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2 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) LO Index - 1 Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Department of See Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Accounting services National exams for certification Dunn... LO9 Magnus... LO9 Advanced Education, Dept. of See Dept. of Advanced Education AGLC see Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Dept. of see Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development AISH See Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission Auditor General's report, Leak to media of Alberta Dental Association and College Complaint resolution process, Ombudsman's recommendations re Button... LO26 Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Delays and shortages in liquor store orders Dunn... LO12 Alberta Mental Health Board Auditor General's systems audit of Dunn... LO13 Pannu... LO13 Alberta Netcare (Electronic health record) General remarks, LO18 Alberta register of electors system [see also Enumeration process] Budget Gibson... LO35 Pannu... LO35 Historical overview of Gibson... LO33 Information sharing to update LO32, LO33, LO36 Other provincial systems, LO34 Rodney... LO34 Statistics on Alberta Social Housing Corporation Transfer of land to Fort McMurray: Leak to media of Auditor General's report Alberta SuperNet General remarks Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Class action settlement re payments under Button... LO25 Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (Continued) Class action settlement re payments under, Ombudsman's recommendations prior to Button... LO28 LO29 Lougheed... LO28 LO29 Attorney General See Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Auditor General [see also Auditor General's Office] Attendance of Auditor General at meeting Dunn... LO8 LO16 Joint investigations with Ombudsman Button... LO25 Letter to committee Chair... LO3 Salary: Approval of increase, effective April 1, 2006, Recommendation for Strang... LO5 Salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Auditor General Act Auditing of RHAs under Dunn... LO15 Auditor General's Office [see also Auditor General] Annual reports, LO14 LO16 LO16 Annual reports: Leaks to media LO15 Annual reports: Use of fact and opinion Dunn... LO15 LO16 LO16 Assurance auditing Dunn... LO8 LO9, LO11, LO12, LO15 Hoffman... LO15 Lougheed... LO11 Attendance of Auditor General at meeting Dunn... LO8 LO16 Audit of office by external auditor (Kingston Ross Pasnak) Sawchuk... LO7 Strang... LO7 Budget ( ): Underexpenditures Dunn... LO9 Chair... LO10 Dunn... LO9 LO11, LO13 Griffiths... LO37 Hoffman... LO13 Magnus... LO10 Mitzel... LO13 Strang... LO11 : Motion to approve (passed)... LO37 Business plan ( ) Dunn... LO9

3 LO Index - 2 Auditor General's Office (Continued) Government departments, Impact of amalgamation on auditing of LO11 Strang... LO10 Management letters re annual reports, Issuance by LO15 Mission Dunn... LO8 Quality control and accounting standards Dunn... LO8, LO12 LO13 Griffiths... LO12 Hoffman... LO12 LO13 Staffing Dunn... LO8 LO11, LO13 Hoffman... LO11, LO13, LO15 Lougheed... LO11 Magnus... LO9 Mitzel... LO10, LO13 Staffing: Retention and recruitment issues Dunn... LO8 LO10, LO13 Hoffman... LO13 Mitzel... LO10, LO13 Staffing: Special skill sets Dunn... LO11 Hoffman... LO11, LO15 Lougheed... LO11 Staffing: Students Dunn... LO8 LO10 Magnus... LO9 Mitzel... LO10 Staffing: Temporary audit services Dunn... LO9 Staffing: Wages and salaries Dunn... LO9 LO10 Hoffman... LO13 Mitzel... LO10, LO13 Systems auditing (value-for-money audits) Dunn... LO8 LO14 Hoffman... LO11, LO15 Lougheed... LO11 LO12 Pannu... LO13 LO14 Systems auditing (value-for-money audits): Procedures for Dunn... LO11 LO14 Hoffman... LO11 Lougheed... LO11 LO12 Pannu... LO13 LO14 Systems auditing (value-for-money audits): School boards Hoffman... LO15 Systems auditing (value-for-money audits): Selection of projects Dunn... LO12 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) Auditor General's Office (Continued) Travel budget for Dunn... LO13 Mitzel... LO13 Australia Voter turnout system Gibson... LO35 Magnus... LO35 British Columbia Freedom of information requests under legislation in Work... LO21 Joint project with Alberta Ombudsman re electronic case tracker system Button... LO27 Privacy legislation in Work... LO16 Register of electors in Rodney... LO34 Staffing of Ombudsman's office Button... LO27 Magnus... LO27, LO29 Voter turnout and cost per voter statistics Gibson... LO33 By-elections see Provincial elections, By-elections Calgary (City) Register of electors for municipal elections Canada Post Register of electors information sharing Gibson... LO36 LO37 Marz... LO36 Capital Health Auditor General's evaluation of repayment of long-term debt of Dunn... LO15 LO16 LO16 Capital projects Public/private partnerships re, Auditor General's review of CFSAs See Child and family services authorities Chief Electoral Office [see also Chief Electoral Officer] Attendance of Chief Electoral Officer at meeting Gibson... LO30 LO37 Budget ( ) Budget ( ): Underexpenditures Gibson... LO30 Gibson... LO30, LO32 LO37 Magnus... LO34 LO37 Marz... LO36 LO37 Mitzel... LO38 Pannu... LO35, LO37 Strang... LO34 : Communications Gibson... LO33 LO36 : Motion to approve (Passed)... LO38

