Wilkinson, Neil, R. (Ethics Commissioner)
Agricultural insurance
Members' income from, disclosure requirements ... CR121
Business enterprises - Ministers/Leader of the Official Opposition
Management trusts, legislative provisions for ... CR32 Management trusts, recommendation to allow establishment but not participation in discussion or vote ... CR96
Clerk of the Assembly
Responsibility for publication of members' disclosure statements, removal of (proposed) ... CR31
Code of conduct for Members of the Legislative Assembly
Lack of explicit code ... CR37
Conflict of interest - Apparent conflicts
Conflict of Interest Commissioner - British Columbia
Recommendation to not provide for self-initiated investigations ... CR32
Conflict-of-interest legislation
Crossjurisdictional survey ... CR30, 37
Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta)
1991 legislation ... CR30 Confidentiality provisions ... CR33 Overview ... CR30 Title of act, recommendation to change, motion on (Blakeman: defeated) ... CR204
Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta) - Enforcement
Administrative fines/sanctions imposed by Ethics Commissioner ... CR154 Sanctions ... CR138, 139
Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13)
Meeting schedule ... CR4-6
Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Input
Stakeholder list ... CR5-6 Stakeholder list, researchers to prepare draft list, motion on (Wilson: carried) ... CR6
Constituencies
Members' activities, COI Act provisions ... CR109
Disaster recovery program
Members' income from, disclosure requirements ... CR122
Elections Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Interaction with COI Act ... CR111
Employment - Former ministers
Cooling-off period ... CR33 Cooling-off period, exceptions ... CR33, 35 Cooling-off period, recommendation that it be related to specific employment and ministries, motion on (Dorward: defeated) ... CR162
Employment - Former senior political staff
Cooling-off period, exceptions ... CR33, 35
Employment - Members of the Legislative Assembly
Disqualifying offices, COI Act schedule (agreed) ... CR110
Employment - Ministers/Leader of the Official Opposition
Employment/contract restrictions ... CR32 Legislative provisions ... CR32
Ethics Commissioner
Annual report to Speaker, recommendation of no change to COI Act ... CR152 Attendance at committee meetings ... CR40 Mandate ... CR33, 79 Nonjurisdictional contacts ... RC33-34 Recommendation on gifts and benefits ... CR110 Special Ethics Commissioner, recommendation of no change to COI Act ... CR168 Title ... CR79
Ethics Commissioner, office of the
Independence of office ... CR38 Presentation to committee (proposed) ... CR4-6 Presentation to committee ... CR29-33 Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... CR33-40 Research input to committee ... CR13
Ethics Commissioner - Advice to members
Ethics Commissioner - Investigations/inquiries
Assembly acceptance of findings, recommendation re Legislature treatment of sanctions (COI Act, section 29(1)(a), (b)), motion on (Blakeman: withdrawn) ... CR154 Confidentiality ... CR133 Confidentiality, discretion re information disclosure ... CR33, 40 Confidentiality, recommendation to allow Ethics Commissioner to disclose certain information, motion on (Blakeman: carried) ... CR199 Initiation of ... CR127 Investigation summary reports ... CR33-34 Members' commenting on ... CR33, 37, 39 Members' commenting on, Speaker's rulings ... CR39 Out-of-province commissioners used for ... CR39 Preliminary report to subject of inquiry, recommendation to amend subsection 25(8) of COI Act ("may" changed to "shall") ... CR129 Reporting of findings for political staff members (proposed) ... CR134 Reports, recommendation of time frame, motion on (COI Act, section 25(7)) (Wilson: defeated) ... CR151 Reports, time frame for publication ... CR143-44 Self-initiated investigations ... CR32, 62 Self-initiated investigations, recommendation not to include, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR126-27 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) ... CR195
Executive Council
Members' ad hoc recusal from discussions and/or votes ... CR102
Fees
Acceptance by member ... CR31
Gifts and benefits
Acceptance by member, member's spouse/partner, or minor child ... CR31, 39, 110-11 Acceptance by member from friends ... CR35-36 Ethics Commissioner advice to members ... CR31 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) ... CR112 Threshold limit ... CR31
