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2015-2016 Index Guide Resource Stewardship RS Index–i
Guide to the 2015-2016 Subject Index
Committee mandate: The Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship is an all-party committee consisting of 15 Members of the Legislative Assembly. It may meet to review a bill or to consider an issue referred to it by the Assembly, and can also meet on its own initiative to consider issues within its mandate. The mandate of the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship relates to the areas of environment and parks, transportation, municipal affairs, Treasury Board and finance, energy, and aboriginal relations. There are two indexes for the transcripts of meetings of the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship, a subject index and a speaker index. Interim indexes are unedited and are not considered official. Committee activities during the 29th Legislature, First Session (June 15, 2015 –) are as follows. Abbreviations
Political parties AL Alberta Liberal Party AP Alberta Party Ind. Independent (no party affiliation) ND New Democratic Party PC Progressive Conservative Party W Wildrose Party
Abbreviations not included in the above list are in the subject index in alphabetical order. Committee meeting dates and page ranges with links to transcripts
Committee meeting dates Pages October 15, 2015 ............................................................................................................ RS1-4 Main Estimates of Supply 2015-2016 November 2, 2015 (Transportation) ................................................................................ RS5-26 November 3, 2015 (Treasury Board and Finance) ......................................................... RS27-50 November 3, 2015 (Municipal Affairs) ........................................................................... RS51-74 November 4, 2015 (Aboriginal Relations) ...................................................................... RS75-98 November 16, 2015 (Energy) .......................................................................................... RS99-120 November 18, 2015 (Environment and Parks) ............................................................... RS121-146 Office of the Property Rights Advocate January 28, 2016 ............................................................................................................. RS147-158 February 11, 2016 ........................................................................................................... RS159-170
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2015-2016 Subject Index Resource Stewardship RS Index–1
3P See Public-private partnerships (P3)
50-year transportation plan See Transportation strategy
ABC See Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Aboriginal business investment fund Funding ... Ganley RS76
Aboriginal children – Education Federal-provincial area of mutual interest ... Rodney
RS87 Jordan’s principle ... Rodney RS87
Aboriginal children – Protective services Children in care ... Ganley RS91; Horne RS91
Aboriginal communities Capital funding ... Ganley RS82–83; Hanson RS82–83 Financial reporting, capacity building on ... Clark
RS19; Mason RS19 Sustainability ... Drysdale RS71; Larivee RS71 Transportation needs ... Mason RS24–25; Sucha RS24
Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act Repeal proposed ... Ganley RS92, 96; Horne RS92, 96
Aboriginal consultation office Funding ... Ganley RS83, 87; Hanson RS83; Rodney
RS86 Role ... Ganley RS84; Hanson RS83–84
Aboriginal economic partnership program Funding ... Ganley RS76
Aboriginal peoples [See also Métis] Community drinking water quality See Water quality:
Drinking water in aboriginal communities Economic initiatives funding ... Aheer RS97; Ganley
RS81, 96–97; Hanson RS81; Horne RS96 Economic initiatives funding, projects funded ... Ganley
RS93–94; Loewen RS93–94 Economic participation ... Ganley RS92; Horne RS92 Infrastructure needs ... Rodney RS87 Participation in diversified economy See Economic
development: Diversification, aboriginal people’s participation
Postsecondary students See Postsecondary students: Aboriginal students
Premier’s apology to ... Clark RS87–88 Programs and services, crossministry initiatives ... Clark
RS89–90; Ganley RS90; Rodney RS85 Programs and services, federal funding ... Ganley
RS77; Hanson RS77 Programs and services, funding ... Ganley RS77;
Hanson RS77 Provincial government relations with ... Clark RS87–
88; Ganley RS76, 85, 90, 94; Horne RS90; McIver RS94; Rodney RS84–85
Residential school experience ... Ganley RS76 Statistics, crossministerial report ... Ganley RS91;
Kazim RS91 Aboriginal peoples – Claims
Geodata mapping of land ... Ganley RS84, 91; Hanson RS84; Kazim RS91
Land claims, funding for ... Ganley RS83; Hanson RS83
Land claims, Lubicon Lake First Nation See Lubicon Lake First Nation
Aboriginal peoples – Consultation Capacity building, funding for ... Ganley RS76 Certificates of adequacy See Aboriginal consultation
office: Role Consultation on water resources ... Rodney RS87 Energy industry projects ... Ganley RS84; Hanson
RS84 Energy policies ... Babcock RS117; McCuaig-Boyd
RS118 Energy-related issues ... Aheer RS118–19; McCuaig-
Boyd RS118–19 General remarks ... Ganley RS83–84; Hanson RS83–
84; Rodney RS84–85 Land-use framework [See also Lower Athabasca
regional plan (land-use framework): First Nations reviews]; Loewen RS129–30; Phillips RS129–30
Meetings between Premier, treaty organizations, and First Nations ... Ganley RS91; Kazim RS91
Métis settlements See Métis settlements: Consultation policy
Minister’s community visits ... Ganley RS90–91; Kazim RS90–91
Provincial policy ... Aheer RS93; Ganley RS76–77, 91, 93, 98; Hanson RS98; Kazim RS91
Types of consultation ... Ganley RS87; Rodney RS86–87
Aboriginal peoples – Economic development Programs and services ... Rodney RS85
Aboriginal peoples – Treaty 7 area See Siksika First Nation
Aboriginal peoples – Urban residence Programs and services ... Drysdale RS71; Larivee
RS71 Aboriginal Relations ministry
See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations Aboriginal treaty organizations
Provincial government relations with ... Ganley RS94; McIver RS94
Aboriginal women Programs and services ... Rodney RS85 Programs and services, funding for ... Aheer RS93;
Ganley RS93; Rodney RS87 Aboriginal women – Violence against
Missing and murdered women, research on ... Ganley RS96; Kazim RS96
Programs and services, funding for ... Ganley RS96; Kazim RS96
ACA (Alberta Conservation Association) Lake aeration See Aeration of lakes
ACO See Aboriginal consultation office
ACP See Alberta community partnership program
ACTL See Carbon capture and storage: Alberta carbon
trunk line project Advanced technology commercialization agency
See Alberta Enterprise Corporation Adverse possession (squatters’ rights)
See Freehold land: Adverse possession (squatters’ rights)
Advocate for property rights See Property Rights Advocate
AEC See Alberta Enterprise Corporation
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AEMA See Alberta Emergency Management Agency
AEMERA See Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation
and Reporting Agency AER
See Alberta Energy Regulator Aeration of lakes
General remarks ... Loewen RS128; Phillips RS128 AFSC
Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program See Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program
AFTEC (Alberta family employment tax credit) See Taxation: Family employment tax credit
Agencies, boards, and commissions, government See Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Agricultural commodities Rail transportation See Railroads: Transportation of
farm produce Agricultural products
Rail transportation See Railroads: Transportation of farm produce
Agriculture Financial Services Corporation Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program
See Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program
AHSB See Alberta Health Services Board
AHSTF See Alberta heritage savings trust fund
AHW (Alberta health and wellness) See Ministry of Health
AIMCo See Alberta Investment Management Corporation
Air quality Action plan ... Phillips RS139; Woollard RS139 Airshed grants ... Loewen RS125; Phillips RS125 Contributing factors ... Loewen RS140–41; Phillips
RS140–41; Ridge RS140–41 Emissions inventory ... Phillips RS144; Swann RS144 Funding ... Phillips RS138; Rosendahl RS138 Monitoring ... Loewen RS126; Phillips RS126, 144;
Ridge RS126; Swann RS144; Werry RS144 Monitoring, funding for ... Phillips RS139; Woollard
RS139 Partnerships and stewardship, funding for ... Loewen
RS125; Phillips RS125 Provincial strategy ... Phillips RS138; Rosendahl
RS138 Air quality – Red Deer
CAAQS report ... Loewen RS126–27, 140–141; Phillips RS126–27, 138, 140–141; Ridge RS126, 140; Rosendahl RS138
Environment and Parks minister’s remarks ... Loewen RS126; Phillips RS126
Monitoring ... Loewen RS126; Phillips RS126 Air quality health index
Comparison with Canadian ambient air quality standards ... Fraser RS132; Phillips RS132, 139; Woollard RS139
General remarks ... Fraser RS132–33; Loewen RS124–25, 126; Phillips RS126, 132–133; Ridge RS132–33
Air quality management systems Funding ... Loewen RS126; Phillips RS126 Policy analysis ... Loewen RS124–25; Phillips RS124–
25 Airports – Grande Cache
Capital needs ... Mason RS11; van Dijken RS10 Airports – Maintenance and repair
Community airport program ... Mason RS10–11; van Dijken RS10
Community airport program funding See Strategic transportation infrastructure program
Áísínai’pi See Writing-on-Stone provincial park
Alberta, University of See University of Alberta Support for Aboriginal students See University of
Alberta: Maskwa House of Learning Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties
Request to appear before committee on linear property assessment ... Chair (Goehring) RS167; Drysdale RS167; Loewen RS167; MacIntyre RS167
Alberta carbon trunk line See Carbon capture and storage
Alberta community partnership program Funding ... Larivee RS56, 57; Stier RS56, 57 Review ... Larivee RS52, 56; Stier RS56
Alberta Conservation Association Lake aeration See Aeration of lakes
Alberta Disaster Services See Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Alberta Emergency Management Agency [See also Disaster recovery program] Capital funding ... Drysdale RS63; Larivee RS63;
Schreiber RS63 Director’s office expenses ... Larivee RS60; Stier RS60 Funding ... Dang RS72; Larivee RS72
Alberta Energy Regulator Approval process ... Johnson RS153; Woollard RS153 Approvals, environmental impact assessments ...
Phillips RS144; Swann RS144; Werry RS144 Funding ... Aheer RS106–7; Babcock RS117;
McCuaig-Boyd RS100, 106–107, 117 Hydraulic fracturing, oversight of ... Loewen RS127–
28; Phillips RS127–28; Ridge RS127 Mandate See Ministry of Environment and Parks:
Transfer of responsibilities to Alberta Energy Regulator
Pipeline oversight, Auditor General’s recommendations on See Pipelines – Environmental aspects: Surveillance and enforcement, Auditor General’s recommendations on
Review ... Aheer RS107; McCuaig-Boyd RS107 Review of oil and gas industry liabilities See
Reclamation of land: Energy industry liabilities, review of
Upstream oil and gas, government directions on See Water policy
Alberta Enterprise Corporation Funding ... Ceci RS43; Kleinsteuber RS43
Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency Funding ... Loewen RS131; Phillips RS131; Werry
RS131 Mandate ... Phillips RS144; Swann RS144; Werry
RS144
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Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (continued) Mandate on air quality monitoring See Air quality:
Monitoring Staff transfer from Environment and Parks ministry ...
Loewen RS125, 126; Phillips RS125, 126 Alberta family employment tax credit
See Taxation: Family employment tax credit Alberta First Nations Opportunities Forum
General remarks ... Rodney RS85 Alberta Health Services Board
Aboriginal participation ... Ganley RS92; Horne RS92 Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Investment in Alberta businesses ... Ceci RS38; McIver RS38
Alberta history Residential school history, commission on See Truth
and Reconciliation Commission Alberta Investment Management Corporation
General remarks ... Ceci RS28 Investment charges ... Ceci RS42; Clark RS42 Investment in Alberta businesses ... Ceci RS35–36, 38,
43; Fildebrandt RS35; Kleinsteuber RS43; McIver RS38
IT system, funding for ... Ceci RS29 Risk management ... Ceci RS42; Clark RS42
Alberta Land Use Secretariat Funding ... Phillips RS144; Swann RS144
Alberta Law Reform Institute Adverse Possession and Lasting Improvements (2003
report) ... Johnson RS153; Reynolds RS153 Alberta Parks
See Parks, provincial Alberta partnership with western provinces
See New West Partnership Alberta Party opposition
Alternative budget ... Clark RS41 Alberta Pension Services Corporation
General remarks ... Ceci RS28 IT system, funding for ... Ceci RS29
Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission North West bitumen upgrader project participation See
Bitumen upgrading: North West project update Alberta provincial partnership
See New West Partnership Alberta Regulations
AR 139/2007, specified gas emitters regulation See Carbon tax
Alberta Securities Commission Administration ... Ceci RS39; McIver RS39 General remarks ... Ceci RS49; Cyr RS49
Alberta Transportation Safety Board Funding ... Mason RS24; Sucha RS24
Alberta Treasury Branches See ATB Financial
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Members’ pension plans See Local Authorities
Pension Plan Board of Trustees Alberta Utilities Commission
Funding ... McCuaig-Boyd RS100 Alcohol – Retail sales
Sale to minors, fraud prevention ... Ceci RS49; Cyr RS49
Alcohol – Taxation See Taxation: Tax on alcohol
Alexander First Nation Premier’s and Aboriginal Relations minister’s meetings
with ... Horne RS92 ALRI
See Alberta Law Reform Institute Animal management
See Wildlife management Anthony Henday Drive
Funding ... Mason RS19; Sucha RS19 Northeast portion ... Mason RS6 Public-private partnership (P3) debt financing ... Mason
RS13; van Dijken RS13 APMC (Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission)
North West bitumen upgrader project participation See Bitumen upgrading: North West project update
APS See Alberta Pension Services Corporation
AQHI See Air quality health index
ARMA (Alberta Recycling Management Authority) See Recycling
ASC See Alberta Securities Commission
Assembly, privileges of See Privileges of the Assembly
ATB Financial Loans to Alberta businesses ... Bhullar RS38, 46; Ceci
RS35–36, 38, 43, 46; Fildebrandt RS35; Kleinsteuber RS43
Attorney General ministry See Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
AUC See Alberta Utilities Commission
Auditor General North West bitumen upgrading project review ... Ceci
RS36; Fildebrandt RS36 Recommendations on budget reporting See Budget
process: Accounting practices Recommendations on flood response See Flood
damage mitigation: Interministry co-ordination, Auditor General’s recommendations on; Floods: Recovery programs, Auditor General’s recommendations on
Recommendations on pipeline oversight See Pipelines – Environmental aspects: Surveillance and enforcement, Auditor General’s recommendations on
Report on bridge safety See Bridges: Safety inspections, Auditor General’s report
Report on corporate tax collection See Corporations – Taxation: Tax returns and collection, Auditor General’s recommendations
Review of First Nations flood recovery expenditures ... Clark RS89; Ganley RS89
Review of North West bitumen upgrading project See Bitumen upgrading: North West project, Auditor General’s review of
AUPE (Alberta Union of Provincial Employees) Members’ pension plans See Local Authorities
Pension Plan Board of Trustees
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Bankruptcy – Law and legislation Federal paramountcy ... Reynolds RS152 Surface Rights Act provisions See Surface Rights Act:
Section 36, Surface Rights Board jurisdiction in case of bankruptcy, amendments proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.04)
Banks See Financial institutions
Base-level industrial emissions requirements (BLIERs) See Air quality management systems
Bassano dam Flood mitigation funding ... Loewen RS131; Phillips
RS131 BCMB
See Recycling: Beverage containers Beverage Container Management Board
Legislative provisions ... Loewen RS129; Phillips RS129
Bill 22 (2013) See Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act
Bills, government/private members’ public/private (procedure) Referral to committee after second reading ... Reynolds
RS2 Bills, private members’ public (procedure)
Referral to committee after second reading ... Reynolds RS2
Bioenergy industries Feedstocks, nonresidual products and cereal grains ...