4 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) LO Index - 3 Chief Electoral Office (Continued) Business plan Gibson... LO30 By-elections Gibson... LO30, LO34 Rodney... LO34 Communications plan Gibson... LO32 LO37 Magnus... LO34 LO37 Marz... LO36 LO37 Pannu... LO35, LO37 Strang... LO34 Communications plan: Advertising Gibson... LO36 Magnus... LO36 Communications plan: Direct mail Gibson... LO33 LO36 Magnus... LO34 LO36 Contract services Strang... LO34 Electoral vote-at cards LO37 Magnus... LO34 LO37 Marz... LO36 LO37 Pannu... LO35, LO37 Enumeration process see Enumeration process Information technology Gibson... LO32, LO35 Pannu... LO35 Material and supplies Strang... LO34 Other jurisdictions, Electoral practices in, LO33 LO35 Magnus... LO35 Rodney... LO33 LO34 Register of electors systems see Alberta register of electors system Staff Gibson... LO32, LO34, LO35 Pannu... LO35 Staff: Wages Travel Strang... LO34 Chief Electoral Officer [see also Chief Electoral Office] Appointment of Lorne R. Gibson as Chief Electoral Officer, effective June 12, 2006 Blakeman... LO1 Appointment of Lorne R. Gibson as Chief Electoral Officer, effective June 12, 2006: Motion to approve (Passed)... LO1 Attendance of Chief Electoral Officer at meeting Gibson... LO30 LO37 Salary: Motion for status quo due to recent hiring of (Passed)... LO5 Salary: Status quo due to recent hiring of, Recommendation for Marz... LO5 Search committee for see Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Special Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Special [see also Chief Electoral Officer] Recommendation of Lorne Gibson to committee Chair... LO1 Child and family services authorities Auditor General's review of child intervention standards Child and youth data laboratory OIPC involvement re privacy policies for Pannu... LO17 LO18 LO18 Class action settlement re income support payments See under Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped COGEL see Council on Governmental Ethics Laws Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Auditor General's budget Griffiths... LO37 Auditor General's budget: Motion to approve (Passed)... LO37 Auditor General's salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Auditor General's salary: Recommendation for increase, effective April 1, 2006 Strang... LO5 Chair... LO7 Sawchuk... LO7 Strang... LO7 : Motion to approve (Passed)... LO7 In camera meeting re confidential issues: Motion re (Passed)... LO8 In camera meeting re decisions on budgets ( ): Motion re (Passed)... LO37 In camera meeting re decisions on salary review: Motion re (Passed)... LO5 In camera meeting re presentation on salary review: Motion re (Passed)... LO3 Chief Electoral Officer: Appointment of Lorne R. Gibson, effective June 12, 2006: Motion to approve (Passed)... LO1 Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee: Recommendation for Lorne Gibson Chair... LO1 Chief Electoral Officer's budget estimates ( ): Motion to approve (Passed)... LO38 Chief Electoral Officer's salary: Motion for status quo due to recent hiring of (Passed)... LO5 Chief Electoral Officer's salary: Recommendation for status quo due to recent hiring Marz... LO5 Ethics Commissioner's budget ( ) Flaherty... LO37 Ethics Commissioner's budget ( ): Motion to approve as presented (Passed)... LO37 Ethics Commissioner's salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Ethics Commissioner's salary: Recommendation for increase, effective April 1, 2006 Flaherty... LO5

5 LO Index - 4 Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing (Continued) Information and Privacy Commissioner's salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Information and Privacy Commissioner's salary: Recommendation for increase, effective April 1, 2006 Lougheed... LO5 Legislative Officers' salary review: Actions taken on committee's request for additional information Chair... LO5 Legislative Officers salary review: Budget Sawchuk... LO7 Strang... LO7 Letter from Auditor General, Receipt of Chair... LO3 Letter from Ethics Commissioner, Receipt of Chair... LO5 Letter from Information and Privacy Commissioner, Receipt of Chair... LO3 Letter from Ombudsman re approval of his delegation of power to staff, Receipt of [see also under Ombudsman, Power to delegate authority] Sawchuk... LO40 Wilkin... LO39 Ombudsman's budget estimates ( ): Motion to approve (Passed)... LO38 Ombudsman's power to