Page Number Directory, 25th Legislature, Third Session, 2003

Issue No. Date Pages

1 (Throne Speech) ...... Feb. 18 ...... 1-5 2...... Feb. 19 aft...... 7-33 3...... Feb. 19 eve. & Feb. 20 aft...... 35-42 & 43-68 4...... Feb. 24 aft...... 69-91 5...... Feb. 24 eve. & Feb. 25 aft...... 93-107 & 109-129 6...... Feb. 25 eve. & Feb. 26 aft...... 131-138 & 139-164 7 ...... Feb. 26 eve. & Feb. 27 aft...... 165-177 & 179-206 8...... Mar. 3 aft...... 207-232 9...... Mar. 3 eve. & Mar. 4 aft...... 233-246 & 247-273 10 ...... Mar. 4 eve. & Mar. 5 aft...... 275-291 & 293-316 11 ...... Mar. 5 eve. & Mar. 6 aft...... 317-325 & 327-350 12 ...... Mar. 10 aft...... 351-378 13 ...... Mar. 10 eve. & Mar. 11 aft...... 379-392 & 393-419 14 ...... Mar. 11 eve. & Mar. 12 aft...... 421-431 & 433-457 15 (Interim est., 2003-04) ...... Mar. 12 eve. & Mar. 13 aft...... 459-472 & 473-498 16 ...... Mar. 17 aft...... 499-526 17 ...... Mar. 17 eve. & Mar. 18 aft...... 527-554 & 555-580 18 ...... Mar. 18 eve. & Mar. 19 aft...... 581-595 & 597-619 19 ...... Mar. 19 eve. & Mar. 20 aft...... 621-637 & 639-658 20 ...... Mar. 24 aft...... 659-686 21 ...... Mar. 24 eve. & Mar. 25 aft...... 687-710 & 711-735 22 ...... Mar. 25 eve. & Mar. 26 aft...... 737-748 & 749-771 23 (Spring recess) ...... Mar. 26 eve. & Mar. 27 aft...... 773-782 & 783-806 24 ...... Apr. 7 aft...... 807-834 25 (Budget Address) ...... Apr. 7 eve. & Apr. 8 aft...... 835-848 & 849-862 26 (Main Estimates start) ...... Apr. 8 eve. & Apr. 9 aft...... 863-884 & 885-910 27 ...... Apr. 9 eve. & Apr. 10 aft...... 911-928 & 929-954 28 ...... Apr. 14 aft...... 955-981 29 ...... Apr. 14 eve. & Apr. 15 aft...... 983-1001 & 1003-1026 30 ...... Apr. 15 eve. & Apr. 16 aft...... 1027-1041 & 1043-1067 31 ...... Apr. 16 eve. & Apr. 17 aft...... 1069-1085 & 1087-1112 32 ...... Apr. 22 aft...... 1113-1137 33 ...... Apr. 22 eve. & Apr. 23 aft...... 1139-1162 & 1163-1187 34 ...... Apr. 23 eve. & Apr. 24 aft...... 1189-1204 & 1205-1227 35 ...... Apr. 28 aft...... 1229-1257 36 ...... Apr. 28 eve. & Apr. 29 aft...... 1259-1275 & 1277-1302 37 ...... Apr. 29 eve. & Apr. 30 aft...... 1303-1322 & 1323-1350 38 ...... Apr. 30 eve. & May 1 aft...... 1351-1365 & 1367-1393 39 ...... May 5 aft...... 1395-1422 40 ...... May 5 eve. & May 6 aft...... 1423-1443 & 1445-1468 41 ...... May 6 eve. & May 7 aft...... 1469-1492 & 1493-1514 42 ...... May 7 eve. & May 8 aft...... 1515-1538 & 1539-1562 43 ...... May 12 aft...... 1563-1591 44 ...... May 12 eve. & May 13 aft...... 1593-1614 & 1615-1638 45 ...... May 14 aft...... 1639-1665 46 (Summer recess) ...... May 15 aft...... 1667-1689

Spring sittings: 46 days, 31 nights

(Issue No.) (Date) (Pages) 47 ...... Nov. 18 aft...... 1691-1717 48 ...... Nov. 18 eve. & Nov. 19 aft...... 1719-1729 & 1731-1757 49 ...... Nov. 19 eve. & Nov. 20 aft...... 1759-1767 & 1769-1790 50 ...... Nov. 24 aft...... 1791-1817 51 ...... Nov. 24 eve. & Nov. 25 aft...... 1819-1834 & 1835-1861 52 ...... Nov. 25 eve. & Nov. 26 aft...... 1863-1881 & 1883-1910 53 (Suppl. est. 2003-04) ...... Nov. 26 eve. & Nov. 27 aft...... 1911-1929 & 1931-1955 54 ...... Dec. 1 aft...... 1957-1985 55 ...... Dec. 1 eve. & Dec. 2 aft...... 1987-2006 & 2007-2030 56 ...... Dec. 2 eve. & Dec. 3 aft...... 2031-2055 & 2057-2082 57 (Session adjourned)...... Dec. 3 eve ...... 2083-2104

Fall sittings: 10 days, 8 nights

Total Third Session: 56 days, 39 nights 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 151 Abbott, Rev. Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) Abbott, Rev. Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) Abortion (Continued) Coverage under health care plan: Petition tabled re Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities (SP318/03) ... 858 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Coverage under health care plan: Petitions presented Third reading ... 727 re ... 188, 1892 Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act, Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial) 2003 (Bill 34) General remarks ... 604–05 First reading ... 670 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Second reading ... 1272–73 Abortion coverage: Petition tabled re (SP318/03) ... Committee ... 1485, 1488 858 Third reading ... 1613 Abortion coverage: Petitions presented re ... 188, Livestock industry, Diversified 1892 Application of BSE compensation programs to ... Alberta Mature Animal Market Transition Program 2011 General remarks ... 1773–74, 2011 Livestock sales–Taxation Alberta Western Firearms Heritage and Historical Act Federal deferral re ... 1117 General remarks ... 563 Medical care–Finance Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) General remarks ... 888 Third reading ... 1689 Members' Statements (2003) Bovine spongiform encephalitis Federal gun registry ... 563 Compensation programs re ... 2011 Net income stabilization account (Farm income Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) program) Second reading ... 1248–50 General remarks ... 605 Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Act, 2003 (Bill 208) (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1264, 1423–24 Second reading ... 1589–90 Cull Animal Program (Federal) Third reading ... 1982–83 General remarks ... 1773–74 Oral Question Period (2003) Curling championships Agricultural policy framework ... 604–05 Scott Tournament of Hearts Alberta winners ... 77 Commercial fishery ... 183 Drought Cull cow and bull program ... 1773–74 Livestock sales due to, federal tax deferral re ... Diversified livestock producers ... 2011 1117 Elective surgery wait lists ... 888 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Federal tax deferral on livestock sales ... 1117 Second reading ... 152 Propane prices ... 1375–76 Firearms Act (Federal Bill C-68) Trucking regulations ... 562 General remarks ... 563 Organized crime–Prevention Fisheries, Commercial Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1264, Reduction in: Compensation program re ... 183 1423–24 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Second reading ... 409, 413 Abortion funding ... 188, 1892 Gun control (Federal) Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Registry for: Statement re ... 563 Abortion funding (SP318/03) ... 858 Home ownership Point of Order Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... Exhibits ... 994 383 Imputing motives ... 1858 Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Insulting language ... 727 Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Questioning a member ... 412 First reading ... 78 Relevance ... 533 Second reading ... 376–77, 830 Police, Provincial Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33) Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 533–34 First reading ... 670 Privilege Second reading ... 1267–68, 1271 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) proceeded with) ... 1242 Second reading ... 1898–99 Propane–Prices Insurance, Automobile General remarks ... 1375–76 Awards resulting from accident claims: Legislation Propane–Taxation re (Bill 33) ... 670 Farm consumers, Exemption from ... 1376 Section (b) medical benefits: Increase to (Bill 204) Provincial tax level ... 1375 ... 78 Public lands Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 987–88 152 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Abbott, Rev. Tony (PC, Drayton Valley-Calmar) Ady, Cindy (PC, Calgary-Shaw) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Calgary Board of Education ... 143 General remarks ... 77 Deerfoot Trail extension ... 1937 Responsible Firearms Owners of Alberta Graduated drivers' licences ... 645–46 General remarks ... 563 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Senate Calgary schools' capital plan list, Funding for ... 15 Reform of: Letter to the editor re (SP563/03: Education funding ... 117 Tabled) ... 1651 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Surgery waiting lists Long-term care accommodation rate increase General remarks ... 888 (SP678/03) ... 1802 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1264, Third reading ... 284 1423–24 Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) Trucking industry–Safety aspects Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 983–84 Hours of work regulations ... 562 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment General remarks ... 669, 815 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Schools–Construction–Calgary Committee ... 524 Funding for: Petition presented re ... 15 Workers' Compensation Board Speech from the Throne Letters re (SP562/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Debate ... 54–56 Ady, Cindy (PC, Calgary-Shaw) Speed skating Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Award winners: Recognition of ... 815 Foundation Student testing Awards banquet ... 815 Achievement tests ... 564 Automobile drivers' licences Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Graduated licences ... 645–46 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Calgary Board of Education Second reading ... 1409–11 Capital plan list funding: Petition re ... 15 Wages–Teachers Teachers' salary settlement, provincial funding for Calgary arbitration settlement re, provincial funding ... 143 for ... 143 Calgary Catholic Board of Education Wotherspoon, Jeremy Funding for: Letters re (SP13/03: Tabled) ... 17 Recognition of ... 815 Collaboration with Government (Newletter insert) Amery, Moe (PC, Calgary-East) Copy tabled (SP198/03) ... 564 Health Link phone line Deerfoot Trail, Calgary General remarks ... 1673 Extension of ... 1937 Hospitals–Emergency services Extension of: Environmental issues ... 1937 Wait times at ... 1673 Extension of: Letter re (SP98/03: Tabled) ... 257 Medical care Education–Finance 24-hour service re ... 1673 Petition presented re ... 117 Access to ... 1673 Extended care facilities–Fees Oral Question Period (2003) Increase in: Petition tabled re (SP678/03) ... 1802 Health care services ... 1673 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Minimum wage ... 357–58, 854 Third reading ... 276–77, 280 University of Calgary ... 250 Hockey championships School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Esso Women's National Championship ... 669 2003 (Bill 203) LeMay Doan, Catriona Committee ... 679–80 Recognition of ... 815 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Members of the Legislative Assembly Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Former members' association (Motion 511: Third reading ... 1809–10 Johnson) ... 1599 University of Calgary Members' Statements (2003) Enrollment ... 250 Nickelback ... 858 Wages–Minimum wage Increase in ... 357–58 Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Review of ... 854 Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) Waiting lists (Medical care) Second reading ... 1417–18 General remarks ... 1673 Nickelback (Music band) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) Statement re ... 858 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations North/south trade corridor Legacy grant program re ... 1476–77 General remarks ... 1937 Lottery funding for ... 945, 950 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 153 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Aboriginal peoples and judicial system Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 1071, 1073 Cutoff level re ... 1126 Aboriginal police General remarks ... 1923 Establishment of association of ... 1078 Indexing to consumer price index ... 1125 Secondment to Solicitor General's dept. ... 1078 Performance measures re ... 1137 Aboriginal police services Alberta Special Constables' Association General remarks ... 1073, 1078 Establishment of similar association of First Nations Action on Smoking and Health police officers ... 1078 New release re tobacco control program (SP322/03: Alberta Summit on Justice (1999) Tabled) ... 859 General remarks ... 1393 Adult Interdependent Relationships Act (Bill 30-2, Alberta Sustainability Fund 2002) Lottery funds transferred to ... 951 Proclamation of ... 1384 Alberta Trail Net Society Alberta Advisory Council on Women's Issues General remarks ... 1477 Midwifery recommendations ... 1297 Use of trails for snowmobiling ... 1142 Alberta Aids to Daily Living Alberta Urban Municipalities Association General remarks ... 1646 Police funding deliberations ... 1075 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Alberta's Commission on Learning Gambling addiction programs ... 73, 941 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Prisoner substance abuse programs ... 1074 Letter re (SP715/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Alberta Blue Cross Benefits Corporation Teachers' conventions recommendation: Letter re Board composition ... 1298 (SP715/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Alberta–Economic policy Seniors' benefits ... 1125, 1298 General remarks ... 1916, 1918–20, 1923 Seniors' benefits review ... 1298 Alcoholism–Treatment–Prisoners Seniors' benefits review: Committee for ... 1124–25 General remarks ... 1074 Alberta community employment program Amber Alert (Child abduction warning system) General remarks ... 1015–16 General remarks ... 1070 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) Apartment fire, Edmonton (March 11, 2003) Committee ... 1761–63 General remarks ... 441 Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) General remarks ... 1118–19 Committee ... 621–23 Alberta Court of Appeal–Calgary Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill Closure of building (toxic mold problem) ... 1384 17) Alberta Craft Council Committee ... 288–90 Web site: Link with Travel Alberta web site ... 1141 Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) Alberta family employment tax credit Committee ... 1653–55 Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 94–95 Arts Alberta Foundation for the Arts New awards program re (SP7/03: Tabled) ... 16 Funding for ... 1472, 1473 Tourism potential of ... 1141 Grant formula ... 1472 Arts–Finance Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Corporate support for ... 1472 Appeal process ... 950 General remarks ... 1472–73, 1475 General remarks ... 950 Artstrek program Staffing ... 951 Funding ... 1473 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Funding: Letter re (SP34/03: Tabled) ... 78 Midwifery services coverage ... 1297 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Seniors' extended health benefits ... 1124, 1125, Benefits clawback, re Canada Pension Plan 1297–98, 1923 payments ... 356–57, 1017 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Benefits clawback, re Canada Pension Plan Seniors' premiums ... 1125, 2014–15 payments: Letter re (SP91/03: Tabled) ... 216 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Recipients of, lobbying of provincial government ... Caseload ... 1476 750 General remarks ... 1476 Utility costs component ... 357 Alberta Law Reform Institute Auditor General Division of matrimonial property on death opinion Maintenance payments' retention by government, ... 1388 comments re ... 1381 Alberta Performing Arts Stabilization Fund Policing standards manual comments ... 1840–41 General remarks ... 1570 Provincial parks upgrading comments ... 1916 Revenue dept. comments ... 900, 901 154 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Auditor General (Continued) Capital projects (Continued) Sustainable Resource Development dept. comments Public/private partnerships re: Seniors' housing ... 1555–56 projects ... 1126 Timber production auditing comments ... 1555–56 Casinos Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11) New casinos ... 944 Second reading ... 119–20 Revenue from, to school groups ... 504 Third reading ... 1442 Changing Together, A Centre for Immigrant Women Automobile drivers' licences Handbooks re live-in caregivers in Alberta (SP526- Suspension of (Maintenance nonpayment) ... 1382 527/03: Tabled) ... 1625 Battered women–Housing Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations Second-stage housing ... 1346 Board development in ... 1476 Betty Mitchell Theatre, Calgary Definition of ... 950 Removal of ... 1570 Chief Medical Examiner's Office Bingos General remarks ... 1392 Changes to operating conditions for ... 945, 949–50 Child and family services authorities New forms of ... 951 General remarks ... 1347 Paid floor staff at, implications of ... 945 Child and Family Services Authorities Amendment Revenue from, to school groups ... 504 Act, 2003 (Bill 22) Review of ... 400, 949–50 Committee ... 799 Bingos, Electronic Child welfare Liquor provision in ... 400, 945 Aboriginal children ... 1347–48 Bottom Line Productions Inc. Children 10th anniversary: Announcement re (SP608/03: Government programs for ... 1346–48 Tabled) ... 1677 Cigars–Taxation Budget General remarks ... 908 Supplementary estimates addition to ... 1916, Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) 1918–20, 1923 Second reading ... 979–80 Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Charitable societies definition ... 950 Second reading ... 1081–82 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Class size (Grade school) Social housing programs ... 1137 Journal article re (SP478/03: Tabled) ... 1502–03 Canada Pension Plan Letter re (SP623/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Disability pension component (re Alberta AISH Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill benefits) ... 356–57, 1017 37) Disability pension component (re Alberta AISH Second reading ... 1710–11 benefits): Letter re (SP91/03: Tabled) ... 216 Coalition of Seniors Advocates Canada's Association for the Fifty-Plus General remarks ... 2014 Elimination of seniors' health care premiums Collective bargaining–Nurses recommendation ... 1125 Letters re (SP845, 807, 885, 911/03: Tabled) ... Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program 1942, 1967, 2017, 2067 General remarks ... 1136–37 Committee on Health and Community Living, Matching provincial funds for (Q4/03: Response Standing Policy tabled as SP167/03) ... 362 Submission to, re vulnerable seniors care Canada/Alberta labour market development program (SP571/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Access to, by cultural workers ... 1473 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing General remarks ... 1017 Government members boycott of: Point of privilege Canadian Association of Retired Persons re ... 1341–42 General remarks ... 2014 Community facility enhancement program Canadian Hepatitis C Activist Network General remarks ... 854, 941 Letters re hepatitis C awareness month proclamation Community initiatives program (SP440-441/03: Tabled) ... 1333 General remarks ... 854, 941, 1475 Recognition of ... 1331 Community justice Capital assets Provincial grants for ... 1071 Amortization threshold ... 900, 902 Condominium Property Act Capital Health Authority Unit owner voting rights provisions ... 812 Death of patient at Mill Woods extended care Consumer price index facility, Investigation of ... 212 Indexing of seniors' benefits program to ... 1125 Capital projects Consumer protection Public/private partnerships re: Letter re (SP169/03: Re Internet gambling ... 950 Tabled) ... 483 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 155 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Correctional institutions Dept. of Economic Development Closure of ... 1077 Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1141–42 Correctional institutions, Private Dept. of Gaming General remarks ... 1074 Business plan ... 951 Correctional Services MLA Review Committee Communications budget ... 951 Costs of ... 1074 Estimates debated ... 941–45, 949–51 Report ... 1074, 1796, 1919 Performance measures ... 951 Report (M4/03: Defeated) ... 363 Staffing ... 951 Corrections Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 26) Dept. of Health and Wellness Second reading ... 800–02 Communication with Dept. of Seniors ... 1125, 1298 Court transcripts Estimates debated ... 1297–98 Publishing of ... 1284 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Court transcripts–Fees Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1015–17, 1019 General remarks ... 1284 Receipt of files from maintenance enforcement Courts program ... 1381 Access to: Funding for ... 1386–87 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Staffing ... 1386–87 Communications division ... 1392 Streamlining of ... 1392, 1393 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1380–88, 1392–93 Courts–Calgary Minister's office renovation ... 1392 New courthouse ... 1384 Performance measures ... 1392 New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 1384 Policy secretariat ... 1392 Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Staffing ... 1386 Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1262–63 196–97 Criminals, Violent Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... General remarks ... 1070 1918–20 Cultural facilities–Maintenance and repair Dept. of Municipal Affairs Funding for ... 1916 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Cultural Human Resources Council 197 Media release ... 1016 Dept. of Revenue Media release (SP362/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Estimates debated ... 899–902, 908 Cultural Spaces Canada (Federal program) Dept. of Seniors Funding for Alberta arts groups ... 1473, 1570 Communication with Dept. of Health ... 1125, 1298 Cultural workers Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q5/03: General remarks ... 1015, 1016–17, 1019, 1472 Response tabled as SP586/03) ... 510 Cultural workers–Training Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1124–26, 1136–37 General remarks ... 1017 Performance measures ... 1137 Labour market development program access by ... Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... 1473 203 Dance Lab Open Forum Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... Poster and notice re (SP48/03: Tabled) ... 117 1922–23 Dentures Dept. of Solicitor General Coverage under seniors' health benefits ... 1297–98 Budget ... 1071 Seniors actions re ... 1137 Estimates debated ... 1070–75, 1077–78 Dependent Adults Act Minister's office budget ... 1078 Standards for seniors' care under ... 1125 Mission/vision statement of ... 1071, 1073–74 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Planning environment for programs of ... 1070–71 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 198–201 1918–20 Dept. of Children's Services Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Estimates debated ... 1346–48 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1555–56 Receipt of files from maintenance enforcement Performance measures ... 1555 program ... 1381 Dept. of Transportation Dept. of Community Development Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Estimates debated ... 1471–77 (Q11/03: Response tabled as SP590/03) ... 965 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1916, Deputy constables 1918 Carrying of sidearms ... 1074 Volunteer sector board development initiatives ... General remarks ... 1074 1476 Discrimination–Sex General remarks ... 1965 156 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Diversion (Aboriginal offenders) Employment insurance program (Federal) General remarks ... 1078, 1387 Benefits: Cultural workers eligibility for ... 1017 Diversion (Justice system) Benefits: Cultural workers eligibility for, Letter re General remarks ... 1387–88 (SP361/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Diversion (Mentally disabled offenders) Endangered species Calgary pilot project re ... 1388, 1939 Performance measures re ... 1555 General remarks ... 1387–88, 1939 Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18) Domestic violence Second reading ... 1085, 1153–54 General remarks ... 1346 Committee ... 1432–33 Provincial initiatives re ... 1070 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Drug abuse–Treatment–Prisoners Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) General remarks ... 1074 Second reading ... 1706–07 Drunk driving Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Enforcement strategy re ... 1070, 1073 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 ... 1916, Edmonton Fringe Theatre 1918–20, 1923 Provincial funding for ... 1472–73 Extended care facilities Edmonton Opera Bathing policies in ... 1125, 1298 Provincial funding for ... 1473 Diapering of residents of ... 1298 Edmonton Police Service General remarks ... 1010, 1124, 1137 Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... Impact of aging population on ... 1297 1075, 1077 Patient safety issues re ... 212, 1298 Edmonton Sport Council Proposed tenets for residents of (SP24/03: Tabled) Casino application request ... 945 ... 53 Edmonton-Norwood (Constituency) Staffing ... 1125, 1297, 1298 Member for's comments re prisoner exchanges ... Extended care facilities–Fees 183 Increase in ... 1698, 1923 Education Increase in: Postcards and letters re (SP619-622/03: Access to: Letter re (SP716/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Tabled) ... 1703 Education, Postsecondary Extended care facilities–Mill Woods, Edmonton Letter re (SP716/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Death of patient at: Investigation of ... 212 Education–Finance Extended care facilities–Standards Corporate contributions ... 1475 Legislation re ... 1298 General remarks ... 48–49, 504 Families Allied to Influence Responsible Eldercare Letter re (SP525/03: Tabled) ... 1625 Protection for seniors in care, submission re Letters re (SP570/03: Tabled) ... 1651 (SP571/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Elder abuse Family courts General remarks ... 2015 General remarks ... 1393 Ombudsman for ... 114 Family Law Act (Bill 45) Prevention of ... 1124, 1125, 1137, 1298 Second reading ... 1755–57 Shelters for abused seniors ... 1124 Committee ... 1946–47, 1949–53 Statement re ... 937, 1010 Third reading ... 2087–88 Elder Advocates of Alberta Amendment A-3 (CoW) (Subamendment SA1) Letter re tenets proposed for nursing home residents (SP832/03: Tabled) ... 1950 (SP24/03: Tabled) ... 53 Amendment A-6 (CoW) (Subamendment SA2) Electoral Boundaries Commission (SP836/03: Tabled) ... 1952 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Amendment A-7 (CoW) (SP838/03: Tabled) ... Hancock) ... 878–81 1953 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Letter re Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) (SP170/03: Tabled) ... 483 Committee ... 2085 Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Fatality inquiries Third reading ... 1660–61 Mill Woods extended care patient's death ... 212 Electric power–Prices Festivals–Finance Impact on seniors ... 1125, 1923 General remarks ... 1472–73 Impact on seniors: Letter re (SP114/03: Tabled) ... Film and television industry 302–03 Federal funding for ... 1473 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 357 General remarks ... 1472 Letter re (SP320/03: Tabled) ... 858 Film Classification Board Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) General remarks ... 1473 Second reading ... 307–09 Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Committee ... 703–05, 707 12) Third reading ... 774, 776–77 Third reading ... 1492 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 157 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Gasoline–Taxation Second reading ... 169–70 Revenue from: For tourism promotion ... 1141–42 Third reading ... 275–76 Uniform practices for ... 899–900, 902 Fines (Penalties) Government attorneys Distribution of ... 1078 Caseload ... 1386 Distribution of, to First Nations police ... 1078 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Firefighters 13) Recognition of ... 441 Second reading ... 261 First Nations development fund Third reading ... 806 Eligibility for grants from ... 944 Government programs Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 Gender analysis of ... 1477 (Bill 15) Government, Access to Committee ... 425–27 General remarks ... 750–51 Forest conservation Grant MacEwan Community College General remarks ... 1555 American Sign Language (deaf interpretation) Forest Lawn Bible College Act (Bill Pr. 2) program ... 1476 Second reading ... 1266 Guardianship (Dependent adults) Francis Winspear Centre for Music Guardian's access to medical information ... 601 Davis organ inaugural concert program (SP49/03: Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8) Tabled) ... 117 Committee ... 313–14 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Health Information Act Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) Guardians' access to medical information provisions Second reading ... 1156–58 ... 601 G-8 summit, Kananaskis Country (2002) Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) Costs: Recovery of ... 1077 Second reading ... 263–64, 267 Gambling, Compulsive Health Sustainability Initiative General remarks ... 73, 667, 941–42, 1392 General remarks ... 1125 Research into ... 942 Hepatitis C Gambling, Illegal Awareness initiatives re: Letters re (SP440-441/03: General remarks ... 944, 950, 1071–72 Tabled) ... 1333 Gambling, Youth Awareness initiatives re: Recognition of ... 1331 General remarks ... 941–42 Historic sites Gambling-related crime General remarks ... 1476 General remarks ... 942, 1071, 1077 Historic sites–Finance Gambling–Aboriginal reserves General remarks ... 1916 General remarks ... 944 Hockey Policing issues re ... 1077 Lottery funding for ... 561–62 Gaming industry Home care program Capacity of ... 944, 950 General remarks ... 1125–26 General remarks ... 941–45, 949–51 Homeless–Edmonton New forms of games ... 951 General remarks ... 1124 Revenue from ... 941, 950, 951 Homeless–Housing Revenue from: Review of use of ... 944 Fee charging for ... 1923, 2011–12 Gaming licences General remarks ... 1124, 1125, 1923 Adult sport groups eligibility for ... 944–45, 950, Mentally disabled accommodation: Government 1476 programs re ... 2012 Review of ... 944–45 Horse racing Gang-related crime–Prevention Lottery funding for ... 48, 951 General remarks ... 1070 Hotel room tax Provincial funding for ... 1919 Use for tourism marketing programs ... 900 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Human rights Committee ... 569–72 Funding for ... 1476 Gas, Natural–Prices General remarks ... 183, 1965 Impact on seniors ... 1125 Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) Impact on seniors: Letter re (SP114/03: Tabled) ... Second reading ... 1160–62 302–03 Committee ... 1440 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 357 General remarks ... 1019 Gasoline stations Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33) Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly Second reading ... 1268–70 (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1428–29 158 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Lottery Fund (Continued) Second reading ... 1858–60, 1911–12 Funds allocation: Letter re (SP321/03: Tabled) ... Committee ... 2028, 2052 858 Third reading ... 2099, 2104 Other initiatives line item ... 854, 945, 950 General remarks ... 1943 Unallocated moneys fund ... 854, 945 Insurance, Automobile Low-income seniors Reform of: Letters re (SP808-812/03: Tabled) ... Lobbying of provincial government ... 751 1943 Special-needs assistance ... 1124, 1125, 1923 Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Special-needs assistance: Denture costs component Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 ... 1297–98 Estimates debated ... 459, 461–63, 465–66, 494–97 Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... International Women's Day 1125 Statement re ... 334–35 Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component, Internet (Computer network) Letter re (SP114/03: Tabled) ... 302–03 Gambling on ... 950 Magazine publishing Iraq General remarks ... 1473 Military action against: Letter re (SP204/03: Maintenance (Domestic relations) Tabled) ... 565 Computer system integration ... 1381 Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 6) Computer system integration (Q7/03: Accepted; Second reading ... 128–29 response tabled as SP149/03) ... 362 Committee ... 1716 Files from, sharing with other departments ... 1381 Justices of the peace Funding for ... 1919, 1920 General remarks ... 1383 General remarks ... 1919, 1920 Kaasa Theatre, Edmonton MLA review committee recommendations re ... Removal of ... 1570 1919 Kananaskis Country Noncustodial parents' payments, retention by Maintenance of ... 1918 government ... 1381 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Performance measures re ... 1381 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Staffing re ... 1920 Second reading ... 542–44, 549–51 Man–Influence on nature Committee ... 696–98 Statement re ... 1212 Third reading ... 723–25, 731 Matrimonial Property (Division of Property on Death) LaJeunesse, Ron Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 210, 2002) Recognition of ... 1648 General remarks ... 1388 Learning Resources Centre Matrimonial Property (Division of Property on Death) Funding ... 504 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 214) Prices charged ... 504 General remarks ... 1388 Legal aid McDougall House, Edmonton General remarks ... 1392 Designation as historic site ... 1476 Libraries–Finance Mediators, Legal–Fees General remarks ... 1476, 1916 Increase to ... 1392 Life leases–Law and legislation Medical care, Private General remarks ... 717 General remarks ... 1373 Line Fence Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 5) Medical care–Finance Second reading ... 99 Corporate contributions ... 1475 Third reading ... 1441 General remarks ... 1297, 1373 Lobbyists Registration Act (Bill 223, 1996) Letter re (SP345/03: Tabled) ... 964 General remarks ... 750 Medical records–Access issues Lobbyists–Registration Fees ... 601 General remarks ... 750, 785 Guardians' access rights ... 601 Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Members of the Legislative Assembly 31) Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... Second reading ... 1159 750–51 Committee ... 1488–89 Members' Statements (2003) Lottery boards, Community Elder abuse ... 937 Elimination of ... 941, 1472, 1475 International Women's Day ... 334–35 Lottery Fund Living in harmony with the natural world ... 1212 Arts funding ... 1472 Protection for persons in care ... 1010 Funds allocation ... 941–45, 949–51 Seniors' programs ... 2014–15 Women's cross-country snowmobile relay ... 51 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 159 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Mentally disabled–Housing Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Government programs for ... 2012 Homeless shelters ... 2011–12 Mercadex International Inc. Human rights ... 183 Face of the Future: A Study of Human Resource Jubilee auditoria renovations ... 1570 Issues in Canada's Cultural Sector ... 1016 Legal guardians' access to medical information ... Metro Community College 601 Cancellation of adult learner programs at: Letter re Life lease properties ... 717 (SP363/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Lobbyist registry ... 750, 785 Midwives and midwifery Long-term care accommodation rates ... 1698 Coverage by health care plan ... 1297 Lottery funds ... 854 General remarks ... 1297 McCauley school ... 440 Mills, Bob Municipal policing grants ... 1448–49 Recognition of ... 1965 Photoradar ... 1169 Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9) Police services ... 891 Second reading ... 124 Policing costs ... 145 Montreal massacre of women college students Problem gambling ... 73 General remarks ... 2066 Protection for Persons in Care Act review ... 114 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Provincewide policing standards ... 1840–41 46) School fund-raising ... 504 Second reading ... 2020–21 Seniors' lodges ... 1094 Committee ... 2083–84 Street divergence program ... 1939 Muttart Fellowships program Video lottery terminals ... 667 General remarks ... 1648 Women's shelters ... 1118–19 National Hockey League Organized crime Out-of-province player levy ... 1475–76 Funding for ... 1919 National Hospice Palliative Care Week General remarks ... 1071 Recognition of ... 1501 Organized crime–Prevention Natural Resources Conservation Board Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1262–63 Caseloads ... 1555 Palliative health care General remarks ... 1555 General remarks ... 1501 Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Parks, Provincial–Maintenance and repair Act, 2003 (Bill 51) Funding for ... 1916, 1918 Second reading ... 1850 Privatization of ... 1916 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Peace Renovations to ... 1473, 1570 Letter re (SP204/03: Tabled) ... 565 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Second reading ... 1766–67 Committee ... 1969–70 Committee ... 1996–97 Older adult knowledge network Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) General remarks ... 937, 1137 Tuition fee policy inclusion in Bill 43 ... 1741 Ombudsman (Senior abuse issues) Photoradar (Traffic safety) General remarks ... 114 Consistency of procedures re ... 1169 Ombudsman Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 21) General remarks ... 1074 Committee ... 421–23 Pilgrim's Hospice Society Third reading ... 1489–90 General remarks ... 1501 Oral Question Period (2003) Point of Order 2005 World Masters Games ... 440 Allegations against members ... 952, 1663–64 Access to government ... 750–51 Imputing motives ... 495 Aids to daily living program ... 1646 Relevance ... 533, 971, 1269–70, 1859 Assisted care facility review ... 212 Poker rooms (Gambling) Assured income for the severely handicapped ... General remarks ... 944 356–57 Polaris Industries Inc. Bingo licensing review ... 400 General remarks ... 51 Breakaway to win hockey lottery ... 561–62 Police Condominium Property Act ... 812 Intermunicipal co-operation between ... 1071, 1075 Corrections review committee report ... 1796 Intermunicipal co-operation between: Consultation Court transcripts ... 1284 with First Nations police re ... 1078 Education funding ... 48–49, 1640 MLA committee review of: Costs re ... 1074 Health care funding ... 1373 MLA committee review of: Report ... 1074, 1075, Homeless initiatives ... 1329 1841, 1919 160 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Police (Continued) Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... Awarding of ... 1677 1075, 1077 Rangeland, Public Police Act Leases on ... 1555 Changes to ... 1074 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7) General remarks ... 1075, 1077 Committee ... 311–12 Police, Provincial Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Establishment of ... 1071, 1074, 1075 General remarks ... 441, 757, 1331, 1501, 1648, Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 528–29 1965, 2066 Establishment of: Consultation with First Nations Red Cross Disaster Services police re ... 1078 Recognition of ... 441 Police–Finance Regional health authorities Federal funding ... 145 Aids to Daily Living services ... 1646 General remarks ... 145, 891, 1075, 1448–49, 1919 Rehabilitation of criminals Police–Standards General remarks ... 1070, 1074, 1077 General remarks ... 1840–41 Rehabilitation of young offenders Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) General remarks ... 1070 Second reading ... 1750–52 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Third reading ... 2094–96 Provincial funding for ... 145, 1071 Inclusion of tuition policy in: Petition re ... 1741 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Letters re (SP641-642, 671, 716/03: Tabled) ... Reduction programs ... 900, 902 1742, 1779, 1846 School councils Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Fund-raising activities ... 504 Second reading ... 63–65, 68 Lobbying of provincial government ... 750 Committee ... 101–04 Schools–Maintenance and repair Third reading ... 282–83 General remarks ... 49 Amendment (SP43/03: Tabled) ... 103 Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14) Preventive medical services Second reading ... 445–46 General remarks ... 1297 Senior citizens Prison work programs Government programs: Statement re ... 2014–15 General remarks ... 1070 Standards of care for ... 1125, 1137 Prisoners Senior citizens' lodges Foreign exchange programs re ... 183 Funding for ... 1094, 1137, 1298, 2014–15 Privilege Senior citizens–Housing Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts General remarks ... 2014–15 committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) Hard-to-house seniors project ... 1923 ... 1341–42 Upgrades financing for, through provincial bonds ... Pro Coro Canada 1126 Executive director's receipt of Queen's Golden Senior citizens–Housing–Rural areas Jubilee medal (SP607/03: Tabled) ... 1677 General remarks ... 1298 Probation officers Senior citizens–Medical care Caseloads ... 1077–78 General remarks ... 2014–15 Property, Matrimonial Seniors Action and Liason Team Division of, on death ... 1388 Comments on provincial seniors' budget ... 1126 Protected areas–Maintenance and repair Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Funding for ... 1916 General remarks ... 1298 Protection for Persons in Care Act Seniors in care–Protective services General remarks ... 1010, 1124, 1125, 2014 Submission re (SP571/03: Tabled) ... 1651 MLA committee to review: Report ... 114 Seniors United Now Public Guardian General remarks ... 2014–15 Transfer to Seniors dept. ... 1124 Seniors' centres Public lands Funding ... 1125 Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 1260 Funding for volunteer services in ... 1137 Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) MLA committee review of: Report ... 1125 Committee ... 1833–34 Seniors' issues Public safety (From criminal activity) Statement re ... 2014–15 General remarks ... 1071 Seniors' supportive housing incentive program Publishing industry General remarks ... 1137 General remarks ... 1473 Sentences, Conditional (Criminal procedure) General remarks ... 1388 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 161 Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Sex Offender Information Registration Act (Federal) Tax revenue, Provincial General remarks ... 1071 Dedication of, to specific areas ... 901–02 Sex offenders Teachers National registry re ... 1070, 1071 Layoffs of: Letter re (SP623/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Smoking–Prevention Teachers' conventions News release re (SP322/03: Tabled) ... 859 Letter re (SP715/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Snowmobile relay, Women's cross-country Terrorist attacks–Prevention Statement re ... 51 Crisis management plan re ... 1070 Snowmobile trails Equipment and training funding re ... 1075 Dedicated legislation re ... 1477 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1262–63 Funding for ... 1477 Textbooks–Finance Tourism potential of ... 1141, 1142 General remarks ... 504 Social housing Timber–Royalties Funding for ... 1136–37, 1923 General remarks ... 1555 Society for the Retired and Semi-Retired Timber–Supplies Abused seniors' shelter ... 1124 Annual allowable cut of ... 1555 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Harvested supply: Auditing of (Auditor General's Renovations to ... 1473, 1570 comments re) ... 1555–56 Special constables Tobacco industry Carrying of sidearms ... 1074 Lobbying of provincial government ... 750 General remarks ... 1074 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) Speech from the Throne Second reading ... 1828–29 Debate ... 25–26 Tobacco–Taxation Sports General remarks ... 908 Lottery funding for ... 1475–76 Uniform practices for ... 899–900, 902 Sports groups, Adult Tourism–Marketing Eligibility for gaming licences ... 944–45, 950, General remarks ... 900, 1141–42 1297, 1476 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Sports lottery tickets Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Payouts from, 2000-02 (Q14/03: Response tabled as Committee ... 1575–76, 1577 SP596/03) ... 1245 Trans Canada Trail Revenue from, 2000-02 (Q13/03: Response tabled Use of trail for snowmobiling ... 1142 as SP596/03) ... 1244–45 TransCanada Pipelines building, Calgary Student financial aid Temporary location for Court of Appeal ... 1385 Letter re (SP670, 716/03: Tabled) ... 1779, 1846 Travel Alberta Student unions Web site: Link with Craft Council web site ... 1141 Provisions in Bill 43 re: Letters re (SP641, 671/03: Tuition fees Tabled) ... 1742, 1779 Letters re (SP640-641, 643, 716, 761/03: Tabled) ... Suicide Awareness March 1742, 1779, 1846 Announcement re (SP203/03: Tabled) ... 565 Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re: Supports for independence program Petition presented re ... 1741 Letter re (SP171/03: Tabled) ... 483 Universities and colleges–Finance Rate increase ... 1119 Letter re (SP505/03: Tabled) ... 1574 Supreme Court of Canada Vertigo Theatre, Calgary Appeal of justices of the peace salary increase to ... Lottery funding for ... 945 1382, 1383 Victims of crime Manitoba VLT removal ruling (Siemens case) ... 73 Assistance programs ... 1070 Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board Assistance programs: Funding for ... 1071, 1073 Caseloads ... 1555 MLA review of ... 1070, 1074 Neutrality of ... 1555 Victims of Crime Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 9, 2001) Surplus, Budgetary General remarks ... 1071 General remarks ... 1919, 1923 Video gambling machines Use for cultural facilities and parks upgrading ... Funding of upgrades to ... 48–49, 145, 667, 950 1916, 1918 General remarks ... 941 Syncrude Canada Ltd. Municipalities' removal of ... 73, 950 Royalty reduction for ... 900, 902 Reducing the number of ... 951 Tax exempt fuel use program Relation to illegal gambling ... 944, 1072 Forgone revenues from ... 899 Responsible gaming features ... 667, 941, 950–51 Tax incentives Violence against women Review of ... 899–900, 901–02 Aboriginal women ... 2066 162 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Blakeman, Laurie (L, Edmonton-Centre) (Continued) Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Violence against women (Continued) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Recognition of ... 2066 Hearings decisions: Effectiveness of Volunteers communications re ... 1467 In seniors' centres ... 1137 Municipal input into decisions of ... 1934 Wages–Artists Tempest Energy gas well drilling decision: Petition Increase in ... 1472 tabled re (SP815/03) ... 1943 Wages–Crown prosecutors Utility companies' financial/service performance, General remarks ... 1386 Monitoring of ... 1467 Wages–Justices of the peace Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Increase to ... 1382, 1383 Endowment portfolio ... 906 Wages–Womens' shelters employees External investments ... 1924 General remarks ... 1346–47 Investment asset mix ... 906 White-collar crime Talisman Energy investment ... 1499–1500 General remarks ... 1077 Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) P3 entities' access to funding from ... 1191 Second reading ... 1847 Surplus usage ... 1191–92 Committee ... 2002 Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Amendment Women's issues Act, 2003 (Bill 20) General remarks ... 334–35, 1477 Committee ... 1362 Womens' shelters Third reading ... 1608 Families turned away from ... 1346 General remarks ... 1192 Womens' shelters–Finance Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 General remarks ... 1118–19, 1346–47 (Bill 4) Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Second reading ... 123 38) Alberta Registries Second reading ... 1714–15 Funding for ... 1309–10 Committee ... 2083 Alberta seniors benefit program World AIDS Day General remarks ... 1132 Recognition of ... 1965 Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife World Championships in Athletics, Edmonton (2001) Foundation Cultural component ... 1476, 1551 General remarks ... 817 World Masters Games, Edmonton (2005) Alberta sports awards Cultural component ... 440, 1476 Program from (SP310/03: Tabled) ... 817 Provincial funding for ... 440 Recognition of ... 815 World Theatre Day Alberta Sustainability Fund Recognition of ... 757 General remarks ... 1233 Young Offenders Act (Alberta) Alberta Urban Municipalities Association General remarks ... 1071 AMFC funding, P3 entities' access to ... 1191 Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) General remarks ... 1192 General remarks ... 1070, 1071 Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) program) ... 1191 Aboriginal peoples–Education Alberta/United States relations General remarks ... 1604 Premier's letter re ... 720 Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 1604 General remarks ... 1921 Aboriginal youth suicide Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) General remarks ... 1604 General remarks ... 1020 Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 2003 (Bill 16) 17) Second reading ... 348–49 Committee ... 290 Committee ... 1203–04 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Amendment (SP406/03: Tabled) ... 1203 2) (Bill 54) Alberta Children's Provincial General Hospital Third reading ... 2031–32 Renovations funding ... 1090 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Alberta Corporate Service Centre Breakdown of disbursements (M2/03: Response General remarks ... 1309–10 tabled as SP472/03) ... 512 Government cell phone contract reconciliation ... Workers' compensation clients on ... 1020 1310 Auditor General Alberta Court of Appeal Wolfert/Shuchuk decision (SP364/03: Tabled) ... Departmental emergency preparedness plans 1011 comments ... 604 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 163 Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Auditor General (Continued) Car phones Driver examination procedure, Monitoring of ... Legislation re ... 212–13 1797–98 Caritas Health Group Sole-source contracts comments ... 505–06, 1222 General remarks ... 959 Transportation dept. comments ... 1797–98 Carma Developers Ltd. Untendered contracts comments ... 362 School construction proposal, Edmonton ... 1221 Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects Cellular telephones in government service General remarks ... 1310–11 Reconciliation of contracts for ... 1310 Automobile drivers' tests Centre for Public Services (U.K.) Privatization of ... 1797–98 Report on P3s in the judicial system ... 1736 Automobile licence plates Child welfare Single plate system, removal of ... 185–86 Aboriginal children ... 1604 Automobiles–Engines Early childhood intervention programs: Aboriginal Nitrous oxide modification kits for ... 1353, children ... 1604 1621–22 Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24) Automobiles–Registration Second reading ... 847–48 Foreign registered vehicles ... 853 Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Barraclough, Marilyn Second reading ... 1250 Recognition of ... 815 Climate change Bethany Group Kyoto protocol on ... 1215 General remarks ... 959 Collective bargaining–Nurses Border crossings–Canada/United States Letters re (SP687, 717, 843, 887/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1521 1802, 1846, 1967, 2017 Budget Commuter roads–Urban areas Supplementary estimates addition to ... 1921 Funding for ... 1354 Calgary General Hospital Conflict of interest Destruction of ... 1091 P3 funding of Calgary courthouse situation ... 1775 Calgary Police Service Consumer protection WCB fraud case, Investigation of ... 358 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1466, 1467 Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Corporations–Taxation Region Electronic filing of provincial tax returns ... 908 New hospital in southeast Calgary ... 1090–91 Reduction in ... 906 Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Correctional Services MLA Review Committee General remarks ... 1133 Report (M4/03: Defeated) ... 363 Matching provincial funds for (Q4/03: Response Corrections Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 26) tabled as SP167/03) ... 362 Committee ... 1321–22 Canadian armed forces County of Strathcona Co-ordination with province re security planning ... Committee to examine energy industry regulation ... 1522 1934 Tribute to ... 719 Courts Canadian unity Streamlining of ... 1736 General remarks ... 1521 Courts–Calgary Capital projects New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 1222, Alternative arrangements re: Statement re ... 1376 1397, 1736–37, 1775, 1921, 1963 Deferred projects ... 1215 Crowsnest Pass Ratepayer's Association Deficit of ... 1215 General remarks ... 253 General remarks ... 1214 Curling championships Public/private partnerships re ... 888–89, 959–60, World championships winners (Randy Ferby rink): 1114–15, 1165, 1221–22, 1226, 1233, 1282, Liberal letter re (SP346/03: Tabled) ... 964 1641, 1672–73, 1736–37, 1921–22, 1963 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Public/private partnerships re: Statement re ... 1095 General remarks ... 889, 1215, 1222, 1376 Public/private partnerships re: Studies/reports re ... Use of surplus to pay down: Petition tabled re 932 (SP572/03) ... 1651 Surplus funding of: Petition tabled re (SP572/03) ... Use of surplus to pay down: Petition tabled re 1651 (SP611/03) ... 1677 Surplus funding of: Petition tabled re (SP611/03) ... Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development 1677 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1604 Capital projects, Municipal–Maintenance and repair Dept. of Energy General remarks ... 1353–54 Communications division ... 1466 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1466–67 164 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Dept. of Finance Edmonton Public School Board Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1924 Night of Music, 2003: Program from (SP182/03: Dept. of Government Services Tabled) ... 509 Estimates debated ... 1309–11 Night of Music, 2003: Recognition of ... 508 Review of rules of ... 1311 Education Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Pamphlet re (SP285/03: Tabled) ... 758 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1019–20 Education–Finance Dept. of Infrastructure Recognition of ... 1050 Business plan ... 1215, 1352 Electoral Boundaries Commission Contract management process (M9/03: Response Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: tabled as SP475/03) ... 363–64 Hancock) ... 998 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1214–16, 1221–22, Electric power–Prices 1225–26 Impact on municipalities ... 1191–92 Former Assistant Deputy Minister, legal action Impact on school utility costs ... 1921 against ... 810 Impact on seniors ... 1133 Highway maintenance yards: Environmental issues Electric power–Retail sales re ... 1215 Consumer education/protection re ... 1466, 1467 Operating procedures in ... 1215 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Sole-source contracts records ... 505–06, 810, 1222 Third reading ... 760–62 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... Electric utilities–Regulations 1921–22 Deregulation ... 1466–67 Untendered contracts (Q2/03: Defeated) ... 362 Deregulation: Performance measure re ... 1467 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Electric utilities–Regulations–California Business plan ... 1521 Deregulation ... 1466, 1495, 1543 Estimates debated ... 1521–22, 1523 Embassies, Canadian Role of ... 1521–23 Promotion of Alberta interests through ... 1523 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Emergency planning Business plan ... 1191, 1192 General remarks ... 604, 1191, 1192, 1522 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Emergency services personnel (Q12/03: Response tabled as SP591/03) ... 965 Medal for: Statement re ... 1668 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1190–92, 1198 Endowment funds, Public Staffing ... 1191 General remarks ... 906, 909 Dept. of Revenue Governance structure for ... 909 E-strategy ... 908 Energy efficiency (Buildings) Estimates debated ... 906–09 Provincial initiatives re ... 1192, 1216 Performance measures ... 907 Energy industry Dept. of Seniors Municipal regulation of ... 1934 Business plan ... 1133 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1132–34 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 ... 1921 Performance measures ... 1133 Exports–Transportation Dept. of Transportation General remarks ... 1352, 1353 Contract management process (M11/03: Response Extended care facilities tabled as SP436/03) ... 364 General remarks ... 1133–34 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Staffing ... 1134 (Q11/03: Response tabled as SP590/03) ... 964 Federal Building Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1352–54, 1359 Asbestos content ... 1226 Dionne, Deidra General remarks ... 1226, 1466 Recognition of ... 815 Federal/provincial relations Disaster relief General remarks ... 1521 General remarks ... 1191 Performance measures re ... 1523 Drinking water–Bragg Creek Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) General remarks ... 1191 Second reading ... 157–58 Earth Tech (Canada) Inc. Third reading ... 277–79 Contract to operate Swan Hills Treatment Centre ... Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act 113 Untendered contracts information, Request under ... Eco Logic Inc. 437 Hazardous waste disposal methods ... 113–14, 1221, Fuhr, Grant 1225–26 Recognition of ... 1800 Economic development Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Growth of ... 1191, 1192 Committee ... 454–56, 592–94 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 165 Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Income tax, Provincial (Continued) Reduction in ... 906 Third reading ... 765–66, 767–68 Information and communications technology Amendment (3r: six month hoist) ... 768 Public contracts awarded re: Alberta content ... 74 Gas well drilling industry–Hastings Lake/Ministik area Injured workers Petition tabled re (SP815/03) ... 1943 Denial of compensation to injured worker in Gas, Natural–Prices Calgary: Documents re (SP115-116/03: Tabled) General remarks ... 1466 ... 303 Impact on seniors ... 1133 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Golf championships Second reading ... 1927–28 Masters tournament champion (Mike Weir): Liberal Intermunicipal relations letter to (SP347/03: Tabled) ... 964 General remarks ... 665, 1192 Good Samaritan Society International trade General remarks ... 959 Promotion of Alberta interests re ... 1523 Government aircraft International trade–Canada/United States Status of ... 1226 General remarks ... 1352, 1521 Government borrowing Interprovincial relations General remarks ... 1222 Performance measures re ... 1523 Government departments Investment of public funds Reduction in number of ... 906 External managers re ... 909 Grace Hospital General remarks ... 906, 909 Sale of ... 1091 Iraq Great West Life Realty Military action against ... 604 Involvement in Calgary courthouse construction Military action against: Letter re (SP275/03: project ... 1775 Tabled) ... 720 Hampton school, Calgary Iraq–Politics and government P3 model for financing of ... 1221, 1222 General remarks ... 77 Hazardous substances–Disposal Judicial power General remarks ... 113–14 Independence of: Impact of P3 model of court Hazardous substances–Transportation construction on ... 1736–37, 1775, 1963 General remarks ... 1353 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Health facilities–Construction Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Public/private partnerships re ... 1963 Committee ... 613–14, 616–18, 701 Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8) Third reading ... 741–42, 744–45 Committee ... 314–15 Amendment (SP224/03: Tabled) ... 617 Heritage Classic hockey game, Edmonton (November Laniuk, Jean 22, 2003) Recognition of ... 1572–73 General remarks ... 1800 Legislature Building Statement re ... 1769–70, 1792–93 Security issues ... 1198 Heritage Classic Organizing Committee Legislature grounds Statement re ... 1769–70 Performance of pagan ceremony on: E-mail re High school credits (SP842/03: Tabled) ... 1967 Grade 10 credits, changes to ... 1050 LeMay Doan, Catriona Highway 63–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Recognition of ... 815 Alternate route to ... 1359 Lethbridge County Airport Highway 881–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Port of entry status ... 1328, 1353 General remarks ... 1359 Line Fence Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 5) Hockey Hall of Fame Committee ... 311 Induction of Grant Fuhr into ... 1800 Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Holy Cross Hospital 31) Sale of ... 1091 Third reading ... 1613 Hospitals–Calgary MacKay Wright, Jane Closure ... 1091 Recognition of ... 77 New south Calgary hospital ... 1090–91 Maintenance (Domestic relations) Hospitals–Construction Computer system integration (Q7/03: Accepted; Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re response tabled as SP149/03) ... 362 (SP572/03) ... 1651 Members of the Legislative Assembly Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Former members' association (Motion 511: (SP611/03) ... 1677 Johnson) ... 1597–98 166 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Members' Statements (2003) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Alternative financing ... 1376 Municipal regulation of oil and gas development ... Tribute to members of the Armed Forces ... 719 1934 Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9) Nitrous oxide engine modification ... 1621–22 Second reading ... 125–26 Private/public partnerships ... 932, 959–60, Minister's Symposium on Schools (2001) 1114–1115, 1165, 1233, 1282, 1641, 1672–73, General remarks ... 1672 1963 Ministerial Statements (2003) Provincial/municipal agreement ... 1007–08, 1047 Emergency services personnel ... 1668 Sole-source contracts ... 505–06 Heritage Classic Organizing Committee ... 1769–70 Swan Hills waste treatment facility ... 113–14 Molson Canadian Heritage Classic ... 1792–93 Untendered contracts ... 437, 480 MLA Government Rules Review Committee Vehicle registration ... 853 Costs of ... 1311 Palestine–Politics and government Municipal authority pods General remarks ... 77 General remarks ... 665 Parkland Institute Municipal excellence program Highway maintenance privatization study General remarks ... 1192 (SP646/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Municipal finance Peace activists General remarks ... 1191, 1192 Recognition of ... 77 Municipal government Pensions General remarks ... 665, 1190 General remarks ... 1133, 1924 Impact of high energy prices on ... 1191–92 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Municipal Government Act Budget surplus use for capital project funding Inspection provisions re Blairmore/Bellevue water (SP572/03) ... 1651 pipeline ... 252–53 Budget surplus use for capital project funding Municipal reserve land (SP611/03) ... 1677 Sale of, to fund school construction ... 1641 Tempest Energy gas well drilling, Hastings Lake Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) area (SP815/03) ... 1943 General remarks ... 1466 Point of Order Regulations under: Review ... 1466 Clarification ... 218–19 Natural gas rebates Police Funding for ... 1921 Biological, nuclear, chemical attack response General remarks ... 1466 capability ... 1192 North/south trade corridor Co-operation with province on security issues ... Safety concerns re ... 1353 604 Northern Oilfield Contractors Association Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... Letter re access problems to Crown lands (SP50/03: 1191 Tabled) ... 118 Police–Edmonton Office of the Premier Opening of northeast police station: Program re Premier's letter to U.S. re Iraq crisis: Letter re (SP51/03: Tabled) ... 118 (SP275/03: Tabled) ... 720 Polish Veterans' Society Ombudsman Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 21) 65th Anniversary: Program re (SP90/03: Tabled) ... Committee ... 423–24 216 Oral Question Period (2003) 65th Anniversary: Recognition of ... 215 Allegations of fraud in the WCB ... 358 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Blairmore-Bellevue water pipeline ... 252–53 Second reading ... 1752–53 Calgary courthouse ... 1397, 1736–37, 1775 Committee ... 1871–72 Calgary regional health authority ... 1090–91 Third reading ... 2082 Cell phone use ... 212–13 Poverty–Aboriginal communities Civil fraud suit ... 810 General remarks ... 1604 Driver examinations ... 1797–98 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Emergency preparedness ... 604 Committee ... 133–34, 136–38 Government contracts ... 74 Third reading ... 284–86 Heritage savings trust fund investments ... Privilege 1499–1500 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Infrastructure capital plan ... 888–89 proceeded with) ... 1242 Injured workers' allegations ... 299, 333 Provincial/Municipal Council on Roles, Lethbridge county airport ... 1328 Responsibilities and Resources in the 21st Century, Licence plates ... 185–86 Minister's Municipal governance ... 665 General remarks ... 1047, 1191 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 167 Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Provincial/Municipal Council on Roles, Schmittroth, Louis Responsibilities and Resources in the 21st Century, Recognition of ... 77 Minister's (Continued) School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Working relationship agreement ... 1007–08, 1047, 2003 (Bill 203) 1192 Second reading ... 370–71 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Schools General remarks ... 1191 Mold contamination in ... 1921 Provincial/municipal relations Schools–Construction Vision, Principle and Fiscal Framework document Funding for ... 1641, 1921–22 re: Edmonton Mayor's letter re (SP249/03: Private/public funding of ... 1922 Tabled) ... 672 Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Public buildings (SP572/03) ... 1651 Energy retrofits of ... 1216 Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Upgrading of ... 1215 (SP611/03) ... 1677 Public contracts Schools–Construction–Edmonton Alberta content provisions ... 74 Funding for: P3 model ... 1221 Contract management process (Infrastructure): Schools–Downtown areas Policy re (M9/03: Accepted) ... 363–64 Funding for ... 1641 Contract management process (Transportation): Schools–Maintenance and repair Policy re (M11/03: Accepted) ... 364 Funding for ... 1050, 1921 Service contracts ... 1311 Schools–Utilization Sole-source contracts ... 505–06, 810, 1222 General remarks ... 1215 Untendered contracts ... 437, 480 Senior citizens Untendered contracts (Q2/03: Defeated) ... 362, 437 Government programs: Impact of aging population Public lands on ... 1133 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Respite care for ... 1133–34 over, Letter re (SP50/03: Tabled) ... 118 Senior citizens–Housing Sale of ... 1215 General remarks ... 1133 Public security (Buildings/infrastructure) Seniors' income levels General remarks ... 1192 General remarks ... 1132 Queen Elizabeth high school, Edmonton Separatism, Western General remarks ... 1214, 1221, 1222 General remarks ... 719 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Sewage disposal plants General remarks ... 77, 215, 508, 815, 1050, Funding for ... 1353 1572–73, 1800 Sewage disposal plants–Bragg Creek Regional health authorities General remarks ... 1191 Aboriginal programs ... 1604 Shewfelt, Kyle Registry offices, Private Recognition of ... 815 Computer equipment contract for ... 1309–10 Skills development–Northern Alberta Funding for ... 1309–10 General remarks ... 1604 Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Social housing General remarks ... 1310–11 General remarks ... 1133 Revenue Performance measures re ... 1133 Management framework re ... 907 Spills (Pollution) Risk management in public budgeting General remarks ... 1221 General remarks ... 909 Strategic economic corridors Road construction–Finance General remarks ... 1353, 1359 Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Suncor Inc. (SP572/03) ... 1651 Expansion ... 1215 Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Supports for independence program (SP611/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Workers' compensation clients on ... 1020 Roads–Maintenance and repair Supreme Court of Canada Alberta Workers' Compensation Board appeal Costs ... 1353 decision: Information re (SP816/03: Tabled) ... Deferred projects re ... 1353 1943 Parkland Institute study re privatization of Surplus, Budgetary (SP646/03: Tabled) ... 1742 General remarks ... 1376 Rosslyn Place, Edmonton Use for infrastructure funding: Petition tabled re General remarks ... 1133 (SP572/03) ... 1651 St. Patrick school, Edmonton Use for infrastructure funding: Petition tabled re Closure ... 1215 (SP611/03) ... 1677 168 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Bonner, Bill (L, Edmonton-Glengarry) (Continued) Swan Hills Treatment Centre Workers' Compensation Board (Continued) Sale of ... 113–14, 1221, 1225–26 Accusations of criminal wrongdoing against: Legal Talisman Energy Inc. procedure re, Letter re (SP117/03: Tabled) ... 303 Government shares in ... 1499–1500 Injured worker’s claim to: Documents re (SP115- Sudan oil development: U.S. class action complaint 116/03: Tabled) ... 303 re, Ruling on (SP250/03: Tabled) ... 672 Long standing claims issue ... 1020 Teachers Supreme Court decision on appeal of, re injured Layoffs of ... 1050 worker's claim (SP816/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Tecskor Software Inc. Wolfert/Shuchuk case: Court decision re (SP364/03: Government tenders with (M8/03: Defeated) ... 513 Tabled) ... 1011 Tempest Energy Corp. Workplace safety Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area: Petition General remarks ... 1020 tabled re (SP815/03) ... 1943 Wotherspoon, Jeremy Terrorist attacks–New York City/Washington, D.C. Recognition of ... 815 September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 1198, 1311 Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray) Terrorist attacks–Prevention Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Co-ordination with the military re ... 1522 Counties General remarks ... 1521 General remarks ... 663, 1192, 1193 Toll roads Municipal taxation powers, discussions with General remarks ... 1354 province re ... 1210 Traffic safety Alberta Boilers Safety Association General remarks ... 212–13, 1354 Annual report, 2002 (SP792/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Traffic Safety (Cellular Phone) Amendment Act, 2002 Alberta Building Code (Bill 204, 2002) General remarks ... 1195 General remarks ... 212–13 Alberta Economic Development Authority Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution General remarks ... 664 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Alberta Elevating Devices and Amusement Rides Second reading ... 1254–55 Safety Association Transportation, Urban–Maintenance and repair Annual report, 2002-03 (SP793/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Funding ... 1353–54 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Transportation–Finance Municipal input into decisions of ... 1934, 2060 General remarks ... 1352–54, 1359 Tempest Energy gas well drilling decision ... Trucking industry–Safety aspects 2060–61 Electronic on-board recorders ... 1354 Alberta Home Builders' Association Hours of work regulations ... 1353, 1354 General remarks ... 1195 U-Haul trucks/trailers Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Inspection/licensing of while in Alberta ... 1353 General remarks ... 1193 Underground economy Interest-free loans for municipal energy General remarks ... 908 conservation initiatives ... 1372–73, 1887 Wages–Teachers Loan to Enmax Corporation ... 1887 Funding for increase in ... 1050 Retained earnings of, transferred to General Water pipelines–Blairmore/Bellevue Revenue Fund ... 1049, 1093 General remarks ... 252–53 Alberta Propane Vehicle Administration Organization Water quality–Standards Annual report, 2002 (SP795/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Nicol) ... 692–93 AMFC retained earnings transfer, Concerns re ... Water treatment plants 1049, 1093 Funding for ... 1353 General remarks ... 663, 1192 Water treatment plants–Bragg Creek Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET General remarks ... 1191 program) ... 1049, 1193, 1372–73 Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) Municipal taxation powers, discussions with Third reading ... 2074–75 province re ... 1210 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Amalgamation of municipalities Act, 2003 (Bill 202) General remarks ... 665 Second reading ... 225 Asbestos Committee ... 515 Abatement programs for ... 1195 Workers' Compensation Board Assessment Accusations of criminal wrongdoing against: Legal Audits re ... 1190 procedure re ... 299, 333, 358 Equalized reporting process for: Legislation re (Bill 46) ... 1741 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 169 Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray) Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray) (Continued) (Continued) Assessment (Continued) Disaster relief General remarks ... 1189, 1190, 1397 General remarks ... 1189, 1193, 1197 Market value as basis for ... 1006, 1190 Economic development Auditor General Growth of ... 1200 Departmental emergency preparedness plans Edmonton City Centre Airport comments ... 604, 643 Operational status ... 1735 Municipal Affairs dept. comments ... 1195 Edmonton Regional Airports Authority Authorized accredited agencies City Centre Airport policy ... 1735 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP796/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Edmonton, Mayor of Boxing commissions Position on City Centre Airport ... 1735 Liability insurance extended for: Legislation re (Bill Education–Finance 46) ... 1741 General remarks ... 1326 Building inspection Electoral Boundaries Commission General remarks ... 1195 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Capital projects Hancock - amendment) ... 877 Public/private partnerships re: Access to AMFC Electric power–Prices funding ... 1093 Impact on municipalities ... 1009 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 1048 Deregulation ... 1009, 1887 Provincial/private sector funding partnerships re ... Emergency Management Alberta 663–64 General remarks ... 1195, 1197 Capital projects, Municipal–Maintenance and repair Emergency planning General remarks ... 1199–1200 General remarks ... 604, 643, 1189, 1193, 1195 Climate change Emergency services personnel Kyoto protocol on ... 1373 Medal for: Statement re ... 1668 Climate Change Central Emission control credits General remarks ... 1049, 1373 General remarks ... 1373 Coaldale Police Service Energy efficiency (Buildings) Integration with Lethbridge Police Service ... 354 Homeowner loans for ... 1738 Condominiums Provincial initiatives re ... 1193, 1738 Inspection of ... 1195 Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings) County of Strathcona AUMA proposals re (MEET program) ... 1049, Committee to examine energy industry regulation ... 1372–73 1934, 2060–61 Provincial interest-free loans re ... 1372–73 Crowsnest Pass Ratepayer's Association Energy industry General remarks ... 253 Municipal regulation of ... 1934, 2060–61 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Enmax Corporation Annual report, 2002-03 (SP761/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Loan from Municipal Financing Corporation ... Budget ... 1193 1887 Computer services ... 1198 Floods Deputy minister's office budget ... 1198 Compensation re ... 1193, 1197 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Forest fires (Q12/03: Response tabled as SP591/03) ... 965, Compensation re ... 1193, 1197 1652 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1189–90, 1192–93, General remarks ... 965 1195–1201 Gas well drilling industry–Hastings Lake/Ministik area Lottery funds for ... 1189 General remarks ... 2060–61 Minister's office budget ... 1198 Gasoline–Taxation Municipal services division budget ... 1197–98 Revenue from ... 1210 Revenues ... 1189 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1200 Safety services and fire protection division Goods and services tax (Federal government) (technical services) budget ... 1197 Application to municipal governments ... 1210 Staffing ... 1198 Government Emergency Operations Centre Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... General remarks ... 1195, 1198 197 Grants in place of taxes Support services ... 1189, 1190, 1198 General remarks ... 1190, 1197 Dept. of Transportation Nonprofit seniors' housing ... 398 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1360 Greenhouse gas emissions Reduction of ... 1049 170 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray) Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray) (Continued) (Continued) Highway 63–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Oral Question Period (2003) Alternate route to ... 1360 Blairmore-Bellevue water pipeline ... 252–53 Highway 881–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Edmonton city centre airport ... 1735 General remarks ... 1360 Education property taxes ... 1006, 1326, 1396–97 Improvement districts–National parks areas Electricity deregulation ... 1009, 1887 General remarks ... 1193 Emergency preparedness ... 604, 643 Intermunicipal relations Energy conservation initiatives ... 1372–73 Dispute resolution process ... 1190 Energy retrofit program ... 1738 General remarks ... 354, 665, 1193, 1197 Municipal Financing Corporation ... 1049, 1093 Iraq Municipal governance ... 665 Military action against ... 604, 643 Municipal infrastructure ... 663–64 Legislature Building Municipal policing grants ... 1448–49 Security issues ... 1198 Municipal regulation of oil and gas development ... Lethbridge Police Service 1934, 2060–61 Integration with Coaldale Police Service ... 354 Municipal taxation ... 1210 Lottery Fund Police services ... 354 Municipal Affairs dept. funding ... 1189 Policing costs ... 145 Ministerial Statements (2003) Provincial/municipal agreement ... 1007–08, Emergency services personnel ... 1668 1047–48 Municipal authority pods Seniors' housing ... 398 General remarks ... 665 Petroleum Tank Management Association of Alberta Municipal Debenture Interest Rebate Program Annual report, 2002 (SP794/03: Tabled) ... 1942 General remarks ... 1190, 1197 Petroleum tank sites remediation program Municipal excellence program General remarks ... 1193, 1197 General remarks ... 1190, 1192–93, 1197, 1199 Pine shake roofing Municipal finance Litigation re: Costs ... 1197 Government grants ... 1189, 1190, 1195, 1197 Police Municipal government Biological, nuclear, chemical attack response General remarks ... 665, 1189 capability ... 1193 Impact of high energy prices on ... 1009 Co-operation with province on security issues ... Municipal Government Act 604 General remarks ... 1200, 1201 Police–Finance Inspection provisions re Blairmore/Bellevue water General remarks ... 145, 1448–49 pipeline ... 253 Intermunicipal partnership funding ... 354 Nonprofit seniors' housing taxation provisions ... Property tax 398 General remarks ... 1189 Paramountcy of Energy Board decisions over Property tax–Education levy municipal planning decisions, Provision for ... General remarks ... 1006, 1326, 1396–97 1934, 2060–61 Provincial/Municipal Council on Roles, Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill Responsibilities and Resources in the 21st Century, 23, 2002) Minister's General remarks ... 1741 General remarks ... 663–64, 1047–48, 1189–90, Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 1193, 1195, 1200, 1210, 1741 46) Working relationship agreement ... 1007–08, First reading ... 1741 1047–48 Second reading ... 1945, 2020–21 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Third reading ... 2089–90 General remarks ... 1210 Municipal Government Board Public security (Buildings/infrastructure) Backlog of cases ... 1196–97, 1198 General remarks ... 1189, 1193, 1195 Dispute resolution process ... 1190 Regional economic development partnerships General remarks ... 1189, 1190 General remarks ... 1193 Staffing ... 1198 Regional health authorities Municipal infrastructure management system Elected boards of, dismissed ... 1195 General remarks ... 1197, 1199–1200 Regional planning Municipal sponsorship program Strategies for growth management ... 1200 General remarks ... 1190, 1197 Roads–Fort McMurray area Northern development General remarks ... 1360 Impact of Edmonton City Centre Airport closure on Safety Codes Act ... 1735 General remarks ... 1195 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 171 Boutilier, Hon. Guy C. (PC, Fort McMurray) Broda, Dave (PC, Redwater) (Continued) (Continued) Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada Safety Codes Council Report (Building on Values): Petition tabled re General remarks ... 1197 (SP97/03) ... 257 Senior citizens–Housing Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Nonprofit housing and grants in place of taxes ... 2003 (Bill 201) 398 Third reading ... 675 Sewage disposal plants, Private Environmental Protection and Enhancement General remarks ... 1193 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) Sewage disposal plants–Bragg Creek Second reading ... 1275 General remarks ... 1193 Kolybaba, Peter and Doris Special areas Recognition of ... 507 General remarks ... 1189, 1193 Medical care Special Areas Trust Account Restructuring: Petition tabled re (SP97/03) ... 257 2002 financial statements (SP495/03: Tabled) ... Morinville Art Club 1573 Recognition of ... 1502 General remarks ... 1195 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Subdivision of land Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Off-site road levies for: Legislation re (Bill 46) ... Second reading ... 1587–89 1741 Committee ... 1975–76 Taxation, Municipal Oral Question Period (2003) General remarks ... 1210 Bingo industry ... 957–58 TD Economics Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1201, Health care system changes (Romanow report) 1210 (SP97/03) ... 257 Tempest Energy Corp. Public lands Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area ... Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 984–85, 986, 2060–61 1260–61 Terrorist attacks–New York City/Washington, D.C. Radway and District Friends of STARS September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 1195 Recognition of ... 893 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) General remarks ... 1195 General remarks ... 507, 893, 1502 Transportation, Urban Trio Tan 'n Tone General remarks ... 1200 Recognition of ... 507 Transportation–Finance Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment General remarks ... 1360 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Urban Development Institute Committee ... 517–18 General remarks ... 663, 664 Calahasen, Hon. Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) Water pipelines–Blairmore/Bellevue Aboriginal businesses General remarks ... 252–53 General remarks ... 296–97, 2062–63 Water treatment plants–Bragg Creek Aboriginal issues General remarks ... 1193 General remarks ... 1600 Wrestling commissions Aboriginal issues–Legal aspects Liability insurance extended for: Legislation re (Bill General remarks ... 1601, 1605 46) ... 1741 Aboriginal land claims Broda, Dave (PC, Redwater) General remarks ... 1601 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Aboriginal peoples–Education Bingo operating conditions changes ... 957–58 General remarks ... 2062–63 Bingo workers Aboriginal peoples–Employment Restrictions on where they can play ... 958 General remarks ... 296–97 Bingos Aboriginal peoples–Health care Changes to operating conditions for ... 957–58 General remarks ... 1605 Revenue from, to charitable groups ... 957–58 Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations General remarks ... 1605 Impact of bingo rule changes on ... 957–58 Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas–Calgary Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) General remarks ... 1605 Second reading ... 980–81 Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas–Edmonton Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill General remarks ... 1605 37) Aboriginal policy framework Second reading ... 1275, 1707–08 General remarks ... 50, 296, 1600–01, 1936, 2062–63 172 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Calahasen, Hon. Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) Calahasen, Hon. Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Aboriginal youth suicide Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative General remarks ... 1621 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Aboriginal/industry partnerships Estimates debated ... 460 General remarks ... 296–97, 1600, 1605–06, 1936, Inuit–Education 2062–63 General remarks ... 2062 Alberta Children and Youth Initiative Medicine Wheel Early Learning Centre Aboriginal component ... 1600 General remarks ... 1496 Aboriginal youth suicide prevention programs ... Métis Nation of Alberta Association 1621 General remarks ... 1600, 1605 Alberta Corporate Service Centre Métis settlements Agreement with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern General remarks ... 1600–01 Development ... 1600 Métis Settlements Accord Implementation Act Aseniwuche Winewak Nation General remarks ... 1600 Employment agreement with Chevron Canada ... Métis Settlements Appeal Tribunal 1605, 2062 Annual report, 2002 (SP329/03: Tabled) ... 893 Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Funding ... 1600, 1605 Joint business venture ... 1605 Staffing ... 1600 Auditor General Métis Settlements General Council Métis settlements funding, Auditing of ... 1605 Funding ... 1600 Bigstone Forestry Incorporated Métis Settlements Land Registry Joint industry/aboriginal partnership ... 2062 Funding ... 1600 Blood Tribe Métis–Education Jurisdiction over child welfare matters ... 2062 General remarks ... 2062 Participation in irrigation spillway construction ... Métis–Employment 2062 General remarks ... 296 Burlington Resources Inc. Michif (Métis language) Aboriginal employment agreement ... 1605 General remarks ... 1496 Chevron Canada Native friendship centres Aboriginal employment agreement ... 1605, 2062 General remarks ... 1600, 1605 Child welfare Northern Alberta Development Council Aboriginal children ... 2062 Funding ... 1600 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Role in Edmonton City Centre Airport discussions Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1599–1601, 1605–06 ... 1773 Performance measures ... 1605 Staffing ... 1600 Staffing ... 1600 Northern development Devon Energy Limited General remarks ... 1600, 1601 Joint venture agreement with Sturgeon Lake Cree Impact of Edmonton City Centre Airport closure on Nation ... 2062 ... 1735, 1773 Early literacy programs (Pre-school) Ombudsman (Métis Settlements) Aboriginal children ... 1496 Funding ... 1600, 1605 Edmonton City Centre Airport General remarks ... 1601 Operational status ... 1735, 1773 Oral Question Period (2003) Edmonton Regional Airports Authority Aboriginal policy framework ... 2062–63 City Centre Airport policy ... 1735 Aboriginal youth suicide ... 1621 Energy industry Access to Crown land ... 71–72 Aboriginal opportunities in ... 296–97, 1605, 1936, Access to crown land ... 1793, 1962, 2008 2062–63 Consultation with First Nations and energy industry Energy industry–Crown lands ... 1936 Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 50, Early learning programs ... 1496 71–72, 1601, 1606, 1793, 1936, 1962, 2008 Edmonton city centre airport ... 1735, 1773 Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute: Committee Government-appointed committees ... 50 to review ... 50 Peigan Indian Utilities Corporation EPCOR Group of Companies Joint venture with EPCOR ... 1605 Joint venture with Peigan Indian Utilities Public lands Corporation ... 1605 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Forest industries over ... 50, 71–72, 1601, 1606, 1793, 1936, 1962, Aboriginal opportunities in ... 297, 1605, 2062–63 2008 Health Sustainability Initiative Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Aboriginal component ... 1600, 1605 over, Committee to review ... 50 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 173 Calahasen, Hon. Pearl (PC, Lesser Slave Lake) Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) (Continued) Day care centres–Employees Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) General remarks ... 504 General remarks ... 1962, 2008 Day care centres–Finance Royal Canadian Mounted Police Federal funding ... 504 Role in First Nations/oilfield contactors public lands Debts, Public (Provincial government) access dispute ... 71 General remarks ... 1676 St. Mary River dam Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Spillway replacement: Aboriginal involvement in ... Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1390 2062 Electric power lines Smoking–Prevention Policy re ... 1330 Aboriginal framework re ... 2062 Electric power–Retail sales Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation General remarks ... 331 Joint venture agreement with Devon Energy Electric power–Supply Limited ... 2062 General remarks ... 331, 1330 Supreme Court of Canada Electric utilities–Regulations Cases re industrial activity on crown land vs. Deregulation ... 331 aboriginal treaty rights ... 71 Employment training programs Treaty 8 First Nations General remarks ... 1798–99 Consultations with, re public land access issues ... Fibromyalgia-related injuries 1962, 2008 Coverage by Workers' Compensation Board ... Western Economic Partnership Agreement 1567–68 (Canada/Alberta) Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) General remarks ... 1605 Second reading ... 158–59 Weyerhaeuser Company Financial summit (Proposed) Aboriginal businesses, Contracts with ... 297, 1605 Legislation re (Bill 218) ... 1801 Wind power Financial Summit Act (Bill 218) Aboriginal participation in ... 1605 First reading ... 1801 Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) French language–Teaching Action Committee against Violence Federal funding for ... 562 General remarks ... 1121 Gas, Natural–Prices Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Impact on small business ... 186 Engineering Research Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Global conflict 48) Statement re ... 564 Second reading ... 1898 Government spending policy Alberta Sustainability Fund General remarks ... 1676 General remarks ... 1676 Historic sites–Calgary Alberta's Promise Lynnview Ridge area (buffalo jump) ... 1091 General remarks ... 504 Homeless–Housing Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 788 Statement re ... 1676 Human rights Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Statement re ... 564 Posting of rulings on Internet ... 1567 Immigrants of Distinction Awards Asian Heritage Month Statement re ... 857 Statement re ... 1376–77 Imperial Oil Calgary Injury Prevention Coalition Oil refinery site, Calgary ... 644 General remarks ... 1121 Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Region Second reading ... 830–31 Funding ... 1886–87 Iraq Capital Health Authority Military action against ... 669–70 Funding ... 1887 Medical care Contaminated soil–Lynnview Ridge, Calgary Restructuring ... 1887 Removal of: Judicial review of ... 644 Members of the Legislative Assembly Council of Alberta University Students Electoral anniversaries of members ... 442 Generation Debt (Report) (SP332/03: Tabled) ... Recognition of ... 442 893 Members' Statements (2003) Court interpreters–Fees Asian Heritage Month ... 1376–77 Increase in ... 1008, 1390 Global conflict ... 564 Courts Immigrants of distinction awards ... 857 Translation services in ... 1390 Provincial fiscal policies ... 1676 174 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) Cao, Wayne C.N. (PC, Calgary-Fort) (Continued) Members' Statements (2003) (Continued) Skills development program Safe Calgary initiative ... 1121 General remarks ... 1798–99 Multiculturalism Small business Recognition of ... 215 Impact of natural gas prices on ... 186 Statement re ... 1376–77 Smoking–Prevention Musical Montage 2003 General remarks ... 670 Recognition of ... 1050 Snow removal (Highways) Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Monitoring of ... 1496–97 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Social housing Second reading ... 1816–17 General remarks ... 788–89 Oil, Used–Disposal Speech from the Throne Fees for ... 48 Debate ... 30–31 Oral Question Period (2003) Student financial aid Affordable housing ... 788–89 Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... Bilingual programs ... 562 838–39 Calgary regional health authority ... 1886–87 Sub judice rule Calgary transportation issues ... 2063–64 General remarks ... 