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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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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


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


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)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Institute of law research and reform, Alberta See Alberta Law Reform Institute

Insurance agency, agricultural 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Mandate ... Larivee RS52 Municipal assessment services, funding for ... Larivee

RS73; Stier RS73 Operating expenses ... Larivee RS52


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


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


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


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)


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


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


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



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


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



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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

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