Dean, Shannon (Senior Parliamentary Counsel/Director of House Services)
Parliamentary Counsel
Committee support ... CR2
Deputy Chair (Luan, Jason)
Government agencies, boards, and commissions
Definition of agency, recommendation of no change to Conflicts of Interest Act ... CR91
Dorward, David C. (PC, Edmonton-Gold Bar)
Agricultural insurance
Members' income from, disclosure requirements ... CR121
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Business enterprises - Ministers/Leader of the Official Opposition
Management trusts, recommendation to allow establishment but not participation in discussion or vote ... CR96-97 Management trusts, recommendation to allow establishment but not participation in discussion or vote, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR97
Code of conduct for Members of the Legislative Assembly
Conflict of interest - Apparent conflicts
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (federal)
Conflict-of-interest legislation
Crossjurisdictional survey ... CR38 Crossjurisdictional survey, motion to request (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR15
Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta)
Preamble ... CR78-79 Preamble, reference to member integrity and impartiality move to body of act (proposed) ... CR82-83 Scope of application ... CR82-83 Title of act ... CR78-79, 82-83 Title of act, recommendation to change, motion on (Blakeman: defeated) ... CR205
Conflicts of Interest Act (Alberta) - Enforcement
Administrative fines, recommendation of fine up to $500 for technical breaches, motion on (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR140 Administrative fines/sanctions imposed by Ethics Commissioner ... CR154, 155-56, 212 Sanctions, expulsion from the Legislative Assembly (s. 27(2)(d)) ... CR155 Sanctions, recommendation to maintain imposition by Legislative Assembly, not Ethics Commissioner, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR139
Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Input - Oral presentations
Presentation format ... CR49 Procedure for questioning presenters ... CR16-18 Stakeholder invitations ... CR48-49
Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13) - Report
Conflicts of Interest Act Review Committee, Select Special
Proportional representation, point of privilege raised ... CR74-75
Crown
Definition under COI Act ... CR88, 91, 177, 189, 190 Definition under COI Act, recommendation to include corporations listed in section 2(5) of the Financial Administration Act, motion on (Wilson: withdrawn) ... CR176
Dept. of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Late submission, motion to include in review (McDonald: carried unanimously) ... CR50
Elections Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Interaction with COI Act ... CR111
Employment - Former deputy ministers/senior officials
Cooling-off period ... CR90, 171 Cooling-off period, recommendation to include in COI Act, motion on (Notley: carried) ... CR171, 172
Employment - Former ministers
Cooling-off period ... CR90, 157 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) ... CR159-61, 162-63 Cooling-off period, recommendation to extend to 24 months, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR158
Ethics Commissioner
Annual report to Speaker, recommendation of no change to COI Act ... CR152 Members' failure to co-operate with, recommendation of no change to COI Act, motion on (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR140 Special Ethics Commissioner, recommendation of no change to COI Act ... CR168
Ethics Commissioner, office of the
Independence of office ... CR38 Presentation to committee, questions and comments ... CR35-36, 38, 40 Records retention, motion to increase time to 5 years (COI Act sections 17(a) and 47(2)) (Dorward: carried) ... CR196-98
Ethics Commissioner - Advice to members
Confidentiality, recommendation to make explicit in legislation, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR201-2
Ethics Commissioner - Investigations/inquiries
Appeal/review of decisions, comparison with other jurisdictions ... CR141, 142 Assembly acceptance of findings ... CR153 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 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) ... CR154 Concurrent discussion in Assembly, recommendation to remove prohibition (COI Act, section 24(6)), motion on (Wilson: defeated) ... CR146-47, 148-49 Confidentiality ... CR130-31, 138 Confidentiality, recommendation to allow disclosure of certain information in public interest, motion on (Young: carried) ... CR210 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 Definition of investigation/inquiry ... CR124 Definition of investigation/inquiry, recommendation to clarify distinction, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR124 General remarks ... CR58 Insufficient grounds, remedy for complainant (proposed) ... CR135-36 Reports, recommendation for Legislative Assembly to debate and vote on within set time period if breach is found, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR224 Reports, time frame for publication ... CR143-44 Self-initiated investigations ... CR61 Self-initiated investigations, recommendation not to include, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR125-26 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
Executive Council
Members' ad hoc recusal from discussions and/or votes ... CR102
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Relation to Ethics Commissioner confidentiality ... CR202
Gifts and benefits
Acceptance by member, member's spouse/partner, or minor child ... CR111 Acceptance by member from friends ... CR35-36 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 ... CR88-89 Codes of conduct and ethics, legislative provisions for ... CR189, 190, 193 Codes of conduct and ethics, standards for ... CR88 Definition of agency, recommendation of no change to COI Act ... CR91 Definition of agency under COI Act ... CR88 Definition of agency under COI Act, recommendation to include those with full-time, salaried CEOs or equivalents, motion on (Wilson: defeated) ... CR191-92
Information disclosure - Deputy ministers/senior officials
Fowler memo recommendations, recommendation to adopt, motion on (Notley: carried unanimously) ... CR169, 170, 171
Information disclosure - Members of the Legislative Assembly
Minister of Finance's report, inclusion of payments by Crown to members ... CR121 Minister of Finance's report, recommendation of no change to COI Act, motion on (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR122 Private disclosure statements, reimbursement for preparation costs from Ethics Commissioner's budget, recommendation re, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR123 Public disclosure statements ... CR119 Public disclosure statements, availability online and in Ethics Commissioner's and Clerk's offices, motion on (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR122 Public disclosure statements, recommendation for public notice that information has been withheld under section 14(7) of the COI Act, motion on (Notley: carried) ... CR120 Statement guidelines (assets, liabilities, sources of income) ... CR40
Insurance
Members' income from, disclosure requirements ... CR122
Investments - Ministers/Leader of the Official Opposition
Blind trusts, recommendation of no change to COI Act, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR95 Managed funds ... CR95 Managed funds, motion to recommend empowerment of Ethics Commissioner to approve (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR95
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
Private interest of member, direct associate, or family member
Adult and minor children, provisions for, recommendation for no change to COI Act, motion on (Dorward: carried) ... CR109 Definition, inclusion of furtherance of member's re-election (proposed) ... CR100 Direct association, definition under COI Act ... CR93 Improper furtherance of ... CR38 Improper furtherance of, definition of "improper" ... CR38 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 Public disclosure of interest, recommendation of ... CR102 Public disclosure of interest, recommendation of, motion on (Notley: defeated) ... CR103
Public service - Senior officials
Definition (order in council), no change to COI Act recommended ... CR173-74
Research - Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-13)
Committee research ... CR206 Public availability of reports, motion on (Dorward: carried unanimously) ... CR67-69
Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
Presentation to committee ... CR61
Social media
Members' use during meeting, point of order withdrawn ... CR161
Travel on noncommercial aircraft
Conflicts of Interest Act provisions ... CR112-14
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
University of Manitoba. Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics
Presentation to committee by director Arthur Schafer ... CR55, 58
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