Giorno, Guy (Partner, Fasken; Participant, Election Act, Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, Stakeholder Presentations)
Advocacy groups
Partisan versus nonpartisan ... DA175
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Section 41.41, activities by third parties ... DA174 Section 41.42, collusion ... DA174-75
Fundraising by political parties and candidates
Giorno, Guy (partner, Fasken)
Presentation on Election Act and Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act ... DA173-77
Government advertising
Other jurisdictions ... DA174
Nonpartisan advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Presumption in law of benefit to partisan actors ... DA175
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Benefit to political parties and candidates ... DA174 Contribution limits ... DA176 Pre-election advertising period ... DA174-75
Political candidates
Nomination contests, regulation ... DA176-77 Prohibition on contributions from people who do business with government proposed ... DA174, 176
Political parties
Leadership contests, regulation ... DA176-77 Prohibition on contributions from people who do business with government proposed ... DA174, 176
Voting in provincial elections
Voter identification requirements ... DA175
Goodridge, Laila (Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche, UCP; Parliamentary Secretary Responsible for Alberta's Francophonie)
Bratt, Dr. Duane (Mount Royal University)
Presentation on election recall legislation ... DA81-82
Brodie, Dr. Ian (University of Calgary)
Presentation on Election Act and Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act ... DA162
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Presentation on citizens' initiatives ... DA68 Presentation on election recall legislation ... DA77-78
Citizens' initiative referendums
Other jurisdictions, British Columbia ... DA68 Restrictions ... DA68 Signature thresholds ... DA68
Citizens' initiatives review
Committee deliberation ... DA105-8, 111-12, 114, 116, 118, 120-22 Draft report to be prepared by research services and final report to be approved by chair and deputy chair after review by committee members, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA148-49
Citizens' initiatives review, committee recommendations
Campaign spending limits, motion on (Dang: carried) ... DA120 Enactment of legislation to allow petitions on legislative or policy proposals only, motion on (Pancholi: defeated) ... DA105 Enactment of legislation to allow petitions on proposals within the jurisdiction of the Alberta Legislative or outside the jurisdiction of the Alberta Legislature with a more stringent process for approval, motion on (Fir: carried) ... DA106-7 Government advertising prohibition during petition canvassing period, motion on (Feehan/Sweet: withdrawn) ... DA114 Petition signature requirement of 10 per cent of eligible voters in each electoral division, motion on (Feehan/Sweet), amendment to replace 10 per cent with regional signature thresholds between 5 and 25 per cent, motion on (Smith: carried) ... DA111 Petitions' inclusion of information on petitioner's residency, motion on (Pancholi: carried) ... DA112 Petitions on legislative proposals to include a draft bill, motion on (Feehan/Sweet: carried) ... DA122 Prohibition on contributions from corporations and individuals not residing in Alberta, motion on (Feehan/Sweet: carried as amended) ... DA118 Prohibition on contributions from corporations and individuals not residing in Alberta, motion on (Feehan/Sweet: carried as amended), addition of unions, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA118 Successful initiatives to be referred to legislative committee or to Chief Electoral Officer for an initiative vote, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA121
Constituency associations
Contribution limits ... DA162 Reporting requirements, committee recommendation of annual filing, motion on (Horner: carried) ... DA218
Democratic Accountability Committee, Select Special
Agenda, July 13, 2020, meeting, motion to amend (Horner: carried) ... DA2 Agenda, July 13, 2020 meeting, approval as amended, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA2 Meeting schedule and notice of motions, motion on (Pancholi: carried as amended) ... DA24-25 Meeting schedule and notice of motions, motion on (Pancholi: carried as amended), amendment to shorten time provided to members for motion preparation from three days to two, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA25 Procedure on motions, points of order raised ... DA11 Subcommittee development of draft stakeholder list, motion on (R.J. Sigurdson: carried) ... DA47
Democratic accountability review
Focus issues, committee to consider red tape reduction and direct the subcommittee to identify additional areas of focus from Chief Electoral Officer's 2018 enumeration report and 2019 general election report, motion on (Smith: carried as amended) ... DA42
