Alberta.(Legislative Reports)

Publication: Canadian Parliamentary Review

Publication Date: 22-SEP-05

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The Spring Sitting of the First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Legislature adjourned on May 24, 2005 after 42 sitting days for a total of just over 223 sitting hours. By the conclusion of the sitting, 40 Government Bills, two Private Members' Public Bills and three Private Bills were passed by the Assembly. Two Government Bills and one Private Bill were left on the Order Paper in addition to other Private Members' Business items.

Emergency Debate

On May 10, 2005, Brian Mason, Leader of the New Democrat Opposition, requested leave to move that the ordinary business of the Assembly be adjourned for an emergency debate regarding "the ongoing suffering of residents in long-term care facilities in Alberta", as identified by the May 2005 report of the Auditor General. The report, which had been released the previous day, concluded that basic standards of care were not being met...

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