure Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) General remarks ... 124–25, 311, 694, 738, 767, Second reading ... 1532 1097–98 Point of Order Regulations: Amendment to, on government web site, Allegations against a member ... 421 letter re (SP400/05: Tabled) ... 1259 Clarification ... 1768 Statement re ... 982–83 Items previously decided ... 1293 Schools–Closure–Rural areas Question and comment period ... 141 General remarks ... 1209 Referring to the absence of members ... 256, 306 Schools–Construction–Edmonton Relevance ... 443, 1511 General remarks ... 1524 Police Schools–Maintenance and repair Neighbourhood patrols ... 1258 Funding for ... 1524–25 Portable/modular classrooms Schools–Rural areas General remarks ... 622, 1098 General remarks ... 759, 1209 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Schools–Utilization Committee ... 1695 Change to formula for ... 124–25, 694, 957, 982, Power Pool of Alberta 1097–98 Enron price manipulation at ... 247 Community group use of, as part of formula re ... Public Affairs Bureau 1209 Advertising budget ... 1103 General remarks ... 369, 738 Senators Public contracts Alberta nominees for: Election costs re ... 254 Cost overruns in ... 1098 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Sole-source contracts: Auditor General's comments re Committee ... 504–05 ... 760 Third reading ... 992–93 Amendment (SP354/05: Tabled) ... 957 308 2005 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) MacDonald, Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) Spear, Constable Joe University of Calgary (Continued) General remarks ... 1258 Lottery funding for ... 1289 Special warrants Utilities Consumer Advocate General remarks ... 254 General remarks ... 254–55 Speech from the Throne Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council Debate ... 64, 140–42 Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity Second reading ... 520, 521 ("draft" report, Feb. 23, 2005) ... 1024 Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Veterinary medical school (University of Calgary) Edmonton General remarks ... 297 Closure ... 311, 694, 767, 1097–98 Veterinary Profession Act Closure: Court decision re (SP441/05: Tabled) ... Changes to, re veterinary dentistry inclusion in: Letter 1507 re (SP650/05: Tabled) ... 1788 Closure: Parent advisory association reports on Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, (SP318 & 326/05: Tabled) ... 746, 776 Edmonton Closure: Petition tabled re (SP506/05) ... 1608 Funding for, diverted to new school funding ... 1524 Closure: Provision of Supernet service to ... 759–60 Wages–Public service employees Fact sheet re (SP207/05: Tabled) ... 370 Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1941–42 Second reading ... 543–44 Waiting lists (Medical care) Third reading ... 943 General remarks ... 1846 Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Canada (Bill 14) Store relocation to Lambton industrial park, Second reading ... 431–33 Edmonton: Letter re (SP440/05: Tabled) ... 1507 Surplus, Budgetary Western Standard (News magazine) Homelessness initiatives funding ... 1799 Article about Enron and electricity deregulation in Investment policy for: Legislation re (Bill 203) ... 170 Alberta (SP697/05: Tabled) ... 1865 Tar sands development Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) General remarks ... 910–11 Second reading ... 593–595 Teachers Third reading ... 1872 Numbers of, increase in: Funding for ... 311 Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill) Terrace Heights Elementary School, Edmonton Alberta Transportation Safety Board Closure ... 311, 1098 Operational changes to, including appeals: Closure: Provision of Supernet service to ... 759, 760 Legislation re (Bill 39) ... 746 Leasing by Alberta Online Consortium Association Automobiles–Seizure (SP488/05: Tabled) ... 1578 For prostitution-related offences: Legislation re (Bill Trade missions 39) ... 746 Expenditures re (Q13/05: Defeated) ... 808 Edmonton Remand Centre Trade shows Rape of inmates in ... 1430 Expenditures re (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 Emergency vehicles, Stationary Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39) Speed limits for passing of: Legislation re (Bill 39) ... Second reading ... 1294–95 746 TransAlta Utilities Corporation Gasoline–Taxation Electricity price manipulation activities ... 286, Federal revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 455–56, 488–89, 948–49 852 Electricity price manipulation activities: Documents Heart attacks in firefighters re (SP163-164/05: Tabled) ... 295 Workers' compensation coverage of: Legislation re Electricity price manipulation activities: Employees' (Bill 50) ... 1716 conversations re (SP190/05: Tabled) ... 327 Highway construction sites–Safety aspects Electricity price manipulation activities: Independent Speeding limits: Legislation re (Bill 39) ... 746 investigation of ... 949 Insurance, Automobile Hydropower generation pricing ... 363, 456, 488–89 Driving without: Legislation re (Bill 39) ... 746 Hydropower generation pricing: Jim Dinning's role in Oral Question Period (2005) ... 456 Calgary ring road southwest portion ... 1781–82 TUSK Energy Corporation Federal gas tax agreement ... 852 Involvement of former minister of energy (Murray Ring roads–Calgary Smith) with, letter re (SP600/05: Tabled) ... 1716 Land aquisition re, from Tsuu T'ina nation ... 1781–82 University of Alberta Speed limits Auditor General's management letters re, release of: Legislation re (Bill 39) ... 746 Letter re (SP101/05: Tabled) ... 128 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39) Lottery funding for ... 1289 First reading ... 746 University of Calgary Second reading ... 891–92, 1291–92 Auditor General's management letters re, release of: Committee ... 1488 Letter re (SP101/05: Tabled) ... 128 Third reading ... 1582 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 309 Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill) (Continued) Mar, Hon. Gary G., QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay) Trucking industry (Continued) Legislation re (Bill 39) ... 746 Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary Tsuu T'ina First Nation (Continued) Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Auditor General's 1781–82 review of ... 1525–26, 1597–98 Workers' Compensation Act Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Auditor General's Coverage of firefighters' heart attacks ... 1716 review of, minister's letter re (SP464/05: Tabled) ... Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) 1528 (Bill 50) Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Political interference First reading ... 1716 re ... 1597 Second reading ... 1811–12, 1816 Arts–Finance Committee ... 1892–95 General remarks ... 692, 977, 1472–73, 1475, 1479, Third reading ... 1898, 1899 1571, 1783, 2053 Workers' Compensation Board Artwork, Alberta Medical panel's independence from ... 1716 Donation to National Gallery of Canada ... 1739 Mar, Hon. Gary G., QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay) Athletes, Albertan 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Support for ... 1151 Commonwealth Stadium concert re ... 1473 Auditor General Funding for ... 1473, 1479, 1783 Jubilee auditoria comments ... 1473, 1476 General remarks ... 692, 1472–73, 1484 Wild Rose Foundation grants' auditing ... 1497, Gifts to Canadians nation-wide (scholarships and 1525–26, 1597–98, 1742–43 artwork) ... 1739 Wild Rose Foundation grants' auditing: Minister's Legislature grounds concert re, September 1 ... 1473, letter requesting (SP464/05: Tabled) ... 1528 1479 Big Lake natural area Active living strategy Designation as provincial park ... 321 Funding for ... 1476 Renaming of ... 321 Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Calgary-Montrose (Constituency) General remarks ... 1473 Member for's role re transfer of Wild Rose grants to Alberta Centennial Medal Act (Bill 2) Vietnamese cultural society ... 1442 First reading ... 51 Calgary Vietnamese Caodaist Cultural Society Second reading ... 238, 240 Wild Rose grants transferred to ... 1442, 1497 Committee ... 354 Canadian International Development Agency Third reading ... 439 Alberta partnership with, for foreign aid projects ... Alberta Centennial Medal Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 1442, 1497, 1597 58) Canmore Nordic Centre First reading ... 1919 Funding for ... 1150 Second reading ... 1973–74 Upgrades to: Costs (M36/05: Accepted) ... 1165 Committee ... 1976–77 Upgrades to: Funding for ... 305, 1473 Third reading ... 2032 Castle-Crown wilderness area Alberta Centennial World Cup Cross Country General remarks ... 2012 competition, Canmore (December 2005) Cataract Creek wilderness protected area Funding for ... 1473 General remarks ... 1484 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Centennial ambassadors Funding ... 692, 1783 General remarks ... 1484 Review of Visual Arts Alberta Association ... 1571 Centennial celebrations–Saskatchewan Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission General remarks ... 1484 Funding for ... 1475 Centennial hockey game, Lloydminster (April 14, 2005) Investigation of inmate rape case ... 855 General remarks ... 645 Role in provincial same-sex marriage strategy ... 317 Centennial legacies grant program Alberta Scene (Arts festival, Ottawa) General remarks ... 324, 1150, 1472 Centennial funding for ... 324, 692, 1473, 1783 Centennial medallions General remarks ... 1476 General remarks ... 1473 Return of artists at, to Alberta ... 1476, 1479 Legislation re (Bill 2) ... 51 Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Presentation protocol adjustment: Legislation re (Bill Foundation 58) ... 1919 General remarks ... 1150 Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) Alberta SuperNet General remarks ... 317 Library access to ... 1472 Constitution Act, 1982 Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Application to Wild Rose Foundation grants to ... 1335, 1442, 1497 prison inmates ... 855 Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Auditor General's Contaminated sites random audit of, 2004 ... 1525 Cleanup of ... 1961 Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Auditor General's Cypress Hills Provincial Park report on ... 1742–43 Centennial projects in ... 1473 310 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Mar, Hon. Gary G., QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay) Mar, Hon. Gary G., QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Community Development Members of the Legislative Assembly Annual report, 2003-04 (SP42/05: Tabled) ... 93 Relationship with Wild Rose Foundation ... 1598 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP566/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Ministerial Statements (2005) Budget allocations ... 1475–76 Yom ha-Shoah, Holocaust Memorial Day ... 1247–48 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1472–73, 1475–76, Miquelon Lake Provincial Park 1479, 1484 General remarks ... 250 Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Museums, Provincial–Finance (SP720/05: Tabled) ... 1919 General remarks ... 1472–73 Staffing ... 1476 Music Alberta Dinosaur Provincial Park Closing of ... 1571 Centennial projects in ... 1473 National Gallery of Canada Drinking water–Turner Valley area Alberta artwork donated to ... 1739 Testing of ... 1961 National Hockey League Drinking water–Vietnam Out-of-province player levy ... 1473, 1479 Wild Rose grants for ... 1335 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Edmonton Remand Centre Auditor General's recommendation re ... 1473, 1476 Overcrowding ... 855 Renovations ... 324, 1473, 1484 Rape of inmates in ... 855 Off-highway vehicles Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Access to Ghost-Waiporous recreation area ... 1601 Alberta visit, May 2005 ... 1473, 1476 Office of the Premier Alberta visit, May 2005: First Nations participation ... Premier's travel to Ottawa, Quebec, and Atlantic 1445, 1573 Canada, November 2005: Centennial gifts to Film development grant program Canadians announced during ... 1739 General remarks ... 322, 1473 Oral Question Period (2005) Film industry Applewood Park Community Association ... 1335, Benefits received from Alberta trade missions ... 46 1442, 1497, 1525–26, 1742–43 Government budget for ... 1476, 1783 Arts funding ... 692, 977, 1571, 2053 Francophone Secretariat Big Lake natural area ... 321 Funding for ... 1484 Centennial gifts to Canadians ... 1739 Friends of the jubilee auditoria societies Centennial hockey challenge ... 645 General remarks ... 1484 Centennial project funding ... 1783 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area Centennial projects ... 324 Off-highway vehicle access to ... 1601 Definition of marriage ... 317 Glenbow Museum Edmonton Remand Centre ... 855 General remarks ... 1484 Film development program ... 322 Historic sites–Finance First Nations participation in Royal visit ... 1445, General remarks ... 1472–73 1573 Hockey Library funding ... 367–68 Lottery funding for ... 1479 Parks and protected areas ... 167, 852–53, 1601–02, Holocaust Memorial Day and Genocide Remembrance 2012 Act Support for active living ... 1150–51 General remarks ... 1248 Trade mission to Southeast Asia ... 46 Horse racing Turner Valley gas plant historic site ... 1961 Lottery funding for ... 367, 977 Wabamun provincial park closure ... 249–250 Human rights Wild Rose Foundation grants ... 457, 531, 1597–98 Funding for ... 1472 Parks, Provincial Junior high school education–Curricula Enforcement of rules in ... 1601 Fine arts courses ... 1484 Funding for ... 1472–73, 1476, 1479 Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park Industrial development in ... 1601–02 Centennial projects in ... 1473 Upgrading of ... 167, 249–50, 852–53, 977, 1150, Libraries–Finance 2012 General remarks ... 367, 1472, 1475, 1476 Passchendaele (Film) Library cards Provincial funding for ... 1783 General remarks ... 367 Pembina River Provincial Park Literacy General remarks ... 250 Impact of library card fees on ... 367 Pine beetles–Control Logging, Clear-cut–Cataract Creek area General remarks ... 1602 General remarks ... 1484 Prisoners Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park Application of Charter of Rights to ... 855 General remarks ... 2012 Protected areas Marriage Enforcement of rules in ... 1601 Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 317 Funding for ... 1472–73 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 311 Mar, Hon. Gary G., QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay) Mar, Hon. Gary G., QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay) (Continued) (Continued) Protected areas (Continued) Wild Rose Foundation (Continued) Industrial development in ... 1601–02 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Political Upgrading of ... 167, 852–53 interference re ... 1597 Public lands Funding ... 1475 Sale of, freeze on ... 167, 853 Funds granted by, follow-up auditing of ... 531, 1335, Publishing industry 1442, 1743 Funding ... 977, 2053 Grants procedures ... 457, 531 Recreation–Finance Grants procedures: Response to questions re General remarks ... 1150–51 (SP277/05: Tabled) ... 579 Royal Alberta Museum Relationship between MLAs and ... 1598 Centennial funding for ... 1473 World Masters [summer] Games, Edmonton (July 2005) Rural economic development Funding for ... 1473 Government strategy re ... 167 Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation Centennial projects in ... 1473 General remarks ... 317 Year of the Veteran, 2005 Sewage disposal plants–Finance Military history film produced during ... 1783 General remarks ... 1473 Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Statement re ... 1247–48 Auditor General'f recommendation re ... 1473, 1476 Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Renovations ... 324, 1473, 1484 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Special Places program Committee ... 893–94 General remarks ... 2012 Agribusiness Sports Provincial assistance to ... 1212 Plan for ... 1151, 1474, 1475 Agriculture Sports–Finance Government assistance programs ... 1212 General remarks ... 1150–51, 1472–73 Alberta Advantage Tourism Letter re (SP493/05: Tabled) ... 1579 Centennial year events ... 1484 Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Trade missions–Southeast Asia Ratio of journeymen to apprentices ... 1136 Benefits of ... 46 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site) Municipal Government Act review discussions ... Environmental cleanup of ... 1961 1325 United Church of Canada. Alberta and Northwest Alberta Centennial Medal Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Conference 58) Letter from executive secretary to province on Committee ... 1977 occasion of centennial (SP719/05: Tabled) ... 1919 Alberta Construction Association Visual Arts Alberta Association Labour supply survey ... 1137 Funding for ... 692, 1571 Alberta Government Offices Review of, by Foundation for the Arts ... 1571 Washington, D.C. office: Reports from director of Volunteers (M37/05: Defeated) ... 1166 General remarks ... 1472 Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border Wabamun Lake Provincial Park closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 1166 Closure, 2005 season ... 249–50 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Long-term care facilities inspection: Letter re Funding for ... 1473 (SP419/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Water quality–Sheep River Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Impact of Turner Valley Gas Plant historic site on ... General remarks ... 920 1961 Alberta initiative for school improvement Water treatment plants General remarks ... 1269 Funding for ... 1473 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 West Castle Wetlands ecological reserve (Bill 20) General remarks ... 2012 Second reading ... 437 Wild Rose Foundation Third reading ... 551 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for ... 1335, Alberta Politics Uncovered (Publication) 1442, 1497 Excerpt from (SP395/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Auditor Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 General's report on ... 1742–43 (Bill 43) Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Auditor Second reading ... 1855–56, 1858 General's review of ... 1525–26, 1597–98 Committee ... 1977–78 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Auditor Alberta royalty tax credit General's review of, minister's letter re (SP464/05: Auditor General's comments re ... 921 Tabled) ... 1528 312 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta School Boards Association Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton (Continued) Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... Public/private partnership funding model for 1270 southeast portion of: Contracts re (M39/05: Alberta Securities Commission Response tabled as SP513/05) ... 1167 Commissioners of, dismissal ... 1250 Public/private partnership funding model for Firing of director of administrative services (Grahame southeast portion of: Costs ... 616–17 Newton) ... 1148 Public/private partnership funding model for Firing of director of administrative services (Grahame southeast portion of: Costs comparison for Newton): Letter re (SP359/05: Tabled) ... 984 (M41/05: Response tabled as SP514/05) ... 1169 Influencing regulatory activity case ... 487–88 Aon Consulting Inc. Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: Letter re General's authority challenged re, emergency (SP755/05: Tabled) ... 1971 debate re ... 1317–18 Apprenticeship training Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor General remarks ... 1171 General's investigation of ... 1148–49, 1197, 1250 Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Committee ... 1588–89 General's investigation of, letter to Legislative Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Offices committee re (SP434/05: Tabled) ... 1452 (Bill 51) Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Committee ... 1984 General's investigation of, restrictions on ... 1148 Third reading ... 2037–38 Influencing regulatory activity case: Emergency Aspen Regional Health Authority debate under SO 30 re ... 1083–84 Redesignation of continuing care beds in Hinton: Influencing regulatory activity case: Independent Petition presented re ... 1918, 1970 investigation of ... 532, 987 Assessment Influencing regulatory activity case: Report on ... 488, Linear assessment process: Appeal process ... 1325 532 Assessment–Agricultural land KPMG hired for forensic audit of employee e-mails Level of ... 1325 ... 1148 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Alberta seniors benefit program Benefit levels, formula for ... 884–85 Dental benefits: Letter re (SP818/05: Tabled) ... 2056 Benefits increase ... 884–85 Optical benefits ... 886 Benefits received under (Q32/05: Response tabled as Alberta Social Housing Corporation SP640/05) ... 1344 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray ... 1502 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Auditor General's Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) report on leaked to media, AG's news release re Third reading ... 1511–12 (SP523/05: Tabled) ... 1632 Auditor General Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Edmonton Fort McMurray land sale process, report on leaked to Journal articles re (SP521-522/05: Tabled) ... 1632 media, AGs news release re (SP523/05: Tabled) ... Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Land titles 1632 certificate re (SP446 & 507/05: Tabled) ... 1508, Long-term care facility management investigation 1608 (Seniors care programs) ... 1077 Alberta SuperNet Long-term care facility management investigation Completion date ... 756, 757 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1444, 1886, Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government 2010, 2012–13 Efficiency ... 756 Oil sands projects approvals comments ... 921 Alberta Teachers' Association Public/private partnership contracts, comments on ... Inclusion of principals in ... 1270 616, 1092, 1802 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Royalty reduction programs evaluation Municipal Government Act review discussions ... recommendation ... 921 1325 Royalty revenues (oil sands) verification ... 921 Alberta's Commission on Learning Securities Commission enforcement processes, Kindergarten recommendations ... 1269, 1722–23 investigation of ... 1148–49, 1197, 1250 Teacher bargaining model recommendation ... 1270 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Ambulance service investigation of, authority to challenged, Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: emergency debate re ... 1317–18 Calgary mayor's comments re (SP7/05: Tabled) ... Securities Commission enforcement processes, 27 investigation of, letter to Legislative Offices Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) committee re (SP434/05: Tabled) ... 1452 Second reading ... 541 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton investigation of, restrictions on ... 1148 Public/private partnership funding model for Suggestive references to, in Legislative Assembly ... southeast portion of ... 1092, 1802 986–87 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 313 Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Barley–Marketing Cattle–Identification General remarks ... 1213 RF ID tags for: Letter re (SP267/05: Tabled) ... 536 Beef–Export Cattle–Prices Diversification of markets for ... 1213 Minimum floor price: Petitions presented re ... 26, Bethany Long Term Care Centre, Camrose 252, 294, 326 Resident of, hunger strike re conditions in ... 1077 Celanese Canada Inc. Black Gold Regional Division #18 Edmonton plant closure ... 920 Letter to minister re collective bargaining method Children at risk–Education (SP403/05: Tabled) ... 1259 Kindergarten programs for ... 1028–29, 1269, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 1722–23 Compensation plans re ... 1212 Chinook Regional Health Authority Impact on cattle industry ... 22 Continuing care facilities, Lethbridge, letter re Testing re, to expedite exports ... 1213 (SP702/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Braille Christian Labour Association of Canada Teaching of, by teacher aids: Letter re (SP756/05: General remarks ... 1170 Tabled) ... 1971 Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 321, Calgary Sun (Newspaper) 458, 647, 1136–37 Calgary mayor's comments re ambulance service Class size (Grade school) transfer to municipalities (SP7/05: Tabled) ... 27 Capping of ... 1723 Campus Alberta Quality Council Reduction of ... 1269 Minutes of meetings of (M38/05: Defeated) ... Class size (High school) 1166–67 Reduction of ... 1269 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Climate change General remarks ... 1212 Kyoto protocol on ... 920 Canadian Cattle Identification Agency Coal bed methane extraction–Environmental aspects RF ID tag requirement: Letter re (SP267/05: Tabled) General remarks ... 920–21 ... 536 Collective bargaining Canadian Cattlemen for Fair Trade First-contract certification legislation ... 1630, NAFTA challenge re U.S. border closure to Canadian 1711–12 cattle ... 290 First-contract certification legislation, other provincial Canadian Council of the Blind. Alberta division legislation re (SP606/05: Tabled) ... 1716 Letter re using teacher aids to teach braille Impact of use of foreign labour on ... 647 (SP756/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Collective bargaining–Building trades Canadian Institutes of Health Research Elimination of ... 1137 Report on workplace injuries in Canada ... 1118 Collective bargaining–Health authorities Canadian Natural Resources Limited Labour Relations Board involvement in: Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at ... 647, Letters/emails to HRE dept. re (SP801/05: Tabled) 920, 1137 ... 2018 Canadian Wheat Board Collective bargaining–Teachers Market choice addition to ... 1213 Province-wide bargaining ... 1270 Canmore Nordic Centre Province-wide bargaining: Letter re (SP403/05: Upgrades to: Costs (M36/05: Accepted) ... 1165 Tabled) ... 1259 Capital projects Columbia College Deficit re ... 1802–03 Letters, memos re (M40/05: Defeated) ... 1167–69 Public/private partnerships re ... 616–17, 1092, 1802 Commission on advanced education (Proposed) Public/private partnerships re: Auditor General's Review of public postsecondary education system comments re ... 616, 1092 (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1551–52 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing General remarks ... 1091 Discussion of Auditor General's power to investigate Vetting of projects with provincial government ... the Alberta Securities Commission: Letter re 1091 (SP434/05: Tabled) ... 1452 Capital projects–Finance Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing General remarks ... 771 Coverage of Members of the Legislative Assembly Cattle–Export–United States from the Alberta Risk Management Fund review, Contingency plan (2004) re continued border closure referred to ... 494 ... 22 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Chair of, directing questions to ... 1789 closed ... 22, 290, 1166 Changes to operation of ... 625 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Construction trades closed: Appeal of, participation of federal PC party Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring in ... 1212–13 ... 321–22, 458, 647, 920, 1136–37 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Employment levels: Stats Can report on (SP202/05: closed: Appeal of, under NAFTA ... 290 Tabled) ... 370 314 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Consumer protection Edmonton Public School Board Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1420–21 City centre education project ... 1029, 1269 Re electricity/gas prices ... 420–21 Closure of schools ... 1722 Corporate Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 26) Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... 1270, Second reading ... 537 1722 Courts–Calgary Learning resource personnel shortage, letter re New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 616 (SP605/05: Tabled) ... 1716 Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Education, Postsecondary Second reading ... 1867–68 Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Crop insurance program 1551–52 Deductible for ... 1212 Education–Curricula General remarks ... 1212 General remarks ... 1271 Per-acre funding for payouts re ... 1212 Education–Finance Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development General remarks ... 1269 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1212–14 User fees ... 1723 Dept. of Education User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q15/05: Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1269–71 Defeated) ... 809–10 Return of school capital funding to ... 1802 Elder abuse Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... General remarks ... 886 1722–23 Elder Advocates of Alberta Society Dept. of Energy Extended care facilities inspection: Letter re Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 919–21 (SP419/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Dept. of Government Services Electric power, Coal-produced Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1420–21 Research into ... 920–21 Performance measures ... 1421 Electric power–Prices Relation to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Consumer protection re ... 1420–21 Efficiency ... 756 General remarks ... 1420 Dept. of Health and Wellness Electric power–Retail sales Return of health facility funding to ... 1802 General remarks ... 1420–21 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Electric utilities Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1135–37 Competitive choice re ... 1421 Labour Relations Board letters/emails to, re health Electric utilities–Regulations care union restructuring (SP801/05: Tabled) ... Deregulation ... 919–20, 1420, 1421 2018 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1091–93 1399, 1411–13 Reassignment of capital funding to other departments Securities Commission, loss of investor confidence in ... 1802 (not proceeded with) ... 1083–84 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Securities Commission challenge of Auditor 1802–03 General's authority (not proceeded with) ... Dept. of Learning 1317–18 Credit card statements for deputy minister (M17/05: Energy resources, Alternate Response tabled as SP718/05) ... 819 General remarks ... 920 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Extended care facilities Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1324–26 Auditor General's review of ... 1077 Staffing ... 1325 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1391–92, Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency 1444, 1886, 2012–13 Budget statements ... 756 Conditions in: Letters re (SP404, 418/05: Tabled) ... Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 756–57 1259, 1342 Relation to Dept. of Government Services ... 756 Food service ... 886 Role of ... 756 Redesignation to assisted living status ... 1886, Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports 2012–13 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 884–86 Extended care facilities–Hinton DeVry Institute of Technology Reclassification of: Petition presented re ... 1918, Academic programs, approval of ... 1166 1970, 2016 Early childhood education Extended care facilities–Inspection Full-day programs ... 1028–29, 1722–23 General remarks ... 1391 Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1028–29, Letter re (SP419/05: Tabled) ... 1342 1269, 1722–23 Extended care facilities–Lethbridge Edmonton Journal (Newspaper) Letter re (SP702/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Fort McMurray land deal articles (SP521-522/05: Extended care facilities–Staffing Tabled) ... 1632 Shortage of: Letters re (SP249/05: Tabled) ... 492 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 315 Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Extended care facilities–Staffing (Continued) Hospitals–Calgary Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 886, New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of 1077, 1392 ... 616 Extended care facilities–Standards IBM Canada Ltd. Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... General remarks ... 757 1399, 1411–13 Income Support program General remarks ... 1077, 1391–92, 2012–13 Funding cutbacks to ... 1135–36 Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Third reading ... 548 Second reading ... 709–10 Family farm Third reading ... 1514, 1515 Preservation of ... 1214 Justice of the Peace Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 48) Fatalities, Work-related Second reading ... 1689 Day of mourning re ... 1118 KPMG consulting Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Alberta Securities Commission employees' e-mails, Second reading ... 701–02 forensic audit of ... 1148 Food industry and trade Labour laws and legislation Provincial support programs re ... 1212 General remarks ... 1136, 1171, 1630, 1711–12 Foreign workers, Temporary Labour relations Alberta document re (SP245/05: Tabled) ... 464 Impact of foreign worker importation on ... 647, General remarks ... 321–22, 458, 647, 920, 1136–37, 1136–37 1171 Labour Relations Board Implications re workplace safety ... 1136 Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Letters re (SP338 & 360/05: Tabled) ... 858, 984 authorities bargaining restructuring): Letters/emails Suncor communications plan re (SP244/05: Tabled) to HRE dept. re (SP801/05: Tabled) ... 2018 ... 464 Labour Relations Code Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Division 8 provision (Foreign workers for major General remarks ... 1166, 1167 projects) ... 647, 920, 1136–37, 1171 Gas, Natural–Prices Review of: MLA committee re: Report (M43/05: Forecasting of ... 919 Defeated) ... 1170–71 George Nicholson school Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Community use of ... 1270 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27, 2003) Good Samaritans Society, Hinton Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting: Redesignation of continuing care beds: Petition Letters/emails to HRE dept. re (SP801/05: Tabled) presented re ... 1918, 1970 ... 2018 Government aircraft Labour supply Policy on usage of ... 979, 1091 Shortages of skilled workers ... 1137 Government chartered aircraft Labour unions Policy on usage of ... 979, 1091 Organizing activities (Salting) ... 1170, 1171 Government computer equipment Ledcor Industries Limited Costs of ... 757 Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 321 Government departments Libraries, School–Employees Number of ... 756 General remarks ... 1722–23 Government efficiency Market enhancement recovery funds General remarks ... 756–57 General remarks ... 1170, 1171 Monitoring of ... 756 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Greater Black Gold Teachers' Local #8 Committee ... 1873–74 Letter to minister re collective bargaining method Meat packing plants (SP403/05: Tabled) ... 1259 Building of ... 22, 1213 Heavy oil–Royalties Medical care General remarks ... 920 New Democrat opposition public hearings re, report Verification of, Auditor General's comments re ... 921 (SP381/05: Tabled) ... 1153–54 High school credits Restructuring: Government news release re Fine arts credit requirement ... 1270 (SP297/05: Tabled) ... 653 Highway 63 Medical care, Private Upgrading of ... 1137 Influence of health symposium on ... 1164–65 Upgrading of: Petitions presented re ... 252, 369, 652, Members' Statements 858, 1128, 1137, 1258, 1314, 1578, 1607, 1970, Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: 2055 Hancock/Stevens) ... 625 Hip and knee surgery Government news release re (SP298/05: Tabled) ... Members' Statements (2005) 653 Lakeside Packers labour dispute ... 1630 Homeless–Housing School closures ... 806 General remarks ... 886 316 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Members' withdrawal of remarks Peace Country Tender Beef Co-op Ltd. Regarding unparliamentary language ... 1036 General remarks ... 22, 1213 Merit Contractors Association Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) General remarks ... 1170, 1171 Highway 63 upgrading ... 252, 369, 652, 858, 1128, Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 647, 1258, 1314, 1578, 1607, 1970, 2055 1136–37 Long-term care facility in Hinton, classification of ... Ministerial Statements (2005) 1918, 1970, 2016 National Day of Mourning ... 1118 Minimum floor price for cattle ... 26, 252, 294, 326 Motions other than Government Motions Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: 15) ... 984 Hancock/Stevens) ... 625 Petrochemical industry Municipal finance Impact of natural resources exports on ... 920 Government grants, unconditional grants ... 1325 Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) Municipal Government Act Second reading ... 715 Review of ... 1325 Committee ... 1560 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Third reading ... 891 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Municipal Government Board Committee ... 1924 Assessment services ... 1325 Pipelines National Day of Mourning (Work-related Development of ... 920 injuries/deaths) Point of Order Statement re ... 1118 Clarification ... 1512 Natural resources revenue False allegations ... 1412 Forecasting of ... 919 Improper questions ... 2057 General remarks ... 920 Imputing motives ... 1035 New Democrat Opposition Parliamentary language ... 623 The Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Agency (Report) Police (SP636/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Neighbourhood patrols ... 952–53 North American free trade agreement Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Border closure to cattle challenge under ... 290 Second reading ... 706–07 North Edmonton school Third reading ... 1584 Closure ... 1270, 1722 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Officers of the Legislative Assembly (Bill 55) Definition of, re Beauchesne 493 ... 987 Committee ... 1975–76 Oil–Prices Prion research (BSE control) Forecasting of ... 919 General remarks ... 1213 Oral Question Period (2005) Privacy, Right of Beef recovery strategy ... 22 General remarks ... 1420 Border closure to Canadian cattle ... 290 Private Colleges Accreditation Board Capital investment in schools ... 771 Minutes of meetings of (M38/05: Defeated) ... Chartered air travel ... 979 1166–67 Community policing ... 952–53 Private vocational schools Continuing care standards ... 2012–13 Provincial monitoring of ... 1166–69 First-contract labour arbitration ... 1711–12 Privilege Horizon oil sands project ... 647 Auditor General's investigation of Securities Kindergarten programs ... 1028–29 Commission enforcement processes, comments re Long-term care ... 1886 ... 986–87 Long-term care facility standards ... 1391–92 Program unit funding (Education) Long-term care standards ... 1077 Programming for children-at-risk ... 1271 Private/public partnerships ... 616–17 Property tax–Education levy Sale of Social Housing Corporation land ... 1502 Collection of, by municipalities, funding for ... 1325 School closures ... 742, 1522–23 Elimination of: Letter re (SP800/05: Tabled) ... 2018 Securities Commission ... 487–88, 532, 1148–49, Seniors' tax relief re ... 886 1197, 1250 Protection for Persons in Care Act Social Housing Corporation land sales ... 1741 General remarks ... 886 Temporary foreign workers ... 321–22, 458 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Parkland Institute Committee ... 785–86 Provincial budget 2005, commentary (SP328/05: Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Tabled) ... 776 General remarks ... 1325 Parliamentary language Public assistance General remarks ... 623 Increase to ... 953, 1136 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 317 Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Public Guardian's office Securities regulator, National Funding ... 886 General remarks ... 1197 Public records–Confidentiality Senior citizens General remarks ... 1420 Government programs: Auditor General's review of ... Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) 1077 Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision Senior citizens–Housing re ... 1166, 1212–13 Assisted living concept ... 1886 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Small business Second reading ... 540 Impact of Securities Commission situation on ... 532 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Committee ... 497–98 Hancock/Stevens) ... 625 Third reading ... 995–96 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Social services recipients–Protection (Bill 44) General remarks ... 886 Committee ... 1978 Speaker–Rulings and statements Risk management fund Preambles ... 493 Review, Coverage of Members of the Legislative Referring to an officer of the Legislature ... 986–87 Assembly under (M1/05: Withdrawn) ... 494 Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Rural economic development Edmonton Government strategy re ... 1214 Closure: Letter re (SP177/05: Tabled) ... 327 School councils Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Fund-raising activities: Revenues from (Q15/05: Second reading ... 544 Defeated) ... 809–10 Strikes and lockouts–Lakeside Packers employees School counsellors General remarks ... 1711–12 General remarks ... 1722–23 Statement re ... 1630 School principals Student financial aid Inclusion in Alberta Teachers' Association ... 1270 Default rates, 1994-95 to 2003-04 (Q25/05: Response Schools–Closure tabled as SP476/05) ... 1156 General remarks ... 742, 771, 1092–93, 1270, Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 1522–23, 1722 (Bill 14) Letter re (SP177/05: Tabled) ... 327 Second reading ... 433–34 Statement re ... 806 Committee ... 1561–62 Schools–Closure–Ontario Student testing Policy document re ... 742, 1270, 1523, 1722 Achievement tests ... 1271 Policy document re (SP316/05: Tabled) ... 746 Suncor Inc. Schools–Construction Communications plan re temporary foreign workers Contingent on closure of older schools ... 742, 1523 (SP244/05: Tabled) ... 464 General remarks ... 1722 Memo re temporary foreign workers ... 458 Schools–Construction–Edmonton Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 53) General remarks ... 771 Committee ... 1979 Schools–Construction–Finance Surplus, Budgetary General remarks ... 771 General remarks ... 919 Schools–Downtown areas Tar sands development General remarks ... 1722–23 Employment opportunities in ... 647 Schools–Maintenance and repair Expansion projects: Auditor General's comments re ... Funding for ... 771, 1722 921 Schools–Utilization Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re Change to formula for ... 742 (foreign workers) ... 321–22, 458, 647, 920 Change to formula for: Statement re ... 805–06 General remarks ... 920 Community group use of, as part of formula re ... Labour relations issues in ... 1137 1093, 1270 Value-added opportunities ... 920 General remarks ... 1092–93, 1270, 1722, 1802 Teacher-librarians Securities–Law and legislation General remarks ... 1722–23 National harmonization of: Publication excerpt re Teachers' Pension Plan (SP395/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP817/05: Tabled) ... Securities Act 2056 Amendment re Securities Commission enforcement Telus Corporation process investigation ... 1250 Appeal of linear assessment ... 1325 Securities Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 19) Labour situation: E-mail re (SP373/05: Tabled) ... Second reading ... 627–29 1081 Amendment ... 942 Timberlea Consortium Incorporated Purchase of public land in Fort McMuray ... 1502 318 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) Martin, Ray (ND, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview) (Continued) (Continued) Timberlea Consortium Incorporated (Continued) Workplace safety Purchase of public land in Fort McMuray: Land titles General remarks ... 1118 certificate re (SP446/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Workplace safety inspections Tyson Foods, Inc. General remarks ... 1136 General remarks ... 1630, 1711 Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) University of Phoenix 4-H ambassadors Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Approval of Statement re ... 1204 ... 1166–67 Agriculture Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Government assistance programs ... 488 Documentation re (M3/05: Response tabled as Bow Valley College SP480/05) ... 663–64 Courses offered to Prairie College of Applied Arts & Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Letter of Technology students ... 1629 approval re (M2/05: Response tabled as SP479/05) Canadian agriculture income stabilization program ... 663 General remarks ... 488 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Chair (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) Election of ... 2, 4 Speakers/presenters at, remuneration paid to Community halls–Rural areas (M35/05: Accepted) ... 1164–65 Food safety regulations in ... 248 Utilities Consumer Advocate Council of Education Facility Planners International Independence of (arm's length from government) ... International award, given to Olds College ... 1835 1420–21 Deputy Speaker Role of ... 1420–21 Election of ... 2, 4 Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council Farm Income Payment Program (Federal) Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Alberta participation ... 488 Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity Food safety ("draft" report, Feb. 23, 2005) (SP364/05: Tabled) Rural community halls ... 248 ... 1034 Grain–Prices Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Provincial assistance program re ... 488 Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity Halliday, Leah ("draft" report, Feb. 23,2005): Point of Order ... Statement re ... 1258 1035 Members' Statements (2005) Wages–Minimum wage 4-H ambassadors ... 1204 Increase to ... 1136 Bow Valley College/Prairie College of Applied Arts Indexing of ... 1136 & Technology ... 1629 Waiting lists (Medical care) Community learning campus at Olds College ... 1835 Interim report re (No More Time to Wait) (SP296/05: Leah Halliday ... 1258 Tabled) ... 653 Ritske and Immigje Veenstra ... 1340 Wheat–Marketing The Speaker's 26th anniversary as an MLA ... 1743 General remarks ... 1213 Student leadership conference ... 1527 Whistle-blower protection Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 42) Securities Commission case: Letter re (SP359/05: Committee ... 1585 Tabled) ... 984 Net metering (Electricity) Workplace safety complaints ... 1136 Motion 510: Marz ... 1763–64, 1766, 1769 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Olds College Second reading ... 547 Community learning campus ... 1835 Committee ... 1650–51, 1653–54, 1657, 1659––61 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (Constituency) Third reading ... 1871–72 Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2, 4 Amendment ... 592 Oral Question Period (2005) General remarks ... 1169–70 Agricultural assistance ... 488 Petition presented re ... 984 Health regulations for rural community halls ... 248 Subamendment SA1 (SP536/05: Tabled) ... 1651 Pages (Legislative Assembly) Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Leah Halliday appreciation ... 1258 (Bill 50) Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Committee ... 1896–97 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Third reading ... 1898 Amendment A1 (SP741/05: Tabled) ... 1935 Amendment A2 (SP715/05: Tabled) ... 1897 Prairie College of Applied Arts & Technology Workers' Compensation Board Students offered courses at Bow Valley College ... Ana Gutierrez case: Correspondence re (M42/05: 1629 Defeated) ... 1169–70 Property tax–Education levy Workplace accidents Elimination of: Legislation re (Bill 210) ... 1890 General remarks ... 1136 Regional health authorities Impact of foreign workers on rate of ... 1136 Food safety regulations application ... 248 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 319 Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Righteous among the Nations (Holocaust memorial Alberta Securities Commission (Continued) project) Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Statement re ... 1340 General's report on investigation of, release to Rural economic development media, point of privilege re ... 1635, 1636 Government strategy re ... 1835 Influencing regulatory activity case: Chronology of School (Property Tax Reduction) Amendment Act, 2005 events re ... 1780, 1882, 1911 (Bill 210) Influencing regulatory activity case: Independent First reading ... 1890 investigation of ... 1910–11 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) KPMG hired for forensic audit of employee e-mails Second reading ... 183–84 ... 969 Speaker Alberta Social Housing Corporation 26th anniversary as an MLA, statement re ... 1743 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray ... 1519–20, 1598, Congratulations to ... 4 1828 Student leadership conference, Olds (May 2005) Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Alleged role of Statement re ... 1527 Minister of Environment in, Ethics commissioner's Veenstra, Ritske and Immigje report on leaked to media, point of privilege re ... Statement re ... 1340 1636–37 Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Appraisal process Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) re ... 1569 Second reading ... 393–95, 396 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Auditor General's Air India report on ... 1741 Bombing of flight 182, June 23, 1985: Public inquiry Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Auditor General's into ... 462 report on leaked to media, point of privilege re ... Bombing of flight 182, June 23, 1985: Statement re ... 1636–37 462 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Role of Minister Alberta Building Trades Council of Environment in ... 1570 Reaction to division 8 designation for oil sands Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Tabling of copy projects construction ... 209 of agreement re ... 1520, 1569 Alberta Government Offices Alberta SuperNet Washington, D.C. office: Reports from director of Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government (M37/05: Defeated) ... 1166 Efficiency ... 1108 Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border Alberta Urban Municipalities Association closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 42, 1166 Ambulance service transfer to regional health Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums authorities discussions ... 245 Elimination of ... 768, 968 Ambulance service transfer to regional health General remarks ... 968 authorities discussions: Press release re (SP152/05: Seniors' premiums: Elimination of ... 968 Tabled) ... 253 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Alliance pipeline Long-term care facilities inspection ... 1334 General remarks ... 572 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Ambulance service (No. 2) (Bill 40) Review of, 2002: Report ... 202 Third reading ... 1557 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill AUMA news release re (SP152/05: Tabled) ... 253 206) Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: First reading ... 984 Cancellation of ... 19, 83–84, 202 Second reading ... 1754–55, 1760–61 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: General remarks ... 1842 Cancellation of, provincial assistance re ... 19, 83, Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 202, 245 (Bill 43) Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Costs Second reading ... 1852–53 ... 83–84, 202, 245 Alberta Securities Commission Ambulance service–Red Deer Director of enforcement's breach of code of General remarks ... 202, 245 ethics/conflict of interest/insider trading ... Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton 1707–08, 1737–38, 1779–80, 1828, 1882, 1910–11 Backgrounder re (SP169/05: Tabled) ... 295 Firing of director of administrative services (Grahame Public/private partnership funding model for Newton) ... 1598 southeast portion of: Costs ... 287, 318 Influencing regulatory activity case ... 969 Public/private partnership funding model for Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor southeast portion of: MLA questions/answers re General's investigation of ... 969 (SP170/05: Tabled) ... 295 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Aon Consulting Inc. General's report on (2005) ... 1708, 1737–38 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 1666, 1842 320 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Aon Consulting Inc. (Continued) Capital projects, Medical Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: Letter re Funding for ... 1842–43 (SP755/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Cataract surgery, Private–Calgary Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Waiting times for ... 1465 Second reading ... 1562–63 Cattle–Export–United States Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Committee ... 402–03 closed ... 15–16, 42–43, 1498 Auditor General Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Fort McMurray land sale process, report on ... 1741 closed: Appeal of ... 949 Fort McMurray land sale process, report on leaked to Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border media, point of privilege re ... 1636–37 closed: Appeal of, participation of federal PC party Government agencies, boards, and commissions, in ... 949 political appointments to, recommendations re ... Cattle–Prices 2047–48 General remarks ... 1499 Long-term care facility management investigation Minimum floor price ... 42 (Seniors care programs) ... 1334 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Long-term care facility management investigation Meetings of tobacco companies with, 2001-2004 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1388, 1443–44, (M4/05:Accepted) ... 494 1842, 1962 Chinook Regional Health Authority Securities Commission enforcement processes, 2005 Continuing care facilities, Lethbridge, letter re report on ... 1708 (SP702/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Christian Labour Association of Canada investigation of ... 969, 1882 Use of foreign workers in oil sands projects ... 362 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Climate change release to news media of report on, point of Kyoto protocol on ... 571 privilege re ... 1635, 1636 Collective bargaining–Health authorities Automobile Insurance Rate Board Labour Relations Board involvement in ... 2009 Report on rate reductions ... 900 Labour Relations Board involvement in: Public Review of rates ... 969 inquiry into ... 2009 Beef–Prices Commission on advanced education (Proposed) General remarks ... 