MacIntyre RS105–6; McCuaig-Boyd RS106 Bioenergy producer credit program
Funding ... MacIntyre RS105; McCuaig-Boyd RS105 Bitumen
Transportation, rail and pipeline ... MacIntyre RS119; McCuaig-Boyd RS119
Bitumen development See Oil sands development
Bitumen development – Environmental aspects See Oil sands development – Environmental aspects
Bitumen development – Tailings ponds See Tailings ponds
Bitumen royalty in kind (BRIK) program Projects reaching payout ... Clark RS111; McCuaig-
Boyd RS111 Sale of product received See Oil: Cost of selling
Bitumen royalty in kind (BRIK) program – Royalties See Royalty structure (energy resources)
Bitumen royalty revenue See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue
Bitumen upgrading General remarks ... Aheer RS103; McCuaig-Boyd
RS103 North West project ... Fraser RS108 North West project, Auditor General’s review of ... Ceci
RS36; Fildebrandt RS36 North West project, funding ... Aheer RS103;
MacIntyre RS114; McCuaig-Boyd RS103, 114 North West project, provincial liability ... Aheer RS103,
106; McCuaig-Boyd RS103, 106 North West project, return on investment ... MacIntyre
RS114; McCuaig-Boyd RS114 North West project update ... Kazim RS113; McCuaig-
Boyd RS113–14
Bitumen upgrading (continued) North West Upgrading project ... Ceci RS36;
Fildebrandt RS36 Policy development [See also Energy industries:
Policy development]; Aheer RS106; McCuaig-Boyd RS106
BLIERS See Air quality management systems
Blood First Nation Multipurpose centre See Aboriginal peoples:
Economic initiatives funding, projects funded BMTG
See Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
Boards, government See Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Bow River Inundation and flood hazard mapping See Flood
plains: Mapping, funding for Bow River flood mitigation
See Flood damage mitigation – Bow River; Flood damage mitigation – Calgary and area
BPCP See Bioenergy producer credit program
Bragg Creek flood mitigation See Flood damage mitigation – Calgary and area
Brewing industry Interprovincial trade ... Ceci RS44; Kleinsteuber RS44
Bridges Local bridges, capital funding See Strategic
transportation infrastructure program Safety inspections, Auditor General’s report ... Clark
RS17; Kleinsteuber RS20; Mason RS20 Bridges – Construction
Funding [See also Strategic transportation infrastructure program]; Mason RS6
Local bridges, Transportation ministry involvement in ... Mason RS10; van Dijken RS10
Projects funded ... Mason RS13; van Dijken RS12–13 Bridges – Dunvegan
Highway 2 bridge repair ... van Dijken RS26 Bridges – Fort McMurray
High-load bridge over Clearwater River ... Mason RS23; McIver RS23
Bridges – Fort Saskatchewan Funding See Bridges – Construction: Projects funded
Bridges – Maintenance and repair Funding ... Mason RS6 Infrastructure deficit ... Mason RS25; van Dijken RS25
Bridges – Maskwacis Funding See Bridges – Construction: Projects funded
Bridges – Usona Funding See Bridges – Construction: Projects funded
BRIK See Bitumen royalty in kind (BRIK) program
British Columbia-Alberta-Saskatchewan trade agreement See New West Partnership
Brownfield remediation See Reclamation of land
Brownfield remediation policy See Land policy
Budget debates See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
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Budget debates by ministry See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations; Ministry of
Energy; Ministry of Environment and Parks; Ministry of Municipal Affairs; Ministry of Transportation; Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Budget process 3-year consolidated revenue and expenses ... Ceci
RS30–31; Fildebrandt RS30–31 Accounting practices ... Hanson RS92; Loewen RS97–
98 Accounting practices, Auditor General’s
recommendations ... Ganley RS98 Balanced/deficit budgets ... Ceci RS30–31, 48, 49; Cyr
RS49; Fildebrandt RS30–31; Kleinsteuber RS48 Results-based budgeting See Ministry of
Transportation: Results-based budgeting Service provision vs. fiscal restraint ... Ganley RS97;
Kazim RS97 Building Canada fund
Funding ... Mason RS11; van Dijken RS11 Building Canada fund, new
Small communities component See Small communities fund (federal-provincial-municipal initiative)
Bus service in rural communities See Public transit – Rural areas
Buses See Public transit
Bush fires – Slave Lake See Wildfires – Slave Lake
Business enterprises See Corporations
Business enterprises – Taxation See Corporations – Taxation
CAAQS (Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards) Reports See Air quality – Red Deer: CAAQS report
Calgary Basic municipal transportation grant funding See
Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
City charter See Civic charters: Civic charters Growth management board ... Drysdale RS62; Larivee
RS56–57, 62; Pickering RS57; Stier RS56–57 Calgary and area flood damage mitigation
See Flood damage mitigation – Calgary and area Calgary Regional Partnership
General remarks ... Larivee RS56–57; Stier RS56–57 Support for ... Dang RS72; Larivee RS72
Calgary ring roads See Ring roads – Calgary
Can-TF2 See Emergency management: Can-TF2, emergency
response and heavy urban search-and-rescue task force
Canada-Alberta job grant Aboriginal program funding ... Ganley RS76
Canada-China relations See International trade – China
Canada pension plan Oversight ... Ceci RS28
Canada Revenue Agency Corporate tax collection administration proposed See
Corporations – Taxation: Provincial responsibility for collection
Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards Report on Red Deer See Air quality – Red Deer:
CAAQS report Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Air quality initiatives ... Fraser RS132; Phillips RS132 Discussions on mussel species ... Phillips RS142;
Starke RS142 Recycling and beverage container management
discussions ... Loewen RS129; Phillips RS129 Canals
See Water management Canamex corridor
See Road construction: North-south trade corridor (Canamex highway)
Capital for research and development See Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Capital for research and development, agency for See Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Capital plan 3-year plan ... Mason RS15; McIver RS15 Development process ... Mason RS24; Sucha RS24 General remarks ... Mason RS10; van Dijken RS10 Strategic transportation infrastructure See Strategic
transportation infrastructure program Capital projects
[See also Schools – Construction] Capital grants vs. capital investments ... Mason RS7;
van Dijken RS7 Contract tenders, 2016 projects ... Mason RS15; McIver
RS15 Contractor oversight, staffing ... Drysdale RS22 Countercyclical funding (funding during economic
downturn) ... Ceci RS44; Clark RS18; Dang RS44; Mason RS13, 18; van Dijken RS13
Emergent projects, funding for ... Mason RS7; van Dijken RS7
Funding [See also Ministry of Transportation: Main estimates 2015-2016 debate]; Mason RS13; van Dijken RS13
Funding by borrowing ... Ceci RS44; Dang RS44; Mason RS16; McIver RS16
Job creation ... Ceci RS49; Dang RS48–49 Prioritization ... Clark RS17; Drysdale RS22; Mason
RS17–18, 22 Prioritization, publicly available information (“sunshine
list”) ... Mason RS15, 25; McIver RS15; Sucha RS25
Prioritization, stakeholder consultation ... Mason RS25; Sucha RS25
Public-private partnerships (P3) See Public-private partnerships (P3)
Publicly available information ... Mason RS6 Reprofiling of funding ... Mason RS8; van Dijken
RS7–8 Upcoming projects ... Mason RS11; van Dijken RS11
Capital Region Board General remarks ... Larivee RS56–57; Stier RS56–57 Support for ... Dang RS71; Larivee RS71–72
Carbon capture and storage Alberta carbon trunk line project ... MacIntyre RS114;
McCuaig-Boyd RS101, 114 Cost-benefit analysis ... MacIntyre RS115; McCuaig-
Boyd RS115 Funding ... Kazim RS117; McCuaig-Boyd RS101, 117 Funding agreements ... MacIntyre RS114–15;
McCuaig-Boyd RS114–15
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Carbon capture and storage (continued) North West upgrader project ... MacIntyre RS114;
McCuaig-Boyd RS114 Shell Quest project ... MacIntyre RS114, 115;
McCuaig-Boyd RS101, 114, 115 Carbon capture and storage – Saskatchewan
Boundary dam project ... MacIntyre RS115; McCuaig-Boyd RS115
Carbon dioxide sequestration See Carbon capture and storage
Carbon offsetting General remarks ... Phillips RS145; Woollard RS145
Carbon tax Effectiveness ... Loewen RS132, 140; Phillips RS132,
140 Revenue utilization ... Fraser RS143; Phillips RS143 Tax rate ... Fraser RS143; Phillips RS143
Carbon trunk line, Alberta See Carbon capture and storage
Caribou Breeding areas See Road construction –
Environmental aspects: Caribou breeding area accommodation
Carillon Canada Road maintenance contract ... Mason RS9; van Dijken
RS9 CASA
See Clean Air Strategic Alliance Casino revenue funding for aboriginal communities
See First Nations development fund Castle special management area
Funding ... Phillips RS139–40; Rosendahl RS139–40 General remarks ... Phillips RS122–23 Management plan ... Phillips RS134, 139–140;
Rosendahl RS139–40; Starke RS134 Timber allocation cancellation ... Phillips RS134;
Starke RS134 Wildfire prevention and control ... Phillips RS134;
Starke RS134 CCEMC
See Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation
CCME See Canadian Council of Ministers of the
Environment CCS
See Carbon capture and storage Cervid damage, farmer and rancher compensation
See Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program
CFEP See Community facilities enhancement program
Chin Lakes roads See Highway 36
China Trade missions to See Trade missions: Energy
minister’s travel to China Cities and towns
[See also Municipalities] Civic charters ... Babcock RS68; Larivee RS58–59,
68–69; Stier RS58–59 Civic charters
See Cities and towns: Civic charters
Civil service See Public service
Civil service – Pensions See Public service – Pensions
CLEA (combined low-expenditure tax assessment) See Property tax: Linear property assessment
Clean Air Strategic Alliance General remarks ... Loewen RS125; Phillips RS125 Input on air policy ... Phillips RS139; Werry RS139;
Woollard RS139 Clearwater River bridges
See Bridges – Fort McMurray: High-load bridge over Clearwater River
Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation Funding ... Phillips RS145; Woollard RS145 General remarks ... Fraser RS143; Loewen RS131;
Phillips RS131, 143 Climate change strategy
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... Fraser RS116; McCuaig-Boyd RS116
Environment and Parks ministry mandate ... MacIntyre RS105; McCuaig-Boyd RS105
Funding ... Phillips RS145; Woollard RS145 Impact on electric power industry See Electric power:
Regulation Review ... Fraser RS108–9; Gotfried RS119–20;
Loewen RS127, 131–132; MacIntyre RS104–5; McCuaig-Boyd RS104–5, 108–109, 119–120; Phillips RS122, 127, 131–132
Review, Premier’s advisory council participation ... Fraser RS143; Phillips RS143
Review, scope ... Fraser RS143; Loewen RS125, 141; Phillips RS125, 141, 143, 145; Woollard RS145
Review, submissions ... Fraser RS143; Phillips RS143 Review panel, submissions by coal industry ... Fraser
RS133; Phillips RS133 CO2 sequestering
See Carbon capture and storage Coal mines and mining
Conservation and reclamation policy See Land policy Industry submissions to climate change strategy review
See Climate change strategy: Review, submissions by coal industry
Coal-powered electric power plant retirement See Electric power plants: Coal-fired facilities, plant
retirement Coal royalties
See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue, coal royalties
Cold Lake First Nation Housing development project See Aboriginal peoples:
Economic initiatives funding, projects funded Commissions, government
See Government agencies, boards, and commissions Committee clerks
General remarks ... Chair (Kazim) RS3 Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Budget ... Bianchi RS2–3; Rempel RS3; Reynolds RS2–3; Schneider RS2
Committee member attendance ... Babcock RS157; Chair (Goehring) RS156; Cooper RS156–57, 158
Committee procedure ... Chair (Kazim) RS1–2 Committee support services ... Chair (Kazim) RS3 Communications services (LAO) ... Chair (Kazim)
RS3; Reynolds RS3
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Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing (continued) Mandate ... Chair (Kazim) RS2; Reynolds RS2 Mandate, ministries responsible for ... Chair (Goehring)
RS168; Reynolds RS168 Research services (LAO) ... Massolin RS3 Surface rights review proposed See Freehold land:
Landowner surface rights review by committee, motion on (Cooper: defeated)
Teleconferencing permitted for the 29th Legislature, motion on (Drysdale: carried unanimously) ... Chair (Kazim) RS1; Drysdale RS1; Reynolds RS1
Temporary substitutions ... Chair (Kazim) RS1 Commodities, agricultural
Rail transportation See Railroads: Transportation of farm produce
Communications support for committee See Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing:
Communications services (LAO) Community facilities enhancement program
Funding ... Drysdale RS14; Mason RS14 Community partnership program
See Alberta community partnership program Community resilience program
See Flood damage mitigation: Community resilience program
Community supports ministry See Ministry of Human Services
Comprehensive regional infrastructure sustainability plans See Oil sands development: Comprehensive regional
infrastructure sustainability plans (CRISP) Conservation of the environment
See Environmental protection Constitution Act, 1867
Recognition of Métis under act See Métis: Recognition as Indians under the Constitution Act, 1867, Supreme Court decision
Consumer affairs ministry See Ministry of Service Alberta
Containment ponds See Tailings ponds
Corporations Access to capital [See also Alberta Investment
Management Corporation: Investment in Alberta businesses; ATB Financial: Loans to Alberta businesses]; Ceci RS39; McIver RS39
Corporations – Taxation Fraud prevention ... Ceci RS49; Cyr RS49 Provincial responsibility for collection ... Ceci RS40–
41; Clark RS40 Revenue from See Revenue: Tax revenue forecasts Tax collection expenses ... Ceci RS49; Cyr RS49 Tax returns and collection, Auditor General’s
recommendations ... Ceci RS40–41; Clark RS40 CPP
See Canada pension plan CRB
See Capital Region Board CRISP
See Oil sands development: Comprehensive regional infrastructure sustainability plans (CRISP)
Crown corporations Provincial strategy on creation See Government
agencies, boards and commissions: Review
Crown lands mineral rights assurance contracts See Energy industries: Mineral rights assurance
contracts, enterprise data management office Crown lands policies
See Land policy Crown lands policy
See Land policy CRP
See Calgary Regional Partnership Crude, synthetic – Development
See Oil sands development Dams
[See also Water management] Funding ... Phillips RS143–44; Swann RS143–44
Daniels v. Canada See Métis: Recognition as Indians under the
Constitution Act, 1867, Supreme Court decision Debts, public
Borrowing for capital projects See Capital projects: Funding by borrowing
Borrowing for operational expenses ... Ceci RS41; Clark RS41
Debt-servicing costs ... Mason RS13; van Dijken RS13 Provincial borrowing, interest rate forecasts ... Ceci
RS32; Fildebrandt RS32 Provincial credit rating ... Ceci RS31–32, 41; Clark
RS41; Fildebrandt RS31–32; McIver RS39 Provincial debt, Dodge report recommendations ... Ceci
RS31; Fildebrandt RS31 Provincial debt, limit on ... Ceci RS31–32, 41, 44;
Clark RS41; Dang RS44; Fildebrandt RS31–32 Department of Aboriginal Relations
See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations Department of Energy
See Ministry of Energy Department of Environment and Parks
See Ministry of Environment and Parks Department of Health
See Ministry of Health Department of Human Services
See Ministry of Human Services Department of Infrastructure
Disaster recovery program mandate See Disaster recovery program: Interministerial co-ordination
Fund transfer to Transportation ministry for Fort McMurray land exchange See Fort McMurray: Land exchange
Department of Justice and Solicitor General See Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
Department of Municipal Affairs See Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Department of Service Alberta See Ministry of Service Alberta
Department of Transportation See Ministry of Transportation
Department of Treasury Board and Finance See Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Developmentally disabled See Persons with developmental disabilities
Dickson dam See Flood damage mitigation – Red Deer River
Disabled persons See Persons with disabilities
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Disaster management See Emergency management
Disaster preparedness See Emergency management
Disaster recovery program [See also Alberta Emergency Management Agency] 2013 flood, funding ... Larivee RS60; Schreiber RS60;
Stier RS60 2013 flood, outstanding claims ... Babcock RS72; Clark
RS64–65; Drever RS137; Larivee RS59, 64–65, 72; Phillips RS137; Schreiber RS59, 64–65, 69; Stier RS59, 69
Administration ... Larivee RS60–61; Schreiber RS69; Stier RS60–61, 69
Appeal process ... Larivee RS59; Schreiber RS59–60; Stier RS59–60
Federal funding ... Clark RS89; Ganley RS89 Funding ... Larivee RS60–61; Phillips RS138; Stier
RS60–61; Woollard RS138 Funding forecasts ... Larivee RS69–70; Schreiber
RS70; Stier RS69–70 Interministerial co-ordination ... Clark RS136–37;
Phillips RS136–37 IT system, funding for ... Drysdale RS63; Larivee
RS63, 69–70; Schreiber RS63, 69–70; Stier RS69–70
KPMG 2012 report ... Clark RS63–65; Larivee RS64–65; Schreiber RS64–65, 69; Stier RS69
MNP review See Floods – Southern Alberta: Provincial response, MNP review of
Program changes ... Babcock RS72; Larivee RS72 Dodge, David A.