644 Disposal of used oil ... 48 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 35) Education property taxes ... 1674–75 First reading ... 670 Electricity supply ... 331, 1330 Second reading ... 1039, 1041 Federal funding for child care ... 504 Committee ... 1320–21 Highway maintenance ... 1496–97 Third reading ... 1613–14 Interpretation services in courts ... 1008 Amendment (SP434/03: Tabled) ... 1320 Lynnview Ridge ... 1091 Tobacco–Taxation Natural gas prices ... 186 Legislation re (Bill 35) ... 670 Skills development program ... 1798–99 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Soil contamination cleanup ... 644 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) WCB policy on fibromyalgia ... 1567–68 Committee ... 1582–83 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Third reading ... 1811 Third reading ... 2079–80 United Nations Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 564 Third reading ... 284 Wages–Day care employees Property tax–Education levy General remarks ... 504 Impact on seniors ... 1674–75 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 838–39 Second reading ... 228–29 Public assistance Committee ... 520–21 Market-basket measure as basis for (Motion 513: Workers' Compensation Board Cao) ... 1991–92 Annual reports of, examination of (SP136/03: Ramsay school, Calgary Tabled) ... 337 Recognition of ... 147 Fibromyalgia as work-related injury ... 1567–68 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Workplace safety General remarks ... 147, 215, 442, 669–70, 1050 Report on (SP136/03: Tabled) ... 337 Registered education savings plan (Federal) World Health Organization Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: Safe community designation to Calgary ... 1121 Graham/Herard ... 838–39 Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca) Ring roads–Calgary Aboriginal policy framework General remarks ... 2064 General remarks ... 1561 Road construction–Calgary Aboriginal/industry partnerships Provincial funding for ... 2063–64 General remarks ... 1561 Roads–Maintenance and repair Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, General remarks ... 1496–97 2003 (Bill 16) Safe Calgary initiative First reading ... 117 Statement re ... 1121 Second reading ... 344 Safe Communities Foundation of Canada Third reading ... 1490 General remarks ... 1121 Aircraft in forest fire suppression School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Interprovincial agreements re ... 1915 2003 (Bill 203) Alberta Conservation Association Second reading ... 373 Calling Lake pilot project participation ... 1560 Committee ... 685–86 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 175 Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca) (Continued) Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca) (Continued) Alberta Forest Products Association Energy industry Information campaign material (SP516/03: Tabled) Impact of timber allocation by direct sales on ...... 1624 1843 Role in softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1115, Impact on forests ... 1283 1552 Energy industry–Crown lands Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 1793, Caribou management on FMA lands of ... 1554 2009 Co-ordination with energy companies re forest Energy industry–Environmental aspects access roads ... 1555 Tree cutting issues ... 1554–55 Auditor General Environmental impact assessments Sustainable Resource Development dept. comments Whaleback Ridge area sour gas well ... 1571 ... 1556 FireNet (Forest fire communications system) Timber production auditing comments ... 1556 General remarks ... 1915 Banff National Park Fish and game licences Pine beetle outbreak in ... 1553 General remarks ... 1551, 1558 Bighorn wildlife recreation area Fish and wildlife officers Access management plan for ... 790, 1552, 1843 Staffing levels re ... 1776 Canadian boreal initiative Fish conservation General remarks ... 2013 General remarks ... 397 Caribou management Fish ladder–Bow River General remarks ... 1554 Carseland area ladder: Maintenance on ... 1092–93, Chinchaga wilderness 1400–01, 1554 Designation as protected area ... 1843 Fish populations–Alberta Community timber program General remarks ... 75–76, 1554, 1558 General remarks ... 1643–44 Fish populations–Calling Lake Cormorants–Control Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response General remarks ... 1092 tabled as SP486/03) ... 363, 1549 Crop damage Fish stocking Compensation for ... 753 General remarks ... 397 Deer hunting Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 206, General remarks ... 753 2002) Deer–Populations General remarks ... 1092 Damage issues re ... 753 Fisheries management Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development General remarks ... 1552 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP740/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Fisheries, Commercial Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development General remarks ... 1092, 1558–59 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP765/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Reduction in: Compensation program re ... 183, 754 Contingent liability claims against (M12/03: Fisheries, Commercial–Calling Lake Defeated) ... 966 Designated zones re ... 75–76, 1558–59, 1560 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q8/03: Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Response tabled as SP588/03) ... 511, 1652 tabled as SP486/03) ... 363, 1549 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1551–56, 1558–62 Fishing, Sport Performance measures ... 1556 General remarks ... 183, 397, 754, 1092, 1558–59 Staffing ... 1552 Fishing, Sport–Calling Lake Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Designated zones re ... 75–76, 1558–59, 1560 204–05 Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... tabled as SP486/03) ... 363, 1549 1914–16 Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 Dept. of Transportation (Bill 15) Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1361 Third reading ... 1490 Economic development and the environment Forest conservation General remarks ... 1551, 1552 General remarks ... 2013 Elk–Populations Forest fires Damage issues re ... 753 Causes of ... 1916 Endangered species General remarks ... 1552 General remarks ... 1552, 1553 Forest fires–Control Performance measures re ... 1556 Costs: Review of ... 1915–16 Endangered Species Conservation Committee General remarks ... 1561, 1914–16 General remarks ... 1552 Interprovincial agreements re ... 1915 Grizzly bear protection recommendation ... 1553 176 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca) (Continued) Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca) (Continued) Forest fires–Control–Municipal areas Natural Resources Conservation Board (Continued) Assistance program re ... 1561 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1551–52, Forest fires–Crowsnest Pass area (2003) 1915 General remarks ... 1914–15 Funding ... 1552 Forest industries General remarks ... 1551 Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1561 Legislation re (Bill 51) ... 1702–03 General remarks ... 1552, 1556, 1774–75, 1843 Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Forest management Act, 2003 (Bill 51) Changes in, re softwood lumber dispute ... 212, First reading ... 1702–03 1115, 1561 Off-highway vehicles General remarks ... 1283, 2013 Access to Ghost-Waiporous recreation area ... 1552 Forest management agreements Oral Question Period (2003) Changes in, re softwood lumber dispute ... 1115 Access to crown land ... 1793, 2009 Effect of softwood lumber dispute on ... 212 Bow River fish ladder ... 1092–93, 1400–01 General remarks ... 1843, 2013 Calling Lake fish stocks ... 75–76 Impact of energy companies activities in ... 1555 Chinchaga Wildland Park ... 1838 Unused wood supply disposal provisions ... 1775 Commercial and sportfishing industries ... 754 Forest management unit–Chinchaga area Commercial fishery ... 183 No timber allocation in ... 1838 Cormorant control project ... 1092 Forests, Old-growth Deer and elk population ... 753 General remarks ... 2013 Fish management plan ... 397 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Forest management practices ... 1283 General remarks ... 511, 966 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area ... 790 Gas well drilling industry–Whaleback Ridge area Ghost-Waiparous recreation area access plan ... Sour well's impact on ... 1571 1167–68 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area Grande Cache sawmill closure ... 1774–75 Access management plan for ... 790, 1167–68, Old-growth forests ... 2013 1552, 1843 Provincial fish and wildlife officers ... 1776 Grazing lands, Public Seismic activity on road allowances ... 1452 Recreational access to (Bill 16) ... 117 Softwood lumber policy ... 212, 1115 Grizzly bear hunting Softwood lumber policy bulletin ... 1643–44 General remarks ... 1553 Timber allocation in northern Alberta ... 1843 Grizzly bears West Nile virus ... 1646 Designation as threatened species ... 1552–53 Whaleback area ... 1571 General remarks ... 1552, 1553 Pine beetles–Control Highway 63–Edmonton/Fort McMurray General remarks ... 1553 Alternate route to ... 1361 Poaching Highway 813 General remarks ... 1776–77 General remarks ... 1361 Grizzly bears, Fine for ... 1553 Highway 881–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Impact of conservation staff levels on ... 1776 General remarks ... 1361 Public lands Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Access management plans for ... 1552 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Estimates debated ... 468–70 over ... 1793, 2009 Invasive species–Control Dispositions of ... 1551 General remarks ... 1553 Management of ... 1552 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) Regulation of ... 1551–52 General remarks ... 2009 Logging Reforestation Natural disturbance model re ... 2013 General remarks ... 1283, 1554 Lookout towers (Forest fire control) Roads–Fort McMurray area General remarks ... 1914, 1915 General remarks ... 1361 Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9) Seismic exploration First reading ... 52 On road allowances ... 1452 Second reading ... 99–100 Legislation re (Bill 9) ... 52 Third reading ... 1442 Seismic lines Moose–Populations General remarks ... 1555 Damage issues re ... 753 Reforestation on ... 1283 Natural Resources Conservation Board Softwoods–Export–United States Caseloads ... 1552, 1556 Countervail duties re ... 1552, 1556, 1843 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 177 Cardinal, Hon. Mike (PC, Athabasca) (Continued) Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Softwoods–Export–United States (Continued) (Continued) Trade rule improvements re: Draft U.S. policy Air quality–Monitoring bulletin re ... 212, 1643 General remarks ... 1111 Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy Alaska permanent fund changes re ... 212, 1115, 1561 General remarks ... 898 Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board Alberta Capital Finance Authority Annual report, 2002 (SP21/03: Tabled) ... 53 General remarks ... 447 Caseloads ... 1556 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) General remarks ... 1551 Second reading ... 1719–20 Timber–Supplies Third reading ... 1788 Allocation of, by direct sales/auction ... 1843 Alberta Film Commission Allocation of, by direct sales/auction: Impact on Marketing activities ... 1144 energy industry ... 1843 Alberta Fish and Game Association Annual allowable cut of ... 1556 Wildlife infection from chronic wasting disease: Harvested supply: Auditing of (Auditor General's Letter re (SP877/03: Tabled) ... 2016 comments re) ... 1556 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Impact of energy industry tree cutting on ... General remarks ... 209 1554–55 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Traffic accidents Ethical/green investments of ... 899 Wildlife causes ... 753, 1777 Future use of ... 898 Transportation–Finance Inflation-proofing of ... 898 General remarks ... 1361 Investment asset mix ... 898–99 Treaty 8 First Nations Talisman Energy investment ... 899 Consultations with, re public land access issues ... Alberta Historical Resources Foundation 2009 Naming of natural areas mandate ... 603 Ungulate damage prevention program Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association General remarks ... 753 2003 Friend of the Industry award ... 1647 Walleye fishing Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Amendment General remarks ... 397, 1559 Act, 2003 (Bill 20) West Nile virus Second reading ... 447–49 Control methods for ... 1646 Alberta Regulations Western Walleye Council General remarks ... 1180 General remarks ... 397 Impact on small business ... 933 Weyerhaeuser Company Alberta Research Council Inc. Sawmill closure, Grande Cache ... 1774–75 Coal-bed methane research ... 1100 Whaleback Ridge natural area Alberta Surface Rights Federation Industrial development in ... 1571 Meeting re coal bed methane regulation ... 2063 Wildlife damage Alberta Sustainability Fund Provincial programs re ... 753 General remarks ... 1185 Wildlife management Alberta–Economic conditions General remarks ... 1552, 1553 Statement re ... 1540 Wildlife populations Alberta–Economic policy Impact on hunting regulations ... 1553 General remarks ... 1174–76, 1179–82, 1184–85, Wolves–Population 1187 Impact on caribou populations ... 1554 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) Impact on hunting regulations ... 1553 Committee ... 622 Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Third reading ... 737 Aboriginal policy framework Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. General remarks ... 1561 2) (Bill 54) Aboriginal/industry partnerships Third reading ... 2017–18 General remarks ... 1561 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, General remarks ... 209 2003 (Bill 16) Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects Second reading ... 344–46 General remarks ... 1305, 1306 Third reading ... 1490 Automobile licence plates Agriculture Single plate system, removal of ... 1309 Use of water supplies ... 1885 Bar C Ranch Resort Air pollution–Monitoring Letter re logging near (SP839/03: Tabled) ... 1966 General remarks ... 502 178 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) (Continued) Bighorn wildlife recreation area Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Designation as protected park: Letter re (SP37/03: Committee ... 1319–20 Tabled) ... 78 Class size (Grade school) Border crossings–Canada/United States General remarks ... 1540 Security issues re ... 646 Clean Air Strategic Alliance Bovine spongiform encephalitis General remarks ... 690–91 Impact on cattle industry ... 1913 Climate change Live testing for ... 1913 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1519 BTI (Microbio larvicide) Kyoto protocol on: Alberta correspondence re General remarks ... 1645 (M13/03: Defeated) ... 966–67 Budget Kyoto protocol on: Insurance industry concerns re Post-budget changes to ... 1185 ... 1519 Calgary Flames Hockey Club Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill Statement re ... 1087–88 37) Calvary Community Church, Mill Woods Second reading ... 1708–10 Recognition of ... 14 Committee ... 1723–24 Canada/United States relations Third reading ... 1786–87 General remarks ... 646 General remarks ... 967 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Climate Change Central Water Use by Alberta's Upstream Petroleum General remarks ... 13, 1099 Industry (publication) (SP130/03: Tabled) ... 336 Coal-bed methane extraction Canadian business leader awards General remarks ... 2063 Program (SP189/03: Tabled) ... 509 Coal-bed methane extraction–Research Canadian Federation of Independent Business General remarks ... 1100 Concerns re regulations and small business ... 933 Water recovery issues ... 1101 Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. Collective bargaining–Nurses Green power contract with province ... 436 Letters re (SP666/03: Tabled) ... 1778 Canadian unity Provincial advertising re: Letter re (SP682/03: Statement re ... 791 Tabled) ... 1802 Canadian Wheat Board Provincial advertising re: Letter re (SP683/03: Wheat export duties dispute resolution ... 1518 Tabled) ... 1802 Capital projects Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing International financing of ... 1153 Orders and Printing, Standing Capstone Energy Ltd. Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Use of fresh water for oil well injections: Letter re Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 341–42 (SP427/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Committees, All-party Caribou management General remarks ... 1030 General remarks ... 1554, 1843 Constitution Act, 1982 Letter re (SP208/03: Tabled) ... 607 Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 234–36 Cattle–Export Consumer protection General remarks ... 1913 For seniors ... 1304 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Cook, Gerri Opposition members on ... 1030 Recognition of ... 1647 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Corporations–Taxation West Nile virus prevention protocol ... 855 Reduction in ... 1185 Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24) Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Second reading ... 845–47 Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Committee ... 1318 (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1264 Child welfare recipients Dams–Milk River Abuse of: Legal representation re, court excerpt re General remarks ... 478–79, 1101–02 (SP152/03: Tabled) ... 402 Democracy–Alberta Chinchaga wilderness Statement re ... 1676 Designation as protected area ... 1838 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Designation as protected area: Statement re ... 1843 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... Chronic wasting disease 1913–14 In wildlife: Letter re (SP877/03: Tabled) ... 2016 Dept. of Children's Services Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Estimates debated ... 1342–43 Second reading ... 977–78 Estimates debated: Agreement to shortened debating time re ... 1342–43 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 179 Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Economic Development Ecological footprints Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1140, 1143–45, Of provincial government ... 1120 1150, 1153 Statement re ... 1212 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Economic development and the environment 205 General remarks ... 1120, 1212 Dept. of Environment Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club Communications budget ... 1111 Statement re ... 1087–88 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Edmonton Police Service (Q10/03: Response tabled as SP589/03) ... 512 Co-operation with Mill Woods Community Patrol ... Estimates debated ... 1098–1102, 1109–11 360 Dept. of Finance Edmonton-Mill Creek (Constituency) Estimates debated ... 1174–76, 1179–82, 1184–85, Member for's re-election brochure (SP141/03: 1187 Tabled) ... 361 In-house IT services ... 1180 Education–Finance Dept. of Government Services General remarks ... 209, 1540 Estimates debated ... 1304–06 Letter re (SP458/03: Tabled) ... 1405 Performance measures ... 1304 Electoral Boundaries Commission Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Hancock - Comments made during) ... 1546 192–93 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Hancock - Vote on) ... 1006–07 Estimates debated ... 1516–19, 1523 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Role of ... 1518–19, 1523 Hancock) ... 990–92 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Point of Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Order re ... 190–91, 217 193–94 Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Dept. of Learning Second reading ... 1631–32 Minister's resignation: Letter re (SP458/03: Tabled) Committee ... 1638 ... 1405 Amendment (2r: six month hoist) ... 1631 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Amendments to ... 1546–47 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Electric power–Prices (Q12/03: Response tabled as SP591/03) ... General remarks ... 436, 1540 965–66 Letter re (SP128/03: Tabled) ... 336 Dept. of Revenue Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Business plan ... 896 Committee ... 627, 631–33, 635, 703 Estimates debated ... 896–99, 910 Third reading ... 759–60 Performance measures ... 897 Amendment (3r: recommittal to CoW) ... 759 Staffing ... 910 Amendment re net metering (SP227 & 256/03: Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Tabled) ... 632, 703, 755 Contingent liability claims against (M12/03: Amendments proposed (SP279/03: Tabled) ... 758 Defeated) ... 966 Electric utilities–Regulations Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q8/03: Deregulation ... 436, 1540 Response tabled as SP588/03) ... 511 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1552–54, 1561 2003 (Bill 201) Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Second reading ... 82 205 Endangered species Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1915 General remarks ... 1552 Dept. of Transportation Endangered Species Conservation Committee Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Grizzly bear protection recommendation ... 607 (Q11/03: Response tabled as SP590/03) ... Energy conservation 964–65 General remarks ... 12–13, 714–15 Discrimination–Geographic location Energy efficiency (Buildings) Auto insurance premiums ... 1771 Homeowner loans for ... 12–13, 329, 715, 1098, Diversification 1099, 1737–38 General remarks ... 1143 Homeowner loans for: Private sector matching loans Drought re ... 1099 Government programs for ... 254 Energy industry Earth Day Impact on forests ... 1282–83 General remarks ... 1120, 1212 Use of water supplies ... 295 180 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) (Continued) Energy industry (Continued) Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Use of water supplies: CAPP report on (SP130/03: 12) Tabled) ... 336 Second reading ... 848, 1155–56 Use of water supplies: Letter re (SP427/03: Tabled) Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) ... 1287 Second reading ... 171–73 Energy industry–Crown lands Committee ... 240–42 Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 1961–62 Firefighters Energy industry–Environmental aspects Statement re ... 640 Tree cutting issues ... 1554 FireNet (Forest fire communications system) Energy resources, Alternate General remarks ... 1915 Provincial government usage of ... 436 Fish ladder–Bow River Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18) Carseland area ladder: Maintenance on ... 1092–93, Second reading ... 1154–55 1400–01, 1554 Enmax Corporation Fish populations–Alberta Green power contract with province ... 436 General remarks ... 75–76, 1554 Environmental impact assessments Fish populations–Calling Lake Whaleback Ridge area sour gas well ... 1571 Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Environmental inspectors tabled as SP486/03) ... 363 General remarks ... 1111 Fisheries, Commercial–Calling Lake Environmental law Designated zones re ... 75–76 Enforcement ... 814 Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Environmental protection tabled as SP486/03) ... 363 Codes of practice re ... 1099 Fishing, Sport–Calling Lake General remarks ... 143–44 Designated zones re ... 75–76 Government programs for ... 1120 Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Environmental Protection and Enhancement tabled as SP486/03) ... 363 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) Fluoride levels in waterways Second reading ... 1706 Monitoring of ... 1449–50 Committee ... 1726, 1728 Food safety–Fees Third reading ... 1785–86 Collection of, by regional health authorities ... 933 General remarks ... 1099 Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 Evan-Thomas recreation area (Bill 15) Designation as protected area: Draft management Second reading ... 269 plan re ... 143–44, 187 Third reading ... 1490–91 Designation as protected area: Draft management Forest conservation plan re, Petition presented re ... 442, 1549 General remarks ... 2013 Designation as protected area: Draft management Forest fires plan re, Petition tabled re (SP529/03) ... 1625 Causes of ... 1915 Designation as protected area: Letters re (SP68-71, Forest fires–Control 209-210, 239, 296, 840, 876, 878-879/03: Tabled) Costs: Review of ... 1915 ... 189, 607, 671, 792, 1966, 2016 General remarks ... 1914, 1915 Executive Council Interprovincial agreements re ... 1915 Estimates debated ... 1029–30 Forest fires–Crowsnest Pass area (2003) General remarks ... 1029 General remarks ... 1915 Extended care facilities Forest industries Ombudsperson for residents of: Legislation re (Bill Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1561 224) ... 1801 Forest management Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act (Bill General remarks ... 1282–83, 2013 23) Forests Second reading ... 842–43 General remarks ... 1404 Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) Forests, Old-growth Second reading ... 2022 General remarks ... 2013 Fees, Government Forests–Certification As part of tax load ... 897 Letter re (SP36/03: Tabled) ... 78 General remarks ... 1185 Fortress Mountain (Ski resort) Film and television industry Letter re (SP873/03: Tabled) ... 2016 General remarks ... 1144 Free votes (Parliamentary practice) Financial Management Commission Electoral Boundaries Commission report vote ... Report ... 1184 1006–07 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 181 Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) (Continued) Free votes (Parliamentary practice) (Continued) Immigration General remarks ... 1029, 1030 Federal/provincial co-operation re ... 646 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Income tax, Provincial Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) Reduction in ... 1185 Second reading ... 1157–58 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Committee ... 1524–25, 1527–28, 1534–35 Government strategy re ... 1150 Gaming industry Performance measures re ... 1143 Revenue from ... 897 Information and Privacy Commissioner Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Funding for ... 1913–14 Second reading ... 409, 413–15, 417–18 Institute for Olympic Education Committee ... 450–52, 565–67 Assistance to Vancouver/Whistler winter games Third reading ... 748, 764–65, 770–71 committee ... 1780 Amendment (3r: reasoned amendment) ... 764 Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Amendment (3r: six month hoist) ... 768 Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Gas well drilling industry–Whaleback Ridge area Second reading ... 970 Sour well's impact on ... 1571 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Gas, Natural–Prices Second reading ... 1899–1900, 1908, 1927 General remarks ... 899 Committee ... 2035–36, 2042, 2049, 2052 Letter re (SP128/03: Tabled) ... 336 Amendment (SP894/03: Tabled) ... 2042 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area Amendment (SP898/03: Tabled) ... 2049 Access management plan for ... 1167–68 Insurance companies Environmental issues in: Letters re (SP874-875/03: Concerns re climate change impacts ... 1519 Tabled) ... 2016 Insurance, Automobile Government departments Public plan re ... 1771 Cross-ministry initiatives of ... 1176, 1179–80 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Efficiency audits of ... 1181–82 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1771 Performance measures ... 1181 Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Staffing levels ... 1181–82 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Estimates debated ... 459–60, 464–65, 467, 469–70 13) International trade disputes Second reading ... 260–61 Budget re ... 1518 Government spending policy Legal fees re ... 1517 General remarks ... 1174 Invasive species–Control Grasshopper control assistance program General remarks ... 1553 General remarks ... 1913 Iraq Grazing lands, Public Military action against: Official Opposition Recreational access to: Letters re (SP467-468/03: resolution re (SP35/03: Tabled) ... 78 Tabled) ... 1453 Irrigation farming Recreational access to: Statement re ... 1452–53 Use of water supplies ... 1885 Greenhouse gas emissions Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 6) Reduction of ... 12–13, 1120 Third reading ... 1785 Grizzly bears Kananaskis Country Designation as threatened species ... 1552 Environmental issues in ... 143–44, 187, 607 Designation as threatened species: Letters re Environmental issues in: Letter re (SP873/03: (SP211/03: Tabled) ... 607 Tabled) ... 2016 Groundwater–Mapping Environmental issues in: Petition tabled re General remarks ... 399 (SP529/03) ... 1625 Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) Environmental issues in: Petitions presented re ... Second reading ... 265, 267–68 442, 1549 Health sciences personnel–Supply Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities General remarks ... 1210 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Home ownership Committee ... 607–09, 615–16, 619, 701–02 Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... Third reading ... 739–40, 743 381 Amendment (3r: reasoned amendment) ... 739 Hotel room tax Amendment (SP223/03: Tabled) ... 615 Use for tourism marketing programs ... 1145, 1150 Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29) Hydrogen sulphide leak–Caroline area Second reading ... 1158 General remarks ... 502, 1111 Legislation–Alberta Official opposition briefings re ... 1030 182 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) (Continued) Life leases–Law and legislation Names, Geographical General remarks ... 1304 Conventions re ... 603 Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act, National Forest Week 2003 (Bill 34) Recognition of ... 1404 Second reading ... 1273–74 Natural gas rebates Committee ... 1485–88 General remarks ... 1182 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Letter requesting election re (SP129/03: Tabled) ... Regulation of ... 1561 336 Lobbyists–Registration Natural Resources Conservation Board General remarks ... 1306 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1561 Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Natural resources revenue 31) General remarks ... 897, 1185 Second reading ... 1158–59 Net metering (Electricity) Logging General remarks ... 714–15, 754–55 Natural disturbance model re ... 2013 North American free trade agreement Logging–Cochrane area Sale of water under ... 1101 Letter re (SP839/03: Tabled) ... 1966 Nurses–Supply Logging–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1210 General remarks ... 1843 Official Opposition Long-Term Care Ombudsperson Act (Bill 224) Resolution re military action against Iraq (SP35/03: First reading ... 1801 Tabled) ... 78 Lookout towers (Forest fire control) Oil–Prices General remarks ... 1915 General remarks ... 899 Low-income families Old Strathcona fire, Edmonton (March 13, 2003) General remarks ... 209 Statement re ... 640 Medical profession–Supply Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) General remarks ... 1210 Alberta support for (Motion 24: Zwozdesky) ... Members of the Legislative Assembly 1780 Absence of ... 217 Ombudsperson (Long-term care residents) Members' corrections Legislation re (Bill 224) ... 1801 World Championships in Athletics, 2001 ... 1476, Opposition (Parliamentary practice) 1551 Statement re ... 1676 Members' Statements (2003) Oral Question Period (2003) Canadian unity ... 791 Access to crown land ... 1961–62 Chinchaga wildland park ... 1843 Automobile insurance rates ... 1771 Ecological footprint ... 1212 Bow River fish ladder ... 1092–93, 1400–01 Evan-Thomas provincial recreation area ... 187 Calling Lake fish stocks ... 75–76 Removal of domestic livestock from public lands ... Canada/U.S. relations ... 646 1452–53 Chinchaga Wildland Park ... 1838 Role of the opposition in a parliamentary Coal bed methane ... 2063 democracy ... 1676 Ecological footprint of the provincial government ... Mercury exposure 1120 General remarks ... 814 Electoral boundaries ... 1546–47 Milk River basin Energy conservation initiatives ... 12–13, 714–15 Study of ... 478–79 Energy efficiency retrofit assistance ... 329 Mill Woods Community Patrol Energy retrofit program ... 1737–38 Recognition of ... 360 Environmental enforcement and monitoring policies Ministerial Statements (2003) ... 814 Alberta's economic outlook ... 1540 Evans-Thomas provincial recreation area ... 143–44 Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames ... 1087–88 Fluoride levels in waterways ... 1449–50 Old Strathcona fire, March 13, 2003 ... 640 Forest management practices ... 1282–83 Water management ... 1933 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area access plan ... Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 39) 1167–68 Committee ... 1634–35 Government regulations ... 933 Mosquito control programs Green power ... 436 General remarks ... 560, 855–56, 1645 Health authorities' advertising campaign ... 1209–10 Motions under Standing Order 15(6) Low-income Albertans ... 209 Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections Mercury exposure ... 814 committee ... 341–42 Milk River basin water management ... 478–79 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 183 Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Prisoners Mosquito control program ... 560, 1645 Foreign exchange programs re, Point of Order re ... Naming of natural areas ... 603 191 Net metering of electricity ... 754–55 Privilege Old-growth forests ... 2013 Allegations against a member (Hate literature PCB release in Edmonton ... 214 allegation) (Not proceeded with) ... 1288–89, Sour gas leak ... 502 1336 Vote on Electoral Boundaries Commission report ... Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 1006–07 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections Water management ... 1885 committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 341–42 Water strategy ... 254, 398–99, 789 Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) Water use by oil and gas industry ... 295 Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 840 West Nile virus ... 855–56 Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta Whaleback area ... 1571 Labour negotiations: Advertising campaign re ... Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 1209–10 Alberta relations with ... 1518–19 Public Affairs Bureau Organized crime–Prevention General remarks ... 1029 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1264 Public lands Pacific Northwest Economic Region Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Alberta opposition member's participation in ... over ... 1961–62 1516–17 Management of: Letters re (SP467-468/03: Tabled) Parks, Provincial ... 1453 Naming of ... 603 Management of: Statement re ... 1452–53 Parliamentary language Wildlife on: Letter re (SP443/03: Tabled) ... 1333 General remarks ... 1678, 1894 Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) Parliamentary practice Second reading ... 1781–82 Reform of ... 1029–30 General remarks ... 1961 Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Real Estate Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7) General remarks ... 1914 Second reading ... 260 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Evan-Thomas draft management plan revision ... General remarks ... 14, 360, 1404, 1647 442, 1549 Reforestation Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) General remarks ... 1282–83 Evan-Thomas draft management plan revision Regional economic development partnerships (SP529/03) ... 1625 General remarks ... 1150 Pine beetles–Control Registered education savings plan (Federal) General remarks ... 1553 Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: Point of Order Graham/Herard ... 840 Admissibility of amendment ... 876 Registry offices, Private Allegations against a member (Edmonton loss of a Complaints procedure re ... 1305 constituency comments) ... 190–91, 217 Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Allegations against members ... 472, 1097, 1454 General remarks ... 1305 Allegations against members (Prisoner exchange Revenue comments) ... 191 Management framework re ... 896 Clarification ... 218–19, 793 Rural economic development Explanation of Speaker's rulings ... 217 Government strategy re ... 1150 Imputing motives ... 1097, 1632 Schools–Construction Oral Question Period practices ... 1012–13 Funding for ... 1185 Parliamentary language ... 1678, 1894 Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14) Questioning a member ... 412 Second reading ... 444–45 Questions by a minister ... 1522 Seismic lines Relevance ... 746, 972 Reforestation on ... 1283 Police, Provincial Senior citizens Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 687 Government programs: Impact of aging population Polychlorinated biphenyls–Edmonton on ... 1176 Spill of: Penalty re ... 214 Senior citizens–Medical care Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Letter re (SP528/03: Tabled) ... 1625 Committee ... 1868–69, 1871, 1876–80 Separatism, Western General remarks ... 791, 1523 184 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) Carlson, Ms Debby (L, Edmonton-Ellerslie) (Continued) (Continued) Sewage disposal plants Treaty 8 First Nations Upgrading of ... 1449–50 Consultations with, re public land access issues ... Small business 1961–62 Venture capital for ... 910, 1153 Motion to reject Bill 49, Public Lands Amendment Small business–Taxation Act, 2003: Copy tabled (SP872/03) ... 2016 Reduction in ... 1185 Tuition fees Softwoods–Export–United States General remarks ... 1540 Countervail duties re: Legal fees ... 1517 Water Spills (Pollution) Consumption of ... 398–99 Legal action re ... 214 Sale of ... 789, 1885 Spring Wilderness Celebration Water conservation Program from (SP142/03: Tabled) ... 361 General remarks ... 295, 398–99, 1885, 1933 Student financial aid Retrofit fund for ... 789 Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... Water diversion 840 General remarks ... 254, 1098 Sundre Fish and Game Association Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Domestic livestock on public lands: Document re General remarks ... 789, 1101 (SP443/03: Tabled) ... 1333 Water management strategy Domestic livestock on public lands: Letters re General remarks ... 254, 398–99 (SP467-468/03: Tabled) ... 1453 Water metering Domestic livestock on public lands: Resolution re ... General remarks ... 1933 1452–53 Water pipelines Supports for independence program General remarks ... 1107 General remarks ... 209 Water quality–Monitoring Swan Hills Treatment Centre General remarks ... 1449–50 Environmental remediation requirements, Funding Water quality–Standards for ... 1110 Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: Talisman Energy Inc. Nicol) ... 690–91 Government shares in ... 899 Water resources development Taxation General remarks ... 1885 General remarks ... 897, 1185 Water resources development–Milk River TD Economics General remarks ... 478–79, 1102 The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1540 Water supply Terrorist attacks–Prevention Audit of ... 1101 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1264 Use by energy industry ... 295, 1885 Timber–Supplies Use by energy industry: CAPP report on (SP130/03: Impact of energy industry tree cutting on ... 1554 Tabled) ... 336 Tire Recycling Management Association of Alberta Use by energy industry: Letter re (SP427/03: Lawyers fees expenses ... 1110 Tabled) ... 1287 Surplus funds usage for research projects ... 1109 Use by industry ... 1885 Tires–Recycling–Research Water–Export General remarks ... 1109 Impact of NAFTA on ... 1101 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 35) West Nile virus Second reading ... 1039–40 Control methods for ... 560, 855–56, 1645 Committee ... 1320–21 Physician/public education program re ... 560 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) Whaleback Ridge natural area Third reading ... 2034 Industrial development in ... 1571 Tourism Wheat–Export –United States Aboriginal programs ... 1143 U.S. trade sanctions re ... 1518 Government strategy re ... 1140 Wildlife management Impact of Vancouver/Whistler Olympic Games on General remarks ... 1452–53, 1553 ... 1780 Letter re (SP443/03: Tabled) ... 1333 Wildlife populations Tourism–Marketing Impact on hunting regulations ... 1553 General remarks ... 1140, 1150 Wolves–Population Tourism–Northern Alberta Impact on hunting regulations ... 1553 General remarks ... 1140 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Treasury Branches Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Privatization of ... 1180 Second reading ... 220 Third reading ... 820 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 185 Cenaiko, Mr. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) Cenaiko, Mr. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) Adoption (Continued) Legislation re (Bill 24) ... 256 Lueders, Pierre Alberta School Boards Association Recognition of ... 14 Funding of core items policy ... 668 National child benefit Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped General remarks ... 962 Benefits increase ... 962 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Automobiles–Seizure Act, 2003 (Bill 208) For prostitution-related offences: Legislation re Third reading ... 1983–84 (Bill 206) ... 216 Oral Question Period (2003) Bobsled championships Community initiatives program ... 667–68 Pierre Lueders team ... 14 Emergency services workers ... 506 Calgary G-8 Organizing Committee Low-income support programs ... 962 Recognition of ... 963 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ... Child and Family Services Authorities Amendment 755 Act, 2003 (Bill 22) Police services ... 354 Third reading ... 841–42 Postsecondary education funding ... 1962 Child welfare Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Aboriginal children: Legislation re (Bill 24) ... 256 Alberta relations with ... 755 Child Welfare Act Organized crime–Prevention Amendment of (Bill 24) ... 256 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1261–62, Review of ... 256 1427 Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24) Police, Provincial First reading ... 256 Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 529–30 Second reading ... 391–92, 844 Police–Finance Committee ... 1313–14, 1316–17 Intermunicipal partnership funding ... 354 Third reading ... 1529–31 Protection of Children Involved in Prostitution Act Amendment (SP433/03: Tabled) ... 1313 General remarks ... 216 Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) General remarks ... 256 Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 839–40 Children's Advocate Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Legislation re (Bill 24) ... 256 General remarks ... 14, 963 Coaldale Police Service Registered education savings plan (Federal) Integration with Lethbridge Police Service ... 354 Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: Community initiatives program Graham/Herard ... 839–40 General remarks ... 667–68 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Provincial funding for ... 354 Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism School councils (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1261–62, 1427 Fund-raising activities ... 668 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1962 Debate ... 26–27 Education–Finance Student financial aid Lottery funds ... 667–68 Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... Emergency services personnel 839–40 Exposure to communicable diseases ... 506 Supports for independence program Exposure to communicable diseases: Ontario Rate increase ... 962 legislation re ... 506 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Health Information Act Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1261–62, Emergency personnel protection provisions ... 506 1427 Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Second reading ... 967–68 First reading ... 216 Intermunicipal relations Second reading ... 1250–51, 1411–12 General remarks ... 354 Committee ... 1574–75, 1586 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Third reading ... 1805–06 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Calgary mayor's letter re (SP319/03: Tabled) ... 858 Committee ... 584 Letters re (SP92, 150, 110, 197, 257/03: Tabled) ... Lethbridge Police Service 216–17, 302, 402, 564, 719 Integration with Coaldale Police Service ... 354 Petition tabled re (SP111/03: Tabled) ... 302 Lottery Fund University of Alberta Funds allocation ... 667–68 Funding ... 1962 186 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Cenaiko, Mr. Harvey (PC, Calgary-Buffalo) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Teachers' Association University of Calgary Brief to arbitration tribunal on teachers' salaries Funding ... 1962 (SP3/03: Tabled) ... 16 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Arctic Institute of North America Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Financial statements, 2000-01 (SP549/03: Tabled) Second reading ... 227–28 ... 1626 Youth in transition from care Banff Centre for Continuing Education Legislation re (Bill 24) ... 256 Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Zardo, Giulio Tabled) ... 1626 Recognition of ... 14 Capital Health Authority Chair of Committees (Tannas, Don) Annual report, 2001-02 (SP45/03: Tabled) ... 117 Chair–Rulings and statements Child and Family Services Authorities Amendment Amendments ... 1995–96 Act, 2003 (Bill 22) Decorum ... 325, 592, 2039–40 Third reading ... 843 Proximity to the microphone ... 286 College of Alberta Psychologists Speaking order ... 194 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP826/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill College of Dietitians of Alberta 12) Annual report, 2002-03 (SP821/02: Tabled) ... 1943 Committee ... 1363 College of Physical Therapists of Alberta Offices of the Legislative Assembly Annual report, 2001-02 (SP324/03: Tabled) ... 859 Main estimates, 2003-04 approved ... 894 Committee on Lifelong Learning, MLA Point of Order Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... Allegations against members ... 952 1626 Clarification ... 798–99, 2004, 2054 Communicable diseases–Control Gestures ... 1653 Responses to questions on (SP459/03: Tabled) ... Questioning a member ... 324 1405 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Correctional institutions Alberta Association of Registered Nurses Infectious diseases in: Responses to questions re Annual report, 2001-02 (SP822/03: Tabled) ... 1943 (SP459/03: Tabled) ... 1405 Alberta Association of Registered Occupational Dept. of Environment Therapists Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Annual report, 2001-02 (SP17/03: Tabled) ... 53 (Q10/03: Response tabled as SP589/03) ... 1652 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP825/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Dept. of Gaming Alberta Automobile Insurance Board Estimates debated: Response to questions during Annual report, 2002 (SP581/03: Tabled) ... 1652 (SP594/03: Tabled) ... 1652 Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists Dept. of Government Services Annual report, 2002 (SP819/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Business plan, 2003-06: Erratum (SP432/03: Alberta College of Pharmacists Tabled) ... 1287 Annual report,2002-03 (SP823/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q6/03: Alberta College of Social Workers Response tabled as SP587/03) ... 1652 Annual report, 2002 (SP824/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Dept. of Health and Wellness Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (M6/03: Audiologists Response tabled as SP593/03) ... 1652 Annual report, 2002 (SP820/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Alberta Dental Assistants Association Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q3/03: Annual report, 2002 (SP818/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Response tabled as SP585/03) ... 1652 Alberta Dental Association and College Dept. of Learning Annual report, 2001-02 (SP18/03: Tabled) ... 53 Business plan, 2002-05 (SP545/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Alberta Dental Hygienists' Association Dept. of Municipal Affairs Annual report, 2002 (SP817/02: Tabled) ... 1943 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (Q12/03: Response tabled as SP591/03) ... 1652 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP828/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Dept. of Seniors Edmonton Northlands violation: Memo re Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q5/03: (SP827/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Response tabled as SP586/03) ... 1652 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Annual report, 2001-02 (SP19/03: Tabled) ... 53 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q8/03: Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Response tabled as SP588/03) ... 1652 Annual report, 2002 (SP582 & 769/03: Tabled) ... Dept. of Transportation 1652 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q11/03: Response tabled as SP590/03) ... 1652 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 187 Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly (Continued) Edmonton Northlands Review Committee on Outcomes Gaming and Liquor Commission investigation re: Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... Memo re (SP827/03: Tabled) ... 1943 1626 Expert Advisory Panel to Review Publically Funded School boards Health Services Audited financial statements, sections 1 - 3, 2000- Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 01 (SP546/03: Tabled) ... 1626 1652 Sports lottery tickets Fish populations–Calling Lake Payouts from, 2000-02 (Q14/03: Response tabled as Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response SP596/03) ... 1652 tabled as SP486/03) ... 1550 Revenue from, 2000-02 (Q13/03: Response tabled Fisheries, Commercial–Calling Lake as SP596/03) ... 1652 Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board tabled as SP486/03) ... 1550 Annual report, 2002 (SP21/03: Tabled) ... 53 Fishing, Sport–Calling Lake University of Alberta Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: tabled as SP486/03) ... 1550 Tabled) ... 1626 General Revenue Fund University of Alberta 1991 Foundation Details by payee (SP584/03: Tabled) ... 1652 Financial statements, 2000 (SP548/03: Tabled) ... Health Reform Implementation Team 1626 Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... University of Calgary 1652 Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Horse Racing Alberta Tabled) ... 1626 Annual review, 2002 (SP829/03: Tabled) ... 1943 University of Lethbridge Lottery Fund Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Funds allocation: Response to letter re (SP595/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Tabled) ... 1652 Wages–Teachers Medical care–Finance ATA brief to arbitration tribunal re (SP3/03: MLA committee to review: Costs (M3/03: Tabled) ... 16 Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 1652 Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Members of the Legislative Assembly Abortion Report of selected payments to (SP583/03: Tabled) Coverage under health care plan: Petitions presented ... 1652 re ... 188 Mistahia Regional Health Authority [Old boundary] Accenture, Inc. Annual report, 2002 (SP539/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Contract for registry office equipment ... 1310 MLA Postsecondary Funding Review Committee Alberta Corporate Service Centre Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... General remarks ... 1304, 1311 1626 Government cell phone contract reconciliation ... Olympic Oval / Anneau Olympique 1310 Financial statements, 1998-99 to 2000-01 (SP550- Alberta Energy and Utilities Board 552/02: Tabled) ... 1626 Electricity billing complaints procedure ... 665, Postsecondary educational institutions 1312 Audited financial statements, 2000-01 (SP547/03: General remarks ... 1308 Tabled) ... 1626 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Premier's Advisory Council on Health Abortion coverage: Petitions presented re ... 188 Committees under: Costs (M3/03: Response tabled Alberta Motor Vehicle Industry Council as SP592/03) ... 1652 Consumer alert program ... 959 Public Colleges Foundation of Alberta Alberta New Home Warranty Program Financial statements, 1997/98-1998/99 (SP553- General remarks ... 1308, 1309 554/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Alberta Registries Public Health Appeal Board General remarks ... 1303 Annual report, 2002 (SP93/03: Tabled) ... 257 Provision of vital statistics information online ... Regional health authorities 1309 Committee on collaboration re services of: Costs Alberta Registry Agents Association (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 1652 General remarks ... 1307 Regional Health Authority No. 5 [Old boundary] Alberta Regulations Annual report, 2001-02 (SP20/03: Tabled) ... 53 Impact on small business ... 933 Research Technology Management Inc. Secretariat to review ... 933 Financial statements, 2000-03 (SP540-543/03: Aquila Networks Canada Tabled) ... 1626 Billing errors ... 961, 1312 Billing rate riders ... 665 188 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) (Continued) (Continued) ATCO Electric Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Power bills accuracy ... 1312 2003 (Bill 201) Automobile drivers' licences Second reading ... 87–88 New issuing system for: Reports on (M1/03: Enmax Corporation Defeated) ... 363 Electric power bills accuracy ... 1312 Automobile drivers' licences–Security aspects EPCOR Group of Companies General remarks ... 1303, 1306, 1311 Electricity bill accuracy ... 1312 Automobile licence plates Fair Trading Act Replacement of worn out plates ... 1309 Automobile repair regulations ... 959 Single plate system, removal of ... 1309 Construction industry complaints ... 1308 Automobiles–Registration Electricity marketing regulations ... 665, 1733 Computer system upgrade ... 1303 General remarks ... 1090 Automobiles–Repair Frank Slide (Historic site) Consumer protection issues re ... 959 Centennial celebrations: Recognition of ... 1331 Canadian Direct Marketing Association Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 1090 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP860/03: Tabled) ... 2016 Canadian Federation of Independent Business General remarks ... 511, 513–14 Concerns re regulations and small business ... 933 Relation to other legislation ... 1308, 1309 Cellular telephones in government service Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Reconciliation of contracts for ... 1310, 1311 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) CGI Information Systems and Management Committee ... 1525 Consultants Inc. Third reading ... 1611–12 Contract for registry office equipment ... 1310 General remarks ... 1304 Condominium Property Act Fujitsu Consulting General remarks ... 1309, 1312 Contract for registry office equipment ... 1310 Unit owner voting rights provisions ... 812 Gas, Natural–Retail sales Condominiums Consumer education/protection re ... 328, 353, 395 Construction faults re ... 1308, 1309 General remarks ... 353 Consumer protection Government information For seniors ... 1090, 1304–05 Access to ... 1304 Re automobile repairs ... 959 Land titles Re condominium construction issues ... 1308, 1309 Computer system upgrade ... 1303, 1310 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 328, 353, 395, 665, Landlord and tenant services 1312 Dispute resolution process ... 1304 Call centre re ... 1304, 1308 Life leases–Law and legislation General remarks ... 1303, 1304, 1312 General remarks ... 717, 1305 Dept. of Government Services Lobbyists–Registration Annual report, 2002-03 (SP752/03: Tabled) ... 1893 General remarks ... 1306 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q6/03: MLA Government Rules Review Committee Response tabled as SP587/03) ... 511, 1652 Costs of ... 1311 Estimates debated ... 1303–12 Mobile Home Sites Tenancies Act Investigative services ... 1304 Review of ... 1303 Performance measures ... 1305, 1308 National Home Warranty Program Review of rules of ... 1311 General remarks ... 1308 Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) Oral Question Period (2003) General remarks ... 353, 395, 1733 Automobile repair industry ... 959 Direct Marketing Council of Canada Condominium Property Act ... 812 General remarks ... 1090 Electricity billing ... 665 EDS Canada Inc. Energy deregulation ... 961 Contract for registry office equipment ... 1310 Energy marketing ... 328, 353, 395 Electric power–Prices Energy prices ... 1733 General remarks ... 1308 Government regulations ... 933 Electric power–Retail sales Life lease properties ... 717 Billing systems re ... 665, 1308, 1312 Telemarketing fraud ... 1090 Consumer education/protection re ... 328, 353, 395, Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) 665, 1312, 1733 First reading ... 1650 General remarks ... 353, 665 Committee ... 1863–66, 1998–2000 Electric utilities–Regulations Third reading ... 2072–73 Deregulation ... 961 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 189 Coutts, Hon. David (PC, Livingstone-Macleod) Danyluk, Mr. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) (Continued) Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) 4-H Premier's award (Continued) Statement re ... 1452 Amendment A1 (SP725 & 853/03: Tabled) ... 1863, Aboriginal/industry partnerships 1994 General remarks ... 1936 General remarks ... 1304 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) General remarks ... 182 Abortion funding ... 188 Alberta Mature Animal Market Transition Program Privacy, Right of General remarks ... 1796 General remarks ... 1304 Clean Air Strategic Alliance Legislation re (Bill 44) ... 1650 General remarks ... 835 Property, Personal–Registration College of Family Physicians of Canada Computer system upgrade ... 1303 Family physician of the year award ... 1740 Public contracts Cormorants–Control Service contracts ... 1311 General remarks ... 1092 Public records–Confidentiality Crop insurance program General remarks ... 1304 General remarks ... 182 Real estate agents Cull Animal Program (Federal) Monitoring of ... 1308 General remarks ... 1796 Real Estate Council of Alberta Curling championships General remarks ... 1308 World championships winners (Randy Ferby rink) Registry offices, Private ... 963 Auditing of ... 1306 Drought Complaints procedure re ... 1305 Government programs for ... 182 Computer equipment contract for ... 1310, 1311 Electoral Boundaries Commission General remarks ... 1303, 1307 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Investigative unit re ... 1306, 1307–08, 1311 Hancock) ... 993–94 Registry offices, Private–Agents/Employees Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Bonding of ... 1307 2003 (Bill 201) Clearance procedures for ... 1306, 1307 Second reading ... 83 Training for ... 1306 Energy industry Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1936 General remarks ... 1306, 1307–08, 1311 Energy industry–Crown lands Residential Tenancies Act Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 1936 Review of ... 1303 Executive Council Rural electrification associations Estimates debated ... 1033–34 Electricity bills ... 1312 Fish conservation Service Alberta initiative (Government information General remarks ... 606 access) Fisheries (Alberta) Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill 206, General remarks ... 1304 2002) Sierra Systems Group Inc. General remarks ... 1092 Contract for registry office equipment ... 1310 Fisheries, Commercial Tecskor Software Inc. Reduction in: Compensation program re ... 754 Government tenders with (M8/03: Defeated) ... Fishing, Sport 513–14 General remarks ... 754 Telemarketing Forage/pasture insurance program Consumer protection issues re ... 1090 General remarks ... 182 Terrorist attacks–New York City/Washington, D.C. Gasoline stations September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 1311 Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly Utilities Consumer Advocate (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1429 General remarks ... 1733 Government of Alberta Vital Statistics Web site ... 1034 Annual review, 2001 (SP859/02: Tabled) ... 2015 Greenhouse gas emissions Availability online ... 1309 Reduction of ... 1212 Wages–Public service Highway 867 Disclosure of ... 1309 Paving of north portion, to Highway 55: Petition re Danyluk, Mr. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) ... 1892 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Lac La Biche Fisheries Enhancement Group Projects re ... 1328–29 Recognition of ... 606 190 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Danyluk, Mr. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) Danyluk, Mr. Ray (PC, Lac La Biche-St. Paul) (Continued) (Continued) Landowners Soil conservation Liability re recreational use of their land: General remarks ... 1212 Legislation re (Bill 208) ... 508 Speech from the Throne Members' Statements (2003) Debate ... 39 Danielle Schnurer ... 1452 Student financial aid National Soil Conservation Week ... 1212 Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... Persons with developmental disabilities ... 2015 840–41 Mentally disabled Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Government programs for: Statement re ... 2015 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) National Soil Conservation Week Second reading ... 1411 Statement re ... 1212 Water quality–Standards Occupiers of land Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: Liability re recreational use of their land: Nicol) ... 835 Legislation re (Bill 208) ... 508 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Second reading ... 226 First reading ... 508 Woytiuk Dr. Harvey Second reading ... 1586–87, 1817 Recognition of ... 1740 Committee ... 1968–69, 1978 DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) Third reading ... 1979, 1984 Alberta Commission on the Status of Men Oral Question Period (2003) General remarks ... 671 Centennial celebrations ... 1328–29 Alberta Commission on the Status of Men Act (Bill Commercial and sportfishing industries ... 754 219) Consultation with First Nations and energy industry First reading ... 671 ... 1936 Asbestos Cormorant control project ... 1092 Contamination problem in Foothills hospital ... 396 Crop insurance ... 182 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Mature animal market transition program ... 1796 Utility costs component ... 477 Police services ... 1737 Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Region Highway 867 paving ... 1892 Asbestos contamination situation ... 396 Police Mold contamination problem at Foothills Hospital MLA committee review of: Report ... 1737 ... 1119–20 Police–Finance Education–Finance General remarks ... 1737 Petition tabled re (SP569/03) ... 1651 Portage College Electric power–Prices Sports and education dinners: Recognition of ... Impact on low income families ... 477 1332 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 477 Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18) Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 840–41 First reading ... 215 Public Affairs Bureau Second reading ... 794–95, 1155 General remarks ... 1033–34 Committee ... 1430–31, 1433 Public lands Third reading ... 1607–08 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Foothills Provincial General Hospital over ... 1936 Asbestos contamination situation ... 396 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit ... General remarks ... 606, 963, 1332, 1647, 1740 1119–20 Registered education savings plan (Federal) Freehold Mineral Rights Tax Act Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: Amendment of (Bill 18) ... 215 Graham/Herard ... 840–41 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Royal Canadian Mounted Police Second reading ... 413 Regimental ball, St. Paul: Recognition of ... 1647 Gas, Natural–Prices Schnurer, Danielle Impact on low income families ... 477 Statement re ... 1452 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 477 Service Alberta initiative (Government information Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill access) 13) Budget ... 1034 First reading ... 52 General remarks ... 1034 Second reading ... 260–61 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 191 DeLong, Alana (PC, Calgary-Bow) (Continued) Deputy Chair of Committees (Shariff, Shiraz) Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill (Continued) 13) (Continued) Point of Order Committee ... 318–19 Allegations against members ... 472 Third reading ... 806 Imputing motives ... 495 Identification, Personal Deputy Speaker (Tannas, Don) Legislation re (Bill 13) ... 52 Deputy Speaker–Rulings and statements Janett, Frank Closing debate ... 842 Recognition of ... 1403 Decorum ... 276, 552, 865, 871, 983, 1273 Low-income families Improper questions ... 1771 Impact of high utility costs on ... 477 Question and comment period ... 39, 285–86, Transit pass subsidies for: Petitions presented re ... 544–45 1648, 2067 Recognition of Pages ... 1646, 2065 Mineral rights Speaking time ... 99 Trespass legislation re (Bill 18) ... 215 Pages (Legislative Assembly) Mines and Minerals Act Biographies of (SP676/03: Tabled) ... 1779 Amendment of (Bill 18) ... 215 Point of Order Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Admissibility of amendment ... 876 Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) Bills containing similar provisions ... 1826 Second reading ... 1416–17 Clarification ... 551 Oral Question Period (2003) Exhibits ... 994–95 Asbestos abatement at the Foothills hospital ... 396 Imputing motives ... 1904 Severe acute respiratory syndrome ... 853 Question and comment period ... 993 Toxic mold in Foothills medical centre ... 1119–20 Quotations ... 1910 Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 477 Relevance ... 533, 746, 1270 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Doerksen, Hon. Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) Transit pass subsidies for low-income people ... Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic 1648, 2067 Framework Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) General remarks ... 921 Education funding (SP569/03) ... 1651 Agriculture–Research Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) General remarks ... 912, 920 Third reading ... 286 Alberta Agricultural Research Institute Quarantine General remarks ... 920 General remarks ... 853 Outside investment in ... 921 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Alberta Energy Research Institute General remarks ... 756–57, 1403 General remarks ... 113, 911, 920, 1209 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Alberta energy research strategy Legislation re (Bill 18) ... 215 Federal funding for ... 113 Severe acute respiratory syndrome General remarks ... 920, 1209 General remarks ... 853 Alberta Forestry Research Institute Supports for independence program General remarks ... 920 Utility costs component ... 477 Alberta Foundation for Health Research Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893 Committee ... 1581 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research United States Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Support for ... 756–57 Science annual report, SP525/03 ) ... 1893 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment General remarks ... 113 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Information booklet (SP797/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Committee ... 521–22 Life sciences research funding ... 912 Third reading ... 822 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Deputy Chair of Committees (Shariff, Shiraz) Engineering Research Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Committee ... 636 Science annual report, SP757/03) ... 1893 Deputy Chair–Rulings and statements Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Decorum ... 1947 Engineering Research Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Referring to a member by name ... 625 48) Speaking order ... 460 First reading ... 1741 Use of electronic devices in the Assembly ... 1223 Second reading ... 1896–97 Legislative Assembly Chamber Committee ... 2071 Sound system: Failure of ... 1947–48 Third reading ... 2071–72 192 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Doerksen, Hon. Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) Doerksen, Hon. Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Heritage Science and Engineering Research Dept. of Innovation and Science (Continued) Endowment Fund Communications division ... 913–14 Definition of real value of: Legislation re (Bill 48) Estimates debated ... 911–22 ... 1741 Performance measures ... 911, 917, 921 Alberta Ingenuity Fund Performance measures: Employee satisfaction General remarks ... 916 measure ... 912, 913 Alberta Research Council Inc. Web site ... 921 Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Dept. of Seniors Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q5/03: Commercialization activities ... 918 Response tabled as SP586/03) ... 510 Contract research for outside companies ... 919 Distance education General remarks ... 919 General remarks ... 557 Pine shake roofing material: Research re ... 922 Edmonton Protocol (Diabetes treatment) Provincial funding for ... 912, 919 General remarks ... 113 Alberta Science and Technology Awards Electric power, Coal-produced General remarks ... 914 Research into ... 911, 919, 921, 1209 Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority Energy research Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Funding ... 912 Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893 Energy resources, Alternate General remarks ... 919, 920 Research into ... 911, 919 Alberta SuperNet Forestry–Research Delay in completion ... 112, 604, 912, 914, 915, General remarks ... 920 1374 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 1374 General remarks ... 510 Health services delivery via ... 1645 Government information Library access to ... 914 On-line provision of, to non-computer users ... School access to ... 557, 915 914–15 Auditor General Health Sciences Association of Alberta Pine shake roofing liability, examination of ... 922 Meeting with cabinet committee on labour relations Science and engineering endowment fund ... 958 comments ... 1741 Informatics Circle of Research Excellence Axia NetMedia Corporation Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Alberta Supernet contract ... 112, 604, 912 Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893 Bell West General remarks ... 911 Alberta Supernet contract ... 112, 604, 912, 914 Information and communications technology–Research Canada Foundation for Innovation Federal funding ... 113 Awards ... 914 Provincial funding ... 912 Federal funding for ... 113 International Standards Organization Carbon dioxide emissions Government performance measures standards ... General remarks ... 1209 917 Research into ... 911, 919 King's University College Chief Information Officer Research activities ... 919 Role of ... 914 Life sciences research Clean coal demonstration project Federal funding for ... 113 General remarks ... 113 General remarks ... 920 Climate change Provincial funding for ... 912, 914 Provincial initiatives re ... 911, 919, 1209 Los Alamos National Laboratory Coal-bed methane extraction–Research Clean coal technology research: Partnership with General remarks ... 919, 921 Alberta re ... 921 Water recovery issues ... 921 Medical records, Electronic Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel General remarks ... 914 General remarks ... 958 Medical records–Confidentiality Collective bargaining–Nurses General remarks ... 914 General remarks ... 958 Medical research–Finance Computers in schools General remarks ... 113 Funding for ... 557, 915 Nanotechnology–Research Dept. of Innovation and Science General remarks ... 921 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP757/03: Tabled) ... 1893 National Institute for Nanotechnology Business plan ... 911 General remarks ... 921–22 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 193 Doerksen, Hon. Victor P. (PC, Red Deer-South) Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) (Continued) (Continued) Oil recovery methods Auditor General Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 919 Health care billings between RHA's, Review of ... Carbon dioxide sequestering: Weyburn project ... 210–11 919, 921 Capital Health Authority Oral Question Period (2003) Billing problems re out-of-region patients ... 210–11 Alberta SuperNet ... 1374 Dept. of Innovation and Science Alberta Supernet ... 112, 604 Estimates debated ... 919–20 Clean coal technology ... 1209 Domestic violence Education funding ... 557 Provincial initiatives re ... 1935–36 Federal research and innovation funding ... 113 Energy industry Health care labour relations ... 958 Aboriginal opportunities in ... 2062 Telehealth ... 1645 Ethics Commissioner Patent process–Canada New commissioner appointed: Report presented General remarks ... 918 (SP485/03: Tabled) ... 1548 Pine shake roofing–Research Ethics Commissioner and Ombudsman Search ARC involvement ... 922 Committee, Select Special Regional health authorities Report, part 1, presented (Ethics Commissioner Labour settlements costs ... 958 appointment) (SP485/03: Tabled) ... 1548 Research and development Forest industries Federal funding ... 113, 911 Aboriginal opportunities in ... 2062 Funding application process, co-ordination of ... 917 Grazing lands, Public General remarks ... 915, 921 Bison grazing on: Legislation re (Bill 49) ... 1702 Provincial funding ... 911–12, 916 Greenhouse gas emissions Provincial funding: Matching funding for federal Reduction of ... 919–20 grants ... 916 Lakeland Health Region [Old boundary] Senior citizens Funds transfer with Capital Health Authority ... Government programs: Information re ... 914–15 210–11 Tar sands development–Research Members' Statements (2003) General remarks ... 911 Bonnyville White Ribbon campaign ... 1941 TD Economics Ombudsman The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1374 Jurisdiction: Expansion to government agencies Technology commercialization (Bill 21) ... 215 General remarks ... 912, 915, 918 Ombudsman Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 21) Telehealth services First reading ... 215 General remarks ... 1645 Second reading ... 386–87 United Nurses of Alberta Committee ... 421 Meeting with cabinet committee on labour relations Third reading ... 1489 ... 958 Oral Question Period (2003) Universities and colleges Aboriginal policy framework ... 2062 Research activities ... 916 Family violence ... 1935 University of Alberta Regional health authorities' billings ... 210 Health research innovation centre at ... 113, 914, Public lands 916 Access to: Legislation re (Bill 49) ... 1702 University of Calgary Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) Health research innovation centre at ... 113, 914, First reading ... 1702 916 Second reading ... 1780–81 Water tables Committee ... 1831–34 Impact of coal-bed methane production on ... 921 Third reading ... 2090 Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Aboriginal businesses General remarks ... 605–06 General remarks ... 2062 Regional health authorities Aboriginal policy framework Billing problems re out-of-region patients ... 210–11 General remarks ... 2062 Les Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, 2003 Aboriginal/industry partnerships Recognition of ... 605–06 General remarks ... 2062 Roundtable on Family Violence (Spring 2004) Alberta Energy Research Institute General remarks ... 1935 General remarks ... 919–20 Violence against women Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta Statement re ... 1941 Recognition of ... 605–06 194 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Ducharme, Denis (PC, Bonnyville-Cold Lake) Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) (Continued) White Ribbon campaign–Bonnyville Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Statement re ... 1941 Region (Continued) White Ribbon Week Industrial hygiene/construction safety specialist ... Statement re ... 1941 396 Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) Mold contamination problem at Foothills Hospital Alberta Association of Architects ... 1120, 1211, 1281 Annual report, 2002 (SP294/03: Tabled) ... 792 Canada Pension Plan Alberta Career Computer Centre Inc. Disability pension component (re Alberta AISH Financial audit, 2002: Copy of (M14/03: Accepted) benefits) ... 356–57, 888, 962, 1013–14, 1017, ... 1246 1018–19 Alberta community employment program Canada/Alberta labour market development program General remarks ... 1014 General remarks ... 1018 Alberta Disabilities Forum Cancer in firefighters General remarks ... 750 Workers' compensation coverage of ... 855 Alberta Land Surveyors' Association Cardinal River Coals Ltd. Annual report, 2003 (SP907/03: Tabled) ... 2067 Cheviot mine delay ... 813 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Centennial Capital Plan Complaints re mold contamination situation at General remarks ... 1370 Foothills Hospital ... 1119–20 Certified General Accountants Association of Alberta General remarks ... 1015 Annual report, 2003 (SP905/03: Tabled) ... 2067 Alberta–Economic policy Child welfare workers Impact on collective bargaining ... 930 Deaths of ... 1091–92 Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Closure debate (Parliamentary practice) Annual report, 2001-03 (SP906/03: Tabled) ... 2067 General remarks ... 641 General remarks ... 1013, 1015, 1021 Coal mines and mining–Jasper area Posting of rulings on Internet ... 1567 General remarks ... 813 Recommendations re ... 854–55 Collective bargaining Arbitration (Labour relations) Impact of government fiscal policies on ... 930 Nurses' bargaining situation ... 1699 Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel Asbestos General remarks ... 641, 930, 959 Contamination problem in Foothills hospital ... Streamlining of ... 249, 299–300, 330–31, 435, 476 354–55, 396, 398, 438, 644 Streamlining of: Legislation re (Bill 27) ... 402 Contamination problem in Holy Cross hospital ... Collective bargaining–Nurses 438 General remarks ... 641, 930, 959 Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Streamlining of ... 249, 299–300, 330–31, 435, 476 Geophysicists of Alberta Streamlining of: Legislation re (Bill 27) ... 402 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP864/03: Tabled) ... 2016 Collective bargaining–Public service Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped General remarks ... 1015 Benefits clawback, re Canada Pension Plan Collective bargaining–Teachers payments ... 356–57, 888, 962, 1013–14, 1017, General remarks ... 930 1018–19 College of Alberta Professional Forest Technologists Benefits increase ... 962, 1013 Annual report, 2002 (SP474/03: Tabled) ... 1502 Breakdown of disbursements (M2/03: Response College of Alberta Professional Foresters tabled as SP472/03) ... 1502 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP863/03: Tabled) ... 2016 General remarks ... 209, 887–88 Collier, Sharla Marie Recipients of, lobbying of provincial government ... Death of ... 1091–92 750–51 Committee on Lifelong Learning, MLA Underexpended funds from, used for homeless Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... Committee on Public Accounts, Standing 362, 1502 Government members boycott of: Point of privilege Utility costs component ... 110, 140, 214, 352, 357, re ... 1342 477 Committees, Government-appointed Workers' compensation clients on ... 1020–21 Costs of education related committees (Q9/03: Calgary Board of Education Accepted) ... 512 Funding for ... 1369 Construction Owners Association of Alberta Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health General remarks ... 1023–24 Region Consulting Engineers of Alberta Asbestos contamination situation ... 354–55, 396, Annual report, 2002-03 (SP862/03: Tabled) ... 2016 398, 438, 644 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 195 Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) (Continued) Cultural workers Homeless–Housing General remarks ... 1017–18 Underexpended funds from SFI and AISH programs Cultural workers–Training used for (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... General remarks ... 1018 362, 1502 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Horse racing Annual report, 2002-03 (SP755/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Lottery funding for ... 887–88 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q3/03: Hours of labour Response tabled as SP585/03) ... 510, 1652 Working alone regulation ... 1091 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1013–15, 1017–21, Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) 1023–24 First reading ... 649 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Second reading ... 1041, 1159–60 192 Committee ... 1434, 1438–40 Discrimination–Age Amendment (SP460/03: Tabled) ... 1434 Older workers and workers' compensation ... 1023 General remarks ... 1014, 1015, 1018 Edmonton Economic Development Authority Injured workers General remarks ... 476 Denial of compensation to injured worker in Edmonton Public School Board Calgary ... 714 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 852 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta Education–Finance Annual report, 2003 (SP908/03: Tabled) ... 2067 General remarks ... 1369 Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Electric power–Prices Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 General remarks ... 352 Estimates debated ... 459 Impact on low income families ... 214, 477 Labour laws and legislation Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 110, 214, 352, General remarks ... 330–31 357, 477 Union/employer relations provisions ... 75 Employment insurance program (Federal) Labour relations Benefits: Cultural workers eligibility for ... 1018 General remarks ... 476, 1015 Employment standards Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities General remarks ... 1015 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Employment training programs First reading ... 402 General remarks ... 209, 1014, 1799 Second reading ... 534–35, 547, 553 Fibromyalgia-related injuries Committee ... 586–87, 616, 618, 698–701 Coverage by Workers' Compensation Board ... Third reading ... 723, 727 1567–68 Draft regulations re ... 435 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) General remarks ... 435, 476, 1015, 1024 Second reading ... 155–57 Time allocation motion re ... 641 Foothills Provincial General Hospital Labour Relations Board Asbestos contamination situation ... 354–55, 396, General remarks ... 1013, 1015 398, 438, 644 Review of health sector bargaining units ... 299–300 Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit ... Labour Relations Code 1119–20, 1211, 1281 General remarks ... 476 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Review of: MLA committee re ... 249 General remarks ... 510, 1246 Labour supply Gas, Natural–Prices General remarks ... 479–80 General remarks ... 352 Report on: Prepared for Growth ... 480 Impact on low income families ... 477 Labour unions Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 110, 140, 352, Elimination of ... 331 357, 477 Financial contributions to employers ... 75 Government, Access to Low-income families General remarks ... 750–51 General remarks ... 209, 887–88 Health Sciences Association of Alberta Impact of high utility costs on ... 214, 477 Meeting with cabinet committee on labour relations MLA committee review of programs for: ... 959 Legislation from (Bill 32) ... 649 Health sciences personnel–Law and legislation Market enhancement recovery funds Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 299–300, General remarks ... 75 330–31 Mayfair Golf and Country Club Holy Cross Hospital WCB executives' membership in ... 1799 Asbestos contamination situation ... 438 Renovation problems (Health and safety violations) Mediation (Legal process) ... 1324 General remarks ... 1015 196 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) (Continued) (Continued) Medical care Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Restructuring ... 1699 Support for low-income Albertans ... 887–88 Medical care, Private Time allocation ... 641 Usage of, by Workers' Compensation Board ... 1023 Toxic mold in Foothills medical centre ... 1119–20, Members of the Legislative Assembly 1211, 1281 Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... Utility costs ... 110 750–51 Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 214, 477 Merit Contractors Association WCB claims review ... 854–55 General remarks ... 75 WCB policy on fibromyalgia ... 1567–68 Ministerial Statements (2003) West Nile virus ... 1644 National Day of Mourning ... 1229–30 Women's shelters ... 1119 MLA Postsecondary Funding Review Committee Workers' Compensation Board ... 1571, 1799 Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 Workers' compensation claim ... 714 National child benefit Workplace safety ... 851 Provincial clawback of, Cessation of ... 1014 Personnel Administration Office National Day of Mourning (Injured Workers) General remarks ... 1013, 1015 Statement re ... 1229–30 Private vocational schools Natural gas rebates General remarks ... 1246 General remarks ... 352 Privilege Nurses–Law and legislation Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 299–300, committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) 330–31 ... 1342 Obed Mountain Coal Ltd. Regional health authorities Suspension of operation ... 813 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining Occupational Health and Safety Act negotiations ... 249, 299–300, 330–31, 435, 476, Foothills Hospital asbestos removal charges under 1015, 1024 ... 398 Labour settlements costs ... 959 Oral Question Period (2003) Review Committee on Outcomes Access to government ... 750–51 Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 Allegations of fraud in the WCB ... 358 Right to work Asbestos abatement at the Foothills hospital ... 396, General remarks ... 330–31 398, 644 Senda, Dr. Yoshio Asbestos abatement in Calgary hospitals ... 438 Recognition of ... 892 Asbestos in the Foothills hospital ... 354–55 Skills development program Assured income for the severely handicapped ... General remarks ... 1370, 1799 356–57 Strikes and lockouts Child care workers' safety ... 1091–92 Impact of government fiscal policies on ... 930 Coal mining industry ... 813 Strikes and lockouts–Nurses Edmonton Public School Board operational review General remarks ... 1699 ... 852 Supports for independence program Education funding ... 1369 Changes to: Documents re (M10/03: Defeated) ... Energy prices ... 352 514 Health care labour legislation ... 249, 299–300 General remarks ... 209, 1014 Health care labour relations ... 959, 1699 Rate increase ... 887–88, 962, 1014, 1024, 1119 Health care workers' collective bargaining ... 435, Underexpended funds from, used for homeless 476 housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... Holy Cross hospital ... 1324 362, 1502 Infrastructure funding ... 1370 Utility costs component ... 110, 140, 214, 352, 477 Injured workers' allegations ... 333 Workers' compensation clients on ... 1020–21 Labour legislation ... 330–31 Teachers Labour supply ... 479–80 Layoffs of ... 1369 Long-standing WCB claims review ... 1283–84 Teachers–Laws and legislation Low-income Albertans ... 209 General remarks ... 249, 330–31 Low-income support programs ... 962 United Nurses of Alberta Market enhancement recovery fund ... 75 Complaints re mold contamination situation at Minimum wage ... 357–58, 854 Foothills Hospital ... 1119–20 Natural gas prices ... 140 Meeting with cabinet committee on labour relations Provincial fiscal policies ... 930 ... 959 Skills development program ... 1799 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 197 Dunford, Hon. Clint (PC, Lethbridge-West) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) (Continued) Adoption web site, Provincial Wages–Minimum wage General remarks ... 10–11, 72, 1343 Increase in ... 357–58 Alberta Children and Youth Initiative Review of ... 854, 1024 Aboriginal youth suicide prevention programs ... Wages–Teachers 1621 Funding for increase in ... 852, 1369 General remarks ... 1344, 1345 West Nile virus Alberta Council of Women's Shelters Physician/public education program re ... 1644 General remarks ... 1118–19, 1347 Workplace health issues re ... 1644 Joint protocol with RCMP re handling domestic Workplace health issues re: Responses to questions violence cases ... 1935 re (SP606/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Alberta Response Model (Child welfare) Widows–Pensions General remarks ... 1343, 1345, 1349 Underexpended funds from, used for homeless Alberta's Promise housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... General remarks ... 1344 362, 1502 Private sector involvement in ... 1048 Womens' shelters–Finance Autistic children General remarks ... 1119 Funding for programs for ... 1343 Workers' compensation Treatment methods for ... 1345 General remarks ... 1799 Battered women–Housing Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Second-stage housing ... 1347 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Bullying Second reading ... 220–21 General remarks ... 1935 Committee ... 515–16 Child and family services authorities Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill Agreements with women's shelters ... 1347 26, 2002) Boards: Legislation re (Bill 22) ... 256 General remarks ... 1021, 1024, 1284 General remarks ... 1343, 1344 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Child and Family Services Authorities Amendment 38) Act, 2003 (Bill 22) Third reading ... 2087 First reading ... 256 Workers' Compensation Board Second reading ... 390, 794 Accountability ... 1571 Committee ... 798–99 Accusations of criminal wrongdoing against: Legal Child welfare procedure re ... 333, 358 Aboriginal children ... 1344, 1348–49 Annual report, 2002 (SP861/02: Tabled) ... 2016 Early childhood intervention programs ... 1343, Appeals system ... 714 1345–46 CEO’s resignation ... 714 Early childhood intervention programs: Aboriginal Coverage of older workers ... 1023 children ... 1348–49 Doerksen/Friedman reports on ... 714, 854–55, Early childhood intervention programs: Funding ... 1015, 1020, 1283 1343–44 Employers' premiums ... 1023, 1799 General remarks ... 1343 Fibromyalgia as work-related injury ... 1567–68 Métis children ... 1344, 1348 General remarks ... 1013, 1021 Child Welfare Act Golf course fees for executives of ... 1799 Amendment of (Bill 24) ... 72 Injured worker’s claim to ... 714 Child privacy provisions ... 72 Long standing claims issue ... 1020–21, 1283–84 General remarks ... 1349 Private health providers usage: Costs ... 1023 Underage offenders provisions ... 856 Workers' Compensation Board. Claims Services Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24) Review Committee Third reading ... 1531 General remarks ... 1571 General remarks ... 1343 Workplace safety Child welfare information system Call centre re ... 1024 General remarks ... 110, 141, 356 General remarks ... 1015, 1023–24, 1229–30 Child Welfare League of Canada Substance abuse related incidents ... 851 General remarks ... 1345 WorkSafe Alberta Child welfare recipients General remarks ... 851, 1015, 1023, 1230 Abuse of: Legal representation re ... 355–56, Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) 396–97, 1234–35 Aboriginal policy framework Child welfare workers General remarks ... 1344 Deaths of ... 1091–92 Aboriginal youth suicide Training re violent family situations ... 1346 General remarks ... 1621 198 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Children Foster home care (Continued) Community involvement with ... 1343 Abuse of children in: External review panel ... 110, Government programs for ... 1343–49 141 Children's Advocate National guidelines re ... 111 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP392/03: Tabled) ... 1122 Review of ... 111 Children in care abuse cases ... 1234–35 Foster parents Foster care abuse cases ... 141, 355–56 General remarks ... 72 Foster care abuse: Recommendation re external Grant MacEwan Community College review panel for ... 110 Day care worker training courses ... 2064 Response to government adoption web site ... 10 Information and Privacy Commissioner Children–Protective services Report re government adoption web site ... 