1499 Review of public postsecondary education system Bethany Long Term Care Centre, Camrose (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1547, 1553–54 Resident of, hunger strike re conditions in ... 1599 Committee of Supply Bitumen Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to Value-adding re ... 571–72 (Motion 22: McClellan) ... 1676–78, 1680 Bitumen–Export Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Impact on oil sands upgrading jobs ... 571–72 Changes to operation of ... 699 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Committee on Public Accounts, Standing (Federal Impact on cattle industry ... 42–43 government) Testing re, to expedite exports ... 16 Sponsorship program investigation ... 699 Budget debate Conflict of interest Motion 19: McClellan ... 780–82 Securities Commission director of enforcement issue Calgary Health Region ... 1707–08, 1737–38, 1779–80 Hip/knee surgery contract with Health Resource Construction trades Centre ... 643–44, 1145 Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Privatization initiatives ... 1465 ... 361–62 Calgary Local Council of Women Consumer protection Minimum wage increase, letter re (SP350/05: Tabled) Auto insurance rates ... 454–55 ... 957 Re electricity/gas prices ... 161, 975–76, 1025 Canada Health Act Corporations–Law and legislation General remarks ... 1842 Enforcement of ... 1828 Canadian Association of Journalists Corporations–Taxation Code of Silence Award given to province of Alberta Reduction in ... 968 ... 1569 Dept. of Advanced Education Canadian Natural Resources Limited Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 278 Horizon oil sands project: Foreign workers at, Dept. of Agriculture (United States) statement re ... 209–10 Position on Montana court injunction re border Canadian Security Intelligence Service closure to Canadian cattle ... 949 Air India bombing investigation ... 462 Dept. of Education Capital Health Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 310 Electric power bills to, overcharging re ... 161 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 321 Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Energy Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Minister's noninternational trips details, 2003-04 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... (M26/05: Response tabled as SP735/05) ... 991 1396–97, 1401–02 Dept. of Environment Emergency medical technicians Minister's role in Fort McMurray land sale ... 1570 Impact of ambulance service transfer to regional Dept. of Finance health authorities on ... 19 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 968–69 Emergency medical technicians–Wainwright Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 283 Layoff of ... 19 Dept. of Health and Wellness Energy resources, Alternate Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1465–66 General remarks ... 1787 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 274 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to 1842–43 Committee of Supply (Motion 22: McClellan) ... Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation 1676–78, 1680 Anthony Henday Drive southeast project, Ethics Commissioner backgrounder re (SP169/05: Tabled) ... 295 Report into allegations re Minister of Environment Dept. of Justice and Attorney General and Fort McMurray land sale process, leak to Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 276 media, point of privilege re ... 1636–37 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Executive Council Role of ... 1108 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1108–09 Dept. of Solicitor General Extended care facilities Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1437 Auditor General's review of ... 1334 Disabled Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1388, Government programs for ... 1109 1443–44, 1842, 1962 Drugs, Generic Conditions in ... 797, 849–50, 1599 General remarks ... 1465 Death of resident in (Jennie Nelson) ... 1962 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Redesignation to assisted living status ... 1842, 1962 General remarks ... 1465 Extended care facilities–Inspection Legislation re (Bill 206) ... 984 General remarks ... 849–50, 1334 Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Extended care facilities–Inspection–Ontario 2005 Grey Cup victors: Statement re ... 1908–09 Publication of results of ... 1334 Edmonton Journal (Newspaper) Extended care facilities–Lethbridge Lawsuit by Edmonton Police Service against Letter re (SP702/05: Tabled) ... 1891 (Overtime bar case) ... 411–12 Extended care facilities–Staffing Edmonton Police Service Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 797 Police radio conversation transcript, publication in Extended care facilities–Standards news media (Overtime bar case) ... 411–12 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Randy Fryingpan tasering case ... 1437 1396–97, 1401–02 Edmonton Public School Board General remarks ... 797, 1388, 1962 Closure of schools ... 310 Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1173–74, Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... 310 1177, 1179 Edmonton Sun (Newspaper) Extended care facilities residents Lawsuit by Edmonton Police Service against Abuse/neglect of ... 613 (Overtime bar case) ... 411–12 Prescription drug usage ... 613 Education, Postsecondary Farm income Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Decline in ... 16 1547, 1553–54 Fatality inquiries Elder Advocates of Alberta Society Long-term care resident's death (Jennie Nelson) ... Forum on extended care residents treatment ... 613 1962 Electoral campaign funds Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Reform of ... 699 Third reading ... 1112–13 Electric power–Prices Finning (Canada) Consumer protection re ... 161, 1025 Labour Relations Board decision re company and General remarks ... 975–76 machinists' union (SP799/05: Tabled) ... 2018 Regulated option re ... 1120 Football championships Electric power–Retail sales Edmonton Eskimos Grey Cup contenders and Billing systems re ... 161 champions ... 1908–09 Electric power contracts, Residential Foreign workers, Temporary Long-term contracts for residential consumers ... Alberta/federal government memorandum re 1025, 1120 (M24/05: Defeated) ... 824 Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 361–62 Deregulation ... 161, 975–76, 1025, 1120 Statement re ... 209–10 322 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Gang-related crime–Prevention Khehra, Mr. Charan General remarks ... 1437 Statement re ... 1506 Gas, Natural–Export KPMG consulting Impact on petrochemical industry employment levels Alberta Securities Commission employees' e-mails, ... 572 forensic audit of ... 969 Gas, Natural–Royalties Labour Relations Board General remarks ... 1787 Chair of, resignation ... 2009 Government agencies, boards, and commissions Finning (Canada)/machinists' union case, decision re Political appointments to ... 2047–48 (SP799/05: Tabled) ... 2018 Political appointments to, independent panel to Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health investigate ... 2048 authorities bargaining restructuring) ... 2009 Government chartered aircraft Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Policy on usage of ... 699 authorities bargaining restructuring): Public inquiry Premier's use of ... 1108 into ... 2009 Provision of details re ... 691 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Government departments Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27, 2003) Communications staff ... 1109 Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting ... Health 2009 Social determinants of ... 1465–66 Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting: Social determinants of: Letter re (SP654/05: Tabled) Public inquiry ... 2009 ... 1788 Labour unions Health Resource Centre, Calgary Impact on, of division 8 designation re foreign Hip/knee surgery contract with Calgary health region workers ... 209–10 ... 643–44, 1145 Legislative Assembly Chamber Wait times at ... 644, 1145 VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Heavy oil–Royalties floor of (Motion 20: Hancock) ... 1111 Reductions in ... 572 Licensed premises Highway 63 Economic impact of smoking ban in (SP120/05: Upgrading of: Petitions presented re ... 1970, 2055 Tabled) ... 171 Hip and knee surgery Lobbyists–Registration Privatization of, in Calgary ... 1145, 1465 General remarks ... 699 Waiting lists for ... 1465 Low-income families Hooper, Marilyn (Former director of outreach for ND Government programs: Letter re (SP654/05: Tabled) party) ... 1788 Recognition of contribution of (SP510/05: Tabled) ... Meat packing industry 1608 Profit margins ... 16, 26, 42, 1498 Hospitals–Fort Saskatchewan Medical care Surplus funding for ... 1842–43 New Democrat opposition public hearings re ... 1466 Hospitals–Strathcona County New Democrat opposition public hearings re, report Surplus funding for ... 1842–43 (SP381/05: Tabled) ... 1153–54 Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 Restructuring ... 1465 (Bill 21) Restructuring (third way option) ... 1465, 1466, 1666 Third reading ... 398–99 Restructuring (third way option): Advertising Identification, Personal campaign re ... 1666 Theft of, from lost health records ... 528–29 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP653 & Income tax, Provincial 822/05: Tabled) ... 1788 Flat tax ... 768, 968 Medical care, Private Personal exemption level ... 968 General remarks ... 1145, 1465, 1623 Insurance, Automobile Medical records–Confidentiality Public plan re ... 969 Missing health records situation ... 528–29 Reform of: Communications budget re ... 283 Members' apologies to the House Insurance, Automobile–Premiums General remarks ... 1082, 1457 Rebates under $50, number of (Q8/05: Defeated) ... Members' Statements (2005) 660 Air India flight 182 ... 462 Reductions in ... 454–55, 969 Charan Khehra ... 1506 Six percent cut to ... 899–900, 969 Construction labour trades ... 209–10 Insurance, Health (Private) Political reform ... 699 Alberta plan for ... 1666, 1842 Resource revenues ... 1787 Members' withdrawal of remarks Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Regarding unparliamentary language ... 1082 Second reading ... 583 Mentally disabled Insurance companies Workers with, salary levels of, letters re (SP798/05: Profits ... 454–55 Tabled) ... 2018 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 323 Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Ministerial Statements (2005) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Border closure to Canadian beef ... 15–16 Private health services ... 1622 Edmonton Eskimos ... 1908–09 Protection for persons in long-term care ... 613 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Sale of Social Housing Corporation land ... 1519–20, Second reading ... 474–75 1569–70 Natural resources revenue Securities Commission ... 1910–11 General remarks ... 968 Securities Commission investigation ... 1737–38, Statement re ... 1787 1779–80, 1882 New Democrat Opposition Southeast Edmonton ring road ... 287, 318 The Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Agency (Report) Temporary foreign workers ... 361–62 (SP636/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 975–76 Role in Question Period ... 55 Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council ... New York City. Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene 1025 Smoke-free workplace legislation: Press release re Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) (SP121/05: Tabled) ... 171 Rotation of questions and answers: 1986 precedent ... Nonemergency health care services 55 Definition ... 1842 Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... Nursing homes–Inspection 55 General remarks ... 1334 Third opposition party's role in ... 55 Nursing homes–Standards Organized crime–Prevention General remarks ... 1334 General remarks ... 1437 Office of the Premier Overtime Broiler & Taproom Premier's accountability ... 1623 Edmonton Police stakeout at ... 411–12 Premier's television addresses ... 1108 Parliamentary language Premier's travel details, posting of, on government General remarks ... 623, 1082 website ... 1108 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Premier's travel to Ottawa, Quebec, and Atlantic Highway 63 upgrading ... 1970, 2055 Canada, November 2005 ... 1623, 1787 Petrochemical industry Premier's travel to Ottawa, Quebec, and Atlantic Impact of natural resources exports on ... 572 Canada, November 2005: Discussion of private Physical therapy health care plans during ... 1666 Inclusion under health care plan ... 1466 Officers of the Legislative Assembly Physical therapy–Finance Reports by, released to media, point of privilege re ... General remarks ... 274 1636–37 Point of Order Oil–Royalties Challenging the Chair ... 1444, 1457 General remarks ... 1787 Citing documents ... 1579–80 Ombudsman Decorum ... 1692 Long-term care residents' abuse, report on ... 613 Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 989, 1789, 1920 Oral Question Period (2005) Factual accuracy ... 1110 Alberta Securities Commission ... 1707–08 False allegations ... 1411–12 Ambulance services ... 19, 83–84, 202, 245 Imputing motives ... 1082 Automobile insurance rates ... 454–55, 899–90 Parliamentary language ... 623 Beef marketing ... 1498–99 Referring to the absence of members ... 306 Boards, commissions, and agencies ... 2047–48 Subamendments ... 993 Border closure to Canadian cattle ... 42–43, 949 Police Corporate accountability ... 1828 Complaints against, procedure for ... 1437 Electricity billing ... 161 Increase in numbers of ... 1437 Electricity marketing ... 1120 Neighbourhood patrols ... 1437 Government accountability ... 1598–99 Police commissions Government chartered air travel ... 691 Oversight function ... 1437 Health care premiums ... 768 Political ethics Health care privatization ... 1145, 1666 Breach of, by Securities Commission director of Health Facilities Review Committee ... 1334 enforcement ... 1737–38 Health Resource Centre joint replacements ... 643–44 Statement re ... 699 Labour Relations Board ... 2009 Postsecondary educational institutions–Finance Long-term care facilities ... 797, 849–50 Performance envelope funds ... 278 Long-term care facility standards ... 1388, 1443–44 Poverty Long-term care standards ... 1962 Impact on health care demand ... 1466 Missing health records ... 528–29 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Oil sands bitumen export ... 571–72 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... Police service investigation ... 411–12 1465 Premier's travel ... 1623 324 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) (Continued) (Continued) Privilege Speech from the Throne Contempt (Auditor General's report on Securities Debate ... 35–37 Commission enforcement processes, release to Sponsorship scandal (Federal government) media) ... 1635 General remarks ... 699 Contempt (Release to media of three reports by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Officers of the Assembly) ... 1636–37 Rate reduction ... 455 Progressive Contractors Association of Canada Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Web site article re Labour Relations Board decision Committee ... 603, 608–09 re Finning (Canada) and machinists' union Student financial aid (SP799/05: Tabled) ... 2018 General remarks ... 278 Prostitutes Loan remission funding ... 278 Murder of ... 952–53 Surgery waiting lists Public Affairs Bureau Public vs private facilities ... 644, 1145 Role of ... 1108–09 Surplus, Budgetary Staffing ... 1109 Accountability for, relation to Premier's travel to Public contracts eastern Canada ... 1623 Awarding of, to former ministerial aides ... 699 Tar sands development Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision (foreign workers) ... 361–62 re ... 15, 949 Value-added opportunities ... 571–72 Regional health authorities Taxation Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of ... 19, General remarks ... 768, 968 83–84, 202 Terrorist attacks–New York City/Washington, D.C. Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of, September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 462 provincial assistance re ... 19, 83, 202, 245 Timberlea Consortium Incorporated Ambulance service transfer to: Costs ... 83–84, 202, Purchase of public land in Fort McMuray ... 1519–20, 245 1598 Detection of overcharging on electric power bills ... Tobacco companies 161 Meetings with provincial ministers, 2001-2004 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (M4/05: Response tabled as SP628/05) ... 494 Air India bombing investigation ... 462 Travel at public expense Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area ... 1437 Premier's travel details, posting of, on government Royalty structure (Energy resources) website ... 1108 General remarks ... 1787 Treasury Branches Sales tax, Provincial Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan General remarks ... 968 refinancing ... 1828 Schools–Closure Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan General remarks ... 310 refinancing, respose to question re (SP729/05: Schools–Downtown areas Tabled) ... 1920 General remarks ... 310 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Schools–Utilization (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) General remarks ... 310 General remarks ... 1465 Securities–Law and legislation Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council National harmonization of ... 968–69 Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Senate (United States) Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity Position on Montana court injunction re border ("draft" report, Feb. 23, 2005) ... 975–76, 1025 closure to Canadian cattle ... 42 Response to DOE's (Dept. of Energy) Call for Senior citizens Comments on it's Discussion Paper ... (April 14, Government programs: Auditor General's review of ... 2005) ... 1120 1334 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Senior citizens–Housing Second reading ... 601 Assisted living concept ... 1962 Victory in Europe Day Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Second reading ... 182–83 addressed the Assembly in the Chamber (Motion Third reading ... 993–94 20: Hancock) ... 1111 Smoking Waiting lists (Medical care) Far Side cartoon re (SP153/05: Tabled) ... 253 General remarks ... 1465, 1842 West Edmonton Mall Smoking in the workplace Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's Ban on: Studies re economic impact of (SP120- involvement ... 1828 121/05: Tabled) ... 171 Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's Ban on: Study re health effect of (SP119/05: Tabled) involvement, response to question re (SP729/05: ... 171 Tabled) ... 1920 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 325 Mason, Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood) Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) (Continued) Child care after school Whistle-blower protection Accreditation ... 2013 Securities Commission case ... 1598 Provincial support for ... 1731 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Child care after school–Employees Committee ... 1115–16 Salaries and training ... 2013 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Child welfare (Bill 50) Early childhood intervention programs ... 579 Committee ... 1896 Government programs ... 301–03 Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Government programs: Cross-ministry initiative re ... Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) 1054 Second reading ... 219–220 Inquiry into: E-mail re (SP460/05: Tabled) ... 1528 Committee ... 565, 893 Statistics re, interpretation of ... 1053–54 General remarks ... 302 Child welfare–Finance Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission General remarks ... 1055 Youth substance abuse treatment programs ... 799 Child welfare recipients Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case ... 1390, Shelter statistics ... 1055 1445, 1500–01 Alberta Order of Excellence Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, fatality 18) review of ... 1390, 1445 Second reading ... 353 Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, independent Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 review of ... 1445 (Bill 43) Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, special case Second reading ... 1860 review of ... 1501, 1737 Alberta Response Model (Child welfare) Deaths of: Special case reviews re, publication of ... Evaluation of ... 1054 1737 Alberta seniors benefit program Child welfare workers Dental benefits ... 884 E-mail re (SP460/05: Tabled) ... 1528 Apprenticeship training General remarks ... 1500 General remarks ... 1726 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Assessment procedures ... 1053–54 Committee ... 1589–90 Funding for implementation of ... 1054, 1731 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Children and poverty (Bill 51) General remarks ... 1831–32 Third reading ... 2038–40 Children's Advocate Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Annual reports, lateness of reporting of ... 1598 Benefits increase: Petition presented re ... 1788 Civil service pension cheques Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Loss of microfiche copies of, privacy concerns re ... Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) 1423 Committee ... 1246 Class size (Grade school) Birth to Three Society, Edmonton General remarks ... 1726 Recognition of ... 578–79 Constitution Act, 1982 Boyle McCauley Health Centre Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Time limit for Kindred House program: Statement re ... 1451 legislatures/elections ... 956 Budget Consumer protection Production of, prior to elections ... 956 General remarks ... 1422 As reflection of social values ... 302 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Prevention Bullying–Prevention General remarks ... 1234 Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 303, 1054 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Treatment Canada–History Treatment centres for: News article re (SP194/05: General remarks ... 302 Tabled) ... 327 Canadian Space Agency Daycare centres Partnership with Edmonton Public School Board ... Quality of care in ... 1054 1726 Special-needs children ... 1731 Casinos–Camrose Subsidies re ... 85, 1054, 1055, 1731 Provincial funding for ... 1200 Subsidies re, for stay-at-home parents ... 1731 Child abuse Survey re ... 1054–55 Nina Louise Courtepatte case ... 1390 Daycare centres–Employees Child and family services authorities Accreditation program for ... 1056, 2013 Funding ... 302, 303 Salaries of ... 1054–55, 1731, 2013 Child and Youth Advocate Training for ... 1730 Funding for ... 1598 Daycare centres–Finance Transfer to legislature officer status ... 1445, 1737 National program for: Alberta participation ... 85, 1054–55, 1731, 2013 326 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Daycare centres–Finance (Continued) Fatality inquiries National program for: Alberta participation, Letters re Nina Louise Courtepatte case ... 1390, 1445 (SP308/05: Tabled) ... 699 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Daycare centres–Inspection Funding for programs re ... 302 Surplus funding for ... 1731 Foster parents Daycare in private homes–Inspection Increased funding for ... 303, 1054 Surplus funding for ... 1730 Statement re ... 1715 Dept. of Children's Services Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Business plan ... 1053 General remarks ... 1422 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1053–57 Gang-related crime Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... General remarks ... 1148 301–03, 305 Gang-related crime–Prevention Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... General remarks ... 1148 1730–31 Government auditing Dept. of Education Prior to elections ... 956 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1275 Grace Martin school, Edmonton Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Number of portable classrooms at ... 1726 1725–26 Head Start program Dept. of Government Services General remarks ... 579 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1422–23 High school credits Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Business plan ... 1234 834 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1234 High school education–Finance Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports General remarks ... 1275 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 884 High schools–Maintenance and repair Domestic violence Funding for ... 1726 General remarks ... 1200, 1234 Homeless–Housing Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 303, 1054 General remarks ... 1832 Drug abuse Presence of children in ... 1832 Impact on parents of drug addicted child: Document Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) re (SP193/05: Tabled) ... 327 General remarks ... 1422 Drug abuse resistance education program Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) General remarks ... 1234 Second reading ... 584 Early childhood education J. Percy Page high school, Edmonton General remarks ... 302, 1726 Partnership with Canadian Space Agency ... 1726 Edmonton Police Service John Paul II, Pope Mill Woods gang-related killing investigation ... 1148 Recognition of ... 490 Edmonton Public School Board Kids in the Hall Bistro Partnership with Canadian Space Agency ... 1726 Provincial funding for ... 206 Statement re ... 1080–81 Libraries, School Education Purchase of books for ... 1726 General remarks ... 1726 Low-income families Education, Postsecondary–Finance Government programs ... 1831–32 General remarks ... 302 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Education–Curricula–Edmonton General remarks ... 112–14 Alternative programs ... 1081 Marijuana growing operations Education–Edmonton General remarks ... 1234 Statement re ... 1080–81 Meals on Wheels Education–Finance Recognition of ... 418 General remarks ... 302, 1125–26 Medical records–Confidentiality User fees ... 1726 Missing health records situation ... 1423 Elections, Provincial Members' Statements (2005) Fixed dates for ... 956 Democratic renewal ... 956 Review of conditions of ... 956 Edmonton Public Schools ... 1080–81 Electoral reform Foster parents ... 1715 Statement re ... 956 Kindred House ... 1451 Family Protection of Children Abusing Drugs legislation ... General remarks ... 302, 1234 745 Family and community support services program Oral Question Period (2005) Youth program funding ... 532 Camrose women's shelter ... 1200 Family Support for Children With Disabilities Act Child and Youth Advocate ... 1598 Initiatives re: Funding for ... 1731 Child care standards ... 2013 Child protection ... 1445 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 327 Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) School councils Children in care ... 1737 Fund-raising activities ... 1726 Children's Services special case reveiw ... 1500–01 School counsellors Daycare system ... 85 General remarks ... 1726 Education funding ... 1125–26 School dropouts Funding for youth programs ... 206–207 General remarks ... 1726 Gang violence ... 1148 School lunch programs–Edmonton Impoverished Albertans ... 1831–32 Recognition of ... 251 Nina Louise Courtepatte ... 1390 Schools–Maintenance and repair Protection of children abusing drugs ... 413 Funding for ... 1275 Womens' shelters ... 742–43 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Youth emergency shelters ... 532 Second reading ... 180 Youth residential drug treatment ... 799, 852 Committee ... 499 Parent information telephone line Third reading ... 994–95 General remarks ... 1731 Social services agencies (Non-profit) Parents Empowering Parents Duplication of services with government agencies ... Recognition of ... 325 302 Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005 Employees of, training ... 302 (Bill 8) Speech from the Throne Committee ... 686–87 Debate ... 112–14 Amendment (SP305/05: Tabled) ... 687 Student testing Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Achievement tests, Edmonton ... 1081 AISH benefit increase ... 1788 Substance abuse–Prevention–Youth Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) General remarks ... 1234 Amendment (SP467/05: Tabled) ... 1562 Substance abuse–Treatment Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Parent support group re ... 325 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Committee ... 1923–24 Detox/residential services re ... 799, 1234 Police Detox/residential services re: Tendering procedures re Gang-related activity prevention efforts ... 1148 ... 852 Police–Finance Mandatory programs for: Provincial policy on ... 413 General remarks ... 1148 Mandatory programs for: Statement re ... 745 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Second reading ... 707–08 General remarks ... 303, 1053, 1054 Portable/modular classrooms Surplus, Budgetary General remarks ... 1726 Child care after school funding with ... 1731 Poverty Daycare/family day homes inspecting with ... 1731 General remarks ... 1831–32 Teachers' Pension Plan Privacy, Right of Unfunded liability ... 1726 General remarks ... 1423 Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP816/05: Tabled) ... Probation officers 2056 General remarks ... 1234 University of Alberta Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Information access and privacy protection program ... Second reading ... 329–31 1422 Committee ... 786 Utilities consumer ombudsman Third reading ... 791 Proposal for ... 1423 General remarks ... 413 Voting in provincial elections Statement re ... 745 Statement re ... 956 Public records–Confidentiality Womens' shelters General remarks ... 1423 General remarks ... 1055, 1056–57 Reading recovery program Statistics re ... 1055 General remarks ... 1726 Violent spouse situations handling ... 1200 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Womens' shelters–Camrose General remarks ... 126–27, 251, 325, 418, 490, Funding ... 1200 578–79 Womens' shelters–Finance Regional health authorities General remarks ... 742–43 Drug abuse treatment programs ... 852 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Second reading ... 591–92 Second reading ... 1349 Young offenders Rural economic development General remarks ... 1234 Government strategy re ... 1200 School boards Youth Emergency Shelter Society Budget process ... 1126 FCSS funding for, letter re (SP251/05: Tabled) ... 492 Funding ... 1125–26 Recognition of ... 126–27 328 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Mather, Weslyn (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) Youth in transition from the justice system (Continued) Government programs for ... 302 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund (Continued) Youth shelters–Finance Inflation-proofing of ... 901, 958, 962, 967 General remarks ... 206–07, 532, 1054, 1055, 1731 Inflation-proofing of: Response to questions re McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (SP698/05: Tabled) ... 1891 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Investment in tobacco companies ... 82–83, 964 General remarks ... 747, 749–50 Second-quarter update, 2005-06 (SP596/05: Tabled) Legacy of ... 1479–80 ... 1676 ABC Benefits Corporation Act Third-quarter update, 2004-05 (SP88/05: Tabled) ... Amendment (Bill 26) ... 210 94 Access to the Future Fund Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act General remarks ... 748, 901, 958 Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 Agricultural societies Alberta Heritage Scholarship Act Insurance costs for ... 965, 1031 Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 Agriculture Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Government assistance programs ... 749 General remarks ... 901 Alaska permanent fund Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation General remarks ... 967 Appeals received by (M34/05: Defeated) ... 1164 Alberta–Economic policy Microfiche copies of pension cheques, loss of ... 1026 20-year strategic plan ... 747 Alberta Personal Income Tax Act Alberta Automobile Insurance Board Amendment to, re resource rebates (Bill 43) ... Annual report, 2003 (SP69/05: Tabled) ... 94 1630–31 Alberta Blue Cross Benefits Corporation Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Change in tax-exempt status: Legislation re (Bill 26) (No. 2) (Bill 40) ... 210 First reading ... 1034 Alberta Cancer Board Second reading ... 1244 Funding increase for ... 748 Committee ... 1492 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Third reading ... 1557 Annual report, 2004 (SP67/05: Tabled) ... 94 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Loan interest rate ... 900 (Bill 43) Alberta Children's Hospital First reading ... 1630–31 New hospital: Funding for ... 748 Second reading ... 1700–01, 1867 Alberta family employment tax credit Third reading ... 2019 Improvement of ... 749 Alberta Securities Commission Improvement of: Legislation re (Bill 40) ... 1034 Annual report, 2005 (SP560/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Alberta Foundation for the Arts Board of, suspension ... 1072 Funding ... 1479 Chairman/commissioners of, MLA participation in Alberta Government Offices nominating candidates ... 1568, 1597 Washington, D.C. office: Accommodation costs of Chairman's ties with former employer ... 1736–37, head of (Q6/05: Response tabled as SP540/05) ... 1961 1674 Director of enforcement's breach of code of Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums ethics/conflict of interest/insider trading ... 1665, Elimination of ... 967, 969 1707–08, 1737–38, 1779–80, 1828, 1882, 1911 General remarks ... 766, 968 Director of enforcement's breach of code of Seniors' premiums: Elimination of ... 749, 766, 961, ethics/conflict of interest/insider trading: Action 968 taken re ... 2047 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Director of enforcement's breach of code of Funding for ... 901, 958–59 ethics/conflict of interest/insider trading: Auditor Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Act General's info. re ... 2047 Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 Executive director's tenure ... 1665 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Firing of director of administrative services (Grahame Engineering Research Newton) ... 974, 1144, 1599 Funding for ... 901, 959 Human resource issues in ... 528, 570–71, 690, 948, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and 975, 1024, 1072, 1144, 1520–21 Engineering Research Act Influencing regulatory activity case ... 410–11, 453, Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 487–88, 528, 570–71, 612, 690, 974–75, 1024, Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund 1073, 1119, 1144, 1520–21, 1597, 1880–81 Ethical investments by ... 120, 964, 967 Influencing regulatory activity case: Letter from First- and second-quarter updates, 2004-05 (SP83- Finance minister re ... 410, 487 Influencing regulatory activity case: Letter from 84/05: Tabled) ... 94 Finance minister re (SP221/05: Tabled) ... 419 First-quarter update, 2005-06 (SP589/05: Tabled) ... Influencing regulatory activity case: Letter from 1675 Finance minister re, response to (SP220/05: General remarks ... 958 Tabled) ... 419 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 329 McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Securities Commission (Continued) Alberta seniors benefit program Influencing regulatory activity case: Letter from Dental benefits ... 748 Diane Urquhart re ... 419, 690 Optical benefits ... 748 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Alberta Social Housing Corporation General's investigation of ... 898–99, 1148–49, Transfer of land to Fort McMurray ... 527, 1598, 1828 1332–33 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Auditor General's Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor report on ... 1741, 1828 General's investigation of, appropriateness of ... Alberta Sustainability Fund 947–48 Eligibility of softwood lumber dispute situation for ... Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor 644 General's investigation of, letter re (SP349/05: General remarks ... 747 Tabled) ... 908 Transfers to education endowment funds ... 901 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Alberta Treasury Branch Financial General's investigation of, restrictions on ... 1119, Annual report, 2004 (SP78/05: Tabled) ... 94 1144 Annual report, 2005 (SP561/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Subsidiary companies' control processes, Auditor General's report on (2005) ... 1664–65, 1707–08, General's recommendation re (Q36/05: Response 1737–38, 1880–81, 1909, 1911 tabled as SP648/05) ... 1747, 1788 Influencing regulatory activity case: Chief Internal Alberta's Commission on Learning Auditor's office investigation of ... 1024 Class size guideline ... 748 Influencing regulatory activity case: Chronology of Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton events re ... 1737–38, 1780, 1880–81, 1882, 1911 Public/private partnership funding model for Influencing regulatory activity case: Chronology of southeast portion of: Costs ... 617 events re, letter re (SP699/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Apprenticeship training–Finance Influencing regulatory activity case: Emergency General remarks ... 748 debate under SO 30 re ... 1082–83 Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Influencing regulatory activity case: Forensic audit re First reading ... 1507 ... 975, 1144 Third reading ... 1609 Influencing regulatory activity case: Former Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) Treasurer's/chief of staff involvement ... 2047 Second reading ... 348 Influencing regulatory activity case: Former Third reading ... 442 Treasurer's (Jim Dinning) involvement ... 2046–47 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill Influencing regulatory activity case: Independent 27) investigation of ... 532–33, 690, 947–48, 1144, First reading ... 312 1911 Second reading ... 349 Influencing regulatory activity case: Ministerial Third reading ... 439 involvement ... 1880–81, 1910, 1961, 2047 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Influencing regulatory activity case: (Bill 51) Ministerial/MLA/senior officials' involvement, First reading ... 1890 legislation re ... 2047 Second reading ... 1944 Influencing regulatory activity case: Report on ... Third reading ... 2032–33, 2043 410–11, 453, 487–88, 528, 532–33, 690, 898, 948, Arts–Finance 1072, 1073, 1119, 1597 General remarks ... 2053 Influencing regulatory activity case: Retention of files Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped re ... 1333 Benefits increase ... 961, 967–68 Interim chairman ... 1333, 1961 Benefits increase: Funding for ... 748 KPMG hired for forensic audit of employee e-mails Earned income exemption under, raising of ... 967 ... 948, 969, 975 Auditor General Letter from staff at, to Minister of Finance ... 1072 Fort McMurray land sale process, report on ... 1741, Members of, appointment process ... 453, 1880 1828 New chairman of, search committee for ... 453, 1568 Long-term care facility management investigation RCMP investigation of chairman/exec. director's e- (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1599 mails ... 948 Main estimates 2005-06: Tabled (SP319/05) ... 747 Securities violations, review of investigation into ... Pension plans compliance comments ... 962 453 Public/private partnership contracts, comments on ... Staffing ... 959 616 Walton International land sales without filing a Securities Commission director of enforcement, prospectus ... 2008 information on action taken re ... 2047 Securities Commission enforcement processes, 2005 Zi Corporation equity purchase by Lancer funds, report on ... 1664–65, 1707–08, 1828 investigation of ... 1909 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Zi Corporation (formerly Multi-Corp) investigation ... investigation of ... 898–99, 1144, 1148–49, 1827, 1881 1332–33, 1882 330 2005 Hansard Speaker Index McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) Auditor General (Continued) Capital projects Securities Commission enforcement processes, General remarks ... 747, 749 investigation of, appropriateness of ... 947–48 Public/private partnerships re ... 616–17 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Public/private partnerships re: Auditor General's investigation of, Auditor General's report on ... comments re ... 616 1909 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Securities Commission enforcement processes, Fort McMurray projects ... 527, 1628 investigation of: Minister's letter re ... 898 General remarks ... 749, 900 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Capital projects–Finance investigation of: Minister's letter re (SP349/05: Use of budget surplus funds for ... 797–98 Tabled) ... 908 Cattle–Export–United States Securities Commission enforcement processes, Contingency plan (2004) re continued border closure investigation of, restrictions on ... 1119, 1144 ... 22–23 Tax programs recommendations ... 958–59 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Treasury Branches' control processes comments closed ... 22–23, 749 (Q36/05: Response tabled as SP648/05) ... 1747, Centennial Capital Plan 1788 General remarks ... 958 Treasury Branches lending policies comments ... Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations 2050 Insurance costs for ... 965, 1031 Automobile Insurance Rate Board Chief Electoral Officer Announcement on rate reductions ... 454, 457 Main estimates 2005-06: Tabled (SP319/05) ... 747 Annual report, 2004 (SP559/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Chief Internal Auditor's office General remarks ... 363, 958, 1669 New chief's appointment process ... 1603 Report on rate reductions ... 86, 412–13, 900 Role in Securities Commission investigation ... 1024 Review of questionable practices by insurance Child and family services authorities companies ... 1339 Employee health premium costs ... 766 Review of rates ... 454, 455, 457, 461, 900, 904, 969, Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act 1339 Amendment to, re resource rebates (Bill 43) ... 1631 Beef processing Children and poverty General remarks ... 22 General remarks ... 1827 Bethany Long Term Care Centre, Camrose Chiropractic services–Fees Resident of, hunger strike re conditions in ... 1599 Set fees for traffic injury cases ... 691–92 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) Impact on cattle industry ... 22–23, 749 General remarks ... 317 Research into ... 749 Civil service pension cheques Budget Loss of microfiche copies of, privacy concerns re ... 2004-05 first- and second-quarter fiscal updates and 1026 activity reports (SP70-73/05: Tabled) ... 94 Civil service pensions 2004-05 third-quarter fiscal update and activity report Appeal process re ... 291–92 (SP86-87/05: Tabled) ... 94 Class size (Grade school) 2005-06 first-quarter activity report (SP557/05: Reduction of: Funding for ... 748 Tabled) ... 1675 Climate change 2005-06 first-quarter fiscal update (SP556/05: Technological developments re ... 749 Tabled) ... 1675 CN Rail 2005-06 second-quarter activity report (SP595/05: Train derailment, Lake Wabamum ... 1668 Tabled) ... 1676 Committee of Supply 2005-06 second-quarter fiscal update ... 1667 Interim estimates, 2005-06 considered for one day 2005-06 second-quarter fiscal update (SP594/05: (Motion 14: McClellan) ... 211 Tabled) ... 1676 Interim estimates, 2005-06 referred to (Motion 13: Process re ... 160, 1622 McClellan) ... 211 Budget 2005 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2005-06 referred to Business plans 2005-08 (SP322/05: Tabled) ... 747 (Motion 18: McClellan) ... 747 Fiscal plan 2005-08 (SP321/05: Tabled) ... 747 Motion to resolve into (Motion 5: Budget Address McClellan/Hancock) ... 75 Motion 19: McClellan ... 747–50 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 considered for two Bullying–Prevention days (Motion 9: McClellan) ... 94 Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 748 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 referred to Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government) (Motion 8: McClellan) ... 94 General remarks ... 1667 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 considered for Parity of Ontario and Alberta re ... 1524 three days (Motion 23: McClellan) ... 1681 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to Funding of, with surplus funds ... 1626 (Motion 22: McClellan) ... 1680–81 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 331 McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Dept. of Finance (Continued) Standing Annual report, 2005 (SP572/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Ethical investment deliberations ... 82, 120 Communications division ... 961 Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 958–59, 961–62, Standing Policy 964–70 Municipal infrastructure funding discussion ... 527, Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during 576 (SP433/05: Tabled) ... 1452 Competition Bureau (Federal) Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 264 Enron electricity price manipulation scheme Revenues ... 959 investigation ... 42 Staff ... 959 Conflict of interest Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 283 MLA nomination of candidates for ASC Dept. of Health and Wellness commissioners ... 1597 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1464, 1471–72 Securities Commission appointments, MLA Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency involvement in ... 1880 Elimination of ... 1599 Securities Commission chair/interim chair issue ... Microfiching of Alberta pension cheques, 1961 recommendation to cease ... 1026 Securities Commission director of enforcement issue Dept. of Revenue ... 1665, 1707–08, 1737–38, 1779–80, 2011 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP60/05: Tabled) ... 94 Constitution Act, 1982 Disabled children Alberta definition of marriage inclusion in ... 1738 Government programs for: Funding re ... 748 Charter of Rights and Freedoms ... 1738 Disaster relief Property rights inclusion in ... 1738 Funding for ... 1668 Constitutional Referendum Act Dividend payments to Albertans (From Heritage Fund) Property rights referendum during federal election ... General remarks ... 967 1738 Domestic violence Consumer protection Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 748 Auto insurance rates ... 363, 454–55 Education Corporate Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 26) General remarks ... 747 First reading ... 210 Education, Postsecondary Second reading ... 475 Access to, affordability review to improve: Funding Third reading ... 1513 for ... 748 Corporations–Law and legislation Access to, new spaces to improve ... 748 Enforcement of ... 1828 General remarks ... 747 Corporations–Taxation Education, Postsecondary–Finance General remarks ... 412 General remarks ... 747–48 Rebates re, interest paid on ... 964 Surplus spending on ... 1667 Reduction in ... 961–62 Education–Finance Tax avoidance prevention: Legislation (Bill 26) ... General remarks ... 748 210 Surplus funding for ... 1667 Courts–Security aspects Elections, Federal General remarks ... 749 Referenda on property rights and Alberta definition of Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation marriage during ... 1738 Annual report, 2003 (SP79/05: Tabled) ... 94 Electric power, Coal-produced Annual report, 2004 (SP278/05: Tabled) ... 622 Research into: Funding for ... 749 Crime prevention Electric power–Prices Funding for ... 748–49 Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 42 Cultural facilities–Finance Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 750 Deregulation ... 42 Debts, Public (Municipal government)–Fort McMurray Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain General remarks ... 576 Alberta visit, May 2005 ... 749 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Alberta visit, May 2005: Special Legislature sitting General remarks ... 749, 750, 958, 1448–49 for (Motion 16: Hancock) ... 598 General servicing costs re ... 964 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Retirement of: Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 775 Securities Commission, loss of investor confidence in Statutory servicing costs re ... 964 (not proceeded with) ... 1082–83 Dept. of Community Development Emergency planning Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1479–80 Funding for ... 1668 Dept. of Environment Endowment funds, Public Funding level for ... 769 General remarks ... 749, 958, 962 Dept. of Finance Energy Innovation Network Annual report, 2003-04 (SP47/05: Tabled) ... 93 Royalty relief incentives re ... 749 332 2005 Hansard Speaker Index McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) Energy research Extended care facilities–Staffing Funding ... 749 Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 1599 Energy resources, Alternate Farm produce–Export Research into: Funding for ... 749 General remarks ... 749 Enron Canada Corporation Federal/Ontario fiscal relations Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Impact of federal parliamentary situation on ... 1524 Stanley): Destruction of trading tapes re ... 42 Federal/provincial fiscal relations Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project General remarks ... 1444, 1524 Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 42 Federal/provincial relations Environmental protection–Finance General remarks ... 1444 General remarks ... 769 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Equalization payments First reading ... 775 General remarks ... 1524, 1667 Second reading ... 845, 939 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Third reading ... 1112–13 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery General remarks ... 961 Fund) 2005-06 considered for one day (Motion 14: Responses to questions asked during second reading McClellan) ... 211 (SP376/05: Tabled) ... 1112 Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Responses to questions asked during third reading Fund) 2005-06 referred to Committee of Supply (SP438/05: Tabled) ... 1507 (Motion 13: McClellan) ... 211 Fiscal Responsibility Act Interim estimates (Main, Legisl. Offices and Lottery Amendment of, re resource rebates (Bill 43) ... 1631 Fund) 2005-06 transmitted to Assembly (SP140/05: Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 Tabled) ... 211 Fort McMurray Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2005-06 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 527, 576, 962, transmitted to Assembly (SP320/05: Tabled) ... 1628 746–47 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Main and Lottery Fund estimates 2005-06 referred to Social Housing Corporation sale agreement re land Committee of Supply (Motion 18: McClellan) ... transfer to Fort McMurray, release of information 747 re under ... 1598 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Responses to Gas, Natural–Prices questions during (SP279/05: Tabled) ... 622 Forecasting of ... 962, 1667 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 considered for two General remarks ... 747 days (Motion 9: McClellan) ... 94 Gas recovery methods Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 referred to Research into: Funding for ... 749 Committee of Supply (Motion 8: McClellan) Gasoline–Taxation (SP171/05: Tabled) ... 94 Federal revenue from ... 1667 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 transmitted to General Revenue Fund Assembly (SP85/05: Tabled) ... 94 Details by payee, 2003-04 (SP65/05: Tabled) ... 94 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 considered for Details by payee, 2004-05 (SP657/05: Tabled) ... three days (Motion 23: McClellan) ... 1681 1789 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 erratum (revised Government accountability page) 1) (SP629/05: Tabled) ... 1745 General remarks ... 2011 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 referred to Government agencies, boards, and commissions Committee of Supply (Motion 22: McClellan) ... PC party supporters' appointment to ... 1603 1680–81 Political appointments to ... 2047 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 transmitted to Government appointments Assembly (SP593/05: Tabled) ... 1676 PC party supporters' appointments ... 1603 Ethics Commissioner Government departments Main estimates 2005-06: Tabled (SP319/05) ... 747 Restructuring of ... 1599 MLA nominating of ASC commissioner candidates, Government efficiency review of ... 1597 General remarks ... 1599 Exports Government of Alberta General remarks ... 1667 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP38/05: Tabled) ... 93 Extended care facilities Annual report, 2004-05 (SP555/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1599 Government programs Conditions in ... 1599 Review of ... 1599 General remarks ... 1464 Government spending policy Extended care facilities–Finance General remarks ... 747, 1622, 1667 General remarks ... 748 Greenhouse gas emissions Extended care facilities–Rural areas Reduction of: Funding for research into ... 749 Funding for ... 748 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 333 McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University Lancer Group of Alberta) Purchase of equity in Zi Corporation, Securities Funding for ... 748 Commission investigation of ... 1909 Historic sites–Finance Legislative Assembly of Alberta General remarks ... 750 Special sitting of, for Royal visit (Motion 16: Homeless–Housing Hancock) ... 598 Funding for ... 366 Legislative Assembly Office Horse racing Main estimates, 2005-06: Tabled (SP319/05) ... 747 Lottery funding for ... 856 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Horse Racing Alberta Transmittal of 2004-05 supplementary estimates General remarks ... 856 (SP85/05: Tabled) ... 94 Hospitals–Calgary Transmittal of 2005-06 interim estimates (SP140/05: New south Calgary hospital: Funding for ... 748 Tabled) ... 211 Hospitals–Finance Transmittal of 2005-06 Main and Lottery Fund General remarks ... 749 estimates (SP320/05: Tabled) ... 746–47 Housing–Fort McMurray Transmittal of 2005-06 supplementary estimates Impact of population increase on ... 527 (SP593/05: Tabled) ... 1676 IBM Canada Ltd. Lobbyists–Registration Microfiching of Alberta pension cheques, security General remarks ... 454 implications ... 1026 Lockheed Martin Corporation Income tax, Provincial Heritage Fund investment in ... 120 Decrease in, use of surplus for ... 961 Lois Hole humanities and social sciences scholarship General remarks ... 749 (Proposed) Personal exemption level ... 412 General remarks ... 748 Provincial vs federal collection of ... 1444 Low-income families Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Tax reductions for ... 749, 766, 968 Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) pension records ... 1026 Enron's price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... 42 Main estimates 2005-06: Tabled (SP319/05) ... 747 Marriage Insurance, Automobile Definition of ... 