delegate authority, Committee approval of: Motion re Blakeman... LO39 LO40 Flaherty... LO41 Magnus... LO41 Mitzel... LO41 Pannu... LO40 Rodney... LO39 LO41 Sawchuk... LO40 LO41 Wilkin... LO39 LO40 Ombudsman's power to delegate authority, Committee approval of: Motion re (Passed with recorded vote) Blakeman... LO39 40 Flaherty... LO41 Magnus... LO41 Mitzel... LO41 Pannu... LO40 Rodney... LO39 40 Sawchuk... LO40 Wilkin... LO39 40 Ombudsman's salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Ombudsman's salary: Recommendation for increase, effective April 1, 2006 Mitzel... LO5 Other labour and services Sawchuk... LO7 Strang... LO7 Report on review of officers, Provision of copy of executive summary (August 2006) to each officer Pannu... LO37 Sawchuk... LO37 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing (Continued) Report on review of officers, Provision of copy of executive summary (August 2006) to each officer: Motion to approve (Passed)... LO37 Telephone participation by members in committee meeting Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Auditor General's selection of systems audits projects using information for Dunn... LO9, LO12, LO14 Community Supports, Dept. of Seniors and See Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Compensation review of legislative officers see individual legislative officers Computer information systems, Electoral see Alberta register of electors system Conflict of interest commissioner see Ethics Commissioner Constituency offices Electors' vote-at cards, Distribution of LO37 Magnus... LO34 LO37 Marz... LO36 LO37 Pannu... LO35, LO37 Continuing Care Health Service and Accommodation Standards, MLA Task Force on See Continuing/extended care facilities, MLA committee to review (2005) Continuing/extended care facilities MLA committee to review (2005) Button... LO26 Continuing/extended care facilities residents Investigations of protection of persons in care, Ombudsman's recommendations re processes for Button... LO26 Council on Governmental Ethics Laws, Annual meeting, Victoria, 2007 Chair... LO7 Court of Queen's Bench Review of OIPC orders Marz... LO19 Pannu... LO19 Rodney... LO16 Work... LO16, LO19 Debts, Student See Student financial aid Dental Association and College see Alberta Dental Association and College Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Auditor General's report re, Leak to media of Dept. of Advanced Education New accounting standards to include reporting entities Dunn... LO8 Student financial aid appeal process, Ombudsman's recommendations re Button... LO25 LO26

6 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) LO Index - 5 Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Remote area heating allowance program, Ombudsman's investigation re Button... LO27 Dept. of Education Auditor General's systems audit of school board budget processes Dunn... LO12, LO15 New accounting standards to include reporting entities Dunn... LO8 Dept. of Energy Auditor General s future review of royalties and volumetric reporting Auditor General s review of revenue forecasting by Dept. of Finance Auditor General s review of capital projects planning Auditor General s review of revenue forecasting by, LO14 Pannu... LO13 LO14 Dept. of Gaming Auditor General s review of revenue forecasting by, LO14 Pannu... LO13 LO14 Dept. of Government Services Information on requests under privacy legislation, Member's request for Magnus... LO21 LO22 Work... LO21 LO22 Register of electors information sharing by Dept. of Health and Wellness Electronic health records under [see also Medical records, Electronic] New accounting standards to include reporting entities Dunn... LO8 Ombudsman's jurisdiction to include health professions and RHAs under Button... LO24 Register of electors information sharing by, LO33, LO36 Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Student financial aid appeal process, Ombudsman's recommendations re Button... LO25 LO26 Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Auditor General s review of capital projects planning Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Special prosecutions re OIPC orders Dept. of Municipal Affairs Register of electors information sharing, LO37 Marz... LO37 Dept. of Municipal Affairs (Continued) Use of new accounting reporting standards by municipalities Dunn... LO12 LO13 Griffiths... LO12 Hoffman... LO12 LO13 Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports AISH class action settlement, Ombudsman's recommendations prior to Button... LO25, LO28 LO29 Lougheed... LO28 LO29 Investigations of protection of persons in care, Ombudsman's recommendations re processes for Button... LO26 Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Auditor General s review of reforestation and land conversions Drinking water Auditor General's systems audit of, LO14 Dunn, Mr. Fred (Auditor General) [see also