72 General remarks ... 1343 Role re government adoption web site ... 10–11 Collier, Sharla Marie Intensive behavioural intervention (Children) Death of ... 1091–92 General remarks ... 1343, 1345 Day care centres–Employees Kasohkowew Child Wellness Society General remarks ... 504 Co-management agreement with province ... 1345 Day care centres–Employees–Training Kerby Centre General remarks ... 2064 Women's shelter at ... 1119 Day care centres–Finance Limitations Act Federal funding ... 504 Application to John Doe foster care case, Calgary ... Day care centres–Standards 396 General remarks ... 1349 Low-income families Day care in private homes MLA committee review of programs for ... 504 General remarks ... 2064–65 Members' withdrawal of remarks Dept. of Children's Services General remarks ... 799 Annual report, 2002-03, Sections I and II (SP743- Oral Question Period (2003) 744/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Aboriginal youth suicide ... 1621 Estimates debated ... 1343–49 Child care workers' safety ... 1091–92 Minister's appearance in private sector community Children's Services adoption web site ... 10–11, 72 service advertising ... 1048 Family violence ... 1935–36 Research centre ... 1344 Federal funding for child care ... 504 Disabled children Foster care ... 110–11, 141 Government programs ... 1343, 1345 Legal representation for children in care ... 355–56, Government programs: Funding ... 1343 396–97, 1234–35 Domestic violence Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise ... 1048 Provincial initiatives re ... 1344, 1935 Preschool programs ... 332 Domestic violence–Legal aspects Unlicensed day homes ... 2064–65 General remarks ... 1347, 1935 Women's shelters ... 1118–19 Early childhood education Youth Criminal Justice Act ... 856–57 Extension to younger children ... 1345–46 Point of Order Edmonton Public School Board Clarification ... 799 Playschool lease increases ... 332 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Education–Finance Membership list (SP56/03: Tabled) ... 148 Letter re (SP292/03: Tabled) ... 792 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Elder abuse Committee ... 133–36 General remarks ... 1935 General remarks ... 1048 Family and community support services program Preschools–Edmonton General remarks ... 1344, 1346, 1349 Lease rate increase for ... 332 Preschool program funding ... 332 Protection against Family Violence Act Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act (Bill General remarks ... 1346 23) Public Trustee General remarks ... 1343, 1345 Children in care abuse cases ... 1234–35 Fetal alcohol syndrome–Treatment/prevention Roots of empathy program (Child welfare) Funding for ... 1344 General remarks ... 1344, 1345–46 On aboriginal reserves ... 1349 Roundtable on Family Violence (Spring 2004) Foster home care General remarks ... 1935–36 Abuse of children in ... 141, 355–56 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Abuse of children in: Calgary lawsuit re ... 110–11, Domestic violence protocol ... 1118, 1935 141, 396–97 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 199 Evans, Hon. Iris (PC, Sherwood Park) (Continued) Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) Sleep Country Canada (Continued) Advertising: Children's Services minister's Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (Continued) involvement in ... 1048 Policing standards manual, recommendation re ... Social Care Facilities Review Committee 1841 Annual report, 2000-01 (SP393/03: Tabled) ... 1122 Alcoholism–Treatment–Prisoners Special case reviews (Child welfare) General remarks ... 1072 Involvement of Children's Advocate in ... 356 Amber Alert (Child abduction warning system) Sharla Collier case ... 1092 General remarks ... 1069, 1072 Student Health Initiative Auditor General General remarks ... 1345 Policing standards manual comments ... 1841 Underage offenders Calgary Police Service General remarks ... 856 WCB fraud case, Investigation of ... 333, 358 Wages–Day care employees Canadian Security Intelligence Service General remarks ... 504, 2064–65 Co-operation with province on security issues ... Wages–Womens' shelters employees 643, 1073 General remarks ... 1347 Provincial funding to ... 1167 Wild Rose Foundation Coaldale Police Service Women's shelters funding ... 1118 Integration with Lethbridge Police Service ... 354 Womens' shelters Cold prevention medications Families turned away from ... 1347 Use in crystal meth production ... 1699 Womens' shelters–Finance Consumer protection General remarks ... 1118–19, 1347 For seniors ... 1090 Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) Correctional institutions General remarks ... 856 Funding for ... 1069 Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) General remarks ... 1069 Aboriginal peoples and judicial system Legislation re ... 1796 General remarks ... 1073 Correctional institutions, Private Aboriginal police services General remarks ... 1076 General remarks ... 1073, 1075 Correctional Services MLA Review Committee Aboriginal police–Training Costs of ... 1076 Centralization of ... 1963 Report ... 1069, 1076, 1796 Airline passenger lists Report (M4/03: Defeated) ... 363 Police access to ... 2010–11 Corrections Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 26) Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission First reading ... 442 Prisoner substance abuse programs ... 1072 Second reading ... 799–800 Alberta Association of Chiefs of Police Third reading ... 1610 Policing standards manual, participation in General remarks ... 1076, 1796 developing ... 1841 Crime prevention Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Community-based programs re ... 114 Counties Funding for ... 1069 Police funding agreement ... 1737 General remarks ... 114, 1069 Police funding deliberations ... 1076, 1449, 1501 Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Policing standards manual, recommendation re ... Co-operation with province on security issues ... 1841 643, 1073 Alberta College of Pharmacists Funding for ... 1069, 1330 Crystal meth problem, Involvement with ... 1699 Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission ... 1069, 1400, 1501 Enoch First Nation's casino application approval ... Criminals, Violent 1167 General remarks ... 1072 Investigation unit ... 1167 Web site re ... 1072 Alberta Gaming Research Institute Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Gambling-related crime study ... 1167 General remarks ... 332–33, 1073, 1699 Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board Intergovernmental working group on ... 1699 Annual report, 2001 (SP514/03: Tabled) ... 1624 Dept. of Solicitor General WCB fraud case consideration ... 358 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP764/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Alberta Special Constables' Association Budget ... 1069, 1073 General remarks ... 1077 Business plan ... 1069 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Estimates debated ... 1069, 1072–77, 1079–80 Police funding agreement ... 1737 Mission/vision statement of ... 1069, 1073, 1075–76 Police funding deliberations ... 1076, 1449 200 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Solicitor General. Security and Information Marijuana growing operations Management unit General remarks ... 1073 General remarks ... 643, 1069, 1073 Medical records–Confidentiality Deputy constables General remarks ... 1207 General remarks ... 1076 Ministerial Task Force on Security Diversion (Mentally disabled offenders) General remarks ... 1077 Calgary pilot project re ... 892, 1939 Oral Question Period (2003) General remarks ... 1939 Access to Crown land ... 71 Domestic violence Allegations of fraud in the WCB ... 358 Provincial initiatives re ... 1073 Calgary diversion project ... 892 Drug abuse–Aboriginal reserves Corrections review committee report ... 1796 General remarks ... 1073 Crime prevention ... 114 Drug abuse–Treatment Crystal methamphetamine ... 332–33 U.S. program re ... 333 Emergency preparedness ... 643 Drug abuse–Treatment–Prisoners Gambling-related crime prevention ... 1167 General remarks ... 1072 Gang violence ... 1400 Drunk driving Health safety of police and emergency workers ... Enforcement of laws re, Wetaskiwin area ... 1280 1207–08 Enforcement strategy re ... 1072, 1075 Injured workers' allegations ... 299, 333 Edmonton Police Service Internet luring ... 2010–11 Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... 932, Methamphetamines ... 1699 1077, 1079 Municipal policing grants ... 1330, 1448–49 Edmonton-Norwood (Constituency) Municipal policing review report ... 1500–01 Member for's comments re prisoner exchanges ... Photoradar ... 1169 114 Police services ... 183–84, 354, 891, 932, 1737, Emergency planning 1963 General remarks ... 643 Policing costs ... 145 Emergency services personnel Provincewide policing standards ... 1841 Exposure to communicable diseases ... 1207–08 Special constable program ... 1280 Exposure to communicable diseases: Ontario Special constables ... 935 legislation re ... 1207–08 Street divergence program ... 1939 Energy industry–Crown lands Telemarketing fraud ... 1090 Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 71 Organized crime Enoch First Nation General remarks ... 1072, 1167, 1400, 1501 Destination resort and casino, west Edmonton ... Organized crime–Prevention 1167 General remarks ... 1069 Fines (Traffic violations) Photoradar (Traffic safety) Revenue from: Allocation of ... 184, 932, 1330 Consistency of procedures re ... 1169 Gambling-related crime–Prevention General remarks ... 1076 General remarks ... 1167 Police Gang-related crime–Prevention Access to airline passenger lists ... 2010–11 Federal funding for ... 145 Co-operation with province on security issues ... General remarks ... 1072, 1079 643 Provincial funding for ... 1330, 1400 Drug problem programs ... 332–33 Task force to review ... 1400 General remarks ... 1069 Heads Up Fraud Prevention Association Intermunicipal co-operation between ... 1076, 1501 General remarks ... 1090 MLA committee review of: Costs re ... 1076 Intermunicipal relations MLA committee review of: Report ... 183, 891, General remarks ... 354 1069, 1076, 1500–01, 1737, 1841, 1963 Internet (Computer network) Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... 932, Luring underage children via ... 2010–11 1077, 1079 Iraq Police Act Military action against ... 643 General remarks ... 183, 1076, 1077, 1079 LensCrafters Inc. Police, Provincial Inmate eyeglass servicing training program ... Establishment of ... 1076 1072–73 Police–Finance Lethbridge Police Service Federal funding ... 145 Integration with Coaldale Police Service ... 354 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 201 Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) Forsyth, Hon. Heather (PC, Calgary-Fish Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Police–Finance (Continued) Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution General remarks ... 145, 183–84, 891, 932, 1069, Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) 1073, 1076, 1077, 1080, 1330, 1400, 1448–49, Committee ... 1577–78 1500–01, 1737, 1963 Victim impact statements Intermunicipal partnership funding ... 354 General remarks ... 1079 Police–Standards Victims of crime General remarks ... 1841 Assistance programs ... 1069, 1079–80 Police–Training Assistance programs: Funding for ... 1073 Centralization of ... 1963 Assistance programs: Status report re, 2001-02 Centre of excellence in (proposal) ... 1501 (SP515/03: Tabled) ... 1624 Prison work programs MLA review of ... 1069, 1076, 1080 General remarks ... 1072–73 Video gambling machines Prisoners Funding of upgrades to ... 145 Foreign exchange programs re ... 114 Wise Owl program Legislation re (Bill 26) ... 442 General remarks ... 1090 Privacy, Right of Workers' Compensation Board Vs. public safety ... 1079 Accusations of criminal wrongdoing against: Legal Probation procedure re ... 299, 333, 358 General remarks ... 1796 Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) Public lands General remarks ... 1069 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Youth justice committees over ... 71 General remarks ... 1073 Public safety (From criminal activity) Friedel, Gary (PC, Peace River) General remarks ... 1075 Aboriginal children–Education Safety vs privacy issues re ... 1079 General remarks ... 1606 Rehabilitation of criminals Challenge North 2003 conference, Fort McMurray General remarks ... 1072, 1076–77 (April 2003) Royal Canadian Mounted Police General remarks ... 1601 Co-operation with province on security issues ... Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development 643 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1601, 1606–07 Drug problem programs ... 332–33 Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) Provincial funding for ... 145, 354, 1076 General remarks ... 715 Role in First Nations/oilfield contactors public lands Edmonton City Centre Airport access dispute ... 71 Operational status ... 1734–35 Role of, Wetaskiwin area ... 1280 Edmonton Regional Airports Authority Security cameras–Whyte Avenue, Edmonton City Centre Airport policy ... 1734–35 Safety vs privacy issues re ... 1079 Electric power–Retail sales Seniors Fraud Awareness Committee General remarks ... 715 General remarks ... 1090 Employment training programs–Northern Alberta Sentences, Conditional (Criminal procedure) General remarks ... 1601, 1606 General remarks ... 1796 Energy industry Sex offenders Impact of timber allocation by direct sales on ... National registry re ... 1072 1843 Special constables Food industry and trade–Northern Alberta Carrying of sidearms ... 935, 1077 General remarks ... 1601 General remarks ... 1077 Forest industries–Northern Alberta Grande Prairie area incident re ... 935, 1077 General remarks ... 1601 Role of, Wetaskiwin area ... 1280 Gas, Natural–Retail sales Sudafed (Medication) General remarks ... 715 Use in crystal meth production ... 1699 Medical care Telemarketing Access to ... 1235 Consumer protection issues re ... 1090 Medical care–Finance Terrorist attacks–Prevention General remarks ... 1235 Crisis management plan re ... 1069, 1073 Medical care–Finance–Rural areas Equipment and training funding re ... 1077 General remarks ... 1235 Federal funding for ... 145 Northern Alberta Development Council General remarks ... 1069 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP139/03: Tabled) ... 361 Traffic accidents–Rural areas Bursary programs ... 1606 Prevention programs re ... 1072 General remarks ... 1601 202 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Friedel, Gary (PC, Peace River) (Continued) Fritz, Mrs. Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) (Continued) Northern Alberta Development Council (Continued) Mustard Seed Street Ministry Labour market information clearinghouse ... 1606 General remarks ... 1166 Role in aboriginal/oilfield contractors dispute ... Oral Question Period (2003) 1606 Patient safety and medical error reduction centre ... Youth apprenticeship program ... 1606 1284 Northern development Sunalta Shelter ... 1166 General remarks ... 1601 Patient safety Impact of Edmonton City Centre Airport closure on General remarks ... 1295–96 ... 1734–35 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Northern Links program Métis children identification within Child Welfare General remarks ... 1606 Act (SP137/03) ... 337 Nurse practitioners–Northern Alberta Pharmaceutical errors General remarks ... 1606 General remarks ... 1295 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Regional health authorities Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Medical error monitoring ... 1296 Second reading ... 1811–12 Sunalta Shelter Oral Question Period (2003) Funding for ... 1166 Edmonton city centre airport ... 1734–35 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Energy marketing ... 715 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Health regions' funding formula ... 1235 Second reading ... 1408–09 Timber allocation in northern Alberta ... 1843 Women's issues Railway lines–Alberta/Prince Rupert link General remarks ... 335 General remarks ... 1601 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Road construction–Northern Alberta Act, 2003 (Bill 202) General remarks ... 1601 Second reading ... 222–23 Skills development–Northern Alberta Gordon, Mrs. Judy (PC, Lacombe-Stettler) General remarks ... 1601, 1606 ACT Foundation Softwoods–Export–United States CPR youth training program sponsorship: Countervail duties re ... 1843 Recognition of ... 1647 Tar sands development Airline passenger lists General remarks ... 1601 Police access to ... 2010 Timber–Supplies Alberta School Foundation Fund Allocation of, by direct sales/auction ... 1843 General remarks ... 1006 Allocation of, by direct sales/auction: Impact on Assessment energy industry ... 1843 Market value as basis for ... 1006 Fritz, Mrs. Yvonne (PC, Calgary-Cross) Blackfalds (Town) Alberta family employment tax credit Reinstatement within Lacombe-Ponoka Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 93–94, 98–99, 233 constituency, Resolutions re (SP73/03-74/03: Child welfare Tabled) ... 189 Métis children ... 337 Cardio pulmonary rescucitation Child Welfare Act Youth training program re ... 1647 Identification of Métis children under: Petition Caucus policy committees (PC party) tabled re (SP137/03) ... 337 General remarks ... 1033 Dept. of Health and Wellness Dept. of Environment Estimates debated ... 1295–96 Estimates debated ... 1107 Homeless–Housing–Calgary Drinking water Review of ... 1166 Benchmarks re ... 1107 International Women's Day Electoral Boundaries Commission Statement re ... 335 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Medical errors Hancock) ... 872–73, 996 Centre to reduce and report on ... 1284, 1295–96 Final report: Blackfalds location, Petitions tabled re General remarks ... 1295 (SP73/03-74/03) ... 189 Members of the Legislative Assembly Executive Council Former members' association (Motion 511: Estimates debated ... 1033 Johnson) ... 1820–21 Security budget ... 1033 Members' Statements (2003) Gaming and Liquor Amendment Act, 1999 (Bill 36, International Women's Day ... 335 1999) Motta, Vincenzo Dominic General remarks ... 1234 Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 1295 Government of Alberta Web site ... 1033 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 203 Gordon, Mrs. Judy (PC, Lacombe-Stettler) Goudreau, Mr. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan) (Continued) (Continued) Deer–Populations Internet (Computer network) Damage issues re ... 752–53 Luring underage children via ... 2010 Editor's Choice award for poetry Lieutenant Governor's Office General remarks ... 1801 Security budget ... 1033 Elk–Populations Lottery Fund Damage issues re ... 752–53 Funds allocation ... 1234 Fencing of livestock McGregor, Hazel Legislation re (Bill 5) ... 16 Statement re ... 1701 Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 Members' Statements (2003) (Bill 15) Hazel McGregor ... 1701 Second reading ... 269 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month ... 1547–48 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month Second reading ... 409–10 Statement re ... 1547–48 Third reading ... 732 Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Gervais, Mary Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) Recognition of ... 1800 Second reading ... 1421 Line Fence Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 5) Oral Question Period (2003) First reading ... 16 Education property taxes ... 1006 Second reading ... 99 Internet luring ... 2010 Committee ... 311 Video lottery terminals ... 1233–34 Third reading ... 1441 Pharmacist Awareness Week Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Recognition of ... 302 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Police Second reading ... 1590–91 Access to airline passenger lists ... 2010 Oral Question Period (2003) Police, Provincial Deer and elk population ... 752–53 Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 531–32 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Abortion funding ... 188 Committee ... 136–37 Public lands Property tax–Education levy Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 1259 General remarks ... 1006 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) General remarks ... 1800 General remarks ... 302, 1647 River Bank Memories (Poem) Schools–Construction Recognition of ... 1801 Funding for ... 1006 Traffic accidents Service Alberta initiative (Government information Wildlife causes ... 752–53 access) Wildlife damage General remarks ... 1033 Provincial programs re ... 752–53 STARS Foundation of Alberta Graham, Marlene, QC (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) General remarks ... 1647 Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Supreme Court of Canada Institutes Manitoba VLT removal ruling (Siemens case) ... Co-operation with ARC re technical innovation 1234 projects ... 1095 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Alberta energy research strategy Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Federal funding for ... 113 Third reading ... 1808–09 Alberta Research Council Inc. Video gambling machines Applied research initiatives: Statement re ... 1095 Municipalities' removal of ... 1233–34 Canada Foundation for Innovation Water diversion Federal funding for ... 113 General remarks ... 1107 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Water pipelines–Red Deer area Mortgage insurance: Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 508 General remarks ... 1107 Capital projects Goudreau, Mr. Hector G. (PC, Dunvegan) Federal funding for ... 299 Abortion Carbon dioxide emissions Coverage under health care plan: Petitions presented General remarks ... 1209 re ... 188 Climate change Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Provincial initiatives re ... 1209 Abortion coverage: Petitions presented re ... 188 Committee on Private Bills, Standing Crop damage Report presented ... 402 Compensation for ... 752–53 Report presented (SP383/03: Tabled) ... 1096 204 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Graham, Marlene, QC (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) Graham, Marlene, QC (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) (Continued) (Continued) Courts–Calgary Matrimonial Property (Division of Property on Death) New courthouse ... 478 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 214) Deaf First reading ... 671 General remarks ... 2066 Medical research–Finance Declaration of Arbroath (Scottish independence, 1320) General remarks ... 113 Statement re ... 937 Members' Statements (2003) Electric power, Coal-produced Alberta Research Council ... 1095 Research into ... 1209 Tartan Day ... 937 Family Law Act (Bill 45) O'Reilly, Mr. Michael First reading ... 1650 Recognition of ... 2066 Second reading ... 1753–55, 1765 Olds College Committee ... 1765–66, 1946–47, 1949, 1952–54 General remarks ... 1095 Third reading ... 2087 Oral Question Period (2003) Amendment A-1 (CoW) (SP659 & 830/03: Tabled) Calgary consolidated courthouse ... 478 ... 1765, 1946 Calgary ring road ... 299 Amendment A-2 (CoW) (SP831/03: Tabled) ... Clean coal technology ... 1209 1949 Federal research and innovation funding ... 113 Amendment A-3 (CoW) (SP833/03: Tabled) ... Postsecondary education participation rates ... 1672 1950 Petitions for Private Bills (2003) Amendment A-4 (CoW) (SP834/03: Tabled) ... Forest Lawn Bible College Act ... 361 1951 Sisters of St. Joseph of the Province of Alberta Amendment A-5 (CoW) (SP835/03: Tabled) ... Statutes Repeal Act ... 361 1951 Point of Order Amendment A-6 (CoW) (SP837/03: Tabled) ... Questions by a minister ... 1522 1952 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Family law–Alberta Amendment (SP42/03: Tabled) ... 107 Legislation re (Bill 45) ... 1650 Amendment (SP43/03: Tabled) ... 107 Forest Lawn Bible College Act Amendment (SP44 & 54/03: Tabled) ... 107, 138 Petition presented ... 361 Amendment (SP55/03: Tabled) ... 138 Petition received and Standing Orders 85 to 89 Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with complied with ... 402 Disabilities Recommendation to proceed, with an amendment ... Dr. Gary MacPherson award ... 2066 1096 Property, Matrimonial Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Division of, on death: Legislation re (Bill 214) ... Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) 671 Committee ... 1538 Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) Amendment (SP482/03: Tabled) ... 1538 Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 836, 984 Amendment (SP483/03: Tabled) ... 1538 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Amendment (SP484/03: Tabled) ... 1538 General remarks ... 2066 High school graduates Registered education savings plan (Federal) Attendance at postsecondary institutions ... 1672 Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: Attendance at postsecondary institutions: Report on Graham/Herard ... 836 (SP598/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Research and development Information and communications technology–Research Federal funding ... 113 Federal funding ... 113 Ring roads–Calgary Institute for Food, Agri-Industrial, and Agricultural Federal funds for ... 299 Sciences General remarks ... 299 News release re (SP561/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Sisters of St. Joseph of the Province of Alberta Statutes Insurance, Mortgage Repeal Act Legislation re (Bill 29) ... 508 Petition presented ... 361 International Day of Disabled Persons Petition received and Standing Orders 85 to 89 General remarks ... 2066 complied with ... 402 Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29) Recommendation to proceed ... 1096 Student financial aid First reading ... 508 General remarks ... 1672 Second reading ... 802–03 Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... Committee ... 1483–84 836, 1672 Third reading ... 1612 Surviving spouse Life sciences research Matrimonial property division rights: Legislation re Federal funding for ... 113 (Bill 214) ... 671 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 205 Graham, Marlene, QC (PC, Calgary-Lougheed) Graydon, M r. Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) (Continued) (Continued) Tartan Day Real Estate Council of Alberta Statement re ... 937 General remarks ... 52 Technical schools Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Applied research initiatives: Statement re ... 1095 General remarks ... 77, 1237, 2066 Technology commercialization Seismic exploration Statement re ... 1095 On road allowances ... 1451–52 Tsuu T'ina reserve Softwoods–Export–United States Calgary ring road through ... 299 Trade rule improvements re: Draft U.S. policy Universities and colleges bulletin re ... 211–12 Technology commercialization projects ... 1095 Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy University of Alberta changes re ... 212 Health research innovation centre at ... 113 Special constables University of Calgary Carrying of sidearms ... 935 Health research innovation centre at ... 113 Grande Prairie area incident re ... 935 Graydon, M r. Gord (PC, Grande Prairie-Wapiti) Volunteers Alberta family employment tax credit Recognition of ... 1237 Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 96–97 Wild Rose Foundation Ayling, Mr. Wayne General remarks ... 1237 Recognition of ... 2066 Griffiths, Mr. Doug (PC, Wainwright) Canada Winter Games, Campbellton, NB (March Agricultural subsidies–Canada 2003) U.S. trade sanctions re ... 356 Team Alberta at: Statement re ... 401 Alberta Farm Animal Care Association Disabled General remarks ... 1573 General remarks ... 2066 Alberta pension plan (Proposed) Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Legislation re (Bill 213) ... 670 2003 (Bill 201) Allan Johnstone school Second reading ... 89–90 Prize received by, for submission to Kids Are Emerson Drive (Country rock band) Authors competition ... 1739 Recognition of ... 77 Canada Pension Plan Opting Out Act (Bill 213) Forest management First reading ... 670 Changes in, re softwood lumber dispute ... 211–12 Drought International Day of Disabled Persons 2002 fund raising efforts re: Recognition of ... 1573 General remarks ... 2066 Drought Aid (Fundraiser) Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill General remarks ... 1573 31) Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, First reading ... 482 2003 (Bill 201) Second reading ... 805 Third reading ... 677–78 Committee ... 1488 Food safety–Fees Third reading ... 1613 Collection of, by regional health authorities ... 440 Members' Statements (2003) Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 Canada Winter Games/Team Alberta ... 401 (Bill 15) Municipal government Committee ... 427 Legislation re (Bill 31) ... 482 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) National Volunteer Week Committee ... 655 Recognition of ... 1237 Grain elevators Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Closure: School prize for story re ... 1739 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Hay West campaign Committee ... 1974 Recognition of ... 1573 Oral Question Period (2003) Hopper cars Seismic activity on road allowances ... 1451–52 Role in U.S. agricultural trade sanctions ... 356 Softwood lumber policy ... 211–12 Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Special constables ... 935 Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Second reading ... 1414–15 Disabilities Oral Question Period (2003) Dr. Gary MacPherson award ... 2066 Agricultural subsidies ... 356 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7) Food permit fees ... 440 First reading ... 52 Second reading ... 131–32 Police, Provincial Committee ... 311 Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 527–28, Third reading ... 1441 687–88 206 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Griffiths, Mr. Doug (PC, Wainwright) (Continued) Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Rocky View) (Continued) Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Awarding of ... 301 Second reading ... 152–54 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Members of the Legislative Assembly General remarks ... 301, 1573, 1739 Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions: Regional health authorities List of (SP384/03: Tabled) ... 1096 Food establishment permit fees, Collection of ... 440 Members' Statements (2003) School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association ... 2003 (Bill 203) 857–58 Second reading ... 371 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Sisters of St. Joseph of the Province of Alberta Statutes Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Repeal Act (Bill Pr.1) Second reading ... 1814–15 First reading ... 564 Oral Question Period (2003) Second reading ... 1264 Alberta film and television industry ... 1327 Committee ... 1267 School construction ... 1403 Third reading ... 1627 Privilege Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) proceeded with) ... 1241 Committee ... 1584–85 Rocky View school division Wheat–Export –United States Portable schools ... 1403 U.S. trade sanctions re ... 356 School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Haley, Carol (PC, Airdrie-Rocky View) 2003 (Bill 203) Alberta Film Committee ... 680–81 General remarks ... 857 Third reading ... 825–26 Alberta Film Commission Schools–Construction–Airdrie-Rocky View Marketing activities ... 1327 (Constituency) Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association Funding for ... 1403 Statement re ... 857–58 Schools–Utilization–Airdrie-Rocky View Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) (Constituency) Third reading ... 1686–88 General remarks ... 1403 Aquila Networks Canada Speech from the Throne Billing rate riders ... 1465 Debate ... 60–62 Canadian Television Fund Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Cuts to ... 1327 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Second reading ... 1255–56 Second reading ... 978–79 Committee ... 1585–86 Co-energy electrical production Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment General remarks ... 1465 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Dept. of Energy Committee ... 519–20 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1464–65 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Electric power lines–Construction Aboriginal courts–Tsuu T'ina reserve Cost sharing of (re AEUB decision) ... 1465 General remarks ... 1388–89 General remarks ... 1464–65 Aboriginal policy framework Electric power–Supply General remarks ... 1378 General remarks ... 1465 Adult Interdependent Relationships Act (Bill 30-2, Electric utilities 2002) Collusion among ... 1465 Proclamation of ... 1384, 1390 Electric utilities–Regulations Age of majority (Sexual activities consent) Deregulation ... 1465 Increase in ... 2010 Electric utilities–Regulations–California Agri-Food Discovery Place Deregulation ... 1465 News release re (SP559/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Alberta Court of Appeal–Calgary 2003 (Bill 201) Closure of building (toxic mold problem) ... 1385 Second reading ... 88 Alberta Court of Justice Act (Bill 56) EPCOR Group of Companies First reading ... 2015 Rate rider charges ... 1465 Second reading ... 2068–70 Film and television industry Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund General remarks ... 857–58, 1327 General remarks ... 718 Film development grant program Alberta Law Foundation General remarks ... 857 Annual report, 2003 (SP713/03: Tabled) ... 1845 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 207 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Mental Health Board Climate change Offender diversion initiatives ... 1389 Kyoto protocol on: External legal advice re ... Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 439–40 (Bill 4) Closure debate (Parliamentary practice) Third reading ... 1441 Federal use of closure: Document re (SP244/03: Alberta seniors benefit program Tabled) ... 671 General remarks ... 1923 General remarks ... 640 Alberta Summit on Justice (1999) Closure motions (Parliamentary practice) (2003) General remarks ... 1379, 1380, 1737 Bill 19 (CoW), Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Alberta–Economic policy Act, 2003 (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 651 General remarks ... 1919–20, 1923 Bill 27 (CoW), Labour Relations (Regional Health Alcoholism Authorities Restructur.) Amdt. Act, 2003 (Motion As contributing factor to criminal actions ... 1389 16: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 695 Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Bill 3 (CoW), Electric Utilities Act (Motion 14: Achievement Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 693 Statement re ... 718 Collaborative law processes (Family law) Alternative dispute resolution (Legal process) General remarks ... 1940 General remarks ... 645, 1380 Committee of Supply Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) Calendar of appearances at (SP306/03: Tabled) ... Second reading ... 581 816 Third reading ... 737 Committee of the Whole Assembly Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Motion to resolve into (Motion 4: Hancock) ... 42 2) (Bill 54) Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust First reading ... 1925 Fund, Standing Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) Members' list tabled (SP2/03) ... 5 Second reading ... 1627 Motion to appoint ... 5 Committee ... 1659 Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Third reading ... 1688 Members' list tabled (SP2/03) ... 5 Motion to waive SO 61(2) re third reading stage Motion to appoint ... 5 (consent denied) ... 1653 Committee on Private Bills, Standing Auditor General Members' list tabled (SP2/03) ... 5 Maintenance payments' retention by government, Motion to appoint ... 5 comments re ... 1382 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Budget Orders and Printing, Standing Supplementary estimates addition to ... 1919–20, Allegations against a member (hate literature 1923 allegation), Notice to refer to ... 1339 Calgary Police Service Allegations against a member (hate literature Co-operation with province on organized crime ... allegation), Notice to refer to (Withdrawn) ... 1919–20 1378 Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Members' list tabled (SP2/03) ... 5 Region Motion to appoint ... 5 Emergency services ... 1006 Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Internal review of Vince Motta case ... 1236–37 Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 340–41 Public/judicial inquiry into ... 1006, 1236–37 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Capital Health Authority Government members boycott of: Point of privilege Death of patient at Mill Woods extended care re ... 1340–41 facility, Investigation of ... 212 Members' list tabled (SP2/03) ... 5 Capital projects Motion to appoint ... 5 Public/private partnerships re ... 1736–37 Community Conferencing Association Chief Medical Examiner's Office General remarks ... 1391 General remarks ... 1379 Community justice Child welfare recipients General remarks ... 1380 Abuse of: Legal representation re ... 1234 Provincial grants for ... 1391 Children from broken marriages Conflict of interest Access to ... 600–01 P3 funding of Calgary courthouse situation ... 1775 Clark, Mr. Bob Contaminated soil–Lynnview Ridge, Calgary Commendation re ... 1635 Removal of: Judicial review of ... 644–45 Class size (Grade school) Corrections Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 26) Document re (SP295/03: Tabled) ... 792 Third reading ... 1610 208 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Court interpreters–Fees Dispute resolution (Justice system) Increase in ... 1008, 1390–91 Funding for ... 1379 Court transcripts Diversion (Aboriginal offenders) Publishing of ... 1284 General remarks ... 1388–89 Court transcripts–Fees Diversion (Justice system) General remarks ... 1284 General remarks ... 1388–89 Courts Diversion (Mentally disabled offenders) Access to: Funding for ... 1379, 1387 Calgary pilot project re ... 1389 General remarks ... 1380 General remarks ... 1389 Staffing ... 1387 Domestic violence–Legal aspects Streamlining of ... 1284–85, 1380, 1736 General remarks ... 1380 Courts–Calgary Drug abuse New courthouse ... 478, 1380, 1384–85 As contributing factor to criminal actions ... 1389 New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... Drunk driving 1384–85, 1397, 1736–37, 1775 Enforcement strategy re ... 1380 Criminal Code (Federal) Early case resolution (Judicial system) Gun registry offences under, Prosecution re ... General remarks ... 933, 1380 1497–98 Edmonton Police Service Internet luring provisions (proposed) ... 2010 Co-operation with province on organized crime ... Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta 1919–20 Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Education–Finance ... 1919–20 Request for emergency debate on ... 20 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Electoral Boundaries Commission Estimates 2003-04 debated: Response to questions Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: during (SP558/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Hancock - amendment) ... 876 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Responses Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: to questions during (SP195-196/03: Tabled) ... Hancock - Comments made during) ... 1546 564 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Dept. of Children's Services Hancock) ... 869–70 Estimates debated: Agreement to shortened Final report: Edmonton mayor's letter re (SP4/03: debating time re ... 1343 Tabled) ... 16 Dept. of Infrastructure Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Point of Former Assistant Deputy Minister, legal action Order re ... 190 against ... 810 Final report: Legislation re (Bill 42) ... 1549 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Annual report, 2002-03 (SP759/03: Tabled) ... 1893 First reading ... 1549 Business plan ... 1379 Second reading ... 1614, 1630–31 Communications division ... 1378 Committee ... 1636–38 Cross-ministry initiatives ... 1379, 1380, 1391 Third reading ... 1660–61, 1663–64 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1378–93 Third reading: Motion to ignore the clock re 5:30 Organizational renewal project ... 1380 p.m. adjournment (consent denied) ... 1664 Policy secretariat ... 1379 Amendment (SP556/03: Tabled) ... 1636 Prosecution service ... 1392 Amendments to ... 1546–47 Relation to judicial system ... 1383 Electric power–Prices Role of (policy focused) ... 1379, 1380, 1391–92 Impact on seniors ... 1924 Salary element of budget ... 1380 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Staffing ... 1387 Third reading ... 738 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Time allocation motion re ... 640 193–97 Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 14: Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 693 1919–21 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Web site ... 1378 Education funding ... 20 Dept. of Seniors Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... Judicial review provisions ... 644 1923–24 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Dept. of Solicitor General Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 ... 1919–20, Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1923 1919–21 Ethics Commissioner Former commissioner, Commendation re ... 1635 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 209 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Ethics Commissioner (Continued) Government attorneys Lobbyist registry recommendation ... 934 Caseload ... 1387 New commissioner appointed: Report received and General remarks ... 1378 concurred in (Motion 20: Hancock) ... 1635 Non-prosecution of firearms registration violations Ethics Commissioner and Ombudsman Search ... 1840 Committee, Select Special Government departments Report, part 1, received and concurred in (Ethics Legal services to ... 1379 Commissioner appointment) (Motion 20: Grandparents' rights Hancock) ... 1635 General remarks ... 1940 Report, part 2, received and concurred in Legal costs re ... 1940 (Ombudsman's appointment) (Motion 27: Gun control (Federal) Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 1992 Registry for: Prosecutions re ... 1497–98, 1840 Extended care facilities Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) Patient safety issues re ... 212 Second reading ... 266–67 Extended care facilities–Fees Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 52) Increase in ... 1923–24 Third reading ... 2092 Extended care facilities–Mill Woods, Edmonton Home Front project (Domestic violence) Death of patient at: Investigation of ... 212 General remarks ... 1389, 1391 Family courts Imperial Oil General remarks ... 1380 Oil refinery site, Calgary ... 644–45 Legislation re (Bill 56) ... 2015 Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) MLA implementation committee re ... 1380 General remarks ... 1384 Family courts–Calgary Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) General remarks ... 1285 Committee ... 2052–53 Family Law Act (Bill 45) Third reading ... 2098–99 Third reading ... 2089 Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative General remarks ... 1390, 1940 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Family Law Statutes Amendment Act, 1999 (Bill 26, Estimates debated ... 461, 471–72, 487–89, 493 1999) Internet (Computer network) General remarks ... 600–01 Luring underage children via ... 2010 Family law–Alberta Jason Lang Scholarship Legislation re (Bill 45) ... 600 Statement re ... 718 Fatality inquiries Judges Mill Woods extended care patient's death ... 212 Selection process: Legislation re (Bill 6) ... 52 Vince Motta case ... 1006, 1236–37 Judicature Act Fetal alcohol syndrome Amendment (provincial judges selection process) As contributing factor to criminal actions ... 1378, (Bill 6) ... 52 1389, 1390, 1392 Judicial Compensation Commission (2000) Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) General remarks ... 1382–83 Second reading ... 157, 160, 165–66, 168 Judicial Compensation Commission (2003) Third reading ... 280 General remarks ... 1383 Fines (Traffic violations) Judicial power Revenue from: Allocation of ... 933 Independence of ... 1383–84 Fines (Trespassing) Independence of: Impact of P3 model of court Increase in: Legislation re (Bill 6) ... 52 construction on ... 1736–37, 1775 Firearms Act (Federal Bill C-68) Justice Policy Advisory Committee Gun registry offences under, Prosecution re ... General remarks ... 1737 1497–98, 1840 Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 6) Food safety–Research First reading ... 52 News release re new facility for (SP559/03: Tabled) Second reading ... 126–28, 129 ... 1651 Committee ... 1715–16 Gang-related crime–Prevention Third reading ... 1784–85 Provincial funding for ... 1919–20 Amendment (SP633/03: Tabled) ... 1715 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Justice system Media briefing for: Point of privilege re ... 259, 305 Public eduction re ... 1378–79, 1380 Time allocation motion re ... 640 Simplification of ... 1380 Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 15: Justices of the peace Hancock) ... 651 General remarks ... 1383 210 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Laboratory animals–Housing Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 39) Report of inspection (SP557/03: Tabled) ... 1651 (Continued) Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Second reading ... 1627 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Committee ... 1634 Committee ... 612–13, 618–19, 621 Third reading ... 1660 Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 16: Amendment (SP555/03: Tabled) ... 1634 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 695 Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (No.2) Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29) (Bill 57) Third reading ... 1612 First reading ... 2015 Law Society of Alberta Second reading ... 2068 Annual report, 2002 (SP517/03: Tabled) ... 1625 Committee ... 2070–71 Lawyers, Private Third reading ... 2087 Government usage of ... 439–40 Motions under Standing Order 15(6) Legal aid Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections General remarks ... 1379 committee ... 340–41 Legislative Assembly of Alberta–Adjournment Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections Fall sittings (Motion 28: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... committee: Withdrawn ... 1378 1992 Motta, Vincenzo Dominic Spring recess (Motion 10: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 1006, 1236–37 794 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Summer recess (Motion 5: Hancock) ... 42 46) Lobbyists–Registration Third reading ... 2089 General remarks ... 934 Office of the Premier Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarships Premier's remarks re ND staff member ... 338 Statement re ... 718 Premier's remarks re ND staff member: Article Low-income seniors tabled (SP138/03) ... 338 Special-needs assistance ... 1923–24 Ombudsman Maintenance (Domestic relations) New ombudsman appointed: Report received and Computer system integration ... 1381 concurred in (Motion 27: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... Computer system integration (Q7/03: Accepted; 1992 response tabled as SP149/03) ... 362, 402 Oral Question Period (2003) Funding for ... 1920 Assisted care facility review ... 212 General remarks ... 600–01, 1379, 1382, 1920, 1921 Calgary consolidated courthouse ... 478 MLA review committee recommendations re ... 600 Calgary courthouse ... 1397, 1736–37, 1775 Noncustodial parents' payments, retention by Calgary health region review ... 1236–37 government ... 1382 Civil fraud suit ... 810 Performance measures re ... 1381 Court transcripts ... 1284 Staffing re ... 1921 Electoral boundaries ... 1546–47 Maintenance Enforcement Act Emergency services in Calgary health region ... Review of ... 1382 1006 Matrimonial Property Act Enforcement of access orders ... 600–01 General remarks ... 1390 External legal counsel ... 439–40 Mediation (Legal process) Grandparents' access to grandchildren ... 1940 General remarks ... 645, 1380 Gun registration prosecutions ... 1497–98, 1840 Members of the Legislative Assembly Injured workers' allegations ... 299 Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... Internet luring ... 2010 934 Interpretation services in courts ... 1008 Members' Statements (2003) Legal representation for children in care ... 1234 Heritage scholarship recipients from Edmonton- Lobbyist registry ... 934 Whitemud ... 718 Police services ... 932–33 Members' withdrawal of remarks Single trial court ... 1284–85 General remarks ... 1664 Soil contamination cleanup ... 644–45 Michael Luchkovich Scholarships for Career Time allocation ... 640 Development Youth Criminal Justice Act ... 856, 1399 Statement re ... 718 Organized crime Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9) Funding for ... 1919–20 Third reading ... 1442 Parliamentary language Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 39) General remarks ... 1626, 1894–96 First reading ... 1549 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 211 Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) (Continued) (Continued) Pepler, His Honour Judge William Public safety (From criminal activity) General remarks ... 892 General remarks ... 1379, 1389, 1392 Petty Trespass Act Public Trustee Amendment by Bill 6 ... 52 General remarks ... 1379 Point of Order Royal Canadian Mounted Police Admissibility of amendment ... 876 Co-operation with province on organized crime ... Allegations against a member ... 939, 1053 1919–20 Allegations against a member (Edmonton loss of a Enforcement of gun registry laws ... 1840 constituency comments) ... 190 Scholarships Allegations against members ... 472, 1454, 1664 Edmonton-Whitemud recipients ... 718 Amendments at second reading ... 1857 Senate Clarification ... 218, 759 Reform of: Motion re, consent to read motion into Imputing motives ... 495, 1053, 1632, 1904 the record on oral notice ... 1649 Oral Question Period practices ... 1011–12 Reform of: Motion re, consent to waive SO 38(1) re Parliamentary language ... 1626, 1894–96 debate on the motion on the same day as oral Reasoned amendment ... 2098 notice (consent denied) ... 1653 Referring to a member by name ... 402–03 Sentences (Criminal procedure) Referring to nonmembers ... 338 General remarks ... 1392 Relevance ... 1859 Sentences, Conditional (Criminal procedure) Similar amendments ... 2097–98 General remarks ... 1389–90 Tabling a cited document ... 305, 338 Social Development Act Tabling documents ... 721 Replaced by Income and Employment Supports Act Police ... 1384 Enforcement of gun registry laws ... 1498, 1840 Speech from the Throne Police–Finance Debate ... 41–42 General remarks ... 932–33 Standing Orders Pornography, Child Amendments to SOs 7(1), 37.1(2), and 58(5) General remarks ... 2010 (Motion 17: Hancock/ Zwozdesky) ... 841 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Sub judice rule Chair's relations with lobbying firm ... 934 General remarks ... 644–45, 810 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Sucess by Six Membership list (SP56/03: Tabled) ... 148 General remarks ... 1390 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Supreme Court of Canada Second reading ... 62, 65, 68 Appeal of justices of the peace salary increase to ... Third reading ... 282 1382–83 Privilege Quebec court decision re violent young offenders Allegations against a member (Hate literature referral to ... 1399 allegation) (Not proceeded with) ... 1288, R. vs Proulx decision (conditional sentencing) ... 1334–36, 1339 1389 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Tablings to the Clerk proceeded with) ... 1240–41, 1243 Standing Orders amendment re (Motion 17: Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Hancock/ Zwozdesky) ... 841 19) ... 259, 305 Traffic Safety Act Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Fine increases under ... 933 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections Trespass to Premises Act committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 340–41 Amendment by Bill 6 ... 52 Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts Victims of crime committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) General remarks ... 1392 ... 1340–41 Videoconferencing of court proceedings Property, Matrimonial General remarks ... 1380 Division of, on death ... 1390 Violent crime Provincial Court Amendment Act, 1997 (Bill 204, Funding for prosecutions re ... 1379 1997) General remarks ... 1380, 1389 Grandparents access to grandchildren provisions ... Wages–Crown prosecutors 1940 General remarks ... 1387 Provincial Court of Alberta Wages–Justices of the peace General remarks ... 1380 Increase to ... 1380, 1382–83 Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) Wages–Provincial Court judges Third reading ... 2091–92 Review of ... 1383 212 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Hancock, Hon. Dave, QC (PC, Edmonton-Whitemud) Hlady, Mr. Mark (PC, Calgary-Mountain View) (Continued) (Continued) Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta 38) Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Committee ... 2083 (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1424–25 Workers' Compensation Board Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Accusations of criminal wrongdoing against: Legal 2003 (Bill 201) procedure re ... 299 Second reading ... 81–82 Young Offenders Act (Alberta) Oral Question Period (2003) Amendment by Bill 6 ... 52 Securities regulation ... 787–88 Young offenders, Violent Organized crime–Prevention Serving adult sentences ... 856, 1399 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1424–25 Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14) Diversion provisions ... 1388 First reading ... 117 General remarks ... 52, 856, 1399 Second reading ... 268, 446 Repeat offender provisions ... 856 Committee ... 1201–02 Serious violent offender provisions: Quebec court Third reading ... 1491 decision re ... 1399 Securities–Law and legislation Youth justice committees Federal committee re ... 787–88 General remarks ... 1391 Interprovincial committee re ... 787–88 Herard, Mr. Denis (PC, Calgary-Egmont) Terrorist attacks–Prevention Cigars–Taxation Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1424–25 General remarks ... 907–08 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Condominium Property Act Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Letter re (SP567/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Committee ... 523–24 Dept. of Revenue Horner, Mr. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Estimates debated ... 907–08 Albert) Electoral Boundaries Commission Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: 2003 (Bill 16) Hancock) ... 928 Second reading ... 390 Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial) Second reading ... 1633 General remarks ... 435–36 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Agriculture Second reading ... 1907, 1909 Assistance programs ... 435–36 Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) Aquila Networks Canada Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 836–37 Billing rate riders ... 1736 Registered education savings plan (Federal) Baseball championships Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: St. Albert White Sox, 2003 60-plus winners ... 1891 Graham/Herard ... 836–37 Bicycle helmets Student financial aid For young children as passengers ... 1282 Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) 836–37 Second reading ... 975–76 Tax revenue, Provincial Clean Air Strategic Alliance General remarks ... 907–08 General remarks ... 692 Tobacco–Taxation Edmonton Public School Board General remarks ... 907–08 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 300 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Education–Finance Act, 2003 (Bill 202) General remarks ... 300 Committee ... 518 Petition presented re ... 938 Hlady, Mr. Mark (PC, Calgary-Mountain View) Electoral Boundaries Commission Alberta Capital Finance Authority Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: General remarks ... 446 Hancock) ... 997 Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Electric power–Prices Legislation re (Bill 20) ... 256 Impact on small business ... 1735–36 Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Amendment Rate riders re ... 1736 Act, 2003 (Bill 20) Regulated option re ... 1735–36 First reading ... 256 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Second reading ... 446–47, 449 Second reading ... 175 Committee ... 1363 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Third reading ... 1608 2003 (Bill 201) Third reading ... 677 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 213 Horner, Mr. Doug (PC, Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Hutton, Mr. Drew (PC, Edmonton-Glenora) Albert) (Continued) Alberta Government Offices EPCOR Group of Companies General remarks ... 298, 1147 Electric power rates: Deferral component ... 1736 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Rate rider charges ... 1736 Future use of: Survey ... 476 Farm income disaster program (Alberta) Alberta's Commission on Learning General remarks ... 436 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Farm Safety Week Letter re (SP669/03: Tabled) ... 1779 Statement re ... 481–82 Burstyn, Isadore Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Recognition of ... 1331 Second reading ... 412, 415 Clarke, Don Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools Recognition of ... 507 Deficit finance, Provincial audit review of ... 300 Class size (Grade school) Funding shortfall ... 300 General remarks ... 559 Funding shortfall: Board's letter re (SP121/03: Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Tabled) ... 303 Fund, Standing Hockey championships Report, 2002-03 (SP660/03: Tabled) ... 1778 Spruce Grove Junior B Regals champions ... 892 Dept. of Economic Development Hockey game, High school students Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1147 Recognition of ... 15 Disabled Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Indoor classic (games) for, West Edmonton Mall ... Committee ... 2036 214 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Disabled children–Education–Finance Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) General remarks ... 146 Second reading ... 553 Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club Members' Statements (2003) Recognition of ... 1172 Farm Safety Week ... 481–82 Edmonton Public School Board Net income stabilization account (Farm income Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... program) 559–60 General remarks ... 435–36 New schools/maintenance funding ... 146 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Teacher layoffs ... 559 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Education–Finance Second reading ... 1589 Credit enrollment unit funding formula ... 560 Committee ... 1977–78 General remarks ... 146 Oral Question Period (2003) Electoral Boundaries Commission Agricultural policy framework ... 435–36 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Bicycle safety ... 1282 Hancock) ... 873, 881 Education spending ... 300 Electric power–Prices Electricity rates ... 1735–36 Impact on seniors ... 212 Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Executive Council Second reading ... 1745–46 Estimates debated ... 1038 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Staffing ... 1038 Education funding ... 938 High school credits Privilege Grade 10 credits, changes to ... 560 Allegations against a member (Hate literature Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) allegation) (Not proceeded with) ... 1336–38 Third reading ... 2099–2100 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Low-income seniors proceeded with) ... 1243 Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... Public lands 212 Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 985–86 Members' Statements (2003) Ready Engineering Corporation Oral Question Period policies ... 401 Recognition of ... 147 Oral Question Period (2003) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Edmonton Public School Board ... 559–60 General remarks ... 15, 147, 892, 1891 Education funding ... 146 Small business Heritage savings trust fund ... 476 Impact of electricity prices on ... 1735–36 International offices ... 298 Water quality–Standards Seniors' utility costs ... 212 Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: Statement re ... 401 Nicol) ... 691–92 Privilege Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Allegations against a member (Hate literature Act, 2003 (Bill 202) allegation) (Not proceeded with) ... 1287–88, Third reading ... 821 1333, 1339 214 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Hutton, Mr. Drew (PC, Edmonton-Glenora) Jablonski, Mrs. Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) (Continued) (Continued) Privilege (Continued) Disabled children Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Government programs: Legislation re (Bill 23) ... proceeded with) ... 1240–42 256 Public Affairs Bureau Domestic violence Staffing ... 1038 Statement re ... 1701 Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal Drug abuse–Prevention Awarding of ... 360 Guide for ... 1777 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Energy industry General remarks ... 214, 360, 507, 1172, 1331 Use of water supplies ... 933–34 School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Executive Council 2003 (Bill 203) Estimates debated ... 1036–37 Third reading ... 824–25 Revenue ... 1037 Schools–Construction–Edmonton Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act (Bill Funding for ... 146 23) Schools–Maintenance and repair First reading ... 256 General remarks ... 146 Second reading ... 390–91, 842–44 Schools–Utilization Committee ... 1313 General remarks ... 146 Third reading ... 1528–29 Schools–Utilization–Edson Fekete, Betty and Alex Letter re (SP599/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Murder of ... 1701 Steadward Centre Fish conservation Recognition of ... 214 General remarks ... 397 Tait, Cam Fish stocking Recognition of ... 360 General remarks ... 397 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Fishing, Sport Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) General remarks ... 397 Committee ... 1581–82 Frank Slide (Historic site) Jablonski, Mrs. Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Centennial celebrations: Recognition of ... 1331 Alberta family employment tax credit Great Kids of Alberta Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 97–98 Awards: Program and biographies re (SP187- Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan 188/03: Tabled) ... 509 Midwifery services coverage ... 1048 Awards: Recognition of ... 507–08 Alberta's Commission on Learning Harder, Grant and Cole School boards' amalgamation consideration ... 11 Murder of ... 1701 Armenian genocide Hockey championships Recognition of ... 1502 Tigers/Rebels series for Memorial Cup ... 1050 Brain Injury Awareness Conference, Calgary (April Insurance, Malpractice–Midwives 2003) General remarks ... 1048 Statement re ... 1121–22 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Brain Injury Coalition of Calgary Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) General remarks ... 1121 Committee ... 614–15 Central Alberta Brain Injured Society Members' Statements (2003) General remarks ... 1121 Brain Injury Awareness Conference ... 1121–22 Child Welfare Act Crystal methamphetamine ... 1777 Review of ... 256 Family violence ... 1701 Christensen, Richard Michener Centre administration building ... 1844 Recognition of ... 605 Red Deer College Kings volleyball team ... 718–19 Climate change Michener Centre Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 2061 Administration building: Letters re restoration of Kyoto protocol on: Russian ratification of ... 2061 (SP650, 693/03: Tabled) ... 1742, 1803 Constitution Act, 1982 Administration building: Petition for restoration of Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 233–34, (SP618/03: Tabled) ... 1703 379–80 Administration building: Statement re restoration of CP Rail ... 1844 Blackfalds area tracks, Safety issues re ... 855 Midwives and midwifery Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Coverage by health care plan ... 1048 General remarks ... 332 Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Statement re ... 1777 Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) Second reading ... 1419–20 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 215 Jablonski, Mrs. Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) Jablonski, Mrs. Mary Anne (PC, Red Deer-North) (Continued) (Continued) Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) Act, 2003 (Bill 208) General remarks ... 1399 Second reading ... 1815–16 Serious violent offender provisions: Quebec court Oral Question Period (2003) decision re ... 1399 Crystal methamphetamine ... 332 Youth forums Fish management plan ... 397 Recognition of ... 757 Kyoto accord ... 2061 Youth Secretariat Midwifery services ... 1048 General remarks ... 757 Safety of Blackfalds schoolchildren ... 855 Jacobs, Mr. Broyce (PC, Cardston-Taber-Warner) School boards' amalgamation ... 11 2001 Southern Alberta Water Sharing Group Severe acute respiratory syndrome ... 558 Statement re ... 2014 Water use by oil and gas industry ... 933–34 Abortion Youth Criminal Justice Act ... 1399 Coverage under health care plan: Letters re Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) (SP373/03: Tabled) ... 1052 Michener Centre administration building: Petition Coverage under health care plan: Petitions presented for restoration of (SP618/03) ... 1703 re ... 1051, 1573 Police Agriculture Drug problem programs ... 332 General remarks ... 1543–44 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Impact of energy prices on ... 1544 Second reading ... 65 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Railway lines–Blackfalds area Deferral charges/rate riders approval ... 1499 Safety issues re schoolchildren ... 855 EPCOR application to, re rate riders ... 1499, 1620 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan General remarks ... 507–08, 605, 757, 1050, 1331, Abortion coverage: Letters re (SP373/03: Tabled) ... 1502 1052 Roundtable on Family Violence (Spring 2004) Abortion coverage: Petitions presented re ... 1051, Statement re ... 1701 1573 School boards Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Act (Bill 207, Amalgamation of ... 11 2002) Schoolchildren–Blackfalds General remarks ... 2012 Safety issues ... 855 Apex youth awards Severe acute respiratory syndrome Statement re ... 1211–12 General remarks ... 558 Aquila Networks Canada Speech from the Throne Billing rate riders ... 1499, 1620 Debate ... 58–59 AVAC Ltd. Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution General remarks ... 508 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Barley–Marketing Second reading ... 1405–06 General remarks ... 2012–13 Committee ... 1579–81 Basketball Third reading ... 1806–07 Magrath Zeniths 4A provincial champions ... 757 Transport Canada Stirling High School Lakers team ... 892–93 Train track safety, Blackfalds area ... 855 Beef–Labeling Volleyball championships Country of origin label ... 1511 Red Deer College Kings championship ... 718–19 Canadian Wheat Board Walleye fishing Alberta position re ... 2012–13 General remarks ... 397 Cattle–Import–United States Water supply Restricted feeder entry program ... 1449, 1510–11 Use by energy industry ... 933–34 Crop insurance program Water withdrawal–Red Deer River General remarks ... 1511 Oil company use of ... 933–34 Curling championships Western Walleye Council Erle Rivers high school boys provincial champions General remarks ... 397 ... 1051 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1510–11 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Drought Committee ... 522–23 General remarks ... 1543 Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Electric power–Prices General remarks ... 1502 Deferral accounting re ... 1499 Young offenders, Violent Impact on farmers ... 1544 Serving adult sentences ... 1399 Rate riders re ... 1499 216 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Jacobs, Mr. Broyce (PC, Cardston-Taber-Warner) Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) (Continued) Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Annual report, 2002-03 (SP649/03: Tabled) ... 1742 2003 (Bill 201) Business plan, 2003-06 (SP330/03: Tabled) ... 893 Second reading ... 84–85 Smoking prevention programs ... 51 Third reading ... 673–74 Alberta Special Olympics, Wetaskiwin (February EPCOR Group of Companies 2003) Electric power rates: Deferral component ... 1499 Recognition of ... 146–47 Rate rider charges ... 1620 Alberta SuperNet Family farm Delay in completion ... 111–12 Preservation of ... 1511 Health services delivery via ... 1644 Firearms Act (Federal Bill C-68) Axia NetMedia Corporation Gun registry offences under, Prosecution re ... 1840 Alberta Supernet contract ... 112 Food industry and trade Bell West General remarks ... 508, 1510, 1511 Alberta Supernet contract ... 112 Forage/pasture insurance program Big Valley Jamboree General remarks ... 1511 Statement re ... 1453 Gas, Natural–Prices Bouchard, Justine Impact on farmers ... 1544 Recognition of ... 1573 Gophers–Control Children–Physical fitness General remarks ... 1511 Government programs for ... 1546 Government attorneys Cold prevention medications Non-prosecution of firearms registration violations Use in crystal meth production ... 1699 ... 1840 Communities in Bloom program Gun control (Federal) Millet as winner of ... 1891–92 Registry for: Prosecutions re ... 1840 Wetaskiwin as winner of ... 1740 Irrigation Association Consumer protection General remarks ... 2014 For seniors ... 1090 Leth, Arnold and Barb Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Recognition of ... 508 General remarks ... 1698–99 Livestock industry, Intensive Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development General remarks ... 1510–11 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Members' Statements (2003) Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 2001 Southern Alberta Water Sharing Group ... Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 2014 Dept. of Children's Services Apex youth awards ... 1211–12 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Dept. of Community Development Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Committee ... 1974–75 Dept. of Economic Development Oral Question Period (2003) Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Agricultural industry ... 1543–44 Dept. of Finance Electricity rate riders ... 1499 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 EPCOR/Aquila billing practices ... 1620 Dept. of Government Services Grain marketing ... 2012–13 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Gun registration prosecutions ... 1840 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Restricted feeder cattle entry program ... 1449 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Dept. of Infrastructure Abortion funding ... 1051, 1573 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Dept. of Justice and Attorney General General remarks ... 508, 757, 892–93, 1051 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Speech from the Throne Dept. of Learning Debate ... 21–22 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Strychnine (Pesticide) Dept. of Municipal Affairs Use for gopher control ... 1511 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Water supply Dept. of Seniors General remarks ... 1544 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Wheat–Marketing Dept. of Solicitor General General remarks ... 2012–13 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Wheatland Select Organic Turkey Ltd. Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Recognition of ... 508 Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 217 Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) Johnson, LeRoy (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose) (Continued) (Continued) Drunk driving Nurses–Supply Enforcement of laws re, Wetaskiwin area ... 1280 General remarks ... 480 Electoral Boundaries Commission Oral Question Period (2003) Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Alberta Supernet ... 111–12 Hancock) ... 922–23 Labour supply ... 479–80 Final report: Millet's location, Letter tabled re Methamphetamines ... 1698–99 (SP317/03) ... 858 Special constable program ... 1280 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Telehealth ... 1644 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) Telemarketing fraud ... 1090 Amendment (SP634/03: Tabled) ... 1729 Youth sport, fitness, and recreation programs ... Family Law Act (Bill 45) 1546 Amendment A-1 (CoW) (SP659 & 830/03: Tabled) Organ and tissue donation ... 1954 Statement re ... 481 Amendment A-2 (CoW) (SP831/03: Tabled) ... Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) 1954 Third reading ... 2077–78 Amendment A-3 (CoW) (SP833/03: Tabled) ... Premier's Advisory Council on Health 1954 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform): Amendment A-3 (CoW) (Subamendment SA1) Children's physical activity suggestions ... 1546 (SP832/03: Tabled) ... 1954 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Amendment A-4 (CoW) (SP834/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 146–47, 1051, 1238, 1331, 1954 1573, 1740, 1891–92 Amendment A-5 (CoW) (SP835/03: Tabled) ... Reynolds, Stan 1954 Statement re ... 1095 Amendment A-6 (CoW) (SP837/03: Tabled) ... Reynolds-Alberta Museum 1954 Statement re ... 1095 Amendment A-6 (CoW) (Subamendment SA2) Ross family, Camrose (SP836/03: Tabled) ... 1954 Statement re ... 481 Amendment A-7 (CoW) (SP838/03: Tabled) ... Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1954 Role of, Wetaskiwin area ... 1280 Health sciences personnel–Education Smoking–Prevention General remarks ... 480 AADAC award of excellence and scholarship re ... Hockey championships 51 Kodiaks junior A Doyle Cup winners ... 1238 Special constables Kodiaks junior Hockey League championships Role of, Wetaskiwin area ... 1280 second place win ... 1573 Sports Kodiaks/Saints battle for Junior Hockey League Federal/provincial agreements re ... 1546 championships ... 1051 Government programs for ... 1546 Information and Privacy Commissioner Tarbox, Barb Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Passed ... 1925 Statement re ... 50–51 Labour supply Telehealth services General remarks ... 479–80 General remarks ... 1644 Leaders of Tomorrow program Telemarketing Recognition of ... 1331 Consumer protection issues re ... 1090 Medical profession–Education Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution General remarks ... 480 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Medical profession–Supply Committee ... 1576–77 General remarks ... 480 Wetaskiwin Members of the Legislative Assembly Recognition of ... 1740 Former members' association (Motion 511: Wrestling championships Johnson) ... 1596–97, 1822–23 Wetaskiwin team win at national championship ... Members' Statements (2003) 1573 The Ross family of Camrose ... 481 Jonson, Hon. Halvar C. (PC, Ponoka-Rimbey) Barb Tarbox ... 50–51 Agricultural subsidies–Canada Big Valley Jamboree ... 1453 U.S. trade sanctions re ... 356 Stan Reynolds ... 1095 Alberta Forest Products Association Millet (Town) Role in softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1116 Recognition of ... 1891–92 Alberta Government Offices Nurses–Education Establishment in Ottawa or Washington, D.C. ... General remarks ... 480 1523 218 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Jonson, Hon. Halvar C. (PC, Ponoka-Rimbey) Jonson, Hon. Halvar C. (PC, Ponoka-Rimbey) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta-Alaska Bilateral Council Emergency planning Alberta membership in ... 1516 General remarks ... 643, 1522 Alberta-Idaho Task Force Energy industry–Security aspects Alberta membership in ... 1516 General remarks ... 1522 Alberta/Quebec relations Federal/provincial fiscal relations General remarks ... 1047 General remarks ... 1523 Alberta/United States relations Federal/provincial relations General remarks ... 1515–16, 1523 General remarks ... 665, 1047, 1515, 1523 Border crossings–Canada/United States Performance measures re ... 1523 General remarks ... 1522 First ministers' meetings Security issues re ... 646, 1522 General remarks ... 1515 Smart border accord re ... 646 Forest management Canada Health Act Changes in, re softwood lumber dispute ... 211–12, Dispute resolution mechanism ... 665 1115–16, 1279–80 Canada/United States relations G-8 summit, Kananaskis Country (2002) General remarks ... 646 International and Intergovernmental Relations' role Canadian armed forces re ... 1518 Co-ordination with province re security planning ... Governing systems in emerging democracies 1522 Alberta assistance re ... 1516 Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat Hopper cars Alberta support for ... 1516 Role in U.S. agricultural trade sanctions ... 1518 Canadian Security Intelligence Service Immigration Co-operation with province on security issues ... Federal/provincial co-operation re ... 646 643, 646, 1521 Insurance companies Canadian unity Concerns re climate change impacts ... 1519 General remarks ... 1515 International agreements Canadian Wheat Board Provincial role re ... 1515 General remarks ... 356 International relations Wheat export duties dispute resolution ... 1518 General remarks ... 1515 Climate change International trade Kyoto protocol on ... 665, 1515, 1520 Negotiations re ... 1515, 1516, 1518 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1519, Promotion of Alberta interests re ... 1523 2061 International trade disputes Kyoto protocol on: External legal advice re ... 1517 Budget re ... 1518 Kyoto protocol on: Insurance industry concerns re Legal fees re ... 1517 ... 1519 International trade–Canada/United States Kyoto protocol on: Lougheed committee re ... 1520 General remarks ... 1522 Kyoto protocol on: Russian ratification of ... 2061 Interprovincial relations Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill General remarks ... 1515 37) Performance measures re ... 1523 General remarks ... 1520 Interprovincial trade Constitution Act, 1982 General remarks ... 1515 Reform of ... 664–65 Internal trade agreement ... 1516 Council of State Governments – West Iraq Alberta membership in ... 1516 Military action against ... 643 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Military action against: Travel restrictions re ... Annual report, 2002-03 (SP758/03: Tabled) ... 1893 602–03 Estimates debated ... 1515–23 Lethbridge County Airport Performance measures ... 1516 Port of entry status ... 1328 Role of ... 1515–23 Ministerial Task Force on Security Staffing ... 1516 General remarks ... 643, 1515, 1518, 1521 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Montana-Alberta Bilateral Advisory Council Legal advice to other departments ... 1517 Alberta membership in ... 1516 Electoral Boundaries Commission National health council (Romanow proposal) Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: General remarks ... 665 Hancock) ... 877–78 North American free trade agreement Embassies, Canadian Softwood lumber dispute referral to ... 1643 Promotion of Alberta interests through ... 1523 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 219 Jonson, Hon. Halvar C. (PC, Ponoka-Rimbey) Jonson, Hon. Halvar C. (PC, Ponoka-Rimbey) (Continued) (Continued) Office of the Premier Twinning of cities, provinces, etc. Premier's letter to Bernard Landry, former premier General remarks ... 1516 in Quebec (SP356/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Water–Export Premier's letter to Jean Charest, Premier-elect in General remarks ... 1521 Quebec (SP355/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Wheat–Export –United States Oral Question Period (2003) U.S. trade sanctions re ... 356, 1516, 1518 Agricultural subsidies ... 356 World Trade Organization Alberta/Quebec relations ... 1047 General remarks ... 1515, 1516 Canada/U.S. relations ... 646 Mexico negotiating round, Fall 2003 ... 1516 Constitutional reform ... 664–65 Softwood lumber dispute referral to ... 603, 1643 Emergency preparedness ... 643 Klapstein, Mr. Albert (PC, Leduc) International travel restrictions ... 602–03 Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Kyoto accord ... 2061 2003 (Bill 16) Lethbridge county airport ... 1328 Amendment (SP406/03: Tabled) ... 1204 Softwood lumber policy ... 211–12, 1115–16, Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24) 1279–80 Amendment (SP433/03: Tabled) ... 1322 Softwood lumber policy bulletin ... 1643 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1738–39 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries 206 Alberta relations with ... 1518 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Pacific Northwest Economic Region Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Alberta membership in ... 1516 206 Alberta opposition member's participation in ... Dept. of Economic Development 1517 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Premiers' conferences 206 General remarks ... 1515 Dept. of Energy Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Co-operation with province on security issues ... 206 643, 646, 1521, 1522 Dept. of Environment Senate Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Reform of ... 1515, 1523 206 Reform of: Motion 23 (Jonson) ... 1679–81 Dept. of Government Services Reform of: Motion re, consent to read motion into Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... the record on oral notice ... 1648–50 206 Senators Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Alberta nominees' appointment to Senate ... 664, Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... 1515 206 Separatism, Western Dept. of Infrastructure General remarks ... 1523 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Softwoods–Export–United States 206 Countervail duties re ... 1515, 1516, 1738–39 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Countervail duties re: Legal fees ... 1517 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Hard cap on ... 1739 206 Trade rule improvements re: Draft U.S. policy Dept. of Learning bulletin re ... 211–12, 1643, 1739 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy 206 changes re ... 1115–16, 1279–80 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Terrorist attacks–Prevention Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Co-ordination with the military re ... 1522 206 Crisis management plan re ... 643, 646, 1521 Dept. of Seniors General remarks ... 1515, 1522 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Trade missions 206 General remarks ... 1515, 1523 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Travel at public expense Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Budget for ... 1515, 1516 206 Reporting on ... 1521 Dept. of Transportation Restrictions due to Iraq situation ... 602–03 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Passed ... Travel restrictions 206 General remarks ... 603 220 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Klapstein, Mr. Albert (PC, Leduc) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Continued) Amendment (SP556/03: Tabled) ... 1638 Direct Energy application ... 1959 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire Amendment (SP225/03: Tabled) ... 637 charges) decisions ... 1446, 1542 Amendment (SP226/03: Tabled) ... 637 General remarks ... 556 Amendment re net metering (SP227 & 256/03: Utility companies' hedging practices decision ... Tabled) ... 637 555–56 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission 2003 (Bill 201) Edmonton Northlands advertising, Investigation Second reading ... 90–91 into ... 1088 Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Alberta Gazette Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, On-line publication of ... 1028 voted on (SP180/03: Tabled) ... 498 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Food Processing Development Centre Future use of: Survey ... 474 Incubator program ... 1402 Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Loan to Enmax Corporation ... 1959 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Retained earnings of, transferred to General Estimates passed (SP180/03: Tabled) ... 498 Revenue Fund ... 1049 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Alberta Order of Excellence Council Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) General remarks ... 1027 Amendment (SP222/03: Tabled) ... 637 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Amendment (SP223/03: Tabled) ... 637 Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001) Amendment (SP224/03: Tabled) ... 637 Proclamation of ... 1046 Oral Question Period (2003) Alberta Regulations Agribusiness incubation facility ... 1402 Availability on Internet ... 1037 Public lands Alberta School Boards Association Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 989–90 Property tax changes, Recommendation re ... 957 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 35) Alberta Sustainability Fund Amendment (SP434/03: Tabled) ... 1322 General remarks ... 70 Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Aboriginal businesses AMFC retained earnings transfer, Concerns re ... General remarks ... 2009–10 1049 Aboriginal policy framework Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET General remarks ... 50 program) ... 1049 Aboriginal/industry partnerships Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Act (Bill 207, General remarks ... 2009–10 2002) Adoption web site, Provincial General remarks ... 2012 General remarks ... 72 Alberta's Commission on Learning Agriculture General remarks ... 1164, 1206, 1617, 1640, 1642 Assistance programs: Information re ... 1027 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity 1694, 1962 Report ... 1541, 2058 Alberta/United States relations Revised mandate to review billing problems ... General remarks ... 660 1541–43, 1566, 1567 Alberta–Economic policy Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and General remarks ... 808 Counties Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng. Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... Calgary health region/private partners consortium re 1958–59, 2058 ... 2061–62 Alberta Cancer Board Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Lease of building from Holy Cross hospital ... 1544 Public/private partnership funding model for Alberta Children's Provincial General Hospital southeast portion of ... 1964 Renovations funding ... 1044, 1090 Aquila Networks Canada Alberta Connects (Government information initiative) Billing errors ... 960–61 General remarks ... 1027, 1028, 1031, 1032, 1036, General remarks ... 1009 1037 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped General remarks ... 811 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Recipients of, lobbying of provincial government ... Aboriginal issues, Handling of ... 2010 751 ATCO electricity flow-through pricing option ... ATCO Electric 556 Flow-through pricing option ... 556 ATCO gas price increase application to ... 109 Power bills increase ... 500 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 221 Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) ATCO Gas Chaparral school, Calgary General remarks ... 500 General remarks ... 956 Rate increase application to AEUB ... 109 Children Auditor General Community involvement with ... 7 Long-term care fees increase: Request for Government programs for ... 813 investigation by ... 1960 Class size (Grade school) Barley–Marketing General remarks ... 1004, 1164, 1206, 1616, 1695 General remarks ... 1964, 2012 Climate change Boardwalk Equities Inc. Kyoto protocol on ... 1089, 1324, 1446 Natural gas rebates to ... 112 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to, Costs of Budget publicity campaign re ... 1035 Release of, procedures re ... 808 Closure debate (Parliamentary practice) Calgary Board of Education General remarks ... 598, 661 Deficit finance ... 753, 1089, 1169–70 Co-energy electrical production Deficit finance, Provincial audit review of ... 808 General remarks ... 1446, 1566, 1697 Funding for ... 1447 Methane from manure as energy source ... 47 Superintendent's letter to parents ... 752 Coal-bed methane Calgary General Hospital General remarks ... 1697 Destruction of ... 1005, 1045, 1091 Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health General remarks ... 958 Region Streamlining of ... 249, 294, 300, 331, 395–96, 434 Emergency services ... 1004, 1005, 1044–45 Collective bargaining–Nurses General remarks ... 1004, 1005, 1089 General remarks ... 958 Holy Cross hospital building leased to Cancer Streamlining of ... 249, 294, 300, 331, 395–96, 434 Board ... 1544 Commissioner of Services for Children (1994) Mold contamination problem at Foothills Hospital General remarks ... 7 ... 1211, 1231 Committees, All-party New hospital in southeast Calgary ... 1044, General remarks ... 1031 1090–91, 2011 Committees, Government-appointed New hospital in southeast Calgary: Foreign Costs ... 50 investors in ... 2011 Community facility enhancement program New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for General remarks ... 1088, 1231 ... 2011 Community initiatives program Partnership in Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, General remarks ... 1231 Eng. ... 2061–62 Constitution Act, 1982 Public/judicial inquiry into ... 1004 Reform of ... 1089–90 Senior management ... 1045 Consumer protection Senior management patronage appointments ... Re electricity/gas contracts ... 328, 395, 500, 1044, 1089 558–59, 601–02, 1009 Senior management salaries ... 1089 Government information re ... 1028 Canada/United States relations Courts–Calgary General remarks ... 660 New courthouse ... 1641 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... Level playing field for aboriginal/nonaboriginal 1963–64 contractors ... 2010 Dams, Hydroelectric Canadian Wheat Board General remarks ... 48, 500 Alberta advertising campaign re: Costs of ... Debts, Public (Provincial government) 1035–36 General remarks ... 813 Alberta position re ... 395–96, 1089, 1964, 2012 Use of Heritage Fund to pay down ... 474 Capital Health Authority Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Board composition ... 209 Communication division ... 1027 Capital projects Dept. of Children's Services Public/private partnerships re ... 960, 1641, 1960, 1963–64, 2011 Communications division ... 1028 Casinos Dept. of Energy Revenue from, to school groups ... 664 Minister's resignation ... 1541 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Dept. of Environment Opposition members on ... 1030–31 Communications division ... 1028 Centrica Plc (U.K.) Dept. of Government Services Meeting with Premier re Direct Energy application Communications division ... 1028 ... 1959, 2009 Dept. of Learning Communications division ... 1028 222 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Electric power–Prices (Continued) Communications division ... 1028 General remarks ... 11–12, 44–45, 208, 328, Dept. of Transportation 329–30, 352–53, 500, 556, 662, 784, 1323–24, Communications division ... 1028 1446, 1543, 1565–66, 1641, 1694, 1697, 2060 Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) Impact on low income families ... 110, 352 General remarks ... 395, 500, 1959, 2009 Impact on municipalities ... 1231 Discrimination–Age Impact on seniors ... 208, 352, 394–95 Auto insurance premiums ... 1695 Impact on small business ... 598–99, 662 Discrimination–Poor Electric power–Retail sales General remarks ... 811 Billing systems re ... 1541, 1542, 2058 Edmonton Catholic School District Consumer education/protection re ... 328, 395, 500, Funding ... 1005 558–59, 601–02, 1009 Edmonton Eskimo Football Club General remarks ... 1324, 1541, 1566 2003 Grey Cup win: Statement re ... 1693 Electric power–Supply Edmonton Northlands General remarks ... 44, 47, 331, 556, 559, 1324, Advertising campaign ... 1088 1446, 1541–43, 1565, 1566, 1697, 2058, 2059 Lottery funding for ... 1088 Electric power–Supply–Southern Alberta Edmonton Public School Board General remarks ... 1640 Deficit financing ... 753 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 808 General remarks ... 