317 Public plan re ... 86, 969 Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 317 Reform of ... 691–92, 854, 900, 904, 954, 958, 962, Definition of: Referendum on Alberta definition in 1339–40 next federal election ... 1738 Reform of: Communications budget re ... 283 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Reform of: PC caucus committee review of ... 1339 Funding for ... 748 Reform of: Review of ... 1339 Meat packing plants Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Building of ... 22–23 Elimination of sales tax from ... 86, 854, 962 Medical care General remarks ... 86 General remarks ... 747 Impact on non-profit sector ... 965 Medical care–Finance Impact on small business ... 854, 904 General remarks ... 748 Rebates under $50, number of (Q8/05: Defeated) ... Surplus funding for ... 1667 660 Medical profession–Rural areas Reductions in ... 363, 412–13, 454–55, 461, 969, Action plan re ... 1471 1669 Medical records, Electronic Reductions in: Political influence re ... 454 Funding for ... 748 Six percent cut to ... 900, 904, 969 Members of the Legislative Assembly Insurance–Premiums Report of selected payments to, 2003-04 (SP64/05: Elimination of sales tax from ... 854, 1031 Tabled) ... 94 Insurance companies Report of selected payments to, 2004-05 (SP656/05: Profits ... 86, 363, 455 Tabled) ... 1788–89 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Securities Commission appointments, involvement in estimates, 2005-06 ... 1880 Estimates debated ... 264 Members of the Legislative Assembly Pension Plan Investment of public funds Annual reports, 2001-2004 (SP74-77/05: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 958 94 Irrigation–Finance Annual reports, 2004-05 (SP558/05: Tabled) ... 1675 General remarks ... 749 Mental health innovation fund KPMG consulting General remarks ... 748 Alberta Securities Commission employees' e-mails, Milk River (Town) forensic audit of ... 948, 969, 975 Loan rate from Capital Finance Authority ... 900 334 2005 Hansard Speaker Index McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) Ministers (Provincial government) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Securities Commission, influencing of ... 1880 Office of the Chief Internal Auditor ... 1024 Natural resources revenue Oil sands employment ... 571 Use for budget purposes ... 747, 961, 1622, 1667 Physiotherapy insurance fees ... 954 Use for budget purposes: Legislation re (Bill 37) ... Private/public partnerships ... 616–17 775 Public service pension appeals ... 291–292 Volatility of ... 1667 Resource revenues ... 1667 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Securities Commission ... 410–11, 453, 487–88, 528, Renovations ... 749–50, 1480 532–33, 570–71, 612, 690, 898–99, 947–48, Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund 974–75, 1024, 1072–73, 1119, 1144, 1148–49, General remarks ... 967 1332–33, 1568, 1597, 1664–65, 1880–81, 1909–10, Nurse practitioners 1911, 1961, 2046–47 General remarks ... 1464 Securities Commission chairman ... 1736–37 Office of the Premier Securities Commission investigation ... 1737–38, Former chief of staff (Steve West) severance package 1779–80, 1827, 1882 ... 292 Seniors' property taxes ... 2049 Oil–Prices Social assistance rates ... 856 Forecasting of ... 962, 1667 Social Housing Corporation land sales ... 1741 General remarks ... 747 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 644 Oil recovery methods Taxation policy ... 412 Research into: Funding for ... 749 Teachers' retirement fund ... 1448–49 Ombudsman Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1910 Main estimates 2005-06: Tabled (SP319/05) ... 747 Treasury Branch loans ... 2050 Oral Question Period (2005) Unbudgeted surplus ... 797–98 Access to the Future Fund ... 901 Walton International Group Inc. ... 2008 Alberta Securities Commission ... 1707–08 Whistle-blower protection ... 1520–21 Arts funding ... 2053 Organized crime–Prevention Automobile insurance ... 1669 Funding for ... 749 Automobile insurance rates ... 86, 363, 412–13, Parks, Provincial 454–55, 457, 461, 900 Funding for ... 1479 Automobile insurance reforms ... 1339–40 Upgrading of ... 750 Beef recovery strategy ... 22–23 Peace Country Tender Beef Co-op Ltd. Boards, commissions, and agencies ... 2047 General remarks ... 22–23 Budget process ... 160 Pensions, Private-sector Budget surplus expenditures ... 1622, 1626 Auditor General's comments re ... 962 Chiropractic and physiotherapy insurance fees ... General remarks ... 958 691–92 Petitions Commercial vehicle insurance rates ... 904 Property rights inclusion in Canadian constitution ... Constitutional referendums ... 1738 1738 Corporate accountability ... 1828 Physical therapy–Fees Definition of marriage ... 317 Set fees for traffic injury cases ... 691–92, 954 Environment budget ... 769 Police Federal financial support ... 1524 Increase in numbers of ... 748–49 Federal/provincial relations ... 1444 Police–Finance Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 576, 1628 Increase to ... 748–49 Government accountability ... 1598–99, 2011 Political ethics Government appointments ... 1603 Breach of, by Securities Commission director of Government efficiency ... 1599 enforcement ... 1665, 1737–38 Postsecondary educational institutions–Finance Government investments ... 120 General remarks ... 749 Growth pressures in Fort McMurray ... 527 Prion research (BSE control) Hazardous material spill at Wabamun Lake ... 1668 Funding for ... 749 Health care premiums ... 766 Prisoners Homeless shelters ... 366 Transfer of ... 749 Insurance costs for nonprofit sector ... 1031 Property rights Insurance rates for small and medium-sized Inclusion in Canadian constitution, referendum re ... businesses ... 854 1738 Property tax–Education levy Investments in tobacco companies ... 82–83 Reduction of ... 749 Long-term care facility standards ... 1388 Seniors' tax relief re ... 748, 749, 766, 961, 2049 Market surveillance administrator review of Enron ... Provincial Judges and Masters in Chambers Pension 42 Plan Missing computer tapes and microfiches ... 1026 Annual reports, 2000/01 - 2002/03 (SP80-82/05: Nutrition programs in schools ... 1827 Tabled) ... 94 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 335 McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) Public Affairs Bureau Scholarships Auto insurance press release ... 1669 General remarks ... 748 Public assistance School boards Funding for ... 748 Employee health premium costs ... 766 Increase to ... 856 Funding ... 748 Public records–Confidentiality School lunch programs General remarks ... 1026 General remarks ... 1827 Public safety (From criminal activity) School nutrition programs General remarks ... 748–49 General remarks ... 1827 Public service–Alberta Schools–Construction–Finance Increase in, freeze on ... 1599 General remarks ... 749 Publishing industry Securities–Law and legislation Funding ... 2053 National harmonization of ... 958, 970 Racing entertainment centres (Horse racetracks) Senior citizens' lodges Revenue from ... 856 Funding for ... 748 Rancher's Beef Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray Treasury Board loan to ... 2050 Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 527, 1628 Referendum, Federal Sexual assault centres Definition of marriage ... 1738 Funding for ... 965 Property rights ... 1738 Small business Regional health authorities Impact of auto insurance rates on ... 854, 904 Employee health premium costs ... 766 Impact of Securities Commission situation on ... 532 Funding ... 748 Smoking–Prevention Physiotherapy fees paid ... 954 Relation of provincial investment in tobacco Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) companies to ... 82–83 General remarks ... 962 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Research and development Renovations ... 749–50, 1480 Funding for ... 749 Speech from the Throne Reservoirs–Finance Debate ... 146 General remarks ... 749 Spills (Pollution) Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) Funding for cleanup re ... 1668 General remarks ... 1626 Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamum Legislation re (Bill 43) ... 1630–31 CN train derailment ... 1668 Risk management fund State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company General remarks ... 965 Rate reduction ... 455 Road construction–Finance Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) General remarks ... 749 Committee ... 607–08 Surplus spending on ... 1667 Student financial aid Round-table on Family Violence and Bullying, Calgary General remarks ... 748 (May 2004) Sunterra Quality Food Markets Inc. General remarks ... 748 Cattle farm ... 23 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Alberta Securities Commission case, IMET unit Response to questions during (SP279/05: Tabled) ... investigation of ... 1332 622 Alberta Securities Commission chairman/exec. Surplus, Budgetary director's e-mails, investigation of ... 948 Brochure re, mailed to all residents ... 1667 Co-operation with province on organized crime ... Brochure re, mailed to all residents: Cost breakdown 749 re (SP539/05: Tabled) ... 1674 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area ... 748 Capital project funding with ... 747, 797–98 Increase in numbers of ... 749 Fort McMurray infrastructure funding with ... 1628 Provincial funding for ... 749 General remarks ... 747, 962, 1622, 1626, 1667 Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology Postsecondary education funding with ... 901, 1667 ATCO learning centre at ... 1479–80 School construction funding with ... 1667 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Tax reduction funding with ... 961 Reduction incentives ... 749 Talisman Energy Inc. Rural economic development Heritage Fund investment in ... 120 Government strategy re ... 749 Tar sands development Sales tax, Provincial General remarks ... 967 General remarks ... 967 Tar sands development–Research Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation General remarks ... 749 General remarks ... 317 Tax incentives Employment tax credit ... 961 336 2005 Hansard Speaker Index McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Stettler) (Continued) (Continued) Tax incentives (Continued) Water treatment plants General remarks ... 749 Funding for ... 749 Northern residence tax deduction ... 571 Water treatment plants–Fort McMurray Resource rebates (Bill 43) ... 1631 General remarks ... 527, 1628 Tax revenue, Provincial West Edmonton Mall General remarks ... 959 Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's Taxation involvement ... 1828 General remarks ... 412, 571, 749, 766, 958, 961, 967, Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's 969–70 involvement, response to question re (SP700/05: Reduction in ... 967 Tabled) ... 1891 Reduction in, use of surplus for ... 962, 1626 Western Standard (News magazine) Review of ... 2049 Article about Alberta Securities Commission ... 1827, Teachers 1880–81 Numbers of, increase in: Funding for ... 748 Whistle-blower protection Teachers' Pension Plan Securities Commission case ... 410, 948, 974, 1333, Unfunded liability ... 1448–49, 1910 1520–21, 1599, 2011 Technical schools–Finance Workers' Compensation Board General remarks ... 748 Provision of physiotherapy services ... 954 Telehealth services Writers' workshops General remarks ... 1471–72 Provincial funding for ... 1479 Theatre Zi Corporation Provincial funding for ... 1479 Purchase of equity in by Lancer funds, Securities Timberlea Consortium Incorporated Commission investigation of ... 1909 Purchase of public land in Fort McMuray ... 1598 Securities Commission investigation of ... 1827, Tobacco companies 1880–81 Heritage Fund investment in ... 82–83, 120, 964 McFarland, Barry (PC, Little Bow) Tourism–Marketing Agriculture Use of tourism levy revenue for ... 959 Government assistance programs ... 122 Tourism levy Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Conversion of hotel tax to ... 749 General remarks ... 122 General remarks ... 959, 962 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Traffic accident injuries General remarks ... 1253 Chiropractic/physiotherapy fee schedule for ... Chair 691–92 Election of ... 2 Treasury Branches Co-energy electrical production Expansion plans ... 962 Garbage as energy source ... 1710–11 Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan Curling championships refinancing ... 1828 Under-18 International champions (Scheidegger rink, Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan Alberta rink) ... 578 refinancing, respose to question re (SP700/05: Delta Driving School Tabled) ... 1891 Licensing incident ... 1309 Lending policies, Auditor General's comments re ... Deputy Speaker 2050 Election of ... 2 Loan to Rancher's Beef ... 2050 Gambling, Compulsive Tuition fees Youth gambling ... 741 Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by Heavy equipment provincial government ... 748 Purchase of, with infrastructure funding ... 1253 Universities and colleges–Finance Incineration General remarks ... 748 As electrical power generation method ... 1710–11 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Lethbridge Community College (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) Police training programs ... 1602 General remarks ... 748 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (Constituency) Veterinary medical school (University of Calgary) Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2 General remarks ... 749 Oral Question Period (2005) Walton International Group Inc. Agricultural assistance ... 122 Land sales without filing prospectus with Securities Gambling addiction ... 741 Commission ... 2008 Municipal infrastructure program ... 1253 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Police recruitment and training centre ... 1602 Funding for ... 749, 769 Truck driver certification ... 1308–09 Water resources development–Finance Waste management strategy ... 1710–11 General remarks ... 749 Police MLA committee review of: Report ... 1602 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 337 McFarland, Barry (PC, Little Bow) (Continued) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Police–Training (Continued) Centre of excellence re ... 1602 Alberta royalty tax credit Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Auditor General's comments re ... 921 General remarks ... 578 General remarks ... 918 Refuse and refuse disposal Alberta Securities Commission Provincial strategy re ... 1710–11 Influencing regulatory activity case ... 772 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Impact of provincial police training centre on ... 1602 General's investigation of ... 1197 Speaker Influencing regulatory activity case: Independent Congratulations to ... 2 investigation of ... 772 Speech from the Throne Alberta Sustainability Fund Debate ... 155–57 General remarks ... 922 Truck drivers–Training Alliance pipeline College-based course ... 1308–09 General remarks ... 922 Victory in Europe Day AltaGas Services Inc. 60th Anniversary of ... 1308 Purchase of Sundance B power purchase Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) arrangements from Enron ... 1912–13 Acclaim Energy Inc. AltaLink Management Ltd. Acheson gas well failure, Edmonton ... 575, 1828 Public consultations re electric power line siting ... Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity 1831 Electricity exports recommendation ... 1306 Auditor General Alberta Electric System Operator Oil sands projects approvals comments ... 921 Electric power lines, 10-year plan re ... 1831 Royalty reduction programs evaluation Electricity price manipulation scheme concerns ... recommendation ... 921 360, 796, 899 Royalty revenues (oil sands) verification ... 921 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Securities Commission enforcement processes, Canadian Natural Resources pipeline leak ... 1447–48 investigation of ... 1197 Coal-bed methane extraction impact ... 1201–02 Automobile industry Coal bed methane well applications approved by, Greenhouse gas emissions reduction ... 772 2001-04 (M6/05: Defeated) ... 664 Bercha Group Coal bed methane well applications denied by, 2001- Sour gas blowout ignition study: Memos re (M7/05: 04 (M5/05: Defeated) ... 664 Defeated) ... 665 Drilling applications on Lubicon claimed lands, Sour gas blowout ignition study: Study re (M8/05: review of ... 615, 643, 802, 951 Response tabled as SP667/05) ... 665, 1789 Edmonton/Calgary transmission line upgrade Bighorn power plant application, approval of ... 904, 1447 Exclusion from power purchase agreements ... Electricity price overcharging advisory ... 949 363–64 Electricity prices monitoring ... 1913 Bitumen Electricity transmission projects applications ... 649, Value-adding re ... 532, 572, 909, 916, 917, 918 1447, 1831 Bitumen–Export Enforcement policy changes ... 575 Impact on oil sands upgrading jobs ... 572 Funding for ... 910 Brazeau power plant Gas well applications approved by, 2001-04 (M10/05: Exclusion from power purchase agreements ... Defeated) ... 666 363–64 Gas well applications denied by, 2001-04 (M9/05: British Columbia Power Exchange Corp. Defeated) ... 665 Electicity price manipulation at Power Pool of Oil/gas sites reclamation costs, prevention of Alberta ... 286 disclosure re, under FOIP law ... 1519 Calpine Energy Services Sour gas recommendations ... 741–42, 910, 1828 Electricity export application ... 650 Sour gas well hearings (Compton Petroleum), Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Federal) Calgary area ... 1391, 1828 Vehicle for Project Green implementation ... 772 Sour gas well leak, Innisfail area, reported to ... Canadian Natural Resources Limited 1741–42, 1828 Horizon oil sands project ... 203 Staff ... 913 Pipeline leak ... 1447–48 TransAlta hydropower pricing strategy ... 363–64, Capital projects, Municipal–Finance 488 Fort McMurray projects ... 203 TransAlta power pricing activities ... 455 Carbon dioxide projects Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research General remarks ... 743 Funding for ... 922 Climate change Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Kyoto protocol on ... 532, 918–19 General remarks ... 922 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 743, 771 Alberta Ingenuity Fund Technological developments re ... 771–72 General remarks ... 922 338 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) (Continued) (Continued) Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill Economic development and the environment 37, 2003) General remarks ... 575, 648–49, 1829–30, 1964 General remarks ... 743 Research re ... 292 Climate Fund (Federal) Electric power, Coal-produced General remarks ... 771–72 Research into ... 922 Coal–Supply Electric power–Export General remarks ... 910 General remarks ... 650, 1306, 1447 Coal bed methane extraction Electric power–Import General remarks ... 910 General remarks ... 650, 1306, 1447 Impact of ... 916, 1075, 1201–02 Price manipulation re, investigation into ... 204 Reclamation costs re ... 916 Electric power–Prices Water recovered from (Q7/05: Defeated) ... 659 Consumer protection re ... 286, 455–56, 488, 533, 650 Water recovery issues ... 916 Contributing factors to (London Economics group Well applications approved by AEUB, 2001-04 report on) ... 291 (M6/05: Defeated) ... 664 General remarks ... 912–13, 948, 1120, 1306, 1307, Well applications denied by AEUB, 2001-04 (M5/05: 1447 Defeated) ... 664 Manipulation of ... 204, 286, 796, 899, 948–49, Coal bed methane extraction–Environmental aspects 1195–96 General remarks ... 1201–02 Manipulation of, legal penalties re ... 796 Coal bed methane extraction–Horseshoe Canyon area Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 18, Impact of ... 1202 23–24, 118–19, 161, 204, 249, 360, 455–56, 533, Competition Bureau (Federal) 796 Enron electricity price manipulation scheme Regulated option re ... 647, 913, 919, 1073, 1075, investigation ... 18, 24, 118, 161, 204, 249, 286, 1119–20 360, 456, 533, 796, 917, 949, 1196, 1337 Electric power–Retail sales Enron's takeover of Sundance power plant Cross-Canada comparison, report on (SP323/05: production, investigation of ... 899 Tabled) ... 775–76 TransAlta electricity price manipulation scheme General remarks ... 913, 919 investigation ... 949 Review of ... 1075, 1119 Compton Petroleum Corporation Electric power–Supply Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 1391, 1742, 1828 General remarks ... 489, 650, 913, 917, 921, 1073, Conflict of interest 1120, 1306, 1307 Market surveillance administrator ... 161 Electric power contracts, Residential Consumer protection Long-term contracts for residential consumers ... Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1073 1073, 1119–20 Re electricity/gas prices ... 286, 455–56, 488, 533, Electric power lines 650 Capacity ... 649 Debts, Public (Provincial government) General remarks ... 650 General remarks ... 922 Tie lines with B.C. ... 916–17 Deep Well Oil & Gas Ltd. Tie lines with B.C. and Montana ... 649–50 Oil well drilling activity, Lubicon Lake area ... 643 Electric power lines–Construction Dept. of Energy General remarks ... 1447 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP44/05: Tabled) ... 93 Electric power lines–Edmonton/Calgary Annual report, 2004-05 (SP569/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Upgrading of ... 904, 1447, 1831 Contracted employees/consultants salaries, 2003-04 Electric utilities–Lake Wabamun area (M25/05: Response tabled as SP808/05) ... 2018 Taxation of ... 913 Discussions with Enron, correspondence re (M47/05: Electric utilities–Regulations Defeated) ... 1749 Deregulation ... 118–19, 161, 291, 489, 796, 909, Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 908–10, 912–13, 917, 948, 1073, 1120, 1306 915–19, 921–22 Deregulation: Energy dept. correspondence with Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Enron Canada re (M47/05: Defeated) ... 1749 (SP484 & 734/05: Tabled) ... 1578, 1920 Deregulation: Private consultant re (Kellan Fluckiger) Minister's noninternational trips details, 2003-04 ... 1307 (M26/05: Response tabled as SP735/05) ... 1920 Deregulation: Public inquiry into ... 18, 204 Service contracts costs, 2003-05 (Q41/05: Defeated) Deregulation: Public reaction to ... 919, 921 ... 1748 Electrical power purchase agreements Staffing ... 913 Enron activities re Sundance B power ... 1337, Direct Energy Business Services 1912–13 Promise to, re regulated rate electricity price ... 1119 Enron comments re mispricing of ... 1337 Economic development Exclusion of hydropower from ... 363–64, 489 General remarks ... 532 General remarks ... 118 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 339 Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) (Continued) (Continued) Emission control credits Fort McMurray Trading of ... 743 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 203 Enbridge Inc. Impact of oil sands expansion on: Report on Gateway pipeline, joint project with PetroChina ... (SP266/05: Tabled) ... 536 801 FortisAlberta Inc. Energy industry Co-ordination of bills with EPCOR ... 489 Foreign investment in ... 801 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 908–09 Enron/Energy dept. correspondence re electicity Greenhouse gas emissions reduction ... 772 deregulation request under ... 1749 Value-adding/upgrading increase in ... 909, 917, 1310 Oil/gas sites reclamation costs, prevention of Energy industry–Crown lands disclosure of ... 1519 Aboriginal issues re ... 615, 802 Frontier Economics Inc. Land management issues re ... 648–49 Report on Project Stanley ... 1145 Energy industry–Crown lands–Sawn Lake area Gas, Natural Oil well drilling before approvals for ... 951 General remarks ... 908–09, 910 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Gas, Natural–Export General remarks ... 292, 802, 922 General remarks ... 922 Energy industry–Safety aspects Impact on petrochemical industry employment levels General remarks ... 575 ... 572 Energy Innovation Network Gas, Natural–Export–United States General remarks ... 292 Impact of U.S. energy bill on ... 1310 Energy research Gas, Natural–Prices General remarks ... 909 Forecasting of ... 909, 915, 921 Energy resources, Alternate General remarks ... 916 General remarks ... 922, 1120 Residential heating prices, provincial comparison of Engage Energy Canada, L.P. ... 1670 Former executive of ... 161 Gas, Natural–Royalties Enron Canada Corporation General remarks ... 922, 1670 Discussions with Alberta Energy ... 286 Gas, Natural–Supply Discussions with Alberta Energy, correspondence re General remarks ... 916 (M47/05: Defeated) ... 1749 Gas industry Discussions with Alberta Energy, documents re given General remarks ... 922 to Competition Bureau ... 286 Gas pipelines–Alaska/Northwest Territories thru Alberta Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Stripping of natural gas liquids from throughput of ... Stanley) ... 913, 1964 922 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Gas well drilling industry Stanley): Adamson report on ... 1145 Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Memos re (M7/05: Defeated) ... 665 Stanley): Frontier Economics report re ... 1145 Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Study re (M8/05: Response tabled as SP667/05) ... Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 18, 23–24, 118–19, 665, 1789 161, 204, 249, 360, 455–56, 533, 650, 796, 916, In vicinity of urban areas ... 1828 1195–96 Well applications approved by AEUB, 2001-04 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project (M10/05: Defeated) ... 666 Stanley): U.S. lawsuits re ... 1249 Well applications denied by AEUB, 2001-04 (M9/05: Involvement in Alberta power generation system ... Defeated) ... 665 1337 Gas well drilling industry–Calgary area Sundance B power purchase arrangement, sale of ... General remarks ... 1391, 1742, 1828 1912–13, 1964 Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects Sundance B power purchase arrangement auction General remarks ... 910, 1828 participation ... 1337 Sour gas leak, Innisfail area ... 1741–42, 1828 Sundance power plant, takeover of control of ... 899 Gas well drilling industry–Tomahawk/Drayton Valley Environmental impact assessments area Sour gas well drilling, Calgary area (Compton Safety aspects ... 741–42 Petroleum) ... 1391 Greenhouse gas emissions EPCOR Group of Companies Reduction of: Large final emitters industries ... 771 Electricity bill changes ... 489 Greenhouse gas reduction programs (Federal) Ethane–Supply General remarks ... 771–72 General remarks ... 1443 Heavy oil Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.) General remarks ... 909, 916 Enron collusion with other electricity suppliers: Heavy oil–Royalties Testimony re ... 1195 General remarks ... 912, 918 340 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) (Continued) (Continued) Heavy oil–Royalties (Continued) North American free trade agreement Projected revenues from, 2005-2015 (Q24/05: Sale of electricity under ... 1306 Defeated) ... 1154–55 Oil Reductions in ... 572 General remarks ... 908–09 Verification of, Auditor General's comments re ... 921 Oil–Export–United States Hydrocarbon Updgrading Task force Impact of U.S. energy bill on ... 1310 General remarks ... 572, 917 Oil–Prices Hydrogen sulphide emissions Forecasting of ... 909, 915, 921 General remarks ... 741–42 Oil and gas leases Hydrogen sulphide emissions–Health aspects–Calgary Revenue from ... 913 area Oil industry General remarks ... 1391 Use of water supplies ... 916 Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta Oil recovery methods Electricity prices comparison, commissioned report Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 743, 912 on (SP323/05: Tabled) ... 775–76 Royalty tax reductions to encourage ... 912 Independent System Operator (Electricity industry) Oil shales–United States 10-year power transmission plan ... 649, 650, 1447 Research re ... 1310 Edmonton/Calgary transmission line upgrade Oil well drilling industry–Public lands application ... 904, 1447 EUB permits required for ... 643, 951 General remarks ... 1447 Oral Question Period (2005) Integrated resource management (Public lands) Canadian Natural Resources Limited pipeline leak ... General remarks ... 648–49 1447–48 London Economics International LLC Capital region petrochemical workers ... 1443 Electricity prices, contributing factors to, report ... Climate change ... 743, 771–72 291 Coal-bed methane ... 1075, 1201–02 Electricity prices comparison, cross-Canada, report Electrical transmission system ... 1447 (SP323/05: Tabled) ... 775–76 Electricity consultant ... 1307 Lubicon Lake Band Electricity costs ... 291 Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 615, 643, Electricity deregulation ... 118, 204 802, 951 Electricity exports ... 650, 1306 Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) Electricity line between Edmonton and Calgary ... Background of ... 118–19, 161 1831 Electricity imports, investigation into, re price Electricity marketing ... 796, 899, 948–49, 1073, manipulation activities ... 204 1119–20 Enron's price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... Electricity marketing review ... 1075 18, 23, 118–19, 204, 249, 286, 360, 456, 533, 796, Electricity pricing ... 286 899, 913, 917, 1145, 1196, 1249 Electricity transmission ... 904 Enron's takeover of Sundance power plant Electricity transmission line capacity ... 649–50 production, investigation of ... 899 Energy and Utilities Board ... 575, 1519 Monitoring of electricity prices ... 286, 488 Energy Innovation Network ... 292 TransAlta price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... Enron activities in Alberta ... 249, 286, 360, 533, 899, 286, 360, 456, 796, 899, 949 1145, 1195–96, 1249, 1337, 1912–13, 1964 MEG Energy Corp. Environmental protection ... 1391 Chinese investment in ... 801 EPCOR energy bills ... 489 Mega Project Excellence: Preparing for Alberta's Foreign investments in the energy industry ... 801 Legacy, An Action Plan (Report) Hydropower purchase arrangements ... 363–64 Copy tabled (SP266/05) ... 536 Integrated land management ... 648–49 Minable oil sands strategy–Environmental aspects Major Alberta projects ... 532 General remarks ... 1829–30, 1913–14, 1964 Market surveillance administrator ... 161 Natural gas rebates Market surveillance administrator review of Enron ... For commercial operations ... 1146 18, 23–24, 118–119 General remarks ... 909, 1670 Minable oil sands strategy ... 1829–30, 1964 Renewal of ... 1146 Natural gas prices ... 1670 Natural resources Natural gas rebates ... 1146 Access issues (surface disturbances) ... 910 Oil sands bitumen export ... 572 Value-adding re ... 532, 909 Oil sands development ... 203 Natural resources revenue Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 615, 643, 802, 951 Forecasting of ... 909, 915 Reclamation of oil well sites ... 166 General remarks ... 908–09, 910 Regulated rate option for electricity ... 647 Net metering (Electricity) Securities Commission ... 772, 1197 Motion 510: Marz ... 1768 Sour gas leak ... 1741–42 Sour gas well safety ... 741–42, 1828 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 341 Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Tar sands development–Research TransAlta Utilities ... 455–56, 488–89 U.S. interest in ... 1310 United States energy legislation ... 1310 Tar sands development–Waste disposal Partnership Fund (Federal) Tailings ponds ... 1913 General remarks ... 771–72 TransAlta Utilities Corporation Petro-Canada Donations to provincial PC party ... 1196 Oil sands project with UTS Energy Corp. ... 203 Electricity price manipulation activities ... 286, 360, Petrochemical industry 455–56, 488–89, 796, 899, 948–49, 1195–96 Bitumen as feedstock for ... 532, 572, 909, 917 Electricity price manipulation activities: Independent General remarks ... 918–19 investigation of ... 949 Impact of Chinese investments on ... 801 Hydropower generation pricing ... 363–64, 456, 489, Impact of natural resources exports on ... 572, 922 492 Petrochemical industry–Edmonton area Hydropower generation pricing: Jim Dinning's role in Ethane supply for ... 1443 ... 456 Pipelines Hydropower generation pricing: Response to Development of ... 917 questions re (SP248/05: Tabled) ... 492 Monitoring of ... 1447 U.S. energy bill Project Green (Federal Kyoto accord implementation Impact on Alberta ... 1310 plan) Utilities Consumer Advocate General remarks ... 743, 771–72 EPCOR/Fortis electricity bills co-ordination ... 489 Provincial Advisory Committee on Public Safety and Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council Sour Gas Response to DOE's (Dept. of Energy) Call for Study (2000) ... 910 Comments on it's Discussion Paper ... (April 14, Reclamation of land 2005) ... 1120 Abandoned well sites ... 166, 916 UTS Energy Corp. Energy industry sites ... 649, 910 Oil sands project with Petro-Canada, Fort McMurray Energy industry sites, prevention of disclosure of area ... 203 costs of under FOIP law ... 1519 Water conservation Oil sands sites ... 1829–30, 1914 Provincial plan for ... 916 Reforestation Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Oil sands lands ... 1829–30, 1914 General remarks ... 916 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Water supply General remarks ... 908–09, 912, 915–16, 918, 919, Use by energy industry ... 916 921–22 Well sites Reduction incentives ... 912 Reclamation of ... 649 Reduction incentives for clean energy technology Reclamation of, costs, prevention of disclosure of development ... 743 under FOIP law ... 1519 Securities–Law and legislation Well sites, Abandoned National harmonization of ... 1197 Reclamation of ... 166, 916 Securities regulator, National Welwyn Resources Ltd. General remarks ... 1197 Oil well drilling activity, Lubicon Lake area ... 643 Shell Canada Limited Wind power Oil sands project, Fort McMurray area ... 203 General remarks ... 917 Snohomish Public Utility District, Washington State Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (U.S.) Aboriginal courts Investigation of Enron price fixing ... 118–19 General remarks ... 1228 Suncor Inc. Aboriginal people and the judicial system Firebag project, royalty discussions re ... 919 General remarks ... 1228 Voyageur project ... 203, 572 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Surplus, Budgetary Second reading ... 221–23 General remarks ... 922 Administrative Procedures Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Tar sands development 23) Chinese investment in ... 801 Second reading ... 678–79 Expansion projects ... 203, 532 Committee ... 718 Expansion projects: Auditor General's comments re ... General remarks ... 1228 921 Administrative tribunals General remarks ... 908, 909–10, 921–22 General remarks ... 1228 Impact of ... 203 Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board Value-added opportunities ... 532, 572, 801, 916, 921 General remarks ... 1425 Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Alberta Law Reform Institute General remarks ... 1829–30, 1964 Report on administrative tribunals ... 1228 342 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Crime (No. 2) (Bill 40) News media coverage of ... 1227–28 Third reading ... 1557 Crime prevention Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 General remarks ... 1227–28 (Bill 43) Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Committee ... 1977 Second reading ... 1687 Alberta Securities Commission Committee ... 1902 Land Development Company case, decision re Third reading ... 2025 (SP790/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Daycare centres Land Development Company case, notice of hearing Available spaces in ... 1732 re (SP791/05: Tabled) ... 2017 National plan principles re ... 1732 Land interests included in securities, news release re Daycare centres–Finance (SP792/05: Tabled) ... 2017 National program for: Alberta participation ... 1732 Land sales (undivided interests), staff notice re Dept. of Children's Services (SP789/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1731 Alberta Vehicle Theft Committee Dept. of Gaming General remarks ... 1424 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1287 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill Dept. of Government Services 27) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1424–25 Committee ... 406 Dept. of Innovation and Science Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1377–78 (Bill 51) Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Committee ... 1983–84 Business plan ... 1227 Third reading ... 2038 Discussions with federal Justice dept. re sentencing in Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped child abuse cases ... 1228 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1227–28 Committee ... 1245–46 Relations with other depts. ... 1227 Auditor General Staffing ... 1228 Policing in Alberta, study of ... 1885 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Auditor General of Canada 275–76 RCMP services report ... 1884–85 Dept. of Solicitor General RCMP services report, chapter 1 (SP703/05: Tabled) Business plan ... 1429–30 ... 1891 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1428–30, 1432 Automobile Insurance Rate Board Minister's letter re Crowsnest Pass police grant ... Report on rate reductions ... 86 1305 Automobile theft–Prevention Minister's letter re Crowsnest Pass police grant General remarks ... 1424 (SP411/05: Tabled) ... 1315 British Columbia Power Exchange Corp. Domestic violence Involvement in Enron electicity price manipulation ... General remarks ... 1196–97 42 Murder/suicide case, Red Deer 2003 ... 1196 Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Domestic violence–Legal aspects Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) General remarks ... 276 Third reading ... 2024 Edmonton Police Service Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Inmate sexual assault investigation ... 696 Crowsnest Pass projects ... 1305–06 Randy Fryingpan tasering case ... 1429, 1503–04 Cemeteries Act Edmonton Remand Centre Modernization of ... 1424–25 Funding for ... 1432 Child abuse–Legal aspects Overcrowding ... 695–96, 1389, 1432 Sentences re, increasing of ... 1228 Rape of inmates in ... 695–96, 1389, 1430 Community facility enhancement program Electric power–Prices Churches' application to ... 1287 Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 42 Consumer protection Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 1424 Deregulation ... 42 Correctional institutions–Finance Enron Canada Corporation General remarks ... 1432 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Court of Queen's Bench Stanley): Destruction of trading tapes re ... 42 General remarks ... 276 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Courtroom security officers–Training Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 42 Falun Gong General remarks ... 743, 1430 Promotion of hatred against, letters re (SP552/05: Courts–Calgary Tabled) ... 1675 Additional courtrooms, funding for ... 275 Family courts Courts–Finance General remarks ... 1197, 1228 General remarks ... 1228 Visitation rulings in violent spouse cases ... 1196 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 343 Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) Maintenance (Domestic relations) (Continued) Second reading ... 197 Reciprocal agreements re, with other jurisdictions ... Committee ... 566–67 1228 Fatality inquiries Staffing ... 1228 RCMP corporal's death in mentally ill gunman case ... Marijuana 1784 Decriminalization of ... 1227 Role of news media at ... 414 Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Enron's price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... 42 Second reading ... 679–80 Marriage licences Committee ... 725 Provision of, by religious institutions ... 1424 Third reading ... 1378–79 Provision of, through registry offices ... 1424 General remarks ... 414 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Foreign workers, Temporary Second reading ... 1682–83 Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 1396 Third reading ... 2022–23 Funerals–Law and legislation Members' Statements (2005) General remarks ... 1425 World AIDS Day ... 2054–55 Gang-related crime–Prevention Mental health services–Prisoners General remarks ... 16 General remarks ... 1785 Government attorneys Mentally disabled Specialization in gun-related crime cases ... 1916 Involvement with police ... 1784–85 Government information Ministerial Statements (2005) Access to, through MLAs' offices ... 1425 Deaths of RCMP officers ... 40 Identification, Personal RCMP drug raid near Mayerthorpe ... 16 Theft of ... 1228 Mortgage fraud Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) General remarks ... 1424 Second reading ... 709 Municipal finance–Crowsnest Pass area Integrated child exploitation teams Government grants ... 1249–50, 1305–06 General remarks ... 1228, 1429 Letter from Solicitor General re (SP411/05: Tabled) Integrated Response to Organized Crime ... 1315 General remarks ... 1228 Municipal Government Act Increase in RCMP officers for ... 1429 Crowsnest Pass regulation ... 1249–50, 1305–06 Internet (Computer network) Oral Question Period (2005) Crimes against children on ... 1228 Corrections officers ... 743 Crimes against children on: Provincial initiatives re ... Domestic violence ... 1196–97 1429 Edmonton Police Service investigation ... 1503–04 John Dosseter Health Ethics Centre Edmonton Remand Centre ... 695–96 General remarks ... 1377 Edmonton Remand Centre assault incident ... 1389 John Howard Society Fatality inquiries ... 414 General remarks ... 1228 Legal aid ... 1709 Judicial Compensation Commission Market surveillance administrator review of Enron ... Report on Provincial Court judges salary increase ... 42 275–76 Mental illness and the criminal justice system ... Report on Provincial Court judges salary increase: 1784–85 Provincial challenge of ... 276 Municipal grants to Crowsnest Pass ... 1305–06 Justice of the Peace Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 48) Policing review ... 162 Second reading ... 1688–89 Policing services ... 574, 1884–85, 1916 Third reading ... 1899 Policing services in Crowsnest Pass ... 1249–50 Justice system Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Access to ... 1228 Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction The Land Development Company projects, ban on ... 1396 Securities Commission case re, documents (SP790- Police 791/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Challenges performing duties of ... 16 Land titles–Registration Complaints against, procedure for ... 574, 1429, Security concerns in ... 1424 1503–04 Legal aid Domestic violence case handling training ... 1196 Exclusion of lawyers in private practice from ... 1709 General remarks ... 1429 Library cards Increase in numbers of ... 1429, 1884–85, 1916 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Mental health related incidents, responses to ... (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 193 1784–85 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) MLA committee review of: Report ... 162 General remarks ... 67–68 Neighbourhood patrols ... 1429 Maintenance (Domestic relations) Public confidence in ... 574 General remarks ... 1228 344 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Police–Finance Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Continued) General remarks ... 16, 1429 Auditor General of Canada's report on provincial Increase to ... 1429, 1916 policing services by, chapter 1 (SP703/05: Tabled) Police–Finance–Crowsnest Pass ... 1891 General remarks ... 1249–50, 1305, 1429 Corporal's death in mentally ill gunman case ... 1784 Letter from Solicitor General re (SP411/05: Tabled) Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area ... 1428 ... 1315 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Memorial service for Police–Rural areas fallen officers, program from (SP118/05: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1884–85 171 Police–Standards Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Memorial service for Auditing of ... 1885 fallen officers, recognition of ... 168–69 Police–Training Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Statement re fallen Mentally ill people handling ... 1784–85 officers in ... 16, 40 Police Act Forensics lab closure, Edmonton: Letters re (SP9- Amendments to ... 162 10/05: Tabled) ... 27 Civilian oversight provision enhancement ... 162 Increase in numbers of ... 1884–85 Paramountcy over Crowsnest Pass regulation re Murder/suicide case, Red Deer 2003, investigation, police funding ... 1250 recommendations from ... 1196 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Requalification of officers (weapons handling) ... Second reading ... 683–84 1884–85 Committee ... 1297–99, 1379–80 Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation Third reading ... 1583–84 Federal legislation ... 1424 Amendment A1 (SP407/05: Tabled) ... 1297, 1298 Sentences (Criminal procedure) Amendment A2 (SP426/05: Tabled) ... 1379 General remarks ... 1227 Amendment A3 (SP427/05: Tabled) ... 1379 Increasing of ... 1227 General remarks ... 1429 Increasing of, re child abuse convictions ... 1228 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) (Bill 49) Service Alberta initiative (Government information Second reading ... 1770–71 access) Committee ... 1900 Provision of orientation for MLAs' staff ... 1425 Third reading ... 2026–27 Speech from the Throne Prisoners, Aboriginal Debate ... 67–68 Numbers of ... 1228 Teachers' Pension Plan Prisoners–Safety aspects Unfunded liability: Letter re (SP603/05: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 696, 1389 1716 Probation officers United Church of Canada. Alberta and Northwest Supervision of youth justice committees ... 1432 Conference Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Letter from presidents to province on occasion of Second reading ... 337–38 centennial (SP727/05: Tabled) ... 1920 News article re (SP197/05: Tabled) ... 328 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 25) Second reading ... 553–54, 601 Second reading ... 717 Committee ... 718 Committee ... 727 Third reading ... 1290–91 Provincial Judges' Association Victims of Crime Fund General remarks ... 275 Compensation to assaulted inmate from ... 1389 Public safety (From criminal activity) One-time payment issue ... 1430 General remarks ... 1227, 1428–29 Surplus ... 1430 Performance measures ... 1428–29 Violent crime Public safety (From criminal activity)–Inner city areas Prevention of ... 1227, 1916 General remarks ... 1429 Vital Statistics Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Removal of marriage licensing from ... 1424 General remarks ... 168–69 Wages–Provincial Court judges Registry offices, Private Increase in ... 275–76 Provision of marriage licences through ... 1424 Wellness fund (Proposed) Rehabilitation of criminals Motion 501: Blakeman ... 70–71 General remarks ... 1430 Whistle-blower protection Remand centres–Finance Workplace safety complaints ... 743 General remarks ... 1432 Workplace safety Research and development Employee complaints re ... 743 Ethical implications ... 1377 Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) World AIDS Day Letter re (SP604/05: Tabled) ... 1716 Statement re ... 2054–55 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Young, Kyle James (Prisoner) Auditor General of Canada's report on provincial Death in Edmonton courthouse ... 743–44, 1430 policing services by ... 1884–85 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 345 Miller, Dr. Bruce (L, Edmonton-Glenora) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Youth Justice Act Alberta Urban Municipalities Association General remarks ... 276 Municipal Government Act review discussions ... Youth justice committees 1327–28 Probation officers' review of decisions by ... 1432 Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) Youth justice committees–Stony Plain Second reading ... 542 Resignation of members of ... 1432 Committee ... 558–60 Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) Third reading ... 943 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Second reading ... 391–93 Second reading ... 1554–56 Committee ... 565, 729–30 Committee ... 1591–93 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) Second reading ... 1643, 1645 Second reading ... 348–49 Committee ... 2001 Committee ... 403–04 Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Amendment Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill Act, 2005 (Bill 54) 27) Second reading ... 1950–51 Second reading ... 349 Alberta Centennial Medal Act (Bill 2) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Committee ... 354 (Bill 51) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Committee ... 1998–99 General remarks ... 959–60 Arts–Finance Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Surplus revenue dedicated to (legacy funding) ... 960 Ethical investments by ... 120, 962–63 Auditor General Ethical investments by: Statement re ... 294 Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Investment in tobacco companies ... 294, 963 Pension plans compliance comments ... 960 Investment income from ... 963 Treasury Branches' control processes comments Surplus revenue deposited into (legacy funding) ... (Q36/05: Response tabled as SP648/05) ... 1746–47 960 Treasury Branches lending policies comments ... 960, Alberta Insurance Council 2050 Special projects costs ... 963 Automobile chop shops Alberta pension plan (Proposed) General remarks ... 1256 General remarks ... 1188 Automobile Insurance Rate Board Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation Report on rate reductions ... 283 Appeals received by (M34/05: Defeated) ... 1164 Review of questionable practices by insurance Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 companies ... 1339 (Bill 20) Review of rates ... 904, 1339 Second reading ... 436, 437 Review of rates: Letter requesting copy of (SP36/05: Third reading ... 551 Tabled) ... 93 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2005 Automobile theft–Prevention (No. 2) (Bill 40) General remarks ... 1256 Second reading ... 1485 Bank of Montreal Committee ... 1492 Executive Council account ... 1107 Third reading ... 1557 Bennett Jones LLP Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 ASC action on Walton International, letter re (Bill 43) (SP794/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Second reading ... 1701–03, 1820, 1858, 1859, 1861, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865 Compensation plans re: Federal funding for ... 257 Alberta Securities Commission New assistance programs re (2005) ... 257 Human resource issues in ... 528, 1520 Breast cancer–Research Influencing regulatory activity case ... 772, 1520 Contributions by hang-gliding fundraiser to ... 1313 Influencing regulatory activity case: Independent British Columbia Pension Corporation investigation of ... 772 Appeal process: Website re (SP166/05: Tabled) ... Walton International land sales without filing a 295 prospectus: Decision re (SP794/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Walton International land sales without filing a Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) prospectus: Letter from Land Development Second reading ... 1949 Company re (SP796/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Alberta SuperNet (Bill 56) General remarks ... 257 Second reading ... 1956 Alberta Treasury Branch Financial Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government) Subsidiary companies' control processes, Auditor General remarks ... 1188 General's recommendation re (Q36/05: Response Canadian agriculture income stabilization program tabled as SP648/05) ... 1746–47 Funding of, with surplus funds ... 1626 346 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Dept. of Health and Wellness Edmonton projects ... 258, 1327 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 257, 258 Federal funding ... 1328 Dept. of Human Resources and Skills Development General remarks ... 1327 (Federal) Legacy funding for, proposed ... 960 Minister of: Alberta MLA's comments re ... 1606–07 Carson, Ms Linda-Rae Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Statement re ... 2016 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 258 Cellular telephones in automobiles Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1004–05 Estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 1187–88 Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations Staff ... 1187 Insurance costs for ... 961 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Chief Electoral Officer Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1327–28 Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Performance measures ... 1328 Civil service pensions Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Appeal process re ... 291–92 Alberta SuperNet project transferred to ... 257 Letter re (SP425/05: Tabled) ... 1343 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 763 Clean energy technology Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development 504: Swann) ... 671–72 Property theft in (Q28/05: Response tabled as Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, SP776/05) ... 1158 Standing Drayton Valley-Calmar (Constituency) Ethical investment deliberations ... 294 Notice of privilege re actions by Member for (Not CompuSmart.com proceeded with) ... 1614, 1633 Executive Council contract ... 1106 Drugs in schools Consumer protection Use of dogs to detect ... 1256 Auto insurance rates ... 363, 454 Edmonton-Rutherford (Constituency) Corporate Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 26) Notice of privilege re actions by Member for Drayton Second reading ... 537 Valley-Calmar against (Not proceeded with) ... Committee ... 1489 1614, 1633 Corporations–Taxation Education, Postsecondary–Finance Rebates re, interest paid on ... 963 Surplus revenue dedicated to (legacy funding) ... 960 Reduction in ... 961 Education–Finance Crime prevention User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q14/05: General remarks ... 1256 Response tabled as SP500/05) ... 808 Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q15/05: Second reading ... 1868 Defeated) ... 808–11 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Elections, Municipal–Calgary General remarks ... 1448 Ward 10 election process ... 1328 General servicing costs re ... 963 Elections, Municipal–Law and legislation Statutory servicing costs re ... 963 General remarks ... 1328 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Alberta visit, May 2005 ... 257 Dept. of Advanced Education Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 257 35) Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Second reading ... 1019–20 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Committee ... 1490–91 Dept. of Community Development Third reading ... 1582 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1483–84 Equalization payments Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 257 General remarks ... 