Acting Chair (Sweet, Heather, September 19, 2016)
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Section 17, individual contribution limits, committee recommendation of $4,000 per year, motion on (Nielsen: adjourned on amended motion) ... EA457-58 Section 17, individual contribution limits, committee recommendation of $4,000 per year, motion on (Nielsen: adjourned on amended motion), amendment to make limit aggregate for political parties, candidates, persons seeking nomination, leadership campaigns, and constituency associations (one-bucket system), motion on (Loyola: carried as amended) ... EA457 Section 17, individual contribution limits, committee recommendation of $4,000 per year, motion on (Nielsen: adjourned on amended motion), amendment to make limit aggregate for political parties, candidates, persons seeking nomination, leadership campaigns, and constituency associations (one-bucket system), motion on (Loyola: carried as amended), point of order on debate ... EA455, 456
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review
Ethics and Accountability Committee, Select Special
Chair's impartiality, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling requested, motion ruled out of order ... EA445, 446-47 Chair's impartiality, point of privilege raised, Speaker's ruling requested, motion ruled out of order, point of order raised ... EA447-48 Committee procedure, language used ... EA455, 456 Committee procedure, notice of new motions ... EA448-49 Meeting extension past scheduled time ... EA469 Meeting extension past scheduled time, point of privilege raised (deferred) ... EA469-70 Meeting extension past scheduled time, point of privilege raised (not proceeded with), chair's ruling ... EA472
Political advertising
Third-party advertising (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.) ... EA457
Privilege
Breach of members' rights (meeting extension past scheduled time), chair's ruling ... EA472 Breach of members' rights (meeting extension past scheduled time), point of privilege raised (deferred) ... EA469-70
Aheer, Leela Sharon (Chestermere-Rocky View, W)
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Crossjurisdictional comparison ... EA85
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review - Public/stakeholder input - Oral presentations
Anonymous submitter to be invited for in camera oral presentation, motion on (Aheer: carried) ... EA84
Amato, Dr. Sarah (Research Officer, Legislative Assembly Office)
Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act
Definition of public entity ... EA144
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Form letter on election legislation ... EA85
Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta
Preparation of guides to financial statements for political parties, candidates, and constituency associations, stakeholder recommendation ... EA280
Chief Electoral Officer's office - Investigations/inquiries
Disclosure of information to political parties or Alberta Treasury Board and Finance, stakeholder recommendations ... EA276
Constituency associations
Annual filing of financial statements, stakeholder recommendations ... EA278 Disclosure of donations, stakeholder recommendations ... EA278 Late filing of financial statements, stakeholder recommendations ... EA272
Election Act review - Public/stakeholder input - Written submissions
Summary of submissions ... EA84
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Consolidation with Election Act and modernization, stakeholder recommendations ... EA262 Crossjurisdictional comparison ... EA210, 221, 225, 246, 248-49, 250, 271, 452, 474-75 Crossjurisdictional comparison, committee research ... EA184-85, 258 Definition of contribution to include discounted services, stakeholder recommendations ... EA216 Section 17, individual contribution limits ... EA85 Section 17, individual contribution limits, committee recommendation of $4,000 per year, motion on (Nielsen: adjourned on amended motion) ... EA210, 221, 452 Section 17, individual contribution limits, committee recommendation of $4,000 per year, motion on (Nielsen: adjourned on amended motion), amendment to make limit aggregate for political parties, candidates, persons seeking nomination, leadership campaigns, and constituency associations (one-bucket system), motion on (Loyola: carried as amended) ... EA452 Section 17, individual contribution limits, committee recommendation of $4,000 per year, motion on (Nielsen: adjourned on amended motion), amendment to reduce amount to $2,300 and double during election periods (two-bucket system) (Cyr: defeated) ... EA221 Section 17, individual contribution limits, donations by individuals on behalf of others ... EA227 Section 17, individual contribution limits, stakeholder recommendations ... EA218-19, 227 Section 40, loans, stakeholder recommendations ... EA230 Section 41, loan guarantees, stakeholder recommendations ... EA230
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review
Committee deliberation ... EA216, 218-19, 221, 222, 225, 227, 230, 234, 236, 239-40, 246, 248-50, 257-59, 262, 263, 265, 270-72, 276-78, 280, 293, 452, 474-75
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review - Public/stakeholder input - Written submissions
Comparison between stakeholder and public submissions ... EA85 Summary of submissions ... EA85
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review - Report