598 Funding for ... 1005, 1616–17, 1618–19, 1640 Time allocation motion re ... 661 Funding for: Board chairman's letter re ... 1619, Electric utilities, Municipally owned 1622 General remarks ... 44, 47–48 Letter to parents re education funding ... 752 Generating capacity restriction ... 11–12 Teacher layoffs ... 1616–17, 1618–19 Electric utilities–Regulations Edmonton's Food Bank Deregulation ... 11–12, 44–45, 47–48, 297–98, 328, Impact of utility rate increase on ... 353 500, 556, 559, 598–99, 662, 713, 751, 956, Education 960–61, 1089, 1323–24, 1445–46, 1541–43, General remarks ... 7, 1694 1565–67, 1641, 1694, 1697, 1958–59, 2058–60 Education, Postsecondary Deregulation: Kellan Fluckiger as consultant re ... General remarks ... 1206 2059–60 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Deregulation: Publicity campaign re ... 1697 General remarks ... 1114, 1206 Liberal party policies re ... 1697 Education–Finance Electric utilities–Regulations–California General remarks ... 8, 48–49, 111, 599, 664, 752, Deregulation ... 1566, 2059–60 753, 808, 813, 1004, 1005, 1043–44, 1114, 1164, Energy conservation 1169–70, 1206, 1447, 1616–17, 1618–19, General remarks ... 208, 715 1622–23, 1640, 1642, 1645–46 Government information re ... 1028 Increase in ... 1694, 1695–96 Energy efficiency (Buildings) Electoral Boundaries Commission Homeowner loans for ... 329, 715 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Provincial initiatives re ... 329, 715 Hancock - Vote on) ... 1006–07 Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings) Final report: Edmonton mayor's letter re (SP4/03: AUMA proposals re (MEET program) ... 1049 Tabled) ... 16 Energy industry Electric power grid (Pacific Northwest) Aboriginal opportunities in ... 2009–10 Alberta connection ro ... 2060 Use of water supplies ... 295 Electric power lines Energy industry–Crown lands Policy re ... 1640–41 Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 50, Electric power lines–Construction 1961–62, 2008–09 Cost sharing of (re AEUB decision) ... 1445–46, Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute: Committee 1542, 1565–66, 1619–20 to review ... 50 Electric power, Coal-produced Energy resources, Alternate General remarks ... 47, 1446, 1566 Provincial government usage of ... 1640 Research into ... 1697 Enmax Corporation Electric power–Export Advertisement ... 328 General remarks ... 1445, 1565, 1566, 1619–20 General remarks ... 44 Public hearings re ... 1566 Loan from Municipal Financing Corporation ... Electric power–Prices 1959 Deferral accounting re ... 713 Enron Direct Limited Partnership Provincial natural gas rebate to ... 70, 112 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 223 Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) EPCOR Group of Companies Government advertising General remarks ... 44, 47–48 General remarks ... 1032 Equalization payments Government communication strategy General remarks ... 1090 General remarks ... 1028, 1036 Executive Council Performance measures ... 1033 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP749/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Government departments Budget ... 1027, 1031 Communications divisions ... 1027–28, 1032, 1036 Business plan ... 1031 Government information Estimates debated ... 1027–38 Access to ... 1027–28 General remarks ... 1027 Access to: Performance measures re ... 1033 Performance measures ... 1033 On-line provision of, to non-computer users ... 1028 Revenue ... 1037 Government of Alberta Security budget ... 1033 Web site ... 1028, 1033, 1036 Staffing ... 1031 Web site: Insurance rate calculator on ... 2059 Extended care facilities–Fees Government visual signature Increase in ... 1960–61 Creation of new signature ... 1028, 1031, 1036, Increase in: Auditor General investigation of ... 1037 1960 Government, Access to Extendicare Inc. General remarks ... 750–51 Profit level ... 1960 Grace Hospital Fair Trading Act Sale of ... 1005, 1045, 1091 Electricity marketing regulations ... 601 Grain–Marketing Families Allied to Influence Responsible Eldercare Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain Increased long-term care fees: Request for farmers' protest re ... 395–96, 1964 investigation by Auditor General ... 1960 Great Kids of Alberta Fatality inquiries Awards: Information re ... 1028 Vince Motta case ... 1004, 1005, 1089, 1090 Great Western hospital, Swindon, U.K. Federal/provincial relations General remarks ... 1960, 1963 Fire wall consideration ... 1089–90 Greenhouse gas emissions Filibuster (Parliamentary practice) Reduction of ... 1049 General remarks ... 661 Grey Cup winners (Edmonton Eskimos) Foothills Provincial General Hospital Statement re ... 1693 General remarks ... 1045, 1091 Gun control (Federal) Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit ... 1211, Registry for ... 1089 1231 Registry for: Alberta advertising campaign re ... Forest fires 1035 Government information re ... 1028 Health facilities–Construction Foster home care Public/private partnerships re ... 1960, 1963 Abuse of children in ... 141 Health sciences personnel–Law and legislation Free votes (Parliamentary practice) Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 294, 300, 331 Electoral Boundaries Commission report vote ... Health sciences personnel–Supply 1006–07, 1030, 1088 General remarks ... 300 General remarks ... 1029–30 High school credits Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Grade 10 credits, changes to ... 111 General remarks ... 110, 598 Holy Cross Hospital Gas utilities–Regulations Asbestos contamination situation ... 1544 Deregulation ... 598–99, 713, 751, 1323–24 Lease of building at, to Cancer Board ... 1544 Gas, Natural–Prices Sale of ... 956–57, 1005, 1045, 1091 Deferral accounting re ... 751 Horse racing General remarks ... 69–70, 70, 109–10, 112–13, Lottery funding for ... 8, 48, 1088 115, 139–40, 208, 328, 352–53, 434, 475, Hospital beds–Calgary 555–56, 751, 1235–36, 1323–24 Increase in ... 1045, 1091 Impact on electricity prices ... 11 Hospitals–Calgary Impact on low income families ... 110, 352 Closure ... 956–57, 1005, 1045, 1091 Impact on municipalities ... 1231 New south Calgary hospital ... 1044, 1090–91, 2011 Impact on school utility costs ... 70 New south Calgary hospital: Foreign investors in ... Impact on seniors ... 248, 352, 394–95, 1959 2011 Gas, Natural–Retail sales New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 2011 Consumer education/protection re ... 328, 395 Human rights General remarks ... 183 224 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Hunt Power, LP Motta, Vincenzo Dominic General remarks ... 297–98 Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 1004, 1005, Information and Privacy Commissioner 1044–45, 1089, 1090 Report re government adoption web site ... 72 Municipal finance Insurance, Automobile General remarks ... 957 Public plan re ... 1695 Government grants ... 1231 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Municipal government Actuarial studies re: Availability of ... 2059 Impact of high energy prices on ... 1231 Age discrimination in rates ... 1695 Municipal reserve land Freezing of ... 1695, 2059 Sale of, to fund school construction ... 1641 Government web site calculator re ... 2059 Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) Rollback of ... 1695, 2059 General remarks ... 69–70, 109, 115, 297, 395, 434, Iraq 475, 555–56, 1235–36 Military action against: Statement re ... 660 Regulations under ... 475 Judicial power Natural gas rebates Independence of: Impact of P3 model of court For agricultural users ... 1959 construction on ... 1963 For seniors ... 1959 Labour laws and legislation General remarks ... 69–70, 109–110, 112, 115, General remarks ... 331 139–40, 208, 248, 297–98, 328, 352–53, 395, Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities 434, 475, 555–56, 713, 1205–06, 1208–09, 1231, Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) 1324, 1959 General remarks ... 434 Net metering (Electricity) Time allocation motion re ... 661 General remarks ... 715, 754 Labour Relations Code Nurses–Law and legislation Review of: MLA committee re ... 249 Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 294, 300, 331 Land Link Nurses–Supply Natural gas rebates to ... 112 General remarks ... 300 Learning Resources Centre Office of the Premier Prices charged ... 182, 250–51 Premier's apology to Chief Waquan re public land Legislation–Alberta access legislation ... 1961 Official opposition briefings re ... 1030–31 Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain Lieutenant Governor of Alberta farmers' protest ... 395–96, 1964 Statement re ... 43–44 Premier's remarks re ND staff member ... 331 Lieutenant Governor's Office Premier's travel to London, UK ... 1958–59, 1960, General remarks ... 1027 2009 Security budget ... 1033 Premier's travel to Ottawa and London, UK ... 1694 Lobbyists–Registration Official Opposition General remarks ... 750, 785 Electricity policy ... 1697 Lottery Fund Oral Question Period (2003) Funds allocation ... 8, 48 Access to crown land ... 1961–62, 2008–09 Low-income families Access to government ... 751 Impact of high utility costs on ... 110, 115, 352 Aquila Networks Canada ... 1009 Low-income seniors Automobile insurance ... 2059 Lobbying of provincial government ... 751 Automobile insurance rates ... 1695 Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... Budget release ... 808 208, 248, 352, 394–95 Calgary Board of Education ... 752 Low-income seniors–Housing Calgary regional health authority ... 1089, 1090–91 Seniors in subsidized housing: Impact of high utility Capital regional health authority board ... 209 costs on ... 115, 208 Children's Services adoption web site ... 72 Medical care–Finance Democracy in the provincial government ... 1088 General remarks ... 808, 958 Edmonton Public School Board operational review Medical profession–Supply ... 808 General remarks ... 300 Education funding ... 8, 48–49, 111, 599, 664, 753, Members of the Legislative Assembly 813, 1004, 1114, 1164, 1169–70, 1206, 1447, Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... 1616–17, 1618–19, 1622–23, 1640, 1642, 750–51, 1088 1645–46, 1695–96 Ministerial Statements (2003) Education property taxes ... 957, 1005, 1043–44 Edmonton Eskimos ... 1693 Electricity consultant ... 2059–60 Her Honour Lois E. Hole ... 43–44 Electricity deregulation ... 11–12, 44–45, 47–48, War in Iraq ... 660 1541–43, 1565–66, 1958–59, 2058 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 225 Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Electricity marketing ... 601–02 Toxic mold in Foothills medical centre ... 1211, Electricity prices ... 329–30 1231 Electricity pricing ... 784 U.K./Calgary Regional Health Authority consortium Electricity supply ... 331 ... 2061–62 Electricity transmission policy ... 1542, 1640–41 Utility costs ... 110, 115 Electricity transmission system ... 1445–46, Utility costs for schools ... 70 1619–20 Vote on Electoral Boundaries Commission report ... Emergency services in Calgary health region ... 1006–07 1004, 1005, 1044–45 Water use by oil and gas industry ... 295 Energy conservation initiatives ... 715 Parliamentary practice Energy deregulation ... 598–99, 662, 713, 751, Reform of ... 1030–31 960–61, 1323–24, 1697 Peter Lougheed Centre (Calgary General Hospital) Energy efficiency retrofit assistance ... 329 General remarks ... 1045, 1091 Energy marketing ... 328, 395, 558–59 Plebiscites, Provincial Energy prices ... 208, 328, 352–53, 394–95, 500, Education property tax ... 1206 555–56 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Enron ... 70 General remarks ... 1617, 1694, 1963 Enron natural gas rebate ... 112–13 Power plants Federal/provincial relations ... 1089–90 Sale of ... 956 First Nations economic development ... 2009–10 Power Pool Council Foster care ... 141 Electricity pricing ... 1566 Government capital assets ... 956–57 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Government-appointed committees ... 50 General remarks ... 7 Grain marketing ... 1964, 2012 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Health care labour legislation ... 249, 294, 300 First reading ... 5 Health care labour relations ... 958 General remarks ... 7 Health care workers' collective bargaining ... Prisoners 395–96, 434 Foreign exchange programs re ... 183 Heritage savings trust fund ... 474 Property tax Hinton schools ... 1164–65 General remarks ... 1044 Holy Cross hospital ... 1544 Property tax–Education levy Human rights ... 183 General remarks ... 957, 1005, 1043–44, 1206 Income tax deduction for purchase of tools ... 1046 Protocol office Labour legislation ... 331 General remarks ... 1027 Learning Resources Centre ... 182, 250–51 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Lobbyist registry ... 750, 785 General remarks ... 957 Long-term care accommodation rates ... 1960–61 Public Affairs Bureau Municipal Financing Corporation ... 1049 Budget ... 1027, 1031, 1036 Municipal funding ... 1231 Business plan ... 1027–28, 1037–38 Natural gas prices ... 69–70, 109, 140, 1235–36 General remarks ... 1032, 1036, 1037–38 Natural gas rebates ... 139–40, 297–98, 434, 475, Publicity campaign re electricty deregulation ... 1205–06, 1208–09, 1959 1697 Net metering of electricity ... 754 Staff salaries ... 1027 Northlands ad campaign ... 1088 Staffing ... 1027, 1031–32, 1038 Postsecondary education ... 1114 Public assistance Postsecondary education system ... 1617 Rate increase ... 811 Postsecondary education tuition fees ... 1962–63 Public buildings Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise ... 7 Sale of ... 956–57 Premier's travel ... 1694 Public inquiries Premier's trip to the United Kingdom ... 2009 Vince Motta case ... 1045 Private/public partnerships ... 960, 1641, 1963–64 Public lands Private/public partnerships for hospital construction Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute ... 1960 over ... 50, 1961–62, 2008–09 Provincial fiscal policies ... 808 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute School construction ... 956 over, Committee to review ... 50 Seniors' utility costs ... 248 Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) Social assistance rates ... 811 General remarks ... 1961, 2008–10 Southeast Calgary hospital ... 2011 Queen's Printer Bookstore Time allocation ... 661 General remarks ... 1027, 1028 226 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Queen's Printer Bookstore (Continued) Service Alberta initiative (Government information Revenue ... 1027, 1037 access) (Continued) Staffing ... 1032 General remarks ... 1027, 1028, 1032, 1034, 1038 Referendum, Provincial Staffing ... 1034 Heritage Fund future ... 474 Skills development program Regional health authorities General remarks ... 811 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining Small business negotiations ... 249, 294, 300, 331, 434 Impact of electricity prices on ... 598–99, 662 Elected boards of ... 1088 Speech from the Throne Labour settlements costs ... 958 Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 9: Regional Transmission Organization West Klein/Zwozdesky) ... 377–78 Alberta participation ... 1620 Motion to consider ... 5 Rent Student financial aid Impact of utility rate increases on ... 353 Government information re ... 1028 Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000 Supports for independence program Revenue from ... 1027, 1037 Rate increase ... 811 Right to strike–Health sciences personnel Surplus, Budgetary General remarks ... 395–96, 434 General remarks ... 1642 Right to strike–Nurses Use for hospital funding ... 2011 General remarks ... 395–96, 434 Tax incentives Right to work Tools (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1046 General remarks ... 331 Tools (Federal credit) ... 1046 Road construction–Finance TD Economics Public/private partnerships ... 1964 The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1114, Rockyview General Hospital 1169–70 General remarks ... 1045, 1091 Teachers Scholarships General remarks ... 7 Government information re ... 1028 Layoffs of ... 1004, 1005, 1164, 1206, 1616–17, School boards 1618–19, 1622–23 Deficit financing ... 813, 1004, 1206 Textbooks–Finance Funding ... 1170, 1642 General remarks ... 8, 250–51 Impact of high energy costs on ... 70 Textbooks–Prices School councils General remarks ... 182, 250–51 Fund-raising activities ... 664 Tobacco industry School dropouts Lobbying of provincial government ... 750 General remarks ... 1114, 1206 Tools School furnaces–Maintenance and repair Federal income tax deduction for ... 1046 Impact of natural gas prices on ... 70 Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) Schools ... 1046 Utility bill payments, government assistance re ... Traffic safety 328 Government advertisements re ... 1028 Schools–Construction TransAlta Utilities Corporation Funding for ... 1005, 1641 General remarks ... 47 Schools–Construction–Calgary Treaty 8 First Nations General remarks ... 956 Consultations with, re public land access issues ... Schools–Downtown areas 1961–62, 2008–10 Funding for ... 1641 Motion to reject Bill 49, Public Lands Amendment Schools–Maintenance and repair Act, 2003 ... 2008 Funding for ... 1005 Tuition fees General remarks ... 49 General remarks ... 1114, 1962–63 Schools–Utilization–Hinton Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re ... Public/separate exchanges ... 1164–65 1617, 1963 Senate University of Calgary Reform of: Alberta advertising campaign re ... 1036 Tuition fees ... 1962–63 Senators Video gambling machines Alberta nominees' appointment to Senate ... 1089 Funding of upgrades to ... 8, 48–49 Service Alberta initiative (Government information Wages–Teachers access) Funding for increase in ... 8, 111, 1618 Budget ... 1034, 1036 Rollbacks to ... 1640 Comment phone line ... 1034 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 227 Klein, Hon. Ralph (PC, Calgary-Elbow) (Continued) Knight, Mr. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) Water (Continued) Sale of ... 295 Highway 43 Water conservation Access to Little Smoky from: Letter re (SP107/03: General remarks ... 295 Tabled) ... 257 Water management strategy Luge racing, Natural track–Grande Prairie General remarks ... 295 Statement re ... 1940 Water supply Members' Statements (2003) Use by energy industry ... 295 Centre 2000, Grande Prairie ... 1452 Wheat–Marketing Natural track luge races ... 1940 General remarks ... 1964, 2012 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Wind power Inclusion of natural track luge racing in ... 1940 General remarks ... 47, 1446, 1566, 1640, 1697 Oral Question Period (2003) Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Access to Crown land ... 71 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Free vote on ... 1030 Grande Prairie college forest management program Knight, Mr. Mel (PC, Grande Prairie-Smoky) funding ... 1172 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Projects re ... 1452 Abortion funding (SP344/03) ... 964 Aboriginal businesses Public lands General remarks ... 296–97 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Aboriginal peoples–Employment over ... 71 General remarks ... 296–97 Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 986–87 Aboriginal policy framework Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) General remarks ... 296 General remarks ... 962–63 Aboriginal/industry partnerships Royal Canadian Mounted Police General remarks ... 296 Role in First Nations/oilfield contactors public lands Abortion access dispute ... 71 Coverage under health care plan: Petition tabled re Speech from the Throne (SP344/03) ... 964 Debate ... 33 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Supreme Court of Canada Abortion coverage: Petition tabled re (SP344/03) ... Cases re industrial activity on crown land vs. 964 aboriginal treaty rights ... 71 Canadian World Cup natural track luge races, Grande Kowalski, Mr. Kenneth R. (PC, Barrhead-Westlock) Prairie (January 2004) Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada General remarks ... 1940 Report (Building on Values): Petition tabled re Centre 2000, Grande Prairie (SP97/03) ... 257 Statement re ... 1452 Medical care Electric utilities Restructuring: Petition tabled re (SP97/03) ... 257 Legislation re (Bill 3) ... 15 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Health care system changes (Romanow report) First reading ... 15 (SP97/03) ... 257 Second reading ... 160–61 Kryczka, Karen (PC, Calgary-West) Committee ... 628–29 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Third reading ... 738, 762, 782 Legacy grant program re ... 1007 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Projects re ... 1007 2003 (Bill 201) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Second reading ... 85–86 Coverage of rheumatoid arthritis drugs ... 1404 Energy industry–Crown lands Seniors' extended health benefits ... 1131 Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 71 Alberta Mental Health Board Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Transfer of services to regional health authorities ... Second reading ... 154 561 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Alberta seniors benefit program Second reading ... 410, 412, 415 General remarks ... 1131 Committee ... 569, 578–79 Market-basket measure criteria for ... 1131 Third reading ... 734 Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Goldie, Mr. Leigh Achievement Recognition of ... 962–63 Award recipient ... 1966 Grande Prairie Regional College Armstrong, Kelsey Forest management program: Petition re ... 1172 Recognition of ... 1966 228 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Kryczka, Karen (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Kryczka, Karen (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Blind Members of the Legislative Assembly Reading service for ... 1171 Former members' association (Motion 511: Bob Ward Residence, Calgary Johnson) ... 1822 General remarks ... 1131 Members' Statements (2003) Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Providence Children's Centre ... 1010–11 Region Queen's Golden Jubilee medal recipients ... 1623 Centralized hospital pharmacy ... 147 School utilization in Calgary-West ... 255 Emergency services ... 1170 Shane Homes/Ernest Manning high school learning Internal review of Vince Motta case ... 1170 partnership ... 116 Dept. of Seniors Stu Hart ... 1701 Communication with other departments ... 1131 Volunteer Calgary leadership awards ... 1286 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1131 Mental health services Disabled children Transfer to regional health authorities ... 561 General remarks ... 1010–11 Motta, Vincenzo Dominic Dream Keeper (Film) Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 1170 Recognition of ... 1801 Oral Question Period (2003) Elder abuse Calgary health region review ... 1170 Prevention of ... 1131 Centennial projects ... 1007 Enbrel (Drug) Long-term care facilities ... 252, 1841–42 Coverage under health care plan ... 1404 Mental health services ... 561 Ernest Manning high school, Calgary Shane Homes/Ernest Manning High School learning Learning partnership with Shane Homes ... 116 partnership ... 116 Music department spring extravaganza ... 669 Property tax–Education levy Executive Council Impact on seniors ... 1131 Estimates debated ... 1038 Protection for Persons in Care Act Extended care facilities MLA committee to review: Report ... 1131 General remarks ... 1131 Providence Children's Centre Separation of spouses in ... 1841–42 Statement re ... 1010–11 Extended care facilities–Fees Provincial K1 ski competition, Banff (March 2003) Increase in ... 252 Recognition of ... 606 Extended care facilities–Finance Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal General remarks ... 252 Awarding of ... 1623 Fatality inquiries Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Vince Motta case ... 1170 General remarks ... 76, 147, 441, 606, 669, 893, Films, Aboriginal 1171, 1404, 1502, 1647, 1801, 1966 Recognition of ... 1801 Regional health authorities Forest Lawn Bible College Act (Bill Pr. 2) Mental health services transferred to ... 561 Second reading ... 1265 Remicade (Drug) Gasoline stations Coverage under health care plan ... 1404 Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly Rheumatoid arthritis (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1594–95 Medication for, covered by health care plan ... 1404 Glendale/Glen Meadows elementary school, Calgary Rodney, Dave Statement re ... 255 Recognition of ... 1502 Hart, Stu Schools–Utilization–Calgary-West Statement re ... 1701 Statement re ... 255 Insurance, Automobile Senior citizens All-party committee to review (Motion 512: Government programs: Impact of aging population MacDonald) ... 1824–25 on ... 1131 Klint, Gwen Senior citizens' lodges Recognition of ... 1404 General remarks ... 1131 Leaders of Tomorrow program Senior citizens–Housing General remarks ... 1286 Assisted living concept ... 1131, 1841–42 Low-income seniors General remarks ... 441, 1131 Special-needs assistance ... 1131 Mentally disabled accommodation ... 1131 Low-income seniors–Housing Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta General remarks ... 1131 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP661/03: Tabled) ... 1778 Mann, Garth General remarks ... 893 Recognition of ... 441 Seniors' income levels Manor Village of Garrison Woods, Calgary General remarks ... 1131 Recognition of ... 441 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 229 Kryczka, Karen (PC, Calgary-West) (Continued) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Seniors' issues Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) General remarks ... 252 Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Telephone information line re ... 1038 sitting) Seniors' Week Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11) Recognition of ... 893, 1647 Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Shane Homes Inc. sitting) Learning partnership with Ernest Manning high Child and Family Services Authorities Amendment school ... 116 Act, 2003 (Bill 22) Smith, Arthur Ryan, CM, DFC Royal Assent ... 9 April, 2003 (outside of House Recognition of ... 76 sitting) Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24) Renovations to ... 1007 Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Speech from the Throne sitting) Debate ... 59–60 Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Spring into Spring music extravaganza Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Recognition of ... 669 sitting) Statesman Corporation Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill General remarks ... 441 37) Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) House sitting) Committee ... 1578–79 Corrections Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 26) VoicePrint Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Recognition of ... 1171 sitting) Volunteer Calgary Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Leadership awards ... 1286 Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Volunteers sitting) Statement re ... 1286 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Royal Assent ... 27 March, 2003 (Outside of House Act, 2003 (Bill 202) sittings) Third reading ... 819–20 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta 2003 (Bill 201) Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Royal Assent ... 27 March, 2003 (Outside of House 2003 (Bill 16) sittings) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18) sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Environmental Protection and Enhancement House sitting) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Engineering Research Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill House sitting) 48) Family Law Act (Bill 45) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of House sitting) House sitting) Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Amendment Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act (Bill Act, 2003 (Bill 20) 23) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House sitting) sitting) Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) (Bill 4) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House sitting) House sitting) Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Royal Assent ... 27 March, 2003 (Outside of House 12) sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill sitting) 17) Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Royal Assent ... 10 March, 2003 (Outside of House Royal Assent ... 10 March, 2003 (Outside of House sitting) sitting) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 2) (Bill 54) (Bill 15) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House House sitting) sitting) 230 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Forest Lawn Bible College Act (Bill Pr. 2) Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House 46) sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy House sitting) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Act, 2003 (Bill 51) sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) House sitting) Royal Assent ... 27 March, 2003 (Outside of House Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment sitting) Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of 13) House sitting) Royal Assent ... 9 April, 2003 (outside of House Ombudsman Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 21) sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8) sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) House sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 52) House sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) House sitting) Royal Assent ... 10 March, 2003 (Outside of House Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) House sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Real Estate Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7) House sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 6) sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, House sitting) 2003 (Bill 203) Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Royal Assent ... 9 April, 2003 (outside of House Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) sitting) Royal Assent ... 27 March, 2003 (Outside of House Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14) sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29) sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Sisters of St. Joseph of the Province of Alberta Statutes sitting) Repeal Act (Bill Pr.1) Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Opening Day remarks ... 1, 4 sitting) Line Fence Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 5) Speech from the Throne Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Address given ... 1–5 sitting) Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 35) Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act, Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House 2003 (Bill 34) sitting) Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) sitting) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill House sitting) 31) Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House sitting) Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House House sitting) sitting) Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 39) Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Royal Assent ... 16 May, 2003 (Outside of House House sitting) sitting) Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (No.2) Act, 2003 (Bill 202) (Bill 57) Royal Assent ... 9 April, 2003 (outside of House Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of House sitting) sitting) 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 231 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (Continued) Lord, Mr. Jon (PC, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Corporations–Taxation 38) Statement re ... 116 Royal Assent ... 4 December, 2003 (Outside of Dept. of Community Development House sitting) Estimates debated ... 1479–80 Lord, Mr. Jon (PC, Calgary-Currie) Dept. of Energy 18-methoxycoronaridine (Drug) Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1462–63 Articles re (SP423, 846/03: Tabled) ... 1287, 1967 Dept. of Infrastructure Research into ... 1961 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1223 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Dept. of Innovation and Science Projects re ... 1480 Estimates debated ... 916–17 Alberta Grandparents Association Performance measures ... 916–17 Report re grandparents' rights under Bill 45 Dept. of Revenue (SP778/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Estimates debated ... 902, 905 Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Drug abuse Interest-free loans for municipal energy Article re (SP422/03: Tabled) ... 1287 conservation initiatives ... 1372–73 Drug abuse–Prevention Alberta Recreation Corridors Legislative Review Statement re ... 1844 Committee Drug abuse–Treatment General remarks ... 1480 General remarks ... 1961 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Miracle drug for, Magazine article re (SP423/03: Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET Tabled) ... 1287 program) ... 1372–73 Use of Ibogaine re ... 1961 American Scientist (Journal) Earned income tax credit (Proposed) Reward Deficiency Syndrome article (SP422/03: Reports re U.S. system re (SP368-370/03: Tabled) Tabled) ... 1287, 1844 ... 1051–52 Automobiles–Repair Statement re ... 718 Consumer protection issues re ... 959 Education, Postsecondary Brain drain General remarks ... 436–37 Statement re ... 563 Electoral Boundaries Commission Business revitalization zones Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Statement re ... 1623 Hancock) ... 927 Calgary (City) Electric power–Prices ISO certification achievement ... 1965 General remarks ... 1462 Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Impact on electricity conservation ... 1462 Region Impact on small business ... 1462 Nursing overtime costs ... 185 Report on (SP580/03: Tabled) ... 1652 Canada/United States relations Electric power–Supply Statement re ... 254–55 General remarks ... 1462–63 Canadian Standards Association Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 916 Deregulation ... 1462–63 Canadian Telework Association Deregulation: Impact on energy conservation ... Articles about telework (SP866/03: Tabled) ... 2016 1462 Capital projects Electric utilities–Regulations–California Public/private partnerships re ... 1223 Deregulation: Reports re (SP519-524/03: Tabled) ... Public/private partnerships re: Federal minister's 1625 speech re (SP360/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Elizabeth House, Calgary Public/private partnerships re: Reports on (SP437- General remarks ... 1237 439/03: Tabled) ... 1332 Emission control credits Public/private partnerships re: Web links to case General remarks ... 1373 studies re (SP359/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Energy conservation Climate change General remarks ... 1462 Kyoto protocol on ... 1373 Energy efficiency (Buildings) Collective bargaining–Nurses General remarks ... 1120–21 Overtime costs issue ... 185 Provincial initiatives re ... 1223 The Computer Shop, Calgary University of Alberta's program re ... 1285–86 Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings) Recognition of ... 1501 AUMA proposals re (MEET program) ... 1372–73 Constitution Act, 1982 Provincial interest-free loans re ... 1372 Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 239–40, 379 Family Law Act (Bill 45) Consumer protection Report re grandparents' rights under (SP778/03: Re automobile repairs ... 959 Tabled) ... 1893 232 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Lord, Mr. Jon (PC, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Lord, Mr. Jon (PC, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Film and television industry Members' Statements (2003) (Continued) Federal funding for ... 1480 Canada/U.S. relations ... 254–55 Fish and wildlife officers Drug addiction ... 1844 Staffing levels re ... 1776 Earned income tax credit ... 718 Food services industry Goods and services tax ... 116 Employment opportunities in: Recognition of ... 359 Small business entrepreneurs ... 791–92 Goods and services tax (Federal government) University of Alberta energy management program Statement re ... 116 ... 1285–86 Grandparents' rights University of Calgary energy efficiency program ... Petition re ... 1892 1120–21 Report on, re Bill 45 (SP778/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Wealth transfer ... 563 Reports on (SP779/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Mentally disabled–Housing HC 18 (Drug) Government programs for ... 1642 General remarks ... 1844 Studies re (SP497-499/03: Tabled) ... 1573–74 Home ownership Molds Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... Articles, reports re (SP600-605/03: Tabled) ... 1677 384–86 Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Homeless Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) Studies re (SP497-499/03: Tabled) ... 1573–74 First reading ... 216 Homeless–Housing Second reading ... 1412–13, 1421–22 Mentally disabled accommodation: Government Museum of the Regiments, Calgary programs re ... 1642 Recognition of ... 1648 Mentally disabled accommodation: Studies re National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (SP497-499/03: Tabled) ... 1573–74 Web page listing links to P3 case studies Ibogaine (Drug) (SP359/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Articles re (SP847-848/03: Tabled) ... 1967 Naval Museum of Alberta General remarks ... 1844 Recognition of ... 1572 Research into ... 1961 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency in Government Renovations to ... 1480 (Report) Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Copy tabled (SP371/03) ... 1052 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) InnoVisions Canada Third reading ... 1980–82 Web pages on teleworking (SP866/03: Tabled) ... Oil from turkey guts 2016 Article re (SP413/03: Tabled) ... 1238 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) OpenBSD software (Computer security) Committee ... 2039–40 General remarks ... 1501 Insurance, Automobile Oral Question Period (2003) All-party committee to review (Motion 512: Automobile repair industry ... 959 MacDonald) ... 1988–89 Driving without insurance ... 667 Driving without ... 667 Drug addiction research ... 1961 International Standards Organization Energy conservation initiatives ... 1372–73 Government performance measures standards ... Goods and services tax ... 116 916–17 Monitoring medical errors ... 1281–82 ISO 9000 standard: Recognition of ... 1965 Postsecondary education ... 436–37 Jefferies, Paul Provincial fish and wildlife officers ... 1776 Recognition of ... 1403 Regional Health Authority human resource costs ... Kesler, Mr. Steven 185 Recognition of ... 2066 Supportive housing and homeless shelters ... 1642 King Edward school, Calgary Order of the Sisters of St. Louis Bell for ... 1480 Deaths of nuns of ... 1237 Designation as school for the arts ... 1480 Papasideris, Peter Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29) Recognition of ... 1739 Committee ... 1484 Patent process–Canada Lottery Fund General remarks ... 917 Davis Cup tennis event support ... 757 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Medical errors Grandparents' access rights to grandchildren ... 1892 Article re (SP424/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Poaching Monitoring of ... 1281–82 General remarks ... 1776 Members' Statements (2003) Impact of conservation staff levels on ... 1776 Business revitalization zones ... 1623 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 233 Lord, Mr. Jon (PC, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Lord, Mr. Jon (PC, Calgary-Currie) (Continued) Public buildings Victoria Park school, Calgary Energy retrofits of ... 1223 Designation as school for the arts ... 1479–80 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, General remarks ... 359, 757, 1237, 1403, 1501, Edmonton 1572, 1648, 1739, 1800, 1965, 2066 Renovations to ... 1479 Red Motel Pictures Wages–Minimum wage Recognition of ... 1800 Statement re ... 718 Regional health authorities Wages–Nurses Medical error monitoring ... 1281–82 Overtime costs ... 185 Nurses contract negotiations: Overtime issue ... 185 Lougheed, Rob (PC, Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan) Nursing overtime costs ... 185 Alberta Disability Strategy Restaurants Copy tabled (SP151/03) ... 402 Employment opportunities in: Recognition of ... 359 General remarks ... 1482 School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board 2003 (Bill 203) Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire Second reading ... 374–75 charges) decisions ... 852 Schools Tempest Energy gas well drilling decision ... 1839 Energy retrofits of ... 1223 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14) Casino licensing ... 1544–45 Third reading ... 1491–92 Aquila Networks Canada Securities–Law and legislation Billing: Distribution costs element ... 852 Interprovincial committee re ... 902, 905 Billing: Rural farm rate ... 852 National harmonization of ... 902, 905 Casinos Separatism, Western Waiting lists for ... 1544–45 General remarks ... 116 Centennial activities centre, Fort Saskatchewan Siemens Building Technolgies AG / Ltd., 2001 Dow Chemical donation to ... 1572 Energy retrofit project at University of Calgary ... Debts, Public (Provincial government) 1120–21 Impact of rising Canadian dollar on ... 1450 Small business Dept. of Community Development Impact of electricity prices on ... 1462 Estimates debated ... 1482 Impact of minimum wage increase on ... 718 Disabled–Employment Statement re ... 791–92 General remarks ... 1482 Venture capital for ... 563, 902, 905 Dollar, Canadian Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Impact on provincial budgeting ... 1450 Renovations to ... 1480 Dow Chemical Company Special Places program Centennial activities centre, Fort Saskatchewan, General remarks ... 1480 sponsorship of ... 1572 Stem cells–Research School science teaching program sponsorship ... 815 Article re (SP500/03: Tabled) ... 1574 Electric power lines–Construction Sunalta Shelter Cost sharing of (re AEUB decision) ... 852 General remarks ... 1642 Electric power–Prices Tax incentives Distribution costs (wire charges) element ... 852 General remarks ... 718 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Technology commercialization Amendment re net metering (SP227 & 256/03: General remarks ... 917 Tabled) ... 710 Teleworking Flaring of natural gas–Hastings Lake area Articles re (SP866/03: Tabled) ... 2016 General remarks ... 1839 Tennis Fraser Institute Davis Cup event, Calgary ... 757 Report on Alberta high schools ... 1548 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Committee ... 1831 Amendment (SP237/03: Tabled) ... 658 Toxic molds Gas well drilling industry–Hastings Lake/Ministik area Articles, reports re (SP600-605/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Environmental impact ... 1839 United Nurses of Alberta General remarks ... 1839 Contract negotiations: Overtime issue ... 185 Gasoline stations University of Alberta Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly Energy management program ... 1285–86 (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1595 University of Calgary Highway 21 Energy efficiency program ... 1120–21 Snow removal on ... 505 234 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Lougheed, Rob (PC, Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan) Lougheed, Rob (PC, Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan) (Continued) (Continued) Hockey game, World's longest Rural electrification associations Premier's letter to organizer of (SP6/03: Tabled) ... Electricity bills: Distribution costs (wire charges) 16 element ... 852 Recognition of ... 14 Saik, Dr. Brent Home ownership Premier's letter to (SP6/03: Tabled) ... 16 Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... Recognition of ... 14 382–83 School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Industrial incidents 2003 (Bill 203) Public notification program re: Recognition of ... Third reading ... 828 1501–02 Schools Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Ranking of: Statement re ... 1548 Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Science–Teaching Second reading ... 971–72 General remarks ... 815 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Snow removal (Highways) Amendment (SP891/03: Tabled) ... 2030 Monitoring of ... 505 Amendment (SP892/03: Tabled) ... 2030 Sour gas emissions–Hastings Lake area Amendment (SP893/03: Tabled) ... 2030 General remarks ... 1839 Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 6) Tempest Energy Corp. Committee ... 1716–17 Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area ... 1839 Amendment (SP633/03: Tabled) ... 1716 TransAlta Utilities Corporation Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Sale of distribution network to UtiliCorp/Aquila ... Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) 852 Amendment (SP254/03: Tabled) ... 703 Tuition fees Amendment (SP255/03: Tabled) ... 703 Regulations from Post-secondary Learning Act re Members of the Legislative Assembly (SP658/03: Tabled) ... 1764 Former members' association (Motion 511: W. W. Cross Cancer Institute Johnson) ... 1598–99 Pediatric research centre, fundraiser for ... 14 Members' Statements (2003) Water wells–Hastings Lake area Ranking of schools ... 1548 Impact of gas well drilling on ... 1839 Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 51) Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Amendment (SP856/03: Tabled) ... 2006 Amendment (SP194/03: Tabled) ... 526 Amendment (SP857/03: Tabled) ... 2006 Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Natural resources revenue 38) Impact of rising Canadian dollar on ... 1450 First reading ... 1238 Oral Question Period (2003) Second reading ... 1714 Canadian dollar ... 1450 Third reading ... 2087 Casino wait lists ... 1544–45 Workers' Compensation Board Electricity distribution costs ... 852 Dependent children's pension benefits: Legislation Gas well drilling in Hastings Lake area ... 1839 re (Bill 38) ... 1238 Highway snow removal ... 505 Lukaszuk, Mr. Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Partners for science (School program) Downs) Recognition of ... 815 Alberta initiative for school improvement Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) General remarks ... 716 Amendment A1 (SP725 & 853/03: Tabled) ... 2002 Alberta's Commission on Learning Amendment A2 (SP854/03: Tabled) ... 2002 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Amendment A3 (SP855/03: Tabled) ... 2002 1697–98, 2014 Point of Order Apartment fire, Edmonton (March 11, 2003) Relevance ... 971, 972 General remarks ... 441 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Amendment A-1 (CoW) (SP657 & 726/03: Tabled) Utility costs component ... 213–14 ... 1764 Calgary Board of Education Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Deficit finance, Provincial audit review of ... 1568 Disabilities Class size (Grade school) General remarks ... 1698 Annual report, 2002 (SP494/03: Tabled) ... 1549 Consumer protection Annual report, 2003 (SP865/03: Tabled) ... 2016 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 437–38 Disability strategy ... 1482 Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism General remarks ... 14, 815, 1501–02, 1572 ... 1501 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 235 Lukaszuk, Mr. Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Lukaszuk, Mr. Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Downs) (Continued) Downs) (Continued) Edmonton Catholic School District Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Funding ... 1568 Second reading ... 1906 Edmonton Public School Board Insurance, Automobile Award given to, for best administration ... 2014 All-party committee to review (Motion 512: Decentralized decision-making system ... 812 MacDonald) ... 1990 Deficit financing ... 503, 716 Kutney, Captain Rod and crew Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 144, Recognition of ... 441 503, 716, 811–12, 1568 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Funding for ... 716, 1568 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Funding for: Tory caucus role re, Letter re Second reading ... 540, 553 (SP407/03: Tabled) ... 1213 Third reading ... 745–46 Instruction time increase ... 144 Low-income families New schools/maintenance funding: Letter re Impact of high utility costs on ... 213–14 (SP407/03: Tabled) ... 1213 Members' Statements (2003) Teacher layoffs ... 503 Education system ... 2014 Education Oral Question Period (2003) Statement re ... 2014 Edmonton Public School Board ... 144, 503 Education–Finance Edmonton Public School Board operational review General remarks ... 716, 1568, 1697–98 ... 811–12 Letter re (SP407/03: Tabled) ... 1213 Education funding ... 358–59, 716, 1568, 1697–98 Electoral Boundaries Commission Energy prices ... 437–38 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Gang violence ... 1400 Hancock) ... 926–27 Municipal policing review report ... 1500–01 Electric power–Prices Police services ... 1963 Impact on low income families ... 213–14 Utility costs for low-income Albertans ... 213–14 Impact on school utility costs ... 438 Organized crime Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 213–14 General remarks ... 1501 Electric power–Retail sales Parliamentary language Consumer education/protection re ... 437–38 General remarks ... 1895 Firefighters Point of Order Recognition of ... 441 Imputing motives ... 1684, 1685 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Parliamentary language ... 1895 Review Committee, Select Special Relevance ... 746, 1684 Report: Legislation re (Bill 28) ... 442 Police Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Intermunicipal co-operation between ... 1501 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) MLA committee review of: Report ... 1500–01, First reading ... 442 1963 Second reading ... 1038–39 Police–Finance Committee ... 1524–25, 1527–28, 1535 General remarks ... 1400, 1500–01, 1963 Third reading ... 1611 Police–Training Amendment (SP480/03: Tabled) ... 1524 Centralization of ... 1963 Gang-related crime–Prevention Privilege Provincial funding for ... 1400 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Task force to review ... 1400 proceeded with) ... 1242 Gas, Natural–Prices Program unit funding (Education) Impact on school utility costs ... 438 General remarks ... 358–59 Gas, Natural–Retail sales Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Consumer education/protection re ... 437–38 General remarks ... 301, 360, 441 Hockey championships School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, U of A Pandas national title win ... 360 2003 (Bill 203) Home ownership Second reading ... 371–72 Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... School boards 383–84 Impact of high energy costs on ... 438 Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) Provincial audit review of ... 144 Third reading ... 1531 Schools–Construction Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Funding for ... 359 Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Schools–Construction–Edmonton Second reading ... 969–70 Funding for ... 359 236 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Lukaszuk, Mr. Thomas A. (PC, Edmonton-Castle Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) Downs) (Continued) (Continued) Schools–Maintenance and repair Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Funding for ... 359 Region (Continued) Supports for independence program New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for Utility costs component ... 213–14 ... 1885, 1888–89 Volleyball championships Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. U of A Golden Bears and Pandas Interuniversity Green power contract with province ... 436 Sport wins ... 301 Capital Health Authority Water wells Purchase of Charles Camsell Hospital ... 1839 Flow information re ... 1101 Capital projects Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Alternative arrangements re: Advisory committee of Act, 2003 (Bill 202) experts re ... 1672–73 Second reading ... 230–31 Deferred projects ... 1213–14 Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) Deficit of ... 1216 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations General remarks ... 1214 Legacy grant program re ... 1214 Public/private partnerships re ... 888–89, 930, Projects re ... 1213, 1214, 1219, 1225 959–60, 1115, 1165, 1219, 1220, 1222, 1226–27, A.H. Dakin school, Edson 1233, 1282, 1672–73, 1885, 1888–89, 1922, 1964 Closure ... 1220, 1545 Public/private partnerships re: Lobbyists for ... 934 Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Public/private partnerships re: Studies/reports re ... 2003 (Bill 16) 932 Second reading ... 389 Caritas Health Group Alberta Court of Appeal–Calgary General remarks ... 932, 934, 959 Closure of building (toxic mold problem) ... 1117, Carma Developers Ltd. 1569, 1621, 1674 School construction proposal, Edmonton ... 1222 Alberta Sustainability Fund Centennial Capital Plan General remarks ... 359, 1369, 1922 General remarks ... 359, 886, 1369 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Chaparral school, Calgary Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET General remarks ... 956 program) ... 1223 Charles Camsell Hospital Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Air quality monitoring in ... 1840 2) (Bill 54) Sale of ... 1839–40 Third reading ... 2033 Sale of, to Capital Health Authority ... 1839 Asbestos Chartered schools Contamination problem in Foothills hospital ... 644 General remarks ... 717–18 Contamination problems with: Litigation costs re ... Climate change 1225 Kyoto protocol on ... 1216 Auditor General Community schools Public/private funding of capital projects comments General remarks ... 712 ... 1922 Conflict of interest Sole-source contracts comments ... 506, 1216 P3 funding of Calgary courthouse situation ... 1775 Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11) Consumer protection Second reading ... 121–22 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 438 Bethany Group Contaminated sites General remarks ... 932, 934, 959 Cleanup procedures ... 931 Bow River Forensic Psychiatry Centre Courts–Calgary General remarks ... 1219 New courthouse ... 478, 1569 Budget debate New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 1115, Motion 19: Nelson ... 868–69 1397, 1775, 1885, 1889, 1922, 1964 Building Quality Restoration Program Debts, Public (Provincial government) General remarks ... 70 General remarks ... 889 Calgary Board of Education Dept. of Infrastructure General remarks ... 717 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP756/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Budget increase, source of ... 1219 Region Business plan ... 1225 Asbestos contamination situation ... 644 Contract management process (M9/03: Response Holy Cross hospital air quality ... 1569 tabled as SP475/03) ... 363–64, 1502 Mold contamination problem at Foothills Hospital Deputy Minister's office budget ... 1219 ... 1117 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1213–14, 1216–17, New hospital in southeast Calgary ... 2011 1219–27 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 237 Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Infrastructure (Continued) Gas, Natural–Prices Estimates: Comparison with previous year ... 1225 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Highway maintenance yards: Environmental issues Impact on school utility costs ... 70, 357, 438 re ... 1216 Gas, Natural–Retail sales Information management division ... 1219 Consumer education/protection re ... 438 Operating procedures in ... 1216 Gerard Redmond school, Hinton Sole-source contracts records ... 506, 810, 1216 General remarks ... 1221 Strategic services division ... 1219 Good Samaritan Society Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1922 General remarks ... 932, 934, 959 Untendered contracts (Q2/03: Defeated) ... 362 Government aircraft Working relationship with health authorities ... Status of ... 1226, 1227 1224–25 Government office space Earth Tech (Canada) Inc. Leased space costs ... 1219 Contract to operate Swan Hills Treatment Centre ... Great West Life Realty 113, 1220 Involvement in Calgary courthouse construction Eco Logic Inc. project ... 1775 Hazardous waste disposal methods ... 113–14, 1222 Greenhouse gas emissions Edmonton Public School Board Reduction of ... 1738 New schools/maintenance funding ... 146 Hampton school, Calgary Education–Finance P3 model for financing of ... 1222 General remarks ... 357, 929–30 Hazardous substances–Disposal Electoral Boundaries Commission General remarks ... 113–14 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Health facilities Hancock) ... 880–81 Energy contracts ... 1225 Electric power–Prices Health facilities–Construction General remarks ... 436 Deferred projects reinstated ... 1213 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Funding for ... 1214, 1224–25 Impact on school utility costs ... 357, 438, 1619, Public/private partnerships re ... 1964 1922 Health facilities–Maintenace and repair Electric power–Retail sales Funding for ... 1219 Consumer education/protection re ... 438 Health Sustainability Initiative Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 1219 Deregulation ... 436 Hell's Half Acre (Historic site) Emission control credits Contamination on ... 931 General remarks ... 436 Holy Cross Hospital Energy efficiency (Buildings) Air quality in ... 1569, 1621 Homeowner loans for ... 329, 1737–38 Mold contamination tests at ... 1569, 1621, 1674 Provincial initiatives re ... 329, 1223, 1737–38 Mold contamination tests at: E-mail re (SP597/03: Energy resources, Alternate Tabled) ... 1677, 1743 Provincial government usage of ... 436, 1737–38 Mold contamination tests at: E-mails and letters re Enmax Corporation (SP652-656/03: Tabled) ... 1743–44 Green power contract with province ... 436 Mold contamination tests at: Point of privilege re ... Extended care facilities–Edson 1705, 1742–45 General remarks ... 1220 Hospitals–Calgary Extended care facilities–Vegreville New south Calgary hospital ... 2011 Funding for ... 1219 New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 1885, Extended care facilities–Wetaskiwin 1888–89 Funding for ... 1219 Information and communications technology Federal Building Public contracts awarded re: Alberta content ... 74 Asbestos content ... 1226 Interprovincial trade General remarks ... 1225, 1226, 1227, 1398 Internal trade agreement ... 74 Foothills Provincial General Hospital John Deer Limited Asbestos contamination situation ... 644 Olds College project sponsorship ... 932, 960 Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit ... 1117 Jubilee junior high school, Edson Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Transfer from public to separate system ... 1220–21, Untendered contracts information, Request under ... 1545–46 437 Lobbyists–Registration Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) General remarks ... 934 Second reading ... 417–18 238 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) (Continued) (Continued) McCauley school, Edmonton Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) General remarks ... 712 Southeast Calgary hospital ... 1888–89, 2011 Members of the Legislative Assembly Swan Hills waste treatment facility ... 113–14 Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... Toxic mold in Foothills medical centre ... 1117 934 Untendered contracts ... 437, 480 Members' apologies to the House Utility costs for educational institutions ... 501 General remarks ... 1679 Utility costs for schools ... 70 Minister's Symposium on Schools (2001) Parkland high school, Edson General remarks ... 1673 General remarks ... 1220, 1545 Mountain View school, Hinton Parliamentary language General remarks ... 1221 General remarks ... 1678–79 Natural gas rebate program (2001) Petro-Canada Funds remaining from ... 184, 1219 Fort McMurray oil sands plant expansion delay ... Natural gas rebates 1369 For schools ... 501 Pine Grove school, Edson Funding for ... 1922 General remarks ... 1220, 1545 General remarks ... 184 Point of Order New Century School Plan Parliamentary language ... 1678–79 General remarks ... 146 Polychlorinated biphenyls–Disposal Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium General remarks ... 114 Renovations to ... 1213 Postsecondary educational institutions Northern Gateway school division Funding for ... 1214 School utilization concerns ... 1225 Privilege Olds College Contempt of the Assembly (Holy Cross hospital John Deer sponsored project at ... 932, 960 mold testing) (Not proceeded with) ... 1705, Oral Question Period (2003) 1742–45 Air quality at Holy Cross hospital ... 1569, 1621, Contempt of the Assembly (Holy Cross hospital 1674 mold testing): Letters and emails re (SP652- Asbestos abatement at the Foothills hospital ... 644 656/03: Tabled) ... 1743–44 Budget surplus ... 1885 Public buildings Calgary consolidated courthouse ... 478 Energy retrofits of ... 1223 Calgary courthouse ... 1397, 1775 Funding for ... 1214 Charles Camsell hospital ... 1839–40 Sale of ... 1225 Charter schools ... 717–18 Upgrading of ... 1216–17 Civil fraud suit ... 810 Public contracts Edson schools amalgamation ... 1545–46 Alberta content provisions ... 74 Education funding ... 146, 357, 359, 929–30 Contract management process (Infrastructure): Energy efficiency retrofit assistance ... 329 Policy re (M9/03: Accepted) ... 363–64 Energy prices ... 438 Sole-source contracts ... 506, 810, 1216, 1223 Energy retrofit program ... 1737–38 Untendered contracts ... 437, 480 Federal public building ... 1398 Untendered contracts (Q2/03: Defeated) ... 362, 437 Government contracts ... 74 Public lands Green power ... 436 Sale of ... 1216 Hell's Half Acre remediation ... 931 Red Deer Regional Hospital Hinton schools ... 1165 Upgrading ... 1219 Infrastructure capital plan ... 888–89 Regional health authorities Infrastructure funding ... 1369 Energy contracts ... 1225 Infrastructure projects ... 886 Working relationship with Infrastructure dept. ... Lobbyist registry ... 934 1224–25 McCauley school ... 712 Roche Miette school, Hinton Natural gas rebates ... 184 Transfer to Catholic school division ... 1221 Private/public partnerships ... 932, 959–60, 1115, Rocky View school division 1165, 1233, 1282, 1672–73, 1964 Portable schools ... 1403 School construction ... 956, 1403 Royal Alexandra Hospital School operations and maintenance funding ... 1619 Redevelopment of ... 1219 School utilization ... 666 School boards School utilization formula ... 712 Impact of high energy costs on ... 70, 357, 438 School utilization rates ... 1279 School furnaces–Maintenance and repair Sole-source contracts ... 506 Impact of natural gas prices on ... 70 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 239 Lund, Hon. Ty (PC, Rocky Mountain House) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Schools Aboriginal businesses Energy contracts ... 1225 General remarks ... 1603 Energy retrofits of ... 1223 Aboriginal land claims Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 General remarks ... 1604 Schools–Closure Aboriginal peoples–Education General remarks ... 712, 1220, 1279, 1545 General remarks ... 1603 Schools–Construction Aboriginal policy framework Core schools ... 1217 General remarks ... 1603 Funding for ... 359, 886, 929–30, 1214, 1922 Aboriginal/industry partnerships Schools–Construction–Airdrie-Rocky View General remarks ... 1457, 1603 (Constituency) Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Funding for ... 1403 Counties Schools–Construction–Calgary Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 1770, General remarks ... 956 1958–59 Schools–Construction–Edmonton Alberta Building Code Funding for ... 146, 359 General remarks ... 1194 Schools–Maintenance and repair Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) Funding for ... 359, 886, 929–30, 1214, 1619, 1922 Second reading ... 1721–22 General remarks ... 146, 712 Third reading ... 1789–90 Impact of high utility costs on ... 357 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Summer maintenance funding ... 1619 Direct Energy application ... 1959 Schools–Onoway Direct Energy purchase of ATCO retail energy Utilization rate ... 1225 business, Approval of ... 787, 1116, 1836–37 Schools–Sundre Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire Closure due to mold contamination ... 1117, 1225 charges) decisions ... 1445–46, 1497, 1542 Schools–Utilization EPCOR refund of overcharges, Announcement re ... General remarks ... 146, 666, 712, 717, 1217, 1279 1372 Schools–Utilization–Airdrie-Rocky View Natural gas rate approvals ... 713 (Constituency) Alberta Energy Research Institute General remarks ... 1403 General remarks ... 921 Schools–Utilization–Edson Alberta Insurance Council Public/separate exchanges ... 1165, 1220–21, Government appointed chair of ... 1399–1400 1545–46 Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Schools–Utilization–Hinton Loan to Enmax Corporation ... 1887, 1959 Public/separate exchanges ... 1165, 1221 P3 entities' access to funding from ... 1194 Schools–Whitecourt Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) Utilization rate ... 1225 Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001) Senior citizens' lodges Proclamation of ... 1046–47 Funding for ... 1214 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium (Bill 4) Renovations to ... 1213 Second reading ... 123 Spills (Pollution) Alberta Research Council Inc. General remarks ... 1222 Contract research for outside companies ... 918 Swan Hills Treatment Centre General remarks ... 918 Sale of ... 113–14, 1219–20, 1222 Pine shake roofing material: Research re ... 922 Terrorist attacks–New York City/Washington, D.C. Alberta royalty tax credit September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 1219 Review of ... 1457 Toxic molds Alberta's Commission on Learning In public buildings ... 1225 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): University of Alberta Letter re (SP647/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Health research innovation centre at ... 889, 1213 Alberta–Economic policy University of Calgary Statement re ... 937–38 Health research innovation centre at ... 889, 1213 Animals, Treatment of Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, General remarks ... 893 Edmonton Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Renovations to ... 1213 General remarks ... 1021 MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) Apprenticeship training 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations Workplace safety component ... 1022 Projects re ... 1217 240 2003 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill Brown, Rosemary 17) Recognition of ... 1238 Second reading ... 244–46 Budget debate Committee ... 286–88 Motion 19: Nelson ... 868 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Building inspection 2) (Bill 54) General remarks ... 1194 Committee ... 1992–94 C.D. Howe Institute Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) California Shorts a Circuit (Document) (SP230/03: Committee ... 1656–57 Tabled) ... 649 Third reading ... 1684, 1687 Calgary Humane Society Aquila Networks Canada Recognition of ... 893 Billing errors ... 960–61 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers General remarks ... 1008–09 Natural Gas Prices in the North American Market U.S. parent's financial situation: News releases re (publication) (SP46/03: Tabled) ... 117 (SP374/03: Tabled) ... 1052 Canadian Energy Research Institute Asbestos General remarks ... 921 Abatement programs for ... 1194 Canadian Federation of Independent Business Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Still in the Dark (Research paper on electricity Benefits ... 51–52 prices) (SP212/03: Tabled) ... 607 Benefits increase ... 1023 Cancer in firefighters Benefits increase: Petition presented re ... 402 Workers' compensation coverage of: Letter from Benefits increase: Petition tabled re (SP573 & Official Opposition re (SP86/03: Tabled) ... 216 SP624/03) ... 1652, 1703 Capital projects General remarks ... 887–88 Public/private partnerships re ... 1217 Underexpended funds from, used for homeless Surplus funding of: Petition tabled re (SP612/03) ... housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... 1677–78 361–62 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Utility costs component: Minister's memo re General remarks ... 1217 (SP47/03: Tabled) ... 117 Carbon dioxide ATCO Electric General remarks ... 1109 H.R. Milner power plant sale ... 1167 Carbon dioxide emissions ATCO Gas Research into ... 918 Depreciation charges in bills from ... 787 Carnegie Hero Fund Commission bronze medal Gas rate changes in southern/northern Alberta ... General remarks ... 1800 1936 Centrica Plc (U.K.) Retail business purchase by Direct Energy ... 787 Meeting with Premier re Direct Energy application ATCO Gas (South) ... 1959, 2009 Gas prices ... 1837, 1936 Chair–Rulings and statements Auditor General Amendments ... 1996 Municipal Affairs dept. comments ... 1194 Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Royalty programs recommendations ... 1457 Second reading ... 1247–48 Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11) Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Second reading ... 120–21, 122 Second reading ... 1083–85 Committee ... 317–18 Third reading ... 1609 Automobile drivers' licences Class size (Grade school) New issuing system for: Reports on (M1/03: Letters re (SP214-215/03: Tabled) ... 607 Defeated) ... 362–63 Climate change Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers General remarks ... 1108–09 Management of Milner power plant agreement ... Kyoto protocol on ... 1108–09, 1227 1167 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1457 MAP 2 auctions: Final summary (SP311/03: Provincial initiatives re ... 918 Tabled) ... 817 Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill Boardwalk Equities Inc. 37) Natural gas rebates to ... 112 Second reading ... 1711–12 Brazeau dam Closure debate (Parliamentary practice) Royalty revenue from ... 1108 Federal use of closure ... 651 Bridges–Edmonton General remarks ... 598 James McDonald bridge ... 1217 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 241 MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Closure motions (Parliamentary practice) (2003) Dept. of Energy (Continued) Bill 19 (CoW), Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Performance measures ... 1458 Act, 2003 (Motion 15: Hancock) ... 651–52 Regulations ... 1457 Bill 27 (CoW), Labour Relations (Regional Health Royalty payment audits ... 1457 Authorities Restructur.) Amdt. Act, 2003 (Motion Web site ... 1458 16: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 695–96 Dept. of Environment Bill 3 (CoW), Electric Utilities Act (Motion 14: Business plan ... 1108 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 694 Estimates debated ... 1108–09 Coal-bed methane extraction Revenues from dam royalties ... 1108 Energy dept. study re ... 1457 Dept. of Finance General remarks ... 1456, 1457 Auto Insurance Review (SP672/03: Tabled) ... 1779 Coal-bed methane extraction–Research Dept. of Government Services General remarks ... 918, 920 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q6/03: Water recovery issues ... 918, 920, 1457–58 Response tabled as SP587/03) ... 511 Coal-bed methane–Royalties Dept. of Human Resources and Employment General remarks ... 1457 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q3/03: Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel Response tabled as SP585/03) ... 510 Streamlining of ... 248–49, 330–31, 434–35 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1021–23 Collective bargaining–Nurses Dept. of Infrastructure Letters re (SP673, 686, 718, 804, 883-884, 915- Budget increase, source of ... 1218 916/03: Tabled) ... 1779, 1802, 1846, 1942, Deputy Minister's office budget ... 1218 2016–17, 2068 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1217–19, 1227 Streamlining of ... 248–49, 330–31, 434–35 General remarks ... 1217 Committee on Energy and Sustainable Development, Information management division ... 1218 Standing Policy Minister's office budget ... 1218 Submission to, re power transmission policy Salaries ... 1218 (SP574/03: Tabled) ... 1652 Strategic services division ... 1218 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Dept. of Innovation and Science Report presented (SP291/03: Tabled) ... 792 Estimates debated ... 918–22 Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Dept. of Learning Canada Document re comparative education spending Energy policy (SP199/03: Tabled) ... 565 (SP26/03: Tabled) ... 53 Condominiums Dept. of Municipal Affairs Inspection of ... 1194 Budget ... 1193–94 Constitution Act, 1982 Deputy minister's office budget ... 1194 Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 237–38 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1193–94 Consumer protection Support services ... 1194 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 353, 395, 558–59, Dept. of Solicitor General 1008–09, 1457, 1458 Estimates debated ... 1080 Consumers' Association of Canada (Alberta) Performance measures ... 1080 Auto insurance rate study ... 1735 Role of ... 1080 The Co-operators Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development General remarks ... 935 Capital assets disposal ... 1558 Crime rates Deputy Minister's office costs ... 1556–57 General remarks ... 1080 Equipment and inventory purchases ... 1557 Dams, Hydroelectric Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1556–58 General remarks ... 47–48 Information technology services ... 1557 Royalty revenue from ... 1108 Minister's office costs ... 1556–57 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Policy and planning division ... 1557 Use of surplus to pay down: Petition tabled re Regional offices ... 1557 (SP612/03) ... 1677–78 Revenue from "other revenue" ... 1558 Delegated administrative organizations Revenue from federal transfer payments ... 1558 General remarks ... 1194 Revenue from fees, premiums and licences ... 1558 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Salary costs ... 1557 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1603–05 Staffing ... 1557 Dept. of Energy Supplementary estimates 2003-04 (Forest fire Business plan ... 1457 control costs) ... 1556 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1456–58 Support services ... 1556 Information management systems ... 1457 242 2003 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) Electric power–Prices General remarks ... 353, 395, 1116, 1208, 1836–37, Chart documenting increase in (SP802/03: Tabled) 1959, 2009 ... 1942 Purchase of ATCO retail energy business ... 787 Deferral accounting re ... 713 Disabled Fluctuations in (SP144/03: Tabled) ... 361 Income support for: Petition re ... 302 General remarks ... 11–12, 208, 215, 645, 662, Discrimination–Age 1116, 1323–24, 1446, 1566, 1641, 1697, Older workers and workers' compensation ... 1022 1770–71, 2060 Discrimination–Geographic location Impact on seniors ... 208 Auto insurance premiums ... 1735, 1779 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients: Letter re Discrimination–Poor (SP504/03: Tabled) ... 1574 General remarks ... 811 Impact on small business ... 598, 607, 645, 662 Domestic violence Letter re (SP409/03: Tabled) ... 1213 General remarks ... 893 Rate riders re ... 1372 Economic development and the environment Electric power–Retail sales General remarks ... 1108 Billing systems re ... 1372 Edmonton Coalition against War and Racism Consumer education/protection re ... 353, 395, Recognition of ... 668 558–59, 1008–09, 1457, 1458 Education–Finance General remarks ... 353 Learning dept. document re (SP26/03: Tabled) ... 53 Electric power–Supply Letters re (SP231, 242-243, 262-263, 297-298, 312- General remarks ... 920 313, 323, 401/03: Tabled) ... 649–50, 671, 719, Electric power–Supply–Southern Alberta 792–93, 817, 859, 1172 General remarks ... 1640 Official Opposition document re (SP27/03: Tabled) Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) ... 53 Second reading ... 161–64, 175 Petitions tabled re (SP352 & 402/03) ... 964, 1172 Committee ... 323–25 Elections–Germany Third reading ... 773–75, 779–80, 782 Ballot from (SP261/03: Tabled) ... 719 Amendment (3r: recommittal to CoW) ... 759 Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment (SP225/03: Tabled) ... 626 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Amendment re net metering (SP227 & 256/03: Hancock) ... 870–72, 1000 Tabled) ... 632 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Letter re Amendments proposed (SP260/03: Tabled) ... 719 (SP87/03: Tabled) ... 216 General remarks ... 598 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Petition re Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 14: ... 938 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 694 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Statement Electric utilities, Municipally owned re ... 482 General remarks ... 47–48 Presentation to (SP145/03: Tabled) ... 361 Generating capacity restriction ... 11–12 Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Electric utilities–Regulations Third reading ... 1661–62 Deregulation ... 11–12, 47–48, 208, 558–59, Letter from Edmonton mayor re (SP575/03: Tabled) 598–99, 645, 662, 668, 713, 751, 960–61, 1116, ... 1652 1323–24, 1445–46, 1456–57, 1497, 1542, 1566, Electric power grid (Pacific Northwest) 1641, 1697, 1770–71, 1887, 1958–59, 2059–60 Alberta connection ro ... 2060 Deregulation: Kellan Fluckiger as consultant re ... Electric power lines 2059–60 Policy re ... 1640–41 Deregulation: Letter re (SP803/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Policy re: Submission to standing policy committee Deregulation: Publicity campaign re ... 1697 re (SP574/03: Tabled) ... 1652 Deregulation: Publicity campaign re, PAB request Electric power lines–Construction for proposal re (SP625/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Cost sharing of (re AEUB decision) ... 1445–46, Liberal party policies re ... 1697 1497, 1542, 1566, 1619–20 Electric utilities–Regulations–California Electric power, Coal-produced Deregulation ... 2059–60 Research into ... 918, 920–21 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Research into carbon dioxide capture during ... 2003 (Bill 201) 1108, 1109 Second reading ... 85 Electric power–Export Committee ... 366 General remarks ... 1566, 1619–20 Emergency Management Alberta Public hearings re ... 1566 General remarks ... 1194 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 243 MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Emergency planning Fisheries management General remarks ... 1194 Budget for ... 1557 EnCana Energy Forest fires–Control Coal-bed methane project ... 920 Costs ... 1556, 1557 Energy conservation Forest management General remarks ... 208 Budget for ... 1557 Recognition of ... 215 Fort MacKay First Nation Energy industry Labour agreement with Syncrude ... 1603 Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1457, 1603 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Diversification of ... 1458 General remarks ... 511 Public education re ... 1458 Workers' compensation requests under ... 1022 Energy industry–Crown lands Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Aboriginal use areas: Guidelines re ... 1457 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 1604 Committee ... 1525–27, 1535–37 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Third reading ... 1611–12 General remarks ... 1458 Amendment (SP481/03: Tabled) ... 1527 Energy industry–Northern Alberta Amendment (SP482/03: Tabled) ... 1535 General remarks ... 1457 Amendment (SP483/03: Tabled) ... 1536 Energy industry–Regulations Amendment (SP484/03: Tabled) ... 1537 Review of ... 1457 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Energy rebates Second reading ... 405–07, 415, 417 General remarks ... 1218 Committee ... 428–29, 591–92, 594, 652–53, Energy resources, Alternate 657–58 Research into ... 918 Third reading ... 732–33 Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18) Amendment (3r: reasoned amendment) ... 764 Second reading ... 795–96 Amendment (SP237/03: Tabled) ... 652 Committee ... 1431–34 General remarks ... 598 Third reading ... 1607–08 Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 15: Enmax Corporation Hancock) ... 651–52 Loan from Municipal Financing Corporation ... Gas utilities–Regulations 1887, 1959 Deregulation ... 598–99, 645, 713, 751, 1323–24 Enron Direct Limited Partnership Gas, Natural–Prices Provincial natural gas rebate to ... 70, 112 Deferral accounting re ... 751 Environmental law Depreciation costs as part of ... 787 Enforcement ... 1557 General remarks ... 112, 180, 208, 475, 751, Environmental Protection and Enhancement 1235–36, 1323–24, 1671 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) Impact of market competition on ... 1836–37 Committee ... 1727 Impact on seniors ... 1671–72, 1959 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Fund Impact on SFI/AISH recipients: Minister's memo re Investment income of ... 1558 (SP47/03: Tabled) ... 117 EPCOR Group of Companies Letters re (SP88, 409/03: Tabled) ... 216, 1213 Electric power rates: Deferral component, refunds Natural Gas Prices in the North American Market re ... 1372 (publication) (SP46/03: Tabled) ... 117 Electricity bill accuracy ... 961 Official Opposition press release re (SP132/03: General remarks ... 47–48 Tabled) ... 336 Excellence in Teaching Awards Petition re (SP783/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Recognition of ... 963 Gas, Natural–Prices–Calgary Family Law Act (Bill 45) General remarks ... 1936 Third reading ... 2089 Gas, Natural–Prices–Edmonton Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) General remarks ... 1936 Committee ... 2085 Gas, Natural–Retail sales Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Consumer education/protection re ... 353, 395, 1458 Second reading ... 150–51, 154, 156–57 General remarks ... 353 Third reading ... 280–82 Glaciers Fish ladder–Bow River Shrinking of ... 1109 Carseland area ladder: Maintenance on ... 1556, Government Emergency Operations Centre 1557 General remarks ... 1194 Fish populations–Alberta Government office space General remarks ... 1556 Leased space costs ... 1218 244 2003 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Insurance, Automobile (Continued) 13) Reform of ... 1735 Committee ... 319 Reform of: Letter re (SP782/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Third reading ... 806 Reform of: Official Opposition plan re ... 1778 H.R. Milner power plant Reform of: Statement re ... 1777–78 Power purchase arrangement taken over by Review of: Minister of Finance's letter re Balancing Pool ... 1167 (SP177/03: Tabled) ... 483 Health facilities–Maintenace and repair Statement re ... 792 Funding for ... 1218 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) Consumers' Association study of ... 1735 Committee ... 1204 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1735, 1779 Health sciences personnel–Law and legislation Increases in ... 935 Cabinet committee review of ... 248–49, 330–31 Insurance, Forest fire Hockey, Minor General remarks ... 1558 Volunteers for: Recognition of ... 507 Irrigation–Finance Homeless–Edmonton Dam royalty revenues for ... 1108 General remarks ... 1171 Kenilworth junior high school, Edmonton Homeless–Housing Budget cuts: Letters re (SP231-232/03: Tabled) ... Underexpended funds from SFI and AISH programs 649–50 used for (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... Upgrading of ... 1217 361–62 King's University College Horse racing Graduation ceremony program (SP470/03: Tabled) Lottery funding for ... 887–88, 937–38, 1023 ... 1454 Hospitals–Construction Research activities ... 918 Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Labour laws and legislation (SP612/03) ... 1677–78 General remarks ... 330–31 House buying Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Electricity rate issues as part of ... 1116 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) How True Canadians Really Feel (Document) Second reading ... 538–40, 542, 547–50, 553 General remarks ... 1239 Committee ... 584–86, 700–02 Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) Third reading ... 724–29 Committee ... 1434–36, 1438–39 Amendment (3r: reasoned amendment) ... 739 Third reading ... 1532–33 Amendment (3r: recommittal to CoW) ... 727 Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Amendment (3r: six month hoist) ... 742 Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Amendment (SP223/03: Tabled) ... 615 Second reading ... 831–32 Amendment (SP224/03: Tabled) ... 617 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Draft regulations re ... 435 Second reading ... 1854–56 General remarks ... 434–35, 1022–23 Committee ... 2026–28, 2030, 2044–48, 2051–52, Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 16: 2055 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 695–96 Third reading ... 2099, 2101–03 Labour Relations Code Amendment ... 1855, 2103 Review of: MLA committee re ... 248–49 Amendment (SP892/03: Tabled) ... 2027 Labour unions Amendment (SP893/03: Tabled) ... 2030 Elimination of ... 330–31 Amendment (SP894/03: Tabled) ... 2042 Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29) Amendment (SP896/03: Tabled) ... 2047 Second reading ... 803–04 Amendment (SP898/03: Tabled) ... 2049 Third reading ... 1612–13 Amendment (SP900/03: Tabled) ... 2051 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Insurance companies General remarks ... 1558 General remarks ... 935 Los Alamos National Laboratory Insurance, Automobile Clean coal technology research: Partnership with All-party committee to review (Motion 512: Alberta re ... 920–21, 1108 MacDonald) ... 1823–24, 1991 Low-income families Finance dept. review of (SP672/03: Tabled) ... 1779 Funding for: Petitions tabled re (SP502 & 573/03) Official Opposition policy re (SP648/03: Tabled) ...... 1574, 1652 1742 General remarks ... 887–88 Official Opposition policy re: Statement re ... MLA committee review of programs for ... 302 1777–78 MLA committee review of programs for: Petitions Public plan re ... 1778 presented re ... 508, 606–07, 719, 1892 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 245 MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Low-income families (Continued) Natural gas rebates (Continued) Transit pass subsidies for: Petitions presented re ... Reinstatement of: Petitions tabled re (SP410-411, 648 452-453, 503/03) ... 1213, 1405, 1574 Low-income seniors–Housing Natural Resources Conservation Board Seniors in subsidized housing: Impact of high utility Caseloads ... 1558 costs on ... 208 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1558 Mayfair Golf and Country Club Deficit ... 1558 WCB executives' membership in ... 1799 General remarks ... 1557–58 McNally high school, Edmonton Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Upgrading of ... 1217 Act, 2003 (Bill 51) Medical care, Private Second reading ... 1849–50 Usage of, by Workers' Compensation Board ... 1022 Committee ... 2005–06 Members of the Legislative Assembly Amendment (SP857/03: Tabled) ... 2006 Former members' association (Motion 511: Natural resources revenue Johnson) ... 1820 General remarks ... 1456 Members' apologies to the House Nurse practitioners–Northern Alberta General remarks ... 1338, 1377–78 General remarks ... 1604–05 Members' Statements (2003) Nurses–Education Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Interprovincial co-operation re ... 1022–23 benefits ... 51–52 Nurses–Law and legislation Automobile insurance premiums ... 792 Cabinet committee review of ... 248–49, 331 Automobile insurance reform ... 1777–78 Nurses–Northern Alberta Electoral boundaries ... 482 General remarks ... 1604–05 Provincial fiscal policies ... 937–38 Office of the Premier Members' withdrawal of remarks Premier's travel to London, UK ... 1958–59, 2009 General remarks ... 1338, 1377–78 Official Opposition Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9) Auto insurance policy (SP648/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Second reading ... 124–25 Auto insurance policy: Statement re ... 1777–78 Third reading ... 1442 Document re education funding (SP27/03: Tabled) Ministerial Statements (2003) ... 53 National Day of Mourning ... 1230 Electricity policy ... 1697 Ministers (Provincial government) High heating bills: Press release re (SP132/03: Number of ... 1080 Tabled) ... 336 Municipal finance Letter re firefighters' cancer coverage by WCB Government grants ... 1194 (SP86/03: Tabled) ... 216 Municipal Government Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Oil recovery methods 46) Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 918, 1108, 1109 Third reading ... 2089 Oral Question Period (2003) National Day of Mourning (Injured Workers) Alberta Insurance Council ... 1399–1400 Candlelight Ceremony program (SP426/03: Tabled) Aquila Networks Canada ... 1008–09 ... 1287 Automobile insurance rates ... 1735 Statement re ... 1230 Education property taxes ... 1005 Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) Electricity billing ... 1372 General remarks ... 180, 184, 190, 475, 1235–36, Electricity consultant ... 2059–60 1671 Electricity deregulation ... 11–12, 47–48, 1566, Natural gas rebate program (2001) 1770, 1887, 1958–59 Funds remaining from ... 184, 1218 Electricity prices ... 1116, 1770–71 General remarks ... 1671 Electricity transmission development policy ... 1497 Natural gas rebates Electricity transmission policy ... 1542, 1640–41 For agricultural users ... 1959 Electricity transmission system ... 1445–46, For seniors ... 1959 1619–20 General remarks ... 112, 180, 184, 297, 475, 645, Energy deregulation ... 598–99, 645, 662, 668, 713, 713, 1208–09, 1236, 1959 751, 960–61, 1323–24, 1697 Letter re (SP685/03: Tabled) ... 1802 Energy marketing ... 353, 395, 558–59 Reinstatement of: Petition tabled re (SP9/03) ... 16 Energy prices ... 208 Reinstatement of: Petitions tabled re (SP38, 72, 89, Enron ... 70 112, 133, 146, 178, 190, 241/03) ... 78, 189, 216, Enron natural gas rebate ... 112 302, 336, 361, 483, 509, 671 H. R. Milner power plant ... 1167 Health care labour legislation ... 248–49 246 2003 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Postsecondary educational institutions–Maintenance Health care workers' collective bargaining ... and repair 434–35 Funding for ... 1218 Income tax deduction for purchase of tools ... Power Pool Council 1046–47 Electricity pricing ... 1566 Insurance industry ... 935 Market report (electricity prices) (SP191-192/03: Labour legislation ... 330–31 Tabled) ... 509 Natural gas marketing ... 1836–37 Market surveillance administrator: Annual report, Natural gas prices ... 180, 787, 1235–36, 1671, 1936 2002 (SP351/03: Tabled) ... 964 Natural gas rebates ... 184, 297, 475, 1208–09, 1959 Privilege Premier's trip to the United Kingdom ... 2009 Allegations against a member (Hate literature Social assistance rates ... 811 allegation) (Not proceeded with) ... 1288–89, Support for low-income Albertans ... 887–88 1333–34, 1338 Workers' Compensation Board ... 1799 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Workplace safety ... 851 proceeded with) ... 1239–40 Peace activists Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature): Recognition of ... 668 Correspondence re (SP417/03: Tabled) ... 1239 Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Member's apology ... 1377–78 Second reading ... 1746–47 Profile of Alberta Seniors (Document) Committee ... 1994–96, 1997–2000 Copy tabled (SP213/03) ... 607 Amendment A3 (SP855/03: Tabled) ... 2000 Provincial/Municipal Council on Roles, Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Responsibilities and Resources in the 21st Century, AISH rate increase ... 402 Minister's Electoral Boundaries Commission report ... 938 General remarks ... 1194 Low Income Programs Review recommendations ... Public Affairs Bureau 508, 606–07, 719, 1892 Publicity campaign re electricty deregulation ... Low-income disabled income increase ... 302 1697 Transit pass subsidies for low-income people ... 648 Publicity campaign re electricty deregulation: PAB Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) request for proposal re (SP625/03: Tabled) ... Budget surplus use for capital project funding 1703 (SP612/03) ... 1677–78 Public assistance Education funding (SP352/03) ... 964 Rate increase ... 