Democratic accountability review, public/stakeholder input
Draft stakeholder list to be prepared by subcommittee, motion on (R.J. Sigurdson: carried) ... DA47 Draft stakeholder list to be prepared by subcommittee, motion on (R.J. Sigurdson: carried), amendment to remove requirement that all stakeholders invited be recommended by the subcommittee, motion on (Pancholi: defeated) ... DA47 Stakeholder list, subcommittee recommendations adopted, motion on (Goodridge/Smith: carried) ... DA51-55 Stakeholder list, subcommittee recommendations adopted, motion on (Goodridge/Smith: carried), amendment to replace the Canadian Taxpayers Federation with Lorne Gibson, election management consultant, motion on (Ceci: defeated) ... DA53
Democratic accountability review, public/stakeholder oral presentations
Committee to request costing of town hall meetings, motion on (Dang: defeated) ... DA20-21 Virtual public meetings ... DA56
Democratic accountability review, public/stakeholder written submissions
Subcommittee recommendations adopted, motion on (Goodridge/Smith: carried) ... DA54-55 Submission deadline of October 9, 2020, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA55
Election Act
Chief Electoral Officer recommendations in 2019 general election report, appendix A, committee recommendation to accept, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA190 Chief Electoral Officer recommendations in annual report 2018-2019, appendix S, committee recommendation to accept, motion on (Fir: carried) ... DA190 Combination with Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act proposed ... DA162, 166 Harmonization with federal statutes proposed ... DA166 Technical briefing by Elections Alberta ... DA34
Election Act review, public/stakeholder input
Stakeholder meetings, subcommittee recommendations adopted, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA43
Election Act review, public/stakeholder oral presentations
Virtual public meeting ... DA185 Virtual public meeting procedure ... DA181
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Chief Electoral Officer recommendations in 2019 general election report, appendix A, committee recommendation to accept, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA190 Chief Electoral Officer recommendations in annual report 2018-2019, appendix S, committee recommendation to accept, motion on (Fir: carried) ... DA190 Compliance and enforcement ... DA157 Contribution limit, committee recommendation for differential candidate limits, motion on (Rutherford: carried) ... DA219-20 Contribution limit, committee recommendation for differential candidate limits, motion on (Rutherford: carried), amendment to limit differential to 5 per cent, motion on (Pancholi: defeated) ... DA219-20 Contribution limit, committee recommendation that party membership fees paid on behalf of another individual be included, motion on (Pancholi: defeated) ... DA216-17 Harmonization with federal statutes proposed ... DA166 Section 41.42, collusion ... DA164-65 Section 41.42, collusion, Chief Electoral Officer's recommendations ... DA157-58
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review, public/stakeholder input
Stakeholder meetings, subcommittee recommendations adopted, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA43
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review, public/stakeholder oral presentations
Virtual public meeting procedure ... DA181
Election legislation, Alberta
Crossjurisdictional comparison of Election Act and Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act sections identified by subcommittee prepared by research services, motion on (Horner: carried as amended), motion in order, points of order raised ... DA11
Election recall
Other jurisdictions, British Columbia ... DA77, 82 Petition signature threshold ... DA74, 82 Petitions, signature collection ... DA74, 81-82 Public participant recommendations ... DA98 Recall elections, timing ... DA77-78
Election recall review
Committee deliberation ... DA125-26, 128-29, 131-32, 138, 141-44 Draft report to be prepared by research services and final report to be approved by chair and deputy chair after review by committee members, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA148-49
Election recall review, committee recommendations
Chief Electoral Officer to determine whether recall petition is successful, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA138 Financial contributions from individuals, corporations, or unions not resident in Alberta prohibited ... DA129 MLA subject to successful recall petition to be eligible to run in the subsequent by-election, motion on (Dang: carried) ... DA138 Municipal elected officials and school trustees be subject to recall legislation similar to that for MLAs, motion on (Turton/R.J. Sigurdson: carried) ... DA141-43 Municipal elected officials and school trustees not included in recall legislation, motion on (Ceci: defeated) ... DA138 Petition signature threshold formula, motion on (Pancholi: defeated) ... DA125-26 Petitions, third-party advertising prohibition, motion on (Pancholi: defeated) ... DA128-29 Prohibition of more than one petition regarding a specific MLA during one term, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA131-32
