Blakeman, Laurie (AL, Edmonton-Centre)
Adult interdependent partner
Definition under COI Act, recommendation to include in definition of "spouse" ... CR87 Alberta Health Services (authority)
Application of conflicts of interest legislation to ... CR184 Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Calgary
Ethics/conflicts of interest rules ... CR10 Civil Liberties Association
Written submission ... CR98 Code of conduct for Members of the Legislative Assembly
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... CR47, 80 Lack of explicit code ... CR37 Proposal for ... CR78 Code of Ethics and Conduct of the Members of the National Assembly (Quebec)
Provisions related to members' conduct ... CR80, 92-93 Communications - Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13)
Final news release ... CR226 Conflict of interest
Definition, ethics aspects ... CR55 Conflict of interest - Apparent conflicts
Recommendation not to include in COI Act, motion on (Fenske: withdrawn) ... CR104 Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (federal)
Appeal/review of decisions ... CR141 Conflict-of-interest legislation
Comparison to ethics legislation ... CR55 Crossjurisdictional survey ... CR11, 12-13, 22, 55 Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta)
Preamble ... CR82 Preamble, inclusion of term "lawful" related to MLA actions (proposed) ... CR82-83 Scope of application ... CR22, 82, 83-84 Scope of application, comparison with other jurisdictions ... CR80 Title of act ... CR78, 83 Title of act, recommendation to change, motion on (Blakeman: defeated) ... CR204-5 Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta) - Enforcement
Administrative fines for technical breaches of act, motion on (Blakeman: carried) ... CR214 Administrative fines/sanctions imposed by Ethics Commissioner ... CR154-55, 211-12 Administrative fines/sanctions imposed by Ethics Commissioner, recommendation of no change to COI Act, motion on (Young: carried) ... CR213, 214 Sanctions ... CR139 Sanctions, expulsion from the Legislative Assembly (s. 27(2)(d)) ... CR155 Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13)
Deliberation procedure ... CR12, 27, 77, 84, 90, 137 Deliberation procedure, items previously decided ... CR109 Draft documents, public availability of ... CR67, 68-70 Meeting schedule ... CR71 Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Input
Stakeholder list ... CR10 Stakeholder list, motion to invite written and/or oral submissions from (Luan: carried) ... CR15 Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Input - Oral presentations
Presentation format ... CR49 Procedure for questioning presenters ... CR15-18 Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Input - Written submissions
Public availability of submissions ... CR11 Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Report
Committee deliberation ... CR208-18, 220, 223 Committee deliberation procedure ... CR214 Defeated motions, inclusion of list (proposed) ... CR216 Defeated motions, inclusion of list, motion on (Blakeman: defeated) ... CR216, 217-18 Minority reports ... CR193, 216, 226 Release by chair after technical amendments made, motion on (L. Johnson: carried) ... CR226 Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Special
Appointment to committee ... CR73-74 Minutes of final meeting approval process ... CR226 Proportional representation, point of privilege raised ... CR75-76 Constituencies
Members' activities, COI Act provisions ... CR109 Consumers' Association of Alberta
Inclusion in draft stakeholder list (proposed) ... CR10 Crown
Definition under COI Act ... CR87-88, 90, 175-76, 184, 185-87, 188, 189 Definition under COI Act, organizations with specified revenue streams ... CR185 Definition under COI Act, request to researchers and Ethics Commissioner's office for list of organizations to include, motion on (Fenske: carried unanimously) ... CR177-78 Dept. of Justice and Solicitor General
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... CR22, 26 Support for committee ... CR26 Discussion guide
Draft guide ... CR43 Draft guide, committee member response to ... CR27 Publication on website ... CR27 Edmonton
Ethics/conflicts of interest rules ... CR10 Edmonton-Riverview (constituency)
Former member's recusal from discussion re private interest ... CR85 Elections Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Interaction with COI Act ... CR111 Employment - Former deputy ministers/senior officials
Cooling-off period ... CR90-91 Cooling-off period, committee recommendations ... CR214, 215 Cooling-off period, recommendation to include in COI Act, motion on (Notley: carried) ... CR172 Employment - Former ministers
Cooling-off period ... CR90-91, 157, 158 Cooling-off period, comparison with other jurisdictions ... CR163 Cooling-off period, Ethics Commissioner exemptions, recommendation to remove COI Act provisions, motion on (Blakeman: defeated) ... CR164-65 Cooling-off period, exceptions ... CR22 Cooling-off period, recommendation not to allow exemption for further duties in service to government (agreed) ... CR158-59 Cooling-off period, recommendation that it be related to specific employment and ministries, motion on (Dorward: defeated) ... CR160-61, 163 Employment - Former senior political staff