811 Energy rebates reinstatement (SP38, 72, 89, 112, Public lands 133, 146, 178, 190, 241/03) ... 78, 121, 189, 216, Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute 302, 336, 361, 483, 509, 671 over ... 1604 Energy rebates reinstatement (SP410-411, 452-453, Dispositions of ... 1557 503/03) ... 1213, 1405, 1574 Management of ... 1557 Energy rebates reinstatement (SP9/03) ... 16 Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) Low-income families, funding for (SP502 & Second reading ... 1782–83 573/03) ... 1574, 1652 Third reading ... 2092 Natural gas prices (SP783/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Public security (Buildings/infrastructure) SFI/AISH benefit levels increase (SP624/03) ... General remarks ... 1194 1703 Ram River dam Pine shake roofing–Research Royalty revenue from ... 1108 ARC involvement ... 922 Rangeland, Public Point of Order General remarks ... 1557 Allegations against a member ... 939, 1052 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7) Allegations against a member (Natural Gas Price Third reading ... 1441 Protection Act comments) ... 190 Reclamation of land Bills containing similar provisions ... 1826 Coal mine sites ... 1108 Imputing motives ... 163, 1052 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) General remarks ... 147, 215, 507, 668, 893, 963, Insulting language ... 727 1171, 1238, 1800 Questioning a member ... 324 Regional health authorities Relevance ... 406, 654 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining Tabling a cited document ... 305 negotiations ... 248–49, 330–31, 434–35, 1022–23 Police, Provincial Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 532 negotiations, Letter re (SP400/03: Tabled) ... Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) 1172 Third reading ... 2093–94 Elected boards of, dismissed ... 1193–94 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 247 MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) (Continued) (Continued) Regional Transmission Organization West Supports for independence program (Continued) Alberta participation ... 1620 Utility costs component: Minister's memo re Research and development (SP47/03: Tabled) ... 117 General remarks ... 921 Surface Rights Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 4, 2001) Right to strike–Health sciences personnel General remarks ... 1558 General remarks ... 434 Surface Rights Board and Land Compensation Board Right to strike–Nurses General remarks ... 1558 General remarks ... 434 Surplus, Budgetary Right to work Use for infrastructure funding: Petition tabled re General remarks ... 330–31 (SP612/03) ... 1677–78 Road construction–Finance Swan Hills Treatment Centre Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Sale of ... 1218 (SP612/03: Tabled) ... 1677–78 Sweaters Royalty structure (Energy resources) Recognition of ... 215 Auditor General's comments re ... 1457 Syncrude Canada Ltd. General remarks ... 1456–57 Aboriginal programs ... 1603 Reduction programs ... 1458 Workplace safety record ... 1230 Review of ... 1457 Tax incentives Rural electrification associations Tools (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1046–47 General remarks ... 1770 Teachers–Laws and legislation Safety Codes Act General remarks ... 249, 330–31 General remarks ... 1194 Timber–Royalties Sand and gravel–Prices General remarks ... 1558 General remarks ... 1194 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Committee ... 1830–31 2003 (Bill 203) Tools Third reading ... 824 Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) Schools–Construction ... 1046–47 Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Tourism (SP612/03) ... 1677–78 Impact of industrial development on ... 1108 Schools–Maintenance and repair Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Funding for ... 1218 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14) Second reading ... 1251–52 Committee ... 1202–03 Third reading ... 1806 Senior citizens' lodges–Maintenance and repair TransAlta Utilities Corporation Funding for ... 1218–19 General remarks ... 47 Small business Tuition fees Impact of electricity prices on ... 598, 607, 645, 662 Letters re (SP60, 200/03: Tabled) ... 148, 565 Impact of natural gas prices on ... 645 Unemployment–Aboriginal peoples Solar power General remarks ... 1603 General remarks ... 918 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Special Areas Trust Account America General remarks ... 1194 Local 1325: Recognition of ... 147 Speech from the Throne United Nurses of Alberta Debate ... 40–41 Contract negotiations: Letter re (SP400/03: Tabled) Suncor Inc. ... 1172 Expansion ... 1227 University of Alberta Expansion: Environmental aspects ... 918 Tuition fees: Letter re (SP60/03: Tabled) ... 148 Superintendent of Insurance Vermaas, Bernadette General remarks ... 935 Recognition of ... 1800 Supports for independence program Victims of crime Changes to: Documents re (M10/03: Defeated) ... Assistance programs: Funding for ... 1080 514 Volumetric and infrastructure petroleum information Rate increase ... 811, 887–88, 937–38, 1023 registry Rate increase: Petition tabled re (SP573 & General remarks ... 1456–57 SP624/03) ... 1652, 1703 Volunteers Underexpended funds from, used for homeless In minor hockey ... 507 housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... Water resources development 361–62 Outside Alberta initiatives re ... 1108 248 2003 Hansard Speaker Index MacDonald, Mr. Hugh (L, Edmonton-Gold Bar) Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill) (Continued) (Continued) Firefighters Water tables Recognition of ... 1800–01 Impact of coal-bed methane production on ... 920 Statement re ... 51 Way of the Cross Easter walk Insurance Act Recognition of ... 1171 Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336 Widows–Pensions Loan and Trust Corporations Act Underexpended funds from, used for homeless Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336 housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... Members' Statements (2003) 361–62 Alberta's firefighters ... 51 Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Second reading ... 1847–48 Firefighters' cancers coverage by workers Wildlife management compensation ... 77 Budget for ... 1557 Public Service Pension Plans Act Wind power Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336 General remarks ... 918, 1456 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Workers' compensation General remarks ... 1800–01 General remarks ... 1799 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Act, 2003 (Bill 202) First reading ... 53 Second reading ... 223–24 Second reading ... 219–20, 231–32 Committee ... 516, 518–19 Committee ... 514–15, 519, 525–26 Third reading ... 818–19 Third reading ... 817–18, 822 Official Opposition letter re (SP86/03: Tabled) ... Amendment (SP194/03: Tabled) ... 514 216 Workers' Compensation Act Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2002 (Bill Coverage of firefighters' cancers ... 51 26, 2002) Coverage of firefighters' cancers: Petition re ... 77 General remarks ... 1021 Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18-methoxycoronaridine (Drug) 38) Research into ... 1961 Second reading ... 1714 A-Fujian influenza strain Third reading ... 2087 Coverage by current flu shots ... 1939 Workers' Compensation Board Alberta Aids to Daily Living Coverage of older workers ... 1022 General remarks ... 1646 Employers' premiums ... 1021–22, 1799 Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission FOIP request responses ... 1022 Drug abuse prevention programs ... 332, 1961 Golf course fees for executives of ... 1799 Alberta Association of Registered Nurses Long standing claims issue ... 1022 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP822/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Private health providers usage: Costs ... 1022 Alberta Association of Registered Occupational Workplace safety Therapists Call centre re ... 1022 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP17/03: Tabled) ... 53 General remarks ... 1022, 1230 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP825/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Substance abuse related incidents ... 851 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Magnus, Richard (PC, Calgary-North Hill) Drug benefits ... 1290, 1294 Alberta Treasury Branches Act Alberta Cancer Board Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336 Equipment funding for ... 1290 Cancer in firefighters Funding for ... 1290 General remarks ... 51 Alberta Children's Provincial General Hospital Workers' compensation coverage of ... 51 Renovations funding ... 1291 Workers' compensation coverage of: Legislation re Alberta College of Medical Laboratory Technologists (Bill 202) ... 51, 53 Annual report, 2002 (SP819/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Workers' compensation coverage of: Petition re ... Alberta College of Pharmacists 77 Annual report,2002-03 (SP823/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Credit Union Act Alberta College of Social Workers Amendment of (Bill 12) ... 336 Annual report, 2002 (SP824/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and 12) Audiologists First reading ... 336 Annual report, 2002 (SP820/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Second reading ... 403–04 Alberta Dental Assistants Association Third reading ... 1492 Annual report, 2002 (SP818/03: Tabled) ... 1943 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 249 Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Dental Association and College Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Annual report, 2001-02 (SP18/03: Tabled) ... 53 Region (Continued) Alberta Dental Hygienists' Association Internal review of Vince Motta case ... 1165–66, Annual report, 2002 (SP817/02: Tabled) ... 1943 1170, 1236–37 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Mold contamination problem at Foothills Hospital Midwifery services coverage ... 1048 ... 1118, 1211, 1232, 1280–81, 1325–26, 1370 Physiotherapy coverage ... 477–78 New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums ... 1841, 1888 General remarks ... 209, 1289 Nursing overtime costs ... 185 Alberta Health Facilities Review Committee Partnership in Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Annual report, 2001-02 (SP19/03: Tabled) ... 53 Eng. ... 1797, 2061–62 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Privatization initiatives ... 1841 Drug addiction research funding ... 1961 Canada Health Act Alberta Hospital, Edmonton General remarks ... 1886, 1887 General remarks ... 1299 Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal Alberta Hospital, Ponoka government) Future status of ... 1299 Health accord funding element ... 10 Privatization of ... 1299 Canada health transfer (Proposed) Alberta Medical Association General remarks ... 10 Doctors' fee agreement ... 1699 Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse Doctors' fee negotiations ... 1290, 1292, 1301 Report on social cost of abuse ... 1961 Alberta Mental Health Board Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation Funding for ... 1290 General remarks ... 1282 Provision of provincewide programs ... 561 Capital Health Authority Transfer of services to regional health authorities ... Annual report, 2001-02 (SP45/03: Tabled) ... 117 561, 1299 Billing problems re out-of-region patients ... 210–11 Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Board composition ... 209–10 Complaints re mold contamination situation at Board composition: Tory caucus role re ... 503 Foothills Hospital ... 1281, 1325–26 Death of patient at Mill Woods extended care Alberta Wellnet (Health information network) facility, Investigation of ... 212 General remarks ... 1299–1300 Funding ... 1235, 1887 Alzheimer's General remarks ... 1290 Provincial initiative re ... 252 Northern Alberta services ... 1887 Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng. Capital projects Calgary health region/private partners consortium re Public/private partnerships re ... 1888 ... 1797, 2061–62 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) Arbitration (Labour relations) West Nile virus prevention protocol ... 856 Nurses' bargaining situation ... 1891 Centre of excellence in bone and joint care (Foothills Asbestos hospital, Calgary) Contamination problem in Foothills hospital ... General remarks ... 1291, 1397 397–98 Centre of excellence in cardiac care (University Aspen Regional Health Authority [New boundary] hospital, Edmonton) Community health councils in ... 1797 General remarks ... 1291, 1397 Funding for ... 1299 Charles Camsell Hospital General remarks ... 1290 Conversion to long-term care facility ... 1774, 1839 Auditor General Sale of ... 1774, 1839–40 Health care billings between RHA's, Review of ... Chinook Regional Health Authority [New boundary] 210–11 Funding for ... 1290 Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel Region General remarks ... 958, 1292 Asbestos contamination situation ... 397–98 Streamlining of ... 249–50, 294 Chief Executive Officer salary ... 1841 Collective bargaining–Nurses Deficit financing ... 1841 General remarks ... 958, 1290, 1292, 1699, 1890–91 Emergency services ... 1003–04, 1005, 1045, 1166, Overtime costs issue ... 185 1170 Provincial advertising re ... 1890–91 Funding ... 1235, 1290, 1886–87 Streamlining of ... 249–50, 294 Holy Cross hospital air quality ... 1569 College of Alberta Psychologists Inclusion of Didsbury hospital in ... 936 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP826/03: Tabled) ... 1943 250 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) (Continued) (Continued) College of Dietitians of Alberta Drug abuse–Treatment Annual report, 2002-03 (SP821/02: Tabled) ... 1943 General remarks ... 1961 College of Physical Therapists of Alberta Use of Ibogaine re ... 1961 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP324/03: Tabled) ... 859 Drugs, Prescription College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta National formulary re ... 1294, 1295 Patient safety initiatives ... 1296 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Private surgical procedures, safety of ... 1295 Federal funding ... 10 Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada Provincial funding ... 1290–91, 1294, 1373 Report (Building on Values) ... 1289, 1293, 1294 Education–Curricula Committee on Justice and Human Rights, House of Health and life skills courses ... 1291 Commons Standing Emergency medical technicians Emergency personnel exposure to blood-borne Review of role of ... 1292 pathogens, recommendation re ... 506 Emergency services personnel Committees, Government-appointed Exposure to communicable diseases ... 506, 1208 Costs of health related committees (M3/03: Exposure to communicable diseases: Ontario Accepted) ... 513 legislation re ... 506, 1208 Communicable diseases–Control Enbrel (Drug) General remarks ... 1119, 1232 Coverage under health care plan ... 1290, 1294 Responses to questions on (SP459/03: Tabled) ... Expert Advisory Panel to Review Publically Funded 1405 Health Services Community health councils Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... Membership on ... 1797 513, 1652 Community health services–Employees MRI services utilization review ... 1293, 1498 Shortages ... 249 Report ... 477–78 Community rehabilitation programs (Physical therapy) Extended care facilities General remarks ... 478 Patient drug administration issues re ... 788 Conflict of interest Patient safety issues re ... 212 Private MRI clinics and MRI utilization rates ... Provision of, at Charles Camsell Hospital ... 1774 1498 Separation of spouses in ... 1842 Correctional institutions Extended care facilities–Fees Infectious diseases in ... 1119 Increase in ... 252 Infectious diseases in: Responses to questions re Extended care facilities–Finance (SP459/03: Tabled) ... 1405 General remarks ... 252 Crystal methamphetamine (Drug) Extended care facilities–Mill Woods, Edmonton General remarks ... 332 Death of patient at: Investigation of ... 212 Dependent Adults Act Family physicians–Supply Relation to Mental Health Act ... 788 General remarks ... 716 Dept. of Health and Wellness Fatality inquiries Annual report, 2002-03, Sections I and II (SP753- Vince Motta case ... 1003–04, 1005, 1045, 1165–66, 754/03: Tabled) ... 1893 1170 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (M6/03: First Ministers' conference, Ottawa, January 2003 Response tabled as SP593/03) ... 513, 1652 Federal health funding accord ... 9–10, 1289–90, Estimates debated ... 1289–96, 1298–1301 1295 Performance measures ... 1292, 1300 Food safety–Fees Senior staff credit card statements: Details re Collection of, by regional health authorities ... 355, (M7/03: Defeated) ... 513 440–41 Diabetes strategy Foothills Provincial General Hospital General remarks ... 1673 Asbestos contamination situation ... 397–98 Diabetes–Aboriginal peoples Equipment transferred to other facilites, Testing of Strategy re ... 1291 ... 1370 Diagnostic imaging services Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit ... 1118, Federal funding ... 10, 1293, 1398 1211, 1232, 1280–81, 1325–26, 1370 Review of ... 1293, 1300 Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit: Didsbury hospital Committee to investigate ... 1370 Inclusion in Calgary health region ... 936 Forensic psychiatry Diversion (Mentally disabled offenders) General remarks ... 1290, 1299 Calgary pilot project re ... 891–92 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act General remarks ... 1939 General remarks ... 513 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 251 Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Guardianship (Dependent adults) Hospitals–Emergency services Guardian's access to medical information ... 601 General remarks ... 1166 Health facilities–Construction Wait times at ... 1292, 1673 Funding for ... 1291 Ibogaine (Drug) Public/private partnerships re ... 1301 Research into ... 1961 Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8) Immunization First reading ... 52 Influenza ... 1939 Second reading ... 122 Meningitis (Provincial campaign) ... 1206, 1289 Third reading ... 1442 Pandemic influenza plan ... 1939 Health Information Act Information and Privacy Commissioner Confidentiality provisions re private sector ... 853 Physician prescribing patterns, Prohibition on sale Emergency personnel protection provisions ... 506 of information re ... 852 Guardians' access to medical information provisions Insurance, Malpractice–Midwives ... 601 General remarks ... 1048 Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative First reading ... 117 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Second reading ... 261–62, 268 Estimates debated ... 465 Third reading ... 1492 Laboratories, Medical–Finance General remarks ... 142–43 General remarks ... 1644 Health Link phone line Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities General remarks ... 10, 1045, 1166, 1170, 1291, Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) 1292, 1397, 1673–74 Second reading ... 537–38 Health ministers' meeting (Provincial / federal / Labour supply territorial), December 2002 General remarks ... 480 Patient safety discussions ... 1296 Lakeland Health Region [Old boundary] Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 52) Funds transfer with Capital Health Authority ... First reading ... 1741 210–11 Second reading ... 1944 General remarks ... 1299 Third reading ... 2092 Long-Term Care Review Advisory Committee Health Reform Implementation Team Final report ... 252 Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... Low-income families 513, 1652 General remarks ... 209 Health sciences personnel Magnetic resonance imaging General remarks ... 1207 Guidelines for use of ... 1293 Health sciences personnel–Education Training in operation of ... 1294 General remarks ... 1294, 1673 Utilization of ... 1291, 1293 Health sciences personnel–Law and legislation Utilization of: Review ... 1398, 1498 Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 294 Waiting lists re ... 1293, 1397–98 Health sciences personnel–Supply Magnetic resonance imaging clinics, Private General remarks ... 249–50, 1210 Role in MRI utilization rates ... 1498 Health Services Utilization and Outcomes Commission Medical care MRI services utilization review ... 1293, 1498 24-hour service re ... 1673 Healthy U (Health promotion campaign) Access to ... 1235, 1673 General remarks ... 1289, 1699, 1890 Impact of aging population on ... 1291 Holy Cross Hospital Restructuring ... 1291, 1699, 1887 Air quality in ... 1569 Medical care, Primary Mold contamination tests at ... 1569 General remarks ... 1295, 1699 Renovation problems (Health and safety violations) Team-based care ... 1300–01 ... 559, 602 Medical care, Primary–Finance Home care program Federal funding ... 10 General remarks ... 252, 1294 General remarks ... 1673 Home care program–Finance Medical care, Private Federal funding ... 10 Cost-effectiveness of ... 1295 Hospitals General remarks ... 213, 1295, 1373, 1888 Sale of, to finance labour settlements ... 958 Medical care–Finance Hospitals–Calgary Federal funding ... 9–10, 1289–90, 1890 New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 1841, General remarks ... 888, 958, 1235, 1289–90, 1292, 1888 1373 252 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Medical care–Finance (Continued) Nurses MLA committee to review: Costs (M3/03: General remarks ... 1207 Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513, 1652 Nurses–Education Overseas initiatives' contribution to ... 1797 General remarks ... 480, 715–16, 1294, 1673 Medical care–Finance–Rural areas Nurses–Law and legislation General remarks ... 1235 Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 294 Medical care–Rural areas Nurses–Supply Action plan re ... 1290, 1292 General remarks ... 249–50, 480, 1210 Medical equipment–Finance Occupational Health and Safety Act General remarks ... 1290 Private surgical facilities' compliance with ... 602 Medical errors Official Opposition Centre to reduce and report on ... 1296 Health care policy ... 1888 General remarks ... 1296 Oral Question Period (2003) Monitoring of ... 1281–82 Administration of psychotropic drugs ... 788 Medical officers of health Aids to daily living program ... 1646 Tenure conditions ... 755–56 Air quality at Holy Cross hospital ... 1569 Medical profession Anglo-Canadian clinics ... 1797 Marketing campaigns to ... 852 Asbestos abatement at the Foothills hospital ... Medical profession–Education 397–98 General remarks ... 480, 715–16, 1291, 1294 Assisted care facility review ... 212 Medical profession–Fees Calgary diversion project ... 891–92 Agreement re ... 1699 Calgary health region review ... 1165–66, 1170 Alternative payment schemes ... 1300–01 Calgary regional health authority ... 1841, 1886–87 Funding for ... 1373 Capital regional health authority board ... 209–10 Negotiations re ... 1290, 1292, 1301 Charles Camsell hospital ... 1774, 1839–40 Medical profession–Supply Community health councils ... 1797 General remarks ... 480, 715–16, 1210, 1673 Crystal methamphetamine ... 332 Medical records, Electronic Drug addiction research ... 1961 General remarks ... 142–43, 1289, 1299–1300, 1699 Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 Legislation re (Bill 10) ... 117 Elective surgery wait lists ... 888 Medical records–Access issues Electronic health records ... 142–43 Fees ... 601 Emergency services in Calgary health region ... Guardians' access rights ... 601 1003–04, 1005, 1045 Medical records–Collection Emergency services workers ... 506 Legislation re (Bill 52) ... 1741 Federal health care funding ... 9–10 Medical records–Confidentiality Flu shot campaign ... 1939 General remarks ... 142–43, 852–53 Food establishment permit fees ... 355 Legislation re (Bill 52) ... 1741 Food permit fees ... 440–41 Mental Health Act Health authorities' advertising campaign ... 1210 Relation to Dependent Adults Act ... 788 Health care funding ... 1373 Mental health services Health care labour legislation ... 249–50, 294 Transfer to regional health authorities ... 561, 1289, Health care labour relations ... 958, 1699, 1890–91 1290, 1299 Health care services ... 1673–74 Mental health services–Aboriginal people Health care waiting lists ... 1397–98 General remarks ... 1290, 1299 Health region boundaries ... 936 Midwives and midwifery Health regions' funding formula ... 1235 Coverage by health care plan ... 1048 Health safety of police and emergency workers ... Mistahia Regional Health Authority [Old boundary] 1208 Annual report, 2002 (SP539/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Holy Cross hospital renovations ... 559 Mosquito control programs Infectious diseases in corrections facilities ... 1119 General remarks ... 560, 855–56, 1645 Labour supply ... 480 Motta, Vincenzo Dominic Legal guardians' access to medical information ... Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 1003–04, 1005, 601 1045, 1165–66, 1170, 1292 Long-term care facilities ... 252, 1842 National Patient Safety Foundation (U.S.) Low-income Albertans ... 209 General remarks ... 1296 Magnetic resonance imaging ... 1498 Northern Lights Health Region [New boundary] Medical officers of health ... 755–56 Funding for ... 1235, 1290 Medical school tuition fees ... 715–16 Mental health services ... 561 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 253 Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Public Health Appeal Board Midwifery services ... 1048 Annual report, 2002 (SP93/03: Tabled) ... 257 Monitoring medical errors ... 1281–82 Public inquiries Mosquito control program ... 560, 1645 Vince Motta case ... 1165–66 Personal health information ... 852–53 Quarantine Physiotherapy programs ... 477–78 General remarks ... 853 Private surgical facility contracts ... 602 Red Deer Regional Hospital Regional health authorities' billings ... 210–11 Upgrading ... 1291 Regional health authority boards ... 213 Regional health authorities Regional Health Authority human resource costs ... Agent of the Crown fundraising foundations: Repeal 185 of (Bill 8) ... 52 Severe acute respiratory syndrome ... 558, 853, Aids to Daily Living services ... 1646 1232 Billing problems re out-of-region patients ... 210–11 Severe acute respiratory syndrome and West Nile Boundary changes ... 936, 1289, 1290, 1299 virus ... 1207 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining Southeast Calgary hospital ... 1888 negotiations ... 249–50, 294 Street divergence program ... 1939 Business plans/service contracts with Health dept. Telehealth ... 1644 ... 1291–92 Toxic mold in Foothills medical centre ... 1118, Committee on collaboration re services of: Costs 1211, 1232, 1280–81, 1325–26, 1370 (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513, U.K./Calgary Regional Health Authority consortium 1652 ... 2061–62 Deficit financing ... 1890 West Nile virus ... 855–56, 1644 Elected boards of ... 213 Palliser Health Authority/Region [New boundary] Food establishment permit fees, Collection of ... Funding for ... 1290 355, 440–41 Medical officer of health situation ... 756 Funding formula: Population-based ... 1886 Patient safety General remarks ... 1890 Canadian foundation for ... 1296 Isolation facilities ... 853 General remarks ... 1296 Labour settlements costs ... 958 Peace Country Health [New boundary] Medical error monitoring ... 1281–82, 1296 General remarks ... 1290 Mental health services transferred to ... 561, 1289, Pharmaceutical errors 1290, 1299 General remarks ... 1296 Nurses contract negotiations: Overtime issue ... 185 Pharmaceutical information network Nursing overtime costs ... 185 General remarks ... 1289, 1300 Privatization initiatives ... 1774 Physical fitness–Teaching Provincewide services ... 1290 Daily mandatory courses ... 1890 Sale of facilities to finance labour settlements ... 958 Physical therapy Regional Health Authority No. 5 [Old boundary] Coverage under health care plan ... 477–78 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP20/03: Tabled) ... 53 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Remicade (Drug) Committees under: Costs (M3/03: Response tabled Coverage under health care plan ... 1290, 1294 as SP592/03) ... 513, 1652 Right to strike–Nurses General remarks ... 1290, 1291, 1294 General remarks ... 249 Recommendations (A Framework for Reform) ... Rosehaven Care Centre 355, 1166, 1397, 1699, 1797 General remarks ... 1290 Preventive medical services Royal Alexandra Hospital General remarks ... 1207, 1289, 1673 Redevelopment of ... 1291, 1397 Progressive Conservative caucus–Edmonton Senior citizens–Housing Role of ... 503 Assisted living concept ... 1842 Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta Seniors' issues Labour negotiations: Advertising campaign re ... General remarks ... 252 1210, 1699, 1890–91 Severe acute respiratory syndrome Provincial Laboratory of Public Health General remarks ... 558, 755–56, 853, 856, 1206, Funding ... 1232 1232 West Nile testing facilities ... 1644 Response planning for ... 1289 Psychotropic drugs Smoking–Prevention Administration of ... 788 General remarks ... 1699, 1890 Public Health Act Suicide–Prevention Isolation orders provisions ... 853 General remarks ... 1290 254 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Mar, Hon. Gary G. (PC, Calgary-Nose Creek) Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) (Continued) (Continued) Surgery waiting lists Children from broken marriages General remarks ... 888 Access to ... 600 Web site re ... 1291, 1300, 1699 Clark, Mr. Bob Surgical services, Private Recognition of ... 756 Compliance with occupational health and safety Constitution Act, 1982 regulations ... 602 Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 238–39 Provision of, at Charles Camsell Hospital ... 1774 Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Telehealth services Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism General remarks ... 1644 (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1263–64 Tobacco–Taxation Didsbury hospital General remarks ... 1289 Inclusion in Calgary health region ... 936 Tuition fees Inclusion in Calgary health region: Letters re (SP99- For medical students ... 715–16 100, 331, 343, 372, 568/03) ... 257, 893, 964, United Nurses of Alberta 1052, 1651 Complaints re mold contamination situation at Inclusion in Calgary health region: Petition tabled re Foothills Hospital ... 1281, 1325–26 (SP57/03) ... 148 Contract negotiations: Overtime issue ... 185 Electoral Boundaries Commission University of Calgary Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Partnership in Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Hancock) ... 880, 925 Eng. ... 1797 Electric power–Prices Vaccines–Finance Impact on hog producers ... 47 Cutbacks ... 1232 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, General remarks ... 1289 2003 (Bill 201) Wages–Nurses Second reading ... 91 Overtime costs ... 185 Third reading ... 674 Waiting lists (Medical care) Farm equipment dealerships General remarks ... 9, 1045, 1397–98, 1673 Legislation re (Bill 55) ... 1966 West Nile virus Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) Control methods for ... 560, 855–56, 1645 First reading ... 1966 General remarks ... 755–56, 1206, 1232, 1644 Second reading ... 2021–22 Physician/public education program re ... 560, Committee ... 2084–86 755–56, 1644 Third reading ... 2092–93 Response planning for ... 1289 Farm income disaster program (Alberta) WestView Regional Health Authority [Old boundary] Application to hog producers ... 46–47, 1371–72 General remarks ... 1299 Fines (Traffic violations) World Health Organization Revenue from: Allocation of ... 184 Alert issued re severe acute respiratory syndrome ... Hay–Transportation 558 Load securement standards: Harmonization of ... Flu vaccine report ... 1939 1889 West Nile virus protocol ... 856 Load securement standards: Harmonization of Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) (Western provinces memorandum of 4-H clubs understanding re) ... 1889 General remarks ... 1404 Heuver, Mr. Henry 4-H Premier's award Recognition of ... 1050–51 Recognition of ... 1404 Hog industry Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial) Assistance programs ... 46–47, 1371–72 General remarks ... 47 Horses and West Nile virus Agriculture General remarks ... 1646 Assistance programs ... 46–47 Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Amendment (SP460/03: Tabled) ... 1440 Region Amendments (SP461-464/03: Tabled) ... 1440 Inclusion of Didsbury hospital in ... 936 Livestock Inclusion of Didsbury hospital in: Letters re (SP99- Tracking system re ... 960 100, 331, 343, 372, 568/03) ... 257, 893, 964, Livestock brands–Inspection 1052, 1651 General remarks ... 960 Inclusion of Didsbury hospital in: Petition tabled re Livestock industry (SP57/03) ... 148 Review of ... 960 Canadian Finals Rodeo Maintenance (Domestic relations) Recognition of winners at ... 1892 General remarks ... 600 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 255 Marz, Richard (PC, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills) Maskell, Mr. Bob (PC, Edmonton-Meadowlark) (Continued) A-Fujian influenza strain Net income stabilization account (Farm income Coverage by current flu shots ... 1939 program) Aboriginal youth suicide General remarks ... 1118 General remarks ... 1621 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Alberta Ballet Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Recognition of ... 1170 Committee ... 1973 Statement re ... 1010 Olds College Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission 90th Anniversary of ... 962 Enoch First Nation's casino application approval ... General remarks ... 1050–51 1167 Oral Question Period (2003) Alberta Gaming Research Institute Enforcement of access orders ... 600 Gambling-related crime study ... 1167 Farm income diaster program ... 1371–72 Alberta's Commission on Learning Farm income support programs ... 46–47 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Health region boundaries ... 936 1697 Livestock industry review ... 960 Auditor General Load securement standards ... 1889 Departmental emergency preparedness plans Net income stabilization account ... 1118 comments ... 643 Police services ... 183–84 Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta West Nile virus ... 251, 1646 Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Organized crime–Prevention (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1425–26 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1263–64 Dept. of Learning Peters, Mr. Clarence Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1065 Recognition of ... 2066 Early literacy programs (Pre-school) Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Aboriginal children ... 1496 Didsbury hospital inclusion in Calgary health Education authority (SP57/03) ... 148 General remarks ... 399 Police–Finance Education–Curricula General remarks ... 183–84 General remarks ... 1065 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Education–Finance Second reading ... 67 General remarks ... 399, 1697 Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal Letters re (SP408 & 518/03: Tabled) ... 1213, 1625 Awarding of ... 756 Emergency planning Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) General remarks ... 643 General remarks ... 669, 756, 962, 1050–51, 1404, Enoch First Nation 1892, 2066 Destination resort and casino, west Edmonton ... Regional health authorities 1167 Boundary changes ... 936 Gambling-related crime–Prevention Schnurer, Danielle General remarks ... 1167 Recognition of ... 1404 Gasoline stations School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly 2003 (Bill 203) (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1429, 1593–94 Committee ... 681–82 Governor General's literary award for children's Third reading ... 826–27 literature Speech from the Throne Recognition of ... 1965 Debate ... 27–28 Heritage Classic hockey game, Edmonton (November Terrorist attacks–Prevention 22, 2003) Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1263–64 Arts component: Recognition of ... 1892 Thompson, Deanna Huser, Glen Recognition of ... 669 Recognition of ... 1965 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Immunization Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Influenza ... 1939 Second reading ... 1253–54 Iraq West Nile virus Military action against ... 643 Control methods for ... 1646 Military action against: Travel restrictions re ... General remarks ... 251 602–03 Horses contracting of ... 1646 Lewis, Ann Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Recognition of ... 1170 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Second reading ... 229–30 Medicine Wheel Early Learning Centre Committee ... 520 General remarks ... 1496 256 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Maskell, Mr. Bob (PC, Edmonton-Meadowlark) Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) (Continued) (Continued) Members of the Legislative Assembly Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity Former members' association (Motion 511: Draft report (SP628/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Johnson) ... 1599, 1819–20 Report ... 1696, 1738 Members' Statements (2003) Revised mandate to review billing problems ... Alberta Ballet ... 1010 1548, 1570 Ministerial Task Force on Security Revised mandate to review billing problems: News General remarks ... 643 release re (SP512/03: Tabled) ... 1574 Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) Counties Second reading ... 1413–14 Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution: Copy Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment tabled (SP667/03) ... 1778–79 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Alberta Capital Finance Authority Committee ... 1972–73 General remarks ... 1093 Oral Question Period (2003) Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) Aboriginal youth suicide ... 1621 Second reading ... 1720–22 Early learning programs ... 1496 Third reading ... 1789 Education funding ... 1697 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Education system ... 399 ATCO electricity flow-through pricing option ... Emergency preparedness ... 643 957 Flu shot campaign ... 1939 Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire Gambling-related crime prevention ... 1167 charges) decisions ... 1447–48, 1458 High-speed rail link ... 935–36 Enmax rate increase approval ... 1738 International travel restrictions ... 602–03 Enmax rate increase approval: News release re Organized crime–Prevention (SP635/03: Tabled) ... 1741 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1425–26 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton/Calgary Deflation-proofing of ... 906 Study re ... 935–36 Investment asset mix ... 903 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation General remarks ... 1170, 1892, 1965 P3 entities' access to funding from ... 1093 School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Retained earnings of, transferred to General 2003 (Bill 203) Revenue Fund ... 1048–49 Committee ... 683–85 Retained earnings of, transferred to General Third reading ... 827–28 Revenue Fund: Financial report comments re School groups (SP382/03: Tabled) ... 1052 Travel restrictions for ... 602 Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Amendment School of Alberta Ballet Act, 2003 (Bill 20) Statement re ... 1010 Third reading ... 1608 Stitches. Stitches. (Novel) Letter re (SP386/03: Tabled) ... 1096 Recognition of ... 1965 Alberta Rural Utilities Association Teachers Comments on electricity deregulation ... 1495 General remarks ... 399 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Terrorist attacks–Prevention AMFC funding, P3 entities' access to ... 1093 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1425–26 AMFC funding, P3 entities' access to: Letter re Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution concerns re (SP386/03: Tabled) ... 1096 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) AMFC retained earnings transfer, Concerns re ... Committee ... 1583–84 1048–49 Third reading ... 1810–11 AMFC retained earnings transfer, Concerns re: Travel at public expense Article re (SP382/03: Tabled) ... 1052 Restrictions due to Iraq situation ... 602–03 Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET Travel restrictions program) ... 1048–49 General remarks ... 603 Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Act (Bill 207, Zolner, Mr. Bernie 2002) Recognition of ... 1892 General remarks ... 1964 Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) Alberta/United States relations Aboriginal businesses General remarks ... 648 General remarks ... 2009–10 Premier's letter re ... 672, 719 Aboriginal/industry partnerships Alberta–Economic conditions General remarks ... 2009–10 Action for Healthy Communities Statement re ... 1540–41 Recognition of ... 963 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 257 Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta–Economic policy Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health General remarks ... 1176–77, 1886 Region (Continued) Statement re ... 1094–95 Internal review of Vince Motta case ... 1165–66 Alliance pipeline Public/judicial inquiry into ... 1236–37 General remarks ... 1147 Canadian Federation of Independent Business Apartment fire, Edmonton (March 11, 2003) Still in the Dark (Research paper on electricity General remarks ... 442 prices) ... 1148 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) Canadian Wheat Board Committee ... 623–25 Alberta advertising campaign re: Costs of ... 1035 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Alberta position re ... 1964 2) (Bill 54) Alberta position re: Letter re (SP851/03: Tabled) ... Third reading ... 2032–33 1967 Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) Capital Health Authority Second reading ... 1627–29 Deficit financing: Use of provincial surplus re ... Third reading ... 1682–85, 1687–88 1886 Amendment to third reading (defeated) ... 1683 Capital projects Aquila Networks Canada Public/private partnerships re ... 1360 General remarks ... 1458–59 Public/private partnerships re: Access to AMFC Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped funding ... 1093 Letter re (SP337/03: Tabled) ... 894 Chartered schools ATCO Electric General remarks ... 717 Flow-through pricing option ... 957 Chartered schools–Calgary Flow-through pricing option: Web page re Letter re (SP533/03: Tabled) ... 1625 (SP354/03: Tabled) ... 964 Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Power bills increase ... 501–02, 557, 957, 1738 Third reading ... 1609–10 ATCO Gas (South) Class size (Grade school) Gas prices ... 1935 Letters re (SP220/03: Tabled) ... 607 ATCO Pipelines Climate change Transmission cost increases ... 1374–75 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to, Costs of Auditor General publicity campaign re ... 1035 BSE compensation programs auditing ... 1837 Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill Long-term care facilities: Request for investigation 37) by, Brief requesting (SP805/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Committee ... 1724–25 Revenue dept. comments ... 903 Third reading ... 1787–88 Barley–Marketing Coalition of Seniors Advocates General remarks ... 1964, 1967 Letter re seniors' benefits (SP721/03: Tabled) ... Beaver County 1846 Increased power bill (SP511/03: Tabled) ... 1574 Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel Bellevue elementary school, Edmonton Streamlining of ... 476 Closure ... 666 Collective bargaining–Nurses Bovine spongiform encephalitis Letters re (SP785/03: Tabled) ... 1894 Compensation programs re ... 1837 Streamlining of ... 476 Compensation programs re: Auditing of ... 1837 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Compensation programs re: News release re Orders and Printing, Standing (SP722/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Budget Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 342 2003-04 second-quarter report ... 1886 Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Statement re ... 1094–95 Notice to refer to ... 305 Calgary Board of Education Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Deficit finance ... 756 Government members boycott of: Point of privilege General remarks ... 717 re ... 1339–40 School closures: Letter re (SP533/03: Tabled) ... Corporations–Taxation 1625 Reduction in ... 890, 903, 1094–95, 1177 Calgary Catholic Board of Education Corrections Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 26) Utility bills increase: Budget document re Third reading ... 1610–11 (SP614/03: Tabled) ... 1678 Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Cull Animal Program (Federal) Region General remarks ... 1794 Deficit financing: Use of provincial surplus re ... Debts, Public (Provincial government) 1886 General remarks ... 1177 258 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Economic Development Electric power–Prices Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1147–48 Editorial re (SP353/03: Tabled) ... 964 Dept. of Energy General remarks ... 46, 329–30, 501–02, 557, Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1458–59 785–86, 1094–95, 1447–48, 1495, 1540, Dept. of Environment 1570–71, 1674, 1696, 1703, 1738 Budget ... 1102 Impact of utility debt load on ... 70–71 Estimates debated ... 1102–04 Impact on municipalities ... 1009 Dept. of Finance Impact on municipalities: Letters re (SP367, 509- Estimates debated ... 1176–77 511/03: Tabled) ... 1011, 1574 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Impact on school utility costs ... 357 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Impact on seniors: Letters re (SP104, 579, 852/03: 195 Tabled) ... 257, 1652, 1967 Dept. of Revenue Impact on small business ... 1147–48 Estimates debated ... 903, 905 Letter re (SP40, 120, 135 154, 179, 193, 229/03: Dept. of Transportation Tabled) ... 78, 303, 336–37, 402, 483, 509–10, Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1360 649 Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) Petition re ... 1966 General remarks ... 1458 Electric power–Retail sales Drinking water General remarks ... 1458–59 General remarks ... 1102 Electric utilities Drinking water–Aboriginal reserves Debt load of ... 70–71 General remarks ... 1102 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation Second reading ... 173–75, 272–73, 306–07 School lunch program: Recognition of ... 1740 Committee ... 627–28, 630–31, 634–36, 707–09 Edmonton Coalition against War and Racism Third reading ... 775, 777, 779, 780–82 Recognition of ... 148 Amendment (SP226/03: Tabled) ... 630 Edmonton Economic Development Authority Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 476 Deregulation ... 46, 501–02, 557, 1009, 1148, Edmonton May Week Festival 1447–48, 1495, 1540, 1570, 1674, 1696, 1738 Brochure re (SP416/03: Tabled) ... 1239 Deregulation: Emergency motion re (SO40) ... Edmonton Police Service 1550–51 Provincial services provided by: Funding for, Deregulation: Independent review of ... 1495, 1548 Report on (SP445/03: Tabled) ... 1333 Deregulation: Letters re (SP193, 493, 692/03: Edmonton Public School Board Tabled) ... 509–10, 1549, 1803 Deficit financing ... 756 Deregulation: Petition re ... 1966, 2015 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 13 Deregulation: Statement re ... 1548 Funding for ... 666 Deregulation: Study of, news release re (SP512/03: Education–Fees Tabled) ... 1574 Legislation re (Bill 209) ... 508 Electric utilities–Regulations–California Education–Finance Deregulation ... 1495 General remarks ... 13, 357, 435, 603–04, 756, Electrical power purchase agreements 1094–95, 1177, 1540, 1622, 1645 Power company debt repayment provisions in ... 71 Letters re (SP12, 289, 535, 537/03: Tabled) ... Emergency motions under Standing Order 40 16–17, 758, 1625 Electricity deregulation ... 1550–51 Lottery funds: Letter re (SP534/03: Tabled) ... 1625 Emergency services personnel Electoral Boundaries Commission Medal for: Statement re ... 1668 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Energy efficiency (Buildings) Hancock - amendment) ... 875 Petition re ... 1966 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings) Hancock) ... 993, 994–96, 997, 1000 AUMA proposals re (MEET program) ... 1048–49 Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) General remarks ... 1360 Second reading ... 1632–33 Energy industry Electric power lines–Construction Aboriginal opportunities in ... 2009–10 Cost sharing of (re AEUB decision) ... 1447–48, General remarks ... 785–86 1458, 1548, 1570 Use of water supplies ... 1104 Costs of: Report on (SP466/03: Tabled) ... 1453 Energy rebates Electric power–Export General remarks ... 1696 General remarks ... 1453 Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18) Second reading ... 1155 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 259 Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) (Continued) (Continued) Enmax Corporation Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Electric power rates ... 1738 (Continued) Electric power rates: News release re (SP635/03: Committee ... 430–31, 453–54, 576–78, 655 Tabled) ... 1741 Third reading ... 734–35 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Media briefing for: Point of privilege re ... 259–60, Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) 304–05 Committee ... 1727–28 Gas utilities–Regulations Third reading ... 1786 Deregulation ... 1374–75 ESBI Alberta Ltd. Gas, Natural–Export Facilitating Major New Generation in Alberta Impact on petrochemical feedstocks ... 1147 (Report) (SP466/03: Tabled) ... 1453 Gas, Natural–Prices Escherichia coli General remarks ... 115, 141–42, 184–85, 296, 399, Levels in groundwater near intensive livestock 647, 785–86, 1374–75, 1458 operations ... 1104 Impact on school utility costs ... 357 Executive Council Impact on seniors: Letters re (SP104 & 579/03: Estimates debated ... 1034–37 Tabled) ... 257, 1652 Extended care facilities Letters re (SP30-31, 41, 53, 58, 120, 135, 154, 166, Auditor General investigation of: Brief requesting 179, 193, 229, 305/03: Tabled) ... 53, 78, 118, (SP805/03: Tabled) ... 1943 149, 303, 336–37, 402, 443, 483, 509–10, 649, Extended care facilities–Fees 793 Increase in: Petition re ... 1942 Gas, Natural–Prices–Calgary Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act (Bill General remarks ... 1935 23) Gas, Natural–Prices–Edmonton Third reading ... 1528–29 Tory caucus presentation re ... 1935 Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) Gas, Natural–Royalties Committee ... 2085–86 General remarks ... 1458 Fatality inquiries Gas, Natural–Supply Vince Motta case ... 1165–66, 1236–37 General remarks ... 1147 Feedlot operators Gasoline–Taxation Provincial assistance to ... 1794–95, 1837 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1360 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Government departments Second reading ... 151–52, 170, 172 Communications divisions ... 1034–35 Third reading ... 279–82 Grain–Marketing Firefighters Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain Recognition of ... 442 farmers' protest re ... 1964 Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 Greenhouse gas emissions (Bill 15) Reduction of ... 1048–49 Second reading ... 269–71 Gun control (Federal) Forest management Registry for: Alberta advertising campaign re ... Changes in, re softwood lumber dispute ... 1115, 1035 1279–80 Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Second reading ... 264–67 West Edmonton Mall loan refinancing details, Horse Hill junior high school, Edmonton Request under ... 1401 Closure ... 666 West Edmonton Mall loan refinancing details, Horse racing Request under: Copy of (SP451/03: Tabled) ... Lottery funding for ... 1094–95 1405 Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Committee ... 1436–40 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) Amendments (SP461-464/03: Tabled) ... 1438–40 Committee ... 1525, 1533–38 Income tax, Provincial Gas industry–Regulations General remarks ... 1177 Deregulation ... 253 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33) Gas pipelines Second reading ... 1270–71 Stripping of natural gas liquids from throughput of Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) ... 1147 Second reading ... 1856–58, 1903, 1909–10, Gas pipelines–Maintenance and repair 1925–27 Costs ... 1374–75 Committee ... 2037–40, 2043, 2045, 2048–50, Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) 2053–55 Second reading ... 415–18 Third reading ... 2097–98, 2103 260 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) (Continued) (Continued) Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Medical care–Finance (Continued) General remarks ... 1094–95 Amendment ... 2097 Use of surplus for funding ... 1886 Amendment (SP895/03: Tabled) ... 2045 Members of the Legislative Assembly Amendment (SP897/03: Tabled) ... 2048 Former members' association (Motion 511: Amendment (SP899/03: Tabled) ... 2050 Johnson) ... 1599 Amendment (SP901/03: Tabled) ... 2054 Salaries determination ... 117, 361, 442 Insurance, Automobile Members' apologies to the House All-party committee to review (Motion 512: General remarks ... 1627 MacDonald) ... 1988 Members' Statements (2003) Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative The budget race ... 1094–95 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Electricity deregulation ... 1548 Estimates debated ... 485–87 Iraq conflict ... 648 Iraq Members' withdrawal of remarks Military action against: Letter re (SP251-253, General remarks ... 1627 259/03: Tabled) ... 672, 719 Ministerial Statements (2003) Military action against: Statement re ... 648 Alberta's economic outlook ... 1540–41 Iraq–Politics and government Emergency services personnel ... 1668 General remarks ... 148 National Day of Mourning ... 1230 Labour relations Montreal massacre of women college students General remarks ... 476 General remarks ... 2067 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Motions under Standing Order 15(6) Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections Second reading ... 538, 540–42, 544, 547, 549, committee ... 342 551–53 Motta, Vincenzo Dominic Committee ... 700, 702 Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 1165–66, Third reading ... 729–31 1236–37 Amendment (SP222/03: Tabled) ... 611 Mountain View County Amendment (SP254/03: Tabled) ... 700 Increased power bill (SP510/03: Tabled) ... 1574 Amendment (SP255/03: Tabled) ... 702 Municipal government General remarks ... 476 Impact of high energy prices on ... 1009 Labour unions Impact of high energy prices on: Letters re (SP367, Recognition of ... 1332 509-511/03: Tabled) ... 1011, 1574 Light rail transit–Calgary National Day of Mourning (Injured Workers) Funding for ... 1360 Statement re ... 1230 Light rail transit–Edmonton National Poetry Month Funding for ... 1360 Recognition of ... 1171 Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act, Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) 2003 (Bill 34) General remarks ... 115, 399 Second reading ... 1274 Natural gas rebates Livestock industry, Intensive Edmonton city council resolution re (SP76/03: Moratorium on expansion of: Petition re ... 1702, Tabled) ... 189 1741, 1845, 2067 General remarks ... 399, 647, 1935 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Letters re (SP53, 77, 305/03: Tabled) ... 118, 189, Impact on E coli levels in groundwater ... 1104 793 Lottery Fund Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Education funding: Letter re (SP534/03: Tabled) ... Act, 2003 (Bill 51) 1625 Committee ... 2004–05 Low-income families Natural resources revenue Impact of high utility costs on ... 115 General remarks ... 141–42, 1176–77, 1540 Low-income seniors–Housing Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Seniors in subsidized housing: Impact of high utility Act, 2003 (Bill 208) costs on ... 115 Memo re third reading of (SP786/03: Tabled) ... May Day movement 1968 Recognition of ... 1332 Office of the Premier McCauley school, Edmonton Premier's letter to U.S. re Iraq crisis ... 648 Funding reductions ... 603–04 Premier's letter to U.S. re Iraq crisis: Letters re Funding reductions: Documents re (SP206, 221/03: (SP251-253, 259/03: Tabled) ... 672, 719 Tabled) ... 565, 607 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 261 Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) (Continued) (Continued) Office of the Premier (Continued) Petrochemical industry Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain Feedstock supply for ... 1147 farmers' protest ... 1964 Point of Order Premier's remarks re ND staff member ... 337 Allegations against a member ... 20 Premier's travel: Letter re (SP636/03: Tabled) ... Clarification ... 720–21, 758, 2004 1741 Decorum ... 2102 Oil–Prices Exhibits ... 994 General remarks ... 648, 1458 Explanation of Speaker's rulings ... 1053 Oil–Royalties Gestures ... 1653, 1659–60 General remarks ... 1458 Imputing motives ... 1632, 1684–85, 1904 Old Scona Academic High School Parliamentary language ... 1626–27, 1895 Budget cuts: Document re (SP228/03: Tabled) ... Private members' public Bills ... 1968 649 Question and comment period ... 993 Oral Question Period (2003) Questioning a member ... 412–13 Assistance to cattle industry ... 1837 Quotations ... 1910 ATCO electricity rates ... 957 Reasoned amendment ... 2098 Automobile insurance ... 2059 Referring to a member by name ... 402 Budget surplus ... 1886 Referring to nonmembers ... 337 Calgary health region review ... 1165–66, 1236–37 Relevance ... 406, 1684–85, 1857 Charter schools ... 717 Similar amendments ... 2098 Education funding ... 13, 357, 435, 603–04, 756, Tabling a cited document ... 337 1622, 1645 Tabling documents ... 722 Education property taxes ... 890 Police Electricity costs ... 70–71 Provincial services provided by: Funding for, Electricity deregulation ... 46, 1009, 1447–48, 1495, Report on (SP445/03: Tabled) ... 1333 1570 Police–Finance Electricity prices ... 329–30, 501–02, 557, 1674, General remarks ... 1329–30 1696 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Electricity rates ... 1738 Third reading ... 2096–97 Energy prices ... 296, 785–86 Amendment (3r) ... 2081 Energy rebates ... 647 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) First Nations economic development ... 2009–10 Third reading ... 283–84 Gas industry deregulation ... 253 Privilege Grain marketing ... 1964 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Health care workers' collective bargaining ... 476 19) ... 259–60, 304–05 Mature animal market transition program ... Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 1794–95 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections Municipal Financing Corporation ... 1048–49, 1093 committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 342 Municipal policing grants ... 1329–30 Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts Natural gas prices ... 141–42, 184–85, 399, committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) 1374–75, 1935 ... 1339–40 School property taxes ... 931 Property tax–Education levy School utilization ... 666 General remarks ... 890, 903, 931, 1177 Softwood lumber policy ... 1115, 1279–80 Government news release re (SP338/03: Tabled) ... Utility costs ... 115 894 West Edmonton Mall ... 1401 Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta Parliamentary language Bargaining committee chair: Dismissal of, Letter re General remarks ... 1626–27, 1895 (SP290/03: Tabled) ... 758 Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Public Affairs Bureau Second reading ... 1852 Budget ... 1034 Committee ... 1995, 1998–99 General remarks ... 1034–35, 1037 Amendment A2 (SP854/03: Tabled) ... 1998 Staffing ... 1037 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Public inquiries Confined feeding operations expansion moratorium Vince Motta case ... 1165–66 ... 1702, 1741, 1845, 2067 Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) Electricity deregulation ... 1966, 2015 General remarks ... 2009–10 Long-term care rates ... 1942 Public transit–Finance Minimum wage increase ... 117, 361, 442 General remarks ... 1360 Seniors' issues ... 1942 262 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) (Continued) (Continued) Recession (Finance) Softwoods–Export–United States (Continued) General remarks ... 905 Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) changes re, Provincial document re (SP431/03: General remarks ... 148, 442, 963, 1171, 1332, Tabled) ... 1287 1740, 2067 Supports for independence program Regional health authorities Letter re (SP337/03: Tabled) ... 894 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining Surplus, Budgetary negotiations ... 476 General remarks ... 1177, 1886 Riverdale elementary school, Edmonton Use for education ... 1886 Funding reductions ... 603–04 Use for hospital funding ... 1886 Funding reductions: Letter re (SP220/03: Tabled) ... Taxation 607 Quotations from former Provincial Treasurers re Road construction–Finance (SP342/03: Tabled) ... 938 Public/private partnerships ... 1360 TD Economics Rural electrification associations The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1540 Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 1495 Teachers Rural gas co-ops Layoffs of ... 1622 Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 1495 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 35) School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Second reading ... 1040–41 209) Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) First reading ... 508 Third reading ... 2034 Second reading of, Point of order re ... 1968 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution School boards Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Impact of high energy costs on ... 357 Second reading ... 1406–07 School councils Third reading ... 1807–08 Fund-raising activities: Legislation re (Bill 209) ... Transportation, Urban–Finance 504 General remarks ... 1360 School lunch programs–Edmonton Transportation–Finance Recognition of ... 1740 General remarks ... 1360 Schools–Closure Public/private partnerships ... 1360 General remarks ... 666, 717 Treasury Branches Schools–Construction Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan Use of surplus for funding ... 1886 refinancing ... 1401 Schools–Maintenance and repair Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan Impact of high utility costs on ... 357 refinancing: FOIP request re (SP451/03: Tabled) Schools–Utilization ... 1405 General remarks ... 666, 717 Treaty 8 First Nations Letter re (SP536/03: Tabled) ... 1625 Consultations with, re public land access issues ... Senate 2009–10 Reform of: Alberta advertising campaign re ... 1035 United Nurses of Alberta Reform of: Motion re, consent to read motion into Letter re dismissal of Provincial Health Authorities the record on oral notice ... 1649 bargaining committee chair (SP290/03: Tabled) ... Seniors' issues 758 Letter re (SP721/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Violence against women Petitions presented re ... 1942 Recognition of ... 2067 Service Alberta initiative (Government information Wages–Minimum wage access) Increase in ... 358 Comment phone line ... 1035, 1037 Increase in: Petitions presented re ... 117, 361, 442 Sewage disposal plants Wages–Teachers Funding for ... 1360 Funding for increase in ... 435 Small business Water Impact of electricity prices on ... 1147–48 Sale of ... 1102 Small business–Taxation Water conservation Reduction in ... 1177 General remarks ... 1102 Softwoods–Export–United States Water diversion Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy General remarks ... 1104 changes re ... 1115, 1279–80 Water metering Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy General remarks ... 1102–03 changes re, Letter re (SP398/03: Tabled) ... 1122 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 263 Mason, Mr. Brian (ND, Edmonton-Highlands) Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) (Continued) Water metering–Calgary Alberta Response Model (Child welfare) General remarks ... 1102–03 General remarks ... 1344 Water supply Alberta School Boards Association Use by energy industry ... 1104 Property tax changes, Recommendation re ... 957 Water treatment plants Alberta SuperNet Funding for ... 1360 Delay in completion ... 913, 914 General remarks ... 1102 School access to ... 557, 914, 1056 Water–Export Alberta Sustainability Fund General remarks ... 1104 Auditor General's comments re education funds in West Edmonton Mall ... 1696 Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's Alberta Teachers' Association involvement ... 1401 Position on class size, point of privilege re Minister Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's of Learning's comments re ... 17–18 involvement, FOIP request re (SP451/03: Tabled) Alberta Transportation Safety Board ... 1405 Budget ... 1356 Wheat–Marketing Alberta's Commission on Learning General remarks ... 1964, 1967 General remarks ... 298, 1066 Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) Postsecondary education system recommendation ... Second reading ... 1848–49 1842 Wood Buffalo (Municipality) Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Increased power bill (SP509/03: Tabled) ... 1574 1695, 1794, 1941 Workers' compensation Submission to (SP280/03: Tabled) ... 758 General remarks ... 1230 Alberta's Promise Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Private sector involvement in ... 1048 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill Committee ... 517, 525 17) General remarks ... 442 Third reading ... 305–306 Workers' Compensation Board Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Long standing claims issue: Letter from injured 2) (Bill 54) worker re (SP806/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Third reading ... 2031 Workplace safety Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) General remarks ... 1230 Committee ... 1657–59 Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Aboriginal children–Education Benefits clawback, re Employment Insurance Statement re ... 1368 benefits: Letter re (SP157/03: Tabled) ... 443 Adoption web site, Provincial Auditor General General remarks ... 10–11, 72 Alberta Sustainability Fund (education funds) Alberta Cities Transportation Partnership program comments ... 1696 General remarks ... 1356 Children's Services dept. comments ... 1349 Alberta College and Technical Institutes Students' Autistic children Executive Council Treatment methods for ... 1344 Recognition of ... 1965–66 Automobile drivers' licences Alberta family employment tax credit New issuing system for: Reports on (M1/03: Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 95–96 Defeated) ... 362–63 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Automobile licence plates Engineering Research Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Replacement of worn out plates ... 1309 48) Single plate system, removal of ... 1309 Second reading ... 1897 Bell West Committee ... 2071 Alberta Supernet contract ... 914 Alberta initiative for school improvement Calgary Board of Education McCauley school project ... 712 Balanced budget ... 1937 Alberta New Home Warranty Program Deficit finance ... 753, 790 General remarks ... 1307, 1308 Deficit finance, Provincial audit review of ... 808, Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 1398 (Bill 4) Funding for ... 181, 1447, 1450–51, 1496, 1669, Committee ... 310 1794, 1938 Third reading ... 1441 Long-term debt: Use of provincial surplus to pay for Alberta Registries Provision of vital statistics information online ...... 1938 1309 Staff layoffs ... 1937 264 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) (Continued) Calgary Catholic Board of Education Collective bargaining–Nurses Funding for ... 1669–70 Letters re (SP668, 684, 800-801, 841, 881/03: Capital projects Tabled) ... 1779, 1802, 1942, 1966–67, 2016 Surplus funding of: Petition presented re ... 1942 Collier, Sharla Marie Chief Information Officer Death of ... 1091–92 Role of ... 913 Committee on Lifelong Learning, MLA Child and Family Services Authorities Amendment Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 Act, 2003 (Bill 22) Committees, Government-appointed Second reading ... 390 Costs ... 211 Third reading ... 842 Costs of education related committees (Q9/03: Child tax credit Accepted) ... 512 Deduction from social assistance programs: Letter Costs of health related committees (M3/03: re (SP157/03: Tabled) ... 443 Accepted) ... 513 Child welfare Community schools Early childhood intervention programs ... 1344 General remarks ... 712, 1279 Child Welfare Act Computers in schools Child privacy provisions ... 72 Funding for ... 557, 564, 914, 1056 Review of: Submission to (SP105/03: Tabled) ... Condominium Property Act 257 General remarks ... 1308 Child Welfare Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 24) Condominiums Second reading ... 844–45 Construction faults re ... 1307, 1308–09 Committee ... 1314–18 Consumer protection Third reading ... 1530 Re condominium construction issues ... 1307, General remarks ... 257, 1307 1308–09 Child welfare recipients Cooking Lake airport Abuse of: Legal representation re ... 355, 396–97, Fee increase at: Letter re (SP882/03: Tabled) ... 1234 2016 Child welfare workers Council of Alberta University Students Deaths of ... 1091–92 Recognition of ... 1965–66 Training re violent family situations ... 1345 Dams–Milk River Children Letters re (SP799/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Government programs for ... 1344–45, 1349 Day care centres–Standards Children's Advocate General remarks ... 1349 Children in care abuse cases ... 1234 Day care in private homes Foster care abuse cases ... 141, 355 General remarks ... 2064 Foster care abuse: Recommendation re external Dept. of Children's Services review panel for ... 110 Estimates debated ... 1344–45, 1349 Response to government adoption web site ... 10 Minister's appearance in private sector community Chinook College service advertising ... 1048 General remarks ... 1496 Dept. of Environment Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Second reading ... 974–75 (Q10/03: Response tabled as SP589/03) ... 512 Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Dept. of Government Services Second reading ... 1083–84 Estimates debated ... 1306–09 Class size (Grade school) Dept. of Health and Wellness General remarks ... 180, 298, 564, 599, 711–12, Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (M6/03: 1004, 1056, 1164, 1206, 1568, 1695, 1794, 1942 Response tabled as SP593/03) ... 513 Impact on low-income students: Study re Senior staff credit card statements: Details re (SP349/03: Tabled) ... 964 (M7/03: Defeated) ... 513 Letters re (SP348-350, 506/03: Tabled) ... 964, 1574 Dept. of Innovation and Science Minister of Learning's comments re ATA position Communications division ... 913 on, point of privilege re ... 17–18 Estimates debated ... 913–14 Study re (SP348/03: Tabled) ... 964 Performance measures: Employee satisfaction Class size (Grade school)–Edmonton measure ... 913, 914 Study re: Report (SP506/03: Tabled) ... 1574 Strategic management information services division Class size (Universities) ... 913 General remarks ... 252 Climate change Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Kyoto protocol on ... 1519–20 Estimates debated ... 1519–21 Kyoto protocol on: Lougheed committee re ... 1520 Role of ... 1519–20 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 265 Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Learning Edmonton Public School Board (Continued) Edmonton Public School Board audit committee: Funding for ... 181, 641–42, 886, 1004–05, 1618, Costs ... 211 1669 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1056–58, 1066 Playschool lease increases ... 332 Minister's comments re ATA position on class size, Teacher layoffs ... 1618–19 point of privilege re ... 17–18 Education Dept. of Municipal Affairs General remarks ... 298 Assessment services division budget ... 1196 Public forum on, Minister's attendance at, Letter re Budget ... 1196 (SP131/03: Tabled) ... 336 Deputy minister's office budget ... 1196 Statement re ... 1624 Equipment/inventory purchases division budget ... Submission to learning commission re (SP280/03: 1196 Tabled) ... 758 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1195–96 Education, Postsecondary Local government services division budget ... 1196 Review of ... 1842 Minister's office budget ... 1196 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Municipal services division budget ... 1196 General remarks ... 1324–25, 1773, 1842 Safety services and fire protection division Education–Curricula (technical services) budget ... 1196 General remarks ... 1066 Staffing ... 1196 Instructional time for ... 1889–90 Dept. of Seniors Education–Fees–Calgary Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q5/03: General remarks ... 1447 Response tabled as SP586/03) ... 510–11 Education–Finance Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Credit enrollment unit funding formula ... 1056 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q8/03: General remarks ... 45–46, 180–81, 556–57, 599, Response tabled as SP588/03) ... 511 641–42, 665–66, 753–54, 790–91, 886, 930–31, Dept. of Transportation 1004, 1005, 1056, 1164, 1206, 1374, 1398, 1447, Amortization of capital assets ... 1356 1450–51, 1568, 1618, 1624, 1669–70, 1794 Deputy Minister's office budget ... 1356 Increase in ... 1695–96 Equipment budget ... 1356 Letters re (SP158-159, 240, 340, 350, 454-457, 488- Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1356–57 491, 532, 913-914/03: Tabled) ... 443, 671, 938, Minister's office budget ... 1356 964, 1405, 1549, 1625, 2068 Salaries ... 1356 Petition presented re ... 1942 Staffing ... 1357 Professional judgment model re ... 255 Support services budget ... 1356 Public forum on ... 1052 Disabled children Statement re ... 255, 563–64, 1941 Government programs ... 1344 Sucessful schools model re ... 255 Disabled children–Education–Finance Electoral Boundaries Commission General remarks ... 1056 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Disaster relief Hancock) ... 881–82 General remarks ... 1195–96 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat ... 181 Drinking water Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Point of General remarks ... 1357 Order re ... 218 Early childhood education Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Class sizes in ... 1794 Third reading ... 1662–63 Extension to younger children ... 1344 Electric power–Prices Funding ... 1624 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Early literacy programs (Grade schools) Impact on post-secondary students ... 477 General remarks ... 1056–57, 1496 Electric power–Retail sales Edmonton Catholic School District Billing systems re ... 1307 Closure of St. Patrick school ... 1279 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Edmonton Public School Board Second reading ... 309 Administration review ... 809 Committee ... 321–23 Capital assets sale ... 809 Third reading ... 762–63 Deficit financing ... 753, 790 Electric utilities–Regulations Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 332, Deregulation ... 1496 808–09, 1398 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of: 2003 (Bill 201) Committee costs re ... 211 Second reading ... 83 266 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) (Continued) Emergency Management Alberta Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) General remarks ... 1196 Committee ... 594–95 Employment insurance program (Federal) Third reading ... 746–47, 766–67, 769–70 Benefits: Provincial clawback of, re AISH program, Gas, Natural–Prices Letter re (SP157/03: Tabled) ... 443 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18) Impact on post-secondary students ... 477 Committee ... 1432 Government communication strategy English as a Second Language Performance measures ... 1033 Funding for ... 1056 Government information Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Access to: Performance measures re ... 1033 Amount of detail in ... 1196 On-line provision of, to non-computer users ... 914 Examinations (Grade school) Government Organization Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Marking of ... 1890 13) Executive Council Committee ... 318–19 Estimates debated ... 1033 Graduate Students' Association (University of Alberta) Performance measures ... 1033 General remarks ... 1966 Expert Advisory Panel to Review Publically Funded Grande Prairie Public School District Health Services Teacher cuts in ... 930–31 Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513 Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8) Family and community support services program Committee ... 314 Preschool program funding ... 332 Third reading ... 1442 Family Law Act (Bill 45) Health Reform Implementation Team Second reading ... 1764–65 Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513 Family Support for Children with Disabilities Act (Bill Information and communications technology 23) General remarks ... 913 Second reading ... 391 Information and Privacy Commissioner Committee ... 1313 Report re government adoption web site ... 72 Third reading ... 1528 Role re government adoption web site ... 10 Fees, Government Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program General remarks ... 1357 General remarks ... 1356, 1357 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Second reading ... 154–55 Second reading ... 1860, 1908–09 Fish populations–Calling Lake Committee ... 2036–37, 2043–44 Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Insurance, Automobile tabled as SP486/03) ... 363 Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and Fisheries, Commercial–Calling Lake suffering): Cap on, Letter re (SP880/03: Tabled) Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response ... 2016 tabled as SP486/03) ... 363 Intensive behavioural intervention (Children) Fishing, Sport–Calling Lake General remarks ... 1344 Designated zones re: Reports on (M5/03: Response Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative tabled as SP486/03) ... 363 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Foster home care Estimates debated ... 460–61, 467, 490–91 Abuse of children in ... 140–41, 355 J. Percy Page high school Abuse of children in: Calgary lawsuit re ... 111, Telelearning programs: Recognition of ... 1739 141, 397 Kasohkowew Child Wellness Society Abuse of children in: External review panel ... 110, Co-management agreement with province ... 1344 141 Kate Chegwin school council National guidelines re ... 111 Education forum, Minister's attendance, Letter re Review of ... 111 (SP131/03: Tabled) ... 336 Foster parents Kostek, Mr. Michael General remarks ... 72 Recognition of ... 892 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities General remarks ... 511, 1356 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Relation to other legislation ... 1307, 1309 Committee ... 589–90, 615–17 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Third reading ... 740, 742–43 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) Amendment (3r: six month hoist) ... 742 Committee ... 1536 Lakewood Community League Galleries (Legislative Assembly Chamber) Recognition of 25th anniversary of ... 76–77 Disturbance in ... 564 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 267 Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) (Continued) Libraries, School–Finance Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) General remarks ... 181 Preschool programs ... 332 McCauley school, Edmonton School utilization formula ... 712 General remarks ... 711–12 School utilization rates ... 1279 Medical care–Finance Student loan program ... 476–77 MLA committee to review: Costs (M3/03: University of Calgary ... 251–52 Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513 Unlicensed day homes ... 2064 Medical records, Electronic Utility costs for educational institutions ... 501 General remarks ... 913 Papaianni, Louise Members' Statements (2003) Speech re aboriginal educational programs ... 1368 Adequacy funding for education ... 1941 Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Education funding ... 255, 563–64 Second reading ... 1851–52 Public education system ... 1624 Third reading ... 2073–74 Mill Woods Newsletter Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Recognition of ... 1051 Budget surplus use for capital project funding ... Mines and Minerals Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 9) 1942 Committee ... 315–16 Education funding ... 1942 Ministerial Statements (2003) Petroleum tank sites remediation program Aboriginal educational programs ... 1368 General remarks ... 1196 MLA Postsecondary Funding Review Committee Physician office system program Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 General remarks ... 913 Municipal Debenture Interest Rebate Program Point of Order General remarks ... 1196 Allegations against a member ... 650 Municipal finance Allegations against a member (Edmonton loss of a General remarks ... 957 constituency comments) ... 218 Government grants ... 1196 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Municipal Government Board Second reading ... 1747–48 Backlog of cases ... 1196 Committee ... 1866–67, 1869–70, 1873–80 Municipal sponsorship program Third reading ... 2078, 2082 General remarks ... 1196 Amendment A-2 (CoW) (Subamendment SA1) National Volunteer Week (SP727/03: Tabled) ... 1870 Recognition of ... 1237 Amendment A-3 (CoW) (Subamendment SA3) Natural gas rebates (SP730/03: Tabled) ... 1874 For schools ... 501 Amendment A-6 (CoW) (Subamendment SA4) Oral Question Period (2003) (SP734/03: Tabled) ... 1878 Calgary Board of Education ... 1496, 1937–38 General remarks ... 1963, 1966 Child care workers' safety ... 1091–92 Postsecondary educational institutions Children's Services adoption web site ... 10–11, 72 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 Class sizes ... 1794 Premier's Advisory Council on Health Edmonton Public School Board operational review Committees under: Costs (M3/03: Response tabled ... 808–09 as SP592/03) ... 513 Education funding ... 45–46, 180–81, 556–57, 599, Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) 641–42, 665–66, 753–54, 790–91, 886, 930–31, Second reading ... 62–63 1004, 1164, 1206, 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450–51, Committee ... 101–02, 105–06, 135, 137 1568, 1618, 1669–70, 1695–96 Amendment (SP44 & 54/03: Tabled) ... 106 Education property taxes ... 957, 1004–05 General remarks ... 1048 Education system ... 298 Preschools–Edmonton Foster care ... 110–11, 140–41 Lease rate increase for ... 332 Grade 12 diploma exams ... 1889–90 Privilege Hinton schools ... 1164–65 Misleading the House (Minister of Learning's Legal representation for children in care ... 355–56, comments) (Not proceeded with) ... 17–18 396–97, 1234 Property tax–Education levy McCauley school ... 711–12 General remarks ... 957, 1004–05 Operational costs for Learning ministry committees Protection against Family Violence Act ... 211 General remarks ... 1345 Postsecondary education funding ... 1324–25, 1842 Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) Postsecondary education tuition fees ... 1962–63 Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 838 Postsecondary tuition fees ... 1773 Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise ... 1048 General remarks ... 957 268 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) (Continued) Public Affairs Bureau Schools–Maintenance and repair Co-ordination re MLA travel ... 1520 General remarks ... 712 Public Trustee Schools–Utilization Children in care abuse cases ... 1234 General remarks ... 712, 1279 Real Estate Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 7) Schools–Utilization–Hinton Committee ... 312 Petition tabled re (SP403/03) ... 1172 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Public/separate exchanges ... 1164–65 General remarks ... 76–77, 669, 892, 1051, Senators 1237–38, 1739, 1965–66 Alberta nominees' appointment to Senate ... 1520 Regional health authorities Senior citizens Committee on collaboration re services of: Costs Government programs: Information re ... 914 (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513 Sewage disposal plants Registered education savings plan (Federal) Funding for ... 1356, 1357 Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: Sleep Country Canada Graham/Herard ... 838 Advertising: Children's Services minister's Registry offices, Private involvement in ... 1048 General remarks ... 1306 Small schools Registry offices, Private–Agents/Employees General remarks ... 1279 Bonding of ... 1307 Solutions for Schools (Public forum) Clearance procedures for ... 1307 Notice of (SP379/03: Tabled) ... 1052 Registry offices, Private–Security aspects Southern Alberta Institute of Technology General remarks ... 1306–07 Tuition fee increase ... 1842 Research and development Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 913, 914 Debate ... 28–30 Review Committee on Outcomes Sports lottery tickets Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 Payouts from, 2000-02 (Q14/03: Response tabled as General remarks ... 1066 SP596/03) ... 1245 Road construction Revenue from, 2000-02 (Q13/03: Response tabled Resource road/new industry program ... 1356 as SP596/03) ... 1244–45 Road construction–Finance Strategic economic corridors General remarks ... 1356–57 General remarks ... 1357 Roads–Maintenance and repair Streets Improvement Program Funding ... 1356 General remarks ... 1356 St. Patrick school, Edmonton Student financial aid Closure ... 1279 General remarks ... 476–77 Save Our Schools group Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... Education funding petitions ... 1624 838 Scholarships Student Health Initiative General remarks ... 1890 General remarks ... 1344 School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Student testing 2003 (Bill 203) Diploma exams ... 1889–90 Second reading ... 368–69 Student unions School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Provisions in Bill 43 re ... 1966 209) Supports for independence program Second reading ... 1984–85 Changes to: Documents re (M10/03: Defeated) ... School boards 514 Deficit financing ... 1004, 1206 Surplus, Budgetary Funding ... 790–91, 1058, 1374 Use for Calgary Board of Education long-term debt School councils payment ... 1938 Fund-raising activities ... 180–81, 298, 556–57 Use for infrastructure funding: Petition presented re Schools ... 1942 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 TD Economics Schools–Closure The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... General remarks ... 712, 1279 1324–25 Schools–Downtown areas Teachers General remarks ... 711–12 General remarks ... 298, 1942 Schools–Equipment and supplies Layoffs of ... 930–31, 1004–05, 1164, 1206, 1374, Funding for ... 1056 1398, 1447, 1450–51, 1496, 1568, 1574, 1618, 1669–70 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 269 Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) Massey, Dr. Don (L, Edmonton-Mill Woods) (Continued) (Continued) Teachers (Continued) Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Professional development of, funding for ... 1056 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Specialized skills of ... 1056 Second reading ... 226–27 Teachers, Substitute Committee ... 518 General remarks ... 1056 Masyk, Mr. Gary (PC, Edmonton-Norwood) Technology commercialization Alberta Energy and Utilities Board General remarks ... 914 Licensee liability rating program ... 1168 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Alberta's Commission on Learning Crisis management plan re ... 1520–21 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Textbooks–Finance Letter re (SP714/03: Tabled) ... 1845 General remarks ... 564, 1056 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Traffic safety Provincial funding for ... 12 Funding for ... 1356 Crime prevention Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution General remarks ... 114 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Second reading ... 1253 Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Transportation, Rural (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426 Funding ... 1356 Dental Care Review Committee Transportation–Finance General remarks ... 509 General remarks ... 1356–57 Dental Care Review Committee Act (Bill 210) Travel at public expense First reading ... 509 Reporting on ... 1520 Dept. of Community Development Tuition fees Estimates debated ... 1481–82 General remarks ... 252, 1842, 1962–63, 1966 Edmonton Minor Hockey Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re ... Recognition of ... 1965 1773, 1963 Edmonton-Norwood (Constituency) University of Alberta Member for's comments re prisoner exchanges ... Food bank ... 477 114, 183 Funding ... 1324–25 Electoral Boundaries Commission Funding: Document re (SP444/03: Tabled) ... 1333 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 Hancock) ... 883–84 University of Calgary Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Funding ... 251–52, 1324–25 Third reading ... 1663 Funding: Document re (SP444/03: Tabled) ... 1333 Electric power–Prices Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 Reduction of: Petition re ... 1801 Tuition fees ... 252, 1962–63 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, General remarks ... 1168 Edmonton Energy industry–Regulations Recognition of ... 669 Petition re ... 1801 Vital Statistics Gas, Natural–Prices Availability online ... 1309 Reduction of: Petition re ... 1801 Volunteers, School parent Gasoline stations Recognition of ... 1237–38 Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly Wages–Day care employees (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1427–28, 1595–96 General remarks ... 2064 Gasoline–Taxation Wages–Public service Revenue from ... 12 Disclosure of ... 1307, 1309 Hetchler, Red Wages–Teachers Recognition of ... 1965 E-mail re (SP576/03: Tabled) ... 1652 Hokanson Centre for Culinary Arts Funding for increase in ... 45–46, 180–81, 641–42, Recognition of ... 1171 665–66, 753, 790, 886, 1374, 1618 Hokanson, Ernest Funding for increase in: Letters re (SP489/03: Recognition of ... 1171 Tabled) ... 1549 Human rights General remarks ... 1056 General remarks ... 183 Water treatment plants Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Funding for ... 1356, 1357 Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Water–Export Second reading ... 832–33 General remarks ... 1520 Juno awards, Edmonton (2004) Provincial funding for ... 1481–82 270 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Masyk, Mr. Gary (PC, Edmonton-Norwood) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook) (Continued) (Continued) Members of the Legislative Assembly Agricultural Operation Practices Act Former members' association (Motion 511: General remarks ... 1504, 1508 Johnson) ... 1821–22 Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial) Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and General remarks ... 47, 435–36, 506–07, 605, 1504, Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) 1510 Second reading ... 1418–19 Agricultural subsidies–Canada Natural resources revenue U.S. trade sanctions re ... 356 General remarks ... 12 Agricultural subsidies–United States Northern Alberta Institute of Technology General remarks ... 356, 1506 Donation to, re food service building renovations ... Agriculture 1171 Assistance programs ... 46–47, 435–36 Oral Question Period (2003) General remarks ... 1503, 1505, 1543–44 Crime prevention ... 114 Agriculture Drought Risk Management Plan Human rights ... 183 (Federal/provincial) Licensee liability rating program ... 1168 General remarks ... 1504 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 12 Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Untreated storm water ... 890–91 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP738 & 742/03: Tabled) Organized crime–Prevention ... 1893 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426 Crop damage programs ... 753 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) General remarks ... 182, 1512, 1513 Regulation of energy corporations ... 1801 Meeting with province re BSE situation ... 1914 Point of Order Merger with Alberta Opportunity Company ... 1504 Allegations against members (Prisoner exchange Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic comments) ... 191, 218 Framework Prisoners General remarks ... 1503, 1513 Foreign exchange programs re ... 114, 183 Report on: Copy tabled (SP23/03) ... 53 Foreign exchange programs re, News release re Agriculture–Environmental aspects (SP78/03: Tabled) ... 