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2015-2016 Index Guide Ethics and Accountability EA Index–i

Guide to the 2015-2016 Interim Subject Index

Committee mandate: The Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee has been appointed to review the Election Act, the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, the Conflicts of Interest Act, and the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act. The Committee must report to the Assembly one year after commencing its review. There are two indexes for the transcripts of meetings of the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee, a subject index and a speaker index. This index is unedited and is for reference purpose only. It is not an official document. Committee activity during the 29th Legislature, First Session (June 15, 2015 – ) is as follows. Abbreviations

Political parties AL Alberta Liberal Party AP Alberta Party Ind. Independent (no party affiliation) ND New Democratic Party PC Progressive Conservative Party W Wildrose Party

Abbreviations not included in the above list are in the subject index in alphabetical order. Committee meeting dates and page ranges with links to transcripts:

Committee meeting dates .......................................................................... Pages September 29, 2015 ................................................................................. EA1-10 October 22, 2015 (Chief Electoral Officer, Ethics Commissioner, Public Interest Commissioner) ................................................ EA11-34 December 18, 2015 .................................................................................. EA35-50 Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act January 27, 2016 ...................................................................................... EA51-60 February 11, 2016 .................................................................................... EA61-76

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ABC See Government agencies, boards, and commissions

Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 1) General remarks ... Chair EA9; Clark EA9; Nixon

EA8; Resler EA24 Acute health care system professionals

See Health care professionals Advertising by political parties

See Political advertising AFL

See Alberta Federation of Labour Agencies, boards, and commissions, government

See Government agencies, boards, and commissions Alberta Accountability Act

Provisions for administrative penalties ... Trussler EA12

Provisions for Premier’s and ministers’ office political staff ... Trussler EA12

Alberta Federation of Labour Employee information disclosure (whistle-blowing)

mechanisms ... Anderson, W. EA68; McGowan EA68; van Dijken EA69

Presentation on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review, motion to invite See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Public and stakeholder input: Stakeholder presentations, invitations to Auditor General, Service Alberta, and Alberta Federation of Labour, motion on (Nielsen: carried)

Presentation to committee on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Aheer EA68; Anderson, W. EA68; Clark EA69; Cyr EA69; Horne EA68, 69; Loyola EA67; McGowan EA65–69; Miller EA67; Swann EA68–69; van Dijken EA69

Alberta Regulations 71/2013 See Public Interest Disclosure

(Whistleblower Protection) Regulation (AR 71/2013)

An Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta (Bill 1) See Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 1)

Auditor General’s office Presentation on Public Interest Disclosure

(Whistleblower Protection) Act review, motion to invite See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Public and stakeholder input: Stakeholder presentations, invitations to Auditor General, Service Alberta, and Alberta Federation of Labour, motion on (Nielsen: carried)

Presentation to committee on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Cyr EA64; Dach EA63; Horne EA64; Langford EA63–64; Loyola EA64; Renaud EA63–64; Saher EA61–64; Swann EA64; van Dijken EA64

Special duty report on Premier’s office expenses and air transportation service program ... Saher EA62–63

Ballots Design ... Chair EA26; Resler EA25 Optical scanning tabulators ... Cyr EA27; Resler EA24,

27; Westwater EA27 Printing ... Resler EA26 Special ballots, early mailout proposed ... Resler EA25 Special ballots, eligibility criteria ... Resler EA25 Special ballots, issuing and counting ... Resler EA26

Bill 1 See Act to Renew Democracy in Alberta, An (Bill 1)

Bill 203 See Election (Restrictions on Government

Advertising) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 203) Boards, government

See Government agencies, boards, and commissions Bullying

Employee disclosure ... Hourihan EA53 By-elections

Automatic by-elections ... Resler EA26 Cabinet ministers

See Ministry of Executive Council Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Guarantees related to provincial elections ... Resler EA23

CAs See Constituency associations

CEO See Chief Electoral Officer

Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canadian See Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Chief Electoral Officer Election legislation amendment recommendations See

Election Act: Chief Electoral Officer’s recommendations; Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act: Chief Electoral Officer’s recommendations

Mandate ... Resler EA22–23, 24 Term of office, comparison with other jurisdictions ...