Report comments on road condition evaluation method See Roads – Maintenance and repair: Road condition evaluation method
Report recommendations See Job creation: Dodge report recommendations
Report recommendations on debt See Debts, public: Provincial debt, Dodge report recommendations
Drinking water quality See Water quality: Drinking water
Driver safety See Traffic safety
DRP See Disaster recovery program
Ecology See Environmental protection
Economic development Diversification ... Ceci RS35, 43; Fildebrandt RS35;
Kleinsteuber RS43; Loewen RS129; Phillips RS129 Diversification, aboriginal people’s participation ...
Ganley RS91, 94; Kazim RS91; McIver RS94 Diversification, energy industries See Energy
industries: Value-added products Green economy, government policy on See
Government policies: Green economy Single-source economy ... Ganley RS94; McIver RS94
Economy, Premier’s Advisory Committee on the Participation in climate change strategy review See
Climate change strategy: Review, Premier’s advisory council participation
Edmonton Basic municipal transportation grant funding See
Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
City charter See Civic charters: Civic charters
Edmonton (continued) Growth management board ... Drysdale RS62; Larivee
RS56–57, 62; Pickering RS57; Stier RS56–57 Regional planning board See Capital Region Board
Edmonton – Public transit See Public transit – Edmonton
Edmonton regional board See Capital Region Board
Education levy See Property tax – Education levy
Education ministry See Ministry of Education
Education property tax See Property tax – Education levy
Educational institutions, elementary and secondary – Construction See Schools – Construction
Elbow River Inundation and flood hazard mapping See Flood
plains: Mapping, funding for Electric power
Demand forecasts ... MacIntyre RS104; McCuaig-Boyd RS104
Power purchase agreements (PPAs) ... Fraser RS109; McCuaig-Boyd RS109
Regulation ... Fraser RS110, 116; McCuaig-Boyd RS110, 116
Electric power – Prices General remarks ... MacIntyre RS104–5; McCuaig-
Boyd RS104–5 Electric power plants
Coal-fired facilities, plant retirement ... Fraser RS108, 109, 133; Gotfried RS119–20; Loewen RS125; MacIntyre RS104–5; McCuaig-Boyd RS104–5, 108–109, 119–120; Phillips RS125, 133
Gas-powered plants ... MacIntyre RS104–5; McCuaig-Boyd RS104–5
Gas-powered plants, combined-cycle ... MacIntyre RS104–5; McCuaig-Boyd RS104–5
Elizabeth II highway See Highway 2
Elk – Suffield Hunt count ... Loewen RS128; Phillips RS128
Elk damage, farmer and rancher compensation See Ungulate damage prevention and compensation
program Emergency management
Budgeting ... Larivee RS70; Stier RS70 Can-TF2, emergency response and heavy urban search-
and-rescue task force ... Dang RS72; Larivee RS72 Funding ... Larivee RS60–61; Stier RS60–61 Preparedness ... Dang RS72–73; Larivee RS72–73 Public safety initiatives, funding for ... Larivee RS60;
Stier RS60 Employment and immigration ministry
See Ministry of Human Services Energy industries
Chinese investment in ... Gotfried RS120; Kazim RS114; McCuaig-Boyd RS114, 120
Collaboration with aboriginal communities ... Ganley RS77; Hanson RS77
Disputes with landowners, resolution process ... Johnson RS150; Kleinsteuber RS150
Investment in ... Aheer RS108; Babcock RS117; Fraser RS110; McCuaig-Boyd RS108, 110, 117
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Energy industries (continued) Land reclamation liabilities See Reclamation of land:
Energy industry liabilities, review of Land reclamation liabilities, funding for See Orphan
well fund; Orphan well levy (abandoned oil and gas wells)
Land sales (leases for access), cancellations ... Aheer RS101–2; McCuaig-Boyd RS101–2
Market access ... Aheer RS103, 118; Babcock RS112–13; Fraser RS109; Kazim RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS103, 109, 112–113, 118
Market access, funding for ... Aheer RS102; McCuaig-Boyd RS102
Market access, pipelines See Pipelines – Construction Mineral rights assurance contracts, enterprise data
management office ... Phillips RS144; Swann RS144 Oil and gas leases ... Aheer RS108; Fraser RS110;
McCuaig-Boyd RS108, 110 Oil sands development See Oil sands development Partnerships with government See Ministry of Energy:
Partnerships with industry Policy development ... Aheer RS103, 106; Babcock
RS117; Fraser RS116; MacIntyre RS104; McCuaig-Boyd RS103, 104, 106, 116, 118
Small and medium-sized companies ... Fraser RS110; McCuaig-Boyd RS110
Technology innovation ... Fraser RS116 Urban drilling, task force on ... Aheer RS107–8;
McCuaig-Boyd RS107–8 Value-added products, promotion of ... Aheer RS103;
Clark RS110; Kazim RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS103, 110, 113
Energy industries – China Trade missions See Trade missions: Energy
minister’s travel to China Energy industries – Environmental aspects
Abandoned wells, levy on See Orphan well levy (abandoned oil and gas wells)
Public perception ... Babcock RS113; Fraser RS109, 143; Kazim RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS100, 109, 113
Energy industries – Natural gas See Gas
Energy industries – Oil See Oil
Energy industry land-related policies See Land policy
Energy ministry See Ministry of Energy
Energy products Market development ... McCuaig-Boyd RS100
Energy Regulator, Alberta See Alberta Energy Regulator
Energy resources See Bitumen; Gas; Oil
Energy resources – Export West coast crude oil tanker ban ... Gotfried RS120 West coast crude oil tanker ban, Energy minister’s
meeting with federal Natural Resources minister on ... McCuaig-Boyd RS120
Enterprise Corporation, Alberta See Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Environment and Parks ministry See Ministry of Environment and Parks
Environment ministers’ council See Canadian Council of Ministers of the
Environment
Environmental emergency planning See Emergency management
Environmental monitoring See Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation
and Reporting Agency Environmental protection
Cumulative effects approach ... Phillips RS144; Swann RS144; Werry RS144
Energy industries See Energy industries – Environmental aspects; Oil sands development – Environmental aspects
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures) Committee consideration ... Chair (Kazim) RS3;
Drysdale RS3; Reynolds RS2, 3; Sucha RS3 Main estimates debate procedure ... Chair (Goehring)
RS19, 27–28, 51–52, 71, 75–76, 99–100, 121–122; Chair (Kazim) RS5–6; Clark RS19
Main estimates debate procedure, parliamentary rules ... Chair (Goehring) RS87
Main estimates debate procedure, questions by members ... Chair (Goehring) RS105, 126, 140
Main estimates debate procedure, questions by members, point of order (withdrawn) ... McIver RS87
Main estimates debate procedure, recognition of speakers ... Chair (Goehring) RS98; Loewen RS98; Rodney RS98
Ministers’ written responses to questions ... Ceci RS30, 33; Chair (Goehring) RS17, 30; Fildebrandt RS30, 33; Mason RS17
Estimates of Supply (government expenditures) – Ministry debates See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations; Ministry of
Energy; Ministry of Environment and Parks; Ministry of Municipal Affairs; Ministry of Transportation; Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Exports to China See International trade – China
Expropriation Dispute resolution process ... Johnson RS150, 155;
Kazim RS155; Kleinsteuber RS150 Disputes over ... Johnson RS153; Kleinsteuber RS153
Extractive industries See Energy industries Conservation and reclamation policy See Land policy Industry submissions to climate change strategy review
See Climate change strategy: Review, submissions by coal industry
Oil and gas See Energy industries Oil sands See Oil sands development Sand and gravel See Sand and gravel mining
Family employment tax credit See Taxation: Family employment tax credit
Farm produce Rail transportation See Railroads: Transportation of
farm produce FASD
See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Federal gas tax fund
See Gas tax fund (federal) Fees and user charges
See Toll roads and bridges Fentanyl use
Aboriginal community use ... Clark RS89–90; Ganley RS90
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder Programs and services for aboriginal people,
crossministry team ... Ganley RS95; McIver RS95 Finance ministry
See Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance Financial institutions
[See also ATB Financial] Regulation and policy, funding for ... Ceci RS49; Cyr
RS49 Financial securities
See Securities Fires – Slave Lake
See Wildfires – Slave Lake First Nations
See Alexander First Nation; Lubicon Lake First Nation; Siksika First Nation; Tsuu T’ina First Nation
Agreement on road construction See Highway 1A: Highway enhancement, agreement with Stoney First Nation on
Community drinking water quality See Water quality: Drinking water in Aboriginal communities
Flood recovery See Floods – Southern Alberta: Aboriginal community recovery
First Nations – Consultation See Aboriginal peoples – Consultation
First Nations – Land claims See Aboriginal peoples – Claims
First Nations children – Education See Aboriginal children – Education
First Nations children – Protective services See Aboriginal children – Protective services
First Nations development fund Annual report ... Ganley RS97; Loewen RS97 Creation ... Rodney RS85 Fund utilization ... Ganley RS80–81, 91–92; Hanson
RS80–81; Horne RS91 Funding ... Ganley RS76, 93; Loewen RS93 Projects funded, audit ... Ganley RS97; Loewen RS97
First Nations ministry See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
First Nations opportunities forum See Alberta First Nations Opportunities Forum
First Nations people See Aboriginal peoples
First Nations people – Urban residence See Aboriginal peoples – Urban residence
Fiscal plan 5-year plan ... Mason RS7; van Dijken RS7 Consolidated reporting ... Ceci RS44; Kleinsteuber
RS44 General remarks ... Ceci RS28 Revenue forecasts See Revenue; Revenue: Forecasts
Fiscal planning and transparency act Consolidated reporting provisions See Fiscal plan:
Consolidated reporting Fiscal policy
Government borrowing See Capital projects: Funding by borrowing
Government borrowing for operational expenses See Debts, public: Borrowing for operational expenses
Government spending ... Ceci RS49; Cyr RS49 Government spending, inflation plus population growth
... Ceci RS40, 46; Clark RS40; Fildebrandt RS46
Fiscal policy (continued) Government spending, response to economic conditions
... Ceci RS40; Clark RS40 Fisheries
Management, funding for ... Loewen RS128; Phillips RS128
Fisheries ministry See Ministry of Environment and Parks
Fishing licences, credit recovery program See Wildlife management: Credit recovery program
Flood damage mitigation Aboriginal communities ... Ganley RS76 Capital funding ... Phillips RS122 Community resilience program ... Clark RS136;
MacIntyre RS141; Phillips RS141; Werry RS136, 142
Erosion control program ... Loewen RS131; Phillips RS131
Floodway relocation program ... Clark RS18, 66; Larivee RS66; Mason RS18
Floodway relocation program, home demolition guidelines ... Clark RS66; Larivee RS66
Impact on development restrictions ... Clark RS65–66, 135–136; Larivee RS65–66; Phillips RS135–36
Impact on flood modelling ... Fraser RS133; Phillips RS133; Werry RS133
Interministry co-ordination ... Clark RS65; Larivee RS65–66
Interministry co-ordination, Auditor General’s recommendations on ... Clark RS136; Phillips RS136; Werry RS136
Flood damage mitigation – Bow River TransAlta Ghost River infrastructure use agreement
negotiations ... Drever RS137; Phillips RS137 Working group ... Drever RS137; Phillips RS137
Flood damage mitigation – Calgary and area Mitigation projects ... Clark RS136; Phillips RS138;
Werry RS136; Woollard RS138 Springbank reservoir construction ... Clark RS18, 135,
136; Drever RS136; Mason RS12, 18; Phillips RS122, 135, 136–137, 138; van Dijken RS12; Werry RS135, 136; Woollard RS138
Springbank reservoir maintenance ... Mason RS12; van Dijken RS12
Flood damage mitigation – High River Funding ... Larivee RS60; Mason RS12; Stier RS60;
van Dijken RS12 Mitigation projects, funding for ... Phillips RS138;
Woollard RS138 Flood damage mitigation – Mountain View (county)
See Flood damage mitigation – Red Deer River Flood damage mitigation – Red Deer River
Funding ... MacIntyre RS141; Phillips RS141; Werry RS142
Mitigation project planning ... MacIntyre RS141–42; Werry RS142
Flood damage mitigation – Sundre See Flood damage mitigation – Red Deer River
Flood plains Development restrictions in floodways, regulation ...