191 General remarks ... 1504 Foreign exchange programs re, Point of Order re ... Agriculture–Research 191, 218 Access to information re ... 1509 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Applied research programs: Access to ... 1508–09 General remarks ... 1171, 1965 Agrivantage School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Final report (Building Tomorrow Together) 2003 (Bill 203) (SP22/03: Tabled) ... 53 Committee ... 682–83 General remarks ... 1508, 1510 Storm sewer runoff–Treatment Alberta Ag-Info Centre (Call centre) General remarks ... 890–91 General remarks ... 1505, 1509, 1510 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP902/03: Tabled) ... 2067 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Alberta Agricultural Research Institute Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) General remarks ... 1509 Second reading ... 1407–08 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Counties Storm water treatment provisions ... 891 Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 1772 Water pollution–Prevention Alberta Dairy Control Board General remarks ... 891 Privatization of, now Alberta Milk ... 1504 Well sites, Abandoned Alberta Disaster Assistance Loan Program Liability program re ... 1168 (Agriculture) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook) General remarks ... 889, 1372, 1643 Ag Summit 2000 Alberta Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture General remarks ... 1508, 1510, 1543–44 Program Agri-Food Discovery Place Environmental farm plans workbook ... 1510 News release re (SP559/03: Tabled) ... 1651 General remarks ... 1504 Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Alberta Fed Cattle Competitive Market Adjustment 2003 (Bill 16) Program Second reading ... 349–50 General remarks ... 1796–97, 2011 Agricultural land Alberta Grain Commission Competing interests re ... 1510 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP903/03: Tabled) ... 2067 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 271 McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Mature Animal Market Transition Program Cattle–Identification General remarks ... 1773–74, 1796–97, 1837, 1913, Tracking program re ... 1511 2011 Cattle–Import–United States Alberta Milk Restricted feeder entry program ... 1449, 1511 Formerly Alberta Dairy Control Board ... 1504 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Alberta Opportunity Company Orders and Printing, Standing Merger with Agriculture Financial Services Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Corporation ... 1504 Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 342–43 Alberta Order of Excellence Crop damage Investiture ceremony program (SP904/03: Tabled) Compensation for ... 753 ... 2067 Crop insurance program Alberta Pork Producers Development Corporation Bridging funding ... 1506–07 General remarks ... 889 Federal funding ... 506–07 Alberta Wheat and Barley Test Market Act (Bill 207, General remarks ... 47, 182, 436, 605, 1504, 1506 2002) Payout schedule ... 1506 General remarks ... 2012–13 Premium discount ... 1506 Alberta's Commission on Learning Premium increases ... 506–07 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Cull Animal Program (Federal) 1700 General remarks ... 1773–74, 1794, 1796–97 Alfalfa dehydration plants Deer–Populations General remarks ... 1513 Damage issues re ... 753 Auditor General Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development BSE compensation programs auditing ... 1837 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP741/03: Tabled) ... 1893 AVAC Ltd. Budget ... 1504–05 Involvement with Leduc food processing centre Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1503–13 incubation facility ... 1402, 1512 Estimates 2003-04 debated: Response to questions Banks and banking during (SP558/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Role during BSE situation ... 1914 Performance measures ... 1510 Barley–Marketing Reorganization of ... 1505 General remarks ... 2012–13 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Beef–Labeling 198–202 Country of origin label ... 1449, 1511 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Responses Beginning farmer program to questions during (SP195-196/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 435, 1510, 1512 564 Bovine spongiform encephalitis Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... Compensation programs re ... 1837, 1913, 2011 1912–14 Compensation programs re: Auditing of ... 1837 Web site ... 1509 Impact on cattle industry ... 1914 Dept. of Gaming Laboratory facilities re ... 1913, 1914 Estimates debated ... 951–52 Live testing for ... 1914 Dept. of Infrastructure Testing for ... 1913, 1914 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1227 Canadian Adaptation and Rural Development Fund Drought Watershed research projects ... 1509 General remarks ... 1503, 1543 Canadian agriculture income stabilization program Government programs for ... 182, 1504, 1643 General remarks ... 1913 Livestock sales due to, federal tax deferral re ... Canadian Bankers Association 1117 Meeting with province re BSE situation ... 1914 Edmonton Northlands Canadian Food Inspection Agency Lottery funding for ... 951–52 Compensation re infectious animals' slaughter ... Education–Finance 1646 General remarks ... 1700 Feeder cattle import program rules ... 1449, 1511 Electric power–Prices Review of animal testing laboratory facilities ... Impact on farmers ... 1544 1913, 1914 Electric power–Supply Canadian Wheat Board General remarks ... 1772 Alberta position re ... 356, 2012–13 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) General remarks ... 356 Committee ... 633–34 Cattle–Export Third reading ... 759 General remarks ... 1914 Electric utilities–Regulations Deregulation ... 1772 272 2003 Hansard Speaker Index McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook) (Continued) (Continued) Elk–Populations Horse Racing Alberta Damage issues re ... 753 General remarks ... 1513 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Horse racing entertainment centres 2003 (Bill 201) General remarks ... 952 Second reading ... 80 Horses and West Nile virus Environmental management plans (Farms) General remarks ... 1646 General remarks ... 1510 Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Family farm Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Preservation of ... 1512 Estimates debated ... 463–64 Farm bill 2002 (U.S.) Irrigation General remarks ... 356, 1449, 1506 General remarks ... 1508 Farm income Laboratory animals–Housing Impacts on ... 1505 Report of inspection (SP557/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Farm income disaster program (Alberta) Livestock Application to hog producers ... 46–47, 889, Tracking system re ... 960 1371–72 Livestock brands–Inspection General remarks ... 436, 605, 1510, 1643 General remarks ... 960 Farm water programs Livestock Identification Services Ltd. General remarks ... 1913 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP737/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Farmers' Advocate General remarks ... 960 Intensive livestock operations mediation ... 1508 Livestock industry Feedlot operators General remarks ... 1643 Provincial assistance to ... 1794–95, 1837 Review of ... 960 Food industry and trade Livestock industry, Diversified General remarks ... 1503, 1512–13, 1544, 1643 Application of BSE compensation programs to ... Transportation issues re ... 1359 2011 Food Processing Development Centre Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1510 General remarks ... 1508 Incubator program ... 1402, 1512–13, 1544 Livestock sales–Taxation Food safety Federal deferral re ... 1117 General remarks ... 960, 1504 Lottery Fund Food safety–Research Funds allocation ... 951–52 News release re new facility for (SP559/03: Tabled) Mazankowski, Hon. Donald F. ... 1651 Alberta Order of Excellence recipient ... 2067 Forage/pasture insurance program Montana/Alberta Agricultural Opportunities General remarks ... 182, 436, 1504, 1506, 1511–12 Conference Gaming industry Trucking regulations harmonization discussions ... General remarks ... 951–52 1359 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Morrice, Audrey Committee ... 456 Alberta Order of Excellence recipient ... 2067 Gas, Natural–Prices Motions under Standing Order 15(6) Impact on farmers ... 1544 Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections Gasoline–Taxation committee ... 342–43 Federal revenue from ... 1359 Natural gas rebates Gophers–Control For agricultural users ... 1959 General remarks ... 1508, 1512 Net income stabilization account (Farm income Grasshopper control assistance program program) General remarks ... 1913, 1914 Disaster component ... 47 Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point program General remarks ... 47, 435–36, 507, 605, 1118, General remarks ... 1504 1504, 1506–07, 1510 Hog industry North/south trade corridor Assistance programs ... 46–47, 889, 1371–72 Harmonization of trucking regulations along ... Hopper cars 1359 Role in U.S. agricultural trade sanctions ... 356 Oral Question Period (2003) Horse breeding Agribusiness incubation facility ... 1402 General remarks ... 951–52, 1513 Agricultural industry ... 1543–44 Horse racing Agricultural policy framework ... 435–36, 605 General remarks ... 1513 Agricultural subsidies ... 356 Lottery funding for ... 951–52 Assistance to cattle industry ... 1837 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 273 McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook) McClellan, Hon. Shirley (PC, Drumheller-Chinook) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Transportation–Finance Crop insurance ... 182, 506–07 General remarks ... 1358–59 Cull cow and bull program ... 1773–74 Treasury Branches Deer and elk population ... 753 Meeting with province re BSE situation ... 1914 Diversified livestock producers ... 2011 Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Education funding ... 1700 General remarks ... 1544 Energy deregulation ... 1772 Water management strategy Farm income diaster program ... 1371–72 General remarks ... 1544 Farm income support programs ... 46–47 Water supply Federal tax deferral on livestock sales ... 1117 General remarks ... 1544 Grain marketing ... 2012–13 West Nile virus Livestock feeding industry ... 1643 General remarks ... 251 Livestock industry review ... 960 Horses contracting of ... 1646 Mature animal market transition program ... Western Hog Exchange 1794–95, 1796–97 General remarks ... 889 Natural gas rebates ... 1959 Wheat–Export –United States Net income stabilization account ... 1118 U.S. trade sanctions re ... 356 Pork industry ... 889 Wheat–Marketing Propane prices ... 1376 General remarks ... 2012–13 Restricted feeder cattle entry program ... 1449 Whole farm insurance program (Proposed) West Nile virus ... 251, 1646 General remarks ... 1506 Pacific Northwest Economic Region Wildlife damage Trucking regulations harmonization discussions ... Provincial programs re ... 753 1359 Wildlife disease monitoring Palmer, James General remarks ... 251 Alberta Order of Excellence recipient ... 2067 McClelland, Mr. Ian (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford) Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Drought management programs ... 1117, 1504 General remarks ... 718 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Alberta's Commission on Learning Second reading ... 67–68 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Privilege Letter re (SP629/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Alberta/Quebec relations 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections General remarks ... 1047 committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 342–43 Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School Propane–Prices Achievement General remarks ... 1376 Statement re ... 718 Propane–Taxation Budget debate Farm consumers, Exemption from ... 1376 Motion 19: Nelson ... 868 Railway lines–Abandonment Capital projects, Municipal–Finance General remarks ... 1359 Provincial/private sector funding partnerships re ... Ratzlaff, Dr. Leonard 663 Alberta Order of Excellence recipient ... 2067 Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Road construction Second reading ... 974 Resource road/new industry program ... 1359 Curling championships Rural economic development Nokia Brier champions (Randy Ferby rink) ... 359 Government strategy re ... 1503–04, 1512 Dept. of Environment Saline soil Estimates debated ... 1105 General remarks ... 1508 Dept. of Gaming Speech from the Throne Estimates debated ... 947 Debate ... 33 Dept. of Transportation Spruce Meadows, Calgary Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1227 General remarks ... 952, 1513 Diversion (Mentally disabled offenders) Strychnine (Pesticide) Calgary pilot project re ... 891–92 Use for gopher control ... 1508, 1512 Drought Technology commercialization General remarks ... 1105 General remarks ... 1509 Edmonton Police Service Tourism Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... 932 Farm experience programs ... 1512 Edmonton Public School Board Deficit financing ... 810–11 274 2003 Hansard Speaker Index McClelland, Mr. Ian (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford) McClelland, Mr. Ian (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford) (Continued) (Continued) Edmonton Public School Board (Continued) Liquor sales Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... Revenue from, for fetal alcohol syndrome programs 810–11 ... 947 Teacher layoffs ... 811 Lottery Fund Education Funds allocation ... 947 Letter re (SP867/03: Tabled) ... 2016 Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarships Electoral Boundaries Commission Statement re ... 718 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Market enhancement recovery funds Hancock - amendment) ... 877 General remarks ... 75 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Members' Statements (2003) Hancock) ... 880, 999–1000 Heritage scholarship recipients from Edmonton- Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Whitemud ... 718 Second reading ... 175 Teachers ... 255 Fair Trading (Telemarketing Licence) Amendment Michael Luchkovich Scholarships for Career Act, 2003 (Bill 211) Development First reading ... 509 Statement re ... 718 Family Law Act (Bill 45) Old Scona Academic High School Amendment A-1 (CoW) (SP659 & 830/03: Tabled) Recognition of ... 1237 ... 1766 Oral Question Period (2003) Federal Building Alberta/Quebec relations ... 1047 General remarks ... 1227 Calgary diversion project ... 891–92 Federal/provincial relations Edmonton Public School Board operational review General remarks ... 1047 ... 810–11 Ferby, Randy Market enhancement recovery fund ... 75 Recognition of ... 359 Municipal infrastructure ... 663 Fetal alcohol syndrome–Research Municipal taxation ... 1210 General remarks ... 947 Police services ... 932 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Point of Order Second reading ... 152, 170, 173 Allegations against members (Prisoner exchange Fraser Institute comments) ... 191 Report on Alberta high schools ... 1237 Clarification ... 551, 2054 Gaming industry Relevance ... 654, 1857 General remarks ... 947 Police Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... 932 Committee ... 454, 574–76, 579–80, 653–54 Police–Finance Goods and services tax (Federal government) General remarks ... 932 Application to municipal governments ... 1210 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) High schools–Alberta Second reading ... 1748, 1752 Recognition of ... 1237 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Holy Cross Hospital Third reading ... 285 Mold contamination tests at: Point of privilege re ... Prisoners 1745 Foreign exchange programs re, Point of Order re ... Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment 191 Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Privilege Second reading ... 968–69 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) proceeded with) ... 1243 Second reading ... 1905 Contempt of the Assembly (Holy Cross hospital Committee ... 2052 mold testing) (Not proceeded with) ... 1745 Jason Lang Scholarship Provincial/Municipal Council on Roles, Statement re ... 718 Responsibilities and Resources in the 21st Century, Labour laws and legislation Minister's Union/employer relations provisions ... 75 General remarks ... 1210 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Provincial/municipal fiscal relations Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) General remarks ... 1210 Second reading ... 553 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Committee ... 589 General remarks ... 359, 1237 Third reading ... 727 Scholarships Labour unions Edmonton-Whitemud recipients ... 718 Financial contributions to employers ... 75 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 275 McClelland, Mr. Ian (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford) McFarland, Mr. Barry (PC, Little Bow) (Continued) (Continued) Petitions for Private Bills (2003) School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Forest Lawn Bible College Act ... 361 2003 (Bill 203) Sisters of St. Joseph of the Province of Alberta Second reading ... 373–74 Statutes Repeal Act ... 361 School boards Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal Provincial audit review of ... 811 Inaugural award of ... 148 Speech from the Throne Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Debate ... 39 General remarks ... 147–48, 214, 814–15, 892 Storm water–Collection Research and development General remarks ... 1105 Provincial funding ... 921 Taxation, Municipal School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, General remarks ... 1210 2003 (Bill 203) TD Economics First reading ... 77 The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1210 Second reading ... 232, 367–68, 376 Teachers Committee ... 678–79 Statement re ... 255 Third reading ... 822–23, 829 Telemarketing School age Legislation re (Bill 211) ... 509 Leaving age: Increase in (Bill 203) ... 77 Water treatment plants Senda, Dr. Yoshio General remarks ... 1105 Recognition of ... 892 McFarland, Mr. Barry (PC, Little Bow) Sisters of St. Joseph of the Province of Alberta Statutes Alberta Agricultural Research Institute Repeal Act Outside investment in ... 921 Petition presented ... 361 Alberta Energy Research Institute Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Outside investment in ... 921 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Alberta Forestry Research Institute Committee ... 523 Outside investment in ... 921 Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Alaska permanent fund Foundation General remarks ... 898 General remarks ... 214 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) Aquila Networks Canada First reading ... 1624 Billing errors ... 49 Second reading ... 1719, 1722–23 Brown, Trevor Committee ... 1761, 1763–64 Recognition of ... 147–48 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Call of the Land (Radio program) General remarks ... 895 Recognition of ... 814–15 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Canada Winter Games, Campbellton, NB (March Engineering Research 2003) General remarks ... 895 Team Alberta at: Recognition of ... 214 Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Chickpeas–Marketing Deflation-proofing of ... 906–07 General remarks ... 1010 Endowment portfolio ... 474, 476, 904 Dept. of Innovation and Science Ethical/green investments of ... 899 Estimates debated ... 921 External investments ... 1924 Edmonton City Centre Airport Future use of ... 898 Operational status ... 1795 Future use of: Survey ... 474–75, 476, 895 Electric power–Retail sales General remarks ... 894, 895 Billing systems re ... 49 Inflation-proofing of ... 898 EPCOR Group of Companies Investment asset mix ... 898–99, 903–04, 906 Electricity bill accuracy ... 49 Talisman Energy investment ... 1499–1500 Forest Lawn Bible College Act Transition portfolio ... 904 Petition presented ... 361 Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Irrigation farming General remarks ... 895 Electric utility billings re ... 49 Alberta Ingenuity Fund Members' Statements (2003) General remarks ... 901 No-Bull Marketing Ltd. ... 1010 Alberta Personal Income Tax (Tools Credit) No-Bull Marketing Ltd. Amendment Act, 2001 (Bill 207, 2001) Statement re ... 1010 Proclamation of ... 1046–47 Oral Question Period (2003) Alberta Securities Commission Edmonton city centre airport ... 1795 Uniform securities legislation project ... 788, 895, Irrigation farmers' utilities billings ... 49 903 276 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta–Economic policy Investment Operations Committee General remarks ... 894–910 General remarks ... 909 Auditor General Natural resources revenue Revenue dept. comments ... 900, 901 General remarks ... 897 Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund government) General remarks ... 898 General remarks ... 897 Oil–Prices Capital assets General remarks ... 899 Amortization threshold ... 901 Oral Question Period (2003) Cigars–Taxation Education property taxes ... 1396 General remarks ... 907–08 Heritage savings trust fund ... 474–75, 476 Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 47) ... 1741 Heritage savings trust fund investments ... Civil service pensions 1499–1500 Administration of ... 894 Income tax deduction for purchase of tools ... Corporations–Taxation 1046–47 Electronic filing of provincial tax returns ... 908–09 Propane prices ... 1375–76 Reduction in ... 895, 903, 906 Securities regulation ... 787–88 Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 41) ... 1624 Propane–Prices Debts, Public (Provincial government) General remarks ... 1375–76 General remarks ... 898 Propane–Taxation Use of Heritage Fund to pay down ... 474 Provincial tax level ... 1375–76 Dept. of Finance Property tax–Education levy Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1924 General remarks ... 904, 1396 Dept. of Revenue Recession (Finance) Annual report, 2002-03 (SP762/03: Tabled) ... 1893 General remarks ... 905–06 E-strategy ... 908–09 Revenue Estimates debated ... 894–910 General remarks ... 894–910 Performance measures ... 897–98, 907 Management framework re ... 894–97, 907 Staffing ... 910 Risk management in public budgeting Endowment funds, Public General remarks ... 896, 909–10 General remarks ... 894, 895, 909–10 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Governance structure for ... 909 General remarks ... 897 Fees, Government Reduction programs ... 900–01 As part of tax load ... 897–98 Securities–Law and legislation Financial Management Commission Federal committee re ... 787–88, 902 General remarks ... 894 General remarks ... 895, 899 Future Summit (Fall 2001) Interprovincial committee re ... 787–88, 895–96, General remarks ... 894 902–03 Gaming industry National harmonization of ... 895–96, 903, 905 Revenue from ... 897 Small business Gas, Natural–Prices Venture capital for ... 902, 905, 910 General remarks ... 899 Small business–Taxation Gasoline–Taxation Reduction in ... 895 Uniform practices for ... 900 Reduction in: Legislation re (Bill 41) ... 1624 Government departments Surplus, Budgetary Reduction in number of ... 906 General remarks ... 898 Grain terminals–Prince Rupert Syncrude Canada Ltd. General remarks ... 1924 Royalty reduction for ... 900–01 Hotel room tax Talisman Energy Inc. Use for tourism marketing programs ... 901 Government shares in ... 1499–1500 Income tax, Provincial Tax exempt fuel use program General remarks ... 896 Forgone revenues from ... 900 Reduction in ... 904, 906 Tax incentives Interprovincial trade Review of ... 900–01 Internal trade agreement ... 905 Tools (Bill 207, 2001) ... 1046–47 Investment of public funds Tools (Federal credit) ... 1046–47 External managers re ... 909–10 Tax revenue, Provincial General remarks ... 894, 895, 896, 909–10 General remarks ... 894–96, 904, 907–08 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 277 Melchin, Hon. Greg (PC, Calgary-North West) Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Taxation Annual report, 2002 (SP582 & 769/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 895, 896, 897–98 1652, 1893 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) Loan to Enmax Corporation ... 1887 First reading ... 1741 P3 entities' access to funding from ... 1093 Second reading ... 1825–26 Retained earnings of, transferred to General Committee ... 1829–30 Revenue Fund ... 1049 Third reading ... 2033–34 Alberta Pensions Administration Corporation Tobacco–Taxation Capital investments ... 1174 General remarks ... 907–08 General remarks ... 1173 Uniform practices for ... 900 Staffing ... 1174 Tools Alberta Regulations Federal income tax deduction for ... 1046–47 General remarks ... 1180 Provincial income tax deduction for (Bill 207, 2001) Alberta Research Council Inc. ... 1046–47 Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Tourism–Marketing Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893 General remarks ... 901 Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority Underground economy Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and General remarks ... 909 Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893 Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) Alberta Sustainability Fund Administrator of the Province of Alberta General remarks ... 860, 956, 1046, 1173, 1175, Transmittal of supplementary estimates, 2002-03 1185, 1450, 1884, 1886, 1938 (No.2) (SP63/03: Tabled) ... 148 Legislation re (Bill 2) ... 77 Agriculture Lottery funds transferred to ... 1174 Assistance programs ... 861 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Agriculture Financial Services Corporation AMFC funding, P3 entities' access to ... 1093 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP738 & 742/03: Tabled) AMFC retained earnings transfer, Concerns re ...... 1893 1049 Alberta Automobile Insurance Board Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET Annual report, 2002 (SP581/03: Tabled) ... 1652 program) ... 1049, 1279 Alberta Cancer Board Alberta's Commission on Learning Funding for ... 861 General remarks ... 861 Alberta Capital Finance Authority Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... General remarks ... 1173 1836, 1885 Investment income ... 1174, 1183 Alberta's Promise Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community General remarks ... 862 Research Alberta–Economic conditions General remarks ... 861 General remarks ... 330, 859 Alberta Corporate Service Centre Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 1182 General remarks ... 859–62, 885, 1093–94, Alberta Foundation for Health Research 1172–87, 1884–85, 1886, 1938 Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Legislation re (Bill 2) ... 77 Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893 Apprenticeship training Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Funding for ... 861 General remarks ... 1172–73, 1186–87 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research First reading ... 508 Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill Science annual report, SP525/03 ) ... 1893 17) Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and First reading ... 206 Engineering Research Second reading ... 244 Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Third reading ... 305 Science annual report, SP757/03) ... 1893 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund 2) (Bill 54) Future use of ... 1185 Second reading ... 1944, 1955 Alberta Insurance Council Third reading ... 2017 General remarks ... 1173 Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) Government appointed chair of ... 1399–1400 First reading ... 1607 Staffing ... 1174 Second reading ... 1627 Third reading ... 1681 278 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Asbestos Chaparral school, Calgary Contamination problems with: Litigation costs re ... General remarks ... 956 1179 Children Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Community involvement with ... 862 Restructuring of ... 862 Government programs for ... 861 ATCO Gas (South) Civil service pensions Gas prices ... 1935 Capital investments for ... 1174 Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11) Governance review ... 1173 First reading ... 16 Class size (Grade school) Automobile drivers' licences Surplus funding for ... 1836, 1885 Graduated licences ... 1179 Clean energy technology–Research Automobile Insurance Reform Implementation Team Funding ... 862 Report ... 1734, 1776 Climate change Bovine spongiform encephalitis Kyoto protocol on ... 862, 1173 Compensation programs re ... 1886, 1893 Provincial initiatives re: Funding ... 862 Budget Collective bargaining 2002-03 third-quarter activity report (SP62/03: Financial Management Commission Tabled) ... 149 recommendation re ... 1185 2002-03 third-quarter budget report (SP61/03: Committee of Supply Tabled) ... 149 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04 2003-04 first-quarter activity report (SP768/03: considered for two days (Motion 12: Nelson) ... Tabled) ... 1893 403 2003-04 first-quarter fiscal update (SP767/03: Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04 Tabled) ... 1893 referred to (Motion 11: Nelson) ... 403 2003-04 second-quarter activity report (SP790/03: Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04 referred Tabled) ... 1896 to (Motion 18: Nelson) ... 859 2003-04 second-quarter fiscal update (SP789/03: Motion to resolve into (Motion 6: Nelson) ... 149 Tabled) ... 1896 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) referred 2003-04 second-quarter report ... 1836, 1884, 1886 to (Motion 7: Nelson) ... 149 Post-budget changes to ... 1185 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 referred to Release of, procedures re ... 808 (Motion 25: Nelson) ... 1896 Budget Address Computers in schools Motion 19: Nelson ... 859–62 Funding for ... 861 Calgary Board of Education The Co-operators Deficit finance ... 1169 General remarks ... 935 Funding for ... 1669 Corporations–Taxation Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Reduction in ... 860, 890, 1093–94, 1173, 1178, Region 1185, 1186, 1938 Deficit financing: Use of provincial surplus re ... Courts–Calgary 1886 New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 1885 New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation ... 1885 Annual report, 2002 (SP770/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Capital assets General remarks ... 1173 Amortization threshold ... 1180 Crop insurance program Capital Health Authority General remarks ... 861 Deficit financing: Use of provincial surplus re ... Day care centres–Finance 1886 General remarks ... 861 Capital projects Debts, Public (Provincial government) Alternative arrangements re ... 861, 957 General remarks ... 813, 860, 861, 1045–46, Alternative arrangements re: Advisory committee of 1093–94, 1173, 1174, 1177, 1185, 1938 experts re ... 861 Impact of rising Canadian dollar on ... 1450 Public/private partnerships re ... 861, 1885 Use of debt repayment fund to pay down ... 860 Public/private partnerships re: Access to AMFC Use of surplus to pay down ... 1886 funding ... 1093 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Surplus funding of ... 1836 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP740/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development General remarks ... 1174–75, 1176 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP741/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Centennial Capital Plan Dept. of Children's Services General remarks ... 860, 861, 929, 956, 1173, Annual report, 2002-03, Sections I and II (SP743- 1369–70, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1938 744/03: Tabled) ... 1893 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 279 Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Dept. of Community Development Dollar, Canadian Annual report, 2002-03 (SP745/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Impact on provincial budgeting ... 1450 Dept. of Economic Development Drought Annual report, 2002-03 (SP746/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Government programs for ... 861 Dept. of Energy Early literacy programs (Grade schools) Annual report, 2002-03 (SP747/03: Tabled) ... 1893 General remarks ... 861 Dept. of Environment Economic development Annual report, 2002-03 (SP748/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Growth of ... 1176 Dept. of Finance Edmonton Public School Board Annual report, 2002-03 (SP750/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Capital assets sale ... 809` Business plan ... 1173, 1183 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 809 Capital investments ... 1174 Funding for ... 1326, 1669 Communications budget ... 1180–81 Education Estimates debated ... 1172–87 General remarks ... 859 Fee revenue ... 1184 Education, Postsecondary–Finance In-house IT services ... 1180 General remarks ... 861, 889, 1938–39 Lottery funds for ... 1174, 1183 Education–Finance Program expenses ... 1174 General remarks ... 860, 861, 885, 929, 1093, 1164, Revenues ... 1174, 1182–83 1169, 1178, 1326, 1669 Staffing ... 1174 Electric power–Prices Dept. of Gaming General remarks ... 330 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP751/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Dept. of Government Services Third reading ... 781–82 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP752/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Electric utilities–Regulations Dept. of Health and Wellness Deregulation ... 1887 Annual report, 2002-03, Sections I and II (SP753- Energy efficiency (Buildings) 754/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Homeowner loans for ... 1279 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Provincial initiatives re ... 1279 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP755/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings) Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... AUMA proposals re (MEET program) ... 1049, 193 1279 Dept. of Infrastructure Provincial interest-free loans re ... 862, 1049, 1279 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP756/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Enmax Corporation Dept. of Innovation and Science Loan from Municipal Financing Corporation ... Annual report, 2002-03 (SP757/03: Tabled) ... 1893 1887 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Environmental protection Annual report, 2002-03 (SP758/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Funding for ... 862 Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Annual report, 2002-03 (SP759/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, Dept. of Learning referred to Committee of Supply (Motion 11: Annual report, 2002-03 (SP760/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Nelson) ... 403 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, Annual report, 2002-03 (SP761/03: Tabled) ... 1893 to be considered for two days (Motion 12: Dept. of Revenue Nelson) ... 403 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP762/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, Dept. of Seniors transmitted to Assembly (SP155/03: Tabled) ... Annual report, 2002-03 (SP763/03: Tabled) ... 1893 403 Dept. of Solicitor General Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, referred Annual report, 2002-03 (SP764/03: Tabled) ... 1893 to Committee of Supply (Motion 18: Nelson) ... Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development 859 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP765/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, Dept. of Transportation transmitted to Assembly (SP325-328/03: Tabled) Annual report, 2002-03 (SP766/03: Tabled) ... 1893 ... 859 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1361 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) Disabled children considered for one day (Motion 8: Nelson) ... 149 Government programs ... 861 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) referred Disabled children–Education–Finance to Committee of Supply (Motion 7: Nelson) ... General remarks ... 861 Discrimination–Geographic location 149 Auto insurance premiums ... 1732, 1733, 1735, Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) 1771 transmitted to Assembly (SP63/03: Tabled) ... 148 280 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) Highway 9 (Continued) Upgrading ... 1361 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 considered for Horse racing one day (Motion 26: Nelson) ... 1896 Lottery funding for ... 885, 889 Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 referred to Hospitals–Calgary Committee of Supply (Motion 25: Nelson) ... New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 1885 1896 Income tax, Provincial Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 transmitted to General remarks ... 1173, 1178 Assembly (SP791/03: Tabled) ... 1886, 1896 Reduction in ... 1093–94, 1185 Executive Council Informatics Circle of Research Excellence Annual report, 2002-03 (SP749/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Annual report, 2002-03 (In Dept. of Innovation and Fees, Government Science annual report, SP757/03 ) ... 1893 General remarks ... 1184, 1185–86 Insurance Act Financial institutions–Regulation Revision of ... 1173 General remarks ... 1173 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33) Financial Management Commission General remarks ... 1179 General remarks ... 860 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Report ... 1173, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1180, 1184–85 General remarks ... 1776 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Insurance companies First reading ... 77 General remarks ... 935 Second reading ... 149–50, 153 Insurance companies–Regulation Third reading ... 275 General remarks ... 1173 Forest fires–Control Insurance, Automobile Costs ... 1886 Awards resulting from accident claims: Review of Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act ... 1173, 1179 West Edmonton Mall loan refinancing details, Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and Request under ... 1401 suffering): Cap on ... 1732, 1775–76 Gas, Natural–Prices Public plan re ... 1772, 1776 General remarks ... 180 Reform of ... 1732, 1733–34, 1735, 1775–76 Gas, Natural–Prices–Calgary Insurance, Automobile–Premiums General remarks ... 1935 Actuarial studies re: Availability of ... 2059 Gas, Natural–Prices–Edmonton Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1732, Tory caucus presentation re ... 1935 1733–34, 1735, 1771 General Revenue Fund Government web site calculator re ... 2059 Details by payee (SP584/03: Tabled) ... 1652 Increases in ... 935 Government departments Rollback of ... 1775–76 Business plans for (SP328/03: Tabled) ... 859 Irrigation–Finance Cross-ministry initiatives of ... 1176, 1182 General remarks ... 861 Efficiency audits of ... 1181, 1182 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Fiscal year end spending regulation ... 1180 Transmittal of 2003-04 interim main and Lottery Performance measures ... 1181, 1182 Fund estimates (SP155/03: Tabled) ... 403 Staffing levels ... 1182 Transmittal of 2003-04 main and Lottery Fund Government of Alberta estimates (SP325-328/03: Tabled) ... 859 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP739/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Transmittal of 2003-04 supplementary estimates Web site: Insurance rate calculator on ... 2059 (SP791/03: Tabled) ... 1896 Government spending policy Local Authorities Pension Plan General remarks ... 1093–94, 1174–75 Governance review ... 1173 Greenhouse gas emissions Lottery Fund Reduction of ... 1049 Funds allocation: Sustainability fund ... 1174, 1183 Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) Low-income families First reading ... 117 MLA committee review of programs for ... 862 Heart–Surgery Medical care Funding for ... 861 Restructuring ... 861 Heavy oil–Prices Medical care–Finance General remarks ... 1184 Federal funding ... 861, 1886 Heavy oil–Royalties General remarks ... 860, 861, 1186 General remarks ... 1183–84 Use of surplus for funding ... 1886 Highway 881–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Medical equipment–Finance General remarks ... 1361 General remarks ... 861 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 281 Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Medical records, Electronic Property tax–Education levy Legislation re (Bill 10) ... 117 General remarks ... 890, 931, 961–62, 1006, 1178, Members of the Legislative Assembly 1326, 1569–70 Report of selected payments to (SP583/03: Tabled) Mitigation formula re ... 1569–70 ... 1652 Public Affairs Bureau Members' withdrawal of remarks General remarks ... 1180, 1182 General remarks ... 190 Public buildings Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) Funding for ... 929 General remarks ... 184, 190 Sale of ... 957 Natural gas rebate program (2001) Research and development Funds remaining from ... 184 Co-ordination of ... 1182 Natural gas rebates Revenue General remarks ... 184, 1182 General remarks ... 1174 Natural resources revenue Risk management in public budgeting General remarks ... 860, 1174–75, 1176, 1177–78, General remarks ... 1173, 1179 1183, 1185, 1893 Road construction–Finance Impact of rising Canadian dollar on ... 1450 General remarks ... 860, 861 Offices of the Legislative Assembly Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology Main estimates, 2003-04 transmitted to Assembly Highway access to ... 1361 (SP325/03: Tabled) ... 859 Sales tax, Provincial Oil–Prices General remarks ... 1172, 1185 General remarks ... 1174–75, 1177–78 Scholarships Oil–Royalties Funding for ... 861 General remarks ... 1183 School boards Oral Question Period (2003) Funding ... 861, 1169 Alberta Insurance Council ... 1399–1400 Schools–Construction Automobile insurance ... 2059 Funding for ... 861, 929, 1185 Automobile insurance rates ... 1735, 1771–72, Use of surplus for funding ... 1885, 1886 1775–76 Schools–Construction–Calgary Automobile insurance reform ... 1732, 1733–34 General remarks ... 956 Budget release ... 808 Schools–Maintenance and repair Budget surplus ... 1836, 1885, 1886 Funding for ... 861, 929, 1185 Canadian dollar ... 1450 Senior citizens Debt reduction ... 1045–46 Government programs: Impact of aging population Edmonton Public School Board operational review on ... 1176 ... 809 Senior citizens' lodges Education funding ... 813, 929, 1164, 1169, 1669 Funding for ... 861 Education property taxes ... 890, 961–62, 1006, Small business–Taxation 1326, 1569–70 Reduction in ... 860, 890, 1185 Electricity deregulation ... 1887 Social housing Electricity prices ... 330 Funding for ... 861 Energy efficiency initiatives ... 1279 Student financial aid Government capital assets ... 957 General remarks ... 861 Infrastructure funding ... 1369–70 Suncor Inc. Insurance industry ... 935 Expansion ... 1183, 1184 Municipal Financing Corporation ... 1049, 1093 Superintendent of Insurance Natural gas prices ... 180, 1935 General remarks ... 935 Natural gas rebates ... 184 Supports for independence program Postsecondary education funding ... 889, 1938–39 Restructuring of ... 862 Provincial fiscal policies ... 885, 1093–94, 1884 Surplus, Budgetary School construction ... 956 General remarks ... 860, 861, 1185, 1884–85, 1886 School property taxes ... 931 Use for education ... 1886, 1938–39 West Edmonton Mall ... 1401 Use for hospital funding ... 1885, 1886 Pensions Use for infrastructure funding ... 1836, 1885 General remarks ... 1173 Taxation Point of Order General remarks ... 859, 1172–73, 1185–86 Allegations against a member (Natural Gas Price Teachers Protection Act comments) ... 190 Layoffs of ... 1669 Postsecondary educational institutions Tourism Funding for ... 861 Impact of highways on ... 1361 282 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Nelson, Hon. Pat (PC, Calgary-Foothills) (Continued) Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Transplantation of organs Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Funding for ... 861 ATCO electricity flow-through pricing option ... Transportation, Urban–Finance 556 General remarks ... 861 ATCO gas price increase application to ... 109 Transportation–Finance Direct Energy application ... 1732 General remarks ... 1361 Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire Treasury Branches charges) decisions ... 1494 Deposit guarantee fee ... 1184 General remarks ... 556 Former superintendent's involvement in WEM loan Utility companies' hedging practices decision ... refinancing ... 1401 555–56 General remarks ... 1173 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Net income decrease ... 1174, 1183 Edmonton Northlands advertising, Investigation Privatization of ... 1180 into ... 1088 Tuition fees Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund General remarks ... 1938–39 Endowment portfolio ... 474 Wages–Public service Future use of: Survey ... 474–75 Use of budget surplus for ... 1884 Alberta Sustainability Fund Water resources development–Finance General remarks ... 956, 1505 General remarks ... 861 Alberta's Commission on Learning Water treatment plants Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Funding for ... 861 1836, 1885 West Edmonton Mall Alberta–Economic policy Loan refinancing: Former TB superintendent's General remarks ... 807–08, 885, 1884–85 involvement ... 1401 Impact on collective bargaining ... 930 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Second reading ... 581–83 Second reading ... 224–25 Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) Committee ... 516–17 Third reading ... 1681–82 Third reading ... 820 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) Utility costs component ... 110, 140, 352 A.H. Dakin school, Edson ATCO Electric Closure ... 1545 Flow-through pricing option ... 556 Agricultural land Power bills increase ... 500–01 Competing interests re ... 1509 ATCO Gas Agricultural Operation Practices Act Rate increase application to AEUB ... 109 General remarks ... 1507 Brooks Pheasant Hatchery Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial) Lease agreement re pheasant release (Q15/03: General remarks ... 1505–06, 1509 Accepted) ... 1804 Agriculture Budget Assistance programs: Performance measures re ... Release of, procedures re ... 808 1509 Budget debate Assistance programs: Risk management analysis of Motion 19: Nelson ... 863–66 ... 1505–06 Calgary Board of Education Agriculture–Environmental aspects Funding for ... 1369, 1495, 1669 General remarks ... 1507 Teachers' salary settlement, provincial funding for Agriculture–Research ... 1495 Access to information re ... 1508 Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Applied research programs: Access to ... 1507–08 Region Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for Report ... 1541, 2058 ... 1885 Revised mandate to review billing problems ... 1541 Capital projects Alberta Ag-Info Centre (Call centre) Public/private partnerships re ... 1885 General remarks ... 1508 Surplus funding of ... 1836 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Centennial Capital Plan Counties General remarks ... 885–86, 956, 1369–70, 1884 Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 2058 Centrica Plc (U.K.) Alberta Disaster Assistance Loan Program Meeting with Premier re Direct Energy application (Agriculture) ... 1732 General remarks ... 1643 Chaparral school, Calgary General remarks ... 956 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 283 Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Children Edmonton Northlands Community involvement with ... 7 Advertising campaign ... 1088 Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Lottery funding for ... 1088 First reading ... 256 Edmonton Public School Board Second reading ... 973–74 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... Class size (Grade school) 850–51 General remarks ... 1616 Funding for ... 1616–17, 1640, 1669 Surplus funding for ... 1836, 1885 Teacher layoffs ... 850–51, 1616–17 Clean Air Strategic Alliance Edmonton's Food Bank General remarks ... 688, 835–36 Impact of utility rate increase on ... 352–53 Closure debate (Parliamentary practice) Education General remarks ... 640–41, 661 General remarks ... 7 Collective bargaining Letters re (SP869/03: Tabled) ... 2016 Impact of government fiscal policies on ... 930 Education, Postsecondary Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel General remarks ... 1206 General remarks ... 641, 930 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Streamlining of ... 294 General remarks ... 885, 1114, 1206 Collective bargaining–Nurses Education–Finance General remarks ... 641, 930 General remarks ... 7–8, 661–62, 807–08, 850–51, Letter re (SP870/03: Tabled) ... 2016 885, 929–30, 1043–44, 1114, 1206, 1230–31, Provincial advertising re: Letter re (SP682/03: 1369, 1616–17, 1640, 1669 Tabled) ... 1802 Electric power lines–Construction Streamlining of ... 294 Cost sharing of (re AEUB decision) ... 1494, Collective bargaining–Teachers 1565–66, 1836 General remarks ... 930 Costs of ... 1836 Commissioner of Services for Children (1994) Electric power–Export General remarks ... 7 General remarks ... 1836 Consumer protection Electric power–Prices Re electricity/gas contracts ... 328, 500, 1669 Deferral accounting re ... 501 Consumers' Coalition of Alberta General remarks ... 44–45, 327–28, 352–53, Report to EUB re Direct Energy application ... 1732 500–01, 556, 784–85, 885, 1278, 1494, 1565–66, Courts–Calgary 1694, 1836 New courthouse, Public/private funding of ... 1885 Impact on low income families ... 110 Crop insurance program Impact on municipalities ... 1231 General remarks ... 1505, 1506 Impact on seniors ... 110, 394–95 Payout schedule ... 1506 Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 110, 352 Performance measures re ... 1509 Letter re (SP128/03: Tabled) ... 336 Dams–Milk River Electric power–Retail sales Letters re (SP799/03: Tabled) ... 1942 Consumer education/protection re ... 328, 500, Debts, Public (Provincial government) 1669, 1732–33 General remarks ... 1836 General remarks ... 1669 Use of Heritage Fund to pay down ... 474 Electric power–Supply Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development General remarks ... 1278 Budget ... 1505 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1505–10 Second reading ... 175–77 Performance measures ... 1509–10 General remarks ... 1565, 1669 Web site ... 1509 Time allocation motion re ... 640–41, 661 Dept. of Energy Electric utilities, Municipally owned Minister's resignation ... 1494–95, 1541 General remarks ... 44 Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) Electric utilities–Regulations General remarks ... 1732 Deregulation ... 44–45, 327–28, 500, 885, 956, Disaster relief 1278, 1494–95, 1541, 1565–66, 1669, 1694, General remarks ... 1505 1836, 2058 Discrimination–Geographic location Electric utilities–Regulations–California Auto insurance premiums ... 1732 Deregulation ... 1566 Drought Emergency motions under Standing Order 40 Government programs for ... 1642–43 Natural Gas Price Protection Act regulations ... Edmonton Eskimo Football Club 443–44 2003 Grey Cup win: Statement re ... 1693–94 284 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Energy efficiency (Buildings) Insurance, Automobile Homeowner loans for ... 352, 1278 Awards resulting from soft tissue injuries (pain and Provincial initiatives re ... 1278 suffering): Cap on ... 1732 Energy industry Public plan re ... 1695 Use of water supplies ... 294–95 Reform of ... 1732 Energy industry–Crown lands Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 1793, Actuarial studies re: Availability of ... 2059 2008–09 Age discrimination in rates ... 1695 Environmental management plans (Farms) Freezing of ... 1695 General remarks ... 1509 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1732 Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) Government web site calculator re ... 2059 Second reading ... 2022–23 Rollback of ... 1695, 2059 Farm income Iraq Impacts on ... 1505 Military action against: Official Opposition Farm income assistance program (Alberta) resolution re (SP35/03: Tabled) ... 78 General remarks ... 1643 Military action against: Statement re ... 660–61 Farm income disaster program (Alberta) Irrigation General remarks ... 1642–43 General remarks ... 1507 Federal/provincial relations Jubilee junior high school, Edson Fire wall consideration ... 1088 Transfer from public to separate system ... 1545 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Korean Veterans Association of Canada Second reading ... 166–68 50th Anniversary: Program from (SP871/03: Free votes (Parliamentary practice) Tabled) ... 2016 Electoral Boundaries Commission report vote ... Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities 1088 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Second reading ... 535–37 Committee ... 572–73 Time allocation motion re ... 641, 661 Time allocation motion re ... 641 Legislation–Alberta Gas well drilling industry–Hastings Lake/Ministik area Citizen referendums/petitions for: Legislation re Impact on wildlife ... 1793–94 (Bill 205) ... 256 Gas, Natural–Prices Lieutenant Governor of Alberta General remarks ... 69–70, 70, 109, 139–40, Statement re ... 44 327–28, 352–53, 434, 555–56, 885 Livestock industry Impact on low income families ... 110 General remarks ... 1642–43 Impact on municipalities ... 1231 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Impact on school utility costs ... 70 General remarks ... 1507 Impact on seniors ... 110, 140, 248, 394–95 Lottery Fund Impact on SFI/AISH recipients ... 110, 140, 352 Funds allocation ... 8 Letter re (SP128/03: Tabled) ... 336 Low-income families Gas, Natural–Retail sales Impact of high utility costs on ... 110 Consumer education/protection re ... 328 Low-income seniors Gophers–Control Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... General remarks ... 1507 248, 394–95 Government of Alberta Low-income seniors–Housing Web site: Insurance rate calculator on ... 2059 Seniors in subsidized housing: Impact of high utility Grey Cup winners (Edmonton Eskimos) costs on ... 110, 140 Statement re ... 1693–94 Medical care–Finance Health sciences personnel–Law and legislation General remarks ... 807–08 Cabinet committee review of ... 294 Members of the Legislative Assembly Holy Cross Hospital Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... Sale of ... 956 1088 Horse racing Ministerial Statements (2003) Lottery funding for ... 8, 885, 1088, 1669 Edmonton Eskimos ... 1693–94 Hospitals–Calgary Her Honour Lois E. Hole ... 44 Closure ... 956 War in Iraq ... 660–61 New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 1885 Ministik bird sanctuary Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Impact of industrial development on ... 1793–94 Second reading ... 1900–03 Municipal finance Government grants ... 1231 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 285 Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Municipal government Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Impact of high energy prices on ... 1231 Natural gas rebates ... 139–40, 433–34, 1205–06 Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) Northlands ad campaign ... 1088 General remarks ... 69–70, 109, 395, 434, 555–56 Postsecondary education ... 1114 Regulations under ... 475 Postsecondary education system ... 1617 Regulations under: Amendment of ... 443–44 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise ... 7 Natural gas rebates Premier's travel ... 1694 General remarks ... 69–70, 109–110, 139–40, 248, Provincial fiscal policies ... 807–08, 885, 930, 1884 328, 352–53, 395, 433–34, 555–56, 1205–06, School construction ... 956 1231 Seniors' utility costs ... 248 Letter requesting election re (SP129/03: Tabled) ... Time allocation ... 640–41, 661 336 Tuition fees ... 641 Reinstatement of: Petition tabled re (SP9/03) ... 69 University of Calgary ... 1396 Reinstatement of: Petitions tabled re (SP410-411, Utility costs ... 110 452-453, 503/03) ... 1205 Utility costs for schools ... 70 Net income stabilization account (Farm income Water management ... 1933–34 program) Water use by oil and gas industry ... 294–95 General remarks ... 1505–06 Petitions (Parliamentary practice) Nurses–Law and legislation Legislation re (Bill 205) ... 256 Cabinet committee review of ... 294 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Office of the Premier Energy rebates reinstatement (SP9/03) ... 69 Premier's meeting in London with Centrica ... 1732 Tuition fees (SP868/03) ... 2016 Premier's travel to Ottawa and London, UK ... 1694 Petro-Canada Official Opposition Fort McMurray oil sands plant expansion delay ... Resolution re military action against Iraq (SP35/03: 1369 Tabled) ... 78 Pheasants Unlimited Oral Question Period (2003) Lease agreement with Brooks Pheasant Hatchery Access to crown land ... 1793, 2008–09 (Q15/03: Accepted) ... 1804 Automobile insurance ... 2059 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Automobile insurance rates ... 1695 Committee ... 1870–71 Automobile insurance reform ... 1732 General remarks ... 1617, 1694 Budget release ... 808 Power plants Budget surplus ... 1836, 1884–85 Sale of ... 956 Calgary Board of Education ... 1495 Power Pool Council Democracy in the provincial government ... 1088 General remarks ... 785 Edson schools amalgamation ... 1545 Market surveillance administrator ... 784 Education funding ... 7–8, 661–62, 850–51, 929–30, Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise 1114, 1206, 1230–31, 1369, 1616–17, 1640, 1669 General remarks ... 7 Education property taxes ... 1043–44, 1396–97 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Electricity deregulation ... 44–45, 1494, 1541, General remarks ... 7 1565–66, 1669, 2058 Property tax Electricity exports ... 1836 General remarks ... 1044 Electricity pricing ... 784–85 Property tax–Education levy Electricity transmission development policy ... General remarks ... 1043–44, 1396–97 1494–95 Protected areas–Hastings Lake/Ministik area Energy deregulation ... 1278 Industrial development in ... 1793–94 Energy efficiency initiatives ... 1278 Public buildings Energy marketing ... 328 Funding for ... 929 Energy prices ... 327–28, 352–53, 394–95, 500–01, Sale of ... 956 555–56, 1732 Public lands Government capital assets ... 956 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Health care labour legislation ... 294 over ... 1793, 2008–09 Heritage savings trust fund ... 474–75 Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) General remarks ... 2008–09 Industrial development in protected areas ... Referendum, Provincial 1793–94 Heritage Fund future ... 474 Infrastructure funding ... 1369–70 Referendums (Parliamentary practice) Infrastructure projects ... 885–86 Legislation re (Bill 205) ... 256 Livestock feeding industry ... 1642–43 Regional health authorities Municipal funding ... 1231 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining Natural gas prices ... 69–70, 109–110, 140 negotiations ... 294 286 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Nicol, Dr. Ken (L, Lethbridge-East) (Continued) Regional health authorities (Continued) Treaty 8 First Nations Elected boards of ... 1088 Consultations with, re public land access issues ... Rent 2008–09 Impact of utility rate increases on ... 353 Motion to reject Bill 49, Public Lands Amendment Retirement Act, 2003 ... 2008 Financial planning for: Document re (SP446/03: Tuition fees Tabled) ... 1377 General remarks ... 641, 885 Saline soil Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re ... General remarks ... 1507 1617 School boards Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re: Impact of high energy costs on ... 70 Petition tabled re (SP868/03) ... 2016 Provincial audit review of ... 850–51 United Nations School dropouts General remarks ... 660–61 General remarks ... 1114, 1206 University of Calgary School furnaces–Maintenance and repair Funding ... 1396 Impact of natural gas prices on ... 70 Restructuring ... 1396 Schools Tuition fees ... 641, 1396 Utility bill payments, government assistance re ... Video gambling machines 328 Funding of upgrades to ... 8 Schools–Closure Wages–Public service General remarks ... 1545 Use of budget surplus for ... 1884 Schools–Construction Wages–Teachers Funding for ... 929–30 Funding for increase in ... 7–8, 661–62, 850–51, Use of surplus for funding ... 1885 1369, 1495 Schools–Construction–Calgary Rollbacks to ... 1640 General remarks ... 956 Water conservation Schools–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 1933, 1934 Funding for ... 929–30 Water diversion Schools–Utilization–Edson General remarks ... 1934 Public/separate exchanges ... 1545 Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1933–34 Debate ... 35–39 Water licences Strikes and lockouts Transferability of ... 1934 Impact of government fiscal policies on ... 930 Water metering Strikes and lockouts–University personnel General remarks ... 1934 Banning of ... 1617 Water quality–Standards Strychnine (Pesticide) Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: Use for gopher control ... 1507 Nicol) ... 688–89, 835–36 Student financial aid Water supply General remarks ... 641 Inventory of ... 1933 Student unions Use by energy industry ... 294–95 Removal of elected members of ... 1617 Water–Fees Supports for independence program General remarks ... 1933 Utility costs component ... 110, 140, 352 Whole farm insurance program (Proposed) Surplus, Budgetary General remarks ... 1507 General remarks ... 1884–85 Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung) Use for hospital funding ... 1885 Aboriginal businesses Use for infrastructure funding ... 1836, 1885 General remarks ... 297 TD Economics Aboriginal peoples–Employment The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1114 General remarks ... 297 Teachers Aboriginal policy framework Layoffs of ... 1369, 1495, 1616–17, 1669 General remarks ... 1139 Tempest Energy Corp. Aboriginal/industry partnerships Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area ... General remarks ... 297, 1139 1793–94 Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Terrorist attacks–New York City/Washington, D.C. Framework September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 660 General remarks ... 1512 Textbooks–Finance Airport security fee (Federal) General remarks ... 7–8 General remarks ... 1328 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 287 Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung) Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Craft Council Dept. of Economic Development (Continued) Web site: Link with Travel Alberta web site ... 1142 Minister's trip to Washington, D.C. ... 1233 Alberta Economic Development Authority Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Annual report, 2001-02 (SP339/03: Tabled) ... 938 205 General remarks ... 1143 Dept. of International and Intergovernmental Relations Alberta Film Commission Estimates debated ... 1522–23 Marketing activities ... 1144, 1327 Discrimination–Geographic location Alberta Government Offices Auto insurance premiums ... 1771 Establishment in Ottawa or Washington, D.C. ... Diversification 1523 General remarks ... 1139, 1143, 1147 General remarks ... 298, 1147, 1150 Edmonton City Centre Airport Alberta Regulations Operational status ... 1734, 1772–73, 1795 Impact on small business ... 933 Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club Alberta Science, Research and Technology Authority Statement re ... 1087 General remarks ... 1143 Edmonton Public School Board Alberta/United States relations Funding for: Tory caucus role re ... 503 General remarks ... 1233 Edmonton Regional Airports Authority Alberta–Economic conditions City Centre Airport policy ... 1734, 1772–73, 1795 Conference Board publications re (SP476-477/03: Education–Finance Tabled) ... 1502 General remarks ... 1669 General remarks ... 662, 668, 1139, 1152 Education–Finance–Edmonton Statement re ... 1540 Tory caucus role re ... 503 Alliance pipeline Electric power, Coal-produced General remarks ... 1148 Research into ... 1151 Arts Electric power–Prices Tourism potential of ... 1142 General remarks ... 1771 Bank of Montreal Impact on small business ... 599, 645, 662–63, In Search of Canada's Small Business Hotbeds 1148–49 (Report) (SP293/03: Tabled) ... 792 KPMG annual comparison of ... 1771 Bombardier Inc. Electric power–Supply JetTrain ... 936 General remarks ... 1148–49 Business Link Electric utilities–Regulations Aboriginal business programs ... 297 Deregulation ... 599, 645, 662–63, 668, 1148–49, Calgary Flames Hockey Club 1152, 1771 Statement re ... 1087 Energy industry Canadian Federation of Independent Business Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1139 Concerns re regulations and small business ... 933 Energy resources, Alternate Canadian Television Fund General remarks ... 1148–49 Cuts to ... 1327 Provincial government usage of ... 1149 Canadian Tourism Commission Exports General remarks ... 1149 General remarks ... 1143 Central Alberta Economic Partnership Government stretegy re ... 1139 General remarks ... 1140, 1150 Exports–United States Coal mines and mining General remarks ... 1139 General remarks ... 1151 Film and television industry Coal–Marketing General remarks ... 1144, 1327 General remarks ... 1151 Film development grant program Coal–Supply General remarks ... 1144 General remarks ... 1151 Firefighters Conference Board of Canada Statement re ... 640 Alberta economic outlook: Publications re (SP476- Fishing, Sport 477/03: Tabled) ... 1502 General remarks ... 754 Cultural facilities Food industry and trade Tourism potential of ... 1142 General remarks ... 1512 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Food safety–Fees Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1512 Collection of, by regional health authorities ... 933 Dept. of Economic Development Forintek Canada Corp. Annual report, 2002-03 (SP746/03: Tabled) ... 1893 General remarks ... 1150 Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1139–53 288 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung) Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung) (Continued) (Continued) Gas pipelines Ministerial Statements (2003) Stripping of natural gas liquids from throughput of Alberta's economic outlook ... 1540 ... 1148 Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames ... 1087 Gas pipelines–Alaska/Northwest Territories thru Heritage Classic Organizing Committee ... 1769 Alberta Old Strathcona fire, March 13, 2003 ... 640 General remarks ... 1148 Municipal Government Act Gas utilities–Regulations Edmonton City Centre Airport provisions ... 1734 Deregulation ... 599, 645 Northeast Alberta Information Hub Gas, Natural–Export General remarks ... 1140 Impact on petrochemical feedstocks ... 1148 Northern Alberta Development Council Grizzly Regional Economic Alliance General remarks ... 1139, 1734 General remarks ... 1140, 1150 Northern development Heritage Classic hockey game, Edmonton (November Impact of Edmonton City Centre Airport closure on 22, 2003) ... 1734, 1772–73 Statement re ... 1769 Old Strathcona fire, Edmonton (March 13, 2003) Heritage Classic Organizing Committee Statement re ... 640 Statement re ... 1769 Oral Question Period (2003) Highway 2 Aboriginal economic development ... 297 General remarks ... 935 Alberta film and television industry ... 1327 Highway trails Alberta's relationship with the U.S. ... 1233 As tourism promoter ... 1141 Automobile insurance rates ... 1771 Historic sites Commercial and sportfishing industries ... 754 Tourism potential of ... 1142 Edmonton city centre airport ... 1734, 1772–73, Horse racing 1795 Lottery funding for ... 1669 Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 Hotel room tax Education funding ... 1669 Use for tourism marketing programs ... 1145–46, Electricity prices ... 1771 1150 Energy deregulation ... 599, 645, 662–63, 668 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Government contracts ... 74 Cross-ministry involvement in ... 1145, 1146 Government regulations ... 933 Government strategy re ... 1139, 1143–46, 1148, High-speed rail link ... 935–36 1150–52 International offices ... 298 Performance measures re ... 1143 Lethbridge county airport ... 1328 Information and communications technology Medical officers of health ... 755 Public contracts awarded re: Alberta content ... 74 Palliser Economic Partnership Insurance, Automobile–Premiums General remarks ... 1140, 1150 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1771 Peace Region Economic Development Alliance Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative General remarks ... 1150 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development Estimates debated ... 497 General remarks ... 1152 International trade Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Alberta strategy re ... 298, 1139 First reading ... 1650 Investments, Foreign Petrochemical industry General remarks ... 1147 Feedstock supply for ... 1148, 1152–53 Iron Horse Trail (Snowmobiles) General remarks ... 1143–44, 1148 General remarks ... 1142 Point of Order KPMG consulting Gestures ... 1653, 1660 Annual comparison of electricity prices ... 1771 Questions by a minister ... 1522 Lethbridge County Airport Ports–Prince Rupert Port of entry status ... 1328 General remarks ... 1151 Lumber Privacy, Right of Value-added processing of ... 1150 Legislation re (Bill 44) ... 1650 Lumber–Export Progressive Conservative caucus–Edmonton General remarks ... 1150 Role of ... 503 Members' apologies to the House Public contracts General remarks ... 1653, 1660 Alberta content provisions ... 74 Métis–Employment Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton/Calgary General remarks ... 297 Study re ... 935–36 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 289 Norris, Hon. Mark (PC, Edmonton-McClung) O'Neill, Mary (PC, St. Albert) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta's Commission on Learning Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): General remarks ... 935 Letter re (SP679/03: Tabled) ... 1802 Regional Economic Development Initiative for Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Northwest Alberta Public/private partnership funding model for General remarks ... 1150 southeast portion of ... 1700 Regional economic development partnerships Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. General remarks ... 1140, 1150 2) (Bill 54) Research and development Committee ... 1994 General remarks ... 1143, 1145 Aquila Networks Canada Rural economic development Billing rate riders ... 665 Government strategy re ... 1139, 1143, 1150–51, ATCO Electric 1512 Power bills increase ... 665 Small business Automobile drivers' licences Bank of Montreal report on (SP293/03: Tabled) ... Graduated licences ... 1401 792 Bell Walk for Kids Impact of electricity prices on ... 599, 645, 662–63, Recognition of ... 1403–04 1148–49 Big Lake natural area Impact of natural gas prices on ... 645 Impact of bypass road on ... 887 Snowmobile trails Canada Book Week Tourism potential of ... 1142–43 Recognition of ... 1171 Softwoods–Export–United States Canada Health and Social Transfer (Federal Trade rule improvements re: Draft U.S. policy government) bulletin re ... 1150 Health accord funding element ... 10 Tar sands development Capital projects By-products usage as petrochemical feedstocks ... Public/private partnerships re ... 1700 1148 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Visit of U.S. officials re ... 1233 Federal/provincial program re ... 1049 TD Economics Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1153, Second reading ... 1246–47 1771 Clean Air Strategic Alliance The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report): Copy General remarks ... 693, 835 tabled (SP412/03) ... 1238 Condominium Property Act Technology commercialization General remarks ... 1312 General remarks ... 1143 Constitution Act, 1982 Tourism Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 238 Aboriginal programs ... 297, 1141 Consumer protection General remarks ... 754 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 601–02, 665, Government strategy re ... 1139, 1140–41 1311–12 Impact of West Nile virus on ... 755 General remarks ... 1311–12 Tourism–Marketing Dept. of Government Services General remarks ... 1140–41, 1142, 1149–50 Estimates debated ... 1311–12 MLA committee to review ... 1145, 1146 Education–Finance Performance measures re ... 1149 Letter re (SP126/03: Tabled) ... 336 Tourism–Northern Alberta Education–St. Albert General remarks ... 1140 Recognition of ... 1891 Travel Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission Regional tourism guides ... 1141 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Snowmobile trails co-ordination ... 1142 Hancock) ... 927–28 Web site: Link with Craft Council web site ... 1142 Electric power–Prices Universities and colleges General remarks ... 665 Research activities, As economic activity generator Electric power–Retail sales ... 1145 Billing systems re ... 665, 1311–12 Van Horne Institute Consumer education/protection re ... 601–02, 665, Study of high-speed rail link between Edmonton 1311–12 and Calgary ... 935 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, O'Neill, Mary (PC, St. Albert) 2003 (Bill 201) Alberta family employment tax credit Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 95 Second reading ... 80–81 Alberta Heritage Scholarship Fund Enmax Corporation General remarks ... 1891 Electric power rates ... 665 290 2003 Hansard Speaker Index O'Neill, Mary (PC, St. Albert) (Continued) O'Neill, Mary (PC, St. Albert) (Continued) Environmental impact assessments Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Bypass road, St. Albert ... 887 Student finance ... 502 EPCOR Group of Companies West Boundary Road ... 887 Electric power rates ... 665 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) First Ministers' conference, Ottawa, January 2003 Third reading ... 2093–94 Federal health funding accord ... 9–10 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Gall, Professor Gerald Committee ... 105 Recognition of ... 360 Provincial education savings plan (Proposed) Garsonnin, Daniel Motion 506: Graham/Herard ... 837–38 Recognition of ... 1572 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8) General remarks ... 360, 507, 1051, 1171, 1237, Second reading ... 131 1331–32, 1403–04, 1572, 1891 Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) Registered education savings plan (Federal) Second reading ... 267–68 Proposed provincial equivalent to: Motion 506: High school students–St. Albert Graham/Herard ... 837–38 Recognition of ... 1331–32 Road construction–Finance Hockey championships Public/private partnerships ... 1700 Kodiaks/Saints battle for Junior Hockey League Senior citizens–Housing championships ... 1051 Funding for: Letter re (SP140/03: Tabled) ... 361 Hole, Ted Speech from the Throne Memorial tribute to ... 791 Debate ... 31–33 Home ownership Student financial aid Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... Appeal panels re ... 502 381–82 General remarks ... 502 Human rights Savings plan re (Motion 506: Graham/Herard) ... General remarks ... 360 837–38 Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program Tuition fees General remarks ... 1049 General remarks ... 502 Insurance (Accident Insurance Benefits) Amendment Water quality–Standards Act, 2003 (Bill 204) Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: Second reading ... 833–34 Nicol) ... 693, 835 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) West Boundary Road, St. Albert Committee ... 2040–41, 2052 General remarks ... 887 Ireland Fund of Canada Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Recognition of ... 507 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Kids Help Phone Second reading ... 225–26 General remarks ... 1403–04 World Irish dance championships Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Alberta winners at: Recognition of ... 1237 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Committee ... 610 A.H. Dakin school, Edson Libraries Closure ... 1545 General remarks ... 1171 Aboriginal children–Education Libraries–Finance Funding for ... 1568 General remarks ... 334 Statement re ... 1367–68 Lois Hole Library Legacy Program Access fund (Postsecondary education) Statement re ... 334 General remarks ... 250, 890, 1055, 1062, 1325, Medical care–Finance 1371, 1396, 1937 Federal funding ... 9–10 Alberta Association of Colleges and Technical Members' Statements (2003) Institutes Lois Hole library legacy program ... 334 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Ted Hole ... 791 (SP701/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Octagon Club Alberta College and Technical Institutes Students' Recognition of ... 1331–32 Executive Council Oral Question Period (2003) Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Anthony Henday Drive ... 1700 (SP777/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Electricity billing ... 665 Alberta College of Art and Design Electricity marketing ... 601–02 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Federal health care funding ... 9–10 (SP702/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Graduated drivers' licences ... 1401 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) Infrastructure Canada/Alberta project ... 1049 Third reading ... 1788–89 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 291 Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Graduate Council Banff Centre for Continuing Education (Continued) Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act (SP776/03: Tabled) ... 1893 (SP696/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Alberta initiative for school improvement Bellevue elementary school, Edmonton General remarks ... 714, 716, 811, 886, 1054, 1064 Closure ... 666 McCauley school project ... 712 Bingos Alberta School Boards Association Revenue from, to school groups ... 504 General remarks ... 790–91, 886 Border crossings–Canada/United States Alberta School Foundation Fund Security issues re ... 646 General remarks ... 1005, 1006 Bow Valley College Alberta SuperNet Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act School access to ... 1054 (SP709/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Alberta Sustainability Fund British Columbia Institute of Technology Auditor General's comments re education funds in Alberta participation in interjurisdictional orthotics ... 1696 program at ... 1055 Transfer of funds to Education dept. ... 1696 Building Quality Restoration Program Alberta Teachers' Association General remarks ... 666 Brief to arbitration tribunal on teachers' salaries Calgary Board of Education (SP3/03: Tabled) ... 16 Balanced budget ... 1937 Position on class size, point of privilege re Minister Board, Firing of ... 753 of Learning's comments re ... 18 Deficit finance ... 753, 756, 790, 1369 Alberta's Commission on Learning Deficit finance, Provincial audit review of ... 143, Funding formula recommendation ... 1698 144, 145, 808–09, 1398, 1568 General remarks ... 298, 1066–67, 1499 Funding for ... 181, 1369, 1447, 1450–51, 1495, Postsecondary education system recommendation ... 1496, 1498–99, 1794, 1938 1733, 1842 General remarks ... 717 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Long-term debt: Use of provincial surplus to pay for 1695, 1698, 1733, 1794, 1885 ... 1938 School boards' amalgamation consideration ... 11 Staff layoffs ... 1937 Alberta–Economic policy Superintendent's letter to parents ... 752 General remarks ... 885 Teachers' salary settlement, provincial funding for Alexander Rutherford Scholarships for High School ... 143, 1369, 1495 Achievement Calgary Catholic Board of Education General remarks ... 477 Funding for ... 1567, 1670 Apprenticeship training Campus Alberta Funding for ... 890, 1055, 1371 General remarks ... 1055, 1845 General remarks ... 1060, 1062, 1066, 1672, 1798 Canada/United States relations Arctic Institute of North America General remarks ... 646 Financial statements, 2000-01 (SP549/03: Tabled) Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ... 1626 Alberta postsecondary education funding report ... Athabasca University 1371 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Casinos (SP771/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Revenue from, to school groups ... 504–05, 664 Auditor General Chartered schools Alberta Sustainability Fund (education funds) General remarks ... 717–18 comments ... 1696 Chinook College Credit enrollment unit funding (education) General remarks ... 1496 comments ... 560 Class size (Grade school) Learning Resources Centre operations, Review of ... General remarks ... 180, 298, 559–60, 599–600, 251 663, 711–12, 714, 934–35, 1004, 1061, 1062–63, Student loan limit suggestion ... 1055 1451, 1567, 1568, 1670–71, 1695, 1698, 1794 Awasis program, Edmonton Minister of Learning's comments re ATA position Closure of ... 666 on, point of privilege re ... 18 Banff Centre Act Surplus funding for ... 1885 Succeeded by Post-secondary Learning Act ... 1573 Class size (Grade school)–Edmonton Banff Centre for Continuing Education Study re ... 1062 Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Class size (Universities) Tabled) ... 1626 General remarks ... 252 Business plan ... 1936–37 292 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Colleges Act Edmonton Public School Board (Continued) Succeeded by Post-secondary Learning Act ... 1573 Funding for ... 181, 642–43, 663, 666, 716, 809, Committee on Lifelong Learning, MLA 885, 886, 1005, 1568–69, 1617, 1619, 1670 Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512, Funding for: Tory caucus role re ... 503 1626 Instruction time increase ... 144 Committees, Government-appointed Letter to parents re education funding ... 752 Costs ... 211 New schools/maintenance funding ... 812 Costs of education related committees (Q9/03: Playschool lease increases ... 332 Accepted) ... 512 Teacher layoffs ... 503, 559, 811, 850–51, 1617, Community schools 1619 General remarks ... 1279 Trustees: Firing of ... 663 Computer software in schools–Finance Education General remarks ... 180 General remarks ... 298, 399–400 Computers in schools Education, Postsecondary Funding for ... 557, 600, 1054, 1057 General remarks ... 437, 1733 Continuing education–Finance Legislation re (Bill 43) ... 1573 General remarks ... 1055 Review of ... 1842 Council of Alberta University Students Education, Postsecondary–Finance Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act General remarks ... 250, 885, 890, 1055, 1065, (SP777/03: Tabled) ... 1893 1324–25, 1371, 1670, 1773, 1798, 1842, 1938, Dept. of Environment 1962 Estimates debated ... 1109 Education–Curricula Dept. of Learning General remarks ... 1055, 1065–66, 1066 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP760/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Instructional time for ... 1889–90 Business plan, 2002-05 (SP545/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Education–Fees Edmonton Public School Board audit committee: General remarks ... 504–05 Costs ... 211 Education–Fees–Calgary Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1054–58, 1060–67 General remarks ... 1447 Minister's comments re ATA position on class size, Education–Finance point of privilege re ... 18 Cost of living component ... 1061 Disabled children–Education–Finance Credit enrollment unit funding formula ... 145, 479, General remarks ... 146, 359, 1054, 1055, 1057, 560, 643, 1057–58, 1695, 1794 1061, 1230, 1451, 1567, 1695 General remarks ... 8–9, 13–14, 45–46, 145–46, Early childhood education 180–82, 209, 300, 353–54, 357, 399–400, 435, Class sizes in ... 1794 479, 504–05, 557, 599–600, 603–04, 642–43, Early literacy programs (Grade schools) 662, 663, 664, 666, 713–14, 716, 752, 753–54, General remarks ... 358, 1057, 1065, 1496 756, 790–91, 813, 850–51, 885, 886–87, 930–31, Early literacy programs (Pre-school) 934–35, 1004, 1005, 1043, 1054–55, 1057–58, Aboriginal children ... 1496 1061, 1230–31, 1369, 1374, 1398, 1447, Edmonton Catholic School District 1450–51, 1498–99, 1567, 1568–69, 1617, 1619, Closure of St. Patrick school ... 1279 1669–71, 1697, 1698, 1700, 1794, 1938 Funding ... 1005, 1374, 1568–69, 1670 Increase in ... 1695–96 General remarks ... 600, 1451 Request for emergency debate on ... 19 Playschool leases ... 332 Education–Finance–Edmonton Edmonton Public School Board Tory caucus role re ... 503 Administration review ... 809 Education–Rural areas Capital assets sale ... 809, 811 General remarks ... 1061, 1062 Capital projects review ... 809, 812 Electric power–Prices Decentralized decision-making system ... 811, 812 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501, Deficit financing ... 503, 663, 716, 753, 756, 790, 560–61 811, 812, 850 Impact on post-secondary students ... 477 Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... Impact on school utility costs ... 357 13–14, 144–45, 146, 181, 298, 300, 332, 503, Electric utilities–Regulations 559–60, 600, 603–04, 642, 662, 663, 716, 756, Deregulation ... 560–61 808–09, 811, 812, 850–51, 1004, 1064, 1374, Elk Island Public Schools 1398, 1568, 1617 Funding for arbitrated teachers' settlement ... 146, Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of: 181–82 Committee costs re ... 211 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Education funding ... 19 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 293 Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) English as a Second Language Keyano College Funding for ... 1057, 1451 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Examinations (Grade school) (SP773/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Marking of ... 1889–90 King Edward school, Edmonton Fairview College Budget cuts ... 713–14 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Labour supply (SP708/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Shortages of skilled workers ... 1062 Takeover by Northern Alberta Institute of Lakeland College Technology ... 1055, 1060 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) (SP705/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Third reading ... 275 Languages–Teaching French language–Teaching Funding ... 562 Federal funding for ... 562 General remarks ... 1066 Gas, Natural–Prices Learning Resources Centre Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501, Funding ... 182–83, 250–51, 504, 1054 560–61 Prices charged ... 182–83, 250–51, 504 Impact on post-secondary students ... 477 Prices charged: Comparison document (SP79/03: Impact on school utility costs ... 357 Tabled) ... 183, 216 Government Accountability Act Prices charged: Letter re (SP80/03: Tabled) ... 216 General remarks ... 1936 Lethbridge Community College Government, Access to Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act General remarks ... 750 (SP707/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Grande Prairie Public School District Lethbridge County Airport Teacher cuts in ... 930–31 Port of entry status ... 1328 Grande Prairie Regional College Libraries, School Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Postcards re decline of (SP695/03: Tabled) ... 1845 (SP710/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Libraries, School–Finance Grant MacEwan Community College General remarks ... 181 American Sign Language (deaf interpretation) Library Association of Alberta program ... 1500 School libraries decline: Postcards re (SP695/03: Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools Tabled) ... 1845 Deficit finance, Provincial audit review of ... 300 Low-income families Funding shortfall ... 300 General remarks ... 209 Funding shortfall: Minister's letter re (SP108/03: Mathematics–Teaching Tabled) ... 302 General remarks ... 1065 Health sciences personnel–Education McCauley school, Edmonton General remarks ... 480 Funding reductions ... 603–04, 642, 664 High school credits General remarks ... 711–12 Grade 10 credits, changes to ... 145, 479, 560, 643, Medical profession–Education 1057–58, 1695, 1794 General remarks ... 716 High school education Medicine Hat College Career "tracking" concept re ... 1066 Deaf interpretation program ... 1500 High school graduates Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Attendance at postsecondary institutions ... 1672 (SP706/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Numbers of ... 1064–65 Medicine Wheel Early Learning Centre High school graduates, Aboriginal General remarks ... 1496 Numbers of ... 1064 Members of the Legislative Assembly Horse Hill junior high school, Edmonton Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... Closure ... 666 750 Horse racing Members' withdrawal of remarks Lottery funding for ... 890, 1669 General remarks ... 21 Immigration Metro Community College Federal/provincial co-operation re ... 646 General remarks ... 9, 503, 811, 1496 Iraq Ministerial Statements (2003) Military action against: Travel restrictions re ... 603 Aboriginal educational programs ... 1367–68 Jason Lang Scholarship MLA Postsecondary Funding Review Committee General remarks ... 477 Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512, Jubilee junior high school, Edson 1626 Transfer from public to separate system ... 1545–46 294 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Mount Royal College Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Learning Resources Centre ... 182–83, 250–51 (SP711/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Lethbridge county airport ... 1328 Music–Teaching Low-income Albertans ... 209 General remarks ... 1066 McCauley school ... 711–12 NorQuest College Medical school tuition fees ... 716 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Operational costs for Learning ministry committees (SP704/03: Tabled) ... 1845 ... 211 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Postsecondary education ... 437, 1371 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Postsecondary education funding ... 890, 1324–25, (SP697/03: Tabled) ... 1845 1798, 1842, 1938, 1962 Takeover of Fairview College ... 1055, 1060 Postsecondary education participation rates ... 1672 Northern Lakes College Postsecondary education policy ... 1733 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Postsecondary education system ... 1617–18 (SP712/03: Tabled) ... 1845 Postsecondary education tuition fees ... 1962–63 Nurses–Education Postsecondary tuition fees ... 560–61, 1773 General remarks ... 480 Preschool programs ... 332 Old Scona Academic High School Private school funding ... 934–35 Budget cuts ... 642–43 Provincial fiscal policies ... 885 Olds College Regional health authority boards ... 213 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act School boards' amalgamation ... 11 (SP772/03: Tabled) ... 1893 School fund-raising ... 504 Olympic Oval / Anneau Olympique School utilization ... 666 Financial statements, 1998-99 to 2000-01 (SP550- School utilization formula ... 712 552/02: Tabled) ... 1626 School utilization rates ... 1279 Optometry–Education Student debt ... 786–87 Alberta participation in interjurisdictional program Student finance ... 502 re ... 1055 Student loan program ... 476–77 Oral Question Period (2003) Tuition fees ... 641 Access to government ... 750 Universities' business plans ... 1936–37 American Sign Language program ... 1500 University of Calgary ... 250, 251–52, 1396 Bilingual programs ... 562 Utility costs for educational institutions ... 501 Budget surplus ... 1885 Orthotics and prosthetics–Teaching Calgary Board of Education ... 143, 752, 1495, Alberta participation in interjurisdictional program 1496, 1498–99, 1937–38 re ... 1055 Canada/U.S. relations ... 646 Papaianni, Louise Charter schools ... 717–18 Speech re aboriginal educational programs ... Class sizes ... 1794 1367–68 Early learning programs ... 1496 Physical fitness–Teaching Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 K-3 programs ... 1065–66 Edmonton Public School Board ... 144–45, 503, Point of Order 559–60 Allegations against a member ... 20–21, 650 Edmonton Public School Board operational review Portage College ... 808–09, 811, 812, 851 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Edson schools amalgamation ... 1545–46 (SP775/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Education funding ... 8–9, 13–14, 45–46, 145–46, Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) 180–82, 353–54, 357, 358–59, 435, 479, 504–05, First reading ... 1573 557, 599–600, 603–04, 642–43, 662, 663, 664, Second reading ... 1747, 1752 666, 713–14, 716, 753–54, 756, 790–91, 813, Committee ... 1759–61, 1866, 1875–78 850–51, 886–87, 930–31, 1004, 1230–31, 1369, Third reading ... 