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Codes of conduct and ethics, legislative provisions for ... CR36
Information disclosure - Deputy ministers/senior officials
Fowler memo recommendations ... CR33
Information disclosure - Members of the Legislative Assembly
Direct associates' returns, recommendation to remove requirement for former members (agreed) ... CR121 Electronic filing of documents (proposed) ... CR118 Minister of Finance's report, inclusion of payments by Crown to members ... CR121-22 Online disclosure statements ... CR31 Private disclosure statements, recommendation that Ethics Commissioner prescribe manner of filing ... CR118 Private disclosure statements, reimbursement for preparation costs from Ethics Commissioner's budget, recommendation re ... CR123 Public disclosure statements, retention schedule ... CR123 Statement guidelines (assets, liabilities, sources of income) ... CR40
Insurance
Members' income from, disclosure requirements ... CR121-22
Investments - Members of the Legislative Assembly
Investments - Ministers/Leader of the Official Opposition
Blind trusts ... CR32, 116 Conflicts of Interest Act provisions ... CR32
Members' Conflict of Interest Act (British Columbia)
Apparent conflicts of interest, legislative provisions for ... CR34 Information disclosure provisions, electronic filing of documents ... CR118 Travel on noncommercial aircraft, provisions for ... CR113
Members' Integrity Act, 1994 (Ontario)
Confidentiality provisions ... CR33 General remarks ... CR33 Information disclosure provisions, electronic filing of documents ... CR118
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Members' apologies ... CR127 Public disclosure statements, online access to (proposed) ... CR31
Members of the Legislative Assembly - Constituent communication
Private interest of member, direct associate, or family member
Definition ... CR30 Direct association, definition under COI Act ... CR93 Improper furtherance of ... CR30, 37 Improper furtherance of, definition of "improper" ... CR37 Improper furtherance of, definition of "persons directly associated" ... CR178 Public disclosure of interest, recommendation of, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR102-3
Public service - Senior officials
Definition (order in council), no change to COI Act recommended ... CR174 Exclusion from Ethics Commissioner mandate ... CR33
Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
Presentation to committee ... CR62
Travel on noncommercial aircraft
Conflicts of Interest Act provisions ... CR31, 112-14 Sanctions for deemed conflict (proposed) ... CR115 Statistics on flights ... CR114
Treasury Branches
Member borrowing restrictions under COI Act, recommendation on, motion on (Dorward: withdrawn) ... CR115-17 Member borrowing restrictions under COI Act, recommendation on compensation for loan transfer costs ... CR115-17
Wilson, Jeff (W, Calgary-Shaw)
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Scope of application ... CR190
Code of conduct for Members of the Legislative Assembly
Comparison with other jurisdictions ... CR81
Conflict of interest - Apparent conflicts
General remarks ... CR35 Recommendation not to include in COI Act, motion on (Fenske: withdrawn) ... CR104
Conflict of Interest Act (Canada)
Definition of family member ... CR94
Conflict-of-interest legislation
Crossjurisdictional survey ... CR38
Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta)
Preamble, reference to member integrity and impartiality move to body of act (proposed) ... CR81 Scope of application ... CR81, 83 Title of act ... CR80
Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta) - Enforcement
Administrative fines/sanctions imposed by Ethics Commissioner ... CR154, 155-56, 212 Legislative provisions ... CR58 Sanctions ... CR138 Sanctions, expulsion from the Legislative Assembly (s. 27(2)(d)) ... CR155
Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13)
Deliberation procedure ... CR115 Meeting schedule ... CR4
Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Input - Oral presentations
Procedure for questioning presenters ... CR16 Stakeholder list ... CR48
Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Report
Crown
Definition under COI Act, recommendation to include corporations listed in section 2(5) of the Financial Administration Act, motion on (Wilson: withdrawn) ... CR176-77 Definition under Financial Administration Act ... CR176
Dept. of Justice and Solicitor General
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... CR26
Disaster recovery program