Clark RS65, 135–136; Larivee RS65; Phillips RS135–36
Floodway buyout program ... Clark RS136; Phillips RS136
Mapping ... Clark RS65, 135; Fraser RS133; Larivee RS65; Phillips RS133; Werry RS133, 135
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Flood plains (continued) Mapping, funding for ... Loewen RS130–31; Phillips
RS122, 130; Werry RS130–31 Mapping, timeline on ... Loewen RS130; Werry RS130
Floods Monitoring system See Water management Recovery programs, Auditor General’s
recommendations on ... Clark RS136; Phillips RS136; Werry RS136
Floods – High River Firearm collection by emergency responders ... Johnson
RS150 Flood recovery funding ... Loewen RS131; Phillips
RS131 Floods – Southern Alberta
2013 floods, community stabilization funding ... Loewen RS131; Phillips RS131
Aboriginal community recovery ... Clark RS88–89; Ganley RS76, 88–89, 96; Kazim RS96
Aboriginal community recovery, federal funding ... Clark RS89; Ganley RS89
Aboriginal community recovery, home construction ... Clark RS89; Ganley RS89
Provincial response, MNP review of ... Dang RS72; Larivee RS72, 73; Stier RS73
Recovery, federal funding ... Clark RS89 FNDF
See First Nations development fund FNMI (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit)
See Aboriginal peoples FNMI (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) children –
Education See Aboriginal children – Education
FNMI (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) children – Protective services See Aboriginal children – Protective services
Foreign trade – China See International trade – China
Forest fires – Control See Wildfires – Control
Forest fires – Slave Lake See Wildfires – Slave Lake
Fort McMurray Land exchange ... Mason RS26; van Dijken RS26 Urban development subregion plan, land sales (leases
for access), cancellations ... Aheer RS101–2; McCuaig-Boyd RS101–2
Fort McMurray bridges See Bridges – Fort McMurray: High-load bridge
over Clearwater River Fort McMurray roads
See Highway 63 Fort Saskatchewan bridges
See Bridges – Construction: Projects funded Fracking (engineering)
See Hydraulic fracturing Framework on land-use
See Land-use framework Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Information requests under act, paperless ... Davis RS123; Loewen RS123; Phillips RS123; Werry RS123
Freehold land Adverse possession (squatters’ rights) ... Johnson
RS153; Reynolds RS152–53
Freehold land (continued) Adverse possession (squatters’ rights), motion to abolish
... Drysdale RS163 Adverse possession (squatters’ rights), motion to abolish
ruled out of order ... Chair (Goehring) RS163; Drysdale RS163–64
Adverse possession (squatters’ rights) abolition proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.03) ... Babcock RS154–55; Johnson RS149, 154–155; Woollard RS154
Adverse possession (squatters’ rights) abolition proposed, other jurisdictions ... Horne RS155; Johnson RS155
Adverse possession (squatters’ rights) abolition proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.03), motion to refer recommendation to Justice and Solicitor General ministry for review (Woollard: carried) ... Clark RS162; Cooper RS162; Drysdale RS162; MacIntyre RS162–63; Stier RS163; Woollard RS162
Landowner property rights ... Johnson RS147–48 Landowner rights, Infrastructure and Transportation
minister’s remarks ... Cooper RS165 Landowner surface rights ... Johnson RS150;
Kleinsteuber RS150 Landowner surface rights review by committee, motion
on (Cooper: defeated) ... Aheer RS166; Chair (Goehring) RS165–66; Clark RS165; Cooper RS157–58, 165–166; Loewen RS166; MacIntyre RS166, 167; Reynolds RS158; Stier RS166; Sucha RS164–65
Landowner surface rights review by committee, motion on (Cooper: defeated), recorded vote ... RS167
Fund, Alberta heritage savings trust See Alberta heritage savings trust fund
Fund, building Canada See Building Canada fund
Fund, building Canada, new Small communities component See Small
communities fund (federal-provincial-municipal initiative)
Fund, federal gas tax See Gas tax fund (federal)
Gainers AIMCo investment in ... Ceci RS42; Clark RS42
Gaming (gambling) Provincial strategy ... McIver RS39
Gas Provincial strategy ... MacIntyre RS104; McCuaig-
Boyd RS104 Gas and oil industries
See Energy industries Gas industry
Value-added products ... Kazim RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS113
Gas leases See Energy industries: Oil and gas leases
Gas royalties See Royalty structure (energy resources)
Gas royalty revenue See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue
Gas tax fund (federal) Municipal funding ... Larivee RS54; Pickering RS54;
Stier RS54 Municipal funding criteria ... Dang RS67; Larivee
RS67
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Gas wells, abandoned Levy on See Orphan well levy (abandoned oil and
gas wells) Ghost River flood mitigation
Ghost River infrastructure use in flood mitigation See Flood damage mitigation – Bow River: TransAlta Ghost River infrastructure use agreement negotiations
GIPOT See Municipalities – Finance: Grants in place of
taxes (GIPOT) Global warming strategy
See Climate change strategy Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Review ... Loewen RS129; Phillips RS129 Government agencies, boards and commissions
Aboriginal participation ... Ganley RS95; McIver RS95 Review ... Ceci RS45; Fildebrandt RS45–46
Government contracts See Capital projects: Contract tenders Environment and Parks ministry See Ministry of
Environment and Parks: Contract services Road maintenance and repair See Roads –
Maintenance and repair: Contracted services Government departments
Staff, number of ... Bhullar RS47; Ceci RS47 Government ministries
Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) ... Ceci RS38, 48; Kleinsteuber RS47–48; McIver RS38
Government policies Economic development policy ... Babcock RS117;
McCuaig-Boyd RS117 Energy policies See Energy industries: Policy
development Green economy ... Loewen RS131–32; Phillips
RS131–32 Green economy, impact on job creation ... Loewen
RS141; Phillips RS141 Greening government ... Davis RS124; Loewen RS123,
129; Phillips RS129 Government savings/spending
See Fiscal policy Government services ministry
See Ministry of Service Alberta Government vehicles
Environmental considerations ... Davis RS123–24; Phillips RS123
Grande Cache airport See Airports – Grande Cache
Gravel mining See Sand and gravel mining; Sand and gravel mining
Green economy See Government policies: Green economy
Greenhouse effect strategy See Climate change strategy
Greenhouse gas mitigation Reduction strategies ... Loewen RS127, 131; Phillips
RS127, 131 GreenTRIP program
Projects funded See Public transit: GreenTRIP program funding
Handicapped persons See Persons with developmental disabilities; Persons
with disabilities
Hazard preparedness See Emergency management
Health board, single See Alberta Health Services Board
Health ministry See Ministry of Health
Health Services Board, Alberta See Alberta Health Services Board
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) See Bitumen
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) – Development See Oil sands development
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) – Development – Tailings ponds See Tailings ponds
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) – Environmental aspects See Oil sands development – Environmental aspects
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) royalties See Royalty structure (energy resources)
Heavy oil (synthetic crude) royalty revenue See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue
Henday Drive See Anthony Henday Drive
Heritage savings trust fund, Alberta See Alberta heritage savings trust fund
High River – Flood damage mitigation See Flood damage mitigation – High River
High River flood damage mitigation See Flood damage mitigation – High River
Highway 1 Interchanges, safety assessment ... Aheer RS22 Interchanges, safety assessments ... Mason RS22 Interchanges proposed See Road construction:
Interchanges Highway 1A
Highway enhancement ... Mason RS16; McIver RS15–16
Highway enhancement, agreement with Stoney First Nation on ... Ganley RS95; McIver RS94–95
Highway 2 [See also Queen Elizabeth II highway] Bypass at Claresholm and Nanton ... Mason RS12; van
Dijken RS12 Dunvegan bridge See Bridges – Dunvegan Edmonton 41 Avenue interchange, funding for ... Mason
RS26; van Dijken RS26 Interchanges proposed See Road construction:
Interchanges Highway 3
Twinning ... Mason RS12; van Dijken RS12 Highway 8
Highway upgrade See Road construction: Twinning, widening, and expansion, funding for
Twinning proposed ... Mason RS12; van Dijken RS12 Highway 19
Highway upgrade ... Drysdale RS26; Mason RS12, 20; McIver RS15; Sucha RS20; van Dijken RS11–12
Highway 22 Congestion ... Mason RS16; McIver RS16
Highway 28 Highway upgrade ... Mason RS12, 17; McIver RS17;
van Dijken RS12
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Highway 36 Maintenance and repair ... Mason RS7; van Dijken
RS7 Highway 41
Wild Horse border crossing upgrade ... Mason RS16; McIver RS16
Highway 42 See Roads – Penhold
Highway 43 Twinning ... Drysdale RS15; Mason RS15
Highway 60 Highway upgrade ... Drysdale RS26
Highway 63 Twinning ... Kleinsteuber RS20; Mason RS6, 11, 13,
20, 23; McIver RS23; van Dijken RS11 Highway 566
Interchanges proposed See Road construction: Interchanges
Highway 611 Bridges See Bridges – Construction: Projects funded
Highway 791 Highway 1 interchange See Highway 1: Interchanges Interchanges proposed See Road construction:
Interchanges Highway 881
Highway upgrade ... Mason RS11; van Dijken RS11 Highway construction
See Road construction Highway construction ministry
See Ministry of Transportation Highway maintenance
See Roads – Maintenance and repair Highway safety
See Traffic safety Highwood River
Inundation and flood hazard mapping See Flood plains: Mapping, funding for
History Residential school history, commission on See Truth
and Reconciliation Commission Hobbema (former name) bridge
See Bridges – Construction: Projects funded Home construction
New-home buyer protection, administration ... Larivee RS74; Stier RS74
New-home buyer protection, exemptions for owner-builders ... Drysdale RS62; Larivee RS62; Pickering RS63
Home construction in aboriginal communities See Floods – Southern Alberta: Aboriginal
community recovery, home construction Home heating
See Electric power; Gas Horse racing and breeding renewal program
Revenue ... Ceci RS50; Cyr RS50 Hourihan, Peter, office
See Ombudsman’s office Housing for persons with disabilities
Safety codes See Persons with disabilities: Housing safety codes
Human Services ministry See Ministry of Human Services
Hunting Damage control licences ... Loewen RS128; Phillips
RS128 Suffield elk hunt See Elk – Suffield
Hunting licences, credit recovery program See Wildlife management: Credit recovery program
Hydraulic fracturing Water management ... Loewen RS127–28; Phillips
RS127–28; Ridge RS127 I Am a Kind Man
See Aboriginal women – Violence against: Programs and services, funding for
Immigration ministry See Ministry of Human Services
Improvement districts Basic municipal transportation grant funding See
Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
Income tax Rate ... Ceci RS36; Fildebrandt RS36 Rate increase, impact on high net worth payers ...
Bhullar RS37; Ceci RS37 Revenue from See Revenue: Tax revenue forecasts
Indefeasible title on land See Land titles: Torrens system (indefeasible title)
Indigenous children – Education See Aboriginal children – Education
Indigenous children – Protective services See Aboriginal children – Protective services
Indigenous land claims See Aboriginal peoples – Claims
Indigenous peoples See Aboriginal peoples; Métis
Indigenous peoples – Consultation See Aboriginal peoples – Consultation
Indigenous peoples – Land claims See Aboriginal peoples – Claims
Indigenous peoples – Urban residence See Aboriginal peoples – Urban residence
Industrial property tax Combined low-expenditure tax assessment (CLEA) See
Property tax: Linear property assessment Information management services (government
ministry) See Ministry of Service Alberta
Infrastructure See Capital plan; Capital projects Funding, STIP program See Strategic transportation
infrastructure program Infrastructure – Construction
See Capital projects Infrastructure, municipal, funding for
See Municipal sustainability initiative Infrastructure ministry
Disaster recovery program mandate See Disaster recovery program: Interministerial co-ordination
Fund transfer to Transportation ministry for Fort McMurray land exchange See Fort McMurray: Land exchange
Infrastructure sustainability plan, comprehensive See Oil sands development: Comprehensive regional
infrastructure sustainability plan (CRISP) Innovation and technology commercialization agency
See Alberta Enterprise Corporation
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Institute of law research and reform, Alberta See Alberta Law Reform Institute
Insurance agency, agricultural Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program
See Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program
Intellectually disabled See Persons with developmental disabilities
Intergovernmental relations See Aboriginal peoples – Consultation Energy minister’s role See Ministry of Energy Premier’s role See Office of the Premier
International economic relations – China See International trade – China
International trade – China Technology and information sharing agreement ...