Cyr EA27; Resler EA25, 27 Term of office, comparison with other legislative

officers ... Cyr EA27; Resler EA27 Chief Electoral Officer investigations

Information disclosure ... Resler EA25 Information disclosure on website ... Resler EA26 Use of independent investigators and prosecutors

proposed ... Resler EA25 Chief Electoral Officer’s office

Briefing on Election Act See Election Act: Chief Electoral Officer’s office briefing

Briefing on Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act See Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act: Chief Electoral Officer’s office briefing

Documents filed with office, electronic submission proposed ... Resler EA26

Oversight of ... Resler EA27; van Dijken EA27 Request for participation in Election Act review See

Election Act review: Chief Electoral Officer’s office participation, motion on (Loyola: carried)

Request for participation in Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review See Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review: Chief Electoral Officer’s office participation, motion on (Loyola: carried)

CIA See Conflicts of Interest Act

Civil service See Public service

Codes of conduct For ministers’ staff See Ministry of Executive

Council: Staff code of conduct For MLAs See Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Code of conduct

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Codes of conduct (continued) For Premier’s staff See Office of the Premier: Staff

code of conduct Public service See Public service: Code of conduct

Commissions, government See Government agencies, boards, and commissions

Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing [See also Committees of the Legislative Assembly] Communications ... Sorensen EA31

Committees of the Legislative Assembly Public meeting attendance ... Chair EA29; Rempel

EA29; Renaud EA29 Public meeting costs ... Chair EA39; Miller EA38;

Nielsen EA39; Rempel EA38 Requests for reports from Public Interest Commissioner

See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 34, reports at request of committee or Lieutenant Governor in Council

Rights, immunities, and privileges of members ... Reynolds EA2

Temporary substitutions ... Chair EA1–2; Cortes-Vargas EA3; Reynolds EA3

Communications planning Advertising ... Chair EA42–44; Clark EA42, 43;

Cortes-Vargas EA43–44, 44; Dotimas EA43, 44–45; Renaud EA44; Reynolds EA44; Sorensen EA30, 59; Starke EA44; Swann EA43; van Dijken EA45

Advertising, news releases ... Chair EA45; van Dijken EA45

Advertising, online ... Chair EA45; Clark EA45; Dotimas EA45

Advertising costs ... Chair EA45; Dean EA30; Dotimas EA45; Nixon EA30; Sorensen EA30

Advertising costs, approval process ... Chair EA45; Clark EA45; Dotimas EA45

Advertising using social media ... Clark EA43; Cortes-Vargas EA44; Dotimas EA44–45

Article for constituency newsletters ... Sorensen EA59 Chair authorized to approve news release and other

communications on bill reviews ... Chair EA45; Starke EA45

Chair authorized to approve news release and other communications on bill reviews, motion on (Loyola: carried) ... Chair EA45, 46; Clark EA45; Dotimas EA45; Hunter EA46; Loyola EA45; van Dijken EA45

Communication with stakeholders ... Amato EA32; Rempel EA32; Renaud EA32; van Dijken EA32

Costs ... Sorensen EA30–31 E-cards ... Sorensen EA30, 59 General remarks ... Chair EA2 In-house services ... Sorensen EA30 News releases ... Chair EA59; Sorensen EA59 Online chat ... Sorensen EA31 Social media use ... Chair EA59; Sorensen EA30, 59 Stakeholder notices ... Sorensen EA30 Telephone town halls ... Sorensen EA31 Televised broadcast ... Sorensen EA31 Website ... Sorensen EA30, 59

Complainant protection act See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower

Protection) Act Conflict of interest commissioner’s office

See Ethics Commissioner’s office Conflicts of Interest Act

Sections 2 to 5, financial enhancement ... Trussler EA11 Section 6, employment ... Trussler EA12

Conflicts of Interest Act (continued) Section 7, gifts ... Trussler EA12 Sections 8 to 9, contracts with the Crown ... Trussler

EA12 Sections 11 to 13, disclosure requirements ... Trussler

EA12 Sections 14, 17, public disclosure statements ... Trussler

EA12 Sections 15, 16, direct associates reports ... Trussler

EA12 Section 19, reimbursement for certain compliance costs

... Trussler EA12 Sections 20 to 23, restrictions on holdings, employment

for ministers and Official Opposition leader ... Trussler EA12

Section 23.1, postemployment restrictions for ministers ... Trussler EA12

Sections 23.2 to 23.8, Premier’s and ministers’ office political staff ... Trussler EA12

Sections 24 to 29, Ethics Commissioner investigations ... Trussler EA12

Section 30, penalty provisions ... Trussler EA12 Sections 33 to 42, Ethics Commissioner’s office

administration ... Trussler EA12 Sections 43, 44, members’ protection from discipline ...