1188 Dept. of Economic Development Ethics Commissioner Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Dept. of Finance Executive Council Business plan ... 961 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1106–07 Communications division ... 959, 963 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 258 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 959–63, 966 Limousine service costs ... 1106 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 256 Fair Trading Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 6) Nonbudgetary disbursements ... 256 Third reading ... 550–51 Performance measures ... 961 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Staff ... 963 (Bill 205) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 283 Second reading ... 1752 Dept. of Gaming Federal/provincial fiscal relations Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 258 General remarks ... 1188 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 347 Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Federal/provincial relations Insurance, Liability General remarks ... 1188 For small businesses ... 961 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Insurance–Premiums Second reading ... 938–39 Elimination of sales tax from ... 854, 1031 Committee ... 1018–19 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) General remarks ... 959 Second reading ... 579–82, 584 Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations) Committee ... 1190–93 General remarks ... 1188 Insurance companies Fly for a Cure (Charity fundraiser) Profits ... 86, 256 Statement re ... 1313 Interim supply–Saskatchewan Foreign workers, Temporary General remarks ... 257 Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 418, 463, 536, 579 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act estimates, 2005-06 General remarks ... 257, 1164 Estimates debated ... 255–58 Furnace rebate program The Land Development Company Letter re (SP706/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Letter to Securities Commission re Walton's business Government aircraft practices (SP796/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 257 Legislative Assembly Office Governor General's award for excellence in teaching Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Canadian history Libraries–Finance General remarks ... 2016 General remarks ... 1483–84 Hang-gliding Library cards Death of Cochrane resident during ... 1081 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole ... Fundraiser by enthusiasts for ... 1313 1483 Harry Ainlay high school, Edmonton Light rail transit–Finance Drug-sniffing dog program ... 1256 Provincial funding ... 1327 Hospitals Limousines Hotel-like accommodation in: Pamphlet re Use by government members ... 1106 (SP754/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Lobbyists–Registration Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 General remarks ... 454 (Bill 21) Local Authorities Election Act Second reading ... 213–215 Review of ... 1328 Third reading ... 397–98 Lockheed Martin Corporation E-mail re (SP138/05: Tabled) ... 211 Heritage Fund investment in ... 120 General remarks ... 257 Lottery Fund Income tax, Provincial Funds allocation ... 258 Decrease in ... 959, 961 Low-income families Flat tax ... 959 Tax reductions for ... 959, 961 Revenue from ... 963 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) General remarks ... 108–10 Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 257 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Insurance, Automobile Committee ... 1872, 1877 Public plan re ... 86 Medical care Reform of ... 854, 1339–40 Opting out of national plan for ... 1188 Reform of: Communications budget re ... 256, 283 Restructuring (third way option) ... 257 Reform of: Letter re (SP707/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Medical care, Private Reform of: PC caucus committee review of ... 1339 General remarks ... 1971 Reform of: Review of ... 1339 Medical care–Finance Reform of: Thompson's World Insurance News article General remarks ... 258 re ... 454 Members' Statements (2005) Reform of: Thompson's World Insurance News article Caroline Mouris ... 805–06 re (SP241/05: Tabled) ... 463 Chris Muller ... 1081 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Ethical investments ... 294 Elimination of sales tax from ... 86, 854, 960 Fly for a Cure fundraiser ... 1313 General remarks ... 86, 256 Linda-Rae Carson ... 2016 Impact on small business ... 854, 904, 960 Loretta Van Brabant ... 698 Rebates under $50, number of (Q8/05: Defeated) ... Respect for women in politics ... 1606–07 660 Rotary International ... 25 Reductions in ... 362–63, 454, 1669 Métis hunting/fishing rights Reductions in: Political influence re ... 454 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Letter re (SP117/05: Reductions in: Publicity campaign re ... 963 Tabled) ... 171 Six percent cut to ... 904 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Public meeeting re ... 257 348 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) MLA Committee on Strengthening Alberta's Role in Provincial/municipal relations Confederation General remarks ... 1327–28 Report ... 1188 Public Affairs Bureau MS Awareness Month Auto insurance press release ... 1669 General remarks ... 1313 Public assistance Muller, Mr. Chris Increase to: Letter re (SP793/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Statement re ... 1081 Rancher's Beef Multiple sclerosis–Research Treasury Board loan to ... 2050 Contributions by hang-gliding fundraiser to ... 1313 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Second reading ... 540 Public consultation re ... 1327–28 Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Natural resources revenue Second reading ... 1350–51 Forecasting of ... 960 General remarks ... 960 Use for budget purposes ... 959–60 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Office of the Premier (Bill 44) Current chief of staff (Rod Love) remuneration Second reading ... 1809–10 (Q23/05: Defeated) ... 814–15 Resource rebates from budget surplus (2005) Former chief of staff (Peter Elzinga) remuneration General remarks ... 1626 (Q22/05: Defeated) ... 814 Roads–Edmonton Former chief of staff (Steve West) severance package 23rd Avenue/Calgary Trail intersection: Upgrading ...... 292 258, 1327 Premier's television addresses ... 1106–07 Rotary International Oil–Prices 100th anniversary: Statement re ... 25 Forecasting of ... 960, 962 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Ombudsman Forensics lab closure, Edmonton: Letter re Interim estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 257 (SP192/05: Tabled) ... 327 Oral Question Period (2005) Royal Rubber Stamp Co. Automobile insurance ... 1669 Executive Council contract ... 1106 Automobile insurance rates ... 86, 362–63, 454 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Automobile insurance reforms ... 1339–40 Reduction incentives for clean energy technology Budget surplus expenditures ... 1626 development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 671–72 Commercial vehicle insurance rates ... 904 School at the Legislature (Educational program) Crime prevention ... 1256 General remarks ... 1606 Government investments ... 120 School councils Insurance costs for nonprofit sector ... 1031 Fund-raising activities: Revenues from (Q15/05: Insurance rates for small and medium-sized Defeated) ... 808–11 businesses ... 854 Securities Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 19) Public service pension appeals ... 291–292 Second reading ... 625–27 Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 1710 Committee ... 725, 727 Securities Commission ... 528, 772 Third reading ... 941 Teachers' retirement fund ... 1448 Separatism, Western Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1910 General remarks ... 1188 Treasury Branch loans ... 2050 Small business Whistle-blower protection ... 1520–21 Impact of auto insurance rates on ... 854, 904, 960 Organized crime–Prevention Impact of liability insurance rates on ... 961 General remarks ... 1256 Small business–Taxation Pensions, Private-sector General remarks ... 960 Auditor General's comments re ... 960 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Second reading ... 179–80 Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction Smoking in public places projects, ban on ... 418, 463, 536, 579 E-mail re (SP137/05: Tabled) ... 211 Point of Order Smoking in the workplace Factual accuracy ... 1343–44 E-mail re (SP137/05: Tabled) ... 211 Sub judice rule ... 581 Speech from the Throne Police, Provincial Debate ... 108–10 Establishment of ... 1188 Sponsorship scandal (Federal government) Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence General remarks ... 1188 General remarks ... 698 Sports exchange programs Privilege Funding for ... 1483–84 Notice of, re actions by Member for Drayton Valley- Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Calmar (Not proceeded with) ... 1614, 1633 Second reading ... 545–46 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Committee ... 561–62 Third reading ... 791–92 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 349 Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Miller, Rick (L, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) Student financial aid Walton International Group Inc. Dollar value for students attending private Invitation to presentation on their land banking institutions, 2000-04 (Q21/05: Response tabled as business (SP795/05: Tabled) ... 2017 SP475/05) ... 813–14 Land sales without filing prospectus with Securities Dollar value under student loan program, 2000-04 Commission: Decision re (SP794/05: Tabled) ... (Q20/05: Response tabled as SP474/05) ... 813 2017 Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Land sales without filing prospectus with Securities (Bill 14) Commission: Letter from Land Development Second reading ... 430 Company re (SP796/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Sub judice Whistle-blower protection General remarks ... 581 Securities Commission case ... 1520–21 Surgical services, Private Women in politics General remarks ... 258 Respect for: Statement re ... 1606–07 Surplus, Budgetary Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) General remarks ... 961, 1626 Second reading ... 685–86 Heritage Savings funding with ... 960 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) Investment policy for: Legislation re (Bill 203) ... 960 (Bill 50) Municipal infrastructure debt funding with ... 960 Second reading ... 1815–16 Postsecondary education funding with ... 960 Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) Talisman Energy Inc. Agriculture Heritage Fund investment in ... 120 Government assistance programs ... 119 Tax revenue, Provincial Alberta Funeral Services Regulatory Board General remarks ... 963 General remarks ... 373 Taxation Alberta Podiatry Association General remarks ... 959–60, 961 General remarks ... 240 Reduction in, use of surplus for ... 1626 Alberta seniors benefit program Teachers' Pension Plan Dental benefits ... 951 Unfunded liability ... 1448, 1910 Basketball championships Unfunded liability: Letters re (SP708-710, 730- Foremost high school Falcons 1A provincial 731/05: Tabled) ... 1891, 1920 champions ... 417–18 Thompson's World Insurance News Border crossings–Canada/United States March 14, 2005 article re Alberta auto insurance Additional 24-hour crossing for Alberta (Wild Horse reforms ... 454 crossing) ... 646 March 14, 2005 article re Alberta auto insurance Bovine spongiform encephalopathy reforms (SP241/05: Tabled) ... 463 Impact on cattle industry ... 119, 288–89 Tobacco companies Calf set-aside program (Canada/Alberta) Heritage Fund investment in ... 120, 294, 963 Extension of ... 119 Tourism–Marketing Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Use of tourism levy revenue for ... 960 General remarks ... 119 Tourism levy Canadian Cattlemen for Fair Trade Conversion of hotel tax to ... 257 NAFTA challenge re U.S. border closure to Canadian General remarks ... 960 cattle ... 289 Traffic Safety Act Cattle–Export–United States Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while Contingency plan (2004) re continued border closure driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1004–05 ... 119 Treasury Branches Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Expansion plans ... 961 closed ... 289 Lending policies, Auditor General's comments re ... Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border 960, 2050 closed: Appeal of, under NAFTA ... 290 Loan to Rancher's Beef ... 2050 Cattle rustling–Prevention United Way (Charitable organization) General remarks ... 1121 Contributions by hang-gliding fundraiser to ... 1313 Cellular telephones in automobiles Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Legislation re (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1005 (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta General remarks ... 257 General remarks ... 240 Van Brabant, Loretta Deceased persons Statement re ... 698 Disclosure of personal information re: Legislation re Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre (Bill 8) ... 373 Dept. of Agriculture (United States) Outpatient residence, replacement with private run Position on Montana court injunction re border hotel facility: Email re (SP681/05: Tabled) ... 1838 closure to Canadian cattle ... 289 Outpatient residence, replacement with private run Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 hotel facility: Pamphlet re (SP754/05: Tabled) ... Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... 1971 1405–06 350 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) (Continued) Mitzel, Len (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) (Continued) Emergency planning Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Statement re ... 1151–52 Dental assistance for seniors ... 951 Emergency Preparedness Week Natural gas rebates ... 1145–46 General remarks ... 1151 North American trade ... 288–89 Extended care facilities–Standards Personal Information Protection Act Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Select committee review of, delayed by one year ... 1405–06 373 Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1177 Personal Information Protection Amendment Act, 2005 Fed cattle set-aside program (Bill 8) Extension of ... 119 Amendment (SP305/05: Tabled) ... 688 Government Organization Act Prime Minister's Awards for Teaching Excellence Amendment by Bill 7 ... 240 General remarks ... 1450 Health Information Act Public Health Act Paramountcy over Personal Information Protection Amendment by Bill 7 ... 240 Act ... 373 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Health Professions Act General remarks ... 417–18 Amendment by Bill 7 ... 240 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 7) Cattle rustling prevention efforts ... 1121 Second reading ... 240, 371, 373 Softwoods–Export–United States Committee ... 448–49 Countervail duties re ... 288 Third reading ... 637 Speech from the Throne Heinricks, Mr. Mark Debate ... 97–99 Statement re ... 1450 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Hockey championships First reading ... 252 Medicine Hat Royals pee wee AA champions ... 417 Second reading ... 517–18, 525 Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Committee ... 602–06, 608–09 Co-ordination with other provincial commissioners: Third reading ... 940 Legislation re (Bill 8) ... 373 Tourism–Southeast Alberta International trade–United States Impact of additional 24-hour border crossing on ... Irritants re ... 288–89 646 Kidney Foundation of Canada Traffic Safety Act General remarks ... 805 Amendments re hand-held cell phone use while Live2Share (Organ donation campaign) driving (Motion 506: Chase) ... 1005 General remarks ... 805 Water supply–Stettler area communities Livestock brands–Inspection Legislation re (Bill 11) ... 252 Role in cattle rustling prevention ... 1121 Morton, Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 97–99 Third reading ... 1238–40 Medicine Hat Community Foundation Amendment Act, Administrative Procedures Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 2005 (Bill Pr. 3) 23) First reading ... 622 Second reading ... 679 Second reading ... 1509 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Third reading ... 1557 Investigation of complaints re Bishop Henry's Members' Statements (2005) remarks ... 698 Emergency preparedness ... 1151–52 Alberta Regulations Mark Heinricks ... 1450 Reform of ... 1150 National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week Barley–Marketing ... 805 General remarks ... 1203 Mouris, Caroline Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Statement re ... 805–06 Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week Second reading ... 1948 Statement re ... 805 Budget Natural gas rebates 2005-06 second-quarter fiscal update ... 1667 For commercial operations ... 1146 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Renewal of ... 1145–46 (Bill 56) North American free trade agreement Second reading ... 1955–56, 1957 Border closure to cattle challenge under ... 289 Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government) Nurse practitioners General remarks ... 1667 Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Federal) Regulation changes re (Bill 7) ... 240 Carbon dioxide classified as noxious gas under ... Oral Question Period (2005) 1967 Agricultural income stabilization program ... 119 Canadian Wheat Board Alberta/U.S. border crossings ... 646 Protesters against, Saskatchewan court decision re ... Cattle rustling ... 1121 1203 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 351 Morton, Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) (Continued) Morton, Dr. F.L. (PC, Foothills-Rockyview) (Continued) Carbon dioxide Oil discovery–Turner Valley Classification as noxious gas ... 1967 Statement re ... 1527 Carbon dioxide emissions Oral Question Period (2005) Regulations re ... 1967 Climate change ... 1967 Carson, Ms Linda-Rae Hunting regulations for youths ... 2050 Statement re ... 2016 Métis hunting rights ... 246, 615–16 Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) National child care initiative ... 1076–77 General remarks ... 698 Regulatory reform ... 1150 Climate change Resource revenues ... 1667 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1967 Senate reform ... 287–88 Court of Appeal (Saskatchewan) Ring roads–Calgary Wheat Board protesters acquittal ... 1203 Impact on highway 8 ... 460 Daycare centres–Finance Same-sex marriage National program for: Alberta participation ... Statement re ... 698 1076–77 Senate (Canada) Equalization payments Reform of ... 287–88 General remarks ... 1667 Senators Firearms–Licensing Alberta nominees for ... 287–88 Impact on provincial hunting regulations ... 2050 Speech from the Throne Fish conservation Debate ... 131–33 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 615–16 Surplus, Budgetary Fisheries, Commercial General remarks ... 1667 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 615–16 Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Fisheries, Commercial–Bow River General remarks ... 1967 General remarks ... 615 Tax incentives Freedom of expression Stay-at-home parents (re daycare) ... 1076–77 Statement re ... 698 Trout–Bow River Government spending policy Commercial fishing of ... 615 General remarks ... 1667 Turner Valley (Town) Governor General's award for excellence in teaching 75th anniversary ... 1527 Canadian history University of Calgary Statement re ... 2015–16 Research initiatives report (SP399/05: Tabled) ... Grain–Marketing 1259 Saskatchewan court decision re ... 1203 Wheat–Marketing Greenhouse gas emissions General remarks ... 1203 Regulations re ... 1967 Wildlife conservation Grizzly bear hunting Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 246, 615–16 General remarks ... 246 Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Henry, Frederick B., Roman Catholic Bishop of Calgary 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Remarks about definition of marriage ... 698 Funding for ... 1085 Highway 8–Calgary area Airline industry Impact of southwest ring road on ... 460 Government incentives to ... 1391 Intersection with 101st Street ... 460 Airport authorities Intersection with highway 22 ... 460 Independence of ... 362 Truck traffic on ... 460 Rent paid to federal government ... 362, 1390–91 Hunting–Regulations Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission For youth ... 2050 Henwood facility, replacement of ... 1800 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Leased facilities costs ... 1800 General remarks ... 131–33 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Marriage Federal gasoline tax revenue discussions ... 852 Definition of: Statement re ... 698 Alberta Children's Hospital Members' Statements (2005) New hospital: Funding for ... 1086 Acquittal of Wheat Board protesters ... 1203 New hospital: Opening of ... 1309 Definition of marriage ... 698 New hospital: Road access ... 364 Discovery of oil in Turner Valley ... 1527 Alberta Cities Transportation Partnership program Governor General's awards for excellence in teaching General remarks ... 1085 Canadian history ... 2015–16 Alberta SuperNet Métis hunting/fishing rights General remarks ... 289 Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 246, 615–16 School access to ... 1095 Natural resources revenue Alberta Transportation Safety Board Use for budget purposes ... 1667 Appeals to, time limit on: Legislation re (Bill 13) ... Volatility of ... 1667 93 Funding for ... 1085 352 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Calgary Board of Education (Continued) Federal gasoline tax revenue discussions ... 852 School maintenance problems ... 459 Alberta's Commission on Learning Western Canada high school restoration funding ... School funding under Education dept. 1572 recommendation ... 84 Calgary Health Region Amiskwaciy Academy Hospital capital upgrades ... 1309 General remarks ... 738 Canada/Alberta municipal rural infrastructure program Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton General remarks ... 1086 Cost overruns ... 1336 Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Funding for ... 1086, 1800 Hines Creek mill closure, impact of ... 88 Impact on highways 14 and 21 ... 324 Capital projects North portion of, completion date ... 1713 Deficit re ... 1803 Public/private partnership funding model for north Public/private partnerships re ... 617, 645, 905, 1093, portion of ... 1713 1095, 1803, 1883–84 Public/private partnership funding model for Public/private partnerships re: Auditor General's southeast portion of ... 324, 645, 1086, 1093, 1713, comments re ... 1095 1883–84 Public/private partnerships re: List of all potential Public/private partnership funding model for projects (M33/05: Response tabled as SP512/05) ... southeast portion of: Contracts re (M39/05: 1163, 1608 Response tabled as SP513/05) ... 1608 Small projects funding ... 1800 Public/private partnership funding model for Surplus spending on ... 1621 southeast portion of: Costs ... 287, 318, 617 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Public/private partnership funding model for Calgary education projects ... 1026–27, 1198–99 southeast portion of: Costs comparison for Crowsnest Pass projects ... 1305 (M41/05: Response tabled as SP514/05) ... 1169, Federal funding ... 1086, 1800 1608 Fort McMurray projects ... 200, 576, 1199, 1628 Public/private partnership funding model for General remarks ... 200–01, 900, 1085, 1093–94, southeast portion of: Loan interest rate comparison 1096, 1199, 1253 re (M32/05: Response tabled as SP511/05) ... 1162, Regional pooling of ... 1096 1608 Summer villages projects ... 1096 Time frame for completion ... 324 Vetting of projects with provincial government ... Apprenticeship training 1094, 1253 General remarks ... 1089 Capital projects–Finance Auditor General General remarks ... 1085, 1803 Anthony Henday Drive P3 contract, involvement in ... Use of budget surplus funds for ... 798 287, 318 Cement Public/private partnership contracts, comments on ... Shortage of, impact on road construction costs ... 1095 1804 Automobiles–Seizure Centennial Capital Plan For prostitution-related offences: Legislation re (Bill General remarks ... 1805 206, 2003) ... 456–57 Class size (Grade school) Banff Centre for Continuing Education Reduction of: Funding for ... 1570 Sir Donald Cameron Hall renovations, funding for ... Classroom space 1086, 1088 Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978 Black Gold Regional Division #18 Committee on Aviation, Standing Operation/maintenance funding concerns ... 1030 Minister's presentation to, re airport rental costs ... Bow River Irrigation District 1391 Headworks upgrading ... 1086 Construction trades Bow Valley College Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Construction projects at ... 1088 ... 1090–91 Bowness school, Calgary Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Refurbishment of ... 1572 Highway Safety Bridges–Construction Airport rental costs issue ... 362 Funding for ... 803, 1086 Court of Queen's Bench Over waterways, federal approval process re ... 1802 Edmonton Public School Board school closure Bridges–North Saskatchewan River–Drayton Valley area decision ... 1446 General remarks ... 803, 1802 Courts–Calgary Budget New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 905 Process re ... 1621 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Calgary Airport Authority General remarks ... 1093 Rent paid to federal government ... 362 Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Calgary Board of Education Douglasdale Drive interchange, funding for ... 1086 School construction delays ... 1198–99 Median barrier installation ... 2011 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 353 Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Delta Driving School Energy efficiency (Buildings) Licensing incident ... 1309 Direct Energy/U of C partnership re ... 696 Demerit points (Traffic infractions) Energy rebates Application to photoradar infractions ... 615 Funding for ... 1085 Dept. of Advanced Education Energy resources, Alternate Return of capital funding to ... 1803 Provincial government usage of ... 696 Dept. of Education Extended care facilities–Standards Return of school capital funding to ... 84, 1088, 1803 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans (Federal government) 1402–03 Bridges over waterways, construction approval Federal Building process ... 1802 Disposition of ... 1096–97, 1518 Dept. of Health and Wellness Foothills Medical Centre Return of health facility funding to ... 1803 Road access to new children's hospital ... 364 Dept. of Infrastructure Upgrades to ... 1309 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP53/05: Tabled) ... 94 Upgrades to, funding for ... 1086 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Foreign workers, Temporary Annual report, 2004-05 (SP578/05: Tabled) ... 1675 General remarks ... 1090–91 Budget target ... 1621 Forest fires–Control Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1085–86, 1088–91, Use of government aircraft for ... 1096 1093–98 Fort McMurray Highway maintenance yard, Caroline, environmental Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 200–01, 576, issues re ... 1800 1628, 1800 Reason for merging together ... 1088 Francophone schools Reassignment of capital funding to other departments Provincial funding of ... 1805 ... 84, 1088, 1803 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Edmonton Journal request under, re government 1799–1805 aircraft manifest information ... 1519, 1521 Dept. of Transportation Edmonton Journal request under, re government Annual report, 2003-04 (SP54/05: Tabled) ... 94 aircraft manifest information: Public inquiry re ... Direct Energy Business Services 1519, 1521 Energy savings partnership with University of Liberal opposition requests under, re government Calgary ... 696 aircraft manifest information ... 42, 53, 87, 122–23 Drunk driving Gasoline–Taxation Funding for government programs for ... 1800 Federal revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... Edmonton Catholic School District 852, 1085, 1199 Capital plan changes (Castle Downs high school, Government aircraft Terwillegar school) ... 1078, 1197–98 Costs ... 46 Edmonton Public School Board Policy on usage of ... 18–19, 45–46, 979, 1094 Closure of schools ... 120–21, 577, 1311, 1446, 1570 Reduction in number of ... 41 Closure of schools: Court decision re ... 1446 Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 42, 53, 122–23, Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... 84–85, 1519, 1521 577 Rod Love's trip to Fort McMurray on ... 612 Leasing of commercial space for continuing Use for forest fire fighting ... 1096 education ... 738 Use for Tory leadership campaign purposes ... 42 Maintenance/utility costs, use of instructional funds Government chartered aircraft for ... 1570 Policy on usage of ... 45–46, 87, 979, 1094 Unused space ... 738, 1570–71 Provision of details re ... 691 Victoria school project funds, diversion to new school Provision of details re: Documents, April 2001 to funding ... 1524 Dec. 2004 (SP358/05: Tabled) ... 957 Edmonton Regional Airports Authority Government office space Rent paid to federal government ... 362 Leased space costs ... 1800 Education, Postsecondary Government spending policy Access to, new spaces to improve ... 1089 General remarks ... 1621 Education–Finance Government vehicles General remarks ... 1522, 1524–25, 1570–71 Funding for ... 1800 Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division #41 Griffith Scott middle school, Millet Interest in Lakeland College's Sherwood Park campus Replacement/renovation of ... 1025–26 ... 1575 Health facilities–Construction Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Funding for ... 1803 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University 1402–03 of Alberta) Emergency vehicles, Stationary Funding for ... 1086, 1096 Speed limits for passing of ... 1884 354 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Heavy equipment Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Purchase of, with infrastructure funding ... 1253 Impact of driver training course for truck drivers on ... Henwood Treatment Centre 1308 Replacement of ... 1800 Insurance Bureau of Canada High schools–Construction–Edmonton Young truck driver insurance rates, provincial Castle Downs area school, change in priority re ... negotiations re with ... 1308 1078, 1197–98 Irrigation–Finance South Edmonton academic school construction ... General remarks ... 1086 1078, 1197–98 Labour supply Highway 2–Aldersyde area Shortages of skilled workers ... 1090 Interchange with highways 7 and 547 ... 575 Lakeland College Highway 2–Dunvegan bridge area Sherwood Park campus: P3 proposal for ... 1575 Realignment of ... 88, 1805 Legislature Annex Building Highway 2A–Red Deer/Blackfalds area Disposition of ... 1097, 1518 Intersection at Blindman industrial park ... 1963 Legislature grounds Highway 8–Calgary area Power plant on, disposition of ... 1518 Impact of southwest ring road on ... 460–61 Upgrading of ... 1096, 1518 Intersection with 101st Street ... 460 Lois Hole elementary school (Proposed) Intersection with highway 22 ... 167, 460–61 General remarks ... 121 Truck traffic on ... 167, 460 Love, Rod Twinning of ... 166–67, 461 Trip to Fort McMurray on government aircraft ... 612 Highway 11 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute Upgrading of: Cost overruns ... 1336 Funding for ... 1086 Highway 13–Camrose area Medical care Upgrading of ... 1448 Restructuring (third way option) ... 1096 Highway 14 Medicine Hat College Impact of Henday Drive on ... 324 Construction projects at ... 1088 Highway 19 Members' withdrawal of remarks Twinning ... 950–51 General remarks ... 623 Highway 21 Methane Impact of Henday Drive on ... 324 Presence at proposed school site in Calgary's Highway 22 Battalion park area ... 2051–52 Intersection with highway 8 ... 167 Metro High School, Edmonton Highway 28 General remarks ... 738 Upgrading of ... 87, 741, 1628 Montgomery junior high school, Calgary Highway 43 Physical condition ... 459 Upgrading of ... 44, 1740–41 Motorcycle driver licensing Highway 63 Review of ... 954 Upgrading of ... 44, 87, 200, 1090, 1199–1200, 1336, Mount Royal College 1628, 1803 Construction projects at ... 1088 Highway 725 Municipal Government Act Upgrading of: Cost overruns ... 1336 Crowsnest Pass regulation ... 1305 Highway 881 Natural gas rebates Upgrading of ... 44, 87, 200, 1090, 1199–1200, 1336 General remarks ... 1800 Highway construction sites–Safety aspects North Red Deer Regional Water Users Group Speeding limits ... 1884 Regional water initiative ... 576 Highway interchanges–Construction North/south trade corridor Funding for ... 1086 Funding for ... 1086 Hospital beds–Calgary Oil–Export Shortages of ... 1309 Through port of Prince Rupert ... 905 Hospitals–Calgary Oral Question Period (2005) Capital upgrades to ... 1309 Affordable housing in Fort McMurray ... 87 New south Calgary hospital ... 1309 Airport rental costs ... 362, 1390–91 New south Calgary hospital: Funding for ... 1086 Alberta/U.S. border crossings ... 646 New south Calgary hospital: Public/private funding of Anthony Henday ring road ... 1713 ... 905 Bridge repair and construction ... 803 Hospitals–Construction Budget surplus expenditures ... 1621 Funding for ... 1085 Calgary area road construction ... 166–167 Hospitals–Fort McMurray Calgary hospitals ... 1309 Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 200 Calgary ring road southwest portion ... 1781–82 Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program Canadian Forest Products Ltd. mill closure ... 88 General remarks ... 1086 Chartered air travel ... 979 Class sizes ... 978 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 355 Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Pipelines–Alberta/Prince Rupert, B.C. Construction projects in University Heights ... 364 General remarks ... 905 Deerfoot Trail median barriers ... 2011 Point of Order Energy efficiency at the University of Calgary ... 696 False allegations ... 1412 Federal gas tax agreement ... 852 Provoking debate ... 53 Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 576, 1628 Port of Prince Rupert Government air travel ... 45–46, 87 Container terminal at ... 905 Government aircraft ... 18–19, 41–42, 122–123 Postsecondary educational institutions Government aircraft flight logs ... 1519, 1521 Upgrading of, funding for ... 1086 Government chartered air travel ... 691 Postsecondary educational institutions–Construction Graduated drivers' licences ... 1308 General remarks ... 1088 Griffith Scott middle school ... 1025–26 Postsecondary educational institutions–Utilization Highway 2A ... 1963 General remarks ... 1088 Highway 13 ... 1448 Year-round operation ... 1088–89 Highway 28 ... 741 Postsecondary graduates Highway 43 ... 1740–41 Number of ... 1089 Highway construction ... 950–51, 1336 Property, Personal Highway improvements in northeastern Alberta ... Seizure of ... 457 1199–1200 Public buildings Highway safety ... 44 Energy efficiency in ... 696 Highways 2, 7 and 547 interchange ... 575 Public buildings–Maintenance and repair Impacts of oil sands expansion ... 200–201 Funding for ... 1085, 1799–1800 Infrastructure needs in Fort McMurray ... 612 Queen Elizabeth II highway–Edmonton area Infrastructure spending ... 900 Underpass, Henday Drive interchange ... 1804 Lakeland College ... 1575 Rail service–Alberta/Prince Rupert, B.C. Legislature environs ... 1518 General remarks ... 905 Motorcycle driver licensing ... 954 Railway (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 13) Municipal grants to Crowsnest Pass ... 1305 First reading ... 93 Municipal infrastructure program ... 1253 Second reading ... 421, 422 Municipal infrastructure spending ... 1199 Third reading ... 637 Oversize/overweight trucking permits ... 2010 Railway container terminals–Grande Prairie area Photoradar ... 614–15 Proposal for ... 905 Private/public partnerships ... 617, 645, 905, 1883–84 Railway container terminals–Prince Rupert, B.C. Railway container terminals ... 905–06 Impact on Alberta trade ... 905 Regional water and sewer systems ... 576 Railway crossings Road safety ... 458 Dispute resolution mechanism re (Bill 13) ... 93 Rural development strategies ... 289 Red Deer College School closures ... 1446, 1570–71 Construction projects at ... 1088 School construction ... 1078 Truck driver training program ... 1308 School construction estimates ... 1310–11 Red Deer Regional Hospital School construction in Calgary ... 1026–27, 1198–99, Renovations, funding for ... 1086 1572–73 Ring roads–Calgary School construction in Edmonton ... 1197–98 Funding for ... 1086, 1800 School construction in southwest Calgary ... 2051–52 Impact on highway 8 ... 460–61 School funding formula ... 1522 Land aquisition re, from Tsuu T'ina nation ... 166, School infrastructure ... 459 1781–82 School operation and maintenance funding ... Road construction 1030–31 General remarks ... 1336 School utilization ... 84–85, 577, 738 Gravel roads ... 1096 School utilization formula ... 121 Priorities re ... 950–51 Seizure of vehicles in prostitution-related offences ... Resource road program ... 1085 120, 456–57 Road construction–Finance Southeast Edmonton ring road ... 287, 318, 324 General remarks ... 1085, 1086, 1094, 1800, 1803 Traffic safety ... 1884 Public/private partnerships re ... 1804 Truck driver certification ... 1308–09 Small projects ... 1800 Unbudgeted surplus ... 798 Trust fund for ... 1805 Use of school instructional funding ... 1524 Road construction–Fort McMurray area Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Impact of population increase on ... 87 Upgrades to ... 1309 Roads Upgrades to, funding for ... 1086 Median barrier installation, on twinned roads ... 2011 Photoradar (Traffic safety) Roads–Edmonton Use on provincial highways ... 614–15 23rd Avenue/Calgary Trail intersection: Upgrading ... 1091 356 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Roads–Maintenance and repair Senior citizens' lodges Funding for ... 1085, 1086 Funding for ... 1800 Impact on traffic safety ... 458, 950–51, 1085 Sewage disposal plants, Regional Roads–Maintenance and repair–Northern Alberta General remarks ... 576 General remarks ... 1199–1200 Sewage disposal plants–Finance Impact on traffic safety ... 44 General remarks ... 1085, 1800 Roads for royalties Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray General remarks ... 1090 Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 200, 1628 Rockyview General Hospital Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary Upgrades to ... 1309 Funding for ... 1309 Upgrades to, companies bidding on contracts for ... Strategic economic corridors (Highway construction) 1090 Funding for ... 1800 Royal Alexandra Hospital Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Renovations, funding for ... 1086 Edmonton Rural economic development Closure: Court decision re ... 1446 Government strategy re ... 289 Surplus, Budgetary School boards Capital project funding with ... 645, 798, 1621, Funding ... 1522 1800–01 Funding for restoration of aging schools ... 1572 Fort McMurray infrastructure funding with ... 1628 Utility costs ... 1522, 1570 General remarks ... 1621 Schools Road construction funding with ... 1800–01 Restoration of, funding for ... 1572 Swan Hills Treatment Centre Schools–Closure Operational funding for ... 1085 General remarks ... 84–85, 120–21, 577, 1095, 1311, Tar sands development 1446, 1570–71 Impact of ... 200–01 Schools–Construction Terrace Building, Edmonton Determining of priorities for ... 1078 Disposition of ... 1097, 1518 General remarks ... 1089 Terrace Heights Elementary School, Edmonton Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978 Closure ... 1446 Impact of utilization formula on ... 121, 1310–11 Tourism–Southeast Alberta Modular schools ... 1089 Impact of additional 24-hour border crossing on ... Public/private projects re ... 905, 1088 646 Schools–Construction–Calgary Traffic accidents–Prevention Battalion park area ... 2051–52 General remarks ... 458 General remarks ... 1026–27, 1086, 1198–99, Traffic fatalities 1572–73 Reduction of ... 1090 Schools–Construction–Canmore Traffic regulations P3 funding ... 1088 Enforcement of ... 44 Schools–Construction–Edmonton Traffic safety General remarks ... 1078, 1086, 1197–98, 1311, 1524 Funding for ... 1085, 1090 Schools–Construction–Falun Funding for children's programs re ... 1800 General remarks ... 1025 General remarks ... 950, 1884 Schools–Construction–Finance McDermid report on ... 44, 458, 1802 General remarks ... 1085, 1086 McDermid report on: Costs of (M48/05: Response Return to Education dept. responsibility ... 84, 1088 tabled as SP713/05) ... 1749, 1891 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 798 Median barrier installations, on twinned roads ... 2011 Schools–Construction–Fort McMurray Traffic safety–Northern Alberta Increase in, due to oil sands expansion ... 200 General remarks ... 44 Schools–Maintenance and repair Traffic Safety Act Funding for ... 1030–31, 1085, 1086, 1522, 1570–71 Amendments required by Bill 206, 2003 ... 456–57 General remarks ... 459 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39) Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 978 General remarks ... 1090 Renovation or replacement criteria ... 1026 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Use of budget surplus funds for ... 798 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206, Schools–Rural areas 2003) Community-based utilization formula for ... 84, 121 Proclamation of ... 456–57 General remarks ... 289 Truck drivers–Training College-based course ... 1308–09 Schools–Utilization Trucking industry Change to formula for ... 84–85, 120–21, 577, Oversize permit process ... 2010 1310–11, 1446, 1522, 1570–71 Use of highway 8 ... 167 Community group use of, as part of formula re ... 577 Tsuu T'ina First Nation General remarks ... 738, 1089, 1095, 1803 Transfer of land re southwest Calgary ring road ... Review of formula for ... 1522 166, 1781–82 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 357 Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River) (Continued) Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site) Edmonton City Centre Airport Environmental cleanup of ... 1800 Operational status ... 125 University of Alberta Electric power lines Construction projects at ... 1088 Capacity ... 649 University of Calgary Tie lines with B.C. and Montana ... 649 Construction projects at ... 1088 Energy industry Craigie Hall renovation ... 1086 Foreign investment in ... 801 Energy savings partnership with Direct Energy ... 696 Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) University of Lethbridge Amendment (SP312/05: Tabled) ... 733 Service building replacement ... 1086 Film industry–Northern Alberta Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, General remarks ... 1341 Edmonton Fish and wildlife legislation Funding for ... 1086 Enforcement of ... 936 Funding for, diverted to new school funding ... 1524 Fish conservation Warner hockey school for girls Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89 Infrastructure funding for ... 900 Fishing, Sport Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89 Funding for ... 1085, 1800 Food banks Water pipelines–Red Deer area Statement re ... 1888 General remarks ... 576 Forest fires–Prevention Water treatment plants General remarks ... 1393 Funding for ... 1085, 1800 Forest industries Water treatment plants–Fort McMurray Impact of mountain pine beetle on ... 247 General remarks ... 576, 1628 Forest management Western Canada high school, Calgary General remarks ... 935 Restoration of ... 1572–73 Forest tenure system Wild Rose School Division General remarks ... 936 Operation/maintenance funding concerns ... 1030 Geiger, Alyse Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River) Recognition of ... 169 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Great Kids of Alberta Second reading ... 224–25 Awards: Recognition of ... 169 Amendment A1 (SP271 & 313/05: Tabled) ... 733 Hank Williams First Nation (Film) Amendment A2 (SP314 & 343/05: Tabled) ... 733 Statement re ... 1341 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Insurance, Automobile Risk management tools ... 698 Competition open to other provinces' public plans: Air tankers (Water bombers) Legislation re (Bill 34) ... 326 Fees for airport use by ... 936 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Airports–Northern Alberta First reading ... 326 Review of fees at, for water bomber fleet ... 936 Second reading ... 476, 579, 712–13 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Committee ... 1191–93 (Bill 43) Third reading ... 1513, 1515 Second reading ... 1821 Logging Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Rate of ... 530–31 Impact on crop production ... 698 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil General remarks ... 116 Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) Marriage First reading ... 622 Definition of ... 484 Second reading ... 1947, 1949–50 Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 484 Committee ... 1957–58 Marriage Act (Alberta) Third reading ... 2024 Legal challenge to, re same-sex marriage ... 484 Amendment (SP742/05: Tabled) ... 1957 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Canadian Association of Food Banks First reading ... 1631 Time for Action: HungerCount 2005 (Report) Second reading ... 1681–82, 1775 (SP712/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Committee ... 1872–78 Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) Third reading ... 2022 General remarks ... 484 Medicine Hat Community Foundation Amendment Act, Consumer protection 2005 (Bill Pr. 3) Second reading ... 1509 Legislation re ... 326 Members' Statements (2005) Crop insurance program Crop production insurance changes ... 698 Spring price endorsement option: Statement re ... 698 Food bank usage ... 1888 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Hank Williams First Nation ... 1341 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 935–36 National Forest Week ... 1257 Progressive Conservative convention ... 651 358 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River) (Continued) Oberle, Frank (PC, Peace River) (Continued) Métis hunting/fishing rights Wildlife conservation Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 89, 936 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 89 National Forest Week Willmore Wilderness Park Statement re ... 1257 Mountain pine bark beetle infestation in ... 1742 Oral Question Period (2005) Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Definition of marriage ... 484 Alberta Alliance Party Edmonton City Centre Airport ... 125 Payment of senators-in-waiting speaking tour costs ... Electricity transmission line capacity ... 649 695 Foreign investments in the energy industry ... 801 Alberta Corporate Service Centre Forest fires ... 1393 General remarks ... 752, 755, 756, 757, 758, 761, 763 Forest sustainability ... 530–31 Sole-source contracts: Auditor General's comments re Métis hunting rights ... 89 ... 619, 761 Mountain pine beetle control ... 247, 1742 Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Senate appointments ... 455 Efficiency ... 244, 751 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1499 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Pine beetles–Control Reducing of ... 954 Federal funding for ... 936 Alberta Regulations General remarks ... 247, 935–36, 1742 Reform of ... 1150 Research into ... 935–36 Review of ... 1710 Point of Order Review of, staffing for ... 761 Referring to the absence of members ... 306 Secretariat to review ... 1150 Sub judice rule ... 581 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Prenatal wrongful conduct law (Bill 43) Maternal tort immunity provisions (Bill 45) ... 1631 Second reading ... 1818–19 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Alberta SuperNet Convention, Edmonton: Statement re ... 651 Completion date ... 88, 757 Reclamation of land General remarks ... 244, 289, 752–53, 753, 755, 757, Failed reclamation work, legislation allowing re-entry 758, 762, 1149 to rectify (Bill 53) ... 1745 Health services delivery via ... 854 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Hookup fees ... 320 General remarks ... 169 Monitoring of contracts re ... 755 Reforestation School access to ... 756, 758, 760–61 General remarks ... 530–31, 936 Security features ... 755 Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation Telus bid on ... 320 General remarks ... 484 Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Senate (Canada) Efficiency: Documentation re (M29/05: Response Reform of ... 455 tabled as SP515/05) ... 1160, 1608 Senators Video conferencing capabilities ... 757, 1337 Alberta nominees for ... 455 Voice over Internet capabilities ... 757 Appointments of, by Prime Minister ... 455 Webcast of health symposium over ... 1337 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Webcasting capabilities ... 1337 Second reading ... 178–79 Ambulance service Committee ... 506–07 Review of, 2002 ... 244 Amendments (SP265/05: Tabled) ... 509 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Softwoods–Export–United States Cancellation of ... 244 Countervail duties re ... 936 Auditor General Countervail duties re: Byrd amendment re ... 1499 General remarks ... 754 Sorensen, Mr. Aaron Government employees' information technology General remarks ... 1341 security awareness recommendation ... 755, 758, Speech from the Throne 759 Debate ... 116 Government employees' information technology Sub judice security awareness recommendation (Q18/05: General remarks ... 581 Defeated) ... 812 Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 53) Government employees' information technology First reading ... 1745 security awareness recommendation (Q33/05: Second reading ... 1868, 1869 Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 1746, 2056 Committee ... 1979 Sole-source contracts comments ... 619, 761 Third reading ... 2027 Axia NetMedia Corporation Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board Appeals to, re re-entry to land to rectify failed Alberta Supernet contract ... 755, 762, 854 reclamation work ... 1745 Bank of Montreal Tar sands development Government procurement card system ... 757 Chinese investment in ... 801 Bell West Value-added opportunities ... 801 Alberta SuperNet contract ... 320, 755, 759–60, 854 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 359 Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) (Continued) (Continued) British Columbia regulations Government departments General remarks ... 763 Number of ... 773, 953 Bruderheim Elementary School Government efficiency Closure ... 287 General remarks ... 691, 695, 751–63, 773, 804, Budget 953–54 Process re ... 160 Monitoring of ... 751, 754 Capital projects Government information Public/private partnerships re ... 88 Access to ... 751–52 Cellular telephones On-line provision of ... 751 Security concerns ... 752 Government information systems Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) Security aspects ... 413, 755, 758–59 General remarks ... 317 Security aspects: Improvement of employee Corporate Chief Information Officer awareness of (Q18/05: Defeated) ... 812 General remarks ... 752, 757, 758, 761 Government office supplies Transfer to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Cost savings on ... 757 Efficiency ... 244, 751, 812 Horse racing Dept. of Health and Wellness Lottery funding for ... 954 Medical imaging services, digital, cost savings on ... Information and communications technology 757 Cross-government system ... 1710 Dept. of Innovation and Science Funding for ... 753 Employee information technology security Privacy standards ... 752 awareness, actions to promote (Q18/05: Defeated) Security issues ... 758 ... 812 Security issues: Auditor General's recommendation re Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency (Q18/05: Defeated) ... 812 Alberta Corporate Service Centre transferred to ... Security issues: Auditor General's recommendation re 244, 751 (Q33/05: Response tabled as SP824/05) ... 1746, Alberta SuperNet project transferred to: 2056 Documentation re (M29/05: Accepted) ... 1160 Standards re ... 759 Ambulance services restructuring, role in ... 244 Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Annual report, 2004-05 (SP583/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Digital photocopiers/fax machines security concerns, Budget statements ... 753, 754–55, 756, 757 news release re ... 413 Cost of establishing ... 244 Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta Cross-government human resources function ... 1710 health records ... 617 Enron electricity prices manipulation scheme, Notification of, re privacy issues when discarding investigation of ... 249 digital photocopiers/fax machines ... 752 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 751–63 Land titles–Registration ICT initiative for cross-government system ... 1710 Security concerns in, re mortgage fraud cases ... 804 Opportunity and restructuring assessment function ... Marriage 751, 761, 763 Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 317–18 Regulatory review function ... 1710 Definition of: Alberta legal action re, payment of Role of ... 244, 1710 costs re ... 317–18 School closures for efficiency reasons ... 287 Medical imaging services, Digital Staffing ... 761 Cost savings on ... 757 Education–Finance Medical records General remarks ... 756 Outsourcing management of ... 617 Electric power–Prices Medical records–Confidentiality Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 249 Missing health records situation ... 617 Enron Canada Corporation Microsoft Corporation Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project School software licences purchase by provincial Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 249 government ... 323 Fax machines, Digital Milk River (Town) Security concerns ... 413, 752 Access to Alberta SuperNet ... 762 Fees, Government Ministers (Provincial government) Review of ... 752 Number of ... 773, 953 Government agencies, boards, and commissions Mortgage fraud PC party supporters' appointment to ... 1603 General remarks ... 804 Government appointments Office of the Premier PC party supporters' appointments ... 1603 Premier's use of chartered aircraft for Ottawa health Government chartered aircraft conference, 2004 ... 161 Premier's use of ... 161 Oral Question Period (2005) Government computer equipment Ambulance services ... 244 Cost savings on ... 757 Benefits of SuperNet for rural Alberta ... 854 360 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Ouellette, Hon. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Senators Budget process ... 160 Alberta nominees for: Eastern Canada speaking tour Chartered air travel ... 161 ... 691, 695 Definition of marriage ... 