Gotfried RS120; McCuaig-Boyd RS120 Introduced species
Aquatic species See Mussels Invasive species
Aquatic species See Mussels Investment Management Corporation, Alberta
See Alberta Investment Management Corporation JACOS
Cost sharing on road construction See Road construction: Corporate cost sharing
Japan Canada Oil Sands Cost sharing on road construction See Road
construction: Corporate cost sharing Job creation
Construction industry jobs See Capital projects: Job creation
Dodge report recommendations ... Clark RS18; Mason RS13, 18; van Dijken RS13
General remarks ... Mason RS6 Grant program ... Ceci RS43; Kleinsteuber RS43 Green economy See Government policies: Green
economy, impact on job creation Johnson, Karen (Acting Property Rights Advocate)
Appointment See Property Rights Advocate: Appointment of Acting Property Rights Advocate
Joint Accountability Review Committee Recommendations on Accountability, Enforcement, and
Public Interest Provisions See Métis settlements: Governance, report on
Joint oil sands monitoring initiative See Oil sands development – Environmental aspects:
Joint provincial/federal monitoring Justice and Solicitor General ministry
See Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General Justice system administration
See Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General Keystone XL pipeline
See Pipelines – Construction: TransCanada Keystone XL project
Kitaskinaw Tribal Council Provincial letter of intent to support ... Ganley RS90;
Horne RS90 KPMG
Disaster recovery program report See Disaster recovery program: KPMG 2012 report
Lake aeration See Aeration of lakes
Land claims, aboriginal See Aboriginal peoples – Claims
Land Compensation Board Complaints resolution process ... Johnson RS152;
Reynolds RS152 Land conservation
Land trust grants ... Phillips RS123 Special areas See Castle special management area
Land expropriation See Expropriation
Land ownership See Freehold land
Land planning, integrated (public/private lands) See Land-use framework
Land policy Funding for ... Loewen RS127; Phillips RS127
Land reclamation See Reclamation of land
Land Statutes Act Adverse possession (squatter’s rights) provision See
Freehold land Land tenure
See Freehold land Land Title Act
Review proposed ... Johnson RS149 Land titles
Torrens system (indefeasible title) ... Johnson RS149 Land use
Efficient use, policy directive ... Phillips RS144; Swann RS144
Land-use framework Air quality component ... Loewen RS124; Phillips
RS124–25 Cumulative effects approach ... Swann RS144; Werry
RS144 Implementation ... Fraser RS119; McCuaig-Boyd
RS119 Implementation, specific plans See Lower Athabasca
regional plan (land-use framework); South Saskatchewan regional plan (land-use framework)
Land Use Secretariat See Alberta Land Use Secretariat
LandLink Disaster recovery program administration termination
See Disaster recovery program: Administration Disaster recovery program administration termination,
IT system purchase related to See Disaster recovery program: IT system, funding for
Landowner rights advocate See Property Rights Advocate
LAPP Board of Trustees See Local Authorities Pension Plan Board of
Trustees LARP
See Lower Athabasca regional plan (land-use framework)
Law Reform Institute, Alberta See Alberta Law Reform Institute
Learning ministry See Ministry of Education Interministry co-ordination with Aboriginal Relations
ministry See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations: Interministry co-ordination
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Learning ministry (continued) Operating expenses See Ministry of Transportation:
Operating expenses, comparison with other ministries
Legislative Assembly member privileges See Privileges of the Assembly
Legislative policy committees See Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Lemke court case See PetroGlobe Inc. v. Lemke, 2014 ABSRB 401
Libraries Funding ... Babcock RS67–68; Larivee RS67–68 Support for ... Drysdale RS71; Larivee RS71
Light rail transit See Public transit – Calgary; Public transit –
Edmonton Limitations Act
Amendments ... Johnson RS153; Reynolds RS153 Review proposed ... Johnson RS149
Linear property tax See Property tax: Linear property assessment
Loan agencies, agricultural Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program
See Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program
Local Authorities Pension Plan Board of Trustees General remarks ... Ceci RS28
Local road bridge program Funding ... Drysdale RS22–23; Mason RS10, 23; van
Dijken RS10 Local transit
See Public transit Lower Athabasca regional plan (land-use framework)
Cumulative effects approach ... Swann RS144; Werry RS144
First Nations reviews ... Phillips RS142; Starke RS142 Land sales (leases for access), cancellations ... Aheer
RS101–2; McCuaig-Boyd RS101–2 New park proposals ... Loewen RS129–30; Phillips
RS129–30 Plan status ... Phillips RS144; Swann RS144
LRT (light rail transit) See Public transit – Calgary; Public transit –
Edmonton LTAs
See Métis settlements: Long-term agreements Lubicon Lake First Nation
Housing, funding for ... Ganley RS82–83; Hanson RS82–83
Land claim ... Ganley RS84; Hanson RS83–84; Kazim RS90
School construction ... Ganley RS90; Horne RS90 Main estimates of supply
See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures) Management Employees Pension Board
General remarks ... Ceci RS28 Maskwa House of Learning
See University of Alberta: Maskwa House of Learning
Maskwacis bridges See Bridges – Construction: Projects funded
McLean Creek flood mitigation See Flood damage mitigation – Calgary and area
Members of the Legislative Assembly Compensation freeze proposed ... Ceci RS34;
Fildebrandt RS34 Members’ privileges
See Privileges of the Assembly Métis
[See also Aboriginal peoples] Recognition as Indians under the Constitution Act,
1867, Supreme Court decision ... Ganley RS92; Horne RS92
Métis (government department) See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations
Métis children – Education See Aboriginal children – Education
Métis children – Protective services See Aboriginal children – Protective services
Métis Nation of Alberta Funding ... Ganley RS76 Provincial government relations with ... Ganley RS92;
Horne RS92 Métis relations ministry
See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations Métis settlements
Basic municipal transportation grant funding See Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
Community drinking water quality See Water quality: Drinking water in aboriginal communities
Consultation policy ... Ganley RS92; Horne RS92 Governance, report on ... Ganley RS82; Hanson RS82 Infrastructure funding ... Ganley RS76, 83; Hanson
RS83 Long-term agreements ... Ganley RS79–80; Hanson
RS79–80, 98; Rodney RS85 Membership lists ... Ganley RS80, 98; Hanson RS80,
98 Sustainability ... Drysdale RS71; Larivee RS71
Métis Settlements Appeal Tribunal Performance measures ... Ganley RS82; Hanson RS82
Métis Settlements General Council Provincial agreement on governance and accountability
... Ganley RS79; Hanson RS79 MGA
See Municipal Government Act MGB
See Municipal Government Board Mill rates (education funding)
See Property tax – Education levy Mines and mining
Conservation and reclamation policy See Land policy Industry submissions to climate change strategy review
See Climate change strategy: Review, submissions by coal industry
Sand and gravel See Sand and gravel mining Ministers of the Environment, Canadian Council of
See Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations Business plan 2015-2018 ... Ganley RS81, 91–92;
Hanson RS81; Kazim RS91; Rodney RS87 Business plan 2015-2018, priority initiatives ... Ganley
RS85–86, 96–97; Kazim RS96; Rodney RS85–86 Business plan 2015-2018 terminology, “aboriginal” vs.
“indigenous” ... Rodney RS87
RS Index–16 Resource Stewardship 2015-2016 Subject Index
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations (continued) Collaboration on drinking water quality See Water
quality: Drinking water in aboriginal communities, crossministry collaboration on
Communications budget ... Ganley RS78–79, 86–87; Hanson RS78–79; Rodney RS86–87
Crossministry collaboration ... Clark RS19, 89–90; Ganley RS90, 95; Mason RS19; McIver RS95; Rodney RS85
Crossministry collaboration, professional and cultural competency building ... Ganley RS95; McIver RS95
Education budget ... Rodney RS87 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder initiative See Fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder: Programs and services for aboriginal people, crossministry team
Interministry co-ordination ... Ganley RS76 Legal support services ... Ganley RS76 Main estimates 2015-2016 debate ... Aheer RS93, 97;
Clark RS87–90; Ganley RS75–98; Hanson RS77–84, 92–93, 97, 98; Horne RS90–92, 96; Kazim RS90–91, 96–97; Loewen RS93–94, 97–98; McIver RS94–95; Rodney RS84–87, 98
Main estimates 2015-2016 debate, point of order on debate (withdrawn) See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures): Main estimates debate procedure, questions by members, point of order (withdrawn)
Main estimates debate procedure See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures): Main estimates debate procedure
Mandate on Calgary ring road land transfer See Tsuu T’ina First Nation: Land transfer agreement for Calgary ring road, Aboriginal Relations ministry role
Minister’s office expenses ... Ganley RS78; Hanson RS78
Minister’s travel expenses ... Ganley RS90–91; Kazim RS90–91
Ministry support services ... Ganley RS77; Hanson RS77
Operating expenses ... Ganley RS76, 78; Hanson RS78 Operating expenses, ministry support services ... Ganley
RS97–98; Loewen RS97–98 Premier’s letter ... Ganley RS78 Staff compensation ... Ganley RS76 Staff complement ... Ganley RS86; Rodney RS86
Ministry of Advanced Education Operating expenses See Ministry of Transportation:
Operating expenses, comparison with other ministries
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Crossministry initiatives ... Babcock RS117; McCuaig-
Boyd RS117 Partnerships with industry ... Fraser RS116; McCuaig-
Boyd RS116 Ministry of Education
Departmental budget ... McCuaig-Boyd RS100 Interministry co-ordination with Aboriginal Relations
ministry See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations: Interministry co-ordination
Operating expenses See Ministry of Transportation: Operating expenses, comparison with other ministries
Ministry of Energy Business plan 2015-2018 ... Aheer RS101, 102–103,
106, 119; Babcock RS113; Clark RS110–11; Fraser RS109–10, 116, 119; Kazim RS113; MacIntyre RS103–5; McCuaig-Boyd RS101, 102–105, 106, 109–110, 110–111, 113, 116, 119
Business plan 2015-2018, innovation goals ... Fraser RS116
Communications expenses ... Aheer RS102; McCuaig-Boyd RS102
Innovation mandate ... McCuaig-Boyd RS116 IT system, funding for ... Aheer RS107–8; McCuaig-
Boyd RS107–8 Main estimates 2015-2016 debate ... Aheer RS101–3,
106–108, 118–119; Babcock RS111–14, 117–118; Clark RS110–11; Fraser RS108–10, 115–116, 119; Gotfried RS119–20; Kazim RS112–14, 117–118; MacIntyre RS103–6, 114–115, 118–119; McCuaig-Boyd RS100–120
Minister’s meeting with federal Natural Resources minister on west coast oil tanker ban See Energy resources – Export: West coast crude oil tanker ban, Energy minister’s meeting with federal Natural Resources minister on
Minister’s meetings with industry ... Fraser RS110; McCuaig-Boyd RS110
Minister’s office expenses ... Aheer RS102; Babcock RS114; McCuaig-Boyd RS102, 114
Minister’s relationships with other energy ministers ... Babcock RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS113
Minister’s travel to China See Trade missions: Energy minister’s travel to China
Operational expenses ... Aheer RS107; McCuaig-Boyd RS107
Operational funding ... McCuaig-Boyd RS100 Other revenue ... Aheer RS108; McCuaig-Boyd RS108 Oversight of North West bitumen upgrading project ...
Ceci RS36; Fildebrandt RS36 Partnerships with industry ... Fraser RS108–9, 115–
116; McCuaig-Boyd RS108–9, 115–116 Promotion of investment, crossministry initiatives See
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade: Crossministry initiatives
Resource development and management, funding for ... Aheer RS107–8; Babcock RS112–13; Kazim RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS107–8, 112–113
Revenue, bonuses and sale of Crown leases ... Aheer RS108; McCuaig-Boyd RS108
Review of oil and gas industry liabilities See Reclamation of land: Energy industry liabilities, review of
Ministry of Environment and Parks Air partnership See Clean Air Strategic Alliance Business plan 2015-2018 ... Clark RS135, 136; Drever
RS137; Fraser RS132–33; Loewen RS129–30, 131, 141; Phillips RS122, 129–130, 131, 132–133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 141; Starke RS134; Werry RS135
Business plan 2015-2018, health-related priorities ... Fraser RS133; Phillips RS133
Climate change strategy mandate See Climate change strategy: Environment and Parks ministry mandate
Collaboration on drinking water quality See Water quality: Drinking water in aboriginal communities, crossministry collaboration on
2015-2016 Subject Index Resource Stewardship RS Index–17
Ministry of Environment and Parks (continued) Communications expenses ... Loewen RS124; Phillips
RS124 Contract services ... Loewen RS125; Phillips RS125 Deputy minister’s office expenses ... Loewen RS123;
Werry RS123 Disaster recovery program mandate See Disaster
recovery program: Interministerial co-ordination Disclosure of information ... Loewen RS123; Phillips
RS123; Werry RS123 Human resource expenses ... Davis RS124; Loewen
RS124, 125; Phillips RS124, 125 Main estimates 2015-2016 debate ... Clark RS135–36;
Davis RS123–24, 128; Donelon RS130; Drever RS136–37; Fraser RS132–33, 142–143; Loewen RS123–32, 140–141; MacIntyre RS141–42; Phillips RS121–45; Ridge RS126–27, 132–133, 140–141; Rosendahl RS137–40; Starke RS133–35, 142; Swann RS143–45; Werry RS123–24, 128, 130–131, 133–136, 139, 142, 144; Woollard RS137–39, 145
Main estimates debate procedure See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures)
Minister’s meeting with Saskatchewan’s environment minister on invasive mussels ... Phillips RS142; Starke RS142
Minister’s meetings with other environment ministers See Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment
Minister’s office expenses ... Loewen RS123; Phillips RS123
Minister’s remarks on Red Deer’s air quality See Air quality – Red Deer: Environment and Parks minister’s remarks
Minister’s travel expenses ... Loewen RS124; Phillips RS124
Oil sands development oversight See Oil sands development: Comprehensive regional infrastructure sustainability plans (CRISP)
Oversight of energy industry land reclamation See Reclamation of land: Projects completed
Paper use ... Davis RS123–24; Loewen RS123; Phillips RS123; Werry RS123
Review of oil and gas industry liabilities See Reclamation of land: Energy industry liabilities, review of
Springbank reservoir maintenance See Flood damage mitigation – Calgary and area: Springbank reservoir maintenance
Staff technical expertise ... Swann RS144–45 Staff travel expenses ... Davis RS124; Loewen RS124;
Phillips RS124 Transfer of responsibilities to Alberta Energy Regulator
... Babcock RS117; McCuaig-Boyd RS117 Urban drilling task force participation See Energy
industries: Urban drilling, task force on Ministry of Health
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder initiative See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Programs and services for aboriginal people, crossministry team
Mandate on drug misuse and addiction ... Clark RS90; Ganley RS90
Operating expenses [See also Ministry of Transportation: Operating expenses, comparison with other ministries]; Mason RS7
Programs and services for aboriginal people See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations: Crossministry collaboration
Ministry of Human Services Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder initiative See Fetal
alcohol spectrum disorder: Programs and services for aboriginal people, crossministry team
Interministry co-ordination with Aboriginal Relations ministry See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations: Interministry co-ordination
Mandate on child protective services ... Ganley RS91; Horne RS91
Operating expenses See Ministry of Transportation: Operating expenses, comparison with other ministries
Programs and services for aboriginal people See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations: Crossministry collaboration
Ministry of Infrastructure Disaster recovery program mandate See Disaster
recovery program: Interministerial co-ordination Fund transfer to Transportation ministry for Fort
McMurray land exchange See Fort McMurray: Land exchange
Minister’s remarks on landowner rights See Freehold land: Landowner rights, Infrastructure and Transportation minister’s remarks
Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General Legislative oversight ... Johnson RS149 Mandate on Property Rights Advocate See Property
Rights Advocate: Justice and Solicitor General ministry oversight of
Oversight of Property Rights Advocate’s office ... Cooper RS151–52; Johnson RS148, 150, 152; MacIntyre RS150
Property Rights Advocate recommendation referral to proposed See Freehold land: Adverse possession (squatters’ rights) abolition proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.03), motion to refer recommendation to Justice and Solicitor General ministry for review (Woollard: carried)
Ministry of Municipal Affairs Assessment services branch ... Larivee RS73–74; Stier
RS73–74 Business plan 2015-2018 ... Larivee RS54, 57;
Pickering RS54; Stier RS54 Business plan 2015-2018, performance measures ...
Drysdale RS74; Larivee RS74 Business plan 2015-2018, priority initiatives ...