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review summary of issues and recommendations (research document)
Municipalities
Inclusion in PIDA proposed ... EA143, 144
Political action committees
Crossjurisdictional comparison ... EA474-75
Political advertising
Definition, stakeholder recommendations ... EA236 Third-party advertising (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.) ... EA474-75 Third-party advertising (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.), committee recommendation on financial disclosure of contributions, motion on (Nielsen: withdrawn) ... EA239-40 Third-party advertising (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.), committee recommendation to change word "charge" to "cost" in EFCDA section 44.1(g), motion on (Clark: carried) ... EA246 Third-party advertising (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.), contributions from other third parties ... EA248-49 Third-party advertising (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.), spending limit proposed ... EA85 Third-party advertising (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.), stakeholder recommendations ... EA248
Political candidates (provincial elections)
Contributions by third-party groups (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.) ... EA85 Contributions restricted to individuals proposed ... EA85 Disclosure of donations, stakeholder recommendations ... EA278 Election campaign spending limit ... EA85 Expenses incurred before election period, stakeholder recommendations ... EA265, 270 Late filing of financial statements, candidate liability, stakeholder recommendations ... EA277 Late filing of financial statements, committee recommendation of 10-day late filing period with automatic fines, motion on (Clark: carried) ... EA271 Late filing of financial statements, stakeholder recommendations ... EA271 Preregistration, stakeholder recommendations ... EA263 Public funding, rebate program (partial refund of campaign expenses), committee recommendation, motion on (Loyola: carried), amendment to include 30-day consultation, motion on (Yao: defeated) ... EA293 Public funding, rebate program (partial refund of campaign expenses), stakeholder recommendations ... EA257 Public funding, stakeholder recommendations ... EA257
Political parties
Contributions by third-party groups (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.), prohibition on ... EA85 Contributions restricted to individuals proposed ... EA85 Disclosure of donations, stakeholder recommendations ... EA278 Election campaign spending limit, committee recommendation of 60 cents per registered elector indexed to inflation, motion on (Sucha: carried as amended) ... EA250 Election campaign spending limit, stakeholder recommendations ... EA249 Late filing of financial statements, stakeholder recommendations ... EA272 Loan guarantees by individuals ... EA234 Public funding, committee recommendation against per-vote subsidy, motion on (Cyr: defeated) ... EA258 Public funding, rebate program (partial refund of campaign expenses), committee recommendation, motion on (Loyola: carried), amendment to include 30-day consultation, motion on (Yao: defeated) ... EA293 Public funding, rebate program (partial refund of campaign expenses), stakeholder recommendations ... EA257 Public funding, stakeholder recommendations ... EA85, 257 Spending limit proposed ... EA85
Political party leadership campaigns
Contributions, disposition of surpluses, stakeholder recommendations ... EA225 Contributions, stakeholder recommendations ... EA222 Loans and loan guarantees, stakeholder recommendations ... EA230
Public Interest Commissioner
Direct disclosure to ... EA78, 103 Direct disclosure to, following internal disclosure ... EA162 Direct disclosure to, review standards similar to judicial review proposed ... EA162 Powers to exempt ... EA96, 179
Public Interest Commissioner's office
Annual report contents ... EA134 Legal counsel for whistle-blowers ... EA181 Privilege and protection from giving evidence ... EA181
Public Interest Commissioner's office - Investigations/inquiries
Commissioner's access to information ... EA170, 171-72 Commissioner's access to information protected by solicitor-client privilege ... EA172 Commissioner's access to information protected by solicitor-client privilege, committee recommendation, motion on (Clark: withdrawn) ... EA173 Commissioner's decision not to investigate/cease an investigation ... EA174-75 Implementation of recommendations, authority for ... EA175 Own motion investigations by commissioner and chief or designated officer ... EA105, 130 Reports, discussion of wrongdoing ... EA78 Review of decisions ... EA176 Stakeholder recommendations ... EA96 Timeline on disclosure acknowledgement and decision to investigate ... EA165, 169
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act