2076, 2097 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450–51, 1567, 1568–69, Amendment A-1 (CoW) (SP657 & 726/03: Tabled) 1617, 1619, 1669–71, 1695–96, 1697, 1698, 1700 ... 1759, 1773, 1866 Education property taxes ... 1005, 1006, 1043, 1396, Amendment A-2 (CoW) (SP729/03: Tabled) ... 1675 1869 Education spending ... 300 Amendment A-3 (CoW) (SP731/03: Tabled) ... Education system ... 298, 399–400 1874 Grade 12 diploma exams ... 1889–90 Amendment A-4 (CoW) (SP732/03: Tabled) ... International travel restrictions ... 603 1875 Labour supply ... 480 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 295 Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) (Continued) School boards (Continued) Amendment A-5 (CoW) (SP733/03: Tabled) ... Audited financial statements, sections 1 - 3, 2000- 1877 01 (SP546/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Amendment A-6 (CoW) (SP735/03: Tabled) ... Deficit financing ... 9, 181, 813, 1004 1878 Funding ... 790–91, 1054, 1374 Amendment A-7 (CoW) (SP736/03: Tabled) ... Impact of high energy costs on ... 357 1879 Provincial audit review of ... 144, 146, 811, 850–51 General remarks ... 1055, 1065, 1617–18, 1733, School councils 1842, 1936, 1963 Fund-raising activities ... 8, 180–81, 298, 504–05, Letters re (SP696-712, 771-777/03: Tabled) ... 557, 600, 664, 1064 1845, 1893 Lobbying of provincial government ... 750 Postsecondary educational institutions School enrollment Audited financial statements, 2000-01 (SP547/03: General remarks ... 1061 Tabled) ... 1626 School groups Degree-granting provisions ... 1055, 1065 Travel restrictions for ... 603 Funding for ... 1054 Travel restrictions for: Letter re (SP216/03: Tabled) Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 ... 607 Postsecondary graduates School trustees Numbers of ... 1060 General remarks ... 213 Preschools–Edmonton Schoolchildren–Transportation Lease rate increase for ... 332 Funding ... 1061 Private schools–Finance General remarks ... 1230, 1567 General remarks ... 934–35, 1055 Schools–Closure Privilege General remarks ... 662, 666, 712, 717, 1279, 1545 Misleading the House (Minister of Learning's Schools–Construction comments) (Not proceeded with) ... 18 Funding for ... 1006, 1670–71 Program unit funding (Education) General remarks ... 8 General remarks ... 358–59 Use of surplus for funding ... 1885 Progressive Conservative caucus–Edmonton Schools–Downtown areas Role of ... 503 General remarks ... 711–12 Property tax–Education levy Schools–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 1005, 1006, 1043, 1062, 1396, Funding for ... 1698 1398 General remarks ... 8 Impact on seniors ... 1675 Impact of high utility costs on ... 357 Public Colleges Foundation of Alberta Schools–Utilization Financial statements, 1997/98-1998/99 (SP553- General remarks ... 666, 711–12, 717, 1279 554/03: Tabled) ... 1626 Schools–Utilization–Edson Red Deer College Public/separate exchanges ... 1545–46 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Schools–Utilization–Hinton (SP774/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Public/separate exchanges ... 1545 Research Technology Management Inc. Small schools Financial statements, 2000-03 (SP540-543/03: General remarks ... 1279 Tabled) ... 1626 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Review Committee on Outcomes Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512, (SP703/03: Tabled) ... 1845 1626 Tuition fee increase ... 1842 General remarks ... 1066–67 Stratford school, Edmonton Riverdale elementary school, Edmonton Closure ... 666 Funding reductions ... 603–04 Strikes and lockouts–University personnel St. Patrick school, Edmonton Banning of ... 1617–18 Closure ... 1279 Student counseling Scholarships General remarks ... 1066 General remarks ... 477, 1890 Student financial aid School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Appeal panels re ... 502 209) General remarks ... 250, 476–77, 502, 641, 786–87, General remarks ... 505 890, 1055, 1060, 1672, 1842 School boards Student Health Initiative Amalgamation of ... 11 Funding ... 1054 296 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) Oberg, Hon. Lyle (PC, Strathmore-Brooks) (Continued) (Continued) Student testing University of Calgary Diploma exams ... 1889–90 Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Student unions Tabled) ... 1626 Removal of elected members of ... 1617 Enrollment ... 250 Surplus, Budgetary Funding ... 250, 251–52, 1065, 1324–25, 1396, Use for Calgary Board of Education long-term debt 1962 payment ... 1938 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501, 560–61 TD Economics Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... (SP699/03: Tabled) ... 1845 1324–25, 1371, 1798 Restructuring ... 1396 Teachers Tuition fees ... 252, 560–61, 641, 1396, 1962–63 General remarks ... 298, 399–400 University of Lethbridge Layoffs of ... 930–31, 1004, 1005, 1064, 1369, Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: 1374, 1398, 1447, 1450–51, 1495, 1496, 1499, Tabled) ... 1626 1567, 1568, 1617, 1619, 1670, 1700 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Teachers' Pension Plan (SP698/03: Tabled) ... 1845 General remarks ... 1054–55, 1670 Tuition fees ... 1963 Technical Institutes Act Veterinary medicine–Study and teaching Succeeded by Post-secondary Learning Act ... 1573 Alberta participation in interjurisdictional program Textbooks–Finance re ... 1055 General remarks ... 8, 180, 182, 250–51, 504, 1054 Wages–Teachers Textbooks–Prices ATA brief to arbitration tribunal re (SP3/03: Comparison document (SP79/03: Tabled) ... 183, Tabled) ... 16 216 Calgary arbitration settlement re, provincial funding General remarks ... 182–83, 250–51 for ... 143 Letter re (SP80/03: Tabled) ... 216 Funding for increase in ... 8–9, 13, 45–46, 145–46, Tuition fees 180–82, 435, 479, 642, 662, 666, 753, 790, 809, For medical students ... 716 850–51, 851, 886, 1054, 1064, 1369, 1374, 1495, General remarks ... 252, 560–61, 641, 885, 890, 1670 1060, 1371, 1396, 1733, 1798, 1842, 1938, General remarks ... 1057 1962–63 Windsor Park elementary school, Edmonton Newfoundland/Manitoba funding for ... 1371, 1798, Budget cuts ... 600, 642, 664 1842 Ouellette, Mr. Luke (PC, Innisfail-Sylvan Lake) Provisions of Post-secondary Learning Act re ... Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, 1617, 1773, 1842 2003 (Bill 16) Regulations from Post-secondary Learning Act re Second reading ... 346–47 (SP658/03: Tabled) ... 1760 Alberta SuperNet Subsidizing of research with ... 1065 General remarks ... 1374 Universities Act Daines, Duane Succeeded by Post-secondary Learning Act ... 1573 Recognition of ... 1964–65 Universities and colleges Disabled Business plans ... 1936–37 General remarks ... 1965 Research activities, Federal funding for ... 1065 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Research activities, Funding of through tuition fees First reading ... 255–56 ... 1065 Second reading ... 404–05, 409, 419 University of Alberta Committee ... 427–28, 571–72 Audited financial statements, 2001-02 (SP547/03: Gas, Natural–Retail sales Tabled) ... 1626 Legislation re (Bill 19) ... 255–56 Deaf interpretation program ... 1500 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Food bank ... 477 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Funding ... 1065, 1324–25, 1962 Third reading ... 1979–80 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 Oral Question Period (2003) Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Alberta SuperNet ... 1374 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) (SP700/03: Tabled) ... 1845 General remarks ... 1964–65 Medical school: Family medicine applicants ... 716 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Tuition fees ... 1963 Aboriginal children–Education University of Alberta 1991 Foundation Statement re ... 1368 Financial statements, 2000 (SP548/03: Tabled) ... Action for Education (Parents' group) 1626 News release (SP639/03: Tabled) ... 1742 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 297 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) (Continued) Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Alberta Teachers' Association 2003 (Bill 16) General remarks ... 816 Second reading ... 347–48 Alberta's Commission on Learning Third reading ... 1490 Funding formula recommendation: Letter re Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity (SP850/03: Tabled) ... 1967 Revised mandate to review billing problems ... General remarks ... 1058, 1499 1542–43 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and 1702 Counties Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 1772 Letter re (SP639/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Alberta Blue Cross Plan Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. Drug benefits ... 1294 Study of energy companies activities on FMA lands Alberta Career Computer Centre Inc. of ... 1559–60 Financial audit, 2002: Copy of (M14/03: Accepted) Alberta/United States relations ... 1245–46 General remarks ... 660 Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) Premier's letter re ... 661 Committee ... 1762, 1764 Appeals Commission (Workers' compensation) Alberta Council on Aging Recommendations re ... 854–55 General remarks ... 1941 Appropriation (Interim Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 30) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Third reading ... 738 Municipal input into decisions of ... 2060 Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) Municipal input into decisions of: Letter re Third reading ... 1684–85, 1688 (SP917/03: Tabled) ... 2068 Arbitration (Labour relations) Tempest Energy gas well drilling decision ... 858, Nurses' bargaining situation ... 1892 2060 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Alberta Federation of Women United for Families Benefits: Cost of living adjustment to (Bill 229) ... Grandparents rights: Letter re (SP531/03: Tabled) ... 1802 1625 Letters re (SP366, 508/03: Tabled) ... 1011, 1574 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Auditor General Liquor licence granting, Whyte Avenue area ... Learning dept. surplus funds: St. Albert Catholic 1079 schools news release re (SP627/03: Tabled) ... Alberta Graduate Council 1703 Letter re Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Act Long-term care facilities: Request for investigation (SP720/03: Tabled) ... 1846 by, Brief requesting (SP805/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Long-term care fees increase: Request for Seniors' extended health benefits ... 1128 investigation by ... 1960 Services covered by: Petitions re ... 1549 Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Second reading ... 120 Increase in: Petitions re ... 1549 Bollo-Kamara, Dr. Arthur Mano Seniors' premiums ... 1128 Recognition of ... 302 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and Booi, Larry Engineering Research Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Recognition of ... 816 48) Budget debate Committee ... 2071 Motion 19: Nelson ... 866–68 Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Calgary Board of Education Naming of natural areas mandate: Letter re Deficit finance ... 1059, 1089, 1169–70 (SP304/03: Tabled) ... 793 Funding for ... 181, 1451, 1498–99 Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission Funding for: Board chairman's statement re Complaint resolution process (Q8/02: Response (SP479/03: Tabled) ... 1503 tabled as SP667/02) ... 1482 Funding for: News release re (SP399/03: Tabled) ... Alberta School Boards Association 1172 Article re funding for teachers' salaries settlement Superintendent's letter to parents ... 752 (SP10/03: Tabled) ... 16 Calgary Catholic Board of Education Alberta School Foundation Fund Funding for ... 1567 General remarks ... 1062 Funding for: Presentation re (SP507/03: Tabled) ... Alberta seniors benefit program 1574 Cost of living adjustment to (Bill 229) ... 1802 Teacher layoffs ... 1067 Cutoff level re ... 1128 Calgary General Hospital Destruction of ... 1005, 1045 298 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) (Continued) Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health Children Region Government programs for ... 1348–49 Chief Executive Officer salary ... 1841 Chinchaga wilderness Deficit financing ... 1841 Designation as protected area: Petition re ... 2015, Emergency services ... 1005–06, 1044–45 2067 General remarks ... 1005, 1089 Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Mold contamination problem at Foothills Hospital Second reading ... 1082–83 ... 1325 Class size (Grade school) New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for Comparison document re (SP626/03: Tabled) ...... 1841 1703 Privatization initiatives ... 1841 General remarks ... 188, 509, 600, 663, 714, Public/judicial inquiry into ... 1006 934–35, 1058–59, 1061–62, 1451, 1567, 1670, Senior management ... 1045 1702 Cambridge Strategies Incorporated Class size (Grade school)–Edmonton Analysis of Post-secondary Learning Act (SP637 & Study re ... 1061 919/03: Tabled) ... 1742, 2081 Coalition of Seniors Advocates Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors General remarks ... 1941 Long-standing WCB claims review, Letter re Letter to the Premier (SP680/03: Tabled) ... 1802 (SP425/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors Streamlining of ... 249, 299–300, 395–96 Long-standing WCB claims review, Letter re Collective bargaining–Nurses (SP425/03: Tabled) ... 1287 General remarks ... 1890–91, 1892 Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Letters re (SP719, 784/03: Tabled) ... 1846, Long-standing WCB claims review, Letter re ... 1893–94 1283 Provincial advertising re ... 1890–91 Long-standing WCB claims review, Letter re Streamlining of ... 249, 299–300, 395–96 (SP425/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Report (Building on Values) ... 1292, 1294 Alberta postsecondary education funding report ... Report (Building on Values): Letter re (SP385/03: 1371 Tabled) ... 1096 Alberta postsecondary education funding report Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing (SP448/03: Tabled) ... 1377 Orders and Printing, Standing Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society 1987 report re motion no. 9 of the same year Grizzly population statistics ... 1560 (SP134/03: Tabled) ... 336 Canadian Wheat Board Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Alberta position re ... 395 Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 339–40, 343–44 Cancer in firefighters Communicable diseases–Control Workers' compensation coverage of ... 855 General remarks ... 1119, 1232 Capital projects Community health services–Employees Public/private partnerships re: Ontario document re Shortages ... 249 (SP341/03: Tabled) ... 938 Computers in schools Capital projects, Municipal–Maintenance and repair Funding for ... 600, 1058 General remarks ... 1199 Constitution Act, 1982 Car rental agencies–Taxation Reform of ... 1089 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1201 Consumers' Coalition of Alberta Caribou management Gas price changes: Letter re (SP85/03 Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1559 216 Casinos Corporations–Taxation Revenue from, to school groups ... 504–05 Reduction in ... 1938 Central Alberta Council on Aging Correctional institutions Long-term care rate increase: Survey re (SP918/03: Infectious diseases in ... 1119 Tabled) ... 2068 Cost of living factor Cereal (Town) Use in public social programs: Legislation re (Bill Letter re (SP165/03: Tabled) ... 443 229) ... 1801–02 Child welfare Cost of Living Protection Statutes Amendment Act, Aboriginal children ... 1348–49 2003 (Bill 229) Early childhood intervention programs: Aboriginal First reading ... 1801–02 children ... 1348 Council of Alberta University Students Alberta's Tuition Policy (document) ... 1059 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 299 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) (Continued) County of Strathcona Edmonton Catholic School District Committee to examine energy industry regulation ... Funding ... 1059 2060 Teacher layoffs ... 1059 Dams Edmonton Eskimo Football Club General remarks ... 1933 2003 Grey Cup win: Statement re ... 1694 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Edmonton Police Service General remarks ... 813 Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development 1078, 1079 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Edmonton Public School Board 201–02 City centre education project: Impact of funding Dept. of Children's Services cuts on (SP308-309/03: Tabled) ... 816 Estimates debated ... 1348–49 Deficit financing ... 663 Hunterhorn Plaza office, Calgary: Mold problem ... Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of ... 809, 1325 851–52, 1059 Dept. of Community Development Deficit financing, Provincial audit review of: Estimates debated ... 1482 Report, Edmonton Public's response to Dept. of Health and Wellness (SP530/03: Tabled) ... 1625 Estimates debated ... 1292–95 Funding for ... 181, 642–43, 663, 809, 1618–19 Performance measures ... 1292 Letter to parents re education funding ... 752 Dept. of Learning Teacher layoffs ... 1059, 1618–19 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1058–62, 1067 Trustees: Firing of ... 663 Minister's resignation: Letter re (SP219/03: Tabled) Education ... 607 Parent advocacy groups for: Recognition of ... 606 Surplus funds: St. Albert Catholic schools news Statement re ... 188 release re (SP627/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Education Services Settlement Act (Bill 12, 2001) Dept. of Municipal Affairs General remarks ... 188 Business plan ... 1198–99 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1198–1201 General remarks ... 1370–71, 1377, 1798, 1938–39 Dept. of Seniors Education–Fees Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1128–29 General remarks ... 504–05 Performance measures ... 1128–29 Education–Finance Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Alberta School Boards Association article re 203–04 (SP10/03: Tabled) ... 16 Dept. of Solicitor General Credit enrollment unit funding formula ... 111, 145, Business plan ... 1078 479 Estimates debated ... 1078–80 Emergency debate re ... 1627 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development General remarks ... 9, 111, 145–46, 181, 353–54, Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1559–60 479, 504–05, 600, 642–43, 663, 713–14, 752, Diagnostic imaging services 812–13, 886–87, 934–35, 1058, 1169–70, 1451, Federal funding ... 1292–94, 1398 1498–99, 1567, 1618–19, 1641–42, 1670, Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) 1699–1700 General remarks ... 210 Letters re (SP11, 75,147, 168, 181, 218, 238, 258, Disabled 286-88, 335-36, 465, 638, 664, 850/03: Tabled) ... Government programs for: Letter re (SP680/03: 16, 189, 361, 483, 509, 607, 671, 719, 758, 894, Tabled) ... 1802 1453, 1742, 1778, 1967 Letter re (SP890/03: Tabled) ... 2017 Petition presented re ... 1453 Repairs to equipment for: Petition re ... 1966 Red Deer Public media release re (SP52/03: Tabled) Disabled children–Education–Finance ... 118 General remarks ... 188, 1058, 1451 Request for emergency debate on ... 19 Disabled–Housing Statement re ... 1701–02 General remarks ... 1128 Education–Rural areas Discrimination–Geographic location General remarks ... 1061 Auto insurance premiums ... 1773 Electoral Boundaries Commission Drugs, Prescription Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: National formulary re ... 1294 Hancock - amendment) ... 875 Drugs, Prescription–Costs Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Provincial funding ... 1294 Hancock) ... 874–75 Economic development Electric power–Prices Growth of ... 1199 General remarks ... 1543 300 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) (Continued) Electric power–Prices (Continued) Family Law Act (Bill 45) Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 560–61 Second reading ... 1765 Impact on post-secondary institutions: Document re Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) (SP201/03: Tabled) ... 565 Second reading ... 2023–24 Impact on school utility costs ... 1627 Fatality inquiries Impact on seniors ... 1128 Vince Motta case ... 1005–06, 1044–45 Impact on seniors: Letter re (SP28/03: Tabled) ... 53 Federal/provincial relations Letter re (SP39/03: Tabled) ... 78 Fire wall consideration ... 1089 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Second reading ... 271–72 12) Second reading (Reasoned amendment) ... 272 Third reading ... 1492 Electric utilities–Regulations Fire–Whyte Avenue, Edmonton Deregulation ... 560–61, 1089, 1542–43, 1772 Restoration assistance re ... 1482 Deregulation: Letters re (SP39, 492/03: Tabled) ... Firefighters 78, 1549 Statement re ... 640 Electric utilities–Regulations–California Fish and wildlife officers Deregulation ... 1543 General remarks ... 1560 Elk Island Public Schools Fisheries, Commercial–Calling Lake Funding ... 1059 Designated zones re ... 1559 Funding for arbitrated teachers' settlement ... 146, Fishing, Sport–Calling Lake 181 Designated zones re ... 1559 Funding for arbitrated teachers' settlement: News Foothills Provincial General Hospital release re (SP59/03: Tabled) ... 148 Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit ... 1325 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Forest conservation Education funding ... 19 General remarks ... 1559 Emergency motions under Standing Order 40 Forest fires–Control Education funding ... 1627 General remarks ... 1559 Endangered species Forest management General remarks ... 1560 Changes in, re B.C. forest practices ... 1559 Endangered Species Conservation Committee Changes in, re softwood lumber dispute ... 1559 Grizzly bear protection recommendation ... 1560 General remarks ... 1560 Energy industry Forest management agreements Impact on forests ... 1559 Impact of energy companies activities in ... 1559–60 Municipal regulation of ... 2060 Garneau community, Edmonton Use of water supplies ... 333–34, 1933 Preservation of ... 1482 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) General remarks ... 858 Second reading ... 408–09 English as a Second Language Committee ... 567–69 Funding for ... 1451 Third reading ... 747–48, 768–69 Evan-Thomas recreation area Media briefing for: Media advisory (SP102/03: Designation as protected area: Draft management Tabled) ... 257 plan re, Petition presented re ... 1096, 1172, 1238 Media briefing for: New Democrats non-attendance Designation as protected area: Draft management (SP103/03: Tabled) ... 257 plan re, Petitions re ... 1482 Media briefing for: Point of privilege re ... 257–58, Extended care facilities 305 Auditor General investigation of: Brief requesting Proposals/documents re (SP81-85/03: Tabled) ... (SP805/03: Tabled) ... 1943 216 Extended care facilities–Fees Gas utilities–Regulations Increase in ... 1941, 1960–61 Deregulation ... 210 Increase in: Auditor General investigation of ... Gas well drilling industry–Hastings Lake/Ministik area 1960 General remarks ... 2060 Increase in: Letter re (SP888/03: Tabled) ... 2017 Letters re (SP917/03: Tabled) ... 2068 Increase in: Petition re ... 1845, 1892, 1942 Gas, Natural–Prices Editorial re (SP353/03: Tabled) ... 964 Inflation rate criteria re (Bill 229) ... 1802 Energy department's assessment of (SP84/03: Extendicare Inc. Tabled) ... 216 Profit level ... 1960 General remarks ... 74, 210, 438–39 Families Allied to Influence Responsible Eldercare Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 560–61 Increased long-term care fees: Request for Impact on post-secondary institutions: Document re investigation by Auditor General ... 1960 (SP201/03: Tabled) ... 565 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 301 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) (Continued) Gas, Natural–Prices (Continued) Homeless Impact on seniors ... 1128 Government programs: Letter re (SP680/03: Tabled) Impact on seniors: Letter re (SP28/03: Tabled) ... 53 ... 1802 Letter re (SP29/03: Tabled) ... 53 Homeless–Housing Gas, Natural–Retail sales General remarks ... 1128, 1129 General remarks ... 210 Hospital beds–Calgary Gasoline–Taxation Increase in ... 1045, 1052 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1201 Hospitals–Calgary Grace Hospital Closure ... 1005, 1045, 1052 Sale of ... 1005, 1045 New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... 1841 Graduate students Hospitals–Emergency services Provisions for, in Bill 43, Post-secondary Learning Wait times at ... 1292 Act: Letter re (SP720/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Hospitals–Ontario Grain–Marketing Public/private sector partnerships re (SP341/03: Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain Tabled) ... 938 farmers' protest re ... 395–96 Hotel room tax Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1201 farmers' protest re (SP153/03: Tabled) ... 402 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33) Grande Prairie Public School District Letter re (SP397/03: Tabled) ... 1122 Deficit financing ... 812 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Deficit financing: News article re (SP307/03: Second reading ... 1903–06 Tabled) ... 816 Committee ... 2028–29 Funding ... 1059 Insurance, Automobile Grandparents' rights All-party committee to review (Motion 512: Letter re (SP530/03: Tabled) ... 1625 MacDonald) ... 1825 Petition re ... 1332 Public plan re ... 1776 Grant MacEwan Community College Reform of ... 1733–34, 1775–76 American Sign Language (deaf interpretation) Insurance, Automobile–Premiums program: Letter re (SP578 & 613/03: Tabled) ... Age discrimination in rates ... 1733 1652, 1678 Geographic discrimination in rates ... 1733–34 Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools Rollback of ... 1775–76 Surplus funds in Learning dept. account: News Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative release re (SP627/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Grey Cup winners (Edmonton Eskimos) Estimates debated ... 470–71 Statement re ... 1694 International Women's Day Grizzly bears Statement re ... 401–02 Designation as threatened species ... 1560 Iraq Gun control (Federal) Military action against ... 401–02 Registry for ... 1089 Military action against: Statement re ... 661 Hastings Lake Kananaskis Country Statement re ... 858 Environmental issues in: Petitions presented re ... Haysboro Seniors Resources Group 1096, 1172, 1238 Letter re long-term care rate increase (SP888/03: Management plan re ... 1560 Tabled) ... 2017 King Edward school, Edmonton Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 52) Budget cuts ... 713–14 Second reading ... 2019–20 Budget cuts: Letters re (SP286-288/03: Tabled) ... Health sciences personnel 758 General remarks ... 1207 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Health sciences personnel–Law and legislation Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 299–300 Committee ... 587–89, 610–12, 616, 618 Health sciences personnel–Supply Third reading ... 740–41, 743–44 General remarks ... 249 Amendment (SP222/03: Tabled) ... 611 High school credits General remarks ... 1207 Grade 10 credits, changes to ... 111, 145, 188, 479, Labour Relations Board 643, 1627 Review of health sector bargaining units ... 299–300 Holy Cross Hospital Review of health sector bargaining units: Letter re Sale of ... 1005, 1045 (SP119/03: Tabled) ... 303 Home care program Labour supply General remarks ... 1294 Shortages of skilled workers ... 1059, 1062 302 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) (Continued) Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29) Municipal finance Committee ... 1484 General remarks ... 1200–01 Licensed premises–Whyte Avenue, Edmonton Mustard Seed Street Ministry Excess capacity of ... 1079 General remarks ... 1128 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Names, Geographical Statement re ... 44 Conventions re: Letter re (SP304/03: Tabled) ... 793 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects National Nursing Week General remarks ... 1560 Recognition of ... 1572 Regulation of ... 1560 Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) Low-income families General remarks ... 74, 438–39 Government assistance programs for: Cost of living Natural gas rebates adjustment to (Bill 229) ... 1802 General remarks ... 74, 210, 438–39 Low-income seniors Letter re (SP29 & 39/03: Tabled) ... 53, 78 Government assistance programs for: Cost of living Natural Resources Conservation Board adjustment to (Bill 229) ... 1802 Confined feeding operations regulation ... 1560 Government programs ... 1941 Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Special-needs assistance ... 1129 Act, 2003 (Bill 51) Magnetic resonance imaging Third reading ... 2072 Training in operation of ... 1293–94 Natural resources revenue Waiting lists re ... 1292, 1397–98 General remarks ... 789 Waiting lists re: Government statistics re Nurses (SP450/03: Tabled) ... 1405 General remarks ... 1207, 1572 Medical care Nurses–Law and legislation Restructuring: Petition presented re ... 1549 Cabinet committee review of ... 249, 299–300 Medical care, Primary Nurses–Supply General remarks ... 1294–95 General remarks ... 249 Medical care, Private Letters re (SP784/03: Tabled) ... 1894–95 Cost-effectiveness of ... 1295 Nursing homes General remarks ... 213, 1294–95 Costs of: Letter re (SP889/03: Tabled) ... 2017 Members of the Legislative Assembly Office of the Premier Salaries determination ... 482 Premier's letter to U.S. re Iraq crisis ... 661 Members' Statements (2003) Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain Alberta seniors ... 1941 farmers' protest ... 395–96 Education funding ... 1701–02 Premier's remarks in Lethbridge in support of grain Education policy ... 188 farmers' protest (SP153/03: Tabled) ... 402 Hasting Lake ... 858 Oil–Prices Holocaust Remembrance Day ... 1286–87 General remarks ... 789 International Women's Day ... 401–02 Old Scona Academic High School Ministerial Statements (2003) Budget cuts ... 642–43 Aboriginal educational programs ... 1368 Budget cuts: Document re (SP228/03: Tabled) ... Edmonton Eskimos ... 1694 649 Her Honour Lois E. Hole ... 44 Old Strathcona fire, Edmonton (March 13, 2003) Old Strathcona fire, March 13, 2003 ... 640 Statement re ... 640 War in Iraq ... 661 Ombudsman Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 21) Water management ... 1933 Third reading ... 1490 Mothers Against Drunk Driving Oral Question Period (2003) Letter re Bill 33, Insurance Act, changes (SP397/03: Automobile insurance rates ... 1775–76 Tabled) ... 1122 Automobile insurance reform ... 1733–34 Motions under Standing Order 15(6) Calgary Board of Education ... 752, 1498–99 Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections Calgary regional health authority ... 1841 committee ... 339–40, 343–44 Edmonton Public School Board operational review Motta, Vincenzo Dominic ... 809, 851–52 Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 1005–06, Education funding ... 9, 111, 145–46, 181, 353–54, 1044–45, 1292 479, 504–05, 600, 642–43, 663, 713–14, 812–13, Death of: Report of inquiry into, selected sections 886–87, 1169–70, 1451, 1567, 1618–19, from (SP381/03: Tabled) ... 1052 1641–42, 1670, 1699–1700 Death of: Report of inquiry into, Summary of Education property taxes ... 961 recommendations (SP365/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Electricity deregulation ... 1542–43 Electricity prices ... 330 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 303 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Emergency services in Calgary health region ... Second reading ... 1748–50 1005–06, 1044–45 Committee ... 1867–68, 1872–73, 1875–77, Energy deregulation ... 1772 1879–80 Federal/provincial relations ... 1089 Third reading ... 2080–82 Grain marketing ... 1964 Amendment (3r) ... 2081 Health care labour legislation ... 249, 299–300 Amendment A-2 (CoW) (Subamendment SA2) Health care labour relations ... 1890–91 (SP728/03: Tabled) ... 1873 Health care waiting lists ... 1397–98 Analysis of (SP637 & 919/03: Tabled) ... 1742, Health care workers' collective bargaining ... 2081 395–96 Letters re (SP638, 665, 720/03: Tabled) ... 1742, Infectious diseases in corrections facilities ... 1119 1778, 1846 Long-standing WCB claims review ... 1283 Postsecondary graduates Long-term care accommodation rates ... 1960–61 Numbers of ... 1059, 1067 Municipal regulation of oil and gas development ... Preschools–Edmonton 2060 Lease rate increase for: Letters re (SP287-288/03: Natural gas prices ... 210 Tabled) ... 758 Natural gas rebates ... 74, 438–39 Preventive medical services Oil supply ... 789 General remarks ... 1207 Postsecondary education ... 1370–71 Privacy, Right of Postsecondary education funding ... 1798, 1938–39 Vs. public safety ... 1078–79 Postsecondary tuition fees ... 560–61 Private schools–Finance Private school funding ... 934–35 General remarks ... 934–35 Regional health authority boards ... 213 Private vocational schools Severe acute respiratory syndrome ... 1232 General remarks ... 1245–46 Severe acute respiratory syndrome and West Nile Privatization virus ... 1207 Editorial re (SP353/03: Tabled) ... 964 Toxic mold in Foothills medical centre ... 1325 Privilege Water use by oil and gas industry ... 333–34 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill WCB claims review ... 854–55 19) ... 257–58, 305 Papaianni, Louise Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Speech re aboriginal educational programs ... 1368 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 339–40, Third reading ... 2074 343–44 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Privilege (House of Commons) Chinchaga Wilderness protection ... 2015, 2067 Report on point of, by Vic Toews, MP, March 2001 Disabled equipment repair funding ... 1966 (SP118/03: Tabled) ... 303 Education funding ... 1453 Property tax–Education levy Evan-Thomas draft management plan revision ... General remarks ... 961, 1062, 1200–01 1096, 1172, 1238 Impact on seniors ... 1128 Grandparents' access rights to grandchildren ... 1332 Protected areas–Hastings Lake/Ministik area Health system changes, Concerns re ... 1549 Industrial development in ... 858 Long-term care rates ... 1845, 1892, 1942 Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta Minimum wage increase ... 148, 482, 670, 719 Labour negotiations: Advertising campaign re ... Seniors' issues ... 1845, 1892, 1942 1207, 1890–91 Petroleum Services Association of Canada Provincial Laboratory of Public Health Long-standing WCB claims review, Letter re Funding ... 1232 (SP425/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Public assistance Poaching Cost of living adjustment to (Bill 229) ... 1802 General remarks ... 1560 Public inquiries Point of Order Vince Motta case ... 1011 Admissibility of amendment ... 875, 876 Public safety (From criminal activity) Imputing motives ... 1686 Safety vs privacy issues re ... 1078–79 Police Public School Boards' Association of Alberta Provincial services provided by: Funding for ... FAST report (News release) (SP336/03: Tabled) ... 1078, 1079 894 Police–Finance General remarks ... 886 General remarks ... 1079, 1080 Public transit General remarks ... 1199 304 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) (Continued) (Continued) Rangeland, Public Softwoods–Export–United States General remarks ... 1560 Countervail duties re ... 1559 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy General remarks ... 302, 606, 816, 1572, 1892 changes re ... 1559 Red Deer Public School District Trade rule improvements re: Provincial forest policy Media release re budget shortfall (SP52/03: Tabled) changes re, Letter re (SP398/03: Tabled) ... 1122 ... 118 Speech from the Throne Regional health authorities Debate ... 23–25 Boundary changes: Impact on collective bargaining Strathcona nursery school negotiations ... 249, 299–300 Letters re education funding cuts impact (SP287- Deficit financing ... 1890 288/03: Tabled) ... 758 Elected boards of ... 213 Sunalta Shelter Restaurants–Taxation Funding for ... 1128 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1201 Surplus, Budgetary Right to strike–Health sciences personnel General remarks ... 1642 General remarks ... 395–96 Use for education ... 1670, 1938–39 Right to strike–Nurses Taxation General remarks ... 249, 395–96 Quotations from former Provincial Treasurers re School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, (SP342/03: Tabled) ... 938 2003 (Bill 203) Taxation, Municipal Committee ... 683 General remarks ... 1201 School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill TD Economics 209) The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... General remarks ... 505 1169–70, 1199, 1200–01, 1370–71, 1798 School Act Teachers Amendments to, proposed by Red Deer public Layoffs of ... 1059, 1451, 1499, 1567, 1618–19, (SP380/03: Tabled) ... 1052 1627, 1670, 1699–1700, 1702 School boards Tempest Energy Corp. Deficit financing ... 9, 181, 812–13 Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area ... 858, Funding ... 1169–70, 1641–42 2060 Impact of high energy costs on ... 1627 Timber–Supplies School councils Impact of energy industry tree cutting on ... 1559 Fund-raising activities ... 504–05, 600 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) School trustees Second reading ... 1827–28 General remarks ... 213 Transportation, Urban Schoolchildren–Transportation General remarks ... 1199 Funding ... 1058 Tuition fees Schools–Cereal (Town) For medical students: Letter re (SP577/03: Tabled) Closure: Letter re (SP165/03: Tabled) ... 443 ... 1652 Schools–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 560–61, 1059–60, 1371, 1798, General remarks ... 188 1938–39 Security cameras–Whyte Avenue, Edmonton Letters re (SP665, 681/03: Tabled) ... 1778, 1802 Safety vs privacy issues re ... 1078–79 Newfoundland/Manitoba funding for ... 1371, 1798 Senior citizens Postcards re (SP202, 449/03: Tabled) ... 565, 1377 Government programs: Special project grants for ... United Nurses of Alberta 1129 Complaints re mold contamination situation at Senior citizens' lodges Foothills Hospital ... 1325 Rent increases: Letter re (SP164/03: Tabled) ... 443 Recognition of ... 1892 Seniors' issues University of Calgary Letters re (SP680, 849/03: Tabled) ... 1802, 1967 Impact of high utility costs on ... 560–61 Petitions presented re ... 1845, 1892, 1942 Impact of high utility costs on: Document re Statement re ... 1941 (SP201/03: Tabled) ... 565 Severe acute respiratory syndrome Tuition fees ... 560–61 General remarks ... 1206, 1232 Urban sprawl Social housing General remarks ... 1199 General remarks ... 1129 Vaccines–Finance Performance measures re ... 1128–29 Cutbacks ... 1232 Rent supplement program ... 1128 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 305 Pannu, Dr. Raj (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona) Pham, Mr. Hung Kim (PC, Calgary-Montrose) (Continued) (Continued) Victims of crime Members' Statements (2003) Assistance programs ... 1078 Holocaust Remembrance Day ... 1286 Assistance programs: Funding for ... 1078 International Day for Elimination of Racial Video gambling machines Discrimination ... 648 Funding of upgrades to ... 1453 Oral Question Period (2003) Wages–Minimum wage Workers' Compensation Board ... 1571 Cost of living adjustment to (Bill 229) ... 1802 Workers' compensation claim ... 714 Increase in: Petitions presented re ... 148, 482, 670, School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, 719 2003 (Bill 203) Wages–Teachers Third reading ... 828–29 Funding for increase in ... 9, 111, 145–46, 181, 188, Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution 479, 809, 851–52, 1627 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Funding for increase in: Letters re (SP11, 258/03: Second reading ... 1256–57, 1405 Tabled) ... 16, 719 Workers' Compensation Board Funding for increase in: School Boards Accountability ... 1571 Association's article re (SP10/03: Tabled) ... 16 CEO’s resignation ... 714 Waiting lists (Medical care) Injured worker’s claim to ... 714 General remarks ... 1397–98 Long standing claims issue ... 1025 Water Workers' Compensation Board. Claims Services Sale of ... 334, 1933 Review Committee Water conservation General remarks ... 1571 General remarks ... 1933 Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Water supply Statement re ... 1286 Use by energy industry ... 333–34, 1933 Rathgeber, Mr. Brent (PC, Edmonton-Calder) Water–Export Air quality–Edmonton General remarks ... 1933 Downwind from Inland Cement plant ... 73 West Nile virus Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission General remarks ... 1206, 1232 Bingo operating conditions changes ... 1671 Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) Alberta–Economic policy Third reading ... 2075–76 General remarks ... 1093–94 Windsor Park elementary school, Edmonton Bingos Budget cuts ... 600 Review of ... 1671 Wolves–Population Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Impact on hunting regulations ... 1560 Second reading ... 977 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Class action law suits Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Legislation re (Bill 25) ... 336 Second reading ... 221–22 Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Workers' Compensation Board First reading ... 336 Doerksen/Friedman reports on ... 854–55 Second reading ... 449–50 Long standing claims issue ... 1283 Committee ... 1318–19 Long standing claims review: Oil companies' Third reading ... 1609–10 associations' letter re (SP425/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Climate change Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Kyoto protocol on: External legal advice re ... 439 Statement re ... 1286–87 Constitution Act, 1982 Pham, Mr. Hung Kim (PC, Calgary-Montrose) Reform of ... 664–65, 1675 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Corporations–Taxation Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1024–25 Reduction in ... 1093–94 Forest Lawn Bible College Act (Bill Pr. 2) Courts First reading ... 564 Streamlining of ... 1284–85 Second reading ... 1264, 1266 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Committee ... 1267 General remarks ... 1094 Third reading ... 1627 Electoral Boundaries Commission Amendment (SP419/03: Tabled) ... 1267 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Injured workers Hancock) ... 880, 882, 996 Denial of compensation to injured worker in Environmental Appeal Board Calgary ... 714 Inland Cement's conversion to coal-fired production International Day for the Elimination of Racial decision ... 72–73 Discrimination Government spending policy Statement re ... 648 General remarks ... 1093–94 306 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Rathgeber, Mr. Brent (PC, Edmonton-Calder) Renner, Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 Grant MacEwan Community College (Bill 4) (Continued) American Sign Language (deaf interpretation) Second reading ... 122–23 program ... 1500 Committee ... 309–10 Grants in place of taxes Third reading ... 1441 Nonprofit seniors' housing ... 398 Alberta Sustainability Fund Hokanson Centre for Culinary Arts General remarks ... 1046 Recognition of ... 1171 Churchill, Shawna Hokanson, Ernest Recognition of ... 1648 Recognition of ... 1171 Collaborative law project (Family law)–Medicine Hat Income tax, Provincial Recognition of ... 76 Reduction in ... 1093–94 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Inland Cement Limited General remarks ... 1045–46 Conversion from gas- to coal-fired production ... Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, 72–73 2003 (Bill 201) Lawyers, Private Second reading ... 86–87 Government usage of ... 439 Third reading ... 675–76 Low-income seniors Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Special-needs assistance: Rent costs component ... Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 28) 398 Committee ... 1528 Members' Statements (2003) Amendment (SP480/03: Tabled) ... 1528 Alberta Treasury Branches ... 115–16 Amendment (SP481/03: Tabled) ... 1528 Constitutional reform ... 1675 Hockey championships Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Tigers/Rebels series for Memorial Cup ... 1050 Donation to, re food service building renovations ... Income tax, Provincial 1171 Legislation re (Bill 4) ... 15 Oral Question Period (2003) Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Alberta Treasury Branches ... 115–116 First reading ... 1801 American Sign Language program ... 1500 Second reading ... 1852–54, 1856 Bingo industry ... 1671 Committee ... 2024–26, 2028, 2030, 2043, 2045, Constitutional reform ... 664–65 2048–52, 2054–55 External legal counsel ... 439 Third reading ... 2097, 2104 Lehigh Inland Cement ... 72–73 Amendment (SP891/03: Tabled) ... 2025 Provincial fiscal policies ... 1093–94 Insurance, Automobile Seniors' housing ... 398 Reform of: Legislation re (Bill 53) ... 1801 Single trial court ... 1284–85 Insurance, Automobile–Premiums Youth Criminal Justice Act ... 856 Freezing of: Legislation re (Bill 53) ... 1801 Senate International Volunteer Day Reform of: Motion re, consent to read motion into Recognition of ... 2065–66 the record on oral notice ... 664–65 Lottery Fund Reform of: Statement re ... 1675 Funds allocation ... 809–10 Senior citizens–Housing Medicine Hat arts centre Nonprofit housing and grants in place of taxes ... Lottery funding for ... 809–10 398 Medicine Hat Curling Club Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Annual bonspiel: Recognition of ... 442 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Norm McLeod Dream Weaver award Second reading ... 1409 General remarks ... 1648 Treasury Branches Oral Question Period (2003) Privatization of: Statement re ... 115–16 Debt reduction ... 1045–46 Underage offenders Medicine Hat arts centre funding ... 809–10 General remarks ... 856 Point of Order Young offenders, Violent Questioning a member ... 412 Serving adult sentences ... 856 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Youth Criminal Justice Act (Federal) General remarks ... 76, 442, 1050, 1648, 2065–66 Volunteer Wall of Fame (Legislature Pedway) General remarks ... 856 General remarks ... 2065 Repeat offender provisions ... 856 Volunteers Renner, Rob (PC, Medicine Hat) Recognition of ... 2065–66 Alberta Personal Income Tax Amendment Act, 2003 Sergeant at Arms (Hodgson, Brian) (Bill 4) Galleries (Legislative Assembly Chamber) First reading ... 15 Disturbance in ... 505 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 307 Shariff, Shiraz (PC, Calgary-McCall) Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations (Continued) General remarks ... 330 Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Alberta/United States relations Aquila transmission charge reduction ... 1696 General remarks ... 1233 ATCO electricity flow-through pricing option ... Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation 556, 957 General remarks ... 786 ATCO gas price applications to ... 1936 Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Deferral charges/rate riders approval ... 1499 Government members boycott of: Point of privilege Direct Energy application ... 1732 re ... 1342 Direct Energy purchase of ATCO retail energy Dept. of Economic Development business, Approval of ... 715, 787, 1116, 1837 Minister's trip to Washington, D.C. ... 1233 Electricity billing complaints procedure ... 49, 961, Gas, Natural–Prices 1009, 1116 General remarks ... 73–74 Electricity distribution costs (transmission wire Home ownership charges) decisions ... 852, 1330, 1446–48, 1460, Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... 1494, 1497, 1542 380–81, 527 Electricity market surveillance administrator Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 39) supervision ... 1465 Amendment (SP555/03: Tabled) ... 1635 Enmax rate increase approval ... 1738 Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) EPCOR application to, re rate riders ... 1499, 1620 General remarks ... 73–74 EPCOR rate reduction ... 1696 Natural gas rebates EPCOR refund of overcharges, Announcement re ... General remarks ... 73–74 1372 Oral Question Period (2003) Funding for ... 1455 Alberta's relationship with the U.S. ... 1233 General remarks ... 556, 784, 787, 934, 1455, 1460 Centennial programs ... 330 Licensee liability rating program ... 1168–69 Natural gas prices ... 73–74 Municipal input into decisions of ... 1934, 2060 Student debt ... 786 Natural gas rate approvals ... 713 Point of Order Regulated rate approval ... 1735 Decorum ... 2102 Sour gas safety recommendations ... 1455 Insulting language ... 727 Staff ... 1455 Questioning a member ... 413 Tempest Energy gas well drilling decision ... 1839, Reasoned amendment ... 2098 2060 Relevance ... 406 Utility companies' hedging practices decision ... 556 Similar amendments ... 2098 Alberta Energy Research Institute Privilege Hydrogen strategy ... 1464 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Alberta Federation of Rural Electrification proceeded with) ... 1242 Associations Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts Intervenor in rural farm rate discussions ... 852 committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) Alberta Rural Utilities Association ... 1342 Comments on electricity deregulation ... 1495 Speaker–Rulings and statements Alberta Surface Rights Federation Question and comment period ... 265 Meeting re coal bed methane regulation ... 2063 Student financial aid Alberta Sustainability Fund General remarks ... 786 General remarks ... 1463, 1468 Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) Alberta–Economic policy Aboriginal businesses General remarks ... 885 General remarks ... 1455 AltaLink Management Ltd. Aboriginal/industry partnerships Billing: Distribution costs element ... 852 General remarks ... 1455 General remarks ... 1497 Agriculture Aquila Networks Canada Assistance programs ... 47 Billing errors ... 49, 961, 1116, 1770 Impact of energy prices on ... 1544 Billing rate riders ... 1499, 1620, 1736 Alberta Advisory Council on Electricity Billing: Deferral amounts ... 1278, 1464, 1770 Report ... 1541, 1542, 1641, 1669, 1696, 1738, Billing: Distribution costs element ... 852 1772, 2058 Billing: Rural farm rate ... 852 Revised mandate to review billing problems ... Billing: Rural farm rate, deferral charges re ... 852 1330, 1542, 1565, 1570–71 General remarks ... 46, 331, 1009, 1461, 1495, Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and 1499, 1543, 1836 Counties Goodwill premium ... 852 Electricity deregulation/pricing resolution ... 1770, Purchase of TransAlta distribution system ... 852 1772 Transmission charge reduction ... 1696 308 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) (Continued) ATCO Electric Constellation Energy Group Brochure re Direct Energy (SP277/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 715 720 Consumer protection Distribution costs application to EUB ... 852 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 328, 395, 437–38, Flow-through pricing option ... 556, 957 500, 751, 1009, 1455, 1468, 1669 General remarks ... 45, 46, 331, 1497, 1543, 1836 Consumer Protection/Customer Choice Campaign H.R. Milner power plant sale ... 1167 (Retail energy options) Power bills increase ... 500–02, 557, 665, 957, 1738 General remarks ... 1455 Retail business purchase by Direct Energy ... 715 Consumers' Coalition of Alberta ATCO Gas Report to EUB re Direct Energy application ... 1732 Brochure re Direct Energy (SP277/03: Tabled) ... County of Strathcona 720 Committee to examine energy industry regulation ... Depreciation charges in bills from ... 787 1934–35, 2060 Gas rate changes in southern/northern Alberta ... Dept. of Energy 1936 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP747/03: Tabled) ... 1893 General remarks ... 208 Business plan ... 1454–55 Retail business purchase by Direct Energy ... 715, Communications division ... 1461, 1463, 1467 787 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1454–56, 1460–68 ATCO Gas (South) Estimates 2003-04 debated: Response to questions Gas prices ... 1837, 1935, 1936 re (SP663/03: Tabled) ... 1778 ATCO Pipelines Minister's resignation ... 1495 Transmission cost increases ... 1375 Performance measures ... 1455 Balancing Pool for Alberta's Electricity Consumers Public information centre ... 1463 General remarks ... 1460 Regulations ... 1455 Management of Milner power plant agreement ... Staff ... 1455 1167 Dept. of Finance Calpine Corporation Estimates debated ... 1184 Electric power production ... 46 Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Brochures re (SP276-278/03: Tabled) ... 720 Consultation with, re licensee liability rating General remarks ... 142, 353, 395, 715, 1116, 1448, program ... 1168–69 1499, 1732, 1736, 1837 Canadian Energy Research Institute Purchase of ATCO retail energy business ... 715, General remarks ... 1448 787 Canadian Federation of Independent Business Ecological footprints Still in the Dark (Research paper on electricity Of provincial government ... 1120 prices) ... 599, 1736 Economic development and the environment Cardinal River Coals Ltd. General remarks ... 1120 Cheviot mine delay ... 813 Electric power grid (Pacific Northwest) Centrica Plc (U.K.) Alberta connection ro ... 2060 Meeting with Premier re Direct Energy application Electric power lines ... 1732 Policy re ... 1330, 1448, 1460, 1465, 1494, 1495, Chinchaga wilderness 1497, 1641, 1669, 1674, 1836 Designation as protected area ... 1839 Electric power lines–Construction Class Proceedings Act (Bill 25) Cost sharing of (re AEUB decision) ... 852, Second reading ... 1084 1446–48, 1460, 1464, 1465, 1494, 1497, 1542, Climate change 1565–66, 1570–71, 1620 Kyoto protocol on ... 755, 1448, 1455, 1462, 1464 Costs of ... 1836 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1455 Electric power, Coal-produced Closure debate (Parliamentary practice) General remarks ... 1278, 1446, 1448, 1464, 1566 General remarks ... 641 Electric power–Export Co-energy electrical production General remarks ... 1447–48, 1460, 1494, 1495, General remarks ... 1330, 1446, 1448, 1461, 1494, 1497, 1620, 1669, 1674, 1836 1495, 1566 Electric power–Prices Coal mines and mining–Jasper area Deferral accounting re ... 46, 501, 1278, 1464, 1499, General remarks ... 813 1696, 1736 Coal-bed methane extraction Distribution costs (wire charges) element ... 852 General remarks ... 1461, 2063 General remarks ... 12, 44–46, 208, 329–30, 352, Coal-bed methane extraction–Research General remarks ... 814 500–01, 501–02, 556, 557, 645, 665, 784–85, Water recovery issues ... 1461 786, 885, 1116–17, 1278, 1446–48, 1461, 1464, 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 309 Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) (Continued) Electric power–Prices (Continued) Energy conservation General remarks (Continued)... 1494, 1495, 1543, General remarks ... 208, 714, 1464, 1467 1565–66, 1570–71, 1674, 1696, 1738, 1770–71, Energy industry 1836 Aboriginal opportunities in ... 1455 Impact of utility debt load on ... 71 Economic impact ... 295 Impact on electricity conservation ... 1464 General remarks ... 786, 1455 Impact on hog producers ... 47 Investment in ... 1455 Impact on low income families ... 352, 1467 Municipal regulation of ... 1934–35, 2060 Impact on municipalities ... 1009, 1231 Regulations ... 1455 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Use of water supplies ... 253–54, 295, 933–34, 1461 Impact on seniors ... 352, 1467 Energy industry–Environmental aspects Impact on small business ... 599, 645, 1696, General remarks ... 1168–69, 1455 1735–36 Energy industry–Regulations Rate riders re ... 1372, 1499, 1736 Review of ... 1455 Regulated option re ... 1735–36 Energy rebates Electric power–Prices–Edmonton General remarks ... 1696 Tory caucus presentation re ... 503 Energy resources, Alternate Electric power–Retail sales General remarks ... 1464, 1696 Billing systems re ... 49, 1372, 2059 Provincial government usage of ... 439, 501, 1494, Consumer education/protection re ... 328, 395, 1495 437–38, 500, 751, 1009, 1455, 1468, 1669, 1696, Enmax Corporation 1732–33, 1736 Electric power rates ... 665, 1738 General remarks ... 331–32, 353, 715, 1455, 1460, General remarks ... 46, 331, 501, 1448, 1460, 1494, 1494, 1495, 1497, 1669, 1674 1499, 1543, 1770 Electric power–Supply Enron Direct Limited Partnership General remarks ... 46, 331, 501–02, 557, 1009, General remarks ... 1464, 1465 1278, 1330, 1447, 1448, 1464, 1465, 1566, 1571, Environmental protection 1674, 1696, 1770 Government programs for ... 1120 Electric utilities EPCOR Group of Companies Collusion among ... 1465 Coal-fired generation technology ... 1464 Debt load of ... 71 Electric power rates ... 665, 1696, 1836 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Electric power rates: Deferral component ... 1278, Second reading ... 163 1464, 1499, 1736, 1770 Committee ... 627, 631, 634–35, 705–07 Electric power rates: Deferral component, refunds Amendment re net metering (SP227 & 256/03: re ... 1372 Tabled) ... 634, 755 Electricity bill accuracy ... 49, 961, 1116, 1770 General remarks ... 44, 46, 438, 500, 501, 556, 784, General remarks ... 45, 46, 331, 1448, 1460, 1494, 885, 1009, 1375, 1446, 1456, 1465, 1467, 1494, 1499, 1543 1495, 1499, 1620, 1669 Genesee 3 power plant (joint project with Time allocation motion re ... 641 TransAlta) ... 1464 Electric utilities, Municipally owned Rate rider charges ... 1620, 1736 General remarks ... 1460 ESBI Alberta Ltd. Electric utilities–Regulations Facilitating Major New Generation in Alberta Deregulation ... 12, 44–46, 208, 331, 439, 501–02, (Report) ... 1460 557, 599, 645, 713, 751, 885, 961, 1009, Farm income disaster program (Alberta) 1116–17, 1278, 1330, 1446–48, 1460–61, 1463, Application to hog producers ... 47 1464, 1467, 1494–95, 1497, 1541–43, 1565–66, Flaring of natural gas–Hastings Lake area 1570–71, 1620, 1669, 1674, 1696, 1738, General remarks ... 1839 1770–71, 1772, 1836, 2058–60 Gas industry Deregulation: Impact on energy conservation ... General remarks ... 1461 1464 Gas industry–Regulations Deregulation: Independent review of ... 1495 Deregulation ... 253 Deregulation: Kellan Fluckiger as consultant re ... Gas pipelines–Maintenance and repair 2060 Costs ... 1375 Electric utilities–Regulations–California Gas recovery methods Deregulation ... 1464, 1465, 2060 Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 934 Electrical power purchase agreements Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Power company debt repayment provisions in ... 71 Second reading ... 418 Committee ... 452 310 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) (Continued) Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative (Continued) Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 General remarks ... 109, 142, 210, 438, 501, 556, Estimates debated ... 467–68 557, 885, 1236, 1375, 1456, 1467 International Energy Agency Media briefing for: Point of privilege re ... 305 General remarks ... 755 Time allocation motion re ... 641 Iraq–Politics and government Gas utilities–Regulations Impact on oil prices ... 12 Deregulation ... 210, 439, 599, 645, 713, 751, 786, Irrigation farming 1375 Electric utility billings re ... 49 Gas well drilling industry–Hastings Lake/Ministik area Low-income families Environmental impact ... 1839 Impact of high utility costs on ... 296, 352, 1467, General remarks ... 1839, 2060 1671–72 Gas, Natural–Prices Low-income seniors Deferral accounting re ... 751 Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... Depreciation costs as part of ... 787 296, 352, 1671–72 General remarks ... 12, 69–70, 73–75, 109–10, Machinery–Taxation 141–42, 180, 184–85, 208, 210, 296, 352, 399, Elimination of ... 1463 438–39, 556, 647, 751, 786, 885, 1236, 1375, Members' apologies to the House 1455, 1461, 1463, 1671, 1674 General remarks ... 305 Impact of market competition on ... 1837 Municipal finance Impact on electricity prices ... 45 Government grants ... 1231 Impact on low income families ... 296, 352 Municipal government Impact on municipalities ... 1231 Impact of high energy prices on ... 1231 Impact on post-secondary institutions ... 501 Natural areas–Environmental aspects Impact on seniors ... 296, 352, 1671–72 General remarks ... 1120 Impact on small business ... 186–87 Natural Gas Price Protection Act (Bill 1, 2001) Natural Gas Prices 2000 to Present (publication) General remarks ... 69–70, 73–75, 141, 142, 180, (SP156/03: Tabled) ... 443 184, 210, 296, 352, 399, 438–39, 645, 1236, Gas, Natural–Prices–Calgary 1468, 1671 General remarks ... 1935, 1936 Regulations under: Review ... 439 Gas, Natural–Prices–Edmonton Natural gas rebate program (2001) General remarks ... 1936 General remarks ... 1671 Tory caucus presentation re ... 503, 1935 Natural gas rebates Gas, Natural–Retail sales General remarks ... 69–70, 73–75, 109–110, Consumer education/protection re ... 328, 395, 141–42, 180, 184, 210, 352, 399, 438–39, 556, 437–38, 751, 1455 645, 647, 1231, 1236, 1468, 1935 General remarks ... 109, 210, 353, 715, 1455 Natural Gas Rebates Act (1974) Gas, Natural–Royalties General remarks ... 180 Medicine Hat royalties ... 141 Natural resources revenue Medicine Hat royalties: Information re (SP64/03: General remarks ... 12, 141–42, 295, 789, 1454, Tabled) ... 188 1455, 1839 Gas, Natural–Supply Net metering (Electricity) General remarks ... 1375 General remarks ... 714, 754–55 H.R. Milner power plant Obed Mountain Coal Ltd. Power purchase arrangement taken over by Suspension of operation ... 813 Balancing Pool ... 1167 Office of the Premier Heavy oil–Prices Premier's meeting in London with Centrica ... 1732 General remarks ... 12 Oil recovery methods Heavy oil–Royalties Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 254, 934 General remarks ... 1454, 1456, 1463 Carbon dioxide sequestering: Royalty relief re ... Hog industry 1461 Assistance programs ... 47 Oil–Prices House buying General remarks ... 789, 1455 Electricity rate issues as part of ... 1116–17 Impact of international events on ... 1463–64 Hydrogen as fuel Oil–Royalties General remarks ... 1464 General remarks ... 755 Independent System Operator (Electricity industry) Oral Question Period (2003) General remarks ... 1330, 1446, 1447, 1460, 1465, Agricultural industry ... 1544 1494, 1497 Aquila Networks Canada ... 1009 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 311 Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) (Continued) (Continued) Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ATCO electricity rates ... 957 Alberta relations with ... 755, 1519 Chinchaga Wildland Park ... 1839 Petro-Canada Coal bed methane ... 2063 Fort McMurray oil sands plant expansion delay ... Coal mining industry ... 813–14 1462 Ecological footprint of the provincial government ... Point of Order 1120 Imputing motives ... 163 Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 Questioning a member ... 324 Electricity billing ... 665, 1372 Relevance ... 406 Electricity consultant ... 2060 Postsecondary educational institutions Electricity costs ... 71 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 Electricity deregulation ... 12, 44–45, 46, 1009, Power Pool Council 1447–48, 1494, 1495, 1541, 1543, 1565–66, Electricity pricing ... 1566 1570–71, 1669, 1770, 2058–59 General remarks ... 785 Electricity distribution costs ... 852 Market surveillance administrator ... 784, 1465 Electricity exports ... 1836 Privilege Electricity prices ... 329–30, 501–02, 557, 1116–17, Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill 1674, 1696, 1770–71 19) ... 305 Electricity pricing ... 784–85 Progressive Conservative caucus–Edmonton Electricity rate riders ... 1499 Role of ... 503 Electricity rates ... 1735–36, 1738 Propane–Prices Electricity supply ... 331–32, 1330, 1448 General remarks ... 1375 Electricity transmission development policy ... Provincial Advisory Committee on Public Safety and 1494–95, 1497 Sour Gas Electricity transmission policy ... 1542, 1641 Recommendations ... 1455 Electricity transmission system ... 1446–47, 1620 Public Affairs Bureau Energy conservation initiatives ... 714 Staff assigned to Energy dept. ... 1463 Energy deregulation ... 599, 645, 713, 751, 961, Regional Transmission Organization West 1278, 1772 Alberta participation ... 1620 Energy marketing ... 328, 353, 395, 715 Royalty structure (Energy resources) Energy prices ... 208, 296, 352, 437–38, 500–01, General remarks ... 1456 556, 786, 1732–33 Review of ... 1455, 1461 Energy rebates ... 647 Rural electrification associations EPCOR/Aquila billing practices ... 1116, 1620 Electricity bills: Distribution costs (wire charges) Farm income support programs ... 47 element ... 852 Gas industry deregulation ... 253 General remarks ... 1770 Gas well drilling in Hastings Lake area ... 1839 Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 1495 H. R. Milner power plant ... 1167 Impact of new transmission lines on ... 1448 Irrigation farmers' utilities billings ... 49 Transfer to Agriculture dept. ... 1455–56 Licensee liability rating program ... 1168–69 Rural gas co-ops Municipal funding ... 1231 Impact of electricity deregulation on ... 1495 Municipal regulation of oil and gas development ... Transfer to Agriculture dept. ... 1455–56 1934–35, 2060 Small business Natural gas marketing ... 1837 Impact of electricity prices on ... 599, 645, 1696, Natural gas prices ... 69–70, 73–74, 109–110, 1735–36 141–42, 180, 184–85, 186–87, 210, 399, 787, Impact of natural gas prices on ... 186–87, 645 1236, 1375, 1671–72, 1935, 1936 Small Explorers and Producers Association of Canada Natural gas rebates ... 74–75, 184, 438–39, 1208 Consultation with, re licensee liability rating Net metering of electricity ... 754–55 program ... 1168–69 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 12 Smoky River Coal Limited Oil supply ... 789 Coal leases disposal ... 813 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ... Sour gas emissions–Hastings Lake area 755 General remarks ... 1839 Propane prices ... 1375 Strike, General–Venezuela Provincial fiscal policies ... 885 Impact on oil prices ... 12 Time allocation ... 641 Tar sands development Utility costs for educational institutions ... 501 Cost overruns re ... 1462 Water use by oil and gas industry ... 253–54, 295, General remarks ... 1454, 1463 933–34 312 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Smith, Hon. Murray D. (PC, Calgary-Varsity) Snelgrove, Mr. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) (Continued) (Continued) Tempest Energy Corp. Gun control (Federal) Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area ... 1839, Registry for: Prosecutions re ... 1497–98 2060 Home ownership TransAlta Utilities Corporation Provincial incentives re (Motion 503: Shariff) ... Genesee 3 power plant (joint project with EPCOR) 384 ... 1464 Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Sale of distribution network to UtiliCorp/Aquila ... Amendment (SP894/03: Tabled) ... 2055 852 Amendment (SP895/03: Tabled) ... 2055 University of Alberta Amendment (SP896/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 Amendment (SP897/03: Tabled) ... 2055 University of Calgary Amendment (SP898/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Impact of high utility costs on ... 501 Amendment (SP899/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Utilities Consumer Advocate Amendment (SP900/03: Tabled) ... 2055 General remarks ... 1696, 1733 Amendment (SP901/03: Tabled) ... 2055 Volumetric and infrastructure petroleum information Insurance, Automobile registry All-party committee to review (Motion 512: General remarks ... 1456 MacDonald) ... 1987–88 Water conservation Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and General remarks ... 253–54, 295 Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability Second reading ... 1420–21 General remarks ... 933 Oral Question Period (2003) Water supply Crop insurance ... 506 Use by energy industry ... 253–54, 295, 933–34, Gun registration prosecutions ... 1497–98 1461 Organized crime–Prevention Water wells–Hastings Lake area Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426 Impact of gas well drilling on ... 1839 Paré, Mrs. Jean Water withdrawal–Red Deer River Recognition of ... 301–02 Oil company use of ... 933–34 Public lands Well sites, Abandoned Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 988–89 Liability program re ... 1168–69 Queen's Golden Jubilee citizenship medal Wind power Awarding of ... 301 General remarks ... 46, 1494, 1495 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Snelgrove, Mr. Lloyd (PC, Vermilion-Lloydminster) General remarks ... 301–02, 1740 Agricultural policy framework (Federal/provincial) School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, General remarks ... 506 2003 (Bill 203) Citizens' Empowerment Act (Bill 205) Second reading ... 375–76 Second reading ... 1250 Terrorist attacks–Prevention Constitution Act, 1982 Programs for (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426 Reform of (Motion 502: Jablonski) ... 236–37 Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) Criminal Code (Federal) Third reading ... 2034 Gun registry offences under, Prosecution re ... Trach, Kelsey 1497–98 Recognition of ... 1740 Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) Programs for combatting organized crime/terrorism Administrator of the Province of Alberta (Motion 508: Cenaiko) ... 1426 Transmittal of supplementary estimates, 2002-03 Crop insurance program (No.2) (SP63/03: Tabled) ... 148–49 Federal funding ... 506 Alberta Teachers' Association Premium increases ... 506 Position on class size, point of privilege re Minister Dept. of Energy of Learning's comments re ... 18–19 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1467 Bills, Private members' public Electoral Boundaries Commission Order for consideration (Bills 201, 203, and 202) ... Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: 650–51 Hancock) ... 924–25 Calgary-Fort (Constituency) Firearms Act (Federal Bill C-68) Member for's accident ... 857 Gun registry offences under, Prosecution re ... Chief Electoral Officer 1497–98 Annual report, 2002 (SP630/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Clark, Mr. Lewis Mitchell "Mickey" Second reading ... 415, 418–19 Memorial tribute to ... 1691 Committee ... 656–57 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 313 Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Class size (Grade school) Holy Cross Hospital Minister of Learning's comments re ATA position Mold contamination tests at: E-mail re (SP597/03: on, point of privilege re ... 18–19 Tabled) ... 1804 Committee on Members' Services, Special Standing Mold contamination tests at: Point of privilege re ... Members' Services Order 1/03 (Constituency 1705, 1745, 1803–04 Services Amendment Order, no. 11) (SP14/03: Information and Privacy Commissioner Tabled) ... 17 Annual report, 2001-02 (SP15/03: Tabled) ... 17 Committee on Parliamentary Reform, Select Special Jamieson, Mr. Richard Herbert "Herb" General remarks ... 304 Memorial tribute to ... 1691 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Jamison, Mr. William Ernest "Ernie" Orders and Printing, Standing Memorial tribute to ... 955 Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Johnston, Mr. Archibald D. "Dick" Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 339 Memorial tribute to ... 1691 Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, Leduc (Constituency) Notice to refer to ... 304 Member for: Ethics Commissioner's report on Committee on Public Accounts, Standing allegations re (SP106/03: Tabled) ... 257 Government members boycott of: Point of privilege Legislative Assembly Chamber re ... 1342 Sound system: Failure of ... 1931, 1957 Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Legislative Assembly of Alberta Annual report, 2001 (SP315/03: Tabled) ... 817 Video feed of proceedings of, available via Internet Dept. of Learning ... 1705–06 Minister's comments re ATA position on class size, Legislative Assembly Office point of privilege re ... 18–19 Annual report, 2001 (SP315/03: Tabled) ... 817 Education–Finance Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Request for emergency debate on ... 20 Prayer for ... 43 Electoral Boundaries Commission Transmittal of 2003-04 interim main and Lottery Final report (SP16/03: Tabled) ... 17 Fund estimates (SP155/03: Tabled) ... 403 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Point of Transmittal of 2003-04 main and Lottery Fund Order re ... 191, 217–18 estimates (SP325-328/03: Tabled) ... 859 Electoral Divisions Act (Bill 42) Transmittal of 2003-04 supplementary estimates Amendments to: Procedure for (SP513/03: Tabled) (SP791/03: Tabled) ... 1896 ... 1574 McInnis, Mr. John Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Memorial tribute to ... 1931 2003 (Bill 201) Members of the Legislative Assembly Order of consideration, March 24, 2003 ... 651 Absence of ... 191, 217 Emergency debates under Standing Order 30 Electoral anniversaries of members ... 302, 400, Education funding ... 20 441, 647, 857, 1891 Speaker's ruling re ... 1503 Memorial tribute to former members ... 955, 1691, Estimates of Supply (Government expenditures) 1931 Interim main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, Salaries determination ... 482 transmitted to Assembly (SP155/03: Tabled) ... Motions under Standing Order 15(6) 403 Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections Main and Lottery Fund estimates, 2003-04, committee ... 339 transmitted to Assembly (SP325-328/03: Tabled) Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections ... 859 committee: Withdrawn ... 1378 Supplementary estimates, 2002-03 (No.2) Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment transmitted to Assembly (SP63/03: Tabled) ... Act, 2003 (Bill 208) 148–49 Memo re committee reading of (SP651/03: Tabled) Supplementary estimates, 2003-04 transmitted to ... 1742 Assembly (SP791/03: Tabled) ... 1896 Memo re third reading of (SP786/03: Tabled) ... Ethics Commissioner 1894, 1968 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP631/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Offices of the Legislative Assembly Interim annual report, 2002-03 (SP314/03: Tabled) Main estimates, 2003-04 transmitted to Assembly ... 817 (SP325/03: Tabled) ... 859 Investigation into allegations re Member for Leduc: Ombudsman Report (SP106/03: Tabled) ... 257 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP787/03: Tabled) ... 1894 Famous Five Financial statements, 2002-03 (SP788/03: Tabled) Pamphlet re (SP148/03: Tabled) ... 361 ... 1894 Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Pages (Legislative Assembly) Media briefing for: Point of privilege re ... 260, Biographies of (SP538/03: Tabled) ... 1625 303–05 Letter to members from ... 1647 314 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Papaianni, Louise School (Fees Elimination) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Speech re aboriginal educational programs ... 1369 209) Parliamentary language Second reading of, Point of order re ... 1968 General remarks ... 1626, 1679, 1894–96 Senate Point of Order Reform of: Motion re, consent to read motion into Allegations against a member ... 20–21, 650, 939, the record on oral notice ... 1648–49 1053 Sharp, Hon. Mitchell Allegations against a member (Edmonton loss of a General remarks ... 1679 constituency comments) ... 191, 217–18 Speaker–Rulings and statements Allegations against a member (Natural Gas Price Allegations against members ... 1239 Protection Act comments) ... 190 Anticipation ... 1281, 1284, 1734, 2059 Allegations against members ... 1097, 1454, 1664 Birthday congratulations to a member ... 254, 302, Allegations against members (Prisoner exchange 1211, 1891 comments) ... 191, 218 Calendar of special events ... 335, 816, 1404–05, Amendments at second reading ... 1857 1966 Clarification ... 219, 721, 759, 794 Calgary-Fort's accident ... 857 Explanation of Speaker's rulings ... 217–18, Chamber sound system ... 1957 1053–54 Chamber sound system, Failure of ... 1931 Gestures ... 1659–60 Decorum ... 189–90, 563, 1095–96, 1616 Imputing motives ... 163, 1053, 1097, 1632, Electoral anniversary of members ... 302, 400, 441, 1685–86, 1858 647, 857, 1891 Oral Question Period practices ... 1013 Exhibits ... 305, 893 Parliamentary language ... 1626, 1679, 1894–96 Factual accuracy ... 482 Private members' public Bills ... 1968 Imputing motives ... 1239 Referring to a member by name ... 403 Introduction of Manitoba Clerk Assistant ... 76 Referring to nonmembers ... 338–39 Items previously decided by the Assembly ... Relevance ... 971, 972, 1685 480–81 Tabling a cited document ... 305, 338–39 Misleading the House, point of privilege re ... 18–19 Tabling documents ... 722–23 Motions under Standing Order 30 ... 1503 Prisoners Oral Question Period rules ... 788, 1547 Foreign exchange programs re, Point of Order re ... Pages' letter to members ... 1647 191, 218 Point of privilege (Allegations against a member, Privilege hate literature allegations) ... 1338–39 Allegations against a member (Hate literature Point of privilege (Contempt of the Assembly, hate allegation) (Not proceeded with) ... 1288–89, literature) ... 1243–44, 1288–89 1333, 1338–39 Point of privilege (Contempt of the Assembly, Holy Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Cross hospital mold contamination testing) ... proceeded with) ... 1240–44 1803–04 Contempt of the Assembly (Holy Cross hospital Point of privilege (Contempt of the Assembly, mold testing) (Not proceeded with) ... 1705, 1745, media briefing re Bill 19) ... 260, 303–04 1803–04 Point of privilege (Contempt of the Assembly, Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Public Accounts committee meeting boycott) ... 19) ... 260, 303–05 1342 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Private members' public Bills ... 650–51, 1968 19): Documents re (SP122-125/03: Tabled) ... 303 Question and comment period ... 1688 Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Recognitions ... 670 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections Referring to a member by name ... 443, 1543 committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 339 Referring to members by name ... 963 Contempt of the Assembly (Public Accounts Referring to the absence of members ... 1741–42 committee meeting boycott) (Not proceeded with) Relevance ... 970 ... 1342 Responses to questions ... 563 Misleading the House (Minister of Learning's Role of the Speaker ... 219 comments) (Not proceeded with) ... 18–19 Sessional statistics ... 1676 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Sub judice rule ... 644 General remarks ... 441, 816, 1404–05, 1647, 1966 Tabling documents ... 722–23, 1846, 1967 Speaker's ruling re ... 670 Time limits in debate ... 339 School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Video feed of Assembly proceedings available via 2003 (Bill 203) Internet ... 1705–06 Order of consideration, March 24, 2003 ... 651 Wedding anniversary of a member ... 1891 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 315 Speaker, The (Kowalski, Hon. Kenneth R.) (Continued) Speech from the Throne (Continued) Speech from the Throne Child welfare Copy tabled (SP1/03: Tabled) ... 5 Early childhood intervention programs ... 2 Sub judice rule General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 644, 810 Child Welfare Act Taylor, Mr. Gordon Edward Amendment of (Bill 24) ... 2 Memorial tribute to ... 1691 Children Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Community involvement with ... 2 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Children from broken marriages Memo re Committee reading of (SP471/03: Tabled) Custody/access: Legislation re ... 4 ... 1454 Children–Medical care Visitor, Ceremonial and Security Services (Legislative General remarks ... 2 Assembly) Clean coal demonstration project English as a Second Language: Field Trip Guide to General remarks ... 2 the Alberta Legislature (SP615/03: Tabled) ... Climate change 1678 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 3 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Legislation re ... 3 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Coal-bed methane extraction–Research Order of consideration, March 24, 2003 ... 651 General remarks ... 2 Yarish, Mr. Rick Computer software in schools–Finance Introduction of ... 76 General remarks ... 2 Speech from the Throne Continuing education Aboriginal issues General remarks ... 2 Federal responsibility for ... 4 Correctional institutions Agriculture Legislation re ... 4 Assistance programs ... 2 Diabetes Agriculture Research and Innovation Strategic Public education re ... 4 Framework Disabled–Housing General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 3 Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Drought Research Government programs for ... 2 General remarks ... 2 Drug abuse in prisons Alberta energy research strategy General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 2 Economic development and the environment Alberta seniors benefit program General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 3 Education Alberta Sustainability Fund General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 3 Education, Postsecondary Alberta's Commission on Learning General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 2 Education–Finance Alberta's Promise General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 2 Electric power, Coal-produced Alberta–Economic policy Research into ... 2 General remarks ... 2 Electric power–Prices Ambulance service Regulated option re ... 3 General remarks ... 4 Electric power–Retail sales Barley–Marketing General remarks ... 2–3 General remarks ... 2 Electric utilities Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program General remarks ... 2–3 General remarks ... 3 Legislation re (Bill 3) ... 3 Canadian Wheat Board Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Alberta position re ... 2 General remarks ... 3 Capital projects Emergency planning Alternative arrangements re: Advisory committee of General remarks ... 4 experts re ... 3 Employment training programs Public/private partnerships re ... 3 General remarks ... 3 Capital projects, Municipal Energy industry General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 2 Centennial Capital Plan Environmental protection General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 3 316 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Speech from the Throne (Continued) Speech from the Throne (Continued) Exports Premier's Task Force on Infrastructure Government strategy re ... 3 General remarks ... 3 Extended care facilities Preventive medical services General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 4 Extended care facilities–Rural areas Public safety (From criminal activity) Action plan re ... 4 General remarks ... 4 Family law–Alberta Senior citizens Legislation re (Bill 45) ... 4 Government programs ... 3 Federal/provincial relations Social housing General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 3 Fetal alcohol syndrome–Research Social housing–Remote/northern areas General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 3 Gang-related crime in prisons Tar sands development General remarks ... 4 General remarks ... 2 Gas industry Tar sands development–Research General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 2 Gas recovery methods Teachers Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 2 General remarks ... 2 Greenhouse gas emissions Textbooks–Finance General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 2 Health sciences personnel–Rural areas Tourism Action plan re ... 4 Government strategy re ... 3 Homeless–Housing Volunteers, Child General remarks ... 3 General remarks ... 2 Industrial development (Value-added industries) Waiting lists (Medical care) Government strategy re ... 3 General remarks ... 4 Life sciences research Water management strategy General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 3 Low-income families Wheat–Marketing MLA committee review of programs for ... 3 General remarks ... 2 Low-income families–Housing Young Offenders Act (Alberta) General remarks ... 3 Amendment of ... 4 Low-income seniors Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Vegreville-Viking) Government programs ... 3 Airport security fee (Federal) Low-income seniors–Housing General remarks ... 1328 General remarks ... 3 Airports Maintenance (Domestic relations) General remarks ... 1355 Legislation re ... 4 Airports–Maintenance and repair Manufacturing Funding ... 1357 Government incentives re ... 3 Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Medical care Counties 24-hour service re ... 4 Canada/Alberta infrastructure funds, Input into General remarks ... 3–4 distribution of ... 1357 Restructuring ... 4 Resource road grants, Input into distribution of ... Medical care, Primary 1358 General remarks ... 4 Alberta Cities Transportation Partnership program Medical care–Rural areas General remarks ... 1352, 1358 Action plan re ... 4 Alberta Motor Transport Board Medical records, Electronic Combined into Transportation Safety Board ... 1351 General remarks ... 4 Alberta Transportation Safety Board Natural resources revenue Budget ... 1357 General remarks ... 2, 3 Fort McMurray office ... 1357 Northern development General remarks ... 1351 General remarks ... 3 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Nurses–Rural areas Canada/Alberta infrastructure funds, Input into Action plan re ... 4 distribution of ... 1357 Oil recovery methods Resource road grants, Input into ... 1358 Carbon dioxide sequestering ... 2 Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Environmental impact assessment on ... 1111 General remarks ... 2 General remarks ... 1352 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 317 Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Vegreville-Viking) (Continued) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Vegreville-Viking) (Continued) Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton (Continued) Dept. of Transportation (Continued) Provincial funding for ... 12 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1351–52, 1354–55, Public/private partnership funding model for 1357–60 southeast portion of ... 1700 Information system database ... 1358 Auditor General Major construction projects deferred beyond 2005 Driver examination procedure, Monitoring of ... (SP421/03: Tabled) ... 1287 1797–98 Program services ... 1358 Transportation dept. comments ... 1797–98 Three-year road construction program ... 1359 Automobile drivers' licences Three-year road construction program (SP420/03: Graduated licences ... 645–46, 1351, 1401 Tabled) ... 1287 Suspension of (Administrative suspensions) ... 1357 Drinking water Automobile drivers' tests General remarks ... 1352 Privatization of ... 1797–98 Driver Control Board Automobile licence plates Combined into Transportation Safety Board ... 1351 Single plate system, removal of ... 186 Drunk driving Single plate system, removal of (Motion 509, 2000) Enforcement strategy re ... 1351 ... 186 Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings) Automobiles–Engines Federal/provincial program re ... 1050, 1357 Nitrous oxide modification kits for ... 1359, Environmental impact assessments 1621–22 Anthony Henday Drive/Canamex corridor ... 1111 Automobiles–Registration Highway corridors ... 1111 Foreign registered vehicles ... 853 Exports–Transportation Bicycle helmets General remarks ... 1354, 1355 For young children as passengers ... 1282 Fees, Government Bow River Irrigation District General remarks ... 1358 Headworks upgrading ... 1352 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Bridges–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 1351 General remarks ... 1355, 1357–58 Fines (Traffic violations) Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund General remarks ... 213, 1351, 1622 General remarks ... 1352 Fort Edmonton Park Capital projects Improvements to ... 1357 Federal funding for ... 299 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Public/private partnerships re ... 1700 General remarks ... 965 Capital projects, Municipal–Finance Gasoline–Taxation Federal/provincial program re ... 1049–50 Federal revenue from ... 1354 Capital projects–Maintenance and repair Revenue from ... 12 General remarks ... 1357–58 Revenue from, transferred to municipalities ... 1352, Car phones 1355, 1358, 2063–64 Legislation re ... 213 Hay–Transportation Commuter roads–Urban areas Load securement standards: Harmonization of ... Funding for ... 1355 1889 Council of Western Transportation Ministers Load securement standards: Harmonization of Federal fuel tax recommendations ... 1354 (Western provinces memorandum of CP Rail understanding re) ... 1889 Blackfalds area tracks, Safety issues re ... 855 Highway 21 Dams Snow removal on ... 505 General remarks ... 1352 Highway 63–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Deerfoot Trail, Calgary Alternate route to ... 1359–60 Extension of ... 1352, 1937, 2063–64 Paving contracts for ... 1359–60 Extension of: Environmental issues ... 1937 Highway 8–Calgary area Dept. of Transportation Provincial funding re ... 2064 Amortization of capital assets ... 1358 Highway 881–Edmonton/Fort McMurray Annual report, 2002-03 (SP766/03: Tabled) ... 1893 General remarks ... 1359 Contract management process (M11/03: Response Infrastructure Canada/Alberta Program tabled as SP436/03) ... 364, 1332 General remarks ... 1049–50, 1352, 1357, 1358 Deputy Minister's office budget ... 1357 Insurance, Automobile Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Driving without ... 667 (Q11/03: Response tabled as SP590/03) ... International trade–Canada/United States 964–65, 1652 General remarks ... 1354 318 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Vegreville-Viking) (Continued) Stelmach, Hon. Ed (PC, Vegreville-Viking) (Continued) Irrigation canals Roads–Maintenance and repair General remarks ... 1352 Costs ... 1355 Lethbridge County Airport Funding ... 1357–58 Port of entry status ... 1328, 1354–55 General remarks ... 1352, 1496–97 Motor transport officers Schoolchildren–Blackfalds General remarks ... 1354 Safety issues ... 855 North/south trade corridor Sewage disposal plants Environmental impact assessment on ... 1111 Funding for ... 1352, 1357 General remarks ... 1351, 1352, 1355, 1937, 2064 Snow removal (Highways) Oral Question Period (2003) Monitoring of ... 505, 1496–97 Anthony Henday Drive ... 1700 Stoney Trail, Calgary Bicycle safety ... 1282 Provincial funding re ... 2064 Calgary ring road ... 299 Strategic economic corridors Calgary transportation issues ... 2063–64 General remarks ... 1355 Cell phone use ... 213 Streets Improvement Program Deerfoot Trail extension ... 1937 General remarks ... 1352, 1358 Driver examinations ... 1797–98 Terrorist attacks–New York City/Washington, D.C. Driving without insurance ... 667 September 11, 2001 aircraft crashes ... 1351, 1354, Graduated drivers' licences ... 645–46, 1401 1358 Highway maintenance ... 1496–97 Toll roads Highway snow removal ... 505 General remarks ... 1359 Infrastructure Canada/Alberta project ... 1049–50 Traffic accidents Lethbridge county airport ... 1328 General remarks ... 1354 Licence plates ... 186 Traffic safety Load securement standards ... 1889 General remarks ... 213, 1351, 1354 Nitrous oxide engine modification ... 1621–22 Traffic Safety (Cellular Phone) Amendment Act, 2002 Nonrenewable resource revenue ... 12 (Bill 204, 2002) Photoradar ... 1169 General remarks ... 213 Safety of Blackfalds schoolchildren ... 855 Traffic Safety Act Trucking regulations ... 562–63 Car engine modification regulations under ... 1622 Vehicle registration ... 853 General remarks ... 213, 1351, 1357 Photoradar (Traffic safety) Transport Canada Consistency of procedures re ... 1169 Train track safety, Blackfalds area ... 855 Public contracts Transportation, Rural Contract management process (Transportation): Funding ... 1357 Policy re (M11/03: Accepted) ... 364 General remarks ... 1352 Public transit–Finance Transportation, Urban–Finance General remarks ... 1352 General remarks ... 1352 Railway lines–Blackfalds area Transportation–Finance Safety issues re schoolchildren ... 855 General remarks ... 1351–52, 1354–55, 1357–60 Ring roads–Calgary Truck drivers Federal funds for ... 299, 1352, 2064 Driving records of, exchange of information re ... General remarks ... 299, 1351, 2064 1354 Ring roads–Edmonton Trucking industry–Safety aspects Federal funds for ... 299, 1352, 2064 General remarks ... 1359 General remarks ... 1351 Hours of work regulations ... 562–63, 1354, 1355, Road construction 1359 Resource road/new industry program ... 1352, 1358 Inspection program re ... 1354 Secondary road program ... 1358 Tsuu T'ina reserve Three-year program re (SP420/03: Tabled) ... 1287 Calgary ring road through ... 