Auditor General] Attendance at committee Dunn... LO8 LO16 Edmonton Journal Auditor General's report on food safety, Leak of Education, Dept. of See Dept. of Education Elections, Provincial see Provincial elections Elections Canada Distribution of voter information by Gibson... LO37 Magnus... LO37 Pannu... LO37 Election workers, Hiring of Gibson... LO32 Register of electors information sharing, LO32, LO33, LO36 Electoral events Voter turnout Methods for increasing participation Gibson... LO32 LO33, LO35 Magnus... LO35 Pannu... LO35 Rodney... LO33 Other jurisdictions Gibson... LO33 Rodney... LO33 Other jurisdictions (Australia) Gibson... LO35 Magnus... LO35 Electoral Officer see Chief Electoral Officer Electors, Register of see Alberta register of electors system; Elections Canada, Register of electors information sharing Electronic health records See Alberta Netcare (Electronic health record); Medical records, Electronic

7 LO Index - 6 Employment, Dept. of Human Resources and See Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Energy, Dept. of See Dept. of Energy Enumeration process [see also Alberta register of electors system] Accuracy of, LO32, LO36 LO37 Lougheed... LO36 Marz... LO36 Accuracy of: Statistics Gibson... LO36 Budget for Strang... LO34 Enumerators: Criminal record checks Enumerators: Hiring issues Gibson... LO32 Pannu... LO32 Enumerators: Safety issues LO32 Procedures of, LO33 LO34, LO36 Lougheed... LO36 Magnus... LO34 Use of technology to replace full-scale enumeration Gibson... LO32, LO34, LO36 Lougheed... LO36 Ethics Commissioner [see also Ethics Commissioner's Office] Attendance of Commissioner at meeting Hamilton... LO7 LO8 Letter to committee Chair... LO5 Salary: Approval of increase, effective April 1, 2006, Recommendation for Flaherty... LO5 Salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Ethics Commissioner's Office [see also Ethics Commissioner] Attendance of Commissioner at meeting Hamilton... LO7 LO8 Flaherty... LO37 Hamilton... LO7 Marz... LO7 South... LO7 : Motion to approve as presented (Passed)... LO37 Contract services Hamilton... LO7 Marz... LO7 South... LO7 Investigations by Hamilton... LO7 Pannu... LO7 Extended care facilities See Continuing/extended care facilities Extended care residents See Continuing/extended care facilities residents Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) Family services authorities, Child and See Child and family services authorities Finance, Dept. of See Dept. of Finance Financial Administration Act Auditor General's auditing of RHAs under Dunn... LO15 Financial aid, Student See Student financial aid FOIP Act See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Food and Rural Development, Dept. of Agriculture, see Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Food safety Auditor General's report re restaurant inspections, Leak to media of Forest conservation Auditor General's future review of conversions, LO12, LO14 Fort McMurray land sale See Alberta Social Housing Corporation, Transfer of land to Fort McMurray Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Administration by OIPC Work... LO16 Administration by OIPC: Statistics Work... LO18 LO19, LO21 Judicial review of OIPC orders Marz... LO19 Other jurisdictions, Similar privacy legislation in Work... LO21 Gaming, Dept. of See Dept. of Gaming Gaming and Liquor Commission, Alberta see Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission General elections, Administration and supervision of see Chief Electoral Office Gibson, Mr. Lorne (Chief Electoral Officer) [See also Chief Electoral Officer] Attendance at meeting Gibson... LO30 LO37 Government departments Auditor General's management letters re recommendations in annual reports LO15 Hiring of staff from Auditor General's office by other Mitzel... LO10 Impact of amalgamation on auditing of LO11 Strang... LO10 OIPC involvement in privacy policies for databases created by Pannu... LO17 LO18 LO18

8 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) LO Index - 7 Government Services, Dept. of See Dept. of Government Services Hamilton, Mr. Donald M. (Ethics Commissioner) [see also Ethics Commissioner] Attendance at meeting Hamilton... LO7 LO8 Handicapped, Assured Income for the Severely See Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Health and Wellness, Dept. of See Dept. of Health and Wellness Health Information Act Administration by OIPC Pannu... LO18 Work... LO16, LO17, LO18 Administration by OIPC: Statistics, LO21 Penalties for breach of, Statistics on Work... LO18 Health professions colleges Jurisdiction of Ombudsman to investigate administrative processes of Button... LO24, LO26, LO29 Health Quality Council of Alberta Survey re complaint resolution by RHAs (2006) Button... LO24, LO26 Health records, Electronic See Medical records, Electronic Health records Confidentiality Encryption of information on