Members' income from, disclosure requirements ... CR121-22
Edmonton-Manning (constituency)
Ethics Commissioner decision on member's alleged conflict of interest ... CR220-21
Employment - Former ministers
Cooling-off period ... CR157-58 Cooling-off period, comparison with other jurisdictions ... CR163 Cooling-off period, recommendation that it be related to specific employment and ministries, motion on (Dorward: defeated) ... CR159, 160-61, 162-63
Employment - Ministers/Leader of the Official Opposition
Conflicts of Interest Act provisions, recommendation of no change ... CR124
Ethics Commissioner, office of the
Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... CR35, 38
Ethics Commissioner - Investigations/inquiries
Assembly acceptance of findings ... CR152 Assembly acceptance of findings, recommendation re Legislature treatment of sanctions, exclusion of expulsion of member (COI Act, section 29(1)), motion on (Wilson: defeated) ... CR156 Assembly acceptance of findings, recommendation re Legislature treatment of sanctions (COI Act, section 29(1)(a), (b)), motion on (Blakeman: withdrawn) ... CR154 Completion after term of office expiry ... CR26 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, 149-50 Confidentiality ... CR132 Confidentiality, recommendation to allow disclosure of certain information (recommendation 19) ... CR209 Confidentiality, recommendation to allow disclosure of certain information in public interest, motion on (Young: carried) ... CR210 Confidentiality, recommendation to allow Ethics Commissioner to disclose certain information, motion on (Blakeman: carried) ... CR199 Definition of investigation/inquiry, recommendation to clarify distinction, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR124 Fact-finding inquiries, recommendation of no change to COI Act ... CR128 General remarks ... CR26 Initiation of ... CR127 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 ... CR142-43, 145, 146 Self-initiated investigations ... CR62 Self-initiated investigations, recommendation not to include, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR126-27 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) ... CR195-96
Gifts and benefits
Acceptance by member, member's spouse/partner, or minor child, exceptions ... CR31
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Codes of conduct and ethics, legislative provisions for ... CR190, 192-93 Definition of agency under COI Act, recommendation to include those with full-time, salaried CEOs or equivalents, motion on (Wilson: defeated) ... CR190, 191-92
Information disclosure - Members of the Legislative Assembly
Minister of Finance's report, inclusion of payments by Crown to members ... CR121-22
Insurance
Members' income from, disclosure requirements ... CR121-22
Investments - Ministers/Leader of the Official Opposition
Blind trusts ... CR116 Conflicts of Interest Act provisions, recommendation of no change ... CR124
Lottery fund
Cheque presentations ... CR180
Members of the Legislative Assembly - Political activity
Recommendation to include in COI Act definitions re use of tax or lottery fund revenue, motion on (Blakeman: defeated) ... CR179-80
Private interest of member, direct associate, or family member
Definition, inclusion of furtherance of member's re-election (proposed) ... CR100 Definition, motion on amendment (matters of general application, trivial matters, blind trusts, broad classes) (Notley: defeated) ... CR220-21 Improper furtherance of ... CR38 Improper furtherance of, definition of "improper" ... CR38
Privilege
Procedure in committee ... CR223
Public service - Senior officials
Definition (order in council) ... CR193
Research - Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13)
Public availability of reports, motion on (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR68
Travel on noncommercial aircraft
Ethics Commissioner prior approval if possible, motion on recommendation for (Wilson: carried unanimously) ... CR114 Sanctions for deemed conflict (proposed) ... CR115
Treasury Branches
Member borrowing restrictions under COI Act, recommendation on, motion on (Dorward: withdrawn) ... CR116 Member borrowing restrictions under COI Act, recommendation on compensation for loan transfer costs ... CR115-16
University of Manitoba. Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
Presentation to committee by director Arthur Schafer ... CR58 Presentation to committee by director Arthur Schafer, invitation for ... CR48
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