Drysdale RS63; Larivee RS55, 63; Stier RS55 Business plan 2015-2018 desired outcomes ... Drysdale
RS71; Larivee RS71 Disaster recovery program mandate See Disaster
recovery program: Interministerial co-ordination Interministry co-ordination with Aboriginal Relations
ministry See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations: Interministry co-ordination
Main estimates 2015-2016 debate ... Babcock RS67–68, 72, 73; Clark RS63–66; Dang RS66–69, 71–72; Drysdale RS61–63, 70–71, 74; Larivee RS51–74; Pickering RS54, 57, 63; Schreiber RS59–60, 63, 64–65, 69–70; Stier RS53–61, 69–70, 73–74
Main estimates debate procedure See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures): Main estimates debate procedure
Mandate ... Larivee RS52 Municipal assessment services, funding for ... Larivee
RS73; Stier RS73 Operating expenses ... Larivee RS52
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Ministry of Municipal Affairs (continued) Property Rights Advocate recommendation referral to
proposed See Municipal Government Act: Inclusion of quasi-judicial dispute resolution process for landowner-municipality disputes proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.02), motion to refer recommendation to Municipal Affairs ministry for review (Babcock: carried)
Public safety services, central operations ... Larivee RS74; Stier RS74
Ministry of Service Alberta Legislative oversight ... Johnson RS149
Ministry of Transportation 5-year capital budget ... Mason RS7; van Dijken RS7 Business plan 2015-2018 ... Clark RS19; Mason RS6,
9, 15, 19, 24; McIver RS15; Sucha RS24; van Dijken RS9
Business plan 2015-2018, desired outcomes ... Mason RS24–25; Sucha RS24–25
Business plan performance measures ... Clark RS17; Mason RS17
Collaboration on drinking water quality See Water quality: Drinking water in aboriginal communities, crossministry collaboration on
Deputy minister’s office expenses ... Mason RS21; van Dijken RS21
Fund transfer from Infrastructure ministry for Fort McMurray land exchange See Fort McMurray: Land exchange
Interaction with Aboriginal Relations ministry on road construction in aboriginal communities ... Ganley RS94–95; McIver RS94–95
Main estimates 2015-2016, amounts not required to be voted ... Mason RS26; van Dijken RS26
Main estimates 2015-2016 debate ... Aheer RS21–22; Clark RS17–19; Drysdale RS13–15, 22–23, 26; Kleinsteuber RS19–21; Mason RS5–26; McIver RS15–17, 23–24; Sucha RS19–21, 24–25; van Dijken RS7–13, 21, 22, 25–26
Main estimates 2015-2016 debate, amendment presented ... Aheer RS21
Main estimates debate procedure See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures): Main estimates debate procedure
Mandate ... Mason RS6 Minister’s office expense reduction, amendment
presented ... Aheer RS21 Minister’s office expenses reduction, amendment
presented ... Aheer RS21 Minister’s remarks on landowner rights See Freehold
land: Landowner rights, Infrastructure and Transportation minister’s remarks
Ministry support services ... van Dijken RS13, 21 Operating expenses ... Mason RS11; van Dijken RS11 Operating expenses, comparison with other ministries ...
Mason RS7; van Dijken RS7 Participation in working group on Uber See Ride-
sharing services: Uber operations, crossministry working group
Results-based budgeting ... Mason RS16; McIver RS16 Strategic services ... Mason RS13; van Dijken RS13
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance Business plan 2015-2018 ... Ceci RS28 Business plan 2015-2018, desired outcomes ... Ceci
RS28–029, 35, 39; Fildebrandt RS35; McIver RS39 Business plan 2015-2018, performance measures ...
Ceci RS32; Fildebrandt RS32, 46
Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance (continued) Communications expenses ... Ceci RS45; Fildebrandt
RS45 Funding decrease ... Ceci RS29 Main estimates 2015-2016, amendment presented ...
Stier RS45 Main estimates 2015-2016 debate ... Bhullar RS37–38,
46–47; Ceci RS27–50; Clark RS40–42; Cyr RS49–50; Dang RS43–45, 48–49; Fildebrandt RS29––37, 45–46; Kleinsteuber RS42–44, 48; McIver RS38–39; Stier RS45
Main estimates 2015-2016 debate, amendment presented ... Stier RS45
Main estimates debate procedure See Estimates of Supply (government expenditures): Main estimates debate procedure
Mandate ... Ceci RS28 Minister’s office expense reduction, amendment
presented ... Stier RS45 Minister’s office expenses ... Ceci RS45; Clark RS42;
Fildebrandt RS45 Operating expense reallocation ... Ceci RS39; McIver
RS39 Operating expenses ... Ceci RS42, 49; Clark RS42;
Cyr RS49 Staff compensation, severance ... Ceci RS45;
Fildebrandt RS45 Tax and revenue management, funding for ... Ceci
RS49; Cyr RS49 MLAs
See Members of the Legislative Assembly MNA
See Métis Nation of Alberta MNP
Review of 2013 flood response See Floods – Southern Alberta: Provincial response, MNP review of
Motions (procedure) Landowner surface rights review by committee, motion
on (Cooper: defeated), recorded vote ... RS167 Preambles ... Reynolds RS158
Motions (committee) Adverse possession (squatters’ rights), motion to abolish
ruled out of order ... RS163–64 Adverse possession (squatters’ rights) abolition
proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.03), recommendation referred to Justice and Solicitor General ministry for review (Woollard: carried) ... RS162–63
Municipal Government Act, inclusion of quasi-judicial dispute resolution process for landowner-municipality disputes proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.02), committee to refer recommendation to Municipal Affairs ministry for review (Babcock: carried) ... RS160–62
Property Rights Advocate Act, section 4, proposed amendments, committee acceptance of (Kleinsteuber: carried) ... RS160
Property Rights Advocate annual report 2014, committee report, chair authorized to approve (Babcock: carried) ... RS164
Surface Rights Act, section 36, Surface Rights Board jurisdiction in case of bankruptcy, amendments proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.04), recommendation referred to Environment and Parks ministry to seek an opinion from Justice ministry (Dang: carried) ... RS163
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Motions (committee) (continued) Surface rights review (Cooper: defeated) ... RS157–58,
165–167 Teleconferencing permitted for the 29th Legislature
(Drysdale: carried unanimously) ... RS1–2 Motions (committee) – Recorded votes
Landowner surface rights review by committee, motion on (Cooper: defeated) ... RS167
Motions (procedure) Unanimous motions ... Chair (Kazim) RS1; Reynolds
RS1 Motor vehicle insurance
Review ... Ceci RS28 Mount Royal University
On-campus aboriginal student residences ... Clark RS89; Ganley RS89
MSI See Municipal sustainability initiative
Municipal Affairs ministry See Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Municipal Government Act Dispute resolution provisions, comparison with other
jurisdictions ... Johnson RS153; Woollard RS153 Inclusion of quasi-judicial dispute resolution process for
landowner-municipality disputes proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.02) ... Johnson RS148–49, 150, 153, 154; Kleinsteuber RS153; MacIntyre RS150; Stier RS154
Inclusion of quasi-judicial dispute resolution process for landowner-municipality disputes proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.02), motion to refer recommendation to Municipal Affairs ministry for review (Babcock: carried) ... Babcock RS160, 161–162; Cooper RS160–61; Drysdale RS160, 161–162; Loewen RS161; Stier RS161
Property Rights Advocate Act ... Johnson RS153; Woollard RS153
Review ... Drysdale RS61–62; Larivee RS54–55, 57, 61, 71; Pickering RS57; Stier RS54–55, 57
Review, Property Rights Advocate’s input to ... Johnson RS149
Review, public consultation ... Babcock RS68; Larivee RS54–55, 68; Stier RS54–55
Review, timeline on ... Drysdale RS70; Larivee RS70 Municipal Government Board
Mandate ... Johnson RS154; Stier RS154 Municipal sustainability initiative
Funding ... Babcock RS67; Drysdale RS14; Larivee RS52, 53–54, 57–58, 67; Mason RS14; Stier RS53–54, 57, 58
Funding allocation ... Larivee RS53; Stier RS53 Funding formula ... Dang RS66; Larivee RS66
Municipal taxes Linear property assessment See Property tax: Linear
property assessment Municipal transit initiative
See Public transit: Municipal transit initiative Municipalities
Boundary review proposed ... Drysdale RS61; Larivee RS61
Capital needs ... Mason RS9; van Dijken RS9 Emergency preparedness ... Dang RS72; Larivee
RS72–73 Ministers’ meetings with rural municipalities ...
Drysdale RS70; Larivee RS70
Municipalities (continued) Provincial appointment of councillors ... Drysdale
RS61–62; Larivee RS61–62 Regional planning ... Drysdale RS62, 70; Larivee
RS56–57, 62, 71; Pickering RS57; Stier RS56–57 Urban drilling task force participation See Energy
industries: Urban drilling, task force on Municipalities – Finance
Basic municipal transportation grant ... Dang RS66–67; Larivee RS52, 66–67
Capital funding ... Drysdale RS14, 71; Larivee RS71; Mason RS6, 14–15
Capital funding, audits ... Mason RS9; van Dijken RS9 Federal gas tax fund See Gas tax fund (federal) Grants in place of taxes (GIPOT) ... Larivee RS52–53 Regional collaboration grants See Alberta community
partnership program Tax assessment on linear property See Property tax:
Linear property assessment Tax revenue ... Ceci RS38; McIver RS38 Taxation authority ... Drysdale RS71; Larivee RS71 Taxes ... Ceci RS36–37; McIver RS36
Mussels Invasive species, border inspections ... Phillips RS142;
Starke RS142 Nanton water/waste-water facility
See Water/waste-water management – Nanton National Energy Board
Pipeline oversight See Pipelines: Interprovincial pipelines, oversight of
Native children – Education See Aboriginal children – Education
Native children – Protective services See Aboriginal children – Protective services
Native communities Community drinking water quality See Water quality:
Drinking water in aboriginal communities Native friendship centres
Funding ... Ganley RS76 Native land claims
See Aboriginal peoples – Claims Native people
See Aboriginal peoples Native peoples
See Aboriginal peoples Native peoples – Consultation
See Aboriginal peoples – Consultation Native peoples – Urban residence
See Aboriginal peoples – Urban residence Native peoples ministry
See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations Natural gas
See Gas Natural gas royalties
See Royalty structure (energy resources) Natural gas royalty revenue
See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue NEB
Pipeline oversight See Pipelines: Interprovincial pipelines, oversight of
New building Canada fund Small communities fund component See Small
communities fund (federal-provincial-municipal initiative)
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New Home Buyer Protection Act Administration See Home construction: New-home
buyer protection, administration New West Partnership
Discussions on recycling standardization ... Loewen RS129; Phillips RS129
General remarks ... Ceci RS44 Nonrenewable resource revenue
See Revenue North West bitumen upgrading project
See Bitumen upgrading: North West project Northern Alberta development grants
Funding ... Ganley RS76 NWP
See New West Partnership Office of the Premier
Premier’s apology to aboriginal peoples See Aboriginal peoples: Premier’s apology to
Premier’s meeting with Alexander First Nation See Alexander First Nation: Premier’s and Aboriginal Relations minister’s meetings with
Premier’s meetings with First Nations See Aboriginal peoples – Consultation: Meetings between Premier, treaty organizations, and First Nations
Premier’s meetings with other Premiers ... Babcock RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS113
Officers of the Legislature See Auditor General
Oil Cost of selling ... Aheer RS107; MacIntyre RS115;
McCuaig-Boyd RS107, 115 Global production ... Kazim RS117; McCuaig-Boyd
RS117 Global production, oil sands contribution See Oil sands
development: Production forecasts Oil – Prices
Forecasts ... MacIntyre RS118; McCuaig-Boyd RS118 General remarks ... McCuaig-Boyd RS100
Oil and gas industries See Energy industries
Oil royalty revenue See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue
Oil sands See Bitumen
Oil sands development Comprehensive regional infrastructure sustainability
plans (CRISP) ... Fraser RS119; McCuaig-Boyd RS119
Production forecasts ... Aheer RS119; MacIntyre RS119; McCuaig-Boyd RS119
Oil sands development – Environmental aspects Joint provincial/federal monitoring ... Phillips RS144;
Swann RS144; Werry RS144 Oil sands development land-related policies
See Land policy Oil sands royalties
See Royalty structure (energy resources) Oil sands royalties in kind
See Bitumen royalty in kind (BRIK) program Oil sands royalty revenue
See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue Oil wells, abandoned
Levy on See Orphan well levy (abandoned oil and gas wells)
Oil wells, abandoned Levy on See Orphan well levy (abandoned oil and
gas wells) Old age security
See Pensions Ombudsman’s office
Mandate ... Johnson RS152; Reynolds RS152 Orphan Well Association
Oversight of energy industry land reclamation See Reclamation of land: Projects completed
Orphan well fund Funding ... Aheer RS107; McCuaig-Boyd RS107
Orphan well levy (abandoned oil and gas wells) Increase ... McCuaig-Boyd RS100–101
Our Water, Our Future – A Conversation with Albertans (consultation) Recommendation implementation See Water policy
OWA (Orphan Well Association) Oversight of energy industry land reclamation See
Reclamation of land: Projects completed P3 capital project financing
See Capital projects: Public-private partnerships (P3)
PAB See Public Affairs Bureau
Parks, provincial [See also Writing-on-Stone provincial park] Aboriginal interpretation programs ... Phillips RS134;
Starke RS134; Werry RS134 Accessibility, underrepresented populations ... Phillips
RS135; Starke RS135 Cost-recovery programs ... Phillips RS134–35; Starke
RS134–35 Funding ... Loewen RS131; Phillips RS131 New parks created under land-use framework See
Lower Athabasca regional plan (land-use framework): New park proposals; South Saskatchewan regional plan (land-use framework): New parks created under land-use framework
Park management plan ... Loewen RS129–30; Phillips RS122, 129–130
Park management plan, public consultation ... Loewen RS130; Phillips RS130
Park reclassification ... Donelon RS130; Loewen RS130; Phillips RS130
Plan for Parks report ... Phillips RS134–35; Starke RS134–35
Parks ministry See Ministry of Environment and Parks
Parliamentary Counsel Committee support ... Chair (Kazim) RS2, 3
Parliamentary privilege See Privileges of the Assembly
PC caucus Resource Stewardship meeting attendance See
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing: Committee member attendance
PDD See Persons with developmental disabilities
Peace River Inundation and flood hazard mapping See Flood
plains: Mapping, funding for Pension plan, Canada
See Canada pension plan
2015-2016 Subject Index Resource Stewardship RS Index–21
Pension plan, local authorities, board of trustees See Local Authorities Pension Plan Board of
Trustees Pensions
Old age security ... Ceci RS28 Persons with developmental disabilities
Housing safety codes, sprinkler systems ... Drysdale RS62; Larivee RS62
Persons with disabilities Housing safety codes, sprinkler systems ... Drysdale
RS62; Larivee RS62 Pesticide policy
See Land policy PetroGlobe Inc. v. Lemke, 2014 ABSRB 401
General remarks ... Babcock RS155; Johnson RS149, 155; Reynolds RS152; Rosendahl RS155
Petroleum industry See Energy industries