Electoral politics
Proportional representation, public/stakeholder recommendations ... DA185
French, Joel (participant, virtual public meeting on election legislation)
Presentation on Election Act ... DA185
Government advertising
Advertising during election periods, committee recommendation for Auditor General approval, motion on (Goodridge/Fir: carried) ... DA221
Livingstone, Laurie (partner, Cassels)
Presentation on Election Act and Elections Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act ... DA164-66
Marciano (participant, virtual public meeting on citizens' initiatives and election recall)
Presentation on citizens' initiatives and election recall ... DA98
Motions (procedure)
Similarity of motions, points of order raised ... DA11
National Conference of State Legislatures
Presentation on election recall legislation ... DA74
O'Connor, Ryan (Zayouna law firm)
Presentation on Election Act and Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act ... DA157-58
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Advertising outside election period, committee recommendation that restrictions for fixed-date general election begin January 1, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA221 Funding for political advertising, committee recommendation to limit contributions to Canada residents, motion on (Goodridge: carried) ... DA209-10 Pre-election advertising period, committee recommendation for financial disclosure requirement to include prewrit period for fixed date general elections, motion on (Dang: defeated) ... DA208 Registration of third parties, committee recommendation to prohibit third parties formally affiliated with political parties, motion on (Rutherford: carried), amendment to add "or informally" and to include political candidates, motion on (Pancholi: defeated) ... DA213 Spending limits ... DA157-58
Political candidates
Contribution limits ... DA162
Political parties
Contribution limits ... DA162
Polling places
Number of polls ... DA153
Subcommittee on committee business (Democratic Accountability Committee)
Draft stakeholder list preparation, motion on (R.J. Sigurdson: carried) ... DA47 Draft stakeholder list preparation, motion on (R.J. Sigurdson: carried), amendment to remove requirement that all stakeholders invited be recommended by the subcommittee, motion on (Pancholi: defeated) ... DA47 Establishment, motion on (Horner: carried) ... DA3-4 Establishment, motion on (Horner: carried), amendment on quorum requirements, motion on (Sweet: defeated) ... DA5 Recommendations on stakeholder meetings, motion to accept (Goodridge: carried) ... DA43 Recommendations on stakeholder oral presentations adopted, motion on (Goodridge/Smith: carried) ... DA51-53 Recommendations on stakeholder oral presentations adopted, motion on (Goodridge/Smith: carried), amendment to replace the Canadian Taxpayers Federation with Lorne Gibson, election management consultant, motion on (Ceci: defeated) ... DA53 Recommendations on stakeholder written submissions adopted, motion on (Goodridge/Smith: carried) ... DA54-55
Voter registration
Impact of public emergencies ... DA34
Voting in provincial elections
Vote-anywhere model ... DA34, 153 Voter identification requirements ... DA153
Williams, Lori (Mount Royal University)
Presentation on Election Act and Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act ... DA152-53
Govindarajan, Vani (Legal Counsel, Legislative Assembly Office)
Democratic Accountability Committee, Select Special
Procedure, motions ruled out of order ... DA207
Election Act
Combination with Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act proposed, comparison with other jurisdictions' legislation ... DA188
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act
Crossjurisdictional comparison ... DA188
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review
Committee deliberation ... DA207
Gregg, Brian (Participant, Virtual Public Meeting on Election Legislation)
Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review, public/stakeholder oral presentations
Government advertising
Advertising during election periods, public/stakeholder recommendations ... DA183-84
Gregg, Brian (participant, virtual public meeting on election legislation)
Presentation on Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act ... DA183-84
Information
Public availability, government role ... DA183-84
Political advertising by third parties (corporations, unions, advocacy groups, etc.)
Public/stakeholder recommendations ... DA183-84
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