laptop computers Magnus... LO18 Pannu... LO18, LO18 Heating allowance program in remote areas see Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Remote area heating allowance program HIA see Health Information Act Human Resources and Employment, Dept. of See Dept. of Human Resources and Employment Identification, Personal Theft of Identity theft See Identification, Personal, Theft of In camera meeting motions see under Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing, In camera meeting Income support class action settlement See under Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped Information and Privacy Commissioner [see also Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office] Attendance of Commissioner at meeting Work... LO16 LO22 Letter to committee Chair... LO3 Orders by Marz... LO19 Pannu... LO19 Rodney... LO16 Work... LO16, LO19 Information and Privacy Commissioner (Continued) Orders by, Record book of Work... LO20 Orders by, Statistics on Marz... LO19 Salary: Approval of increase, effective April 1, 2006, Recommendation for Lougheed... LO5 Salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office [see also Information and Privacy Commissioner] Administration of FOIP, HIA and PIPA Magnus... LO18 Marz... LO19 Pannu... LO17 LO21 Rodney... LO16 Work... LO16 LO20 Administration of FOIP, HIA and PIPA: Statistics Rodney... LO16 Work... LO16 Attendance of Commissioner at meeting Work... LO16 LO22 Budget ( ) Strang... LO20 Work... LO20 Frederick... LO20 Lougheed... LO37 Magnus... LO20 Pannu... LO20 LO21 LO21 : Motion to approve (Passed)... LO37 Frivolous or vexatious complaints to Information on origin of requests, Member's request for Magnus... LO21 LO22 Work... LO21 LO22 Investigations by Work... LO16, LO19 LO20 Investigations by: Statistics Pannu... LO20, LO21 Work... LO20, LO21 Mandate of Work... LO16 LO17 Materials and supplies (Information technology) Frederick... LO20 LO21 Magnus... LO20 LO21 Work... LO20 LO21 Staff Frederick... LO20 Pannu... LO20 LO21 Strang... LO20 LO21 Staff: Contract services Frederick... LO20 Pannu... LO20 Strang... LO20 LO20

9 LO Index - 8 Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office (Continued) Staff: Professional development Staff: Salaries LO21, LO21 Timeline for response to complaints Work... LO21 Infrastructure and Transportation, Dept. of See Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation IPA see Privacy impact assessments Johnson, Mr. Daryl Presentation from Meyers Norris Penny re compensation review for Legislative Officers (In camera meeting) Chair... LO3 Justice and Attorney General, Dept. of See Dept. of Justice and Attorney General Kingston Ross Pasnak Chartered Accountants Fees for auditing Auditor General's Office Sawchuk... LO7 Strang... LO7 KRP see Kingston Ross Pasnak Chartered Accountants Lakeland College Auditor General's report re, Leak to media of Leaks to media of Auditor General's reports see Auditor General's Office, Annual reports: Leaks to media Learning department See Dept. of Advanced Education; Dept. of Education Legislative Assembly Auditor General's selection of systems audits using information presented to Dunn... LO12 Role of Ombudsman re mandate of Button... LO25, LO29 Legislative Officers [see also Auditor General; Chief Electoral Officer; Ethics Commissioner; Information and Privacy Commissioner; Ombudsman] In camera meeting re decisions on salary review: Motion re (Passed)... LO5 In camera meeting re presentation on salary review: Motion re (Passed)... LO3 Report on review of officers, Provision of copy of executive summary (August 2006) to each officer Pannu... LO37 Sawchuk... LO37 Report on review of officers, Provision of copy of executive summary (August 2006) to each officer: Motion to approve (Passed)... LO37 Salary review: Budget Sawchuk... LO7 Strang... LO7 Salary review: Committee's request for additional information Chair... LO5 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) Legislative Offices, Standing Committee on see Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Liquor Commission, Alberta Gaming and Liquor see Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission Liquor sales Delays and shortages in liquor store supplies Dunn... LO12 List of voters see Alberta register of electors system Loans, Student See Student financial aid Long-term care facilities Auditor General's follow-up on systems audit of seniors' care Manitoba Enumeration for register of electors Staffing of Ombudsman's office Button... LO27, LO29 Magnus... LO29 Media leaks of Auditor General's reports see Auditor General's Office, Annual reports: Leaks to media Medical information legislation see Health Information Act Medical records, Electronic [See also Alberta Netcare (Electronic health record)] General remarks Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program Pannu... LO18, LO18 Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program: Statistics Magnus... LO18 Pannu... LO18 Work... LO18 Mental Health Board See Alberta Mental Health Board Mental health services Auditor General's future systems audit of Dunn... LO9, LO13 Pannu... LO13 Mentally disabled Auditor General's systems audit of standards and programs Dunn... LO11 LO12 Lougheed... LO11 LO12 Meyers Norris Penny Presentation re compensation review for Legislative Officers Chair... LO3 Minister of Municipal Affairs Meeting with Chief Electoral Officer re register of electors MLA Task Force on Continuing Care Health Service and Accommodation Standards See Continuing/extended care facilities, MLA committee to review (2005)