Cooling-off period, exceptions ... CR22 Cooling-off period, recommendation to extend to 12 months, motion on (Saskiw: defeated) ... CR167 Definition to include former press secretaries ... CR166 Ethics Commissioner investigations/inquiries, public reporting of ... CR22 Employment - Members of the Legislative Assembly
Disqualifying offices, COI Act schedule (agreed) ... CR169, 189, 190-91 Employment/contract restrictions, exceptions ... CR22 Ethics Commissioner
Attendance at committee meetings ... CR40 Title ... CR78 Ethics Commissioner, office of the
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... CR33-34, 37, 39-40 Presentation to committee, written questions and responses ... CR39, 40 Records retention ... CR156 Research input to committee ... CR90 Ethics Commissioner - Advice to members
Ethics Commissioner - Investigations/inquiries
Anonymous complaints, recommendation not to provide for (agreed) ... CR128 Appeal/review of decisions, comparison with other jurisdictions ... CR141, 142 Appeal/review of decisions, recommendation to mirror federal legislation, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR203 Assembly acceptance of findings ... CR152-53 Assembly acceptance of findings, recommendation re Legislature treatment of sanctions (COI Act, section 29(1)(a), (b)), motion on (Blakeman: withdrawn) ... CR154-55 Assembly acceptance of findings, recommendation to replace "substitute its own findings" with "make its own findings" (COI Act, section 29(1)), motion on (Blakeman: carried) ... CR153, 154 Completion after term of office expiry ... CR136 Concurrent committee investigations, recommendation to include provision to disallow (COI Act, section 24(6)), motion on (Wilson: defeated) ... CR150 Concurrent discussion in Assembly, recommendation to remove prohibition (COI Act, section 24(6)), motion on (Wilson: defeated) ... CR146, 148 Confidentiality ... CR132-33 Confidentiality, discretion re information disclosure ... CR40 Confidentiality, recommendation to allow disclosure of certain information in public interest, motion on (Young: carried) ... CR209-10 Confidentiality, recommendation to allow disclosure to the Speaker ... CR200 Confidentiality, recommendation to allow Ethics Commissioner to disclose certain information, motion on (Blakeman: carried) ... CR198-99 Confidentiality, request that research staff, with Ethics Commissioner's Office, develop proposed wording to legislation that would allow Ethics Commissioner's office to comment on the receipt of a request for an investigation, motion on (Blakeman: carried) ... CR134 Insufficient grounds, remedy for complainant (proposed) ... CR134 Investigation summary reports ... CR33-34 Members' commenting on ... CR39 Members' commenting on, Speaker's rulings ... CR39 Reporting of findings for political staff members, motion to recommend (Blakeman: carried) ... CR134 Reports, distribution to members ... CR41 Reports, recommendation for Legislative Assembly to debate and vote on within set time period if breach is found, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR223 Reports, recommendation of time frame, motion on (COI Act, section 25(7)) (Wilson: defeated) ... CR151 Reports, time frame for publication ... CR143-44, 145-46 Reports re ministers/senior political staff, publication of ... CR22 Reversal of decision re former Member for Edmonton-Riverview ... CR85 Self-initiated investigations ... CR64-65 Time limitation for initiation ... CR129 Time limitation for initiation (COI Act sections 25(12), 35(6), 32.1(7)), recommendation to increase to 5 years, motion on (Blakeman: carried unanimously) ... CR194-95, 196 Executive Council
Ethics Commissioner investigations/inquiries, public reporting re ... CR22 Members' ad hoc recusal from discussions and/or votes ... CR101-2 Financial Administration Act
Scope of application ... CR184 Gifts and benefits
Acceptance by member, member's spouse/partner, or minor child ... CR111-12 Recommendation on amendments re prohibition of receipt of gifts if it would affect member's performance and receipts from political parties or constituency associations, motion on (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR111-12 Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Codes of conduct and ethics ... CR89 Codes of conduct and ethics, legislative provisions for ... CR189, 193 Codes of conduct and ethics, standards for ... CR88-89, 190-91 Definition of agency under COI Act ... CR87-88, 90 Definition of agency under COI Act, recommendation to include those with full-time, salaried CEOs or equivalents, motion on (Wilson: defeated) ... CR190-91, 192 Delegated administrative organizations ... CR87-88, 89, 185 Health Quality Council of Alberta
Application of conflicts of interest legislation to ... CR184 Independent members
Appointment to committee, point of order raised ... CR74 Opportunity to initiate debate in the Assembly ... CR203 Information disclosure - Deputy ministers/senior officials
Committee recommendation ... CR214-15 Fowler memo recommendations, recommendation to adopt, motion on (Notley: carried unanimously) ... CR170-71 Information disclosure - Members of the Legislative Assembly
Direct associates' returns, recommendation to remove requirement for former members (agreed) ... CR121 Minister of Finance's report, inclusion of payments by Crown to members ... CR121-22 Public disclosure statements ... CR119-20 Insurance