299 Road construction–Calgary U-Haul trucks/trailers Provincial funding for ... 2063–64 Inspection/licensing of while in Alberta ... 1354 Road construction–Finance Water resources development–Finance Deferred projects ... 1351 General remarks ... 1352 General remarks ... 12, 1352 Water resources development–Little Bow River Public/private partnerships ... 1700 General remarks ... 1352 Roads Water resources development–Maintenance and repair Closure ... 1497 Funding ... 1357 Roads–Fort McMurray area Water treatment plants General remarks ... 1359–60 Funding for ... 1352, 1357 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 319 Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations (Continued) Lottery funding for ... 949 Dept. of Gaming Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Annual report, 2002-03 (SP751/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Fetal alcohol syndrome programs ... 948 Estimates debated ... 939–43, 945–49, 953–54 Gambling addiction programs ... 73, 942–43 Estimates debated: Response to questions during High school students' gambling study ... 942 (SP594/03: Tabled) ... 1652 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Dept. of Health and Wellness Annual report, 2002-03 (SP828/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Senior staff credit card statements: Details re Bingo operating conditions changes ... 958, 1671 (M7/03: Defeated) ... 513 Casino licensing ... 1544–45 Edmonton Northlands Edmonton Northlands violation: Memo re Gaming and Liquor Commission investigation re: (SP827/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Memo re (SP827/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Enoch First Nation's casino application approval ... Lottery funding for ... 940, 954 1167 Provincial funding for ... 889 General remarks ... 810, 940–41, 946, 947, 948–49 Edmonton Sport Council Investigation unit ... 1167 Casino application request ... 948 Operating costs changes ... 940 Education, Postsecondary–Finance Alberta Gaming Research Council General remarks ... 889–90 Lottery funding for ... 940 Education–Finance Alberta Gaming Research Institute Lottery funds ... 668 Gambling-related crime study ... 1167 Enoch First Nation Lottery funding for ... 940, 949 Destination resort and casino, west Edmonton ... Problem gambling index ... 942 1167 Problem gambling research ... 943 Fetal alcohol syndrome–Research Alberta Liquor Industry Roundtable General remarks ... 948 Fetal alcohol syndrome programs ... 948 Financial Sector Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Alberta Liquor Store Association 12) Fetal alcohol syndrome programs ... 948 Third reading ... 1492 Alberta School Boards Association First Nations development fund Funding of core items policy ... 668 Eligibility for grants from ... 947 Alberta Sustainability Fund Gambling, Compulsive Lottery funds transferred to ... 940–41 General remarks ... 73, 667, 942–43 Bingo workers Research into ... 940, 942–43 Restrictions on where they can play ... 958 Gambling, Illegal Bingos General remarks ... 946, 953 Changes to operating conditions for ... 948–49, 958 Gambling, Youth General remarks ... 945 General remarks ... 942 Private operators for ... 948 Gambling-related crime Revenue from, to charitable groups ... 940, 958 General remarks ... 943 Review of ... 400, 958, 1671 Gambling-related crime–Prevention Bingos, Electronic General remarks ... 1167 General remarks ... 940 Gambling–Aboriginal reserves Liquor provision in ... 400 General remarks ... 946–47 Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Ltd. Gambling–Métis settlements Lottery funding for ... 940 General remarks ... 947 Canada Customs and Revenue Agency Gaming industry Charitable societies definition ... 953 Capacity of ... 945–46, 953 Casinos General remarks ... 939–43, 945–49, 953–54 General remarks ... 945–46 Revenue from: Review of use of ... 810, 948 New casinos ... 945–46, 953 Gaming licences Waiting lists for ... 1544–45 Adult sport groups eligibility for ... 948 Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations Review of ... 945, 953 Definition of ... 948, 953 Hockey Impact of bingo rule changes on ... 958 Lottery funding for ... 561–62, 940 Community facility enhancement program Horse racing General remarks ... 939, 942, 949 Lottery funding for ... 889–90, 940, 945, 953–54 Community initiatives program Horse Racing Alberta General remarks ... 668, 810, 939–40, 949 Annual review, 2002 (SP829/03: Tabled) ... 1943 Debts, Public (Provincial government) Gambling revenue for ... 940 Use of lottery funds to pay down ... 940 320 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Stevens, Hon. Ron, QC (PC, Calgary-Glenmore) Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) A.H. Dakin school, Edson Horse racing entertainment centres Closure ... 1220 General remarks ... 945, 953–54 Aboriginal peoples–Housing Internet (Computer network) General remarks ... 1135 Gambling on ... 953 Alberta Foundation for Environmental Excellence Keno (Game) Awards ... 815 General remarks ... 940 Cardinal River Coals Ltd. Lottery Fund Cheviot mine delay ... 813 Funds allocation ... 667, 668, 939–43, 945–49, Coal mines and mining 953–54, 1234 General remarks ... 1151 Funds allocation: Response to letter re (SP595/03: Coal mines and mining–Jasper area Tabled) ... 1652 General remarks ... 813 Other initiatives line item ... 854, 949 Coal-bed methane extraction–Research Unallocated moneys fund ... 854, 949 General remarks ... 813 Lottery ticket network Coal–Marketing General remarks ... 945 General remarks ... 1151 Medicine Hat arts centre Community timber program Lottery funding for ... 810 General remarks ... 1643 Oral Question Period (2003) Dept. of Economic Development Bingo industry ... 958, 1671 Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1149, 1151 Bingo licensing review ... 400 Dept. of Infrastructure Breakaway to win hockey lottery ... 561–62 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1220 Casino wait lists ... 1544–45 Dept. of Seniors Community initiatives program ... 668 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1135 Gambling-related crime prevention ... 1167 Edson and District Health Care Centre Lottery funds ... 854 General remarks ... 1220 Medicine Hat arts centre funding ... 810 Edson Savings & Credit Union Postsecondary education funding ... 889–90 Statement re ... 187 Problem gambling ... 73 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Video lottery terminals ... 667, 1234 Third reading ... 774–76, 779 Point of Order Emergency housing Admissibility of amendment ... 875, 876 General remarks ... 1135 Clarification ... 721 Extended care facilities–Edson Poker rooms (Gambling) General remarks ... 1220 General remarks ... 946 Fording Canadian Coal Trust Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Coal operations ... 1151 Committee ... 102 Forest and Prairie Protection Amendment Act, 2003 Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14) (Bill 15) Third reading ... 1491 First reading ... 117 Sports groups, Adult Second reading ... 268–69 Eligibility for gaming licences ... 948 Committee ... 424–25 Sports lottery tickets Third reading ... 1490 Payouts from, 2000-02 (Q14/03: Response tabled as Forest fires–Control SP596/03) ... 1245, 1652 Legislation re (Bill 15) ... 117 Revenue from, 2000-02 (Q13/03: Response tabled Forest industries as SP596/03) ... 1245, 1652 General remarks ... 1774–75 Supreme Court of Canada Forest management agreements Manitoba VLT removal ruling (Siemens case) ... 73, Unused wood supply disposal provisions ... 1775 1234 Forest Resource Improvement Association of Alberta University of Lethbridge General remarks ... 815 Addictions research chair ... 948 Gas, Natural–Prices Vertigo Theatre, Calgary Impact on seniors ... 559 Lottery funding for ... 949 Grande Cache Coal Corporation General remarks ... 1151 Video gambling machines Industrial development (Value-added industries) Funding of upgrades to ... 667, 940 Government strategy re ... 1149 General remarks ... 945 Jubilee junior high school, Edson Municipalities' removal of ... 73, 953, 1234 Transfer from public to separate system ... 1220 Reducing the number of ... 953 Low-income seniors Relation to illegal gambling ... 946 Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... Responsible gaming features ... 667, 943 559 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 321 Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) Strang, Ivan (PC, West Yellowhead) (Continued) Lumber Tourism–Marketing Value-added processing of ... 1149 General remarks ... 1149 Lumber–Export Performance measures re ... 1149 General remarks ... 1149 Vanier school, Edson Luscar Ltd. General remarks ... 1220 General remarks ... 1151 Weldwood of Canada Ltd. Members' Statements (2003) Recreation program: Recognition of ... 815 Edson Savings & Credit Union ... 187 Weyerhaeuser Company Obed Mountain Coal Ltd. Sawmill closure, Grande Cache ... 1774–75 Suspension of operation ... 813 Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) The Odyssium, Edmonton First reading ... 1702 Lottery funding for ... 949 Second reading ... 1846–47, 1849 Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Committee ... 2000–01 Coal industry investments ... 1151 Third reading ... 2074, 2076 Oral Question Period (2003) Wildlife management Coal mining industry ... 813 Legislation re (Bill 50) ... 1702 Grande Cache sawmill closure ... 1774–75 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) Seniors' utility costs ... 559 Aboriginal issues Softwood lumber policy bulletin ... 1643 Performance measures re ... 1602 Softwood lumber trade dispute ... 1738–39 Aboriginal issues–Legal aspects Parkland high school, Edson General remarks ... 1602 General remarks ... 1220 Aboriginal land claims Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) General remarks ... 1602 School space allocation in Edson (petition not in Aboriginal peoples–Health care order) ... 1648 General remarks ... 1601–02 Pine Grove school, Edson Aboriginal peoples–Urban areas General remarks ... 1220 General remarks ... 1603 Poaching Aboriginal policy framework Legislation re (Bill 50) ... 1702 Performance measures ... 1602 Propane–Prices Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Impact on seniors ... 559 2003 (Bill 16) Public lands Second reading ... 388–90 Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 990 AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) African epidemic of ... 1891 General remarks ... 605, 815 Alberta Cancer Board Royal Canadian Legion. Cadomin branch Lease of building from Holy Cross hospital ... 1544 Recognition of ... 605 Alberta Court of Appeal–Calgary Schools–Closure Closure of building (toxic mold problem) ... 1117, General remarks ... 1220 1569, 1621, 1674 Schools–Utilization–Edson Alberta family employment tax credit Letter re (SP599/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Change to (Motion 501: Fritz) ... 98 Letters re (SP564-566/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Petition re (not in order) ... 1648 Physiotherapy coverage ... 477–78 Public/separate exchanges ... 1220 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Senior citizens–Housing–Edson/Jasper Elimination of ... 1777 Feasibility study re ... 1135 General remarks ... 1186–87 Sherritt International Corporation Alberta Heritage Foundation for Science and General remarks ... 1151 Engineering Research Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Smoky River Coal Limited 48) Coal leases disposal ... 813 Second reading ... 1897–98 Social housing–Remote/northern areas Alberta Hospital, Edmonton General remarks ... 1135 General remarks ... 1299 Softwoods–Export–United States Alberta Hospital, Ponoka Countervail duties re ... 1738–39 Future status of ... 1299 Hard cap on ... 1739 Privatization of ... 1299 Trade rule improvements re: Draft U.S. policy Alberta initiative for school improvement bulletin re ... 1149, 1643, 1739 General remarks ... 1064 Teck Cominco Limited Alberta Mental Health Board Coal operations ... 1151 Transfer of services to regional health authorities ... 1299 322 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Alberta Municipal Financing Corporation Amendment Bridges–Edmonton Act, 2003 (Bill 20) Henday Drive bridge: Impact on fish populations ... Committee ... 1362–63 1106 Alberta Wellnet (Health information network) Brooks Pheasant Hatchery General remarks ... 1299–1300 Lease agreement re pheasant release (Q15/03: Alberta's Commission on Learning Accepted) ... 1804 Postsecondary education system recommendation ... Calgary General Hospital 1733 Destruction of ... 1121 Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds) ... Calgary Regional Health Authority/Calgary Health 1733 Region Report (Every child learns; Every child succeeds): Asbestos contamination situation ... 354–55, Letter re (SP689/03: Tabled) ... 1802 397–98, 438, 643–44 Alberta–Economic conditions Conflict of interest situation ... 1121 General remarks ... 1152 Emergency services ... 1003–04, 1044 Alberta–Economic policy General remarks ... 1004 General remarks ... 1178–80, 1182–84, 1186–87 Holy Cross hospital air quality ... 1569 Ambulance service–Finance Holy Cross hospital building leased to Cancer General remarks ... 1301 Board ... 1544 Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Eng. Mold contamination problem at Foothills Hospital Calgary health region/private partners consortium re ... 1117–18, 1211, 1231–32, 1280–81, 1370 ... 1797, 2061–62 New hospital in southeast Calgary ... 1044, 1224, Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton 2011 Environmental impact assessment on ... 1110 New hospital in southeast Calgary: Foreign Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill investors in ... 2011 17) New hospital in southeast Calgary: P3 funding for Second reading ... 245–46 ... 1888–89, 2011 Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (No. Partnership in Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, 2) (Bill 54) Eng. ... 1797, 2061–62 Second reading ... 1954–55 Public/judicial inquiry into ... 1004 Committee ... 1993 Senior management ... 1121 Appropriation Act, 2003 (Bill 40) Senior management patronage appointments ... Second reading ... 1629–30 1044, 1088–89, 1121 Third reading ... 1688–89 Senior management salaries ... 1088–89 Aquila Networks Canada Statement re ... 1121 General remarks ... 1460 Campus Alberta Asbestos General remarks ... 1063 Contamination problem in Foothills hospital ... Capital assets 354–55, 397–98, 438, 643–44 Amortization threshold ... 1180 Contamination problem in Holy Cross hospital ... Capital Health Authority 438 Board composition ... 209 Contamination problem in Holy Cross hospital: Board composition: Tory caucus role re ... 503 Letter to Human Resources dept. re (SP160/03: Purchase of Charles Camsell Hospital ... 1839 Tabled) ... 443 Capital projects Contamination problems with: Litigation costs re ... Public/private partnerships re ... 1361, 1888–89, 1179, 1224 1960, 2011 Fatalities from exposure to: Article re (SP143/03: Public/private partnerships re: Lobbyists for ... 934 Tabled) ... 361 Public/private partnerships re: Statement re ... 1095 Fatalities from exposure to: Statement re ... 481 Surplus funding of: Petition presented re ... 1677 Aspen Regional Health Authority [New boundary] Surplus funding of: Petition tabled re (SP611/03) ... Funding for ... 1299 1677 Auditor General Casinos Learning Resources Centre operations, Review of ... Revenue from, to school groups ... 664 251 Caucus policy committees (PC party) Métis settlements funding, Auditing of ... 1602 General remarks ... 1676 Bighorn wildlife recreation area Charles Camsell Hospital Designation as protected park: Letters re (SP25, Air quality monitoring in ... 1840 723/03: Tabled) ... 53, 1846 Conversion to long-term care facility ... 1774 Blood services–Finance Sale of ... 1774, 1839–40 Lottery funding ... 1301 Sale of, to Capital Health Authority ... 1839 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 323 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Child and Family Services Authorities Amendment Dependent Adults Act Act, 2003 (Bill 22) Relation to Mental Health Act ... 788 Committee ... 798 Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Class size (Grade school) Communications division ... 1602 General remarks ... 671 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1601–04 Letters re (SP272, 334, 390, 506, 689/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1601 720, 893–94, 1096, 1574, 1802 Performance measures ... 1602 Class size (Grade school)–Edmonton Staffing ... 1602 Study re: Report (SP506/03: Tabled) ... 1574 Dept. of Economic Development Climate change Estimates 2003-04: Debated ... 1144–46, 1151–52 Provincial initiatives re (Transportation) ... 1361 Dept. of Energy Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill Communications division ... 1459–60 37) Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1459–60 Committee ... 1724–25 Dept. of Environment Co-energy electrical production Estimates debated ... 1104–06, 1110 Write off against royalties ... 1459 Dept. of Finance Coal mines and mining–Wabamun area Communications budget ... 1180 Impact on lake water quality ... 1105 Estimates debated ... 1178–79, 1180, 1182–84, Coal-bed methane–Royalties 1186–87 General remarks ... 1459 Fee revenue ... 1184 Coal-bed methane–Supply Revenues ... 1182 General remarks ... 1459 Dept. of Health and Wellness Collective bargaining–Health sciences personnel Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (M6/03: General remarks ... 958, 1292 Response tabled as SP593/03) ... 513 Collective bargaining–Nurses Estimates debated ... 1291–93, 1299–1301 General remarks ... 958, 1292, 1699 Performance measures ... 1300 Letters re (SP675, 813-814, 844, 886, 912/03: Senior staff credit card statements: Details re Tabled) ... 1779, 1942, 1967, 2017, 2067 (M7/03: Defeated) ... 513 Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Dept. of Infrastructure Minority report (SP487/03: Tabled) ... 1549 Business plan ... 1224 Committees, Government-appointed Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1223–25, 1227 Costs ... 50 Estimates: Comparison with previous year ... 1224 Costs of health related committees (M3/03: Working relationship with health authorities ... 1224 Accepted) ... 513 Dept. of Innovation and Science Community health services Business plan ... 915 Liberal policy re ... 1777 Estimates debated ... 915–17 Community justice Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Provincial grants for ... 1391 Civil claims budget ... 1393 Community mental health services Communications division ... 1393 General remarks ... 1402, 1548 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1391, 1393 Community rehabilitation programs (Physical therapy) Role of (policy focused) ... 1391 General remarks ... 477–78 Use of outside counsel ... 1391, 1393 Conflict of interest Dept. of Learning Calgary Regional Health Authority situation ... 1121 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1063–64 Private MRI clinics and MRI utilization rates ... Dept. of Transportation 1498 Amortization of capital assets ... 1361 Consumer protection Business plan ... 1361 Re electricity/gas contracts ... 1460 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1361 Corrections Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 26) Disabled children–Education–Finance Third reading ... 1610 Cutbacks: Letter re (SP217/03: Tabled) ... 607 Council of Alberta University Students Diversification Document ... 1063 General remarks ... 1146 General remarks ... 1733 Drainage Debts, Public (Provincial government) Of wetlands ... 1110 Use of surplus to pay down: Petition presented re ... Edmonton Journal indoor games (2003) 1677 Recognition of ... 606 Use of surplus to pay down: Petition tabled re Edmonton Public School Board (SP611/03) ... 1677 Funding for: Tory caucus role re ... 503 Democracy–Alberta Education, Postsecondary Statement re ... 1675–76 General remarks ... 1733 324 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Education, Postsecondary–Finance Environmental impact assessments General remarks ... 889–90, 1063 Anthony Henday Drive/Canamex corridor ... 1110 Petition re ... 215 Highway corridors ... 1110 Education–Finance EPCOR Group of Companies General remarks ... 8, 116, 664 Purchase of Aquila's assets ... 1460 Letters re (SP161-163, 172-174, 183-186, 233-236, Eric Cormack Centre 245-247 264-274, 281-283, 299-303, 689-91/03: Future disposition of ... 1481 Tabled) ... 443, 483, 509, 650, 671, 720, 758, 793, Ethics Commissioner 1802 Lobbyist registry recommendation ... 934 Letters re (SP333, 375-377, 388-391,394-396, 404- Executive Council 405, 428-430, 442, 447, 469/03: Tabled) ... Budget ... 1031 893–94, 1052, 1096, 1122, 1172, 1287, 1333, Business plan ... 1031 1377, 1453 Estimates debated ... 1031–32 Letters re (SP570/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Expert Advisory Panel to Review Publically Funded Petition presented re ... 758, 816, 1051 Health Services Petition tabled re (SP66/03) ... 188 Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513 Education–Finance–Edmonton MRI services utilization review ... 1498 Tory caucus role re ... 503 Report ... 477–78 Electoral Boundaries Commission Extended care facilities Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Patient drug administration issues re ... 788 Hancock - amendment) ... 876–77 Provision of, at Charles Camsell Hospital ... 1774 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Extended care facilities–Fees Hancock) ... 923–24 Increase in: Letter re (SP724/03: Tabled) ... 1846 Final report: Edmonton's loss of one seat, Letter re Family and community support services program (SP175/03: Tabled) ... 483 General remarks ... 1777 Electric power–Prices Family physicians–Supply General remarks ... 1151 General remarks ... 716 Impact on post-secondary institutions: Letter re Farm Implement Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 55) (SP205/03: Tabled) ... 565 Committee ... 2086 Electric power–Prices–Edmonton Fatality inquiries Tory caucus presentation re ... 503 Vince Motta case ... 1003–04, 1044, 1088–89, 1121 Electric power–Retail sales Fees, Government Consumer education/protection re ... 1460 General remarks ... 1184 General remarks ... 1460 Financial Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 2) Electric power–Supply Second reading ... 159–60 General remarks ... 1152 Committee ... 242–44 Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Foothills Provincial General Hospital Second reading ... 162 Asbestos contamination situation ... 354–55, Committee ... 320–21, 625–28, 630–31 397–98, 438, 481, 643–44, 1404 Third reading ... 773, 777–79 Equipment transferred to other facilites, Testing of Amendment (SP225/03: Tabled) ... 626 ... 1370 Electric utilities–Regulations Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit ... Deregulation ... 1151–52 1117–18, 1211, 1231–32, 1370, 1404 Deregulation: Graph re (SP113/03: Tabled) ... 302 Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit: Letter re Deregulation: Impact on rents (SP8/03: Tabled) ... (SP387/03: Tabled) ... 1096 16 Mold contamination in renal dialysis unit: Test Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings) results re (SP418/03: Tabled) ... 1239 General remarks ... 1361 Recognition of nurses and support staff in ... 1404 Energy industry Forest Lawn Bible College Act (Bill Pr. 2) General remarks ... 1146 Second reading ... 1265 Energy industry–Crown lands Gas Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 19) Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute ... 49–50, Second reading ... 410–13 1602 Committee ... 573–75, 655–56 Aboriginal/oil-field contractors dispute: Committee Gas, Natural–Prices to review ... 49–50, 1602 Impact on post-secondary institutions: Letter re Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 18) (SP205/03: Tabled) ... 565 Second reading ... 797–98 Gas, Natural–Prices–Edmonton Enmax Corporation Tory caucus presentation re ... 503 Purchase of Aquila's assets ... 1460 Gas, Natural–Supply General remarks ... 1459 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 325 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Gasoline stations Holy Cross Hospital (Continued) Full-service bay requirement for disabled/elderly Asbestos contamination situation: Letter to Human (Motion 510: Masyk) ... 1594 Resources dept. re (SP160/03: Tabled) ... 443 Glaciers Lease of building at, to Cancer Board ... 1544 Shrinking of ... 1105 Mold contamination tests at ... 1569, 1620–21, 1674 Government advertising Mold contamination tests at: E-mail re (SP597/03: General remarks ... 1032 Tabled) ... 1704 Government aircraft Mold contamination tests at: Point of privilege re ... Status of ... 1227 1703–05 Government departments Mold contamination tests at: Results from Business plans for ... 1603 (SP644/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Communications divisions ... 1032 Renovation problems (Health and safety violations) Government visual signature ... 559, 602, 1324 Creation of new signature ... 1031 Sale of ... 1121 Grace Hospital Horse racing Sale of ... 1121 Lottery funding for ... 889–90 Great Western hospital, Swindon, U.K. Hospitals General remarks ... 1960 Sale of, to finance labour settlements ... 958 Health facilities Hospitals–Calgary Energy contracts ... 1224 Closure ... 1121 Health facilities–Construction New south Calgary hospital ... 1044, 1224, 2011 Funding for ... 1224 New south Calgary hospital: Foreign investors in ... Public/private partnerships re ... 1301, 1960 2011 Public/private partnerships re: Report on (SP780/03: New south Calgary hospital: P3 funding for ... Tabled) ... 1888, 1893 1888–89, 2011 Health Foundations Act Repeal Act (Bill 8) Hospitals–Construction Second reading ... 131 Use of surplus for funding: Petition presented re ... Health Information Act 1677 Confidentiality provisions re private sector ... 853 Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re Health Information Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 10) (SP611/03) ... 1677 Second reading ... 262–63 Hughes, Monica Committee ... 1363–65 Recognition of ... 360 Third reading ... 1492 Income and Employment Supports Act (Bill 32) General remarks ... 142–43 Second reading ... 1160 Health innovation fund Income tax, Provincial Discontinuation of ... 1301 General remarks ... 1186 Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 52) Industrial development (Value-added industries) Second reading ... 2018–19 Cross-ministry involvement in ... 1144–45, 1146, Committee ... 2084 1152 Health Reform Implementation Team Information and Privacy Commissioner Costs (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513 Physician prescribing patterns, Prohibition on sale Health Sciences Association of Alberta of information re ... 852 Meeting with cabinet committee on labour relations Inland Cement Limited ... 958 Monitoring of emissions from ... 1110 Health Services Utilization and Outcomes Commission Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 33) MRI services utilization review ... 1498 Second reading ... 1271–72 Heavy oil–Royalties Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Audit system re ... 1459 Second reading ... 1906–08 General remarks ... 1183–84, 1459 Committee ... 2045 Heavy oil–Supply Third reading ... 2103–04 General remarks ... 1459 Insurance, Automobile High school graduates All-party committee to review (Motion 512: Numbers of ... 1063 MacDonald) ... 1990 HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) Awards resulting from accident claims: Review of African epidemic of ... 1891 ... 1178–79 Holocaust memorial monument Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Statement re ... 1377 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Holy Cross Hospital Estimates debated ... 489–90, 493–94 Air quality in ... 1569, 1620–21 Iraq Asbestos contamination situation ... 438, 481, 1544 Military action against ... 757 326 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Laboratories, Medical–Finance Medical profession–Education General remarks ... 1644 General remarks ... 716 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Medical profession–Fees Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Alternative payment schemes ... 1300 Second reading ... 545–47 Medical profession–Supply Second reading (Reasoned amendment) ... 546 General remarks ... 715–16 Third reading ... 726–27 Medical records, Electronic Amendment (3r: recommittal to CoW) ... 727 General remarks ... 142–43, 335, 1299–1300 Letter re (SP284/03: Tabled) ... 758 Medical records–Confidentiality Lake Wabamun–Water levels General remarks ... 142–43, 335, 852–53 General remarks ... 1105–06 Members of the Legislative Assembly Lakeland Health Region [Old boundary] Attendance at interest group sponsored receptions ... General remarks ... 1299 934 Law of Property Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 29) Members' Statements (2003) Second reading ... 804–05 Asbestos exposure ... 481 Committee ... 1483 Calgary health region ... 1121 Learning Resources Centre Democracy in Alberta ... 1675–76 Funding ... 182, 250–51 Electronic health records ... 335 Prices charged ... 182, 250–51 Holocaust memorial monument ... 1377 Prices charged: Comparison documents (SP67 & Mental Health Week ... 1548 127/03: Tabled) ... 182, 188–89, 336 Official Opposition health care policy ... 1777 Light rail transit–Calgary Public/private partnerships ... 1095 Funding for ... 1361 School councils ... 116 Light rail transit–Edmonton Water strategy ... 647 Funding for ... 1361 Mental Health Act Livestock Industry Diversification Amendment Act, Relation to Dependent Adults Act ... 788 2003 (Bill 34) Mental health services Third reading ... 1613 General remarks ... 1548 Lobbyists–Registration Transfer to regional health authorities ... 1299 General remarks ... 934, 1676 Waiting lists re ... 1402, 1481 Local Authorities Election Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill Mental Health Week 31) Statement re ... 1548 Second reading ... 1158 Mentally disabled Lottery Fund Government programs for ... 1326–27, 1401–02, Funds allocation: Human tissue and blood services 1481 ... 1301 Métis settlements Low-income families–Taxation Funding ... 1602 General remarks ... 1186 Métis Settlements Appeal Tribunal Magnetic resonance imaging Funding ... 1602 Guidelines for use of ... 1293 Mosquito control programs Utilization of ... 1293 General remarks ... 1104–05 Utilization of: Review ... 1498 Motta, Vincenzo Dominic Magnetic resonance imaging clinics, Private Death of: Report of inquiry into ... 1003–04, 1044, Role in MRI utilization rates ... 1498 1088–89, 1121 Medical care Municipal reserve land Official Opposition policy re ... 1777 Sale of: Petition re ... 1051 Official Opposition policy re: Copy tabled Natural gas rebates (SP674/03) ... 1779 Letters re (SP176/03: Tabled) ... 483 Medical care–Finance Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment General remarks ... 958, 1777 Act, 2003 (Bill 51) Letter re (SP690/03: Tabled) ... 1802 Committee ... 2003–04, 2006 MLA committee to review: Costs (M3/03: Third reading ... 2072 Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513 Amendment (SP856/03: Tabled) ... 2003 Medical officers of health Natural resources revenue Tenure conditions ... 755–56 General remarks ... 1183, 1186 Medical profession North Saskatchewan River basin Marketing campaigns to ... 852 General remarks ... 1105–06 Medical profession–Bangladesh North/south trade corridor Article re (SP645/03: Tabled) ... 1742 Environmental impact assessment on ... 1110 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 327 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Northern Alberta Development Council Oral Question Period (2003) (Continued) Funding ... 1603–04 Private/public partnerships for hospital construction General remarks ... 1601 ... 1960 Role in aboriginal/oilfield contractors dispute ... School councils ... 116 1603 Southeast Calgary hospital ... 1888–89, 2011 Staffing ... 1602 Toxic mold in Foothills medical centre ... 1117–18, Occupational Health and Safety Act 1211, 1231–32, 1280–81, 1370 Foothills Hospital asbestos removal charges under U.K./Calgary Regional Health Authority consortium ... 398 ... 2061–62 Private surgical facilities' compliance with ... 602 Universities' business plans ... 1936–37 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment West Nile virus ... 1644 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Organ and tissue donation–Finance Second reading ... 1813–14 Lottery funding ... 1301 Official Opposition Pain Elimination and Tissue Regeneration Clinic Health care policy: Copy tabled (SP674/03) ... 1779 Letter from (SP688/03: Tabled) ... 1802 Health care policy: Statement re ... 1777 Pain management High Power Bills Unplugged (Brochure) (SP101/03: Letter re (SP609/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Tabled) ... 257 Palliser Health Authority/Region [New boundary] Oil–Prices Medical officer of health situation ... 756 Impact on tar sands development ... 1459 Parliamentary language Oil–Royalties General remarks ... 1679, 1895 General remarks ... 1183 Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Oil–Supply Committee ... 1997 General remarks ... 1459 Third reading ... 2073 Ombudsman (Métis Settlements) Persons with developmental disabilities community General remarks ... 1602 boards Oral Question Period (2003) Funding ... 1326–27, 1481 Administration of psychotropic drugs ... 788 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Air quality at Holy Cross hospital ... 1569, 1620–21, Budget surplus use for capital project funding ... 1674 1677 Anglo-Canadian clinics ... 1797 Education funding ... 758, 816, 1051 Asbestos abatement at the Foothills hospital ... Municipal reserve land/school ownership ... 1051 397–98, 643–44 Post-secondary education funding ... 215 Asbestos abatement in Calgary hospitals ... 438 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Asbestos in the Foothills hospital ... 354–55 Budget surplus use for capital project funding Calgary regional health authority ... 1088–89 (SP611/03) ... 1677 Capital regional health authority board ... 209 Education funding (SP66/03) ... 188 Charles Camsell hospital ... 1774, 1839–40 Petrochemical industry Edmonton Progressive Conservative caucus ... 503 Feedstock supply for ... 1152 Education funding ... 8, 664 General remarks ... 1152 Electronic health records ... 142–43 Pheasants Unlimited Emergency services in Calgary health region ... Lease agreement with Brooks Pheasant Hatchery 1003–04, 1044 (Q15/03: Accepted) ... 1804 Government-appointed committees ... 49–50 Physical therapy Health care labour relations ... 958, 1699 Coverage under health care plan ... 477–78 Holy Cross hospital ... 1324, 1544 Point of Order Holy Cross hospital renovations ... 559 Allegations against members ... 1097 Learning Resources Centre ... 182, 250–51 Clarification ... 798 Lobbyist registry ... 934 Imputing motives ... 1097 Magnetic resonance imaging ... 1498 Parliamentary language ... 1679, 1895 Medical officers of health ... 755–56 Tabling documents ... 721–22 Medical school tuition fees ... 715–16 Police, Provincial Personal health information ... 852–53 Establishment of (Motion 504: Griffiths) ... 530–31 Persons with developmental disabilities program ... Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) 1326–27, 1401–02 Third reading ... 2076–77 Physiotherapy programs ... 477–78 General remarks ... 1063, 1733 Postsecondary education funding ... 889–90 Postpolio syndrome Postsecondary education policy ... 1733 Recognition of ... 1502 Private surgical facility contracts ... 602 Power plants–Wabamun area Impact on lake water quality ... 1105 328 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Premier's Advisory Council on Health Regional health authorities (Continued) Chair's relations with lobbying firm ... 934 Sale of facilities to finance labour settlements ... 958 Committees under: Costs (M3/03: Response tabled Working relationship with Infrastructure dept. ... as SP592/03) ... 513 1224 Premier's Council on Alberta's Promise Act (Bill 1) Rent Second reading ... 65–67 Impact of utility rate increases on: Letter re Committee ... 100–02, 104–05, 132–37 (SP8/03: Tabled) ... 16 Amendment (SP42/03: Tabled) ... 100 Research and development Amendment (SP44 & 54/03: Tabled) ... 132 Funding application process, co-ordination of ... 917 Amendment (SP55/03: Tabled) ... 134 General remarks ... 1144–45 Privilege Provincial funding ... 915–16 Contempt of the Assembly (Hate literature) (Not Provincial funding: Matching funding for federal proceeded with) ... 1243 grants ... 915 Contempt of the Assembly (Holy Cross hospital Risk management in public budgeting mold testing) (Not proceeded with) ... 1703–05 General remarks ... 1179 Contempt of the Assembly (Holy Cross hospital Riverview Public Education Coalition mold testing): Information package re (SP632/03: Letter to Premier (SP163/03: Tabled) ... 443 Tabled) ... 1703 Road construction–Finance Progressive Conservative caucus–Edmonton Public/private partnerships ... 1361 Role of ... 503 Use of surplus for funding: Petition presented re ... Provincial Health Authorities of Alberta 1677 Labour negotiations: Advertising campaign re ... Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re 1699 (SP611/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Psychotropic drugs Roads, Private Administration of ... 788 General remarks ... 1361 Public Affairs Bureau Sales tax, Provincial Budget ... 1031 General remarks ... 1186 General remarks ... 1032, 1180 School boards Staff assigned to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Dismissal of ... 1676 Development dept. ... 1602 School councils Staff assigned to Energy dept. ... 1460 Fund-raising activities ... 8, 664, 1063–64 Staff assigned to Justice dept. ... 1393 Statement re ... 116 Staffing ... 1031, 1032 Schools–Construction Public assistance Funding for ... 1224 Letter re (SP690/03: Tabled) ... 1802 General remarks ... 8 Public lands Private sector involvement in: Petition re ... 1051 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Use of surplus for funding: Petition presented re ... over ... 49–50, 1602 1677 Access to: First Nations/oil-field contractors dispute Use of surplus for funding: Petition tabled re over, Committee to review ... 49–50, 1602 (SP611/03) ... 1677 Public Lands Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 49) Schools–Maintenance and repair Second reading ... 1783 General remarks ... 8 Committee ... 1834 Schools–Sundre Third reading ... 2090–91 Closure due to mold contamination ... 1117, 1224 Rail service, High-speed–Edmonton/Calgary Securities Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 14) General remarks ... 1361 Third reading ... 1492 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Senate General remarks ... 14, 301, 360, 606, 757–58, Reform of ... 1676 1404, 1502, 1891 Song for peace Regional health authorities Recognition of ... 757–58 Boundary changes ... 1291, 1299 Speech from the Throne Business plans/service contracts with Health dept. Debate ... 56–57 ... 1291–92 Strikes and lockouts–Nurses Committee on collaboration re services of: Costs General remarks ... 1699 (M3/03: Response tabled as SP592/03) ... 513 Student unions Elected boards of ... 1777 Removal of elected members of ... 1676 Elected boards of, dismissed ... 1676 Sturgeon–North Saskatchewan River Energy contracts ... 1224 General remarks ... 1106 Labour settlements costs ... 958 Surgery waiting lists Mental health services transferred to ... 1299 Web site re ... 1300 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 329 Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Surgical services, Private Universities and colleges (Continued) Compliance with occupational health and safety Research activities, As economic activity generator regulations ... 602 ... 1144–45 Provision of, at Charles Camsell Hospital ... 1774 Research activities, Funding of through tuition fees Surplus, Budgetary ... 1063 Use for hospital funding ... 2011 University of Alberta Use for infrastructure funding: Petition presented re Centre for Global Health and Development: ... 1677 Information sheet re (SP781/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Use for infrastructure funding: Petition tabled re Centre for Global Health and Development: (SP611/03) ... 1677 Recognition of ... 1891 Tar sands development Funding ... 1063 Cost overruns re ... 1459 Medical school: Family medicine applicants ... 716 General remarks ... 1459 Postpolio clinic ... 1502 Tarbox, Barb, Pat and Mackenzie Sports teams: Recognition of ... 301 Recognition of ... 14 University of Calgary TD Economics Funding ... 1063 The Calgary-Edmonton Corridor (Report) ... 1152 Partnership in Anglo-Canadian Clinics, London, Teachers Eng. ... 1797 Layoffs of ... 1063–64, 1574 Tuition fees: Letters re (SP205/03: Tabled) ... 565 Layoffs of: Letters re (SP394, 469/03: Tabled) ... Volleyball championships 1122, 1453 U of A Golden Bears and Pandas Interuniversity Textbooks–Finance Sport wins ... 301 General remarks ... 182, 250–51 Wages–Teachers Textbooks–Prices Agreement re (SP610/03: Tabled) ... 1677 Comparison documents (SP67 & 127/03: Tabled) ... Funding for increase in ... 8, 671, 1064 182, 188–89, 336 Funding for increase in: Letters re (SP270, 272, General remarks ... 182, 250–51 376, 391, 395-396/03: Tabled) ... 720, 1052, Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 35) 1096, 1122 Third reading ... 1614 Water Tobacco Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 47) Sale of: Letter re (SP378/03: Tabled) ... 1052 Second reading ... 1826–27 Water conservation Toll roads General remarks ... 647 General remarks ... 1361 Water management strategy Tourism Statement re ... 647 Impact of West Nile virus on ... 755 Water metering Tourism–Marketing General remarks ... 647 MLA committee to review ... 1146 Water quality–Lake Wabamun Toxic molds General remarks ... 1105 In public buildings ... 1224 Water quality–North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton Transportation–Environmental aspects area Provincial initiatives re ... 1361 General remarks ... 1106 Transportation–Finance Water supply General remarks ... 1361 General remarks ... 1105 Public/private partnerships ... 1361 West Nile virus Transportation–Research Control methods for ... 1104–05 General remarks ... 1361 General remarks ... 755, 1644 Treasury Branches Physician/public education program re ... 1644 Deposit guarantee fee ... 1184 Workplace health issues re ... 1644 Net income decrease ... 1182 WestView Regional Health Authority [Old boundary] Tuition fees General remarks ... 1299 For medical students ... 715–16 Whistle-blower protection General remarks ... 890, 1733 General remarks ... 1676 Letters re (SP65, 205/03: Tabled) ... 188, 565 Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) Subsidizing of research with ... 1063 Committee ... 2001 United Nurses of Alberta Windsor Park elementary school, Edmonton Meeting with cabinet committee on labour relations Budget cuts ... 664 ... 958 Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Universities and colleges Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Business plans ... 1936–37 Third reading ... 820–21 330 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Taft, Dr. Kevin (L, Edmonton-Riverview) (Continued) Tannas, Don (PC, Highwood) (Continued) Workers' Compensation Board Members' Statements (2003) Asbestos fatalities compensation claims (SP143/03: Allegorical statement (Shakespeare quotation) ... Tabled) ... 361 1376 Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Motions under Standing Order 15(6) General remarks ... 1377 Privilege motion referred to Privileges and Elections Tannas, Don (PC, Highwood) committee ... 343 Abortion Natural gas rebates Coverage under health care plan: Petitions presented Reinstatement of: Petition presented re ... 302 re ... 188 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Agricultural Dispositions Statutes Amendment Act, Act, 2003 (Bill 208) 2003 (Bill 16) Second reading ... 1812–13 Second reading ... 387–88 Oral Question Period (2003) Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Hell's Half Acre remediation ... 931 Abortion coverage: Petitions presented re ... 188 School operations and maintenance funding ... 1619 Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Turner Valley gas plant historic site ... 1887–88 Foundation Pages (Legislative Assembly) Awards banquet ... 815 Recognition of ... 1646, 2065 Allegorical statement (Shakespeare quotation) Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) General remarks ... 1376 Abortion funding ... 188 Barraclough, Marilyn Natural gas rebates ... 302 Recognition of ... 815 Petitions Tabled in the Legislative Assembly (2003) Black Diamond Highway traffic laws enforcement by special Continuation of location within Highwood constables (SP5/03) ... 16 constituency: Letter re (SP96/03: Tabled) ... 257 Utilities' costs regulation (SP109/03) ... 302 Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Privilege Orders and Printing, Standing Contempt of the Assembly (Media briefing re Bill Privilege question re media briefing for Bill 19, 19): Motion to refer to Privileges and Elections Motion to refer to (SO15(6)) ... 342–43 committee (SO 15(6)), defeated ... 343 Contaminated sites Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Cleanup procedures ... 931 General remarks ... 14, 815, 1646, 1800 Curling Rough fescue (Native grass) as emblem General remarks ... 815 Designation of: Legislation re (Bill 201) ... 52–53 Electoral Boundaries Commission School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: 2003 (Bill 203) Hancock) ... 998–99 Second reading ... 369–70 Final report: Turner Valley's location, Letters tabled Schools–Maintenance and repair re (SP94-95/03-74/03) ... 257 Funding for ... 1619 Electric power–Prices Summer maintenance funding ... 1619 Impact on school utility costs ... 1619 Special constables Regulation of: Petition tabled re (SP109/03) ... 302 Highway traffic violations ticketing: Petition tabled Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, re (SP5/03) ... 16 2003 (Bill 201) Strathcona-Tweedsmuir school First reading ... 52–53 Avalanche deaths of students from ... 14 Second reading ... 79–80, 91 Turner Valley Committee ... 364–66 Continuation of location within Highwood Third reading ... 672–73, 678 constituency: Letters re (SP94-95/03: Tabled) ... Letters re (SP33/03: Tabled) ... 78 257 Emblems–Alberta Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site) Rough fescue as grass emblem: Legislation re (Bill Reclamation activities re ... 1887–88 201) ... 52–53 Water pollution–Sheep River Galileo Educational Network General remarks ... 931 General remarks ... 1800 Tarchuk, Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) Gas, Natural–Prices Auditor General Regulation of: Petition tabled re (SP109/03) ... 302 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP617/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Governor General's award for excellence in teaching Beaupre Community Hall General remarks ... 1800 Recognition of ... 668 Hell's Half Acre (Historic site) Bed and breakfast establishments Contamination on ... 931, 1887–88 Food safety regulations: Petition re ... 335 Irving, Pam Brain injured Recognition of ... 1800 General remarks ... 648 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 331 Tarchuk, Janis (PC, Banff-Cochrane) (Continued) Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) Cochrane Chamber of Commerce (Continued) Community awards ... 936–37 Alberta Energy Research Institute Couture, Tom General remarks ... 1209 Statement re ... 1843–44 Alberta Research Council Inc. Dave Irwin Brain Injury Foundation Coal-bed methane research ... 1100 General remarks ... 648 Well site reclamation standards, development of ... Derksen, Karalee 1099–1100 Statement re ... 1623–24 Alberta SuperNet Ethics Commissioner and Ombudsman Search Water treatment plant monitoring via ... 1108 Committee, Select Special Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Report, part 2, presented (Ombudsman's Green infrastructure projects suggestion (MEET appointment) (SP677/03: Tabled) ... 1801 program) ... 1279, 1373 Evan-Thomas recreation area Alberta Used Oil Management Association Designation as protected area: Draft management General remarks ... 48, 1109 plan re ... 1837–38 Alberta/Canada Agreement for Environmental Food safety Assessment Co-operation Bed and breakfast establishments: Petition re ... 335 EIA process for St. Albert bypass road ... 887 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area Anthony Henday Drive, Edmonton Access management plan for ... 789–90 Environmental impact assessment on ... 1110–11 Irwin, Dave Big Lake natural area Statement re ... 648 Impact of bypass road on ... 887 Kananaskis Country Bow River Basin Council 25th Anniversary: Recognition of ... 301 General remarks ' ... 1106 Environmental issues in ... 1837–38 Bridges–Edmonton Members' Statements (2003) Henday Drive bridge: Impact on fish populations ... Cochrane Chamber community awards ... 936–37 1106 Dave Irwin ... 648 BTI (Microbio larvicide) Karalee Derksen ... 1623–24 General remarks ... 1645 Tom Couture ... 1843–44 Bureau of Land Management (U.S.) Nursing homes Involvement with Milk River dam study ... 1102 Bill of rights for residents of: Petition presented re Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. ... 1845 Green power contract with province ... 436 Ombudsman Carbon dioxide emissions New ombudsman appointed: Report presented General remarks ... 1209 (SP677/03: Tabled) ... 1801 Clean Air Strategic Alliance Oral Question Period (2003) Emission reduction targets for government ... 1120, Evan-Thomas provincial recreation area ... 1837–38 1209, 1278 Ghost-Waiparous recreation area ... 789–90 General remarks ... 689 Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Similar body for water quality ... 1106 Bed and breakfast food safety regulations ... 335 Climate change Nursing home residents bill of rights ... 1845 General remarks ... 1098, 1106–07 Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Kyoto protocol on ... 1110, 1120, 1738 General remarks ... 301, 668 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta alternative to ... 1209, Trans Canada Trail 2061 Cycling expedition along ... 1843–44 Kyoto protocol on: Alberta correspondence re Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment (M13/03: Defeated) ... 966 Act, 2003 (Bill 202) Kyoto protocol on: Russian ratification of ... 2061 Third reading ... 821–22 Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 816 Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) Provincial initiatives re ... 1209 Agriculture Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill Use of water supplies ... 1885–86 37) Air pollution–Monitoring First reading ... 816 General remarks ... 502 Second reading ... 1275, 1711–14 Air quality–Edmonton Climate Change Central Downwind from Inland Cement plant ... 73 General remarks ... 13, 352, 1099, 1373, 1738 Air quality–Monitoring Publications of (SP32/03: Tabled) ... 78 General remarks ... 1111 Co-energy electrical production Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Biomass as energy source ... 1278 Counties Coal-bed methane extraction–Research Water treatment plant standards recommendation ... General remarks ... 1100 1107–08 Water recovery issues ... 1100 332 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) (Continued) (Continued) Committee on Lifelong Learning, MLA Energy efficiency (Buildings) (Continued) Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 Homeowner loans for: Private sector matching loans Committees, Government-appointed re ... 1099 Costs of education related committees (Q9/03: Provincial initiatives re ... 13, 352, 715, 1099, 1278, Accepted) ... 512 1737–38 Computers–Recycling Energy efficiency (Municipal buildings) General remarks ... 1109 AUMA proposals re (MEET program) ... 1279, Contaminated sites 1373, 1737, 1738 Cleanup procedures ... 932 Provincial interest-free loans re ... 1373 Contaminated soil–Lynnview Ridge, Calgary Energy industry Removal of: Judicial review of ... 644 Use of water supplies ... 254, 333–34, 398, 1104 Dams Energy industry–Environmental aspects General remarks ... 1102 Legislation re (Bill 36) ... 816 Dams, Hydroelectric Energy resources, Alternate Royalty revenue from ... 1108, 1110 Provincial government usage of ... 436, 715, 1120, Dams–Milk River 1209, 1278 General remarks ... 478–79, 1102 Energy Solutions Alberta Dept. of Environment General remarks ... 13, 352, 1099, 1738 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP748/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Enmax Corporation Communications budget ... 1111 Green power contract with province ... 436 Compliance Assessment & Enforcement annual Environmental Appeal Board report, 2001-02 (SP560/03: Tabled) ... 1651 Inland Cement's conversion to coal-fired production Compliance Assessment & Enforcement annual decision ... 72–73 report, 2002-03 (SP858/03: Tabled) ... 2015 Lake Wabamun water level ruling ... 1106 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re Environmental impact assessments (Q10/03: Response tabled as SP589/03) ... 512, Anthony Henday Drive/Canamex corridor ... 1652 1110–11 Estimates debated ... 1097–1111 Bypass road, St. Albert ... 887, 1110 Revenues from dam royalties ... 1110 Highway corridors ... 1110–11 Drainage Environmental inspectors Of wetlands ... 1111 General remarks ... 1111 Drinking water Environmental law Benchmarks re ... 1107–08 Enforcement ... 814, 1098, 1111 General remarks ... 1103 Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 816 Drinking water–Aboriginal reserves Environmental protection General remarks ... 1103 Codes of practice re ... 1099–1100 Drought General remarks ... 1098 General remarks ... 1105 Government programs for ... 1120 Government programs for ... 254 Standards re (Bill 36) ... 816 Ecological footprints Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act Of provincial government ... 1120 General remarks ... 502 Economic development and the environment Environmental Protection and Enhancement General remarks ... 1120 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) Legislation re (Bill 37) ... 816 First reading ... 816 Electric power, Coal-produced Second reading ... 1274–75, 1707 Research into ... 1209 Committee ... 1726–28 Electric power–Prices Amendment (SP634/03: Tabled) ... 1726 General remarks ... 352 Escherichia coli Electric power–Supply Levels in groundwater near intensive livestock General remarks ... 1278 operations ... 1104 Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, Fluoride levels in waterways 2003 (Bill 201) Monitoring of ... 1449–50 Third reading ... 677 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Energy conservation General remarks ... 512, 966 General remarks ... 12–13, 715 Gas, Natural–Prices Energy efficiency (Buildings) General remarks ... 352 Homeowner loans for ... 12–13, 352, 1099, 1279, Glaciers 1737–38 Shrinking of ... 1106 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 333 Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) (Continued) (Continued) Greenhouse gas emissions North/south trade corridor Reduction of ... 12–13, 1110, 1120, 1373, 1737–38 Environmental impact assessment on ... 1110–11 Groundwater–Mapping Oil, Used–Disposal General remarks ... 399 Fees for ... 48 Hell's Half Acre (Historic site) Oral Question Period (2003) Contamination on ... 932 Clean coal technology ... 1209 Hydrogen sulphide leak–Caroline area Disposal of used oil ... 48 General remarks ... 502, 1111 Ecological footprint of the provincial government ... Imperial Oil 1120 Oil refinery site, Calgary ... 644 Energy conservation initiatives ... 12–13, 715, 1373 Inland Cement Limited Energy efficiency initiatives ... 1278–79 Conversion from gas- to coal-fired production ... Energy prices ... 352 72–73 Energy retrofit program ... 1737–38 Monitoring of emissions from ... 1111 Environmental enforcement and monitoring policies Irrigation farming ... 814 Use of water supplies ... 1885–86 Fluoride levels in waterways ... 1449–50 Irrigation–Finance Green power ... 436 Dam royalty revenues for ... 1108 Hell's Half Acre remediation ... 932 Lake Wabamun–Water levels Kyoto accord ... 2061 General remarks ... 1106 Lehigh Inland Cement ... 72–73 Livestock industry, Intensive–Environmental aspects Mercury exposure ... 814 Impact on E coli levels in groundwater ... 1104 Milk River basin water management ... 478–79 Los Alamos National Laboratory Mosquito control program ... 560, 1645 Clean coal technology research: Partnership with PCB release in Edmonton ... 214 Alberta re ... 1110 Soil contamination cleanup ... 644 Members' apologies to the House Sour gas leak ... 502 General remarks ... 939 Untreated storm water ... 891 Members' withdrawal of remarks Water management ... 1885–86, 1933–34 General remarks ... 939 Water strategy ... 254, 398–99, 789 Mercury exposure Water use by oil and gas industry ... 254, 333–34 General remarks ... 814 West Boundary Road ... 887 Meridian dam proposal West Nile virus ... 856 General remarks ... 1102 Point of Order Milk River basin Allegations against a member ... 939 Study of ... 478–79, 1102 Pollution–Control Milk River East (and West) Water Users Tradable permit concept ... 13 Contribution to Milk River dam study ... 1102 Polychlorinated biphenyls–Edmonton Minister's Water Forum, Red Deer (June 6-7, 2002) Spill of: Penalty re ... 214 General remarks ... 399, 789, 1103, 1932 Power plants–Emissions Ministerial Statements (2003) Reduction in ... 1120, 1209, 1278 Water management ... 1932–33 Reclamation of land MLA Postsecondary Funding Review Committee Coal mine sites ... 1110 Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 Oil and gas sites: Code of practice re ... 1099–1100 Mosquito control programs Oil and gas sites: Legislation re (Bill 36) ... 816 General remarks ... 560, 856, 1105, 1645 Recycling (Waste, etc.) Natural gas rebates General remarks ... 1109–10 General remarks ... 352 Review Committee on Outcomes Net metering (Electricity) Costs (Q9/03: Response tabled as SP544/03) ... 512 General remarks ... 715 Sewage disposal plants North American free trade agreement Upgrading of ... 1449–50 Sale of water under ... 1101 South East Alberta Water Co-op North Red Deer Water Authorization Act (Bill 33, General remarks ... 1107 2002) South Saskatchewan River basin group General remarks ... 1098–99, 1934 General remarks ... 1106 North Saskatchewan River basin Speech from the Throne General remarks ... 1106 Debate ... 39 Management committee re ... 1105 Spills (Pollution) North Saskatchewan River valley authority Legal action re ... 214 General remarks ... 1106 334 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) Taylor, Hon. Lorne (PC, Cypress-Medicine Hat) (Continued) (Continued) Sports lottery tickets Water pipelines–Grande Prairie area Payouts from, 2000-02 (Q14/03: Response tabled as General remarks ... 1103, 1107 SP596/03) ... 1245 Water pipelines–Medicine Hat area Revenue from, 2000-02 (Q13/03: Response tabled General remarks ... 1103 as SP596/03) ... 1245 Water pipelines–Red Deer area Storm sewer runoff–Treatment General remarks ... 1098–99, 1103, 1107 General remarks ... 891 Water pollution–Prevention Storm water–Collection General remarks ... 891 General remarks ... 1105 Water pollution–Sheep River Sturgeon–North Saskatchewan River General remarks ... 932 General remarks ... 1106 Water quality Sub judice rule Provincial body for ... 1106 General remarks ... 644 Water quality–Lake Wabamun Swan Hills Treatment Centre General remarks ... 1106 Environmental remediation requirements, Funding Water quality–Monitoring for ... 1110 General remarks ... 1449–50 Tar sands development Water quality–North Saskatchewan River, Edmonton Use of water supplies ... 1104 area Tire Recycling Management Association of Alberta General remarks ... 1106 Lawyers fees expenses ... 1110 Water quality–Standards Surplus funds usage for research projects ... Establishment of organization for (Motion 505: 1109–10 Nicol) ... 689–90 Tires–Recycling–Research Water resources development General remarks ... 1109 General remarks ... 1885–86 TransAlta Utilities Corporation Water resources development–Milk River Water quality studies at Lake Wabamun ... 1106 General remarks ... 478–79, 1102 Vehicle emissions–Measurement Water siphons–Montana General remarks ... 1110 St. Mary River to Milk River ... 1102 Water Water storage–Milk River Consumption of ... 398–99 General remarks ... 254, 478, 1102 Sale of ... 334, 789, 1103, 1885–86 Water supply Water Act Audit of ... 1101 Application to St. Albert bypass road ... 887 General remarks ... 1104, 1106, 1932–33 Water conservation Inventory of ... 1933 General remarks ... 254, 333–34, 398–99, 1103, Use by energy industry ... 254, 333–34, 398, 1104, 1104, 1885, 1933, 1934 1885 Retrofit fund for ... 789 Use by industry ... 1885 Water diversion Use by industry: Study of ... 1885 General remarks ... 254, 1098–99, 1102, 1104, 1934 Water treatment plants Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability General remarks ... 1103, 1105 Copy tabled (SP798/03) ... 1942 Risk assessment for ... 1108 General remarks ... 789, 1098, 1101, 1103, 1104, Standards for smaller plants ... 1107–08 1106, 1933–34 Water wells Statement re ... 1932–33 Flow information re ... 1101 Storm water treatment provisions ... 891 Water–Export Water licences General remarks ... 1101, 1104, 1934 Transferability of ... 1934 Impact of NAFTA on ... 1101 Water management authorities Water–Fees General remarks ... 1105, 1106 General remarks ... 1933 Water management strategy Well sites, Abandoned General remarks ... 254, 333–34, 398–99 Reclamation of, code of practice re ... 1099–1100 Water metering West Boundary Road, St. Albert General remarks ... 398, 1103, 1934 General remarks ... 887, 1110 Water metering–Calgary West Nile virus General remarks ... 254, 1103 Control methods for ... 560, 856, 1105, 1645 Water pipelines Wind power General remarks ... 1103, 1107 General remarks ... 1209, 1278 Water pipelines–Chin Lakes/Manyberries General remarks ... 1107 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 335 VanderBurg, Mr. George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) VanderBurg, Mr. George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (Continued) Electricity billing complaints procedure ... 1116 Members' Statements (2003) Alberta SuperNet Betty and Bud Underwood ... 187–88 Delay in completion ... 604 Members' withdrawal of remarks Alfalfa dehydration plants General remarks ... 952 General remarks ... 1513 Natural Resources Conservation Board Aquila Networks Canada Legislation re (Bill 51) ... 1702–03 Billing errors ... 1116 Natural Resources Conservation Board Amendment Aspen Regional Health Authority [New boundary] Act, 2003 (Bill 51) Community health councils in ... 1797 First reading ... 1702–03 Axia NetMedia Corporation Second reading ... 1784, 1849–51 Alberta Supernet contract ... 604 Committee ... 2002–04 Bell West Third reading ... 2072 Alberta Supernet contract ... 604 Northern Gateway school division Community health councils School utilization concerns ... 1225 Membership on ... 1797 Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1513 Committee ... 1976–77 Dept. of Gaming Oral Question Period (2003) Estimates debated ... 952–53 Alberta Supernet ... 604 Dept. of Transportation Community health councils ... 1797 Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1225 Electricity supply ... 1448 Direct Energy Marketing Limited (Canada) EPCOR/Aquila billing practices ... 1116 General remarks ... 142 Food establishment permit fees ... 355 Edmonton Northlands Natural gas prices ... 142 Lottery funding for ... 952–53 Pork industry ... 889 Electric power lines Personal Information Protection Act (Bill 44) Policy re ... 1448 Amendment A1 (SP725 & 853/03: Tabled) ... 1881 Electric power–Supply Point of Order General remarks ... 1448 Allegations against members ... 952 EPCOR Group of Companies Clarification ... 2004 Electricity bill accuracy ... 1116 Post-secondary Learning Act (Bill 43) Federal Building Amendment A-1 (CoW) (SP657 & 726/03: Tabled) General remarks ... 1225 ... 1881 Food industry and trade Amendment A-2 (CoW) (SP729/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1513 1881 Food safety–Fees Amendment A-2 (CoW) (Subamendment SA1) Collection of, by regional health authorities ... 355 (SP727/03: Tabled) ... 1881 Foster home care Amendment A-2 (CoW) (Subamendment SA2) General remarks ... 187–88 (SP728/03: Tabled) ... 1881 Gaming industry Amendment A-3 (CoW) (SP731/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 952–53 1881 Gas, Natural–Prices Amendment A-3 (CoW) (Subamendment SA3) General remarks ... 142 (SP730/03: Tabled) ... 1881 Hog industry Amendment A-4 (CoW) (SP732/03: Tabled) ... Assistance programs ... 889 1881 Horse breeding Amendment A-5 (CoW) (SP733/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1513 1881 Horse racing Amendment A-6 (CoW) (SP735/03: Tabled) ... General remarks ... 1513 1881 Lottery funding for ... 952–53 Amendment A-6 (CoW) (Subamendment SA4) Horse Racing Alberta (SP734/03: Tabled) ... 1881 General remarks ... 1513 Amendment A-7 (CoW) (SP736/03: Tabled) ... Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities 1881 Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) Public buildings Committee ... 584, 590–91 Sale of ... 1225 Lottery Fund Public lands Funds allocation ... 952–53 Disposal of (Motion 507: Broda) ... 987 Members' apologies to the House Sale of ... 1225 General remarks ... 952 336 2003 Hansard Speaker Index VanderBurg, Mr. George (PC, Whitecourt-Ste. Anne) Vandermeer, Mr. Tony (PC, Edmonton-Manning) (Continued) (Continued) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) Recognitions (Parliamentary procedure) (2003) General remarks ... 441 General remarks ... 15 Regional health authorities School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Food establishment permit fees, Collection of ... 355 2003 (Bill 203) Rural electrification associations Third reading ... 823–24 Impact of new transmission lines on ... 1448 Tax incentives School (Compulsory Attendance) Amendment Act, Education tax credit (Bill 212) ... 670 2003 (Bill 203) Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Second reading ... 376 Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Schools–Onoway Second reading ... 1252–53 Utilization rate ... 1225 Woloshyn, Hon. Stan (PC, Stony Plain) Schools–Whitecourt Aboriginal peoples–Housing Utilization rate ... 1225 General remarks ... 1136 Speech from the Throne Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Debate ... 22–23 Counties Team Diabetes Seniors' property taxes, Discussions re ... 1326, General remarks ... 441 1675 Traffic Safety (Seizure of Vehicles in Prostitution Alberta Blue Cross Plan Related Offences) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 206) Seniors' benefits review: Committee for ... 1127 Second reading ... 1255 Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan Underwood, Betty and Bud Seniors' extended health benefits ... 1126, 1130–31, Statement re ... 187–88 1132 Zelinski, Daryl Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan–Premiums Recognition of ... 441 Seniors' premiums ... 1126 Vandermeer, Mr. Tony (PC, Edmonton-Manning) Alberta seniors benefit program Alberta Personal Income Tax (Education Tax Credit) Cutoff level re ... 1126, 1130 Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 212) General remarks ... 110, 248, 394, 398, 1122–23, First reading ... 670 1130, 1698 Edmonton City Centre Airport Low-income seniors in lodges benefits ... 1122–23, Operational status ... 1772–73 1130, 1135 Edmonton Regional Airports Authority Market-basket measure criteria for ... 1132 City Centre Airport policy ... 1772 Alberta Urban Municipalities Association Education tax credit (Proposed) Seniors' property taxes, Discussions re ... 1130, Legislation re (Bill 212) ... 670 1326, 1675 Education–Finance Bob Ward Residence, Calgary General remarks ... 1326 General remarks ... 1132, 1642 Letter re (SP316/03: Tabled) ... 858 Calgary Drop-In Centre Electoral Boundaries Commission General remarks ... 2012 Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Calgary Homeless Foundation Hancock) ... 923 General remarks ... 1128, 1130 Emergency services personnel Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Exposure to communicable diseases ... 1207–08 Social housing programs ... 788–89, 1129, 1130, Exposure to communicable diseases: Ontario 1134 legislation re ... 1207–08 Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Freedom to Read Week General remarks ... 1122, 1123, 1128, 1129, 1134, Recognition of ... 15 1135, 1329, 1642, 2012 Income tax, Provincial Matching provincial funds for (Q4/03: Response Legislation re (Bill 212) ... 670 tabled as SP167/03) ... 362, 482 Northern development Consumer protection Impact of Edmonton City Centre Airport closure on For seniors ... 1090, 1127 ... 1772–73 Dept. of Health and Wellness Oral Question Period (2003) Communication with Dept. of Seniors ... 1126 Edmonton city centre airport ... 1772–73 Dept. of Municipal Affairs Education property taxes ... 1326, 1569 Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... Health safety of police and emergency workers ... 197–98 1207–08 Property tax–Education levy Dept. of Seniors General remarks ... 1326, 1569 Annual report, 2002-03 (SP763/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Impact on seniors ... 1326 Business plan ... 1122 Mitigation formula re ... 1569 Communication with Dept. of Health ... 1126 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 337 Woloshyn, Hon. Stan (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Woloshyn, Hon. Stan (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Dept. of Seniors (Continued) Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Communication with other departments ... 1132 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Employee achievement bonuses: Details re (Q5/03: Estimates debated ... 466–67 Response tabled as SP586/03) ... 510, 1652 Long-Term Care Review Advisory Committee Estimates 2003-04 debated ... 1122–24, 1126–32, Final report ... 1127 1134–36 Low-income families–Housing Supplementary estimates 2002-03 No.2: Debated ... General remarks ... 1123 202–04 Low-income seniors Disabled–Housing Special-needs assistance ... 110, 140, 208, 212, 398, General remarks ... 1123 1122–23, 1126, 1130–31, 1326 Edgewater Court, Fort McMurray Special-needs assistance: Rent costs component ... General remarks ... 1130 398 Elder abuse Special-needs assistance: Utility costs component ... Prevention of ... 1126–27 208, 212, 248, 394–95, 559, 1123, 1130 Shelters for abused seniors ... 1126 Low-income seniors–Housing Electric power–Prices Seniors in subsidized housing: Impact of high utility General remarks ... 208 costs on ... 110, 140, 208 Impact on seniors ... 110, 208, 212, 394–95, 1123, Mentally disabled–Housing 1130, 1131 Government programs for ... 1642, 2012 Emergency housing Mustard Seed Street Ministry General remarks ... 1135–36 General remarks ... 1130, 1131, 1166–67 Evergreen Foundation Oral Question Period (2003) Housing feasibility study funding ... 1136 Affordable housing ... 788–89 Extended care facilities Education property taxes ... 1326, 1675 Bathing policies in ... 1126 Energy prices ... 208, 394–95 General remarks ... 1126, 1132, 1134 Homeless initiatives ... 1329 Staffing ... 1126 Homeless shelters ... 2012 Extended care facilities–Fees Long-term care accommodation rates ... 1698, Increase in ... 1698, 1960–61 1960–61 Gas, Natural–Prices Natural gas prices ... 140 General remarks ... 208 Seniors' housing ... 398 Impact on seniors ... 110, 140, 248, 394–95, 559, Seniors' lodges ... 1094 1123, 1130, 1131 Seniors' utility costs ... 212, 248, 559 Grace Manor Sunalta Shelter ... 1166–67 General remarks ... 1132 Supportive housing and homeless shelters ... 1642 Greater Edmonton Foundation Telemarketing fraud ... 1090 Abused seniors' housing ... 1126 Utility costs ... 110 Gunn Centre Pensions General remarks ... 1123, 1126, 1642 General remarks ... 1132 Health Sustainability Initiative Programs and Services for Seniors (Booklet) General remarks ... 1123 General remarks ... 1123 Healthy Aging Partnership Initiative program Propane–Prices General remarks ... 1127, 1132 Impact on seniors ... 559 Homeless–Edmonton Property tax–Education levy General remarks ... 1127 Impact on seniors ... 1130, 1132, 1326, 1675 Homeless–Housing Public Guardian Fee charging for ... 2012 Transfer to Seniors dept. ... 1123, 1126, 1127 General remarks ... 1123, 1126, 1127–28, 1129, Rooming houses 1130, 1329 General remarks ... 1127 Mentally disabled accommodation: Government Salvation Army–Edmonton programs re ... 1642, 2012 Supportive housing residence ... 1132, 1642 Homeless–Housing–Calgary Senior citizens General remarks ... 1130 Government programs: Impact of aging population Review of ... 1166–67 on ... 1123–24, 1127, 1132 Hope Mission Government programs: Information re ... 1123 General remarks ... 2012 Respite care for ... 1134 If in Doubt, Check It Out (Seniors fraud awareness Standards of care for ... 1126 package) Senior citizens' lodges General remarks ... 1090 Funding for ... 1094, 1123, 1134, 1135 General remarks ... 398, 1127, 1129, 1132 338 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Woloshyn, Hon. Stan (PC, Stony Plain) (Continued) Yankowsky, Julius Edward (PC, Edmonton-Beverly- Senior citizens' self-contained housing program Clareview) (Continued) General remarks ... 1127 Grandparents' rights Senior citizens–Housing General remarks ... 1939–40 Assisted living concept ... 1132, 1134 Legal costs re ... 1940 General remarks ... 1122, 1123, 1127, 1132 Petition re ... 1648 Mentally disabled accommodation ... 1132 Municipal Government (Councillor Disclosure and Nonprofit housing and grants in place of taxes ... Protection) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 207) 398 Second reading ... 1415–16 Senior citizens–Housing–Edson/Jasper Oral Question Period (2003) Feasibility study re ... 1136 Federal public building ... 1398 Senior citizens–Housing–Hinton/Evansburg Grandparents' access to grandchildren ... 1939–40 General remarks ... 1136 Water use by oil and gas industry ... 253–54 Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta Petitions Presented to the Legislative Assembly (2003) Seniors' centres study ... 1127 Grandparents' access rights to grandchildren ... 1648 Seniors' centres Water conservation Funding ... 1127 General remarks ... 253–54 Seniors Advisory Council study of ... 1127 Water supply Seniors' income levels Use by energy industry ... 253–54 General remarks ... 1132 Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Seniors' supportive housing incentive program 2005 Alberta centennial celebrations General remarks ... 1127, 1129, 1132, 1135 General remarks ... 330 Social housing Legacy grant program re ... 1007, 1470, 1474 Funding for ... 1122, 1123, 1134 Projects re ... 1007, 1328–29, 1470, 1480 General remarks ... 788–89, 1123, 1129 Advisory Committee on the Human Rights, Citizenship Rent supplement program ... 1129–30 and Multiculturalism Education Fund Rent supplement program: Fort McMurray ... 1130 Funding ... 1917 Social housing–Remote/northern areas General remarks ... 1479 General remarks ... 1123, 1136 Alberta Ballet Sunalta Shelter Government funding for ... 1469 Funding for ... 1130, 1166–67 Alberta Brain Injury Network General remarks ... 1129, 1642, 2012 General remarks ... 1469 Sustainable remote housing initiative (Canada/Alberta) Alberta Corporate Tax Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 41) Funding ... 1123, 1136 Third reading ... 1788 Telemarketing Alberta Foundation for the Arts Consumer protection issues re ... 1090 Cultural component of sporting events funding ... Willow Place, Grande Prairie 1478 General remarks ... 1642 Funding for ... 1469, 1917 Wood Buffalo Housing and Development Corporation General remarks ... 1474, 1480 General remarks ... 1130, 1136 Grant formula ... 1474 Yankowsky, Julius Edward (PC, Edmonton-Beverly- Alberta Genealogical Society Clareview) Funding for ... 1470 Alberta Commission on the Status of Men Alberta Heart Institute General remarks ... 671 General remarks ... 1329, 1477 Alberta Commission on the Status of Men Act (Bill Alberta Historical Resources Foundation 219) Funding for ... 1470, 1917 First reading ... 671 General remarks ... 1091 Auditor General McDougall House designation ... 1479 Legislation re (Bill 11) ... 16 Naming of natural areas mandate ... 603 Auditor General Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 11) Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission First reading ... 16 Caseload ... 1478 Second reading ... 118–19, 122 General remarks ... 1478–79 Committee ... 317 Partnership with chambers of commerce ... 1479 Third reading ... 1442 Web site ... 1478 Electoral Boundaries Commission Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: General remarks ... 1327 Hancock) ... 992–93 Alberta Museums Association Energy industry Funding for ... 1470 Use of water supplies ... 253–54 Alberta Performing Arts Stabilization Fund Federal Building General remarks ... 1570 General remarks ... 1398 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 339 Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Alberta Recreation Corridors Legislative Review Canadian Television Fund Committee Cuts to ... 1327 General remarks ... 1481 Centre of excellence in bone and joint care (Foothills Alberta Society of Archivists hospital, Calgary) Funding ... 1917 General remarks ... 1329 Alberta Sport Council Charitable societies, nonprofit organizations General remarks ... 1478 Board development in ... 1470, 1478 Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Children–Physical fitness Foundation Government programs for ... 1546 Children's sports programs funding ... 1546 Chinchaga wilderness Lottery funding for ... 1470 Designation as protected area ... 1838–39 Sporting events funding ... 1478 Citadel Theatre Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary Government funding for ... 1469, 1474 Government funding for ... 1469 Climate Change and Emissions Management Act (Bill Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2003 (Bill 37) 17) Third reading ... 1786 Second reading ... 244 Closure motions (Parliamentary practice) (2003) Archaeological Society of Alberta Bill 27 (CoW), Labour Relations (Regional Health Funding for ... 1470 Authorities Restructur.) Amdt. Act, 2003 (Motion Archives Society of Alberta 16: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 695 Funding for ... 1470 Bill 3 (CoW), Electric Utilities Act (Motion 14: Arctic Winter Games, Wood Buffalo (2004) Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 693–94 Provincial funding for ... 1470 Community initiatives program Arts Barns, Edmonton General remarks ... 1474, 1477 Provincial funding for ... 1474 Community mental health services Arts–Finance General remarks ... 1326, 1402 Corporate support for ... 1474, 1477 Contaminated sites General remarks ... 1469, 1474, 1480 Cleanup procedures ... 931 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Cultural facilities–Maintenance and repair Breakdown of disbursements (M2/03: Response Funding for ... 1917 tabled as SP472/03) ... 512 Cultural Spaces Canada (Federal program) Underexpended funds from, used for homeless Funding for Alberta arts groups ... 1475, 1570 housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... Cultural workers 362 General remarks ... 1474 AVAC Ltd. Incubator program for (proposed) ... 1475 Involvement with Leduc food processing centre Cultural workers–Training incubation facility ... 1475 Labour market development program access by ... Betty Mitchell Theatre, Calgary 1475 Removal of ... 1570 Curling championships Brain Injury Awareness Conference, Calgary (April World championships winners (Randy Ferby rink): 2003) Provincial letter re (SP357/03: Tabled) ... 1011 General remarks ... 1469 Deaf Brooks Pheasant Hatchery Government programs for, transferred to Lease agreement re pheasant release (Q15/03: Community Development dept. ... 1469, 1479 Accepted) ... 1804 Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, Calgary Calgary Flames Hockey Club Government funding for ... 1469 General remarks ... 1477 Dept. of Community Development Calgary Opera Annual report, 2002-03 (SP745/03: Tabled) ... 1893 Government funding for ... 1469 Business plan ... 1471 Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Deaf programs transferred to ... 1469, 1479 Government funding for ... 1469 Estimates debated ... 1469–71, 1474–75, 1477–82 Calgary Public Library Lottery funding for ... 1469 Provincial funding for ... 1479 Performance measures ... 1471 Canada/Alberta Affordable Housing Program Supplementary estimates 2003-04: Debated ... Matching provincial funds for (Q4/03: Response 1917–18 tabled as SP167/03) ... 362 Volunteer sector board development initiatives ... Canada/Alberta labour market development program 1470, 1478 Access to, by cultural workers ... 1475 340 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Dept. of Transportation Film development grant program Contract management process (M11/03: Response Funding for ... 1917 tabled as SP436/03) ... 364 General remarks ... 1469 Edmonton 2004: Celebrating 100 Years First Nations development fund Centennial legacy project: Provincial funding for ... Reallocation of funds to Community Development 1470 programs ... 1917 Edmonton Eskimo Football Club Francophone Secretariat 2003 Grey Cup win: Letter to (SP616/03: Tabled) ... Federal funding for, re provincial museum projects 1703 ... 1469, 1471 Edmonton Fringe Theatre Frank Slide (Historic site) Provincial funding for ... 1474 Centennial celebrations: Letter re (SP435/03: Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club Tabled) ... 1332 General remarks ... 1477 Freedom to Read Week Letter of congratulations to, re Heritage Classic Recognition of ... 15 hockey game (SP662/03: Tabled) ... 1778 Future Summit (Fall 2001) Edmonton Opera General remarks ... 1478 Provincial funding for ... 1469 Gaming licences Edmonton Public Library Adult sport groups eligibility for ... 1478 Provincial funding for ... 1479 Gas well drilling industry–Hastings Lake/Ministik area Edmonton Symphony Orchestra Impact on wildlife ... 1793–94 Government funding for ... 1469 Gas well drilling industry–Whaleback Ridge area Education–Finance Sour well's impact on ... 1571 Corporate contributions ... 1474 Glenbow-Alberta Institute Elder abuse Funding for ... 1470 Ombudsman for ... 114–15 Golf championships Electoral Boundaries Commission Masters tournament champion (Mike Weir): Final report received and concurred in (Motion 13: Provincial letter to (SP358/03: Tabled) ... 1011 Hancock) ... 996–98 Government programs Electric Utilities Act (Bill 3) Gender analysis of ... 1470 Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 14: Grant MacEwan Community College Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 693–94 American Sign Language (deaf interpretation) Emblems of Alberta (Grass Emblem) Amendment Act, program ... 1479 2003 (Bill 201) Grey Cup winners (Edmonton Eskimos) Committee ... 365–66 Letter to (SP616/03: Tabled) ... 1703 Environmental impact assessments Guru Nanak Dev healing garden Whaleback Ridge area sour gas well ... 1571 General remarks ... 1477 Environmental protection Hell's Half Acre (Historic site) General remarks ... 144 Contamination on ... 931, 1887–88 Environmental Protection and Enhancement Heritage Classic hockey game, Edmonton (November Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 36) 22, 2003) Third reading ... 1785 Letter of congratulations re (SP662/03: Tabled) ... Ethics Commissioner and Ombudsman Search 1778 Committee, Select Special Statement re ... 1792 Report, part 2, received and concurred in Heritage Park, Calgary (Ombudsman's appointment) (Motion 27: Centennial funding for ... 1007 Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 1992 Heritage programs–Finance Evan-Thomas recreation area General remarks ... 1470 Designation as protected area: Draft management Historic sites–Calgary plan re ... 144, 1838 Lynnview Ridge area (buffalo jump) ... 1091 Ever Active program (Sports) Historic sites–Finance General remarks ... 1546 General remarks ... 1470, 1917 Festivals–Finance Historical Society of Alberta General remarks ... 1474 Funding for ... 1470 Film and television industry Homeless–Housing Federal funding for ... 1474, 1480–81 Underexpended funds from SFI and AISH programs General remarks ... 1327, 1469, 1477 used for (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... Film Classification Board 362 General remarks ... 1475 Human rights General remarks ... 1478–79 2003 Hansard Speaker Index 341 Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Human Rights, Citizenship, and Multiculturalism Ministerial Statements (2003) Education Fund Molson Canadian Heritage Classic ... 1792 Lottery funding for ... 1470 Ministik bird sanctuary Insurance Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 2) (Bill 53) Impact of industrial development on ... 1793–94 Third reading ... 2100–01 Multiculturalism Interim supply (Main, Offices of the Legislative Government programs re ... 1470, 1479 Assembly, and Lottery Fund) estimates, 2003-04 Museums, Provincial–Finance Estimates debated ... 483–85, 491–93 General remarks ... 1470, 1917, 1918 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Names, Geographical Discrimination Conventions re ... 603 Letter re (SP207/03: Tabled) ... 607 National Hockey League International Day of Disabled Persons Out-of-province player levy ... 1477–78 Special bulletin and ceremonial program re (SP909- Northern Alberta Alliance on Race Relations 910/03: Tabled) ... 2067 General remarks ... 607 Iron Horse Trail (Snowmobiles) Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium General remarks ... 1481 Renovations to ... 1007, 1470, 1474–75, 1481, 1570 Juno awards, Edmonton (2004) Occupiers' Liability (Recreational Users) Amendment Provincial funding for ... 1470 Act, 2003 (Bill 208) Justice Statutes Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 6) Committee ... 1970–71 Third reading ... 1784–85 Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) Kaasa Theatre, Edmonton Alberta support for (Motion 24: Zwozdesky) ... Removal of ... 1570 1780 Kananaskis Country Ombudsman Environmental issues in ... 144, 1838 New ombudsman appointed: Report received and King Edward school, Calgary concurred in (Motion 27: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... Bell for ... 1480 1992 Labour Relations (Regional Health Authorities Ombudsman (Senior abuse issues) Restructuring) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 27) General remarks ... 114–15 Time allocation motion re (CoW) (Motion 16: Oral Question Period (2003) Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... 695 Alberta film and television industry ... 1327 Legislative Assembly of Alberta–Adjournment Centennial celebrations ... 1328–29 Fall sittings (Motion 28: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... Centennial programs ... 330 1992 Centennial projects ... 1007 Spring recess (Motion 10: Hancock/Zwozdesky) ... Chinchaga Wildland Park ... 1838–39 794 Evan-Thomas provincial recreation area ... 1838 Libraries–Finance Evans-Thomas provincial recreation area ... 144 General remarks ... 1470–71, 1479, 1917 Hell's Half Acre remediation ... 931 Live Outside the Box program (Sports) Industrial development in protected areas ... General remarks ... 1546 1793–94 Lottery boards, Community Jubilee auditoria renovations ... 1570 Elimination of ... 1474 Lynnview Ridge ... 1091 Lottery Fund Naming of natural areas ... 603 Community Development dept. funding ... 1469–70 Persons with developmental disabilities program ... Lougheed Building/Grand Theatre, Calgary 1326–27, 1402 Provincial funding for ... 1470 Protection for Persons in Care Act review ... 114–15 Magazine publishing Turner Valley gas plant historic site ... 1887–88 General remarks ... 1477 Whaleback area ... 1571 Maintenance (Domestic relations) Youth sport, fitness, and recreation programs ... Computer system integration (Q7/03: Accepted; 1546 response tabled as SP149/03) ... 362 Paralympic Games, Vancouver/Whistler (2010) McDougall House, Edmonton General remarks ... 1780 Designation as historic site ... 1479 Parks, Provincial Medical care–Finance Interpretve centres upgrade ... 1470 Corporate contributions ... 1474, 1477 Mental health services Naming of ... 603 Waiting lists re ... 1402 Transfer to local municipalities ... 1471 Mentally disabled Parks, Provincial–Maintenance and repair Gaps in services for ... 1469 Funding for ... 1917, 1918 Government programs for ... 1326–27, 1402, 1469, Performing arts companies–Alberta 1917 Funding for ... 1469 342 2003 Hansard Speaker Index Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene (PC, Edmonton-Mill Creek) (Continued) (Continued) Persons with developmental disabilities community Sports boards Federal/provincial agreements re ... 1546 Funding ... 1326–27, 1469 Government programs for ... 1546 Pheasants Unlimited Lottery funding for ... 1470 Lease agreement with Brooks Pheasant Hatchery Major competitions re: Cultural component ... 1478 (Q15/03: Accepted) ... 1804 National program for ... 1546 Point of Order Sports groups, Adult Allegations against members ... 1097 Eligibility for gaming licences ... 1478 Bills containing similar provisions ... 1826 Standing Orders Clarification ... 793–94 Amendments to SOs 7(1), 37.1(2), and 58(5) Imputing motives ... 1097 (Motion 17: Hancock/ Zwozdesky) ... 841 Relevance ... 1269 Status of women, Federal / provincial / territorial Premier's Advisory Council on Health meetings of ministers responsible for Recommendations (A Framework for Reform): General remarks ... 1470 Children's physical activity suggestions ... 1546 Summer Active sport program, St. Kevin school Protected areas–Hastings Lake/Ministik area General remarks ... 1546 Industrial development in ... 1793–94 Supports for independence program Protected areas–Maintenance and repair Underexpended funds from, used for homeless Funding for ... 1917, 1918 housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... Protection for Persons in Care Act 362 MLA committee to review: Report ... 114 Tablings to the Clerk Provincial Archives of Alberta Standing Orders amendment re (Motion 17: French language access to: Federal funding for ... Hancock/ Zwozdesky) ... 841 1471 Tempest Energy Corp. Funding for ... 1470 Gas well sites, Hastings Lake/Ministik area ... Provincial arts service organizations 1793–94 Government funding for ... 1469 Theatre Calgary Provincial Museum of Alberta Government funding for ... 1469 French language access to: Federal funding for ... Tourism 1471 Impact of Vancouver/Whistler Olympic Games on Funding for ... 1470 ... 1780 Public contracts Turner Valley Gas Plant (Historic site) Contract management process (Transportation): Provincial funding for ... 1470 Policy re (M11/03: Accepted) ... 364 Reclamation activities re ... 1887–88 Publishing industry Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts, General remarks ... 1477 Edmonton Recreation Renovations to ... 1480 Lottery funding for ... 1470 Volunteers, Parks Recreation areas News release re (SP415/03: Tabled) ... 1239 Transfer to local municipalities ... 1471 Western Canada Games, Alberta (2007) Royal Canadian Mounted Police Provincial funding for ... 1470 Showcase for Alberta 2005 centennial celebrations Whaleback Ridge natural area ... 1007 Industrial development in ... 1571 Royal family Widows–Pensions Visit to Alberta for 2005 centennial celebrations ... Underexpended funds from, used for homeless 1007, 1328 housing (Q1/03: Response tabled as SP473/03) ... 362 Snowmobile trails Wild Rose Foundation Funding for ... 1481 Funding ... 1470, 1917 Song, Provincial Volunteer sector board development initiatives ... General remarks ... 330, 1328 1478 Sound recording industry Wildlife Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 50) Study re ... 1477 Committee ... 2001–02 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium Women's issues Renovations to ... 1007, 1470, 1474–75, 1481, 1570 General remarks ... 1470 Special Places program Workers' Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act, 2003 (Bill 202) General remarks ... 603, 1481, 1571, 1838 Committee ... 524–25 Speech from the Throne World Masters Games, Edmonton (2005) Address in reply, engrossed (Motion 9: Cultural component ... 440, 1478 Klein/Zwozdesky) ... 377–78 Provincial funding for ... 440, 1470