10 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) LO Index - 9 Motions Auditor General's budget estimates ( ): Motion to approve (passed)... LO37 Auditor General's salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 In camera meeting re confidential issues: Motion re (Passed)... LO8 In camera meeting re decisions on budget estimates: Motion re (Passed)... LO37 In camera meeting re decisions on salary review: Motion re (Passed)... LO5 In camera meeting re presentation on salary review: Motion re (Passed)... LO3 Chief Electoral Office budget estimates ( ): Motion to approve (Passed)... LO38 Chief Electoral Officer: Appointment of Lorne R. Gibson, effective June 12, 2006: Motion to approve (Passed)... LO1 Chief Electoral Officer's salary: Motion for status quo due to recent hiring of (Passed)... LO5 Committee budget estimates ( ): Motion to approve (Passed)... LO7 Committee report on review of officers, Provision of copy of executive summary (August 2006) to each officer: Motion to approve (Passed)... LO37 Ethics Commissioner's budget estimates ( ): Motion to approve as presented (Passed)... LO37 Ethics Commissioner's salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Information and Privacy Commissioner's budget estimates ( ): Motion to approve (Passed)... LO37 Information and Privacy Commissioner's salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Ombudsman's budget estimates ( ): Motion to approve (Passed)... LO38 Ombudsman's power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Member's request for information on committee's power: Motion (Passed with recorded vote)... LO41 LO42 Ombudsman's power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Request from committee for formal request from Ombudsman for approval: Motion (Passed, recorded vote)... LO42 43 Ombudsman's power to delegate authority: Motion to approve delegation under s.27(1) of Ombudsman Act (Passed with recorded vote)... LO39 LO41 Ombudsman's salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Motions (Recorded votes) Ombudsman's power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Member's request for information on committee's power: Motion (Passed with recorded vote)... LO41 LO42 Ombudsman's power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Request from committee for formal request from Ombudsman for approval: Motion (Passed, recorded vote)... LO42 43 Motions (Recorded votes) (Continued) Ombudsman's power to delegate authority: Motion to approve delegation under s.27(1) of Ombudsman Act (Passed with recorded vote)... LO39 LO41 Municipal Affairs, Dept. of See Dept. of Municipal Affairs Municipalities Electors' vote-at cards LO35 Magnus... LO34 LO35 Marz... LO36 Pannu... LO35 OIPC involvement re future use of video surveillance by Register of electors information sharing, LO37 Use of new accounting reporting standards by Dunn... LO12 LO13 Griffiths... LO12 Hoffman... LO12 LO13 Netcare (Electronic health record) See Alberta Netcare (Electronic health record) Northern Development, Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and See Dept. of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Occupational health and safety Auditor General's systems audit of Oil sands development Royalties See Royalty structure (Energy resources) OIPC see Information and Privacy Commissioner Ombudsman [see also Ombudsman's Office] Attendance at meeting Button... LO22 LO30 Joint investigations with Auditor General Button... LO25 Mandate of Button... LO25, LO27 Power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Member's request for information on committee's power Blakeman... LO41 LO42 Deputy Chair... LO41 LO43 Flaherty... LO42 Magnus... LO42 LO43 Pannu... LO41 LO43 Rodney... LO41 LO43 Sawchuk... LO41 LO42 Wilkin... LO43 Power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Member's request for information on committee's power: Motion (Passed with recorded vote)... LO42 LO43 Power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Request from committee for formal request from Ombudsman for Blakeman... LO42 LO43 Deputy Chair... LO42 LO43 Flaherty... LO42 LO43 Magnus... LO42 LO43