Crossjurisdictional comparison ... EA79, 98, 110, 193 Crossjurisdictional comparison, committee research ... EA156, 169, 171-72, 173, 182 Definition of disclosure ... EA183 Definition of employee ... EA187-88 Definition of employee, committee recommendation not to change ... EA188 Definition of whistle-blower or whistle-blowing ... EA183 Definition of wrongdoing ... EA96 Definition of wrongdoing as danger to life, health, or safety ... EA145 Definition of wrongdoing as gross mismanagement ... EA145 Definition of wrongdoing as gross mismanagement, committee recommendation, motion on (Clark: defeated) ... EA156 Part 5, general matters ... EA179 Penalties for reprisals against whistleblowers in act ... EA78, 96 Provisions for actions in good faith ... EA193 Reprisal against whistle-blowers under act, recommendations of submissions (sections 24-27) ... EA78 Reprisal against whistle-blowers under act, remedies proposed ... EA108, 111, 130 Scope and application ... EA78, 96, 98 Scope and application, clarification on members and ministers ... EA143 Scope and application, clarification on members and ministers, motion on (Clark: carried) ... EA144 Scope and application, inclusion of contracted and delegated service providers to government ... EA78, 98 Scope and application, inclusion of private sector proposed ... EA78, 130, 188 Scope and application, recommendations of submissions ... EA78 Section 5(2)(f), chief or designated officer's obligation to report alleged illegal conduct to law enforcement of Justice and Solicitor General ministry ... EA191 Section 10, disclosure to the Public Interest Commissioner, recommendations of submissions ... EA78 Section 22, Public Interest Commissioner's report re investigation, recommendations of submissions ... EA78
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review
Committee deliberation ... EA98, 103, 105, 108, 110, 111, 130, 131, 134, 137, 143-45, 156, 159, 162, 165, 169-79, 181, 182-83, 187-88, 191, 193, 215
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review - Public/stakeholder input - Oral presentations
Committee to invite further presentations ... EA80
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review - Public/stakeholder input - Written submissions
Comparison between stakeholder and public submissions ... EA78 Late submission by Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre ... EA80 Service Alberta ministry submission ... EA111 Summary of submissions ... EA78, 79, 96
Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Regulation (Alberta Regulation 71/2013)
Regulation 1(2), definitions of "employee," "medical staff," and "professional staff" ... EA187-88 Regulation 1(2), definitions to explicitly include physicians in alternative relationship plans proposed ... EA187
Taxation
Tax credits for political donations, stakeholder recommendations ... EA259
Voting in provincial elections
Whistle-blowing
Confidentiality protection ... EA137 Disclosure procedures ... EA96, 103 Disclosure procedures, disclosure through other channels (e.g., law enforcement, MLAs, city councillors, school board trustees, Justice minister, media) ... EA103 Internal disclosure to supervisors ... EA159 Protection of whistle-blowers ... EA176 Protection of whistle-blowers, reverse onus on reprisals ... EA177 Public disclosure procedure ... EA131 Remedies/rewards for whistle-blowers ... EA170 Reprisal against whistle-blowers ... EA182 Reprisal against whistle-blowers, mechanisms for damages, remedies, and restitution ... EA178 Reprisal against whistle-blowers, mechanisms for damages, remedies, and restitution through Labour Relations Board, motion on (Nielsen: carried) ... EA215
Workplace health and safety
Legislation, inclusion of bullying/harassment ... EA79
Anderson, Shaye (Leduc-Beaumont, ND)
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Crossjurisdictional comparison ... EA307 Definition of contribution to include discounted services, committee recommendation on (Cyr: carried as amended) ... EA324 Definition of contribution to include discounted services, committee recommendation on (Cyr: carried as amended), amendment to strike out "so that" and insert "to provide that nonvoluntary services be included in the definition of contribution," motion on (Cooper: carried) ... EA324
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review
Political candidates (provincial elections)
Nomination campaign spending limit, committee recommendation, motion on (Sucha: carried as amended) ... EA321 Nomination campaign spending limit, committee recommendation, motion on (Sucha: carried), amendment to add "for each person running for nomination," motion on (S. Anderson: carried as amended) ... EA319
Political parties
Election campaign spending limit, committee recommendation of 60 cents per registered elector indexed to inflation, motion on (Sucha: carried as amended) ... EA306, 307 Election campaign spending limit, committee recommendation of 60 cents per registered elector indexed to inflation, motion on (Sucha: carried as amended), amendment to replace "60 cents" with "80 cents," motion on (S. Anderson: carried) ... EA306, 307
Political party leadership campaigns
Spending limit, committee recommendation of 15 per cent of party's campaign spending limit, motion on (Sucha: carried as amended) ... EA316-18 Spending limit, committee recommendation of 15 per cent of party's campaign spending limit, motion on (Sucha: carried as amended), amendment to change "candidate" to "contestant," motion on (S. Anderson: carried) ... EA316
Anderson, Wayne (Highwood, W)
Political parties
Election campaign spending limit, committee recommendation of 60 cents per registered elector indexed to inflation, motion on (Sucha: carried as amended) ... EA306 Election campaign spending limit, committee recommendation of 60 cents per registered elector indexed to inflation, motion on (Sucha: carried as amended), amendment to replace "60 cents" with "80 cents," motion on (S. Anderson: carried) ... EA306
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