Petroleum Marketing Commission North West bitumen upgrader project participation See
Bitumen upgrading: North West project update Petroleum Marketing Commission, Alberta
North West bitumen upgrader project participation See Bitumen upgrading: North West project update
Petroleum prices See Oil – Prices
Pipelines Bitumen transportation ... MacIntyre RS119; McCuaig-
Boyd RS119 General remarks ... Fraser RS116; McCuaig-Boyd
RS116 Interprovincial pipelines, oversight of ... Aheer RS118;
McCuaig-Boyd RS118 Pipelines – Construction
[See also Energy industries: Market access] Energy East project, interprovincial communication on
... Babcock RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS113 Investment in ... Aheer RS102, 103; McCuaig-Boyd
RS102, 103 Pipeline to Port Metro Vancouver ... Mason RS16;
McIver RS16 TransCanada Keystone XL project ... McCuaig-Boyd
RS100 TransMountain project, interprovincial communication
on ... Babcock RS113; McCuaig-Boyd RS113 Pipelines – Environmental aspects
Surveillance and enforcement, Auditor General’s recommendations on ... Kazim RS118; McCuaig-Boyd RS118
Plan for Parks (report) See Parks, provincial: Plan for Parks report
Points of order See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations: Main estimates
2015-2016 debate, point of order on debate (withdrawn)
Policies of government See Government policies
Policy committees, legislative See Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Postsecondary educational institutions See Mount Royal University; University of Alberta
Postsecondary students Aboriginal students, supports for ... Clark RS89;
Ganley RS89
Power, electrical See Electric power
Power plants, electric See Electric power plants
Power purchase agreements See Electric power: Power purchase agreements
(PPAs) PPAs
See Electric power: Power purchase agreements (PPAs)
PRAO See Property Rights Advocate’s office
Premier’s Advisory Committee on the Economy Participation in climate change strategy review See
Climate change strategy: Review, Premier’s advisory council participation
Premier’s office Premier’s letters to ministers See Ministry of
Aboriginal Relations: Premier’s letter Premier’s meeting with Alexander First Nation See
Alexander First Nation: Premier’s and Aboriginal Relations minister’s meetings with
Premier’s meetings with First Nations See Aboriginal peoples – Consultation: Meetings between Premier, treaty organizations, and First Nations
Primco Dene LP Housing development project See Aboriginal peoples:
Economic initiatives funding, projects funded Privacy legislation, public sector
See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Privacy services (government ministry) See Ministry of Service Alberta
Private-public partnerships See Public-private partnerships (P3)
Private-sector organizations See Corporations
Private-sector organizations – Taxation See Corporations – Taxation
Private-sector pensions See Pensions
Privileges of the Assembly Application to committee members ... Reynolds RS2 Application to witnesses ... Reynolds RS2
Progressive Conservative caucus Resource Stewardship meeting attendance See
Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing: Committee member attendance
Property rights Overview ... Johnson RS147–48
Property Rights Advocate Appointment as officer of the Legislative Assembly
proposed ... Chair (Goehring) RS164, 168; Cooper RS164, 168–169, 169; Loewen RS164, 168; Reynolds RS164, 168–169
Appointment as officer of the Legislative Assembly proposed, discussion ruled out of order ... Chair (Goehring) RS169
Appointment of Acting Property Rights Advocate ... Johnson RS147
Justice and Solicitor General ministry oversight of ... Chair (Goehring) RS168; Reynolds RS168
Property Rights Advocate Act Section 4, complaint process, comparison with other
jurisdictions ... Sucha RS152
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Property Rights Advocate Act (continued) Section 4, complaint process, proposed amendments
(Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.01) ... Cooper RS150–51; Horne RS153; Johnson RS148, 150–151, 152, 153; Rosendahl RS153
Section 4, complaint process, proposed amendments (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.01), motion to accept (Kleinsteuber: carried) ... Cooper RS160; Drysdale RS160; Kleinsteuber RS160
Section 5, annual reporting provisions ... Johnson RS148
Property Rights Advocate’s office Annual report 2014, committee deliberation ... Babcock
RS157, 161–162; Chair (Goehring) RS156, 157, 159–160, 163; Clark RS162; Cooper RS156–57, 157, 160–161, 162, 164; Dang RS163; Drysdale RS160, 161–162, 163–164; Kleinsteuber RS160; Loewen RS161, 163–164, 164; MacIntyre RS156, 162–163; Massolin RS164; Reynolds RS164; Stier RS156, 161, 163; Woollard RS162, 163
Annual report 2014, committee report ... Chair (Goehring) RS147, 156, 164; Cooper RS164
Annual report 2014, committee report, chair authorized to approve, motion on (Babcock: carried) ... Chair (Goehring) RS164
Annual report 2014, recommendations ... Chair (Goehring) RS156, 157; Johnson RS148–50; MacIntyre RS156
Annual report 2014, referral to committee ... Cooper RS168–69; Reynolds RS168–69
Appearance before committee on 2014 annual report ... Babcock RS152, 154–155; Chair (Goehring) RS147; Cooper RS150–52, 153; Dang RS155; Horne RS151, 153, 155; Johnson RS147–55; Kazim RS154, 155; Kleinsteuber RS150, 153; MacIntyre RS150, 151; Reynolds RS152–53; Rosendahl RS151, 153, 155; Stier RS154; Sucha RS152; Woollard RS153, 154
Appearance before committee on 2014 annual report, request for additional information ... Chair (Goehring) RS156; MacIntyre RS156; Stier RS156
Communication with Surface Rights Board ... Johnson RS154, 155; Kazim RS154; Rosendahl RS155
Crossministerial nature of work ... Johnson RS148, 151; Rosendahl RS151
Effectiveness ... Cooper RS151–52; Johnson RS151–52
Independence ... Cooper RS151–52; Johnson RS150, 151–152; MacIntyre RS150
Mandate ... Johnson RS148 Mandate, committee review proposed ... Chair
(Goehring) RS156, 157; Cooper RS156–57; MacIntyre RS156
Operational model ... Horne RS151; Johnson RS151 Service requests received ... Horne RS151; Johnson
RS150, 151; Kleinsteuber RS150; MacIntyre RS151; Rosendahl RS151
Service requests received on adverse possession (squatters’ rights) ... Babcock RS155; Johnson RS153, 155; Reynolds RS152–53
Property Rights Advocate’s office numbered recommendations 2014.01 See Property Rights Advocate Act: Section
4, complaint process, proposed amendments (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.01)
Property Rights Advocate’s office numbered recommendations (continued) 2014.02 See Municipal Government Act: Inclusion
of quasi-judicial dispute resolution process for landowner-municipality disputes proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.02)
2014.03 See Freehold land: Adverse possession (squatters’ rights) abolition proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.03)
2014.04 See Surface Rights Act: Section 36, Surface Rights Board jurisdiction in case of bankruptcy, amendments proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.04)
Property rights re land See Freehold land
Property tax Assessment and tax system ... Drysdale RS63; Larivee
RS63 Linear property assessment ... Ceci RS36, 38; Drysdale
RS61; Larivee RS54–56, 61; McIver RS36, 38; Stier RS54–56
Linear property assessment, AAMDC request to appear before committee on See Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties: Request to appear before committee on linear property assessment
Linear property assessment appeal costs ... Larivee RS73; Stier RS73
Property tax – Education levy General remarks ... Larivee RS52 Revenue ... Dang RS68; Larivee RS68
Provincial debt See Debts, public
Provincial parks See Parks, provincial
PSI (postsecondary educational institutions) Support for aboriginal students See Maskwa House of
Learning; Mount Royal University PSPPA, pension plans governed by
See Local Authorities Pension Plan Board of Trustees
Public Affairs Bureau Communications mandate ... Aheer RS102; McCuaig-
Boyd RS102 Public debt
See Debts, public Public education ministry
See Ministry of Education Interministry co-ordination with Aboriginal Relations
ministry See Ministry of Aboriginal Relations: Interministry co-ordination
Operating expenses See Ministry of Transportation: Operating expenses, comparison with other ministries
Public health Environmental priorities See Ministry of Environment
and Parks: Business plan 2015-2018, health-related priorities
Public lands policy See Land policy
Public offerings See Securities
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Public-private partnerships (P3) Review ... Clark RS18; Mason RS18 Road construction See Anthony Henday Drive:
Public-private partnership (P3) debt financing; Ring roads – Calgary: Public-private partnership (P3) debt financing
Road maintenance and repair See Roads – Maintenance and repair: Public-private partnerships (P3) proposed
Public service Collective agreements ... Bhullar RS37, 46–47; Ceci
RS33–34, 37, 47; Fildebrandt RS33–34 Compensation ... Bhullar RS37, 47; Ceci RS33–34, 37,
47; Fildebrandt RS33–34 Diversity ... Ceci RS43; Dang RS43 Front-line workers ... Ceci RS48; Dang RS48 Gender parity ... Ceci RS43–44; Dang RS43 Government ministries employees See Government
ministries: Staff, full-time equivalents (FTEs) Service provision ... Ceci RS28–29
Public service – Pensions Performance measures ... Ceci RS32–33; Fildebrandt
RS32–33 Sustainability ... Ceci RS32–33; Fildebrandt RS32–33 Treasury Board and Finance ministry oversight ... Ceci
RS28 Public Service Pension Board
General remarks ... Ceci RS28 Public transit
Funding ... Kleinsteuber RS19; Mason RS19 GreenTRIP program funding ... Clark RS18; Mason
RS6–7, 11, 18, 22; van Dijken RS11, 22 High-speed rail service ... Mason RS23, 24, 25; McIver
RS23; Sucha RS24, 25 Municipal transit initiative ... Clark RS18; Mason
RS11, 18; van Dijken RS11 Regional transit systems ... Mason RS11; van Dijken
RS11 Public transit – Calgary
Light-rail transit, southeast line (green line) ... Mason RS15; McIver RS15
Public transit – Edmonton GreenTrip funding ... Clark RS18; Mason RS18 Light-rail transit, valley line ... Clark RS18; Mason
RS11, 18; van Dijken RS11 Public transit – Rural areas
Bus transportation ... Mason RS11; van Dijken RS11 Funding ... Drysdale RS71; Larivee RS71
Public transportation services ministry See Ministry of Transportation
Public works See Capital plan; Capital projects
Public works, supply and services ministry Disaster recovery program mandate See Disaster
recovery program: Interministerial co-ordination Fund transfer to Transportation ministry for Fort
McMurray land exchange See Fort McMurray: Land exchange
QE II highway See Highway 2; Queen Elizabeth II highway
Quagga mussels See Mussels
Queen Elizabeth II highway [See also Highway 2] Congestion ... Kleinsteuber RS19–20; Mason RS19–
20, 23–24, 24; McIver RS23–24; Sucha RS20, 24
Queen Elizabeth II highway (continued) Median widening proposed ... Mason RS23–24; McIver
RS23–24 Red Deer interchanges ... Kleinsteuber RS20; Mason
RS20 Quest project
See Carbon capture and storage Railroads
Commodity transportation capacity ... MacIntyre RS119; McCuaig-Boyd RS119
Transportation of farm produce ... Mason RS16; McIver RS16
Range road 283 Highway 1 interchange See Highway 1: Interchanges
Range road 284 Highway 1 interchange See Highway 1: Interchanges
Range road 285 Highway 1 interchange See Highway 1: Interchanges
Reclamation of land Abandoned oil and gas wells, funding for See Orphan
well fund; Orphan well levy (abandoned oil and gas wells)
Energy industry liabilities, review of ... Aheer RS107; McCuaig-Boyd RS107
Impact of energy company bankruptcy ... Johnson RS151; MacIntyre RS151; Reynolds RS152
Impact of energy company bankruptcy, dispute resolution ... Babcock RS152; Johnson RS152
Policy on See Land policy Projects completed ... Aheer RS107 Tank site remediation ... Larivee RS74; Stier RS74
Reclamation of land – Law and legislation Review ... Phillips RS123
Records management services (government ministry) See Ministry of Service Alberta
Recreational trails See Trails
Recycling Beverage containers ... Loewen RS129; Phillips RS129 Deposits on returned materials ... Loewen RS129;
Phillips RS129 Recycled materials, use of ... Loewen RS129; Phillips
RS129 Red Deer air quality
See Air quality – Red Deer Red Deer roads
See Queen Elizabeth II highway: Red Deer interchanges
Redwood Meadows Basic municipal transportation grant funding See
Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
Flood mitigation See Flood damage mitigation – Calgary and area
Regional infrastructure sustainability plan See Oil sands development: Comprehensive regional
infrastructure sustainability plan (CRISP) Regional planning
Funding for See Alberta community partnership program
Regulations AR 139/2007, specified gas emitters regulation See
Carbon tax
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Research support for committee See Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing:
Research services (LAO) Resource development ministry
See Ministry of Energy Resource roads
Capital funding See Strategic transportation infrastructure program
Resource Stewardship, Standing Committee on See Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
Results-based budgeting See Ministry of Transportation: Results-based
budgeting Retirement pensions, civil service
See Public service – Pensions Retirement pensions, private
See Pensions Revenue
3-year forecasts ... Ceci RS30–31; Fildebrandt RS30–31
Collection of ... Ceci RS28 Forecasts ... Ceci RS40, 49; Clark RS40, 111; Cyr
RS49; Kazim RS112, 117; McCuaig-Boyd RS111, 112, 117
Horse racing and breeding renewal program See Horse racing and breeding renewal program
Nonrenewable resource revenue ... Ceci RS28, 39, 40; Clark RS40; Fraser RS109; McCuaig-Boyd RS109; McIver RS39
Nonrenewable resource revenue, coal royalties ... Fraser RS109; McCuaig-Boyd RS109
Nonrenewable resource revenue, forecasts ... Clark RS111; Kazim RS112; MacIntyre RS118; McCuaig-Boyd RS111, 112, 118
Nonrenewable resource revenue forecasts ... Ceci RS29–31; Fildebrandt RS29–31
Royalty revenue collection ... McCuaig-Boyd RS100 Tax revenue ... Ceci RS28, 40, 42; Clark RS40;
Kleinsteuber RS42 Tax revenue, personal income tax ... Bhullar RS37;
Ceci RS37 Tax revenue forecasts ... Ceci RS33–34; Fildebrandt
RS33–34 Tax revenue forecasts, doubtful accounts ... Ceci RS41;
Clark RS41 Ride-sharing services
Uber operations, crossministry working group ... Bhullar RS38; Ceci RS28, 38
Uber operations, municipal regulation of ... Drysdale RS71; Larivee RS71
Ring roads – Calgary Federal funding ... Mason RS19; Sucha RS19 Funding ... Mason RS19, 26; Sucha RS19; van Dijken
RS26 Interchanges, land purchases for ... Mason RS17;
McIver RS17 Public-private partnership (P3) ... Drysdale RS14;
Mason RS14 Public-private partnership (P3) debt financing ... Mason
RS13; van Dijken RS13 Southwest portion ... Drysdale RS14; Mason RS6, 12,
14; van Dijken RS12 Ring roads – Edmonton
See Anthony Henday Drive Rivers
Monitoring See Water management
Road construction Connection with other provinces and states ... Mason
RS16; McIver RS16 Corporate cost sharing ... Mason RS23; McIver RS23 Decision-making, engineering variables ... Aheer RS22;
Mason RS22 Gravel costs See Sand and gravel mining: Gravel
extraction licences Infrastructure deficit ... Mason RS25; van Dijken RS25 Interchanges ... Mason RS12; van Dijken RS12 North-south trade corridor (Canamex corridor),
twinning ... Drysdale RS15; Mason RS15 Twinning, widening, and expansion, funding for ...