317–18 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Enron activities in Alberta ... 249 Committee ... 504 Government appointments ... 1603 Spam (Computer junk e-mail) Government contracts ... 619 Federal task force on ... 759 Government efficiency ... 773, 953–54 General remarks ... 759 Health symposium webcast ... 1336 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Missing health records ... 617 Committee ... 606 Mortgage fraud ... 804 Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Physiotherapy services ... 292 Edmonton Postsecondary education review ... 1203 Closure ... 287 Protection of personal information ... 413 Closure: Provision of Supernet service to ... 759–60 Regulatory reform ... 1150 Telehealth services Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 244, General remarks ... 854 1710 Telus Corporation Rural development strategies ... 289 SuperNet contract bid ... 320 Software licences for schools ... 287, 323 Travel at public expense SuperNet ... 88, 320, 1149 Alberta senators-in-waiting trip to eastern Canada ... Travel by elected Senators ... 691, 695 691, 695 Photocopiers, Digital Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Security concerns ... 413, 752 (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) Physical therapy–Finance Webcast of ... 1337 Cutbacks to ... 292 Utilities Consumer Advocate Privacy, Right of Enron electricity price manipulation investigation ... General remarks ... 413 249 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Workers' Compensation Board Payment of legal fees re provincial same-sex Provision of physiotherapy services ... 292 marriage strategy by ... 318 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Payment of senators-in-waiting speaking tour costs by Aboriginal people and the judicial system ... 695 General remarks ... 1231 Public contracts Abortion–Edmonton Savings on ... 757 Provision by private clinic only ... 853 Sole-source contracts: Auditor General's comments re Abortion–Rural areas ... 619, 761 General remarks ... 853 Sole-source contracts: Review committee re ... 761 Access Advisory Council (Postsecondary educational Public records–Confidentiality institutions) General remarks ... 413 Appointment process re ... 873 Public service–Alberta Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Increase in ... 773 Second reading ... 232–34 Information technology security awareness Committee ... 565–66, 1064–69 recommendation (Q33/05: Response tabled as Third reading ... 1240–42 SP824/05) ... 1746, 2056 Advisory council appointment process ... 873 Purchases, Government Amendment A4 (SP368/05: Tabled) ... 1065 Efficiencies re ... 752 Amendment A5 (withdrawn) (SP369/05: Tabled) ... New procurement card system for ... 757 1067 Regional health authorities Amendment A6 (SP370/05: Tabled) ... 1068 Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of ... 244 General remarks ... 259 Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Administrative Procedures Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Concerns re mortgage fraud ... 804 23) Regulatory Review Secretariat Committee ... 719 General remarks ... 752 Alberta–Foreign policy Rural economic development Development of ... 415 Government strategy re ... 289, 758 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation Gambling addiction programs ... 1285, 1286 General remarks ... 317–18 Lottery funding for ... 1285 Schools–Closure Alberta Career Computer Center Inc. General remarks ... 287 Letter to ND member from solicitors for (SP509/05: Senate (Canada) Tabled) ... 1608 Reform of ... 691 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 361 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Amendment Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Act, 2005 (Bill 54) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Second reading ... 1951–52 Second reading ... 1069–70 Third reading ... 2029 Beef–Marketing Alberta Centennial Medal Act (Bill 2) Market retention and development fund for ... 299 Second reading ... 239–40 Beef–Prices Third reading ... 439 Minimum floor price ... 299 Alberta Centennial World Cup Cross Country Bovine spongiform encephalopathy competition, Canmore (December 2005) Compensation plans re ... 299 General remarks ... 305 Brooklynn Hannah George Rewega Right of Civil Alberta Gaming Research Council Action Act (Bill Pr. 4) Funding for ... 1288 Second reading ... 1949 Alberta Gaming Research Institute Third reading ... 2024 Funding for ... 1288 Budget Alberta Government Offices General remarks ... 259 Washington, D.C. office: Opening of ... 415 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 16) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Second reading ... 676–77 Midwifery coverage ... 1314 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill (Bill 56) 206) Third reading ... 2030–31 Second reading ... 1757–59 Calgary Health Region Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Cataract surgery/ophthalmology services ... 1966, (Bill 43) 2051 Third reading ... 2020 Calgary Police Service Alberta Science and Research Authority Amendment Provincial funding for ... 800–01 Act 2005 (Bill 4) Campus Alberta Quality Council Third reading ... 638 Degree program approval process ... 1794 Alberta seniors benefit program Minutes of meetings of (M38/05: Defeated) ... 1166 Dental benefits: Enhancement of ... 259 Camrose Regional Exhibition and Agricultural Society Optical benefits ... 259 Lottery funding for ... 1285 Alberta Summit on Justice (1999) Canadian Cattlemen for Fair Trade General remarks ... 267 NAFTA challenge re U.S. border closure to Canadian MLA committee re ... 267–68 cattle ... 300 Alberta's Commission on Learning Canmore Nordic Centre Class size guideline ... 308 Upgrades to: Costs (M36/05: Accepted) ... 1165 Kindergarten recommendations ... 1917 Upgrades to: Funding for ... 306 Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Capital Health Achievement Abortion services, contracting out of ... 853 Impact of diploma exam grading errors on awarding Cataract surgery/ophthalmology services ... 1966 of ... 164 Casinos–Camrose Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) Lottery funding for ... 1285 Committee ... 559 Cataract surgery, Private–Calgary Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Waiting times for ... 1965–66, 2051 Backgrounder re (SP169/05: Tabled) ... 295 Waiting times for: Health and Wellness website chart Public/private partnership funding model for re ... 1965–66, 2051 southeast portion of: MLA questions/answers re Waiting times for: Health and Wellness website chart (SP170/05: Tabled) ... 295 re (SP802/05: Tabled) ... 2018 Aon Consulting Inc. Cattle–Export–United States Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border 1626–27, 1670–71 closed ... 299 Private health insurance in Alberta, study of: Letters Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border re (SP554 & 598/05: Tabled) ... 1675, 1716 closed: Appeal of, under NAFTA ... 299–300 Apprenticeship and Industry Training Amendment Act, Caucus policy committees (PC party) 2005 (Bill 57) Meetings of tobacco companies with, 2001-2004 Second reading ... 1955 (M4/05:Accepted) ... 494 Association for Safe Alternatives in Childbirth Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations General remarks ... 1314 Lottery fundng for ... 1288 Package of information regarding midwifery Child welfare (SP408/05: Tabled) ... 1314 Early childhood intervention programs ... 1058 Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Early childhood intervention programs: Funding ... Degree-granting accreditation procedure ... 1794 1063 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Government programs ... 303–04 Benefits increase: Funding for ... 259 362 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Child welfare–Finance Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development General remarks ... 1058 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act 299–300 Funding for implementation of ... 303–04, 1063 Dept. of Children's Services Class size (Grade school) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1057–58, 1063 Reduction of: Funding for ... 308–09 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Clean energy technology 303–04 Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Dept. of Community Development 504: Swann) ... 672–73 Seniors division, Ombudsman's letter re concerns re Columbia College (SP289/05: Tabled) ... 622–23 Letters, memos re (M40/05: Defeated) ... 1167 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 306 Commission on advanced education (Proposed) Dept. of Education Review of public postsecondary education system Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1547 308–09 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Dept. of Gaming Coverage of Members of the Legislative Assembly Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1284–86, 1288 from the Alberta Risk Management Fund review, Dept. of Health and Wellness referred to (Motion 10: Hancock/Stevens) ... Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 267 107–08 Website chart re cataract surgeries in Calgary Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select (SP802/05: Tabled) ... 2018 Special Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Appointment of (Motion 11: Stevens) ... 106 Anthony Henday Drive southeast project, Constitution Act, 1982 backgrounder re (SP169/05: Tabled) ... 295 Charter of Rights and Freedoms: 15 top Supreme Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Court decisions re (SP333/05) ... 806 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1230–32, 1235–36 Corporate Corruption of Higher Education (Book) Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency General remarks ... 873 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 259 Corporations–Taxation Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Reduction in ... 1793, 1797 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 259 Council of Alberta University Students Domestic violence Postsecondary education funding concerns ... 872 General remarks ... 739, 1231, 1235–36 Courts–Finance Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 303 General remarks ... 1232, 1235 Early childhood education Crime Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1917 Statistics re ... 1231 Edmonton Police Service Crime rate Provincial funding for ... 800–01 General remarks ... 1231 Edmonton Public School Board Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... 308 Committee ... 1904–05 Education, Postsecondary Daycare centres Access to, affordability review to improve ... 872–73 Available spaces in ... 1058 Access to, affordability review to improve: U of A National plan principles re ... 304, 1057–58, 1309, Student's Union news release re (SP103/05: Tabled) 1917 ... 128 Quality of care in ... 1057–58 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 1793, 1796 Statement re ... 1916–17 Commission to review ... 873 Subsidies re ... 304, 1058, 1063, 1917 Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Daycare centres–Employees 1547 Qualifications of ... 1063 Independent review of ... 873 Salaries of ... 1063, 1917 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Salaries of: KPMG study of ... 1058 General remarks ... 872–74, 1793 Daycare centres–Finance Emergency motions under Standing Order 40 General remarks ... 1063 Debate on supplementary estimates ... 1971 National program for ... 621 Environmental protection National program for: Alberta participation ... 304, Public consultation re ... 268 621, 1309–10 Executive Council National program for: Alberta participation, federal Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 268 Conservative Party comments re ... 1058 Extended care facilities Dept. of Advanced Education Conditions in: Petition tabled re (SP337/05: Tabled) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 872–74 ... 858 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 259 Extended care facilities–Fees Nonbudgetary disbursements ... 259 Increase in, cancellation of ... 1201 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Extended care facilities–Inspection 1793–94, 1796–97 General remarks ... 1200 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 363 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Extended care facilities–Staffing International Women's Day Shortage of: Petition presented re ... 806 Recognition of ... 127 Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 1200 Statement re (SP30/05: Tabled) ... 93 Extended care facilities–Standards Justice of the Peace Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 48) General remarks ... 1200–01 Third reading ... 1899 Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1200 Justice system Family and community support services program News media coverage of ... 1231–32 General remarks ... 1917 KPMG consulting Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) Daycare workers' salaries report ... 1058 Committee ... 567, 634–36 Legal aid Subamendment (SP294/05: Tabled) ... 635 Funding for ... 1232 Fatality Inquiries Act Legal Aid Society of Alberta Public inquiries provision ... 1231–32 Remuneration re legal aid cases ... 1232 Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Lottery Fund Second reading ... 680–81 Funds allocation ... 1285, 1288 Committee ... 722–24 Low-income families Amendment (SP312/05: Tabled) ... 722 Government programs: Letter re (SP654/05: Tabled) General remarks ... 1231–32 ... 1788 Gambling, Compulsive Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) General remarks ... 1284–85, 1285–86 Third reading ... 2023 Gambling–Moral/legal issues Meat packing industry General remarks ... 1285 Profit margins ... 299 Gaming industry Meat packing plants Revenue from ... 1284–85 Building of: Provincial support for ... 300 Gaming Licensing Policy Review Medical care Lottery fund disbursements, charity-based ... 1285, New Democrat opposition public hearings re, report 1288 ... 1205 Gang-related crime–Prevention Restructuring: Statement re ... 1127 General remarks ... 205 Restructuring (third way option) ... 248–49, 1123–24, Grant MacEwan Community College 1205, 1626–27, 1716, 2051 Degree-granting programs, funding for ... 1794 Restructuring (third way option): Letters re (SP653 & Degree-granting programs, transferability of ... 1794 822/05: Tabled) ... 1788, 2056 Health Restructuring (third way option): Public consultation Social determinants of: Letter re (SP654/05: Tabled) re, letter (SP599/05: Tabled) ... 1716 ... 1788 Statement re ... 1205 Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 7) Medical care, Private Second reading ... 372 Document re (SP394/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Third reading ... 637–38 General remarks ... 1123–24, 1127, 2051 High school graduates Statement re ... 1205 Numbers of ... 1796, 1797 Medical care, Private–United States Numbers of: Transition to postsecondary education ... News article re (SP345/05: Tabled) ... 908 1796, 1797 Medical care–Finance Horse racing MLA committee to review: Report ... 1124, 1127 Lottery funding for ... 1285, 1288 User fees ... 1123–24 Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 Medical records–Confidentiality (Bill 21) Missing health records situation ... 483–84 Committee ... 231 Members' Statements (2005) Identification, Personal Child care ... 1916–17 Theft of, from lost health records ... 483–84 Health care system ... 1205 Iggulden, Liz Midwifery services ... 1313–14 Statement re ... 774 National child care strategy ... 621 Insurance, Health (Private) Old Strathcona Foundation ... 734 Alberta plan for ... 1671 Postsecondary tuition fees ... 1889 News article re high U.S. rates for (SP380/05: Public health care ... 1127 Tabled) ... 1128 Midwives and midwifery Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Inclusion under health care plan ... 1314 estimates, 2005-06 Integration of midwifery services evaluation report Estimates debated ... 258–59, 267–68 (SP405/05: Tabled) ... 1259 International Day for the Elimination of Racial New Democrat position regarding (SP409/05: Tabled) Discrimination ... 1314 Recognition of ... 326 Package of information regarding midwifery International Day of the Midwife (SP408/05: Tabled) ... 1314 General remarks ... 1313–14 Statement re ... 1313–14 364 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Midwives and midwifery–Fees Police General remarks ... 1314 Challenges performing duties of ... 41 Ministerial Statements (2005) Increase in numbers of ... 205–06 Deaths of RCMP officers ... 41 Neighbourhood patrols ... 205 Yom ha-Shoah, Holocaust Memorial Day ... 1248 Numbers of: Stats Can table re (SP123/05: Tabled) ... Ministers (Provincial government) 210 Number of ... 268 Reporting missing health records to ... 483–84 Mount Royal College Police–Finance Request for university status ... 1794 General remarks ... 205–06 New Democrat Opposition Increase to ... 800–01 Position on midwifery services (SP409/05: Tabled) ... Police–Rural areas 1314 General remarks ... 800–01 Role in Question Period ... 58 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) New York Times (Newspaper) Second reading ... 1243–44 Article re U.S. private health care system (SP345/05: Police Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) (Bill 49) Tabled) ... 908 Committee ... 1901–02 North American free trade agreement Third reading ... 2027 Border closure to cattle challenge under ... 299–300 Post-secondary Learning Act Private postsecondary educational institutions, Governance provisions ... 873 funding implications under ... 873 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Old Strathcona Foundation Committee ... 1692, 1694, 1698–1700 Statement re ... 774 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Ombudsman (Bill 55) Letter to Yvonne Nadeau re concerns with Dept. of Third reading ... 2029–30 Community Development (SP289/05: Tabled) ... Postsecondary educational institutions 622–23 Governance question ... 873 Oral Question Period (2005) Upgrading of, funding for ... 1794 Abortion services ... 853 Postsecondary educational institutions, Private Aon Consulting Inc. ... 1626–27, 1670–71 Funding, NAFTA implications re ... 873 Diploma exam grades ... 164, 168 Postsecondary educational institutions–Admissions Health reform ... 248–249 (enrollment) Health symposium ... 1123–24 Province-wide centralization of ... 259 Long-term care standards ... 1200–01 Postsecondary educational institutions–Finance Missing health records ... 483–84 Private-sector funding ... 873 National child care initiative ... 1309–10 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Opening of Alberta office in Washington ... 415 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... Policing resources ... 800–01 1127 Policing services ... 205–206 Prisoners, Aboriginal Private vocational schools ... 1602–03 Numbers of ... 1231 Wait times for health care ... 1965–66 Privacy, Right of Wait times for ophthalmology services ... 2051 General remarks ... 483–84 Womens' shelters ... 738–39 Private Colleges Accreditation Board Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Minutes of meetings of (M38/05: Defeated) ... 1166 Rotation of questions and answers: 1986 precedent ... Private vocational schools 58 Provincial monitoring of ... 1602–03 Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... Students' complaints procedure re ... 1603 58 Prostitutes Third opposition party's role in ... 58 Murder of ... 800 Organized crime Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Impact of globalization on ... 1232 Second reading ... 331–32 Parent Link Centres Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 25) Funding for ... 304 Committee ... 727–28 General remarks ... 1917 Public Affairs Bureau Parkland Institute General remarks ... 268 A Sustainable and Equitable Economy, a Pre-Budget Public assistance Commentary (SP288/05: Tabled) ... 622 General remarks ... 739 Peace Country Tender Beef Co-op Ltd. Public interest and government Provincial assistance to ... 300 General remarks ... 267–68 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Public records–Confidentiality Long-term care facility staffing levels ... 806 General remarks ... 484 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Long-term care facilities conditions (SP337/05: General remarks ... 127, 326 Tabled) ... 858 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 365 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Regional health authorities Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Abortion services ... 853 Emergency motion re, under Standing Order 40 ... Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) 1971 (Bill 44) General remarks ... 303 Second reading ... 1810 Supreme Court of Canada Third reading ... 2021–22 15 top decisions on section 15 of Charter of Rights, Risk management fund document re (SP333/05: Tabled) ... 806 Review, Coverage of Members of the Legislative Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 53) Assembly under: Referred to Members' Services Third reading ... 2028 committee (Motion 10: Hancock/Stevens) ... Tax incentives 107–08 Stay-at-home parents (re daycare) ... 1310 Royal Alexandra Hospital Tobacco companies Abortion services cancellation ... 853 Meetings with provincial ministers, 2001-2004 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (M4/05: Response tabled as SP628/05) ... 494 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Statement re fallen Traffic safety officers in ... 41 General remarks ... 1231 Increase in numbers of ... 205 Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39) Royalty structure (Energy resources) Second reading ... 1293–94 Reduction incentives for clean energy technology Tuition fees development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 672–73 General remarks ... 1793–94 Rural economic development Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by Government strategy re ... 299 provincial government ... 259, 1793 Scholarships Increase in, over last few years ... 872–73 Impact of diploma exam grading errors on awarding Reduction of ... 1793, 1797 of ... 164 Statement re ... 1889 School dropouts Universities and colleges General remarks ... 1796 Private-sector driven instruction in ... 873 Seniors' Action and Liason Team Universities and colleges–Maintenance and repair The Third Way or the Third Hoax? (Brochure) Deficit in ... 1794, 1797 (SP553/05: Tabled) ... 1675 University dropouts Slot machines in casinos Rate of ... 872 Number of ... 1285 University of Alberta Slot machines in racing entertainment centres Bay building purchase, to accommodate learning Revenue from, transferred to horse-racing industry ... transition facility ... 1794 1288 Deferred maintenance costs ... 1794 Social housing University of Phoenix General remarks ... 739 Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Speech from the Throne Documentation re (M3/05: Response tabled as Debate ... 62–64 SP480/05) ... 663 Statistics Canada Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Letter of Policing levels across Canada: Table re (SP123/05: approval re (M2/05: Response tabled as SP479/05) Tabled) ... 210 ... 663 Stranded beef export container initiative University teachers General remarks ... 299 General remarks ... 872 Student financial aid Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Default rates, 2000-2003 (Q1/05: Response tabled as (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) SP468/05) ... 654–55 General remarks ... 249, 267, 1123–24, 1127, 1205 Default rates of private vocational school students ... Provincial funding for (Q31/05: Not moved, dropped 1602 from Order Paper) ... 1158 Defaults: Value of, 2000-2003 (Q2/05: Response Speakers/presenters at, remuneration paid to tabled as SP469/05) ... 656 (M35/05: Accepted) ... 1164 Dollar value, 2001-03 (Q4/05: Response tabled as Veterinary medical school (University of Calgary) SP471/05) ... 657–58 General remarks ... 872 General remarks ... 872, 1889 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Grants vs. loans ... 1796 Second reading ... 554 Loan remission funding ... 1794, 1796–97 Committee ... 718 Number of students receiving, 2000-2004 (Q3/05: Video gambling machines Response tabled as SP470) ... 657 Cap on number of ... 1285 Student testing Impact on problem gambling ... 1285–86 Diploma exams: Grading errors on ... 164 Wages–Public service employees Student unions Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index Establishment of, in private vocational schools ... (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1938–39 1602 366 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Wildlife damage (Continued) Provincial programs re ... 299 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Womens' shelters–Finance (Continued) General remarks ... 738–39 Modified AISH program for assisted care facilities Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) residents ... 1149–50 (Bill 50) Review of (2004): Report ... 22 Second reading ... 1813–14 Review of (2004): Submissions received by (M23/05: Committee ... 1897 Response tabled as SP641/05) ... 822–23 Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Statement re ... 1248 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 29) Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Second reading ... 1069 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Auditor General Second reading ... 395–96 Government contracting process comments ... Committee ... 894, 1064 1423–24 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Long-term care facility management investigation Second reading ... 1647 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1497, 1707, Committee ... 2002–04 1717, 1881 Amendment A4 (SP770/05: Tabled) ... 2004 Municipal Affairs dept. comments ... 1324 Alberta Government Offices Seniors' benefits program comments ... 1387 Washington, D.C. office: Accommodation costs of Seniors dept. financial statements, reservation of head of (Q6/05: Response tabled as SP540/05) ... opinion re ... 1252–53 659 Automobile chop shops Washington, D.C. office: Budget breakdown for General remarks ... 1423 (M22/05: Response tabled as SP746/05) ... 822 Automobile theft–Prevention Washington, D.C. office: Cost-benefit analysis re General remarks ... 1423 (M21/05: Response tabled as SP745/05) ... 822 Beef processing Washington, D.C. office: Costs ... 269 General remarks ... 1181 Washington, D.C. office: Documents re (M20/05: Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Response tabled as SP744/05) ... 821 Impact on cattle industry ... 1181, 1182 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government) Long-term care facilities inspection ... 1443 General remarks ... 1181 Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 Parity of Ontario and Alberta re ... 1523–24 (Bill 43) Cattle–Export–United States Second reading ... 1866–67 Contingency plan re continued border closure ... 1181 Alberta seniors benefit program Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Benefits comparison, before and after July 1, 2004 closed ... 1182 changes (M46/05: Accepted) ... 1748–49 Chinook Regional Health Authority Dental benefits: Enhancement of ... 282 Conversion of long-term care facilities to assisted Dental benefits: Letter re (SP757/05: Tabled) ... 1971 living status: Letter re (SP758/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Evaluation criteria for ... 1387–88 Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) General remarks ... 879 (Proposed) Optical benefits: Enhancement of ... 282 General remarks ... 691 Alberta Social Housing Corporation Committee on Continuing Care Standards, Standing Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Appraisal process Legislation re (Bill 213) ... 1919 re ... 1568–69 Committees, All-party Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Tabling of copy General remarks ... 1442 of agreement re ... 1569 Statement re ... 1451 Alberta SuperNet Consumer protection General remarks ... 289 General remarks ... 1423 Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) Correctional Services MLA Review Committee Third reading ... 943 Report ... 800 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Treatment (Bill 51) Treatment centres for, in closed young offender Committee ... 1982–83 centres ... 800 Third reading ... 2039, 2040–41 Dept. of Gaming Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 268 Benefit levels, formula for ... 879 Dept. of Government Services Benefit levels, market-basket measurement formula Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1423–24 for ... 879 Dept. of Health and Wellness Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 268–69 Benefits dollar value (Q9/05:Response tabled as Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations SP639/05) ... 660 Estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 1181–82 Benefits increase ... 22, 879, 1149–50 Hosting expenses, 1996-2004 (Q17/05: Response Benefits increase: Petition presented re ... 26 tabled as SP743/05) ... 812 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 367 Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Extended care facilities–Standards (Continued) (Continued) Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1176, Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 269 1178–79 Performance measures ... 1181, 1182 Extended care facilities residents Dept. of Municipal Affairs Abuse/neglect of ... 614 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1324 Incontinent supplies for ... 268–69 Information technology section, contracting out of, Prescription drug usage ... 207–08, 415 privacy aspects ... 1324 Families Allied to Influence Responsible Eldercare Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Elder abuse report (SP303/05: Tabled) ... 653 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 879–80 Fatality inquiries Financial statements, inclusion of management Long-term care resident's death (Jean Warden) ... bodies' surpluses/assets in ... 1252–53 1881 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) 282–83 Second reading ... 682–83 Edmonton City Centre Airport Committee ... 723–24 Statement re ... 1527 Federal/provincial fiscal relations Elder abuse General remarks ... 1181, 1523–24 FAIRE report on (SP303/05: Tabled) ... 653 Federal/provincial relations General remarks ... 879 Budget increase for ... 1181 Elder Advocates of Alberta Society Food banks Forum on extended care residents treatment ... 614 General remarks ... 366 Rights of vulnerable persons in care document Foreign workers, Temporary (SP465/05: Tabled) ... 1528–29 Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 491, 579, 653, 806 Elections, Provincial Letter re (SP336/05: Tabled) ... 807 Fixed dates for ... 691 Government efficiency Electric power–Export General remarks ... 691 General remarks ... 1181 High school education–Curricula Electric power–Prices Fine arts courses: Letter re (SP195/05: Tabled) ... 327 Impact on seniors ... 1423 Home Protection Act (U.S.) Electric power contracts, Residential Application to Canadian records ... 1324 Long-term contracts for residential consumers ... Homeless–Housing 1423 Funding for ... 366 Electric power lines–Construction Horse racetrack–Balzac Alberta to California (NorthernLights Transmission Funding for ... 268 project) ... 1181 Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 (Bill 21) Long-term care funding (Not proceeded with) ... Third reading ... 399 1717–18 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Equalization payments Second reading ... 586–87 General remarks ... 1181, 1523–24 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Extended care facilities estimates, 2005-06 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1497, 1707 Estimates debated ... 268–69 Death of resident in (Jean Warden) ... 1881 International relations General remarks ... 1707 Budget increase re ... 1181 MLA committee to review (2005) ... 1442–43, 1451, Jubilee Lodge Nursing Home Ltd. 1498 Government grants to ... 2049–50 MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1707 LaBelle triplets Redesignation to assisted living status: Letter re Recognition of ... 578 (SP758/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Lethbridge Community College Review of ... 614 Increased funding for ... 1123 Extended care facilities–Finance Police training programs ... 1123, 1127 Emergency debate on (Not proceeded with) ... Lethbridge Young Offender Centre 1717–18 Closure of, use for youth drug treatment facility ... Government grants ... 2049–50 800 Extended care facilities–Inspection Lobbyists–Registration Inspector general re (proposed) ... 1881 General remarks ... 691 Extended care facilities–Staffing Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 268, General remarks ... 114–16 1497, 1707 Management bodies (Housing) Extended care facilities–Standards Surpluses/assets, reporting of ... 1252–53 Chemical/physical restraints use standards ... 1497 Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) General remarks ... 1497–98, 2010 Committee ... 1876 368 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) (Continued) Medical profession–Rural areas Public contracts Action plan re ... 289 Auditor General's comments re ... 1423–24 Medical records–Confidentiality Public records–Confidentiality U.S. access to information re ... 1423 General remarks ... 1324, 1423 Medicine Hat Remand Centre Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Young offender unit, closure of, use for youth drug General remarks ... 578 treatment facility ... 800 Red Deer Remand Centre Members' Statements (2005) Young offender unit, closure of, use for youth drug All-party committees ... 1451 treatment facility ... 800 Edmonton City Centre Airport ... 1527–28 Regional health authorities Police recruitment and training centre ... 1127 Long-term care facilities' programs ... 207–08 NorthernLights Transmission Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Power lines from Alberta to California ... 1181 Second reading ... 1346 Nursing homes–Staffing Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Shortages: Impact on medication levels for residents Committee ... 602 of ... 207–08 Rural economic development Nursing Homes Act Government strategy re ... 289 Review of standards under ... 614 Schools–Rural areas Oral Question Period (2005) General remarks ... 289 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped ... 22, Senate (Canada) 1149–50 Reform of ... 691 Continuing care funding ... 1707 Senators Continuing care review ... 1442–43 Alberta nominees for: Eastern Canada speaking tour Continuing care standards ... 2010 ... 691 Death of a patient in long-term care ... 1881 Senior citizens–Housing Federal financial support ... 1523–24 Standards for ... 880 Homeless shelters ... 366 Senior citizens' lodges Long-term care facility standards ... 1497–98 Rents: Letter re (SP759/05: Tabled) ... 1971 Long-term care funding ... 2049–50 Seniors' supportive housing incentive program–East Long-term care standards ... 614 Central Health region Medication for seniors ... 207–208, 415 General remarks ... 282–83 Ministry of seniors financial statements ... 1252–53 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Police recruitment and training centre ... 1123 Third reading ... 997 Rural development strategies ... 289 Social housing Sale of Social Housing Corporation land ... 1568–69 Subsidy level increase ... 879 Seniors' benefit program ... 1387–88 Social services recipients–Protection Sex trade workers ... 1338–39 General remarks ... 879 Travel by elected Senators ... 691 Speech from the Throne Youth residential drug treatment ... 800 Debate ... 114–16 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Standing Committee on Continuing Care Standards Act AISH benefit increase ... 26 (Bill 213) Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction First reading ... 1919 projects, ban on ... 491, 579, 653, 806 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Police Second reading ... 521 MLA committee review of: Report ... 1123, 1127 Third reading ... 940 Police–Training Subdivision of land Centre of excellence re ... 1123 Off-site road levies for ... 1324 Centre of excellence re: Statement re ... 1127 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Detox/residential services re, in empty young Committee ... 1694 offender centres ... 800 Project Kare (Missing women investigation team) Taxation, Municipal Funding for ... 1339 General remarks ... 1324 Property tax–Education levy Trade missions Seniors' tax relief re ... 880 Performance measures re ... 1181 Prostitutes Travel at public expense Murder of ... 1338 Alberta senators-in-waiting trip to eastern Canada ... Prostitutes–Housing 691 Transitional housing ... 1338 University of Lethbridge Protection for Persons in Care Act Wellness centre ... 269 General remarks ... 614 Utilities Consumer Advocate Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) General remarks ... 1423 Second reading ... 341 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 369 Pastoor, Bridget Brennan (L, Lethbridge-East) Prins, Ray (PC, Lacombe-Ponoka) (Continued) Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Water–Export General remarks ... 2014 General remarks ... 1181 Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill Wellness fund (Proposed) 206) Motion 501: Blakeman ... 73–74 Second reading ... 1759 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Alberta seniors benefit program Second reading ... 593–594 Dental benefits ... 884 Pham, Hung Kim (PC, Calgary-Montrose) General remarks ... 884 Abduction of children–Calgary Antidumping laws (International trade) Police actions re ... 486 General remarks ... 614 Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary Camrose Lutheran College Corporation Act (Bill Pr. 2) General remarks ... 1672 Second reading ... 1508–09 Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Point of order re ... Committee ... 1509 1452, 1454 Amendment (SP457/05: Tabled) ... 1509 Automobiles–Registration Canadian Agricultural Safety Week Database of, use in child abduction cases ... 486 Statement re ... 293–94 Calgary Board of Education Chronic wasting disease Co-operation with police service in child abduction Presence on game farms ... 456 cases ... 486 Clean energy technology Calgary Police Service Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Child abduction procedures ... 486 504: Swann) ... 670 Calgary Vietnamese Caodaist Cultural Society Deer ranching Statement re ... 1672–73 Impact of chronic wasting disease on ... 456 Wild Rose grants transferred to: Point of order re ... Dept. of Advanced Education 1452, 1454 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 874 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Dept. of Health (Federal) (Bill 205) Draft report on CWD in wild game animals ... 456 First reading ... 622 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Second reading ... 1536–37 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 884 Hospitals–Emergency services Education, Postsecondary–Finance General remarks ... 692–93 General remarks ... 874 Immigrant doctors Elk antler velvet–Health aspects General remarks ... 1122–23 General remarks ... 456 Members' Statements (2005) Elk ranching Vietnamese Cao Daist Society ... 1672–73 Impact of chronic wasting disease on ... 456 Members' withdrawal of remarks Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 General remarks ... 1457 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Oral Question Period (2005) 1399–1400 Application process for seniors' benefits ... 618–19 Emergency planning Attempted child abductions ... 486 General remarks ... 1251 Emergency hospital services ... 692–93 Emergency Preparedness Week Foreign-trained physicians ... 1122–23 General remarks ... 1251 Workers' compensation ... 2052 Extended care facilities Point of Order General remarks ... 884 Reflections on a member ... 1454, 1456–57 Extended care facilities–Standards Reflections on nonmembers ... 1452, 1454 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Regional health authorities 1399–1400 Emergency rooms improvements ... 692 Farm produce–Export Schoolchildren–Protective services Antidumping rules re ... 613–14 Child abduction cases ... 486 Farm safety Senior citizens Statement re ... 293–94 Government programs: Streamlining of application Game farming process re ... 618–19 Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 456 Telemarketing Hogs–Export–United States Legislation re (Bill 205) ... 622 Antidumping duties on ... 613–14 Wages–Minimum wage International Trade Commission (U.S.) Increase to: Impact on workers' compensation earning Pork/hog import duties investigation ... 613–14 loss supplement ... 2052 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Wild Rose Foundation General remarks ... 110–12 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Point of Medical profession order re ... 1452, 1454 Workers' compensation Recruitment of (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1363–64 Earning loss supplement, impact of increased Medical profession–Rural areas minimum wage on ... 2052 Recruitment for (Motion 508: Danyluk) ... 1363–64 370 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Prins, Ray (PC, Lacombe-Ponoka) (Continued) Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Members' Statements (2005) Ambulance service (Continued) Canadian Agricultural Safety Week ... 293–94 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Oral Question Period (2005) Cancellation of, provincial assistance re ... 243 Diversified livestock industry ... 456 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Emergency preparedness ... 1251 Documents re (M19/05: Response tabled as SP807) Live hog exports ... 613–14 ... 821, 2018 Private postsecondary institutions ... 2014 Architecture and the disabled Postsecondary educational institutions, Private Provincial initiative re ... 1321 Funding ... 2014 Assessment Postsecondary educational institutions–Admissions Appeals system ... 1321 (enrollment) General remarks ... 1320 Province-wide centralization of ... 2014 Linear assessment process: Legislation re (Bill 28) ... Private colleges–Finance 252 General remarks ... 874 Authorized accredited agencies Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Annual report, 2003-04 (SP646/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Second reading ... 1351–52 Banff/Jasper special infrastructure program Royalty structure (Energy resources) General remarks ... 1320 Reduction incentives for clean energy technology BP Canada development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 670 Fire, Fort Saskatchewan facility ... 207 Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Calgary-Montrose (Constituency) Annual report, 2003-04 (SP122/05: Tabled) ... 210 Member for's role in Calgary ward 10 municipal Annual report, 2004-05 (SP631/05: Tabled) ... 1745 election investigation ... 1249 General remarks ... 884 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Speech from the Throne Crowsnest Pass projects ... 1306 Debate ... 110–12 Federal funding ... 1323 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) Fort McMurray projects ... 1628 Second reading ... 520–22 General remarks ... 1253, 1323 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Vetting of projects with provincial government ... 848 General remarks ... 1251 Contaminated sites Tuition fees Cleanup of ... 1323–24 Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by Dept. of Economic Development provincial government ... 2014 Trade missions expenditures (Q13/05: Defeated) ... Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain 808 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Trade show expenditures (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 General remarks ... 1617 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Aboriginal peoples Annual report, 2003-04 (SP59/05: Tabled) ... 94 General remarks ... 1617 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP582/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Alberta–History Credit card statements for deputy minister (M15/05: General remarks ... 1617–18 Response tabled as SP826/05) ... 816, 2056 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Credit card statements for minister and executive Address to Legislative Assembly ... 1617–18 assistant (M16/05: Response tabled as SP827/05) ... Métis 817, 2056 General remarks ... 1617 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1319–24, 1326 Royal Alberta Museum Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during General remarks ... 1617 (SP456/05: Tabled) ... 1508 Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) Minister's business expenses (M14/05: Response Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) tabled as SP825/05) ... 815, 2056 Committee ... 895 Support services ... 1321 Alberta Boilers Safety Association Disaster relief Annual report, 2004 (SP642/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Disaster recovery program expenditures (M44/05: Alberta Elevating Devices and Amusement Rides Safety Accepted) ... 1748 Association General remarks ... 1320 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP643/05: Tabled) ... 1746 National response system re ... 1320 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Southern Alberta flood situation ... 1708 Emergency response plan update for upstream oil Edmonton International Airport industry incidents ... 207 Airport vicinity protection area discussions ... 577 Role in handling of chemical vapour pressure release Education–Finance by Shell chemical plant ... 207 Property tax funds contribution to ... 799 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Elections, Municipal–Calgary 2004 convention, invitees to (Q38/05: Accepted) ... Ward 10 election process: Bob Clark's inspection of 1747 ... 1249, 1334 Ambulance service Ward 10 election process: Cost of investigation of Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: (Q30/05: Response tabled as SP806/05) ... 1158, Cancellation of ... 243, 1324 2018 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 371 Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Elections, Municipal–Calgary (Continued) Municipal finance (Continued) Ward 10 election process: Police investigations re ... Revenue generating tools: Legislation re (Bill 28) ... 1249, 1333–34 252 Ward 10 election process: Public inquiry re ... Municipal finance–Crowsnest Pass area 1333–34 Government grants ... 1306 Ward 10 election process: Public inspection re ... Municipal Government Act 1249, 1333–34 Crowsnest Pass regulation ... 1306 Ward 10 election process: Public inspection re, news Property tax exemptions for Canadian Legions ... 323 releases re ... 1334 Review of ... 1321–22 Ward 10 election process: Public inspection re, news Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) releases re (SP415-416/05: Tabled) ... 1342 First reading ... 252 Electric wire installation Second reading ... 383–84 Permits for (journeyman/master electricians) ... Committee ... 562–63 904–05 Third reading ... 636, 891 Electrical Contractors Association of Alberta Municipal Government Board Review of master electrician program ... 905 Role of ... 1321 Emergency Management Alberta Municipal governments General remarks ... 1251 Autonomy of ... 849 Role in handling of chemical vapour pressure release General remarks ... 1320 by Shell chemical plant ... 162, 207 Legislative authority ... 1321–22 Emergency planning Role of ... 1321–22 General remarks ... 207, 1251, 1320, 1321 Municipal sponsorship program Emergency Preparedness Week General remarks ... 1320 General remarks ... 1251 Oral Question Period (2005) Emergency public warning system Ambulance services ... 243 General remarks ... 207 Calgary Ward 10 election ... 1249, 1333–34 Firefighters–Training Education property tax ... 798–99 Provincial initiative re ... 1320–21 Electrical permits ... 904–05 Flood Risk Management Committee Emergency preparedness ... 207, 1251 Flood prevention planning ... 1709 Flood disaster relief ... 1708–09 Floods–Prevention Fort McMurray infrastructure needs ... 1628 General remarks ... 1708–09 International airport vicinity protection ... 577 Floods–Southern Alberta Municipal grants to Crowsnest Pass ... 1306 Compensation re ... 1708 Municipal infrastructure program ... 848–49, 1253 Fort McMurray Municipal tax exemptions ... 323 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 1628 Shell chemical plant vapour release ... 162 Gasoline–Taxation West Nile virus ... 1449 Federal revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... Parks 1323 Taxation status re (Bill 28) ... 252 Grants in place of taxes Petroleum Tank Management Association of Alberta General remarks ... 1320 Annual report, 2004 (SP644/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Infrastructure, Critical Petroleum tank sites remediation program National protection strategy re ... 1320 General remarks ... 1321, 1323 Intermunicipal relations Point of Order General remarks ... 1322 Subamendments ... 993 Leduc, City of Property tax Growth of, impact of international airport protection General remarks ... 1320, 1322, 1324 area discussions on ... 577 Increment financing tool re: Legislation (Bill 28) ... Local Authorities Election Act 252 Contraventions of, during Calgary ward 10 municipal Payment by Canadian Legions ... 323 election: Police investigation re ... 1249 Property tax–Education levy ME First! (Municipal Energy Efficiency Assistance) Elimination of ... 1324 program General remarks ... 798–99, 1322 General remarks ... 1320 Provincial/Municipal Council on Roles, Responsibilities Mosquito control programs and Resources in the 21st Century, Minister's Funding for ... 1449 General remarks ... 1320, 1322 Municipal Debenture Interest Rebate Program Provincial/municipal fiscal relations General remarks ... 1320 General remarks ... 848, 1322, 1323 Municipal excellence program Provincial/municipal relations General remarks ... 1320 General remarks ... 1322 Public safety (Building/fire codes) Municipal finance Electric wire installation permit review, safety aspects General remarks ... 848 ... 904–05 Government grants ... 1320 General remarks ... 1320 372 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Renner, Hon. Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) Rodney, Dave (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) (Continued) Recreation areas Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Taxation status re (Bill 28) ... 252 Inspections for liquor licence violations ... 1029 Regional economic development partnerships Bellingham, Brendan Thomas General remarks ... 1320 Recognition of ... 325 Regional health authorities Chiropractic services–Fees Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of ... 243 Set fees for traffic injury cases ... 691–92 Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of, Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Treatment provincial assistance re ... 243 AADAC treatment program for ... 804 Regional planning Education Week (Provincial, April 2005) General remarks ... 1322 Statement re ... 1032 Regional planning commissions Great Kids of Alberta Elimination of ... 1322 Awards: Recognition of ... 325 Rental housing Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 Secondary suites: MLA Review Committee on, report (Bill 21) ... 1321 First reading ... 170 Royal Canadian Legion Second reading ... 212, 216 Payment of property taxes ... 323 Committee ... 231–232 Safety Codes Act Third reading ... 397, 400 Permitting regulations, review of ... 905 Insurance, Automobile Safety Codes Council Reform of ... 691–92 Administration of underground storage tank Licensed premises remediation program ... 1323 Liquor sales to minors ... 1029 Annual report, 2004 (SP645/05: Tabled) ... 1746 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Provincial liason with, re barrier-free design ... 1321 General remarks ... 135–37 Sand and gravel operators Members' Statements (2005) Municipal levy on: Legislation re (Bill 28) ... 252 AADAC youth drug treatment programs ... 804 Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission ... 1786–87 Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 1628 Education Week ... 1032 Shell Canada Limited Mountain of Heroes Foundation ... 293 Chemical plant vapour pressure release, Fort World No Tobacco Day ... 1577 Saskatchewan area ... 162, 207 Mountain of Heroes Foundation Special Areas Trust Account Statement re ... 293 2004 financial statements (SP432/05: Tabled) ... 1396 Oral Question Period (2005) Subdivision of land Chiropractic and physiotherapy insurance fees ... Off-site road levies for ... 1324 691–92 Surplus, Budgetary Sale of liquor to minors ... 1029 Fort McMurray infrastructure funding with ... 1628 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Taxation, Municipal Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) General remarks ... 1324 Second reading ... 1531 Telephone emergency warning system, Fort Committee ... 1928–29 Saskatchewan Physical therapy–Fees General remarks ... 207 Set fees for traffic injury cases ... 691–92 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) General remarks ... 1251 Implementation of ... 1787 Trade missions Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Expenditures re (Q13/05: Defeated) ... 808 General remarks ... 325, 578 Trade shows Robertshaw, Jessica Expenditures re (Q12/05: Defeated) ... 807 Recognition of ... 578 Water treatment plants–Fort McMurray Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) General remarks ... 1628 First reading ... 52 West Nile virus Second reading ... 172–73, 186 Control methods for, funding of ... 1449 Third reading ... 991–92, 998 Rodney, Dave (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) Smoking–Prevention Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission AADAC program re (Web site) ... 1787 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP173/05: Tabled) ... 326 Statement re ... 1577 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP649/05: Tabled) ... 1788 Smoking in public places Gambling addiction programs ... 1787 Ban on: Legislation re (Bill 201) ... 52 Smoking prevention programs ... 1577, 1787 Speech from the Throne Debate ... 135–37 Statement re ... 1787 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Youth substance abuse treatment programs ... 804, Detox/residential services re ... 1787 1787 Mandatory programs for ... 1787 Alberta Drug Strategy Mandatory programs for: Legislation re (Bill 202) ... General remarks ... 1787 1787 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 373 Rodney, Dave (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) (Continued) Rogers, George (PC, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon) Tourism–Marketing (Continued) Use of tourism levy revenue for ... 170 Leduc-Nisku Economic Development Authority Tourism levy General remarks ... 955 Conversion of hotel tax to: Legislation re (Bill 21) ... Leduc No. 1 Historic Site 170 General remarks ... 