Members' income from, disclosure requirements ... CR121-22 Investments - Ministers/Leader of the Official Opposition
Managed funds, motion to recommend empowerment of Ethics Commissioner to approve (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR95 Members of the Legislative Assembly - Political activity
Definition ... CR179 Recommendation to include in COI Act definitions re use of tax or lottery fund revenue, motion on (Blakeman: defeated) ... CR179 Nonprofit organizations
Gifts and benefits to members ... CR111 Opposition caucuses
Opportunity to initiate debate in the Assembly ... CR203 Signage ... CR179 Political staff members, senior
Definition, inclusion of communications staff ... CR22 Postsecondary educational institutions
Application of conflicts of interest legislation to ... CR184 Press secretaries
Inclusion in definition of senior political staff ... CR166 Private interest of member, direct associate, or family member
Definition ... CR54, 85-86, 103 Definition, familial interests and biasing influences ... CR100-101 Definition, inclusion of furtherance of member's re-election (proposed) ... CR98-100 Definition, motion on amendment (matters of general application, trivial matters, blind trusts, broad classes) (Notley: defeated) ... CR220 Definition, other jurisdictions ... CR85 Direct association, definition under COI Act ... CR92-93 Improper furtherance of, definition of "persons directly associated" ... CR178 Matters of general application, definition, recommendation for no change to COI Act ... CR86 Members' participation in related votes, recommendation of no change to COI Act ... CR211 Members' permission to declare an interest and participate in discussion, motion not to recommend (Blakeman: carried) ... CR101 Public disclosure of interest, recommendation of ... CR101-2 Public disclosure of interest, recommendation of, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR102 Privilege
General remarks ... CR203 Public service - Senior officials
Definition (order in council) ... CR90-91 Definition (order in council), no change to COI Act recommended ... CR173-75 Definition under COI Act, research on, motion on (Blakeman: defeated) ... CR193-94 Inclusion in COI Act (proposed) ... CR186 Research - Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13)
Public availability of reports ... CR67 Public availability of reports, motion on (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR68-69 Research organizations
Application of conflicts of interest legislation to ... CR184 Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
Presentation to committee ... CR64-65 Social media
Communications plan statistics ... CR49 Speaker
Receipt of Ethics Commissioner reports ... CR41 Speaker - Rulings
Appeal mechanisms ... CR203 Summary of Issues and Recommendations (research report)
General remarks ... CR70 Posting on public website, motion on (Blakeman: carried) ... CR78 Travel on noncommercial aircraft
Conflicts of Interest Act provisions ... CR113-14 Treasury Branches
Member borrowing restrictions under COI Act, recommendation on compensation for loan transfer costs ... CR208 University of Manitoba. Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
Presentation to committee by director Arthur Schafer ... CR54-55 Brown, Dr. Neil, QC (PC, Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill)
Adult interdependent partner
Definition under COI Act, recommendation to include in definition of "spouse" ... CR87 Code of conduct for Members of the Legislative Assembly
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... CR81 Proposal for ... CR79 Conflict of interest - Apparent conflicts
Recommendation not to include in COI Act, motion on (Fenske: withdrawn) ... CR105 Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta)
Preamble ... CR79 Preamble, inclusion of term "lawful" related to MLA actions (proposed) ... CR82-83 Preamble, reference to member integrity and impartiality move to body of act (proposed) ... CR81 Scope of application ... CR81-82 Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Special
Proportional representation, point of privilege raised ... CR74 Employment - Former deputy ministers/senior officials
Cooling-off period, legislation on ... CR91 Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Codes of conduct and ethics ... CR89 Codes of conduct and ethics, standards for ... CR89 Government caucus
Website (mypcmla.ca) ... CR99 Lottery fund
Cheque presentations ... CR98 Private interest of member, direct associate, or family member
Definition ... CR85-86 Definition, familial interests and biasing influences ... CR101 Definition, inclusion of furtherance of member's re-election (proposed) ... CR98-100 Definition, recommendation not to expand, motion on (Brown: carried) ... CR86 Direct association, definition under COI Act ... CR93-94 Direct association, recommendation to include term "relatives" in COI Act, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR94 Improper furtherance of, definition of "improper," recommendation of no change to COI Act, motion on (Brown: carried) ... CR92 Improper furtherance of, definition of "improper" under COI Act ... CR92 Matters of general application, definition, recommendation for no change to COI Act ... CR87 Public disclosure of interest, recommendation of, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR102
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