Drysdale RS15; Mason RS11–12, 15; van Dijken RS11–12
Road construction – Environmental aspects Caribou breeding area accommodation ... Mason RS15;
McIver RS15 Road construction ministry
See Ministry of Transportation Road safety
See Traffic safety Roads – Calgary
Deerfoot Trail ... Mason RS15; McIver RS15 Roads – Chin Lakes
See Highway 36 Roads – Maintenance and repair
Contracted services ... Mason RS8–9; van Dijken RS8–9
Crack sealing, funding for ... Mason RS8; van Dijken RS8
Decision-making, engineering variables ... Aheer RS22; Mason RS22
Funding reduction, minister’s memo on ... Mason RS8; van Dijken RS8
Government contracts ... Mason RS9; van Dijken RS8–9
Infrastructure deficit ... Mason RS25–26; van Dijken RS25
Pavement preservation projects ... Mason RS8; van Dijken RS7–8
Pavement rehabilitation projects ... Drysdale RS14; Mason RS6, 7, 8, 13, 14; van Dijken RS7–8, 13
Public-private partnerships (P3) proposed ... Mason RS9; van Dijken RS9
Road condition evaluation method, Dodge report comments on ... Drysdale RS22; Mason RS22
Summer maintenance (ditch maintenance, etc.) ... Mason RS8; van Dijken RS8
Winter maintenance (snowplows, sand and gravel, etc.) ... Mason RS8; van Dijken RS8
Roads – Penhold Intersection upgrades, funding for ... Mason RS26; van
Dijken RS26 Roads – Red Deer
See Queen Elizabeth II highway: Red Deer interchanges
Roads – Ring roads See Anthony Henday Drive; Ring roads – Calgary
Royalty revenue See Bitumen royalty in kind (BRIK) program;
Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue Royalty revenue collection
See Revenue: Royalty revenue collection
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Royalty structure (energy resources) Review ... Aheer RS103; Babcock RS112; Ceci RS31;
Fildebrandt RS31; Fraser RS109–10; Kazim RS112; McCuaig-Boyd RS101, 103, 110, 112
Review, mandate ... Aheer RS106; McCuaig-Boyd RS106
Review, publicly available information ... Clark RS110–11; McCuaig-Boyd RS110–11
Review, stakeholder input on ... Aheer RS118; McCuaig-Boyd RS118
Review cost ... Aheer RS102; McCuaig-Boyd RS102 Stakeholder consultation ... Kazim RS112; McCuaig-
Boyd RS112 Rural bus service
See Public transit – Rural areas Saher, Merwan
See Auditor General Sand and gravel mining
Gravel extraction licences ... Mason RS15; McIver RS15
Land-related policies See Land policy Safety standards, inhalation of particles ... Mason
RS16; McIver RS16 Sand and gravel royalty revenue
See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue Saskatchewan-Alberta-British Columbia trade
agreement See New West Partnership
Saskatchewan carbon capture and storage projects See Carbon capture and storage – Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan River regional plan, South See South Saskatchewan regional plan (land-use
framework) SCF
See Small communities fund (federal-provincial-municipal initiative)
School tax See Property tax – Education levy
Schools – Construction Aboriginal communities, provincial letter of intent See
Kitaskinaw Tribal Council: Provincial letter of intent to support
Capital funding ... Clark RS18; Mason RS18 Money allocation through Treasury Board ... Bhullar
RS38; Ceci RS38 Science and technology agency
See Alberta Enterprise Corporation Science and technology innovation and
commercialization agency See Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Secretariat for land-use planning See Alberta Land Use Secretariat
Securities Fraud prevention ... Ceci RS49; Cyr RS49 Provincial regulation ... Ceci RS39; McIver RS39
Securities Commission, Alberta See Alberta Securities Commission
Security planning See Emergency management
Sequestration of carbon dioxide See Carbon capture and storage
Service Alberta ministry See Ministry of Service Alberta
Sheep River Inundation and flood hazard mapping See Flood
plains: Mapping, funding for Siksika First Nation
Economic partnerships ... Ganley RS96–97 Flood recovery See Floods – Southern Alberta:
Aboriginal community recovery Memorandum of understanding on infrastructure and
skills training ... Rodney RS85 Slave Lake wildfire
See Wildfires – Slave Lake Small communities fund (federal-provincial-municipal
initiative) Municipal funding ... Dang RS67; Larivee RS52, 67
Social equity Definition ... Loewen RS129; Phillips RS129
Social programs Funding ... Ceci RS46; Fildebrandt RS46
Social services ministry See Ministry of Human Services
Solicitor General ministry See Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General
South Saskatchewan regional plan (land-use framework) New parks created under land-use framework ...
Donelon RS130; Loewen RS130 Plan status ... Phillips RS144; Swann RS144 Public consultation ... Phillips RS122 Water policy development ... Clark RS136; Phillips
RS136 Sovereign wealth funds – Alberta
See Alberta heritage savings trust fund Special areas water supply project
Funding ... Mason RS26; van Dijken RS26 Special Forces Pension Board
General remarks ... Ceci RS28 Special needs, persons with
See Persons with developmental disabilities; Persons with disabilities
Specified gas emitters regulation (AR 139/2007) See Carbon tax
Spending policy, government See Fiscal policy
Spray Lake Sawmills Timber allocation See Castle special management
area: Timber allocation cancellation SSRP
See South Saskatchewan regional plan (land-use framework)
Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship See Committee on Resource Stewardship, Standing
STIP See Strategic transportation infrastructure program
Stoney Nakoda First Nation Agreement on road construction See Highway 1A:
Highway enhancement, agreement with Stoney First Nation on
Flood recovery See Floods – Southern Alberta: Aboriginal community recovery
Memorandum of understanding on infrastructure and skills training ... Rodney RS85
Stoney Nakoda Nation Flood recovery See Floods – Southern Alberta: First
Nations community recovery
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Stony Plain Population growth ... Babcock RS73
Strategic transportation infrastructure program Capital funding ... Drysdale RS14; Mason RS14 Funding ... Drysdale RS22–23; Kleinsteuber RS20;
Mason RS6, 10, 20, 23; Sucha RS20; van Dijken RS10
Summer villages Basic municipal transportation grant funding See
Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
Sunshine list on capital projects See Capital projects: Prioritization, publicly
available information (“sunshine list”) Surface Rights Act
2013.02 See Surface Rights Act: Review, Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2013.02
Review, Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2013.02 ... Cooper RS153; Johnson RS153–54
Section 36, Surface Rights Board jurisdiction in case of bankruptcy, amendments proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.04) ... Babcock RS155; Cooper RS153–54; Dang RS155; Johnson RS149, 151–152, 153–154, 155; MacIntyre RS151; Reynolds RS152; Rosendahl RS155
Section 36, Surface Rights Board jurisdiction in case of bankruptcy, amendments proposed (Property Rights Advocate recommendation 2014.04), motion to refer recommendation to Environment and Parks ministry to seek an opinion from Justice ministry (Dang: carried) ... Dang RS163
Surface Rights Board Communication with Property Rights Advocate’s office
See Property Rights Advocate’s office: Communication with Surface Rights Board
Complaints resolution process ... Johnson RS152; Reynolds RS152
Synthetic crude development See Oil sands development
Synthetic crude development – Environmental aspects See Oil sands development – Environmental aspects
Synthetic crude development – Tailings ponds See Tailings ponds
Tailings ponds Management framework ... Loewen RS127; Phillips
RS127 Tank site remediation
See Reclamation of land Tar sands development
See Oil sands development Tar sands development – Environmental aspects
See Oil sands development – Environmental aspects Tar sands development – Tailings ponds
See Tailings ponds Tar sands royalty revenue
See Revenue: Nonrenewable resource revenue Tar sands upgrading
See Bitumen upgrading Tax fund, federal
See Gas tax fund (federal) Tax on property
See Property tax Taxation
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... Ceci RS42–43, 45; Dang RS44–45; Kleinsteuber RS42
Taxation (continued) Family employment tax credit ... Bhullar RS47; Ceci
RS43, 47; Dang RS43 Marginal income tax ... Ceci RS39; McIver RS39 Revenue from See Revenue: Tax revenue Sales tax ... Larivee RS57; Stier RS57 Tax on alcohol ... Ceci RS44; Kleinsteuber RS44
Taxation, municipal See Property tax
Technology commercialization agency See Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Toll roads and bridges General remarks ... Clark RS18–19; Mason RS16, 19;
McIver RS16–17 Torrens system of land titles
See Land titles: Torrens system (indefeasible title) Towns
Basic municipal transportation grant funding See Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
Trade, international – China See International trade – China
Trade missions Energy minister’s travel to China RS113; Kazim
RS114; McCuaig-Boyd RS114 Traffic safety
Factor in road construction decision-making See Road construction: Decision-making, engineering variables; Roads – Maintenance and repair: Decision-making, engineering variables
Maps of high-collision areas ... Aheer RS21–22; Mason RS21–22
Programs and services ... Mason RS24; Sucha RS24 Transportation ministry mandate ... Mason RS6, 12;
van Dijken RS12 Trails
Pilot project, funding for ... Phillips RS134; Starke RS134
TransAlta Corporation Ghost River infrastructure use in flood mitigation See
Flood damage mitigation – Bow River: TransAlta Ghost River infrastructure use agreement negotiations
Penalties and fines See Ministry of Energy: Other revenue
TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline See Pipelines – Construction: TransCanada
Keystone XL project Transit services
See Public transit Transportation, public (buses, light rail, etc.)
See Public transit Transportation ministry
See Ministry of Transportation Transportation Safety Board, Alberta
See Alberta Transportation Safety Board Transportation Safety Board, Alberta
See Alberta Transportation Safety Board Transportation strategy
50-year plan ... Drysdale RS23; Mason RS23, 25; van Dijken RS25
Trapping Damage control licences ... Loewen RS128; Phillips
RS128
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Travel at public expense Energy minister’s trade mission to China See Trade
missions: Energy minister’s travel to China Environment and Parks minister See Ministry of
Environment and Parks: Minister’s travel expenses; Ministry of Environment and Parks: Staff travel expenses
Treasury Branches See ATB Financial
Treasury ministry (financial management and planning) See Ministry of Treasury Board and Finance
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Recommendations ... Ganley RS76, 86, 91; Horne
RS91; Rodney RS85–86 Recommendations, funding for implementation ...
Ganley RS95; McIver RS95 Tsuu T’ina First Nation
Land transfer agreement for Calgary ring road ... Drysdale RS14; Mason RS14
Land transfer agreement for Calgary ring road, Aboriginal Relations ministry role ... Ganley RS94; McIver RS94
Tuition and fees, postsecondary Two-year freeze ... Ceci RS48; Dang RS48
U of A See University of Alberta Support for Aboriginal students See University of
Alberta: Maskwa House of Learning Uber
See Ride-sharing services UNDRIP
See United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples
UNESCO World heritage site designation See Writing-on-Stone
provincial park: UNESCO world heritage site designation proposal
Ungulate damage prevention and compensation program Funding ... Davis RS128; Loewen RS128–29; Phillips
RS128–29 Union of Provincial Employees, Alberta
Members’ pension plans See Local Authorities Pension Plan Board of Trustees
United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples Article 18, inclusion in decision-making ... Ganley
RS95; McIver RS95 Implementation ... Aheer RS118–19; Babcock RS117;
Clark RS88; Ganley RS76–77, 78, 86, 88, 90, 91, 92–93, 95; Hanson RS78, 92–93; Horne RS90, 92; Kazim RS91; McCuaig-Boyd RS118–19; McIver RS95; Rodney RS85–86
Universities See University of Alberta Support for aboriginal students See Mount Royal
University; University of Alberta: Maskwa House of Learning
University of Alberta Maskwa House of Learning ... Clark RS89; Ganley
RS89 Urban aboriginals
See Aboriginal peoples – Urban residence
Urban affairs ministry See Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Urban planning See Cities and towns; Municipalities
User charges See Toll roads and bridges
Usona bridges See Bridges – Construction: Projects funded
Utilities, electric See Electric power
Utilities Commission, Alberta See Alberta Utilities Commission
Utilities ministry See Ministry of Energy
Vehicle safety See Traffic safety
Vehicles, government See Government vehicles
Venture capital promotion See Alberta Enterprise Corporation
Villages Basic municipal transportation grant funding See
Municipalities – Finance: Basic municipal transportation grant
Vulnerable children See Aboriginal children – Protective services
Vulnerable persons, services for See Ministry of Human Services
Water Ministries responsible for ... Mason RS23; McIver
RS23 Water Act
Administration ... Loewen RS127; Phillips RS127 Water for life program
Funding ... Drysdale RS14; Mason RS9, 14, 20; McIver RS24; Sucha RS20; van Dijken RS9
Subscription rate ... Mason RS17, 20; McIver RS17; Sucha RS20
Water management [See also Dams] Aboriginal communities ... Clark RS136; Phillips
RS136 Environmental site liability retirement, funding for ...
Phillips RS143–44; Swann RS143–44 Funding ... Loewen RS127; Phillips RS127, 143–144;
Swann RS143–44 Regulation and enforcement ... Loewen RS127–28;
Phillips RS127–28; Ridge RS127 Special areas See Special areas water supply project
Water management, flood-related See Flood damage mitigation – Calgary and area;
Flood damage mitigation – High River Water policy
Changes to ... Loewen RS127; Phillips RS127; Ridge RS127
Funding ... Loewen RS127; Phillips RS127 Water quality
Aboriginal communities ... Clark RS136; Phillips RS136
Drinking water ... Mason RS7 Drinking water in aboriginal communities ... Clark
RS88; Ganley RS88 Drinking water in aboriginal communities,
crossministry collaboration on ... Clark RS19; Mason RS19
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Water/waste-water management General remarks ... McIver RS24 Municipal program ... Drysdale RS14; Mason RS7,
14–15, 20; Sucha RS20 Municipal program funding ... Mason RS9; van Dijken
RS9 Municipal program subscription rate ... Mason RS17,
20; McIver RS17; Sucha RS20 Water/waste-water management – Nanton
Funding ... Mason RS9 Weirs
See Water management Wellness ministry
See Ministry of Health Wetlands policy
Changes to ... Loewen RS127; Phillips RS127; Ridge RS127
Wild Horse border crossing See Highway 41: Wild Horse border crossing
upgrade Wildfires – Control
Human resource costs ... Bhullar RS47; Ceci RS47 Wildfires – Slave Lake
Disaster management, report on ... Larivee RS60; Stier RS60
Wildlife management Credit recovery program ... Loewen RS128; Phillips
RS128; Werry RS128 Funding ... Loewen RS128; Phillips RS128
Wildlife ministry See Ministry of Environment and Parks
Wind power Promotion of ... Fraser RS109; McCuaig-Boyd RS109
Woodland caribou Breeding areas See Road construction –
Environmental aspects: Caribou breeding area accommodation
Woodland Cree First Nation Preschool education care facility See Aboriginal
peoples: Economic initiatives funding, projects funded
Workplace savings, pensions See Pensions
Workplace savings, public service pensions See Public service – Pensions
Writing-on-Stone provincial park Interpretation internship program ... Phillips RS134;
Starke RS134; Werry RS134 UNESCO world heritage site designation proposal ...
Phillips RS142; Starke RS142 Youth services ministry
See Ministry of Human Services Zebra mussels
See Mussels