11 LO Index - 10 Ombudsman (Continued) Power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Request from committee for formal request from Ombudsman for (Continued) Mitzel... LO43 Pannu... LO42 LO43 Rodney... LO42 LO43 Sawchuk... LO42 Wilkin... LO43 Power to delegate authority: Approval of prior ombudsmen's decisions to delegate powers, Request from committee for formal request from Ombudsman for: Motion (Passed with recorded vote)... LO43 Power to delegate authority: Historical overview Blakeman... LO39 Pannu... LO40 Rodney... LO39 LO40 Sawchuk... LO40 Wilkin... LO39 LO40 Power to delegate authority: Legislation see Ombudsman Act, Delegation of authority under s. 27(1) Power to delegate authority: Letter from Ombudsman to committee Sawchuk... LO40 Wilkin... LO39 LO40 Power to delegate authority: Motion to approve delegation under s.27(1) of Ombudsman Act Blakeman... LO39 LO40 Pannu... LO40 Rodney... LO39 LO41 Power to delegate authority: Motion to approve delegation under s.27(1) of Ombudsman Act (Passed with recorded vote)... LO40 LO41 Power to delegate authority: Other jurisdictions Rodney... LO40 Sawchuk... LO40 Wilkin... LO40 Power to initiate investigations Button... LO25 Power to issue public reports Button... LO25 Sawchuk... LO41 Presentations to RHAs re patient concerns resolution process Button... LO26 Salary: Approval of increase, effective April 1, 2006, Recommendation for Mitzel... LO5 Salary: Motion to approve increase, effective April 1, 2006 (Passed)... LO5 Ombudsman's Office [see also Ombudsman] Alternative complaint resolution process Button... LO22, LO24, LO25 Attendance of Ombudsman at meeting Button... LO22 LO30 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) Ombudsman's Office (Continued) Button... LO22, LO25, LO27 LO30 Magnus... LO29 Strang... LO38 : Motion to approve (Passed)... LO38 Business plan ( ) Button... LO22 LO25 Griffiths... LO23 Delegation of authority from Ombudsman under s. 27(1) see under Ombudsman, Power to delegate authority Historical overview of Button... LO22, LO29 Investigations Button... LO22 LO25, LO30 Griffiths... LO23 Pannu... LO23 LO24, LO30 Investigations: Statistics Button... LO24 LO25 Joint project with B.C. re shared database Button... LO27 Jurisdiction expansion to include health professions and RHAs Button... LO22, LO24, LO26 LO27, LO29 Mandate of Button... LO22, LO25, LO29 Performance measures Button... LO24 Staff Button... LO22 LO25, LO27, LO29 LO30 Griffiths... LO23 Magnus... LO29 Pannu... LO23, LO30 Strang... LO30 Staff: Backlog of cases Blakeman... LO41 LO42 Button... LO22 Rodney... LO39, LO41 Wilkin... LO39 Staff: Comparison with other jurisdictions Button... LO27, LO29 Magnus... LO27, LO29 Staff: Contract services Button... LO28 Pannu... LO28 Staff: Severance agreement Button... LO28 Pannu... LO28 Supplies and services Button... LO27 LO28 Griffiths... LO27 LO28 Resler... LO28 Timeframes for investigations Button... LO22 LO23, LO25 Griffiths... LO23 Ombudsman Act Amendment to include additional health professions under Button... LO24 Amendments to Pannu... LO40 Wilkin... LO40

12 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) LO Index - 11 Ombudsman Act (Continued) Delegation of authority to Ombudsman under s. 27(1) Sawchuk... LO40 LO41 Delegation of authority to Ombudsman under s. 27(1): Letter from Ombudsman requesting [see also under Ombudsman, Power to delegate authority] Sawchuk... LO40 Wilkin... LO39 LO40 Ontario Register of electors in Rodney... LO34 Staffing of Ombudsman's office Button... LO27 Systemic investigations by Ombudsman's office Button... LO29 Voter outreach programs Gibson... LO33 P3 capital project financing See Capital projects, Public/private partnerships re Parliamentary Counsel Request for input from, re committee's ability to retroactively approve past ombudsmen's decisions re delegating power to staff Blakeman... LO41 LO42 Deputy Chair... LO41 LO42 Flaherty... LO42 Magnus... LO42 Mitzel... LO42 Pannu... LO41 LO42 Rodney... LO41 LO42 Sawchuk... LO41 Patient concerns resolution processes see under Regional health authorities, Patient concerns resolution processes Personal information Public concerns re protection of Work... LO16 LO17 Personal Information Protection Act Administration by OIPC Work... LO16 Administration by OIPC: Statistics OIPC orders, Judicial review of Marz... LO19 Physicians office system program (POSP) See Medical records, Electronic, Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program PIPA see Personal Information Protection Act Police services Partnership with OIPC re prevention of identity theft POSP (Physician operating system program) See Medical records, Electronic, Installation in physicians' offices (POSP) program Prince Edward Island Enumeration for register of electors Privacy impact assessments Requirement under HIA for Pannu... LO18 Work... LO18 Statistics on, LO21 Privacy legislation see Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; Health