774 Traffic accident injuries Lottery Fund Chiropractic/physiotherapy fee schedule for ... Project Discovery funding ... 774 691–92 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) World No Tobacco Day General remarks ... 79–80 Statement re ... 1577 McCallum, Sandy Rogers, George (PC, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon) Recognition of ... 490 Airline industry Members' Statements (2005) Government incentives to ... 1391 Alberta Venture most-respected corporations ... Airport authorities 1450–51 Rent paid to federal government ... 1390–91 Kevin Robins ... 2016 Alberta Order of Excellence Leduc/Grimma partnership ... 955–56 Increase in awards per year (Bill 18) ... 128 Municipal excellence awards ... 1835–36 Alberta Order of Excellence Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Project Discovery ... 734 18) Mosquito control programs First reading ... 128 Funding for ... 1449 Second reading ... 352, 353 Municipal excellence awards Committee ... 446 Statement re ... 1835–36 Third reading ... 638 Oral Question Period (2005) Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Airport rental costs ... 1390–91 Chief administrative officer award: Statement re ... Economic benefits of snowmobiling ... 744 2016 Education property tax ... 798–99 Alberta Venture (Magazine) Highway construction ... 950–51 Most-respected corporations list: Statement re ... International airport vicinity protection ... 577 1450–51 Learning assessment ... 1782–83 Canadian Petroleum Interpretive Centre Snowmobile use on public lands ... 693–94 Expansion to (Project Discovery) ... 774 Student loans ... 319–320 Corporate Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 26) West Nile virus ... 1449 Second reading ... 538 Petty Trespass Act Committee ... 1489 Snowmobiles on public lands provisions ... 693–94 Corporations Point of Order Alberta Venture list of most-respected ... 1450–51 Referring to the absence of members ... 1489 Curling championships Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Masters Curling Championship ... 126 Amendment (SP597/05: Tabled) ... 1700 Team Martin (2005 Canada Cup champions) ... 418 Property tax–Education levy Edmonton International Airport General remarks ... 798–99 Airport vicinity protection area discussions ... 577 Public lands Education, Postsecondary Access to ... 693–94 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 320 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2005) Education–Finance General remarks ... 126, 169, 418, 490 Property tax funds contribution to ... 799 Road construction Flesher, Mr. Ken Priorities re ... 950–51 Recognition of ... 126 Roads–Maintenance and repair Forest management agreements Impact on traffic safety ... 950–51 Recreational/snowmobile access to lands under ... Robins, Mr. Kevin 693–94 Statement re ... 2016 Highway 19 Snowmobile trails Twinning ... 950–51 Tourism aspects ... 744 Hockey championships Snowmobiles U of A Pandas Canada West title winners ... 169 Access to public lands ... 693–94 Integrated resource management (Public lands) Speech from the Throne Access issues ... 694 Debate ... 79–80 Leduc, City of Student assessment Growth of, impact of international airport protection Computer adaptive assessment tool re ... 1782–83 area discussions on ... 577 Grade level achievement method ... 1782–83 Leduc/Devon Oilfield Historical Society Student financial aid General remarks ... 774 Federal loan limit increase ... 319–20 Leduc/Grimma, Germany co-operation agreement Provincial loan policy ... 320 Statement re ... 955–56 374 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Rogers, George (PC, Leduc-Beaumont-Devon) Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005)(Continued) Tourism Deerfoot Trail median barriers ... 2011 Snowmobile trails attractions ... 744 First Nations participation in Royal visit ... 1444–45 Traffic safety Self-managed care for seniors ... 617 General remarks ... 950 Student loan program ... 1830 Trails, Recreational Pharmacy and Drug Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 38) On public lands ... 694 Second reading ... 1485 West Nile virus Point of Order Control methods for, funding of ... 1449 Clarification ... 1512, 1768 Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall) Items previously decided ... 1292, 1293 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Relevance ... 1511 Second reading ... 1642–43 Second reading debate ... 1945 Alberta Government Offices Privilege Washington, D.C. office ... 289 Notice of, re actions by Member for Drayton Valley- The Alberta Legislature (Book) Calmar (Not proceeded with) ... 1615 General remarks ... 1605–06 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Committee ... 789–90 (Bill 51) Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Second reading ... 1953–54 Second reading ... 380 Bow Valley Community Foundation Act (Bill Pr. 1) Roads Committee ... 1509 Median barrier installation, on twinned roads ... 2011 Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Seniors' self-managed care program Member for, elected as Deputy Chair of Committees, Funding for ... 617 on second ballot ... 4, 5 Speaker–Rulings and statements Chair Addressing the Chair ... 1945 Election of ... 2 Decorum ... 825 Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Third reading of Bill 31 ... 1291 Median barrier installation ... 2011 Student financial aid Deputy Chair Loan interest rates ... 1830 Election of, on second ballot ... 4, 5 Provincial loan policy ... 1830 Deputy Speaker Traffic safety Election of ... 2 Median barrier installations, on twinned roads ... 2011 Drayton Valley-Calmar (Constituency) Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39) Notice of privilege re actions by Member for (Not Amendment (SP436/05: Tabled) ... 1493 proceeded with) ... 1615 Snelgrove, Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Edmonton-Rutherford (Constituency) Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Notice of privilege re actions by Member for Drayton Second reading ... 222 Valley-Calmar against (Not proceeded with) ... Alberta Government Offices 1615 Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 20 Alberta visit, May 2005: First Nations participation ... Alberta Ingenuity Fund 1444–45 Increase in value of (Motion 503: Knight) ... 511 Employment Pension Plans Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Bovine spongiform encephalopathy 35) Impact on cattle industry ... 19–20 Second reading ... 1194 Calgary Health Region Amendment (SP437/05: Tabled) ... 1493 Funding ... 977 Federal government Capital Health Governing party's loss of vote of confidence ... 1935 Funding ... 977 Legislative Assembly of Alberta Cattle–Export–United States First session, March 5, 1906: Statement re ... 1605–06 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Medicine Hat Community Foundation Amendment Act, closed ... 19–20 2005 (Bill Pr. 3) Centennial hockey game, Lloydminster (April 14, 2005) Committee ... 1509 General remarks ... 645 Members' Statements (2005) Statement re ... 805 First Session of the first Alberta Legislature ... City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) 1605–06 First reading ... 51 National Social Work Week ... 209 Second reading ... 238, 382–83 National Social Work Week Committee ... 447–48 Statement re ... 209 Third reading ... 479 Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (Constituency) Clean energy technology Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2 Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Oral Question Period (2005) 504: Swann) ... 672 Alberta office in Washington ... 289 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 375 Snelgrove, Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Community halls–Rural areas Supercedes similar Bill 207 ... 1789 Food safety regulations in ... 1520 Alberta Association of Former M.L.A.s Act (Bill 207) Extended care facilities–Standards Not proceeded with (withdrawn from Order Paper) ... Improvement of (Motion 507: Mason) ... 1174–75 1789 Farmers' markets Alberta Scene (Arts festival, Ottawa) Food service regulations at ... 1520 Opening performance of ... 1151 Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Alberta Securities Commission Second reading ... 681, 702 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Food safety General's authority challenged re, emergency Rural community halls ... 1520 debate re ... 1318–19 Lloydminster, City of Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor New charter for: Legislation re (Bill 3) ... 51 General's report on investigation of, release to Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) media, point of privilege re ... 1635, 1636, Second reading ... 1685 1637–38, 1719–20 Members' Statements (2005) Influencing regulatory activity case: Emergency Centennial hockey challenge ... 805 debate under SO 30 re ... 1084–85 Oral Question Period (2005) Alberta Social Housing Corporation Border closure to Canadian beef ... 19–20 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Alleged role of Centennial hockey challenge ... 645 Minister of Environment in, Ethics commissioner's Food regulations review ... 1520 report on leaked to media, point of privilege re ... Funding for regional health authorities ... 976–77 1637–38 Oversize/overweight trucking permits ... 2010 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Alleged role of Regional health authorities Minister of Environment in, Ethics commissioner's Funding ... 976–77 report on (SP532/05: Tabled) ... 1632 Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Auditor General's Second reading ... 1350 report on leaked to media, point of privilege re ... Royalty structure (Energy resources) 1637–38, 1719–20 Reduction incentives for clean energy technology Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 672 Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Point of order re ... Senate (United States) 1453–54 Position on Montana court injunction re border Auditor General closure to Canadian cattle ... 19 Fort McMurray land sale process, report on leaked to Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) media, point of privilege re ... 1637–38, 1675, Committee ... 494–95 1676, 1719–20 Third reading ... 994 Introduction of ... 5 Amendments (SP265/05: Tabled) ... 494 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 investigation of, authority to challenged, (Bill 14) emergency debate re ... 1318–19 Second reading ... 434 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Trucking industry release to news media of report on, point of Oversize permit process ... 2010 privilege re ... 1635, 1636, 1637–38, 1719–20 Wages–Public service employees Suggestive references to, in Legislative Assembly ... Indexing of, to average weekly earnings index 955, 984, 987–88 (Motion 512: Griffiths/Snelgrove) ... 1937, 1943 Batiuk, Mr. John (former MLA) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) Memorial tribute to ... 1619 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Bills, Government General remarks ... 1 Bills containing similar provisions (Bills 47 and 207), Replica of Famous Five statuette, to be housed in ruling on ... 1789 Legislature Building during ... 856 Bills, Private members' public Administrator of the Province of Alberta Unanimous consent given for Bill 202 to proceed to Role in Edmonton-Castle Downs election Committee and Third readings (SO 8(3) waived) ... determination: Letter to the Speaker re (SP4/05: 784 Tabled) ... 26 Breast prostheses Role of, authority for: Letter to the Speaker re Inclusion under AADL program: Petition tabled re (SP4/05: Tabled) ... 26 (SP306/05) ... 699 Alberta Calgary-McCall (Constituency) Statement re ... 1617 Member for, appreciation extended to ... 4 Alberta Aids to Daily Living Member for, elected as Deputy Chair of Committees, Breast prosthesis inclusion under: Petition tabled re on second ballot ... 4, 5 (SP306/05) ... 699 Calgary Vietnamese Caodaist Cultural Society Alberta Alliance Party Wild Rose grants transferred to: Point of order re ... Member of, participation in Question Period ... 16, 90 1453–54 376 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Canadian armed forces Emergency debates under Standing Order 30(Continued) Service in Afghanistan: Prayer/condolences for death Securities Commission, loss of investor confidence in re ... 1880 (not proceeded with) ... 1084–85 Chair Securities Commission challenge of Auditor Election of ... 2, 3 General's authority (not proceeded with) ... Chief Electoral Officer 1318–19 Annual report, 2003 (SP13/05: Tabled) ... 27 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Introduction of ... 5 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2005-06: Motion to Report on candidates who failed to file campaign waive SO 58(5) re ... 1085 financial statements (SP256/05: Tabled) ... 492 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2005-06 Report on Senate candidates who failed to file transmitted to Assembly (SP320/05: Tabled) ... campaign financial statements (SP257/05: Tabled) 746–47 ... 492 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 transmitted to Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Assembly (SP85/05: Tabled) ... 94 Members' Services orders no.1/05 to no.6/05 (SP258- Ethics Commissioner 263/05: Tabled) ... 492 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP12/05: Tabled) ... 27 Members' Services orders no.7/05 to no.9/05 (SP528- Annual report, 2004-05 (SP531/05: Tabled) ... 1632 530/05: Tabled) ... 1632 Introduction of ... 5 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders Report into allegations re former Member for and Printing, Standing Edmonton-Norwood (SP14/05: Tabled) ... 27 Referral of comments in Legislature re Auditor Report into allegations re Minister of Environment General to ... 988 and Fort McMurray land sale process, leak to Committee on Public Accounts, Standing media, point of privilege re ... 1637–38, 1675, Chair of, directing questions to ... 1789 1676, 1719–20 Committees of the whole House Report into allegations re Minister of Environment Historical background of ... 253 and Fort McMurray land sale process (SP532/05: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. Alberta Tabled) ... 1632 branch Extended care facilities–Finance Annual report, 2003 (In Legislative Assembly Office, Emergency debate on (Not proceeded with) ... Annual report, SP16/05: Tabled) ... 27 1718–19 Dept. of Finance Extended care facilities–Standards Minister of, comments re ... 421 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Deputy Chair 1399, 1400–01 Election of, on second ballot ... 4, 5 Famous Five Deputy Speaker Replica of Ottawa statuette re, to be housed in Election of ... 2, 3 Legislature Building ... 856, 1526 Drayton Valley-Calmar (Constituency) Filumena (Opera) Notice of privilege re actions by Member for (Not Opening performance at Alberta Scene in Ottawa ... proceeded with) ... 1633 1151 Edmonton-Castle Downs (Constituency) Foreign workers, Temporary Role of Administrator of the province in legal Ban on: Petitions presented re, tabling re disallowed decision re electoral results in: Letter to the Speaker ... 1258–59 re (SP4/05: Tabled) ... 26 Health Information Act Review Committee, Select Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Special 2005 Grey Cup contenders: T-shirt and thunderstick Final report, 2004 (SP200/05: Tabled) ... 369 from (to be provided) ... 1888 Historical vignette Edmonton-Norwood (Constituency) Committees of the whole House ... 253 Former member for, Report of Ethics Commissioner Historical vignettes of Alberta re allegations re (SP14/05: Tabled) ... 27 Arrival of sailor (Charles Walker) at Saddle Lake Edmonton-Rutherford (Constituency) Indian Reserve to report loss of ship on west coast, Notice of privilege re actions by Member for Drayton April 14, 1898 ... 775 Valley-Calmar against (Not proceeded with) ... Aspen Beach designated Alberta's first provincial 1633 park, November 21, 1932 ... 1743 Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain Athabasca, Town of, established May 18, 1905 ... Alberta visit, May 2005 ... 464, 1617 1608 Alberta visit, May 2005: Protocol questions, Bassano dam opened, April 25, 1914 ... 982 correspondence re ... 1579 Cardston founded, April 26, 1887 ... 1033 Embury, Mrs. Sheila (Former MLA) Deputy Premier/Minister of Finance elected, Memorial tribute to ... 1619 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 November 23, 1987 ... 1836 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) visit to Calgary, 1399, 1400–01 April 11, 1950 ... 652 Long-term care funding (Not proceeded with) ... Edmonton Grads win international basketball title, 1718–19 March 24, 1930 ... 453 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 377 Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Historical vignettes of Alberta (Continued) Historical vignettes of Alberta (Continued) Famous Five maquette on display in Legislature Thelma Chalifoux became a Senator, November 24, Building starting May 16, 2005 ... 1526 1997 ... 1889 First air mail service began, March 3, 1930 ... 13 Unknown Canadian soldier repatriation First and only woman hanged in Alberta (Florence commemoration, May 3, 2000 ... 1205 (Filumena) Lassandro), May 2, 1923 ... 1151 Vegreville established as a village, April 4, 1906 ... First dial telephones in Canada installed in Edmonton, 491 April 5, 1908 ... 537 Women's right to vote and hold elected office, April First Edmonton to Calgary automobile journey, 19, 1916 ... 848 March 1906 ... 49 Ho Lem, Mr. George (Former MLA) First electoral franchise for women (1917) and Memorial tribute to ... 1619 aboriginals (April 12, 1965) ... 699 Hole, Hon. Lois E., CM, AOE (Former Lieutenant First of two women elected to provincial legislature Governor) (Roberta MacAdams), June 7, 1917 ... 243 Tribute to ... 7 First Ombudsman in Alberta and Canada (George B. Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) McClellan), April 6, 1967 ... 579 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP15/05: Tabled) ... 27 First session of Legislature prorogued, May 9, 1906 Introduction of ... 5 (76 bills passed, Wetaskiwin, Lethbridge and U of John Paul II, Pope A incorporated) ... 1340 Prayer for ... 481 First state funeral for a Lieutenant Governor (Hon. Legislative Assembly Chamber Philip Primrose) who died in office, March 17, New sound system in ... 1619 1937 ... 285 New sound system microphones in ... 1838 First time a Legislature convened in the Assembly VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Chamber, November 30, 1911 ... 2019 floor of ... 1259, 1301, 1303 Floral Emblem Act passed and general election held, Legislative Assembly of Alberta March 21, 1930 and 1940 respectively ... 315 General remarks ... 1617 Frank Slide, April 29, 1903 ... 1127–28 Legislative Assembly Office General election of 1909 (March 22) ... 359 Annual report, 2003 (Includes CPA Alberta branch General election of 1979 (March 14) ... 159 annual report (SP16/05: Tabled) ... 27 Herbert Greenfield resigned as Premier, November Incident in south members' lounge, May 18, 2005, 23, 1925 ... 1836 security report on (SP533/05: Tabled) ... 1632 Hon. Colonel J.C. Bowen appointed Lieutenant Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Governor, March 23, 1937 ... 409 Former Lieutenant Governor (Hon. Lois Hole), Legislative Assembly historical data on sitting Tribute to ... 7 days/Bills passed ... 1504 Transmittal of 2004-05 supplementary estimates Lethbridge incorporated as a town, November 29, (SP85/05: Tabled) ... 94 1890 ... 1968 Transmittal of 2005-06 Main and Lottery Fund Lord Strathcona statue unveiled on Legislature estimates (SP320/05: Tabled) ... 746–47 Grounds, May 17, 2000 ... 1576 Lieutenant Governors of Alberta Métis Nation of Alberta agreement with province, General remarks ... 1617 April 20, 1999 ... 908 MacLeod, Mr. Roderick (Former MLA) Mount Royal College established, April 18, 1966 ... Tribute to ... 13 804 Members' correction of remarks Naval reserve division formed, Edmonton, 1923 ... Location of Bergen op Zoom ... 1301, 1343 1257 Members of the Legislative Assembly New Democratic Party representation in Legislature, Tribute to former members ... 13, 1619 November 16, 1966 ... 1672 Members' Statements Peace River (town) incorporated, December 1, 1919 Comment invited re ... 53 ... 2056 Interim agreement re ... 17, 91 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Speaker's statement re ... 1607 Disabilities Act passed Committee reading, May Members' Statements (2005) 10, 1988 ... 1396 Respect for women in politics, point of order request RCAF Flying Officer L.W. Powell ... 1628 re ... 1607 Retired cabinet ministers made honorary life Members' withdrawal of remarks members of Legislature press gallery, April 21, Regarding Minister of Finance ... 988 1971 ... 958 Regarding unparliamentary language ... 1036, 1082 Royal Canadian Navy formed, May 4, 1910 ... Ministerial Statements (2005) 1256–57 Border closure to Canadian beef ... 16 Rupert's Land purchased, May 11, 1870 ... 1451 Montgomery, Mr. Euell (Former MLA) Saluting of Union Jack made mandatory, March 9, Tribute to ... 13 1941 ... 125 Netherlands Special sitting of the Legislature re oil and gas Liberation of, and ties with Canada ... 1313 conservation, Nov. 15 - 22, 1938 ... 1787 378 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) New Democrat Opposition Privilege (Continued) Role in Question Period ... 90 Contempt (Auditor General's report on Securities Officers of the Legislative Assembly Commission enforcement processes, release to Definition of ... 987–88 media) ... 1635, 1636, 1719–20 Reports by, released to media, point of privilege re ... Contempt (Release to media of three reports by 1637–38, 1719–20 Officers of the Assembly) ... 1637–38, 1675, 1676 Official Opposition Minister of Finance, comments re ... 421 Role in Question Period ... 90 Notice of, re actions by Member for Drayton Valley- Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (Constituency) Calmar (Not proceeded with) ... 1633 Member for, elected as Deputy Speaker ... 2, 3 Projected Government Business (Parliamentary Ombudsman procedure) Annual report, 2003-04 (SP11/05: Tabled) ... 27 For the week of March 14, 2005 (SP99/05: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2004-05 (SP655/05: Tabled) ... 1788 129 Introduction of ... 5 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Oral Question Period (Parliamentary procedure) Unanimous consent to proceed to Committee and Alliance member's participation in ... 16, 90 Third readings (SO 8(3) waived) ... 784 Government members' role in ... 90 Provincial Museum of Alberta Official opposition role in ... 90 Hoof Prints to Tank Tracks exhibit ... 1576 Preambles before supplementary questions ... 90 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) Rotation of questions and answers: 1986 precedent ... Comment invited re ... 53 58, 90 General remarks ... 169 Rotation of questions and answers: Interim agreement Interim agreement re ... 17, 91 re ... 16–17 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Rotation of questions and answers: Ruling on Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Prayer and moment of (SP37/05: Tabled) ... 90–91, 93 silence for fallen officers in ... 38, 39 Rotation of questions and answers: Submissions on ... Ruzycki, Mr. Stanley N. (Former MLA) 53, 58 Tribute to ... 13 Third opposition party's role in ... 90 School at the Legislature (Educational program) Time limit on questions and answers ... 17, 90 General remarks ... 906 Pages (Legislative Assembly) Report card, 2003-04 (SP342/04: Tabled) ... 858 Biographies of (pamphlet) ... 3 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Biographies of (pamphlet) (SP637/05: Tabled) ... Second reading on same day as first reading, motion 1746 for, denied ... 59 Recognition of ... 1605 Smoking in public places Parliamentary language Ban on (Motion 507: Mason, invitation to revise General remarks ... 623–24, 988, 1035–36 motion) ... 1034 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Smoking in the workplace Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction Ban on (Motion 507: Mason, invitation to revise projects, ban on, tabling re disallowed ... 1258–59 motion) ... 1034 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) Speaker Breast prosthesis inclusion under AADL program 26th anniversary as an MLA, statement re ... 1743 (SP306/05: Tabled) ... 699 Speaker–Rulings and statements Point of Order Address to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ... 1617, Allegations against a member ... 421 1618 Challenging the Chair ... 1444, 1457 Address to Lieutenant Governor ... 7 Citing documents ... 1580 Address to the Assembly upon election as Speaker ... Explanation of Speaker's ruling ... 989, 1789, 1–2 1920–21 Anticipation ... 1078, 1122 Factual accuracy ... 1344 Assembly sitting details, 2005 ... 1608 False allegations ... 1412 Bills containing similar provisions (Bills 47 and 207) Improper questions ... 2057 ... 1789 Imputing motives ... 1035–36 Birthday congratulations to a member ... 1451 Member's Statement re respect for women in politics Brevity in Members' Statements ... 652 ... 1607 Brevity in Oral Question Period ... 1604 Parliamentary language ... 623–24 Calendar of special events ... 92, 491, 1153 Referring to a member by name ... 1343 Clarification ... 1500 Reflections on a member ... 1455–57 Clerk of Journals/Table Research's vacation/marriage Reflections on nonmembers ... 1453–54 ... 543 Urgency of questions ... 700 Committees of the whole House, historical Privilege background ... 253 Auditor General's investigation of Securities Death of Canadian soldier in Afghanistan: Moment of Commission enforcement processes, comments re silence for ... 1880 ... 988 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 379 Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker–Rulings and statements (Continued) Speaker–Rulings and statements (Continued) Edmonton Eskimos regalia, provision of, to members Tabling documents ... 328 ... 1888 Tabling notes to oneself ... 1258 Electoral anniversary of Deputy Premier/Minister of Tablings ... 2018 Finance ... 1836 Time limit on Members' Statements ... 1203–04 Electoral anniversary of several members, VE Day ceremony, with forces representatives on congratulations re ... 1785 floor of Assembly ... 1259, 1301, 1303 Estimates consideration (waiver of SO 58(5) re) ... Voting on Bills ... 737 1085, 1319 World War II food ration box distributed in the Famous Five statuette replica to be housed in Netherlands ... 1313 Legislature Bldg. during centennial year ... 856 Speech from the Throne Gifting of promotional attire ... 805 Copy tabled (SP1/05: Tabled) ... 11 Historic occasion: Unanimous consent given to waive Standing Orders SO 8(3) to allow consideration of Bill 202, Amendments to, re Members' Statements and Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act ... 784 Recognitions ... 17, 91 Historical vignette (Committees of the whole House) SO 8(3) waived to allow consideration of Bill 202, ... 253, 652 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act ... 784 Historical vignettes of Alberta ... 13, 49, 125, 243, SO 58(5) waived to allow consideration of main 285, 315, 359, 409, 453, 491, 537, 579, 699, 775, estimates ... 1085, 1319 804, 848, 908, 958, 982, 1033, 1127–28, 1151, SO 87(1) amendment, to increase fees for petitioning 1205, 1256–57, 1340, 1396, 1451, 1504, 1526, private bills ... 1033 1576, 1608, 1628, 1672, 1743, 1787, 1836, 1889, Sub judice 1968, 2019, 2056 General remarks ... 581–82, 743 Items previously decided ... 368 Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Items previously decided (Motion 507, invitation to Mandatory programs for: Legislation re (Bill 202) - revise) ... 1034 unanimous consent to proceed to Committee and Members' Statements ... 1607 Third readings of ... 784 Memorial tribute to Hon. Lois Hole, former Tabling returns and reports (Parliamentary procedure) Lieutenant Governor ... 7 Newspaper articles ... 2018 Page Biographies (pamphlet) ... 3 Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council Pages, letter to Assembly from ... 1605 Recommendations to the Utilities Consumer Prayer for fallen RCMP officers ... 38 Advocate on Retail Energy Options for Electricity Prayer for Pope John Paul II ... 481 ("draft" report, Feb. 23,2005): Point of Order ... Prayer in recognition of 60th anniversary of Victory 1035–36 in Europe Day ... 1301 Victory in Europe Day Prayer in recognition of Holocaust Memorial Day ... 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives 1247 addressed the Assembly in the Chamber ... 1259, Preambles ... 493 1301, 1303, 1343 Projected government business ... 129 Wickman, Mr. Percy (Former MLA) Queen's visit protocol questions for members, Tribute to ... 13 correspondence re ... 1579 Wild Rose Foundation Question Period rotation of questions and statements Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Point of ... 16–17, 53, 58, 90–91 order re ... 1453–54 Question Period rotation of questions and statements: Speech from the Throne Copy of ruling tabled (SP37/05) ... 93 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Questions about a legislative committee ... 1783, General remarks ... 8 1789 Aboriginal issues Questions about previous ministers ... 2046 General remarks ... 9 Questions outside ministerial responsibility ... 1306 Aboriginal peoples Re-election of Member for Edmonton-Beverly- General remarks ... 8 Clareview, congratulations re ... 1785 Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Recognitions ... 169 General remarks ... 9 Referring to a member by name ... 134–35, 169, 1506 Access to the Future Fund Referring to an officer of the Legislature ... 955, 984, Establishment of ... 9 987–88 Agriculture Reports by officers of the Assembly, premature Government assistance programs ... 9 release of ... 1719–20 Alberta–Economic policy School at the Legislature program ... 906 General remarks ... 8–10 Sound system microphones ... 1838 Alberta–History Sound system renovations ... 1619 General remarks ... 8 Speaking time ... 31–32 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Sub judice rule ... 743 Inflation-proofing of ... 9 Tabling correspondence to the Speaker ... 26 380 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Speech from the Throne (Continued) Speech from the Throne (Continued) Alberta seniors benefit program Education, Postsecondary (Continued) Dental benefits ... 10 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 8 Optical benefits ... 10 General remarks ... 8 Alberta SuperNet Education, Postsecondary–Finance General remarks ... 8 Legislation re (Bill 1) ... 9 Alberta Water Council Education–Curricula Water conservation planning ... 9 Health and wellness instruction framework ... 10 Alberta's Commission on Learning Electric power contracts, Residential Class size guideline ... 8 Plain language requirement ... 9 Alberta's Promise Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain General remarks ... 10 Alberta visit, May 2005 ... 8 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Employment standards Public/private partnership funding model for Review of ... 10 southeast portion of ... 9 Energy industry–Crown lands Apprenticeship training Aboriginal issues re ... 9 Aboriginal people ... 8 Energy resources Improvements to ... 8 Development of ... 9 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Extended care facilities–Standards Benefits increase ... 10 Accommodation standards: Revision of ... 10 Review of (2004) ... 10 Family courts Barley–Marketing General remarks ... 10 General remarks ... 9 Government attorneys Beef processing Training in domestic violence case handling ... 10 General remarks ... 9 Hole, Hon. Lois E., CM, AOE (Former Lieutenant Canadian Wheat Board Governor) Market choice addition to ... 9 Tribute to ... 7–8 Capital projects Integrated resource management (Public lands) General remarks ... 9 General remarks ... 9 Capital projects, Municipal Internet (Computer network) General remarks ... 9 Crimes against children on: Education program re ... Centenarians 10 Presentation of centennial medallions to ... 8 Legislature grounds Centennial medallions Memorial garden for Hon. Lois Hole on ... 8 Presentation to Alberta centenarians ... 8 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Presentation to Alberta schoolchildren ... 8 Former Lieutenant Governor (Hon. Lois Hole), Child abuse–Prevention Tribute to ... 7 Provincial initiatives re ... 10 Loan brokering Children Consumer protection legislation re ... 9 Government programs for ... 10 Lois Hole digital library (Proposed) Class size (Grade school) General remarks ... 9 Reduction of ... 8 Lois Hole humanities and social sciences scholarship Communicable diseases–Control (Proposed) Emergency response plan for ... 10 General remarks ... 9 Consumer protection Manufacturing General remarks ... 9 General remarks ... 9 Credit ratings, Personal Medical care Consumer protection legislation re ... 9 General remarks ... 9 Daycare centres–Employees Restructuring (third way option) ... 9 Accreditation program for ... 10 Natural gas contracts, Residential Debt collection Plain language requirement ... 9 Consumer protection legislation re ... 9 Parent Link Centres Debts, Public (Provincial government) Expansion of ... 10 General remarks ... 9 Physical fitness–Teaching Dependent Adults Act Daily mandatory activities ... 10 Review of ... 10 Physician/specialist referrals, Electronic Distance education General remarks ... 9 General remarks ... 8 Police Drinking water Domestic violence case handling training ... 10 Safety of ... 10 Police Act Education Civilian oversight provision enhancement ... 10 General remarks ... 8, 9 Pornography, Child Education, Postsecondary On the Internet: Education program re ... 10 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 8 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 381 Speech from the Throne (Continued) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Preventive medical services (Continued) General remarks ... 10 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Property tax–Education levy Drug coverage ... 1189 Seniors' tax relief re ... 10 Alberta/British Columbia relations Prostitution, Juvenile General remarks ... 1180, 1183 On the Internet: Education program re ... 10 Alberta Government Offices Provincial/municipal fiscal relations China office ... 1185 General remarks ... 9 Japan office ... 1185 Public assistance Ottawa office ... 1185 General remarks ... 9 Washington, D.C. office ... 289, 1180, 1184, Public auctions 1185–86, 1189, 1621 Consumer protection legislation re ... 9 Washington, D.C. office: Accommodation costs of Research and development head of (Q6/05: Response tabled as SP540/05) ... General remarks ... 9 659, 1674 Ring roads–Calgary Washington, D.C. office: Budget breakdown for Public/private partnership funding model for ... 9 (M22/05: Response tabled as SP746/05) ... 822, Road construction 1970 Secondary road program ... 9 Washington, D.C. office: Cost-benefit analysis re Rural economic development (M21/05: Response tabled as SP745/05) ... 822, Government strategy re ... 9 1970 Scholarships Washington, D.C. office: Costs ... 415 General remarks ... 8, 9 Washington, D.C. office: Documents re (M20/05: Schoolchildren Response tabled as SP744/05) ... 821, 1970 Presentation of centennial medallions to ... 8 Washington, D.C. office: Opening of ... 415 Senior citizens Washington, D.C. office: Reports from director of Contribution to province ... 8 (M37/05: Defeated) ... 1166 Senior citizens–Housing Washington, D.C. office: Representative's comments Standards for ... 10 re Alaska wildlife refuge drilling ... 1188 Sentences, Conditional (Criminal procedure) Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border Federal reform of ... 10 closure to Canadian cattle issue ... 1166, 1187 Student financial aid Washington, D.C. office: Role in resolving border General remarks ... 8 trade crossing issue ... 1186 Taxation Washington, D.C. office: Salary of head of ... 1184 General remarks ... 9 Alberta pension plan (Proposed) Traffic safety General remarks ... 1188 Promotion of ... 10 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Tuition fees Public/private partnership funding model for Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by southeast portion of: Contracts re (M39/05: provincial government ... 8 Response tabled as SP513/05) ... 1167 University graduates Public/private partnership funding model for Fellowship program for ... 8 southeast portion of: Costs comparison for Scholarship program for ... 8 (M41/05: Response tabled as SP514/05) ... 1169 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Public/private partnership funding model for (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) southeast portion of: Loan interest rate comparison General remarks ... 9–10 re (M32/05: Response tabled as SP511/05) ... 1162 Wages–Minimum wage Antidumping laws (International trade) Increase to ... 10 General remarks ... 614 Waiting lists (Medical care) Auditor General General remarks ... 9 Performance measures comments ... 1182 Water conservation Beef–Export Provincial plan for ... 9 General remarks ... 1184, 1186 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Bovine spongiform encephalopathy General remarks ... 9 General remarks ... 1181 Water treatment plants Impact on cattle industry ... 19–20, 288, 1182, 1184 Funding for ... 10 Testing re, to expedite exports ... 1186 Wheat–Marketing British Columbia ports strategy General remarks ... 9 Alberta participation in ... 772 Workplace safety Budget General remarks ... 10 Process re ... 1621 Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Canada/Alberta labour market development program Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge General remarks ... 1392 Drilling in ... 1188 Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government) Alberta–Foreign policy General remarks ... 1188 Development of ... 415 Parity of Ontario and Alberta re ... 1503, 1523–24 382 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Capital projects Equalization payments Public/private partnerships re: List of all potential General remarks ... 1187, 1188, 1523 projects (M33/05: Response tabled as SP512/05) ... Farm produce–Export 1163 Antidumping rules re ... 614 Caribou (Porcupine herd)–Alaska/Canada Federal/Ontario fiscal relations Impact of drilling activity on ... 1188 Impact of federal parliamentary situation on ... 1392, Cattle–Export–United States 1503, 1523 Contingency plan re continued border closure ... 1182 Federal/provincial fiscal relations Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border General remarks ... 1188, 1392, 1503, 1523–24 closed ... 19–20, 1182, 1184, 1186–87, 1187 Federal/provincial relations Climate change Budget increase for ... 1182 Kyoto protocol on ... 1181 General remarks ... 1180, 1187, 1188 Constitution Act, 1982 Firewall issues (Federal/provincial relations) Alberta definition of marriage inclusion in, response General remarks ... 1188 to question re (SP668/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Response to General remarks ... 1166 question re (SP668/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Government spending policy Property rights inclusion in, response to question re General remarks ... 1621 (SP668/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Hogs–Export–United States Constitutional Referendum Act Antidumping duties on ... 614 Property rights referendum during federal election, Immigrants response to question re (SP668/05: Tabled) ... 1837 Federal funding for ... 1503, 1833 Council of the Federation Income tax, Federal Alberta as chair of ... 1181 Reduction of ... 1392 General remarks ... 1185 Income tax, Provincial Meeting in Banff, 2005 ... 288, 1182 Provincial vs federal collection of ... 1188 Meeting in Banff, 2005: Hosting costs ... 1180, 1184 International delegations Meeting in Banff, 2005: Senate reform discussions ... General remarks ... 773 288, 455, 695 Shandong delegation's visit to Alberta ... 773 Daycare centres–Finance International relations National program for: Alberta participation ... 1392, Budget increase re ... 1182 1503 General remarks ... 1180, 1183 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Provincial role in ... 1181 Minister's trip to Ottawa re border closure to International trade Canadian cattle ... 20 Alberta strategy re ... 1180 Dept. of Agriculture (United States) International trade–Asian countries Position on Montana court injunction re border General remarks ... 772, 1180 closure to Canadian cattle ... 19–20 International trade–United States Dept. of Economic Development General remarks ... 1186, 1187 Relation to Dept. of International and Irritants re ... 288–89 Intergovernmental Relations ... 1183, 1187 Interprovincial trade Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Internal trade agreement ... 1181 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP56/05: Tabled) ... 94 Livestock Annual report, 2004-05 (SP580/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Tracking system re ... 1186 Budget target ... 1621 Medical care Elimination of ... 1187 Opting out of national plan for ... 1188–89 Estimates 2005-06: Debated ... 1180–89 Medical care–Finance Hosting expenses, 1996-2004 (Q17/05: Response National agreement on ... 1180 tabled as SP743/05) ... 812, 1970 MLA Committee on Strengthening Alberta's Role in Performance measures ... 1182, 1189 Confederation Relation to Dept. of Economic Development ... 1183, Report ... 1188 1187 North American free trade agreement Staff ... 1188 Softwood lumber dispute challenge under ... 20, 644, Drugs, Prescription 1626 National plan for ... 1189 Oral Question Period (2005) Electric power–Export Alberta office in Washington ... 289 General remarks ... 1182 B.C./Alberta transportation issues ... 772 Electric power–Prices Border closure to Canadian beef ... 19–20 Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 1186 Budget surplus expenditures ... 1621 Enron Canada Corporation Federal financial support ... 1392, 1523–24 Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Federal transfer payments ... 1503 Stanley) ... 1186 International delegations ... 773 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 383 Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Trucking industry Live hog exports ... 614 Canada/U.S. co-operation re regulations for ... 1186 North American trade ... 288 Trucks–Inspection–Alberta/B.C. border Opening of Alberta office in Washington ... 415 Joint inspection station ... 772 Senate appointments ... 455 Twinning of cities, provinces, etc. Senate reform ... 287–88 Ganwon, Korea ... 1180 Services for immigrants ... 1833 General remarks ... 1180 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 20, 89, 573, 644, Hokkaido, Japan ... 1180, 1182 1202, 1499, 1625–26 Water–Export Travel by elected Senators ... 695 General remarks ... 1182 Pacific Northwest Economic Region Western Premiers' Conference, Lloydminster (May General remarks ... 1186 2005) Port of Prince Rupert General remarks ... 1182 Alberta participation in development of ... 772 Hosting costs ... 1180, 1184 Property rights World Trade Organization Inclusion in Canadian constitution, referendum re: Byrd amendment ruling ... 573, 1499 Response to questions re (SP668/05: Tabled) ... Doha round of negotiations ... 1180–81, 1182, 1184 1837 Doha round of negotiations: Federal/provincial Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation (U.S.) discussions re ... 1621 Court challenge re Canadian beef imports: Decision Softwood lumber dispute ruling ... 644, 1625–26 re ... 1182, 1186, 1187 Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Senate (Canada) Aboriginal court workers Reform of ... 287–88, 455, 695, 1184 General remarks ... 1233 Senate (United States) Aboriginal courts Position on Montana court injunction re border General remarks ... 1233 closure to Canadian cattle ... 19 Aboriginal people and the judicial system Senators General remarks ... 1233 Alberta nominees for ... 287–88, 455, 1184 Aboriginal policy framework Alberta nominees for: Eastern Canada speaking tour General remarks ... 1233 ... 695 Administrative Procedures Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill Appointments of, by Prime Minister ... 455 23) Separatism, Western First reading ... 170 General remarks ... 1188 Second reading ... 354–56 Smithsonian Institution Third reading ... 942 Alberta exhibition at ... 1186 Administrator of the Province of Alberta Softwoods–Export–United States Role of, authority for: Letter to the Speaker re, Countervail duties re ... 20, 89, 288, 644, 1181, 1184, response to (SP201/05: Tabled) ... 370 1621, 1625–26 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Countervail duties re: Byrd amendment re ... 573, Committee ... 2003–04 1499 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Countervail duties re: Canadian retaliatory actions re Drilling applications on Lubicon claimed lands, ... 573 review of ... 486 Countervail duties re: Export tax to replace ... 1202 Alberta Government Offices Sponsorship scandal (Federal government) Washington, D.C. office: Budget breakdown for General remarks ... 1188 (M22/05: Response tabled as SP746/05) ... 822 Supreme Court judges Washington, D.C. office: Cost-benefit analysis re Selection process for ... 1184 (M21/05: Response tabled as SP745/05) ... 822 Surplus, Budgetary Washington, D.C. office: Documents re (M20/05: General remarks ... 1621 Response tabled as SP744/05) ... 821 Taxation Alberta Law Foundation General remarks ... 1392 Annual report, 2004 (SP154/05: Tabled) ... 253 Trade missions Annual report, 2005 (SP51/05: Tabled) ... 1675 General remarks ... 1184 Financial statements, 2003-04 (SP155/05: Tabled) ... Performance measures re ... 1182 253 Transportation, Interprovincial–Alberta/British Financial statements, 2004-05 (SP592/05: Tabled) ... Columbia 1675 General remarks ... 772, 1180 Alberta Law Reform Institute Northern corridor study re ... 772 Alberta Rules of Court rewrite ... 1230 Travel at public expense Alberta Rules of Court Alberta senators-in-waiting trip to eastern Canada ... Rewrite of ... 1230 695 384 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Securities Commission Courtroom security officers–Training Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor General remarks ... 743 General's report on investigation of, release to Courts media, point of privilege re ... 1635–36, 1637 Computer network expansion in, funding for ... Alberta Social Housing Corporation 1225–26 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Alleged role of Courts–Calgary Minister of Environment in, Ethics commissioner's Additional courtrooms, funding for ... 275, 276 report on leaked to media, point of privilege re ... Courts–Finance 1637 General remarks ... 1234 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Auditor General's Courts–Security aspects report on leaked to media, point of privilege re ... General remarks ... 1226 1637 Courts–Staff Alberta Summit on Justice (1999) Increase in ... 275 General remarks ... 1229 Criminal Code (Federal) Alberta SuperNet Conditional sentencing provisions ... 1229–30 Court services provision via ... 1225 Criminal justice system Justice dept. applications via ... 1226, 1229 General remarks ... 1226 Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Third reading ... 1609 Chemical ingredients in, control of ... 1235 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Chemical ingredients in, control of: Legislation re Benefits received under (Q32/05: Response tabled as (Bill 204) ... 1235 SP640/05) ... 1344–45 Interprovincial conference re ... 1235 Auditor General Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Fort McMurray land sale process, report on leaked to Minister's potential conflict re Lubicon land claim media, point of privilege re ... 1637 process ... 1600–01 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations release to news media of report on, point of Hosting expenses, 1996-2004 (Q17/05: Response privilege re ... 1635–36, 1637 tabled as SP743/05) ... 812 British Columbia Power Exchange Corp. Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Involvement in Enron electicity price manipulation ... Annual report, 2003-04 (SP57/05: Tabled) ... 94 42 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP581/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Chief Medical Examiner's Office Business plan ... 1225 Budget ... 1227 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1225–30, 1232–36 Child welfare recipients Estimates, 2005-06: Responses to questions during Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case ... 1445 (SP495/05: Tabled) ... 1579 Deaths of: Nina Louise Courtepatte case, fatality Relations with other depts. ... 1229 review of ... 1445 Relations with Solicitor General's dept. ... 1229 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act Role of ... 1229 Funding for implementation of ... 275, 276, 1234 Staffing ... 1229 Civil law system Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... General remarks ... 1226–27 275–76 Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) Dept. of Solicitor General General remarks ... 246 Relations with Justice dept. ... 1229 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Disclosure of evidence (Legal procedure) Coverage of Members of the Legislative Assembly Computerized system re ... 1226 from the Alberta Risk Management Fund review, Dispute resolution (Justice system) referred to (Motion 10: Hancock/Stevens) ... 106, Child and youth cases ... 275, 1225 108 Diversion (Aboriginal offenders) Conflict of interest General remarks ... 1233 Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Domestic violence Development and Lubicon land claim ... 1600–01 General remarks ... 1196–97, 1236 Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Murder/suicide case, Red Deer 2003 ... 1196–97 Special Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 1226 Appointment of (Motion 11: Stevens) ... 105–06 Risk assessment group re violent cases ... 1196, 1233, Constitution Act, 1982 1236 Opting out provisions (same-sex marriage issue) ... Drug courts 246 General remarks ... 1230 Constitutional law Drug trafficking–Prevention Question of, in government boards/tribunals, referred General remarks ... 1234–35 to courts (Bill 23) ... 170 Elections, Municipal–Calgary Court interpreters–Fees Ward 10 election process: Cost of investigation of Increase in ... 1226, 1502 (Q30/05: Response tabled as SP806/05) ... 1158 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 385 Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) (Continued) (Continued) Electric power–Prices Government attorneys Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 42 Training in aboriginal case handling ... 1233 Electric utilities–Regulations Guardianship of children Deregulation ... 42 Joint guardianship rules: Legislation re (Bill 5) ... 51 Energy industry–Crown lands HomeFront (Domestic violence prevention program) Aboriginal issues re ... 486 General remarks ... 1230, 1236 Energy industry–Crown lands–Sawn Lake area Integrated Response to Organized Crime Oil well drilling before approvals for ... 1600–01 General remarks ... 1235 Enron Canada Corporation Internet (Computer network) Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Crimes against children on ... 1230 Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 42 Interpretation services for disabled people in court Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Provision of ... 1226 Supplementary estimates, 2005-06 considered for John Howard Society three days (Schedule of debate) (SP541/05: Tabled) General remarks ... 1229 ... 1674 Judicial Compensation Commission Ethics Commissioner Report on Provincial Court judges salary increase ... Report into allegations re Minister of Environment 275 and Fort McMurray land sale process, leak to Report on Provincial Court judges salary increase: media, point of privilege re ... 1637 Provincial challenge of ... 276 Role in Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee Justice ministers' meeting, Ottawa (January 2005) ... 105 Discussion re changes to conditional sentencing ... Extended care facilities 1230 Death of resident in (Jean Warden) ... 1881 Discussion re legal aid funding ... 1232 Family court counsellors Justice of the Peace Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 48) General remarks ... 1225 First reading ... 1631 Family courts Second reading ... 1687–88, 1689 General remarks ... 1197, 1226, 1230, 1234, 1236 Committee ... 1822 Visitation rulings in violent spouse cases ... 1196–97 Third reading ... 1899 Family law Justice Policy Advisory Committee Support services re, funding for ... 1225 General remarks ... 1229 Family Law Act Justice system General remarks ... 1225, 1234 News media coverage of ... 1230 Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) News media coverage of, Ontario solution ... 1230 First reading ... 51 Justices of the peace Second reading ... 195–98 Legislation re (Bill 48) ... 1631 Committee ... 444–46, 635 Law Society of Alberta Third reading ... 1020–21 Annual report, 2004 (SP365/05: Tabled) ... 1034 Amendment (Minister of Justice) (SP235, 272, Legal aid 295/05: Tabled) ... 444, 566, 633 Exclusion of lawyers in private practice from ... 1709 Fatality inquiries Funding for ... 1232, 1235 Kyle Young's death in Edmonton courthouse ... 743 Legal Aid Society of Alberta Long-term care resident's death (Jean Warden) ... General remarks ... 1235 1881 Remuneration re legal aid cases ... 1232 Nina Louise Courtepatte case ... 1445 Legal opinions database RCMP drug raid fatalities investigation ... 41, 43 General remarks ... 1226 Role of news media at ... 414 Legislative Assembly of Alberta–Adjournment Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) For RCMP memorial service, March 10, 2005 First reading ... 170 (Motion 12: Cenaiko/Stevens) ... 105 Second reading ... 380–81 Lubicon Lake Band Committee ... 719–25 Land claim, minister's potential conflict re ... 1600–01 Third reading ... 1378 Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 486, General remarks ... 414 1600–01 Fatality Review Board Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) General remarks ... 1881 Enron's price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... 42 Fines (Traffic violations) Marriage Computerized cash register system re ... 1225 Definition of ... 246, 484 Foster parents Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 246, 484 Legal aid funding for ... 1235 Marriage Act (Alberta) Government agencies, boards, and commissions Legal challenge to, re same-sex marriage ... 484 Constitutional law situations in, referred to courts Marriage Amendment Act, 2000 (Alberta Bill 202, (Bill 23) ... 170 2000) Renewal of ... 246 386 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) (Continued) (Continued) Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Provincial Court Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 25) Second reading ... 1772–74 First reading ... 170 Mediation (Legal process) Second reading ... 356–57 Child and youth cases ... 275, 1225, 1236 Committee ... 727 Funding for ... 1226 Third reading ... 1379 Medical profession (Medical Examiner's office) Provincial court judges Salary increase ... 1227 Post-retirement part-time service: Legislation re (Bill Members' Statements 25) ... 170 Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Provincial Secretary (Hon. Ron Stevens) Hancock/Stevens) ... 624 Message from Lieutenant Governor ... 7 Members' withdrawal of remarks Statement at Legislature opening ... 1 General remarks ... 623 Public safety (From criminal activity) Métis hunting/fishing rights General remarks ... 1226 Justice dept. involvement with ... 1233 Public Trustee Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 42) Funding for office of ... 275, 276 First reading ... 1528 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) Second reading ... 1580–81 Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Third reading ... 1608 Hancock/Stevens) ... 624 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Risk management fund (Bill 52) Review, Coverage of Members of the Legislative First reading ... 1919 Assembly under: Referred to Members' Services Second reading ... 1971–72 committee (Motion 10: Hancock/Stevens) ... 106, Third reading ... 2027 108 Motions other than Government Motions Review, Coverage of Members of the Legislative Amendment to Standing Orders re (Motion 17: Assembly under (SP3/05: Tabled) ... 26 Hancock/Stevens) ... 624 Round-table on Family Violence and Bullying, Calgary Officers of the Legislative Assembly (May 2004) Reports by, released to media, point of privilege re ... General remarks ... 1236 1637 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Oil–Royalties Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Memorial service for From disputed aboriginal lands ... 1600 fallen officers, Assembly adjourned (Motion 12: Oral Question Period (2005) Cenaiko/Stevens) ... 105 Child protection ... 1445 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Provincial inquiry into Corrections officers ... 743–44 ... 41, 43 Death of a patient in long-term care ... 1881 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: RCMP inquiry into ... Definition of marriage ... 246, 484 41, 43 Domestic violence ... 1196–97, 1576 Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation Edmonton Police Service investigation ... 1504 General remarks ... 246, 484 Fatality inquiries ... 414 Sentences, Conditional (Criminal procedure) Inquiry into deaths of RCMP officers ... 41, 43 Changes needed to, Justice ministers' meeting Interpretation services in courts ... 1502 discussion of ... 1230 Legal aid ... 1709 Changes needed to, Paper re ... 1229–30 Lubicon Band land claim ... 1600–01 Domestic violence cases, required treatment for Market surveillance administrator review of Enron ... abusers ... 1576 42 General remarks ... 1229 Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 486 Sentences (Criminal procedure) Policing services ... 1916 Increasing of ... 1229 Parliamentary language Spousal abusers General remarks ... 623 Treatment of, required ... 1576 Point of Order Stalking Parliamentary language ... 623 Threat assessment initiative re ... 1233 Pornography, Child Standing Orders On the Internet ... 1230 Amendments to, re Members' Statements and Privilege Recognitions (Motion 17: Hancock/Stevens) ... Contempt (Auditor General's report on Securities 624–25 Commission enforcement processes, release to Video conferencing of court proceedings media) ... 1635–36 General remarks ... 1226, 1229 Contempt (Release to media of three reports by Wages–Masters in Chambers Officers of the Assembly) ... 1637 Increase in ... 275, 276 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Wages–Provincial Court judges Second reading ... 334–35 Increase in ... 275, 276 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 387 Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) (Continued) North American free trade agreement Whistle-blower protection Softwood lumber dispute challenge under ... 644, Workplace safety complaints ... 744 1626 Workplace safety Oral Question Period (2005) Employee complaints re ... 744 Caribou conservation ... 1964–65 Young, Kyle James (Prisoner) Prevention of wildfires ... 47 Death in Edmonton courthouse ... 743–44 Rural police services ... 770 Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 20, 89, 572–73, Alberta Pharmaceutical Savings Commission Act (Bill 644, 1625–26 206) Species at risk ... 955, 1521 Second reading ... 1760 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Alberta Sustainability Fund Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Eligibility of softwood lumber dispute situation for ... First reading ... 171 644 Second reading ... 1353–54 Amphetamine (Drug) Committee ... 1922–23, 1933–34 Restriction of access to: Legislation re (Bill 204) ... Amendment A1 (SP741/05: Tabled) ... 1922 171 Police–Finance Caribou management Increase to ... 770 General remarks ... 1964–65 Police–Rural areas Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) General remarks ... 770 Chemical ingredients in, control of: Legislation re Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) (Bill 204) ... 171 Second reading ... 340–41 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Prevention Third reading ... 792–93 General remarks ... 770 Residential Tenancies Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 10) Damage deposits First reading ... 93 Legislation re (Bill 10) ... 93 Second reading ... 465–66, 470 Drug trafficking–Prevention Committee ... 602 General remarks ... 770 Third reading ... 1512–13 Economic development and the environment Softwoods–Export–United States General remarks ... 1965 Countervail duties re ... 20, 89, 644, 1625–26 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Countervail duties re: Byrd amendment re ... 572–73 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Countervail duties re: Canadian retaliatory actions re 1413–14 ... 573 Endangered plant species Species at Risk Act (Federal) Protection of ... 1521 General remarks ... 955 Endangered Species Conservation Committee Speech from the Throne Statement re ... 1605 Debate ... 143–44 Endangered wildlife species Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 39) Protection of ... 955, 1521 Third reading ... 1582 Excellence in Teaching Awards Volunteers General remarks ... 1526 General remarks ... 906 Extended care facilities–Standards Wild Rose Foundation Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Volunteer Week activities ... 906 1413–14 Wildlife conservation FireSmart program (Forest fire prevention) General remarks ... 1521, 1964–65 General remarks ... 47 Statement re ... 1605 Forest fires–Prevention World Trade Organization General remarks ... 47 Softwood lumber dispute ruling ... 644, 1625–26 Forest industries Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Impact of softwood lumber dispute on ... 20, 1626 AAA Cattle Company Value-added processing in ... 644 Feedlot expansion approval ... 1027 Giguere, Caroline Aboriginal issues Statement re ... 1526 General remarks ... 844, 845 Landlord and tenant Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Legislation re (Bill 10) ... 93 Second reading ... 218–219 Lemire, Angela Acclaim Energy Inc. Statement re ... 1526 Acheson gas well failure, Edmonton ... 1828 Members' Statements (2005) Agriculture–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1221 Angela Lemire/Caroline Giguere ... 1526 Alberta Association of Former MLAs Act (Bill 47) Endangered Species Conservation Committee ... 1605 Committee ... 2002–04 National Volunteer Week ... 906 Third reading ... 2026 National Volunteer Week Amendment A2 (SP768/05: Tabled) ... 2002 Statement re ... 906 Amendment A3 (SP769/05: Tabled) ... 2003 388 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Clean energy technology Canadian Natural Resources pipeline leak ... 1447–48 Provincial incentives for (royalty reductions) (Motion Coal-bed methane extraction impact ... 1201 504: Swann) ... 669–70, 675 Drilling applications on Lubicon claimed lands, Climate change review of ... 615, 643, 802 Initiatives re ... 44 Oil/gas sites reclamation costs, prevention of Kyoto protocol on ... 44 disclosure re, under FOIP law ... 1519 Climate Change Central Sour gas recommendations ... 1828 General remarks ... 1038 Sour gas well hearings (Compton Petroleum), CN Rail Calgary area ... 1391, 1828 Train derailment, Lake Wabamum ... 1667–68 Sour gas well leak, Innisfail area, reported to ... 1741, Coal bed methane extraction 1828 Impact of ... 1201–02, 1391 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Water recovery issues ... 1202 Board members, selection process re ... 1283 Coal bed methane extraction–Environmental aspects Alberta Gaming Research Council General remarks ... 1201–02 Board members, selection process re ... 1283 Coal bed methane extraction–Horseshoe Canyon area Alberta Grandparents Association Impact of ... 1201 Letter re access to grandchildren (SP198/05: Tabled) Coalition for Alberta's Future ... 328 Newsrelease re land use and oil/gas industry activity Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (SP339/05: Tabled) ... 858 (Bill 43) Community health centres Second reading ... 1818 General remarks ... 1468 Third reading ... 2020–21 Composting Alberta's Environment Conference 2005, Edmonton General remarks ... 1038 (April 20-22) Compton Petroleum Corporation General remarks ... 978 Gas well drilling, Calgary area ... 1391, 1741, 1828 Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Conflict of interest Third reading ... 1615–16 Auditor General's comments re ... 1419 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill Consumer protection 27) Re electricity/gas prices ... 1419 Committee ... 406 Contaminated sites Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Cleanup of ... 1961–62 (Bill 51) Energy industry sites, regulations re: Statement re ... Committee ... 1996–98 1969 Auditor General Court of Appeal (Alberta) Conflict of interest comments ... 1419 AAA Cattle Company feedlot expansion ruling ... Disaster recovery programs comments ... 1419 1027 Royalty reduction programs evaluation Deep Well Oil & Gas Ltd. recommendation ... 1155 Oil well drilling activity, Lubicon Lake area ... 643 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Deer–New York (State) Human/animal risk of ... 319 CWD infected deer served for human consumption, Presence on game farms ... 1221 news article re (SP290/05: Tabled) ... 623 Calgary Board of Education Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development School maintenance problems ... 459 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 844, 845 Canada Health Act Funding details ... 844, 845 Discussions with federal officials re ... 1308 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal government) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1221 Impact of Alberta's health care restructuring on ... Dept. of Environment 1308 Corporate services ... 1039 Canadian Forces Base Suffield National Wildlife Area Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1037–39, 1049 Encana development in, news release re (SP550/05: Funding level for ... 573, 768–69 Tabled) ... 1675 Information technology requirements funding ... 282 Canadian Natural Resources Limited Minister's role re hazardous materials spills ... 1668 Pipeline leak ... 1447–48 Performance measures ... 1038 Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Staff ... 1039 Newsrelease re Encana development in Suffield Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... 282 national wildlife area (SP550/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Dept. of Gaming Chronic wasting disease Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1282–83 Deer infected with, served for human consumption, Dept. of Government Services news article re (SP290/05: Tabled) ... 623 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1419–20 Human/animal risk of ... 288, 319 Dept. of Health and Wellness Presence on game farms ... 288, 1221 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1468 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 389 Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Game farming (Continued) Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1849 Public inquiry re ... 288, 319 Disaster relief Use of public lands for ... 1221 Auditor General's comments re ... 1419 Gas well drilling industry Funding for ... 1668 In vicinity of urban areas ... 1828 Drinking water–Stettler area Gas well drilling industry–Calgary area Allocation level for, in Bill 11 ... 978, 1038 General remarks ... 1391, 1741, 1828 Economic development and the environment Gas well drilling industry–Safety aspects General remarks ... 573, 1037, 1606, 1913 General remarks ... 1828 Electric power–Prices Sour gas leak, Innisfail area ... 1741, 1828 Consumer protection re ... 1419 Genocide–Sudan Elk antler velvet–Health aspects Statement re ... 1341 General remarks ... 319 Government Emergency planning Public participation: Statement re ... 1606 Energy industry incidents ... 1039 Grandparents' rights Funding for ... 1668 Access rights to grandchildren: Letter re (SP198/05: Encana Corporation Tabled) ... 328 Development in Suffield national wildlife area, Greenhouse gas emissions newsrelease re (SP550/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Reduction of ... 44, 1038, 1913 Energy industry Greenhouse gas emissions–Fort McMurray area Impact on agriculture ... 1221 Reduction of ... 201 Land use activities: Coalition for Alberta's Future's Health news release re (SP339/05: Tabled) ... 858 Social determinants of ... 1468 Energy industry–Crown lands Heavy oil–Royalties Aboriginal issues re ... 485–86, 615, 802–03, 844 Projected revenues from, 2005-2015 (Q24/05: Energy industry–Crown lands–Sawn Lake area Defeated) ... 1155 Oil well drilling before approvals for ... 849 Heckling (Parliamentary procedure) Photographs re (SP340/05: Tabled) ... 858 Elimination of: Statement re ... 535–36 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Horse racing General remarks ... 802 Lottery funding for ... 1282 Environmental impact assessments Hydrogen sulphide emissions–Health aspects–Calgary AAA Cattle Company feedlot expansion ... 1027 area Coal-bed methane extraction process ... 1202 General remarks ... 1391 Sour gas well drilling, Calgary area (Compton Integrated resource management (Public lands) Petroleum) ... 1391 General remarks ... 1849 Well drilling, Lubicon Lake Band areas ... 615 Library cards Environmental law Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole Enforcement of ... 769, 1039 (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 190 Environmental protection Livestock industry, Intensive Federal/provincial co-operation re ... 1038 General remarks ... 1221 Environmental protection–Finance Phase out of: Petition presented re ... 1837, 1969 General remarks ... 282, 768–69 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Environmental regulations Enforcement of legislation re ... 1027 MacNichol report on ... 1049 Lottery Fund Food safety Funds allocation ... 1282 Chronic wasting disease threat to ... 288 Lubicon Lake Band Fort McMurray Land claim negotiations: Petition tabled re Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 201 (SP814/05) ... 2055 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 486, 615, Oil/gas sites reclamation costs, prevention of 643, 802–03 disclosure of ... 1519 Magnetic resonance imaging clinics, Private Friends of Medicare Relation to Canada Health Act ... 1308 Co-sponsor of alternative Calgary health care Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) conference (Weighing the Evidence) ... 1468 General remarks ... 75–77 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) General remarks ... 1282 Second reading ... 1774 Gambling–Moral/legal issues Medical care General remarks ... 1282 Demand for, reduction of ... 1468 Game farming Restructuring (third way option) ... 1308 BSE disease issue in ... 1221 Medical care, Primary Chronic wasting disease issue in ... 288, 1221 Team-based care ... 1468 General remarks ... 1221 390 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) (Continued) (Continued) Medical care, Private Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) General remarks ... 1308 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Influence of health symposium on ... 1308 Second reading ... 1357 Medical profession Pipelines Scope of practice, change to ... 1468 Monitoring of ... 1447 Members' Statements (2005) Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Conflict in Sudan ... 1341 Committee ... 1696 Governing in the public interest ... 1606 Preventive medical services Heckling in the Legislative Assembly ... 535–36 General remarks ... 1468 Reclamation of contaminated sites ... 1969 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Mental health services Donations to members of, by Walton International: General remarks ... 1468 Documents re (SP788/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Minable oil sands strategy–Environmental aspects Property tax–Education levy General remarks ... 1913 Seniors' tax relief re: Letter (SP815/05: Tabled) ... Montgomery junior high school, Calgary 2055 Physical condition ... 459 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) National Day of Healing and Reconciliation Second reading ... 335–36 Program (SP504/05: Tabled) ... 1608 Public interest and government Natural resources Statement re ... 1606 Inventory of ... 1037 Public lands Natural Resources Conservation Board Game farming use of ... 1221 AAA Cattle Company feedlot expansion approval ... Reclamation of land 1027 Abandoned well sites ... 166 Net metering (Electricity) Energy industry sites ... 769, 1038–39 Motion 510: Marz ... 1767, 1769 Energy industry sites, prevention of disclosure of North American free trade agreement costs of under FOIP law ... 1519 Sale of water under ... 530, 573 Energy industry sites, regulations re: Statement re ... Nurses 1969 Scope of practice, change to ... 1468 Refuse and refuse disposal Oil well drilling industry–Public lands Provincial funding for ... 282 EUB permits required for ... 643, 849 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Oral Question Period (2005) Reduction incentives for clean energy technology AAA Cattle Company ... 1027 development (Motion 504: Swann) ... 669–70, 675 Canadian Natural Resources Limited pipeline leak ... Schools–Maintenance and repair 1447–48 General remarks ... 459 Climate change ... 44 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Coal-bed methane ... 1201–02 Second reading ... 175 Energy and Utilities Board ... 1519 Committee ... 495 Environment budget ... 768–69 Third reading ... 994 Environmental protection ... 1391 General remarks ... 1468 Game farming ... 288, 319 Soil conservation Hazardous material spill at Wabamun Lake ... Provincial funding for ... 282 1667–68 Speech from the Throne Health care privatization ... 1308 Debate ... 75–77 Impacts of oil sands expansion ... 201 Spills (Pollution) Minable oil sands strategy ... 1913 Funding for cleanup re ... 1668 Oil well drilling on Crown land ... 485–86, 615, 643, Spills (Pollution)–Lake Wabamum 802–03, 849 CN train derailment ... 1667–68 Reclamation of oil well sites ... 166 Stettler Regional Water Authorization Act (Bill 11) School infrastructure ... 459 Second reading ... 518–19, 521 Sour gas leak ... 1741 Committee ... 603–06 Sour gas well safety ... 1828 Allocation level in ... 978, 1038 Turner Valley gas plant historic site ... 1961–62 Stray Animals Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 33) Water strategy ... 530, 573, 978 Second reading ... 544 Organic farming Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth General remarks ... 1221 News report re lack of (SP503/05: Tabled) ... 1608 Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development Sudan–Politics and government Coal-bed methane extraction impacts ... 1201 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Statement re ... 1341 Confined feeding operations phase out ... 1837, 1969 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) General remarks ... 282 Lubicon Cree land claim negotiations (SP814/05: Tar sands development Tabled) ... 2055 Impact of ... 201 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 391 Swann, Dr. David (L, Calgary-Mountain View) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) (Continued) Administrator of the Province of Alberta Tar sands development–Environmental aspects Role in Edmonton-Castle Downs election General remarks ... 201 determination: Letter to the Speaker re (SP4/05: Tar sands development–Waste disposal Tabled) ... 26 Tailings ponds ... 1913 Role of, authority for: Letter to the Speaker re Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site) (SP4/05: Tabled) ... 26 Environmental cleanup of ... 1961–62 Alberta Act (Federal government) Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Amendment of, re municipal government authority ... (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) 1321 General remarks ... 1468 Alberta Electric System Operator Walton International Group Inc. Electricity price manipulation scheme concerns ... Documents re (SP786-787/05: Tabled) ... 2017 360, 796, 899 Political donations to Alberta Conservative party Alberta Government Offices members (SP788/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Washington, D.C. office ... 1621 Water–Export Alberta Health Care Insurance Act General remarks ... 530, 573 Notwithstanding provision addition to ... 1665 Impact of NAFTA on ... 530, 573 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Water conservation Elimination of ... 766 General remarks ... 1221 General remarks ... 766 Legislation re (Bill 214) ... 1919 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Water diversion Long-term care facilities inspection ... 1386 General remarks ... 530, 1038 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Role in provincial same-sex marriage strategy ... 317 Funding for ... 768–69, 978 Alberta Securities Commission General remarks ... 530, 573 Board of, suspension ... 1072 Impact of economic development policy on ... 573 Chairman/commissioners of, MLA participation in Water Protection and Conservation Statutes Amendment nominating candidates ... 1568, 1597 Act, 2005 (Bill 214) Chairman's ties with former employer ... 1736–37, First reading ... 1919 1961 Water quality Director of enforcement's breach of code of General remarks ... 1038 ethics/conflict of interest/insider trading ... 1665 Water quality–Sheep River Director of enforcement's breach of code of Impact of Turner Valley Gas Plant historic site on ... ethics/conflict of interest/insider trading: Action 1961–62 taken re ... 2047 Water resources development Director of enforcement's breach of code of Infrastructure for ... 1038 ethics/conflict of interest/insider trading: Auditor Legislation re (Bill 214) ... 1919 General's info. re ... 2047 Water resources development–Finance Executive director's tenure ... 1665 General remarks ... 282 Firing of director of administrative services (Grahame Water supply Newton) ... 974, 1144 Measurement of total provincial supply ... 530, 978, Human resource issues in ... 570–71, 975 1037–38 Influencing regulatory activity case ... 410, 453, 528, Watershed planning 570–71, 612, 690, 974–75, 1024, 1073, 1118–19, Legislation re ... 530 1144, 1597, 1880–81 Well sites Influencing regulatory activity case: Letter from Reclamation of ... 769, 1038–39 Diane Urquhart re ... 690 Reclamation of, costs, prevention of disclosure of Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor under FOIP law ... 1519 General's authority challenged re, emergency Well sites, Abandoned debate re ... 1315–16 Reclamation of ... 166 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Wellness fund (Proposed) General's investigation of ... 898–99, 1304–05, Motion 501: Blakeman ... 72–73 1332–33 Whistle-blower protection Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor General remarks ... 1419–20 General's investigation of, appropriateness of ... Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) 947–48 Committee ... 1656–57 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) General's investigation of, restrictions on ... (Bill 50) 1118–19, 1144 Second reading ... 1813 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) General's report on (2005) ... 1664–65, 1880–81, Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) 1909 Second reading ... 389–90 Influencing regulatory activity case: Chief Internal Committee ... 566 Auditor's office investigation of ... 1024 392 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Alberta Securities Commission (Continued) Ambulance service–Rural areas Influencing regulatory activity case: Chronology of Costs, provincial assistance re ... 243 events re ... 1880 Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) Influencing regulatory activity case: Emergency Committee ... 560 debate under SO 30 re ... 1082 Aon Consulting Inc. Influencing regulatory activity case: Forensic audit re Private health insurance in Alberta, study of ... 1665 ... 975, 1144 Applewood Park Community Association, Calgary Influencing regulatory activity case: Former Wild Rose Foundation grants to ... 1442, 1497 Treasurer's/chief of staff involvement ... 2047 Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Association's letter Influencing regulatory activity case: Former re (SP459/05: Tabled) ... 1528 Treasurer's (Jim Dinning) involvement ... 2046–47 Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Auditor General's Influencing regulatory activity case: Former review of ... 1526, 1597–98 Treasurer's (Jim Dinning) involvement: Court Wild Rose Foundation grants to: Political interference documents re (SP812/05: Tabled) ... 2055 re ... 1597 Influencing regulatory activity case: Independent Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped investigation of ... 690, 947–48, 1144 Benefits increase: Letter re (SP176/05: Tabled) ... 327 Influencing regulatory activity case: Ministerial Audit Committee involvement ... 1880–81, 1909–10, 1961, 2047 Public members on ... 1102 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor General Ministerial/MLA/senior officials' involvement, Charlebois Consulting Ltd. contracts, investigation of legislation re ... 2047 ... 642–43 Influencing regulatory activity case: Report on ... 410, Internal audit function centralization, comments re ... 528, 898, 1305 1102 Influencing regulatory activity case: Retention of files Long-term care facility management investigation re ... 1332 (Seniors care programs): Report ... 1386, 1707 Interim chairman ... 1333, 1961 Securities Commission director of enforcement, KPMG hired for forensic audit of employee e-mails information on action taken re ... 2047 ... 948, 975 Securities Commission enforcement processes, 2005 Letter from staff at, to Minister of Finance ... 1072 report on ... 1664–65, 1880 Members of, appointment process ... 453, 1880 Securities Commission enforcement processes, New chairman of, search committee for ... 453, 1568 investigation of ... 898–99, 1144, 1304–05, Operations of, memo to William Code re (SP811/05: 1332–33 Tabled) ... 2055 Securities Commission enforcement processes, RCMP investigation of chairman/exec. director's e- investigation of, appropriateness of ... 947–48 mails ... 948 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Securities violations, review of investigation into ... investigation of, Auditor General's report on ... 453 1909 Walton International land sales without filing a Securities Commission enforcement processes, prospectus ... 2007–08 investigation of, authority to challenged, Zi Corporation equity purchase by Lancer funds, emergency debate re ... 1144, 1315–16 investigation of ... 1909 Wild Rose Foundation grants' auditing ... 1497, 1526, Zi Corporation (formerly Multi-Corp) investigation ... 1597–98 1827, 1881, 2008 Automobile Insurance Rate Board Zi Corporation (formerly Multi-Corp) investigation: Announcement on rate reductions ... 454 Letter re (SP722/05: Tabled) ... 1919 Basketball championships Alberta SuperNet U o A Golden Bears Canada West champions ... 620 General remarks ... 244 Beef–Export Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Diversification of markets for ... 15 2004 convention, invitees to (Q38/05: Accepted) ... Bon Ton Bakery Ltd. 1747 Healthy Choices pamphlet (SP6/05: Tabled) ... 27 Ambulance service Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Impact on cattle industry ... 15 Cancellation of ... 17, 243–44, 1323 British Columbia Securities Commission Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Procedures re land sales ... 2008 Cancellation of, provincial assistance re ... 17, 243 Budget Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Process re ... 160, 1621–22 Cancellation of, provincial assistance re (Q5/05: Budget debate Response tabled as SP627/05) ... 658 Motion 19: McClellan ... 776–80 Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: Costs Calgary-Montrose (Constituency) ... 17 Member for's role in Calgary ward 10 municipal Transfer of responsibility for, to health regions: election investigation ... 1249 Documents re (M19/05: Response tabled as SP807) Member for's role re transfer of Wild Rose grants to ... 820 Vietnamese cultural society ... 1442 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 393 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Calgary Vietnamese Caodaist Cultural Society Dept. of Advanced Education Wild Rose grants transferred to ... 1442, 1497 Budget target ... 1621 Canadian International Development Agency Dept. of Finance Alberta partnership with, for foreign aid projects ... Minister of, comments re ... 410 1497, 1526, 1597 Dept. of Health and Wellness Capital Health Budget target ... 1621 Surplus funding for ... 1621 Contracts awarded to Charlebois Consulting Ltd. ... Capital projects 642–43 Surplus spending on ... 1621 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Budget target ... 1621 Federal funding ... 1323 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Fort McMurray projects ... 200, 527 Budget target ... 1621 General remarks ... 200 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Vetting of projects with provincial government ... 848 Credit card statements for deputy minister (M15/05: Cattle–Export–United States Response tabled as SP826/05) ... 815 Alternatives to ... 15 Credit card statements for minister and executive Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border assistant (M16/05: Response tabled as SP827/05) ... closed ... 15 817 Cattle–Marketing Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1321–23 Diversification of markets for ... 15 Minister's business expenses (M14/05: Response Centennial medallions tabled as SP825/05) ... 815 Presentation to Members of the Legislative Assembly Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 3 Ambulance services restructuring, role in ... 244 Centre for Chinese studies (Proposed) Cost of establishing ... 244 Statement re ... 947 Role of ... 244 Chief Internal Auditor's office Dept. of Solicitor General Public members in, PC party membership ... 1024, Communications branch ... 1435 1102 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1434–35 Role in Securities Commission investigation ... 1024 Disaster relief Child and family services authorities Disaster recovery program expenditures (M44/05: Employee health premium costs ... 766 Accepted) ... 1748 Children and poverty Eastwood Public Health Centre General remarks ... 1778–79, 1827 Surplus funding for ... 1621 City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) Edmonton-Castle Downs (Constituency) Second reading ... 382 Role of Administrator of the province in legal Civil Marriage Act (Federal) (Bill C-38) decision re electoral results in: Letter to the Speaker General remarks ... 317 re (SP4/05: Tabled) ... 26 Collective bargaining–Health authorities Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Labour Relations Board involvement in ... 2008 2005 Grey Cup victors: Statement re ... 1908 Labour Relations Board involvement in: News Education, Postsecondary–Finance reports/emails re (SP799-780/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Surplus spending on ... 1621 Labour Relations Board involvement in: Public Election Act inquiry into ... 2008 All-party committee review of: Letter re (SP5/05: Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, Tabled) ... 27 Standing Policy Elections, Municipal–Calgary Municipal infrastructure funding discussion ... 527 Ward 10 election process: Cost of investigation of Competition Bureau (Federal) (Q30/05: Response tabled as SP806/05) ... 1158 Enron electricity price manipulation scheme Ward 10 election process: Public inspection re ... investigation ... 18, 286 1248 Conflict of interest Electric power–Prices Labour Relations Board's involvement in drafting Manipulation of ... 796, 899, 1195–96 collective bargaining legislation (Bill 27, 2003) ... Manipulation of, legal penalties re ... 796 2008 Manipulation of: Project Stanley scheme ... 18, MLA nomination of candidates for ASC 118–19, 360, 796 commissioners ... 1597 Electric utilities–Regulations Securities Commission appointments, MLA Deregulation ... 118–19, 796 involvement in ... 1880 Deregulation: Public inquiry into ... 18 Securities Commission chair/interim chair issue ... Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 1961 Securities Commission, loss of investor confidence in Consumer protection (not proceeded with) ... 1082 Auto insurance rates ... 454 Securities Commission challenge of Auditor Contaminated sites General's authority (not proceeded with) ... Cleanup of ... 1323 1315–16 394 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Emergency medical technicians Hip and knee surgery Impact of ambulance service transfer to regional Private health insurance for ... 1665 health authorities on ... 17 Hockey championships Engage Energy Canada, L.P. U of A Golden Bears 2005 University Cup winners ... Former executive of ... 118 620 Enron Canada Corporation U of A Pandas Canada West title winners ... 620 Discussions with Alberta Energy ... 285–86 Homeless–Housing Discussions with Alberta Energy, documents re given Presence of children in ... 1778 to Competition Bureau ... 286 Hospitals–Fort McMurray Electricity price manipulation scheme (Project Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 200 Stanley): Public inquiry re ... 18, 118–19, 360, 796, Hospitals–Fort Saskatchewan 1195–96 Surplus funding for ... 1622 Ethics Commissioner Hospitals–Strathcona County Directives to premier's chief of staff, publication of ... Surplus funding for ... 1622 643 IBM Canada Ltd. MLA nominating of ASC commissioner candidates, Processing of Alberta health records, security review of ... 1597 implications ... 482 Executive Council Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1101–02 Investigation of privacy issues from loss of Alberta Extended care facilities health records ... 482 Auditor General's review of: Report ... 1386 Information and Privacy Commissioner (B.C.) MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1707 Ruling on impact of USA PRIVACY Act on Extended care facilities–Inspection Canadian health records ... 482 General remarks ... 1386 Ruling on impact of USA PRIVACY Act on Extended care facilities–Staffing Canadian health records (SP247/05: Tabled) ... 491 Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 1706–07 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Federal Building Reductions in ... 454 Disposition of ... 1518 Reductions in: Political influence re ... 454 Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.) Insurance, Health (Private) Access to Canadian health records held by U.S. Alberta plan for ... 1665 companies ... 482 Intelligence agencies–United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (U.S.) Access to Canadian health records held by U.S. Enron collusion with other electricity suppliers: companies ... 482 Testimony re ... 1195 Kelley Charlebois Consulting Ltd. Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Contracts with Dept. of Health and Wellness ... Third reading ... 1113 642–43 Football championships Korea War Veterans Day Edmonton Eskimos Grey Cup contenders and Recognition of date of, July 27 (Motion 21: Hancock) champions ... 1908 ... 1112 Fort McMurray KPMG consulting Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 200, 527 Alberta Securities Commission employees' e-mails, Gas, Natural–Royalties forensic audit of ... 948, 975 Rebate for gas used as feedstock for nitrogen Labour Relations Board fertilizer: Letter re (SP174/05: Tabled) ... 327 Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Government aircraft authorities bargaining restructuring) ... 2008 Reduction in number of ... 41 Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Release of flight logs/manifests for ... 42 authorities bargaining restructuring): News Rod Love's trip to Fort McMurray on ... 82 reports/emails re (SP779-780/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Use for Tory leadership campaign purposes ... 41 Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Government corporate identity authorities bargaining restructuring): Public inquiry General remarks ... 1101 into ... 2008 Government spending policy Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities General remarks ... 1621–22 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27, 2003) Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting ... of Alberta) 2008 Surplus spending on ... 1621 Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting: Highway 63 News reports/emails re (SP799-780/05: Tabled) ... Upgrading of ... 200 2017 Highway 881 Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting: Upgrading of ... 200 Public inquiry ... 2008 Highwood Communications Ltd. Lakeland College Government advertising contract ... 1102 Surplus spending for programs at ... 1621 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 395 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Lancer Group Midwives and midwifery Purchase of equity in Zi Corporation, Securities Financial support for: Letter re (SP175/05: Tabled) ... Commission investigation of ... 1909 327 Legislative Assembly Chamber Ministerial Statements (2005) VE Day address by Armed Forces' representative on Border closure to Canadian beef ... 15 floor of ... 1302–03 Centennial medallions ... 3 Legislature Annex Building Edmonton Eskimos ... 1908 Disposition of ... 1518 Mactaggart Art Collection ... 947 Legislature grounds Yom ha-Shoah, Holocaust Memorial Day ... 1248 Power plant on, disposition of ... 1518 Ministers (Provincial government) Upgrading of ... 1518 Securities Commission, influencing of ... 1880 Light rail transit–Finance Municipal finance Provincial funding ... 1323 General remarks ... 848 Livestock industry, Intensive Municipal Government Act Municipal control over location of ... 1321 Review of ... 1321 Lobbyists–Registration Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) General remarks ... 2008 Second reading ... 384–86 Love, Rod Committee ... 563 Tobacco industry ties, influence on smoke-free Municipal governments legislation changes ... 690 Autonomy of ... 848–49 Trip to Fort McMurray on government aircraft ... 82 Legislative authority ... 1321 Mactaggart Art Collection Role of ... 1321 Statement re ... 947 Natural resources revenue Market Surveillance Administrator (Electricity industry) Use for budget purposes ... 1621 Background of ... 118–19 Nitrogen fertilizer Enron's price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... Natural gas as feedstock for, royalty rebate for: Letter 18, 118–19, 360, 796 re (SP174/05: Tabled) ... 327 TransAlta price manipulation scheme, inquiry into ... Ombudsperson (Long-term care residents) 360, 796, 899 General remarks ... 1386 Marriage Oral Question Period (2005) Definition of: Alberta legal action re ... 317 Ambulance services ... 17, 19, 202, 243–44 Definition of: Alberta legal action re, payment of Applewood Park Community Association ... 1442, costs re ... 317 1497, 1526 Meat packing plants Automobile insurance rates ... 454 Building of: Infrastructure support for ... 15 Budget process ... 160 Cap on slaughter capacity for large plants ... 15 Budget surplus expenditures ... 1621–22 Independent ownership of ... 15 Calgary Ward 10 election ... 1248–49 Medical care Capital health outpatient residence ... 1960–61 Restructuring (third way option) ... 482 Children in poverty ... 1778 Medical care–Finance Confidentiality of health records ... 482 Surplus funding for ... 1621 Continuing care funding ... 1706–07 Medical care–Utilization Definition of marriage ... 317 Premier's remarks re ... 1706 Electricity deregulation ... 118 Medical profession Electricity marketing ... 796, 899 Practicing in public/private health systems ... 1665 Enron activities in Alberta ... 285–286, 360, 1195–96 Medical records Government aircraft ... 41–42, 82 Outsourcing management of ... 482 Growth pressures in Fort McMurray ... 527 Medical records–Access issues Health care insurance privatization ... 1665 Access by outside intelligence agencies ... 482 Health care premiums ... 766 Medical records–Confidentiality Health care utilization ... 1706 Missing health records situation ... 482 Health Facilities Review Committee ... 1386 U.S. access to information re ... 482 Members' apologies to the House Impacts of oil sands expansion ... 200 General remarks ... 421, 1454, 1456 Inquiry into deaths of RCMP officers ... 41 Members of the Legislative Assembly Kelley Charlebois Consulting Ltd. ... 642–43 Centennial medallions presented to ... 3 Labour Relations Board ... 2008 Relationship with Wild Rose Foundation ... 1598 Legislature environs ... 1518 Securities Commission appointments, involvement in Market surveillance administrator review of Enron ...... 1880 18, 118–19 Members' Statements (2005) Municipal infrastructure program ... 848–49 U of A sports achievements ... 620 Members' withdrawal of remarks Nutrition programs for schools ... 1778–79 Regarding Member for Calgary-Montrose ... 1454, Nutrition programs in schools ... 1827 1456 Office of the Chief Internal Auditor ... 1024 Regarding Minister of Finance ... 421, 985 Protection of children abusing drugs legislation ... 737 396 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) Royal Canadian Mounted Police Restructuring and Government Efficiency ... 244 Alberta Securities Commission case, IMET unit Rod Love Consulting Inc. ... 643 investigation of ... 1332 Securities Commission ... 410, 453, 528, 570–71, Alberta Securities Commission chairman/exec. 612, 690, 898–99, 947–48, 974–75, 1024, 1072–73, director's e-mails, investigation of ... 948 1118–19, 1144, 1304–05, 1332–33, 1568, 1597, Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Provincial inquiry into 1664–65, 1880–81, 1909–10, 1961, 2046–47 ... 41 Securities Commission chairman ... 1736–37 Rural economic development Securities Commission investigation ... 1827 Infrastructure support for small packing plants ... 15 Smoke-free places legislation ... 690 Same-sex marriage–Law and legislation Walton International Group Inc. ... 2007–08 General remarks ... 317 Wild Rose Foundation grants ... 1597–98 School boards Petroleum tank sites remediation program Employee health premium costs ... 766 General remarks ... 1323 School lunch programs Police General remarks ... 1778–79, 1827 Challenges performing duties of ... 41 School nutrition programs Political ethics General remarks ... 1778–79, 1827 Breach of, by Securities Commission director of Opposition Leader's letter to government ministers re enforcement ... 1665 (SP813/05: Tabled) ... 2055 Principal Group Ltd. Schools–Construction–Fort McMurray Public inquiry into collapse of ... 18 Increase in, due to oil sands expansion ... 200 Privacy, Right of Sewage disposal plants–Fort McMurray General remarks ... 482 Upgrading of, due to oil sands expansion ... 200 Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Payment of legal fees re provincial same-sex Amendments ... 690 marriage strategy by ... 317 Snohomish Public Utility District, Washington State Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) (U.S.) Expediting passage of ... 737 Investigation of Enron price fixing ... 119 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Softwoods–Export–United States General remarks ... 848, 1323 Countervail duties re ... 1621 Public Affairs Bureau Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Advertising budget ... 1102 Surplus spending on ... 1621 Relation to departmental communications divisions ... Speech from the Throne 1435 Debate ... 32–35 Staffing ... 1101 Surplus, Budgetary Web site for government members only ... 1101 Capital project funding with ... 1621 Public contracts General remarks ... 1621–22, 1706–07 Awarding of, to former ministerial aides ... 642–43 Tar sands development Public records–Confidentiality Impact of ... 200 General remarks ... 482 Terrace Building, Edmonton Public transit–Finance Disposition of ... 1518 Federal funding ... 1323 Tobacco companies Provincial funding ... 1323 Influence on smoke-free legislation changes ... 690 Rail service–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Traffic accidents–Prevention Lobbyist for, fees paid to ... 643 General remarks ... 1434–35 Lobbyist for, use of government aircraft ... 82 Traffic safety Red Deer College General remarks ... 1434–35 Trade centre, spending of provincial surplus on ... TransAlta Utilities Corporation 1621 Donations to provincial PC party ... 1196 Regional health authorities Electricity price manipulation activities ... 360, 796, Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of ... 17, 899, 1195–96 243–44 University of Alberta Ambulance service transfer to: Cancellation of, Mactaggart Art Collection ... 947 provincial assistance re ... 17, 243 Sports teams achievements ... 620 Ambulance service transfer to: Costs ... 17 University of Lethbridge Employee health premium costs ... 766 Water and Environmental Science building, spending Regional planning of provincial surplus on ... 1621 General remarks ... 1321 USA PATRIOT Act Regional planning commissions Impact on access to Canadian medical records ... 482 Elimination of ... 1321 Impact on access to Canadian medical records Rod Love Consulting Inc. (SP247/05: Tabled) ... 491 Government contracts with ... 643 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 12) Second reading ... 556 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 397 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Tarchuk, Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) (Continued) Victory in Europe Day Auditor General (Continued) 60th Anniversary of: Armed Forces representatives Long-term care facility management investigation addressed the Assembly in the Chamber ... (Seniors care programs): Report (SP417/05: 1302–03 Tabled) ... 1342 Volleyball championships Securities Commission enforcement processes, U of A Golden Bears national men's title winners ... investigation of, Auditor General's report on 620 (SP520/05: Tabled) ... 1632 Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre Suggestive references to, in Legislative Assembly ... Outpatient residence, replacement with private run 987 hotel facility ... 1960–61 Auditor General and Information and Privacy Walton International Group Inc. Commissioner Search Committee, Select Special Land sales without filing prospectus with Securities Report, part 1 (Auditor General appointment) Commission ... 2007–08 concurred in (Motion 23, 2002) ... 987 Welwyn Resources Ltd. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Oil well drilling activity, Lubicon Lake area ... 643 Impact on cattle industry ... 461 Western Standard (News magazine) Bow Valley Community Foundation Act (Bill Pr. 1) Article about Alberta Securities Commission ... 1827, First reading ... 653 1880 Second reading ... 1508 Whistle-blower protection Third reading ... 1556 Securities Commission case ... 410, 948, 974, 1333 Canmore Nordic Centre Wild Rose Foundation General remarks ... 1888 Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for ... 1442, Cardinal, Douglas (Architect) 1497 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award recipient Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Auditor ... 1606 General's review of ... 1526, 1597–98 Cattle–Export–United States Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Community association's letter re (SP459/05: closed ... 461 Tabled) ... 1528 Montana court injunction (2005) to keep border Drinking water project, Vietnam, grants for: Political closed: Web site re ... 461 interference re ... 1597 Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Relationship between MLAs and ... 1598 Chair's comments re Auditor General ... 987 World Trade Organization Cross-country ski championships Doha round of negotiations: Federal/provincial Haywood Canada Cup champion (Sara Renner) ... discussions re ... 1621 773 Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) Downhill ski championships Statement re ... 1248 World Cup champion (Thomas Grandi) ... 773 Youth justice committees Extended care facilities General remarks ... 1435 Auditor General's review of: Report (SP417/05: Zi Corporation Tabled) ... 1342 Purchase of equity in by Lancer funds, Securities Fjeldheim, Brian (Retired Chief Electoral Officer) Commission investigation of ... 1909 Statement re ... 2054 Securities Commission investigation of ... 1827, Ghost-Waiparous recreation area 1880–81 Access management plan for ... 1252 Securities Commission investigation of: Letter re Management of use of ... 1252 (SP722/05: Tabled) ... 1919 Grandi, Thomas Tarchuk, Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) Statement re ... 773 Alberta Centennial World Cup Cross Country High school credits competition, Canmore (December 2005) Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Statement re ... 1888 829–30 Alberta Securities Commission Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Statement re ... 1606 General's report on (2005) (SP520/05: Tabled) ... Members' Statements (2005) 1632 Brian Fjeldheim ... 2054 Alberta Social Housing Corporation Centennial World Cup ... 1888 Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Auditor General's Lieutenant Governor of Alberta arts awards ... 1606 report on (SP519/05: Tabled) ... 1632 Sara Renner / Thomas Grandi ... 733 Auditor General Sue Moleski ... 620–21 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP158/05: Tabled) ... 295 www.opentheborder.com ... 461 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP518/05: Tabled) ... 1632 Moleski, Sue BSE compensation programs auditing: Report on Statement re ... 620–21 (SP157/05: Tabled) ... 295 Murrell, John (Playwright) Fort McMurray land sale process, Auditor General's Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award recipient report on (SP518/05: Tabled) ... 1632 ... 1606 398 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Tarchuk, Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) (Continued) Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Off-highway vehicles Apprenticeship training–Finance Access to Ghost-Waiporous recreation area ... 1252 Equipment funding ... 276 Oral Question Period (2005) Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) Ghost-Waiparous access management ... 1252 Second reading ... 1563–65 Renner, Sara Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) Statement re ... 773 (Bill 51) Senior citizens Committee ... 1993–94 Government programs: Auditor General's review of, Arts–Finance Report (SP417/05: Tabled) ... 1342 Statement re ... 983 Speaker–Rulings and statements Assessment Referring to an officer of the Legislature ... 987 Market value as basis for: Statement re ... 461–62 Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) Degree-granting accreditation procedure, Second reading ... 152–54 documentation re (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921 Committee ... 564–65, 730–32, 894–95, 1065–67 Automobiles–Seizure Third reading ... 1237–38 For prostitution-related offences: Legislation re (Bill Amendment A1 (SP271 & 313/05: Tabled) ... 564, 206, 2003) ... 456–57 862, 870 Bruderheim Elementary School Amendment A2 (SP314 & 343/05: Tabled) ... 731 Closure ... 287 Amendment A3 (SP344 & 367/05: Tabled) ... 894 Budget Cap on contributions to ... 862–63, 870 General remarks ... 261 Four amendments (SP371/05: Tabled) ... 1065 Calgary Board of Education General remarks ... 767, 1079 Western Canada high school restoration funding ... Access to the Future Fund 1572 General remarks ... 20, 261, 767, 862–63, 870, Campus Alberta Quality Council 1078–79, 1791 Degree program approval process, documentation re Alberta Centennial Education Savings Plan Amendment (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921 Act, 2005 (Bill 54) Campus Calgary Committee ... 1979 General remarks ... 862, 1791, 1792 Third reading ... 2029 Capital projects Alberta Centennial Medal Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill General remarks ... 261 58) Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Second reading ... 1973 Fort McMurray projects: Statement re ... 535 Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer Capital projects–Finance Mount Royal College issue ... 862 Statement re ... 535 Alberta Federation of Labour Certified Management Accountants of Alberta News release re LRB involvement in drafting Letter re Mount Royal College's degree-granting collective bargaining legislation (SP781/05: request (SP391/05: Tabled) ... 1206 Tabled) ... 2017 Citizens' assembly on electoral reform (Alberta) Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund (Proposed) General remarks ... 261 Legislation re (Bill 217) ... 2016 Alberta Ingenuity Fund Collective bargaining–Health authorities General remarks ... 261 Labour Relations Board involvement in: News Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 reports/emails re (SP799-780/05: Tabled) ... 2017 (Bill 43) Labour Relations Board involvement in: Public Third reading ... 2019–20 inquiry into, news release re (SPSP781/05: Tabled) Alberta seniors benefit program ... 2017 Dental benefits ... 882 Commission on advanced education (Proposed) Alberta SuperNet Review of public postsecondary education system General remarks ... 757–58 (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... 1548–49 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Construction trades 2004 convention, invitees to (Q38/05: Accepted) ... Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring 1747 ... 248 Alberta's Commission on Learning Council of Alberta University Students Postsecondary system independent review A Plan for Alberta's Universities (SP206/05: Tabled) recommendation ... 1254 ... 370 Animal Keepers Act (Bill 32) Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Committee ... 