Information Act; Personal Information Protection Act Provincial elections [see also Chief Electoral Office] By-elections Gibson... LO30, LO34 Rodney... LO34 Public Accounts, Standing Committee on See Committee on Public Accounts, Standing Public records Confidentiality Encryption of information on laptop computers OIPC involvement re privacy policies for government databases Pannu... LO17 LO18 LO18 Quebec Privacy legislation in Work... LO16 Register of electors in Rodney... LO34 Staffing of Ombudsman's office Button... LO27 Voter turnout and cost per voter statistics Gibson... LO33 Reforestation Auditor General's review of, Leak of Auditor General's systems audit of Regional health authorities Auditor General's auditing of Dunn... LO15 Auditor General's evaluation of repayment of long-term debt of Dunn... LO15 LO16 LO16 Auditor General's follow-up on systems audit of seniors' care under Auditor General's future systems audit of mental health services under Dunn... LO9, LO13 Pannu... LO13 Hiring of staff from Auditor General's office by Mitzel... LO10 Patient concerns resolution processes, Health Quality Council survey of satisfaction with (2006) Button... LO24, LO26 Patient concerns resolution processes, Jurisdiction of Ombudsman to investigate Button... LO22, LO24, LO26 LO27, LO29

13 LO Index - 12 Regional Health Authorities Act Auditor General's auditing of RHAs under Dunn... LO15 Register of electors systems, Provincial see Alberta register of electors system Remote area heating allowance program see Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Remote area heating allowance program Residents of continuing care facilities See Continuing/extended care facilities residents Resource development department See Dept. of Energy Restaurants Food safety Auditor General's report re inspections, Leak to media of Royalty structure (Energy resources) Auditor General's review of, LO12, LO14 Pannu... LO13 LO14 Rural Development, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and see Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Salary review of legislative officers see individual legislative officers Saskatchewan Staffing of Ombudsman's office Button... LO27, LO29 Magnus... LO29 Voter turnout and cost per voter statistics Gibson... LO33 School boards Auditor General's assurance audit of Dunn... LO15 Hoffman... LO15 Auditor General's systems audit of budget processes Dunn... LO12, LO15 Hoffman... LO15 Statistics on number of Dunn... LO15 Select Special Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee see Chief Electoral Officer Search Committee, Select Special Senior citizens Auditor General's follow-up on systems audit of seniors' care Seniors and Community Supports, Dept. of See Dept. of Seniors and Community Supports Seniors in continuing care See Continuing/extended care facilities residents Social Housing Corporation see Alberta Social Housing Corporation Standing Committee on Legislative Offices see Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing Statistics Canada Census workers in Alberta, Hiring of Gibson... LO32 Legislative Offices Subject Index (Second Session, 2006) Statistics Canada (Continued) Election information from Student financial aid Appeal process for assessment of overawards and defaults, Ombudsman's recommendation re Button... LO25 LO26 Supportive living facilities See Continuing/extended care facilities Sustainable forests See Forest conservation Sustainable Resource Development, Dept. of See Dept. of Sustainable Resource Development Task Force on Continuing Care Health Service and Accommodation Standards, MLA See Continuing/extended care facilities, MLA committee to review (2005) Telephone participation by members in committee meeting See Committee on Legislative Offices, Standing, Telephone participation by members in committee meeting Theft of personal identity See Identification, Personal, Theft of Transportation, Dept. of Infrastructure and See Dept. of Infrastructure and Transportation Treasury department (Financial management and planning) See Dept. of Finance Utilities department See Dept. of Energy VFM (value for money audits) see Auditor General's Office, Systems auditing (value-for-money audits) Video surveillance OIPC involvement with municipalities re planning for Voter list for provincial elections see Alberta register of electors system Voter list for provincial elections, Enumeration for see Enumeration process Voter turnout see Electoral events Voter turnout WCB See Workers' Compensation Board Wellness, Dept. of Health and See Dept. of Health and Wellness Work, Mr. Frank (Information and Privacy Commissioner) [see also Information and Privacy Commissioner] Attendance at meeting Work... LO16 LO22 Workers' Compensation Board Decision review body, Ombudsman's recommendations re Button... LO26 Yukon Enumeration for register of electors