558 Manufacturing of (illegal meth labs): Firefighting Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 22) training re (SP186/05: Tabled) ... 327 Second reading ... 426 Daycare centres–Campuses Apprenticeship training Waiting lists for ... 1831 General remarks ... 201–02, 247–48, 862 Dept. of Advanced Education Safety aspects ... 979–80 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 861–63, 870 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 399 Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Dept. of Advanced Education (Continued) Electric power–Prices Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 261 Impact on universities ... 261 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Electric utilities–Regulations 276–77 Deregulation: Energy dept. correspondence with Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Enron Canada re (M47/05: Defeated) ... 1749 1791–92 Enron Canada Corporation Dept. of Children's Services Discussions with Alberta Energy, correspondence re Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1057 (M47/05: Defeated) ... 1749 Dept. of Energy Environmental law Discussions with Enron, correspondence re (M47/05: Enforcement of ... 1045 Defeated) ... 1749 Enforcement of, staffing re ... 1045 Service contracts costs, 2003-05 (Q41/05: Defeated) Environmental protection ... 1748 General remarks ... 1044 Dept. of Environment Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1044–45 (Bill 205) Staff ... 1045 Second reading ... 1749–50 Dept. of Government Services Foothills Medical Centre Relation to Dept. of Restructuring and Government Upgrades to ... 1309 Efficiency ... 757 Foreign workers, Temporary Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Ban on: Petitions presented re ... 369, 462–63 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 261 General remarks ... 248 Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency Fort McMurray Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 757–58 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 535 Relation to Dept. of Government Services ... 757 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act School closures for efficiency reasons ... 287 Enron/Energy dept. correspondence re electicity Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports deregulation request under ... 1749 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 882–83 George C. King Tower, Calgary Disaster relief Security concerns ... 616 Disaster recovery program expenditures (M44/05: Government efficiency Accepted) ... 1748 General remarks ... 757–58 Drinking water Grant MacEwan Community College Safety of ... 1045 Degree-granting programs, funding for ... 1791 Education, Postsecondary Degree-granting programs, transferability of ... 1791 Access to, affordability review to improve ... 20, 261, Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 7) 649, 798, 1202–03, 1624, 1835 Committee ... 449 Access to, by low-income students ... 1830–31 Homeless–Housing Access to, by low-income students, statement re ... General remarks ... 882, 883 1835 Hospital beds–Calgary Access to, new spaces to improve ... 862, 1791, 1792 Shortages of ... 1309 Commission to review (Motion 509: Pannu/Mason) ... Hospitals–Calgary 1548–49 Capital upgrades to ... 1309 Independent review of ... 1202, 1254 New south Calgary hospital ... 1309 Education, Postsecondary–Calgary Hotel Room Tax (Tourism Levy) Amendment Act, 2005 Access to, new spaces to improve ... 1791, 1792 (Bill 21) Education, Postsecondary–Finance Second reading ... 215–216 Capital spending ... 861–62 Housing–Canmore Funding envelopes ... 862 General remarks ... 535 General remarks ... 261, 766–67, 861–63, 870 Housing–Fort McMurray University of Alberta report on (SP187/05: Tabled) ... Impact of population increase on ... 535 327 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Education–Finance Rebates under $50, number of (Q8/05: Defeated) ... University of Alberta report on (SP187/05: Tabled) ... 660 327 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Election (Electoral Reform) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill estimates, 2005-06 217) Estimates debated ... 260–62 First reading ... 2016 International Day of Mourning (Workplace fatalities) Elections, Municipal–Calgary General remarks ... 979 Ward 10 election process: Public inquiry re ... Labour Relations Board 1333–34 Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Ward 10 election process: Public inspection re ... authorities bargaining restructuring): News 1333–34 reports/emails re (SP779-780/05: Tabled) ... 2017 Elections, Provincial Involvement in drafting Bill 27, 2003 (health Fixed dates for: Legislation re (Bill 217) ... 2016 authorities bargaining restructuring): Public inquiry Reform of: Legislation re (Bill 217) ... 2016 into, news release re (SP781/05: Tabled) ... 2017 400 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27, 2003) Temporary foreign workers for oil sands construction Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting: projects, ban on ... 369, 462–63 News reports/emails re (SP799-780/05: Tabled) ... Tuition fee assistance to students ... 210 2017 Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 9) Labour Relations Board involvement in drafting: Second reading ... 376–77 Public inquiry, news release (SP781/05: Tabled) ... Committee ... 1691–94, 1696–97 2017 Third reading ... 1806 Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Post-secondary Learning Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) General remarks ... 129–30 (Bill 55) Mayor's Luncheon for Business & the Arts, Calgary Second reading ... 1972–73 Statement re ... 983 Committee ... 1974, 1975 Medical care Third reading ... 2029 Restructuring (third way option) ... 649 Postsecondary educational institutions Medical care–Calgary Accreditation of degree-granting institutions, General remarks ... 535 documentation re (M50/05: Defeated) ... 1921 Medical profession–Education Upgrading of, funding for ... 1791 Accessibility of ... 1965 Postsecondary educational institutions–Finance Medical residents Performance envelope funds ... 276 Payback of student loans ... 1965 Pride Rainbow project Members of the Legislative Assembly Statement re ... 651 Government members only web site, address for Provincial/municipal fiscal relations (SP379/05: Tabled) ... 1128 General remarks ... 462 Members' Statements (2005) Public Affairs Bureau Affordability of postsecondary education ... 1835 Web site for government members only, address of Infrastructure spending ... 535 (SP379/05: Tabled) ... 1128 Market value assessments ... 461–62 Railway (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 13) Mayor's Luncheon for Business & the Arts ... 983 Second reading ... 422 Pride Rainbow project ... 651 Reclamation of land Microsoft Corporation Energy industry sites ... 1045 School software licences purchase by provincial Report on Alberta's Legacy Act (Bill 203) government ... 286–87, 322–23 Second reading ... 1346–47 Mount Royal College Rockyview General Hospital Capacity of ... 862 Upgrades to ... 1309 Request for university status ... 483 Same-sex marriage Request for university status: CMAA letter re Statement re ... 651 (SP391/05: Tabled) ... 1205 School boards University transfer programs ... 862 Funding for restoration of aging schools ... 1572 Murdoch Manor, Calgary School nutrition programs Security concerns ... 616 Opposition Leader's letter to government ministers re Oral Question Period (2005) (SP813/05: Tabled) ... 2055 Access to postsecondary education ... 1830–31 Schools Access to the Future Fund ... 1078–79 Restoration of, funding for ... 1572 Accessibility of medical education ... 1965 Schools–Closure Advanced education tuition costs ... 20 General remarks ... 287 Affordability of postsecondary education ... 649 Schools–Construction–Calgary Apprenticeship training ... 201–02, 247–48, 979–80 General remarks ... 1572 Calgary hospitals ... 1309 Senior citizens–Housing Calgary Ward 10 election ... 1333–34 Security concerns re ... 616 Mount Royal College ... 483 Seniors' apartment buildings–Security aspects–Calgary Postsecondary education costs ... 361 General remarks ... 616 Postsecondary education funding ... 766–67 Sessional publications (Legislative Assembly) Postsecondary education review ... 1202–03, 1254, Proliferation of ... 260–61 1624 Sheldon M. Chumir health centre, Calgary School construction in Calgary ... 1572 Funding for ... 1309 Security in seniors' apartment buildings ... 616 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Seizure of vehicles in prostitution-related offences ... Committee ... 503–04 456–57 Social housing General remarks ... 882, 883 Software licences for schools ... 286–287, 322–23 Speech from the Throne Student finance system ... 697, 798 Debate ... 129–30 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Statistics Canada Upgrades to ... 1309 Research paper on tuition fees (SP750/05: Tabled) ... 1970 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 401 Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Taylor, Dave (L, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Tuition fees (Continued) Edmonton Stats Can research paper on (SP750/05: Tabled) ... Closure ... 287 1970 Student financial aid Universities and colleges Appeals of loan awards, 2000-04 (Q27/05: Response College degrees, transferability of ... 1791 tabled as SP478/05) ... 1157 Universities and colleges–Finance Default rates, 1994-95 to 2003-04 (Q25/05: Response Deficit financing ... 261 tabled as SP476/05) ... 1155 Impact of utility cost increase on ... 261 Dollar value for students attending private Universities and colleges–Maintenance and repair institutions, 2000-04 (Q21/05: Response tabled as Deficit in ... 261 SP475/05) ... 813 University of Calgary Dollar value under student loan program, 2000-04 Digital library project ... 1791 (Q20/05: Response tabled as SP474/05) ... 813 Mount Royal College transfer students ... 862 General remarks ... 20, 276, 277, 649, 697, 862, 1831, Schulich donation to Faculty of Engineering, 1835 matching provincial contribution re ... 1791 Loan remission funding ... 276 University of Phoenix Loan remission policy re ... 798, 862 Accredited degree programs in Alberta: Maximum allowable loans, number of (Q26/05: Documentation re, including PCAB documents Response tabled as SP477/05) ... 1157 (M30/05: Defeated) ... 1160 Provincial loan policy ... 361 Veterinary medical school (University of Calgary) Provincial loan policy: Report re (SP206/05: Tabled) Curriculum development funding ... 276 ... 370 Water for Life, Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Relief benefits/completion payments dollar value, General remarks ... 1045 2000-2004 (private vocational schools attendance) Water resources development (Q11/05: Response tabled as SP473/05) ... 662 General remarks ... 1045 Relief benefits/completion payments dollar value, Water treatment plants 2000-2004 (public institutions attendance) (Q10/05: General remarks ... 1045 Response tabled as SP472/05) ... 662 Water treatment plants–Fort McMurray Repayment systems for, reports/studies (M31/05: General remarks ... 535 Response tabled as SP481/05) ... 1161 Well sites Supplemental assistance from students' unions ... 649, Reclamation of ... 1045 697 Western Canada high school, Calgary Student Financial Assistance Amendment Act, 2005 Restoration of ... 1572 (Bill 14) Workplace safety Second reading ... 428–30 General remarks ... 980 Committee ... 1560–61 Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) Sun Microsystems Inc. Aboriginal economic development Ontario deal with, for school software licences ... 287, General remarks ... 838 323 Aboriginal issues Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 First ministers' meeting re, Kelowna, November 2005 General remarks ... 1791 ... 1781 Surplus, Budgetary General remarks ... 837–38, 844, 1781 Postsecondary education funding with ... 1791 Aboriginal land claims Tar sands development General remarks ... 1502–03 Employment opportunities in ... 201–02 Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re General remarks ... 838 (foreign workers) ... 248 Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas–Edmonton Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution General remarks ... 838 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206, Access to the Future Act (Bill 1) 2003) Second reading ... 220–221 Proclamation of ... 456–57 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Tuition fees Drilling applications on Lubicon claimed lands, Documentation re (M28/05: Defeated) ... 1160 review of ... 838, 1502–03 General remarks ... 1203, 1830 Alberta Fish and Game Association Increase in, for 2005-06 school year, covered by Provincial consultations with, re Métis provincial government ... 20, 361, 862, 1202 hunting/fishing rights ... 43 Increase in, for 2006-07 school year ... 1624 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Increase in, over last few years ... 649, 697 Disciplinary board hearings in camera ... 1287–88 For medical students ... 1965 Alberta Gaming Research Institute Provincial assistance re, after 2005-06 rebate program Funding for ... 487, 534, 1288 ... 361, 862, 1202 Research done by, interference in ... 487, 534 Provincial assistance re: Petition presented re ... 210 Study on compulsive gambling revenue ... 487, 1888 Review of ... 20, 361 402 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Lotteries and Gaming Summit (1998) Electric power, Coal-produced General remarks ... 1279 General remarks ... 1127 Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Electric power, Natural gas-produced Foundation General remarks ... 1127 General remarks ... 1288 Electric power–Prices Appropriation Act, 2005 (Bill 41) General remarks ... 1127 Third reading ... 1609 Electric power–Supply Bigstone Cree Nation General remarks ... 1127 Pamphlet on concerns re forest management Electric utilities–Regulations agreement on lands of (SP705/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Deregulation: Statement re ... 1127 Bingo halls Energy industry Revenue decrease from ... 1799 Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1781 Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2005 (No.2) Energy industry–Crown lands (Bill 56) Aboriginal issues re ... 837–38, 844, 1502–03 Third reading ... 2030 Energy industry–Crown lands–Sawn Lake area Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Ltd. Oil well drilling before approvals for ... 1600 Funding for ... 1798 Fatality Inquiries Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 24) Lottery funding for ... 976, 1288 Second reading ... 681–82 Casino licences First Nations development fund Application for, public hearing re ... 1288 Revenue decrease ... 1799 Casinos Foreign workers, Temporary Cashless technology in ... 2052 General remarks ... 838 General remarks ... 1279, 1889 Forest management agreements Limit on number of ... 1280, 1712–13 Bigstone Cree lands, pamphlet on concerns re Use as provincial revenue generator ... 1279 (SP705/05: Tabled) ... 1891 Celebrations casino, Edmonton Fort McMurray Licence application, public hearing re ... 1288 Impact of oil sands expansion on ... 838 Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations Gambling, Compulsive Gaming revenue for ... 1279 Level of revenue from ... 487 CKUA Radio Statement re ... 1888–89 Statement re ... 907 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Community facility enhancement program General remarks ... 1279 General remarks ... 771 Gambling–Moral/legal issues Construction trades General remarks ... 1279–80 Employment levels: Relation to foreign worker hiring Gaming industry ... 838 Future of ... 1279–80 Criminal Notoriety Act (Bill 46) General remarks ... 1279 Committee ... 1904 Revenue from ... 1279–80 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Revenue from, relation to oil/gas revenues ... 1279 Estimates, 2005-06: Amount of detail in ... 837 Gaming industry–British Columbia Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 837–38, 844 Revenue from ... 1279–80 Funding details ... 837 Gaming industry–Nova Scotia Dept. of Gaming Policy re, report on ... 1280 Budget: Other initiatives item ... 1284 Gas, Natural–Royalties Business plan ... 1279 From disputed aboriginal lands ... 1503 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1279–81, 1284, Global Gaming Expo, Las Vegas (September 2005) 1287–88 Minister of Gaming's attendance at ... 2052 General remarks ... 1279 Horse racing Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... Lottery funding for ... 770–71, 901, 976 1798–99 Horse Racing Alberta Disaster relief General remarks ... 976 Funding for ... 1798–99 Housing–Fort McMurray Disaster relief fund (Proposed) Impact of population increase on ... 838 Funding for ... 1798–99 Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, U.S. (2005) Earthquakes–Pakistan Alberta disaster relief for ... 1798–99 Alberta disaster relief for 2005 quake ... 1798–99 Insurance Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 34) Edmonton Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee Second reading ... 585–86 General remarks ... 838 Committee ... 1192 Edmonton Northlands Third reading ... 1513–14 Funding for ... 1798 Library cards Lottery funding for ... 976, 1288 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 188 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 403 Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) Tougas, Maurice (L, Edmonton-Meadowlark) (Continued) (Continued) Lottery Fund Slot machines in racing entertainment centres Capital grants to major fairs from ... 534 Revenue from, transferred to horse-racing industry ... Disaster relief funding ... 1798–99 901, 976 Race track gaming revenues to ... 770–71, 901, 976 Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Lubicon Lake Band Committee ... 502 Land claimed by, oil and gas activity on ... 838, Southern Alberta Bowhunters Association 1502–03, 1600 Concerns re Métis hunting agreement: Letter re Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) (SP199/05: Tabled) ... 328 General remarks ... 100–01 Speech from the Throne Maternal Tort Liability Act (Bill 45) Debate ... 100–01 Second reading ... 1773 Supreme Court of Canada Members' Statements (2005) Powley decision (Métis hunting/fishing rights) ... 165, CKUA Radio ... 907 323, 838 Electricity deregulation ... 1127 Surplus, Budgetary Problem gambling ... 1888–89 Aboriginal issues funding with ... 1781 Métis hunting/fishing rights Tar sands development Provincial agreement re, 2004 ... 43, 165, 323, 838, Expansion projects: Labour code exemption re 1124–25, 1574 (foreign workers) ... 838 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Letters re (SP102 & Video gambling machines 199/05: Tabled) ... 128, 328 Cap on number of ... 1281 Provincial agreement re, 2004: Petition tabled re General remarks ... 1888–89 (SP797/05) ... 2017 Responsible gaming features ... 1281 Métis hunting/fishing rights–Ontario Video gambling machines–Nova Scotia Provincial agreement re ... 165 Cap on number of ... 1280 Métis Settlements General Council Wild Rose Foundation Funding for, ends 2007 ... 837 Grants procedures ... 457 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 28) Wildlife conservation Second reading ... 471 Impact of Métis hunting rights on ... 165, 323 National Addictions Awareness Week Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (No. 2) General remarks ... 1888 (Bill 50) Natural resources revenue Committee ... 1895 Relation to gaming revenues ... 1279 VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) Northern Alberta Development Council 7-Eleven, Inc. Funding for ... 837 Kids 4 Cops products sale ... 1835 Northern development Alberta Aids to Daily Living Statement re ... 838 Breast prosthesis inclusion under: Petition tabled re Oil–Royalties (SP306/05) ... 699 From disputed aboriginal lands ... 1503, 1600 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Relation to gaming revenues ... 1279 Long-term care facilities inspection ... 1395 Oral Question Period (2005) Bovine spongiform encephalopathy Aboriginal issues ... 1781 Testing standards re, harmonization with U.S. Casino construction ... 1712–13 standards ... 414 First Nations land claims ... 1502–03 Breast prostheses Gaming Research Institute ... 534 Inclusion under AADL program: Petition tabled re Gaming technology ... 2052 (SP306/05) ... 699 Horse-racing industry ... 901, 976 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Horse-racing renewal program ... 770–71 General remarks ... 367 Lubicon Band land claim ... 1600 Canadian Finals Rodeo 2005 Métis hunting rights ... 43, 165, 323, 1124–25, 1574 Statement re ... 1968 Problem gambling ... 487 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Wild Rose Foundation grants ... 457 General remarks ... 1095–96 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) Regional pooling of ... 1096 Métis harvesting agreement, opposition to (SP797/05: Summer villages projects ... 1096 Tabled) ... 2017 City of Lloydminster Act (Bill 3) Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) Third reading ... 479 Third reading ... 792 Climate change Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Third reading ... 1290 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 743 Slot machines Cornea transplants Number of ... 1284 Registry for ... 1601 Slot machines in casinos Waiting list for ... 1601 Cashless technology for ... 2052 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Revenue from ... 1281 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1095–96 404 2005 Hansard Speaker Index VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) VanderBurg, George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) (Continued) (Continued) Edmonton Northlands Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2005) Statement re ... 1080 Breast prosthesis inclusion under AADL program Electric wire installation (SP306/05: Tabled) ... 699 Permits for (journeyman/master electricians) ... Onoway long-term care facility (SP161/05: Tabled) ... 904–05 295 Emission control credits Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Trading of ... 743 Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) EPCOR Group of Companies Committee ... 1934 Electricity bill changes ... 489 Pleasant View Lodge, Mayerthorpe Extended care facilities–Finance Upgrades to, funding ... 2009 Petition presented re ... 252 Project Green (Federal Kyoto accord implementation Extended care facilities–Onoway plan) Petition tabled re (SP161/05) ... 295 General remarks ... 743 Extended care facilities–Whitecourt-Ste. Anne Public safety (Building/fire codes) constituency Electric wire installation permit review, safety aspects Statement re ... 1395 ... 904–05 Farmfair International 2005 Road construction Statement re ... 1968 Gravel roads ... 1096 Fatality inquiries Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCMP drug raid fatalities investigation ... 43, 91 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Memorial for fallen Federal Building officers, statement re ... 1835 Disposition of ... 1096 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Provincial inquiry into Forest fires–Control ... 43 Use of government aircraft for ... 1096 Drug raid, Mayerthorpe area: Statement re fallen FortisAlberta Inc. officers in ... 91 Co-ordination of bills with EPCOR ... 489 Senior citizens' lodges Government aircraft Upgrades to, funding ... 2009–10 Use for forest fire fighting ... 1096 Seniors' supportive housing incentive program Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University General remarks ... 2009–10 of Alberta) Smoke-free Places Act (Bill 201) Funding for ... 1095 Committee ... 501–02 Highway 43 Softwoods–Export–United States Upgrading of ... 1740–41 Countervail duties re: Export tax to replace ... 1202 Medical records, Electronic Tourism Impact on organ transplantation process ... 1601 General remarks ... 1968 Members' Statements (2005) Utilities Consumer Advocate Canadian Finals Rodeo and Farmfair 2005 ... 1968 EPCOR/Fortis electricity bills co-ordination ... 489 Deaths of RCMP officers ... 91 Utilities Consumer Advocate Advisory Council Liberation of the Netherlands ... 1312–13 Membership of ... 976 Long-term care in Whitecourt-Ste. Anne ... 1395 Victory in Europe Day Memorial to fallen RCMP officers ... 1835 60th Anniversary of: Statement re ... 1312 Northlands Park ... 1080 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Canada Net metering (Electricity) Kids 4 Cops products sale ... 1835 Motion 510: Marz ... 1767 Webber, Len (PC, Calgary-Foothills) Netherlands Alberta SuperNet Liberation of, and ties with Canada ... 1312–13 General remarks ... 1149 Oral Question Period (2005) Hookup fees ... 740 Affordable supportive living program ... 2009 School access to ... 740 Agricultural income stabilization program ... 367 Auditor General BSE testing ... 414 Interim estimates 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Climate change ... 743 Chief Electoral Officer Cornea transplants ... 1601 Interim estimates 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Electrical permits ... 904–05 Supplementary estimates 2004-05: Passed ... 312 EPCOR energy bills ... 489 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Highway 43 ... 1740–41 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Inquiry into deaths of RCMP officers ... 43 Dept. of Advanced Education Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1202 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Utilities Consumer Advocate ... 976 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Organ and tissue donation Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development General remarks ... 1601 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2005) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Long-term care facility funding ... 252 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 405 Webber, Len (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Webber, Len (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Dept. of Children's Services Ethics Commissioner Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Interim estimates 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Executive Council Dept. of Community Development Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Extended care facilities Dept. of Economic Development MLA committee to review (2005): Report ... 1623–24 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Extended care facilities–Staffing Dept. of Education Shortage of: Re nursing hours per patient ... 1623 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Extended care facilities–Standards Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Emergency debate under SO30 re (proceeded with) ... Dept. of Energy 1406 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Dept. of Environment (Bill 205) Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Second reading ... 1544–45 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Family Law Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 5) Dept. of Finance Amendment (Minister of Justice) (SP235, 272, Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 295/05: Tabled) ... 450 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Information and Privacy Commissioner (Alberta) Dept. of Gaming Interim estimates 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Interim supply (Main, Legisl. Offices, and Lottery Fund) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 estimates, 2005-06 Dept. of Government Services Estimates passed (SP156/05: Tabled) ... 269 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Legislative Assembly Office Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Dept. of Health and Wellness Maiden Speeches (Parliamentary procedure) Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 General remarks ... 138–39 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Ombudsman Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Interim estimates 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Oral Question Period (2005) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Continuing care review ... 1623–24 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation SuperNet ... 1149 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 SuperNet hookup cost ... 740 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Pharmacy and Drug (Methamphetamine Limiting) Dept. of Innovation and Science Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 204) Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Committee ... 1932 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Police Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 36) Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Amendment A2 (SP426/05: Tabled) ... 1383 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Amendment A3 (SP427/05: Tabled) ... 1383 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Amendment A4 (SP428/05: Tabled) ... 1383 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Senior citizens' lodges Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Funding for ... 1623–24 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Speech from the Throne Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Debate ... 138–39 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 15) Dept. of Restructuring and Government Efficiency First reading ... 127 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Second reading ... 546–47 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Committee ... 1638–39, 1652, 1658 Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Third reading ... 1869 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Amendment A1 (SP534-535/05: Tabled) ... 1638 Dept. of Solicitor General Workers' Compensation Board Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 Board of directors' immunity: Legislation re (Bill 15) Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 ... 127 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Fees paid re third-party civil actions: Legislation re Interim estimates, 2005-06: Passed ... 269 (Bill 15) ... 127 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Passed ... 312 Temporary partial disability benefits increase: Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Legislation re (Bill 15) ... 127 Long-term care facility standards (proceeded with) ... Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) 1406 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Busing of schoolchildren to ... 1725 Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 referred to Centennial hockey game, Lloydminster, April 14, Committee of Supply (Motion 8: McClellan) 2005: Premiers' wager re (SP331/05: Tabled) ... 784 (SP171/05: Tabled) ... 312 406 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Aboriginal children–Education Alberta SuperNet (Continued) Funding for ... 166, 1261, 1264 School access to: Total amount spent on (Q35/05: General remarks ... 123 Response tabled as SP717/05) ... 1746, 1919 Alberta–Economic policy Video conferencing capabilities ... 1723 20-year strategic plan ... 1260 Alberta Teachers' Association Alberta Association for Community Living Annual report, 2003 (SP172/05: Tabled) ... 326 General remarks ... 311 Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... Alberta Energy and Utilities Board 204, 1147–48, 1268, 1274 Coal bed methane well applications approved by, General remarks ... 311 2001-04 (M6/05: Defeated) ... 664 Grade level achievement (GLA) discussions with Coal bed methane well applications denied by, 2001- province ... 1783 04 (M5/05: Defeated) ... 664 Inclusion of principals in ... 1266 Gas well applications approved by, 2001-04 (M10/05: Pension fund liability discusssions ... 1712 Defeated) ... 666 Alberta Treasury Branch Financial Gas well applications denied by, 2001-04 (M9/05: Subsidiary companies' control processes, Auditor Defeated) ... 665 General's recommendation re (Q36/05: Response Alberta Government Offices tabled as SP648/05) ... 1747 Washington, D.C. office: Accommodation costs of Alberta's Commission on Learning head of (Q6/05: Response tabled as SP540/05) ... Aboriginal-specific recommendations ... 1261 659 Basic education vs extras, definition of ... 1525 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Child progress reporting recommendation ... 1446 2005 calendar (SP107/05: Tabled) ... 171 Class size guideline ... 306, 308, 309, 1261, 1262, Financial highlights and statements, 2003-04 (SP108- 1723, 1727, 1730 109/05: Tabled) ... 171 Daily physical activity recommendation ... 416, 1028, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Act 1261 Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 Early childhood funding recommendation ... 1261 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and ESL funding recommendation ... 1261 Engineering Research Act Feedback on ... 165 Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 Francophone education funding recommendation ... Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Act 1261 Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 High school completion rate recommendation ... 123 Alberta Heritage Scholarship Act Kindergarten recommendations ... 1260, 1271 Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 Recommendations ... 1030, 1260–62, 1523, 1723 Alberta Home and School Association School fees/fundraising issue ... 1834 General remarks ... 311 School funding under Education dept. Alberta Home Education Association recommendation ... 1914 Conference, Red Deer, minister's attendance at ... School transportation funding recommendation ... 1256 1261 Alberta initiative for school improvement Second-language teaching initiative ... 1603–04 General remarks ... 123, 166, 1260, 1261, 1269 Special needs students' programs recommendations ... Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation 1255, 1261 Appeals received by (M34/05: Defeated) ... 1164 Teacher bargaining model recommendation ... 204, Alberta Resource Rebate Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 1147, 1260, 1265, 1268, 1274 (Bill 43) Alberta's Promise Second reading ... 1862 School nutrition program involvement ... 1740 Alberta School Boards Association Alexander Forbes elementary school, Grande Prairie Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... Expansion funding for ... 1729, 1739 204, 1147–48, 1268, 1274 Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Grade level achievement (GLA) discussions with Achievement province ... 1783 Impact of diploma exam grading errors on awarding Input into provincial renewed funding framework ... of ... 164 1261 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill 30) Pension fund liability discusssions ... 1712 Second reading ... 348 Alberta School Foundation Fund Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (Bill General remarks ... 1260 27) Alberta Securities Commission Second reading ... 349, 352 Influencing regulatory activity case: Auditor Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2005 (No.2) General's authority challenged re, emergency (Bill 51) debate re ... 1318 Second reading ... 1944 Alberta SuperNet Arts–Finance Hookup fees ... 740 General remarks ... 797 School access to ... 740, 1260, 1262, 1274, 1723 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 407 Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Auditor General Class size (Grade school) (Continued) Diploma exams equating process, recommendation re Reduction of: Funding for ... 166, 306, 308, 309, ... 164 311–12, 977–78, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1723 Official Opposition press release re (SP414/05: Classroom space Tabled) ... 1342 Impact of class size reduction targets on ... 308, 978 Securities Commission enforcement processes, Coal bed methane extraction investigation of, authority to challenged, Water recovered from (Q7/05: Defeated) ... 659 emergency debate re ... 1318 Well applications approved by AEUB, 2001-04 Treasury Branches' control processes comments (M6/05: Defeated) ... 664 (Q36/05: Response tabled as SP648/05) ... 1747 Well applications denied by AEUB, 2001-04 (M5/05: Bercha Group Defeated) ... 664 Sour gas blowout ignition study: Memos re (M7/05: Coalition for Equal Access to Education Defeated) ... 665 English as a second language study ... 1784 Sour gas blowout ignition study: Study re (M8/05: Collective bargaining–Teachers Response tabled as SP667/05) ... 665 General remarks ... 203, 1260, 1266 Bills, Private members' public Province-wide bargaining ... 204, 1147–48, 1268, Unanimous consent given for Bill 202 to proceed to 1271, 1274 Committee and Third readings (SO 8(3) waived) ... Ten year deal in return for teachers' pension plan 793 solvency ... 1712 Bruderheim Elementary School Collective bargaining–Teachers–Fort McMurray Closure ... 693 Agreement: Northern allowance provision ... 203 Bullying–Prevention Community schools Provincial initiatives re ... 1274 General remarks ... 1729 Provincial initiatives re: Funding for ... 1265 Computers in schools Calgary Board of Education Funding for ... 310 English as a Second Language programs, funding for General remarks ... 1724 ... 1572, 1784 Council of Alberta School Superintendents Shawnessy-Somerset school ... 1914 General remarks ... 311 Calgary Catholic Board of Education Court of Queen's Bench Funding ... 1501 Edmonton Public School Board school closure Tuscany school ... 1914 decision ... 1446 Canadian Space Agency Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Partnership with Edmonton Public School Board ... Test for use of (strips detecting smell) ... 1265 1726 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) abuse–Prevention Canmore Nordic Centre General remarks ... 1265, 1729 Upgrades to: Costs (M36/05: Accepted) ... 1165 Culture–Finance Capital projects, Municipal–Finance General remarks ... 797 General remarks ... 771 Daycare centres Legacy funding for, proposed ... 741 Special-needs children ... 311 Capital projects–Finance Debts, Public (Provincial government) General remarks ... 771 Retirement of: Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 775 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation–Training Dept. of Education As part of school curriculum ... 205 Annual report, 2004-05 (SP568/05: Tabled) ... 1675 Centennial hockey game, Lloydminster (April 14, 2005) Business plan ... 1260 Premiers' wager re (SP331/05: Tabled) ... 784 Estimates, 2005-06: Debated ... 1259–62, 1264–69, Chartered schools 1271–75 General remarks ... 1274 Minister's visits to all school boards ... 166 Chartered schools–Finance Return of school capital funding to ... 1723, 1914 General remarks ... 1260 Supplementary estimates ... 1265 Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Supplementary estimates, 2004-05: Debated ... Special 306–12 Motion to appoint (Motion 25: Hancock/Zwozdesky) Supplementary estimates, 2005-06: Debated ...... 1943–44 1720–30 Children and poverty Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation General remarks ... 1779, 1827 Reassignment of capital funding to other departments Children at risk–Education ... 1723, 1914 General remarks ... 648 Dept. of Innovation and Science Kindergarten programs for ... 1029, 1271 Credit card statements for deputy minister (M18/05: Class size (Grade school) Response tabled as SP772/05) ... 820 Dept. of Learning Capping of ... 1730 Annual report, 2003-04 (SP58/05: Tabled) ... 94 General remarks ... 1727 Credit card statements for deputy minister (M17/05: Reduction of ... 123, 1729–30 Response tabled as SP718/05) ... 818, 1919 408 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Municipal Affairs Education–Curricula (Continued) Credit card statements for deputy minister (M15/05: First aid/CPR training courses ... 205 Response tabled as SP826/05) ... 816 General remarks ... 166, 307, 308, 1264, 1272 Credit card statements for minister and executive Health and wellness instruction framework ... 416, assistant (M16/05: Response tabled as SP827/05) ... 952, 1028, 1967 817 Review of ... 1028 Minister's business expenses (M14/05: Response Social studies courses ... 306–07 tabled as SP825/05) ... 815 Education–Curricula–Rural areas Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development General remarks ... 1274 Deputy Minister's and departmental official's credit Education–Finance card statements, 2003-04 (M13/05: Response Funding for teachers' salaries ... 203 tabled as SP738/05) ... 667 General remarks ... 693, 851, 952, 977–78, 1030, Minister's and executive assistant's credit card 1125–26, 1260–62, 1267, 1525, 1570, 1833 statements, 2003-04 (M12/05: Response tabled as User fees ... 1525, 1723–24, 1727, 1833–34, 1913 SP737/05) ... 666–67 User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q14/05: Minister's business expenses, 2003-04 (M11/05: Response tabled as SP500/05) ... 808, 1607 Response tabled as SP736/05) ... 666 User fees: Total revenue from, 2000-04 (Q15/05: Disabled children–Education Defeated) ... 808 General remarks ... 166, 648, 1029, 1030 Education–Finance–Rural areas Review of (2000) ... 1255 General remarks ... 1273–74 Disabled children–Education–Finance Education–Specialists General remarks ... 311, 1126, 1261, 1501, 1525 Funding for ... 1030 Drinking water Elementary education In schools ... 1711 General remarks ... 1265 Drug abuse resistance education program Ellerslie elementary school General remarks ... 1265, 1274 Condition of ... 1725 Early childhood education Drinking water in ... 1711, 1725 Full-day programs ... 1029, 1260, 1723, 1730 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Full-day programs: Studies re (Q29/05: Response Securities Commission challenge of Auditor tabled as SP499/05) ... 1158, 1607 General's authority (not proceeded with) ... 1318 Funding ... 1261 English as a Second Language General remarks ... 311, 1727 Funding ... 311, 949–50, 1126, 1261, 1501, 1525, Junior kindergarten (prekindergarten) ... 1029, 1260, 1572 1723 General remarks ... 166, 952, 1572, 1784 Early childhood education, Private Review of ... 1572, 1784 Funding for ... 1260, 1261 Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Act, 2005 Edmonton Catholic School District (Bill 205) Capital plan changes (Castle Downs high school, Second reading ... 1545 Terwillegar school) ... 1078 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 37) Edmonton Public School Board First reading ... 775 City centre education project ... 1029 Second reading ... 845–46 Closure of schools ... 124–25, 311, 693, 694, 767, Committee ... 1018–19 851, 1446, 1447 First aid–Training Closure of schools: Court decision re ... 1446 As part of school curriculum ... 205 Cluster study re utilization levels in schools ... 693, Fiscal Responsibility Act 851 Amendment of (Bill 37) ... 775 Leasing of commercial space for continuing Foreign workers, Temporary education ... 738 Alberta/federal government memorandum re Maintenance/utility costs, use of instructional funds (M24/05: Defeated) ... 989 for ... 1570 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Partnership with Canadian Space Agency ... 1726 General remarks ... 1164 Portables for Kenilworth junior high ... 694 French language–Teaching Teachers, hiring of ... 309 Funding for ... 1126 Education Gas well drilling industry General remarks ... 1260, 1267 Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: Issues re ... 166, 952 Memos re (M7/05: Defeated) ... 665 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Sour gas blowout ignition study by Bercha Group: University presidents' comments re (SP330/05: Study re (M8/05: Response tabled as SP667/05) ... 665 Tabled) ... 784 Well applications approved by AEUB, 2001-04 Education–Curricula (M10/05: Defeated) ... 666 Aboriginal-specific courses ... 1264 Well applications denied by AEUB, 2001-04 (M9/05: Fine arts courses ... 952 Defeated) ... 665 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 409 Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Gifted children–Education Microsoft Corporation (Continued) General remarks ... 1078 School software licences purchase by provincial Governor General's award for excellence in teaching government: Documents re (M27/05: Accepted) ... Canadian history 1159 Letters of congratulations to Alberta winners of National child benefit (SP777/05: Tabled) ... 2017 General remarks ... 1827 Grace Martin school, Edmonton Natural gas rebates Number of portable classrooms at ... 1727 General remarks ... 1725 Health sciences ambulatory learning centre (University Natural resources revenue of Alberta) Use for budget purposes: Legislation re (Bill 37) ... General remarks ... 1164 775 High school credits Northern Alberta Development Council Fine arts credit requirement ... 1271–72 Youth apprenticeship program ... 1267 Fine arts credit requirement (Motion 505: Herard) ... Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 831 Input into high school vocational/trades courses ... High school education–Curricula 1269 Fine arts courses ... 952 Obesity in children Vocational/trades courses ... 1267, 1269 Reduction of, through physical activity in schools ... Vocational/trades courses: Use of ticketed 416–17, 1028, 1966 journeymen in ... 1274 School programs re ... 1966–67 High school graduates Office of the Premier Numbers of ... 123, 1264, 1267 Current chief of staff (Rod Love) remuneration High schools–Maintenance and repair (Q23/05: Defeated) ... 814 Funding for ... 1727 Former chief of staff (Peter Elzinga) remuneration Home education–Regulations (Q22/05: Defeated) ... 814 Review of ... 1255–56 Official Opposition Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Press release re Auditor General (SP414/05: Tabled) Rebates under $50, number of (Q8/05: Defeated) ...... 1342 660 Oral Question Period (2005) Inuit children–Education Achievement testing ... 1255 Funding for ... 166, 1261, 1264 Budget expenditures ... 797 General remarks ... 123 Calgary Catholic School Board funding ... 1501 J. Percy Page high school, Edmonton Capital investment in schools ... 771 Partnership with Canadian Space Agency ... 1726 Centralized teacher bargaining ... 1147–48 Kenilworth junior high school Childhood obesity ... 1966–67 Portables for ... 694 Class sizes ... 977–78 Languages–Teaching Daily physical activity in schools ... 1028 General remarks ... 1603–04 Diploma exam grades ... 164, 168 Learning Resources Centre Education funding ... 1125–26 Buy-down credit for school purchases at ... 310 Education fundraising ... 1833–34 Libraries, School Education system ... 952 General remarks ... 166 English as a Second Language program ... 1572 Purchase of books for ... 1727 English as a Second Language programs ... 1784 Library cards ESL funding ... 949–50 Fees: Elimination of, in tribute to Hon. Lois Hole First aid and CPR training in schools ... 205 (Motion 502: Agnihotri) ... 190–91 Grade level achievement reporting ... 1446 Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute High school completion rate ... 123 General remarks ... 1164 Highway 28 ... 741 Medical care, Private Home schooling ... 1255–56 Influence of health symposium on ... 1164–65 Kindergarten programs ... 1029 Members' apologies to the House Labour negotiations with teachers ... 203–204 General remarks ... 1343 Learning assessment ... 1782–83 Members of the Legislative Assembly Lunchtime supervision in schools ... 1913 Conduct in the Chamber ... 1274 Nutrition programs for schools ... 1739–40, 1779 Members' withdrawal of remarks Nutrition programs in schools ... 1827 General remarks ... 1343 Physical activities in schools ... 416–17 Métis children–Education Provincial achievement tests ... 648 Funding for ... 166, 1261, 1264 School board consultations ... 165–166 General remarks ... 123 School closures ... 693, 694, 742, 767, 851, 1446, Microsoft Corporation 1447, 1522–23, 1570 School software licences purchase by provincial School construction ... 1078 government ... 322–23 School fees ... 1525 410 2005 Hansard Speaker Index Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2005) (Continued) School boards (Continued) School infrastructure funding ... 1739 Education minister's visits to ... 166 School intrastructure needs in Calgary ... 1914 Funding ... 1125–26, 1260 School utilization ... 738 Funding: Renewed funding framework ... 1260–61, School utilization formula ... 124–125 1274, 1723, 1739, 1834 Second-language instruction ... 1603–04 Funding: Renewed funding framework advisory Software licences for schools ... 322–23 committee ... 1727, 1739, 1784 Special-needs education ... 1030 School closure regulation ... 767 SuperNet hookup cost ... 740 School boards, Francophone Teachers' unfunded pension liability ... 1712, 1910 Funding ... 1261 Use of school instructional funding ... 1525 School boards, Regional Water quality in Ellerslie elementary school ... 1711 General remarks ... 1147 Physical fitness–Teaching School councils Daily mandatory activities ... 307–08, 416–17, 1028 Fund-raising activities ... 1525, 1723–24, 1727, Daily mandatory activities, funding for ... 1261 1833–34 Mandatory grade 10 course: First aid/CPR component Fund-raising activities: Revenues from (Q15/05: ... 205 Defeated) ... 809 Point of Order School counsellors Factual accuracy ... 1343–44 General remarks ... 1268, 1723, 1727 Quoting documents ... 1857 School dropouts Referring to a member by name ... 1343 General remarks ... 738, 1264, 1726 Second reading debate ... 1945 School lunch programs Portable/modular classrooms General remarks ... 1739, 1779, 1827 General remarks ... 771, 978, 1720, 1721, 1725, 1727, School lunchtime supervision 1729 Fees ... 1913 Private schools–Finance School nutrition programs General remarks ... 952, 1260, 1261 General remarks ... 1739–40, 1779, 1827 Property tax–Education levy School principals General remarks ... 1260 Inclusion in Alberta Teachers' Association ... 1266 Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act (Bill 202) School reports Third reading ... 793 Grade level achievement reports ... 1446 Unanimous consent to proceed to Committee and Schoolchildren–Transportation Third readings (SO 8(3) waived) ... 793 Funding increase for ... 1261, 1720, 1721–22, 1724, Punjabi language–Teaching 1727 Funding for ... 1725 User fees for ... 1525 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2005 (Bill 31) Schools–Closure Committee ... 1190 General remarks ... 124–25, 310, 311, 693, 694, 742, Registered apprenticeship program (High schools) 767, 771, 851, 1265, 1271, 1446, 1447, 1522–23, General remarks ... 1267 1570, 1723 Round-table on Family Violence and Bullying, Calgary Schools–Closure–Ontario (May 2004) Policy document re ... 742, 1271, 1523 General remarks ... 1265 Schools–Closure–Rural areas St. John Ambulance General remarks ... 1274 First aid/CPR instruction in schools ... 205 Schools–Construction Sangudo high school Contingent on closure of older schools ... 742, 1523 Closure ... 693 General remarks ... 1720, 1721 Scholarships Impact of utilization formula on ... 1739 Impact of diploma exam grading errors on awarding Modular schools ... 1265 of ... 164 Schools–Construction–Calgary For second-language teachers ... 1604 General remarks ... 1914 School–Grande Prairie Schools–Construction–Edmonton Portables at ... 1729 General remarks ... 771, 1078 School Act Schools–Construction–Finance School closure provisions ... 742 General remarks ... 771 Section 119, inter-school board co-operation ... 1271 Return to Education dept. responsibility ... 1723, 1914 School boards Use of budget surplus funds for ... 1739 Academic school entrance requirements ... 1078 Schools–Maintenance and repair Audited financial statements, sections 1-3 (SP104- Funding for ... 771, 1525, 1570, 1720, 1723, 106/05: Tabled) ... 171 1724–25, 1727 Budget process ... 1126 Use of budget surplus funds for ... 1739 Collective bargaining model for teachers, study of ... Schools–Rural areas 204, 1147–48 General remarks ... 1273–74 2005 Hansard Speaker Index 411 Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Schools–Utilization Surplus, Budgetary Change to formula for ... 124–25, 693, 694, 742, 771, School construction funding with ... 1725, 1739, 1914 1271, 1447 Teacher-librarians Community group use of, as part of formula re ... General remarks ... 1268, 1723, 1727 1265–66, 1268, 1271 Teachers General remarks ... 311, 738, 1723, 1729 Numbers of, increase in: Funding for ... 306, 308, Review of formula for ... 1447, 1739 309, 311, 1727 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Professional development for, funding for ... 1260, Input into high school vocational/trades courses ... 1261, 1264 1269 Rewards for excellence ... 1274 Special Cases Committee (Student evaluation) University of Calgary book about (My Most Review of examination results appeals ... 168 Memorable Teacher ...): Letter of congratulations Speech therapy re (SP630/05: Tabled) ... 1745 In schools ... 1030, 1265 Teachers, Modern languages Standing Orders Incentives for ... 1604 SO 8(3) waived to allow consideration of Bill 202, Teachers' Pension Plan Protection of Children Abusing Drugs Act ... 793 Unfunded liability ... 1261, 1712, 1910 Strathearn Elementary and Junior High School, Teachers' Pension Plans Act Edmonton General remarks ... 1261 Closure ... 694, 767, 1447 Terrace Heights Elementary School, Edmonton Closure: Court decision re ... 1446 Closure ... 1446 Student assessment Textbooks–Finance Computer adaptive assessment tool re ... 1782–83 General remarks ... 306–07, 310 Fees for ... 1730 Unleashing Innovation in Health Systems symposium Grade level achievement method ... 1782–83 (Calgary, May 3-5, 2005) Student Health Initiative Speakers/presenters at, remuneration paid to Funding ... 1261 (M35/05: Accepted) ... 1164–65 Student testing Valhalla school, Peace River Achievement tests ... 1255, 1264–65, 1272 Closure ... 693 Achievement tests: Comparison to international Video conferencing in education standards ... 1264 General remarks ... 1723 Achievement tests: Costs of administering, 2000-05 Videoconferencing in education (Q40/05: Accepted) ... 1747 General remarks ... 311, 1274 Achievement tests: Grade 3 retesting ... 648, 952, Second language teaching application ... 1604 1255 W. P. Wagner high school, Edmonton Diagnostic tests ... 648, 952, 1255, 1265 Closure of ... 1267 Diploma exams: Funding for ... 1265 Wages–Teachers Diploma exams: Grading errors on ... 164, 168 Funding for increase in ... 203 Diploma exams: Method for equating, studies re General remarks ... 1274 (M49/05: Accepted) ... 1920 Wages–Teachers–Fort McMurray Substance abuse–Treatment–Youth Coverage of cost of living ... 203 Mandatory programs for: Legislation re (Bill 202) - Warner hockey school for girls unanimous consent to proceed to Committee and Infrastructure funding for ... 1274 Third readings of ... 793 World Masters [summer] Games, Edmonton (July 2005) Sun Microsystems Inc. General remarks ... 1165 Ontario deal with, for school software licences ... 323 World Masters [winter] Games Supplementary estimates, 2004-05 Alberta bid for ... 1165 General remarks ... 1724 412 2005 Hansard Speaker Index