Trussler EA12 Section 45, general protection ... Trussler EA12 Sections 46, 47, administration: annual report, records

management ... Trussler EA12 Ethics Commissioner’s office briefing ... Reynolds

EA13; Trussler EA11–13 Ethics Commissioner’s office briefing, motion on

(Starke: carried) ... Chair EA3 Overview ... Trussler EA11–12

Conflicts of Interest Act review Committee procedure ... Chair EA2, 3, 7; Clark EA8–

9; Nixon EA8; Payne EA7; Swann EA8 Committee research request ... Chair EA46, 49; Clark

EA46; Massolin EA46, 47–48; Nixon EA49; Payne EA46; Starke EA47; van Dijken EA46

Ethics Commissioner’s office participation, motion on (Loyola: carried) ... Chair EA4

Ethics Commissioner’s recommendations ... van Dijken EA46

Previous reviews See Conflicts of Interest Act review (2005-2006); Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-2013)

Scope ... Chair EA4, 7; Clark EA8–9; Nixon EA8; Payne EA7; Swann EA8

Conflicts of Interest Act review – Public and stakeholder input Advertising See Communications planning Comprehensive consultation, motion on (Clark: carried

with amendment) ... Chair EA37–38, 39; Clark EA4–6, 38–39, 40–41, 42; Cortes-Vargas EA40, 41; Jansen EA5; Loyola EA39–40; Massolin EA40, 41; Miller EA5, 38; Miranda EA38; Nielsen EA39, 42; Nixon EA42; Payne EA6, 42; Rempel EA38, 41–42; Sorensen EA6; Starke EA5, 39–40; Swann EA5; van Dijken EA41

Comprehensive consultation, motion on (Clark: carried with amendment), amendment for committee to determine effective and affordable methods (Miranda: carried) ... Chair EA39; Clark EA38–39, 40–41, 42; Cortes-Vargas EA40, 41; Loyola EA39–40; Massolin EA40, 41; Miller EA38; Miranda EA38; Nielsen EA39, 42; Nixon EA42; Payne EA42; Rempel EA38, 41–42; Starke EA39–40; van Dijken EA41


Conflicts of Interest Act review – Public and stakeholder input (continued) Comprehensive consultation, motion on (Clark: carried

with amendment), deferral of motion ... Chair EA6; Cortes-Vargas EA6; Reynolds EA6–7

Comprehensive consultation, motion on (Clark: carried with amendment), motion to adjourn debate (Miranda: carried) ... Miranda EA31

Comprehensive consultation, research on cost ... Chair EA29

Comprehensive consultation, research on cost, motion on (Nielsen: carried) ... McLean EA7; Nielsen EA7; Sorensen EA7

Consultation process ... Chair EA4; Clark EA8–9; Sorensen EA4

Off-site meeting cancellation ... Cortes-Vargas EA30; Rempel EA29–30; Renaud EA29; Sorensen EA29–30

Off-site meeting costs ... Clark EA30; Rempel EA30 Stakeholder list ... Chair EA59; Robert EA59–60 Stakeholder list, chair approval of final list and invite

written submissions, motion on (Miller: carried) ... Chair EA60

Stakeholder list, committee research request ... Cortes-Vargas EA48; Loyola EA48; Massolin EA48

Stakeholder list, committee research request, motion on (Loyola: carried) ... Chair EA49

Conflicts of Interest Act review (2005-2006) General remarks ... Reynolds EA49

Conflicts of Interest Act review (2012-2013) General remarks ... Reynolds EA49

Constituency associations Financial reporting, quarterly requirement ... Resler

EA26 Consumer affairs ministry

See Ministry of Service Alberta Corporations

Employee whistle-blower protection proposed ... Anderson, W. EA68; McGowan EA66, 68–69; Swann EA68–69

Reporting of wrongdoing in small organizations ... Bryden EA70, 71; Cortes-Vargas EA71

Cyberbullying See Bullying

Department of Executive Council See Ministry of Executive Council

Department of Service Alberta See Ministry of Service Alberta

Designated office holders Legislative provisions ... Trussler EA12

Disaster preparedness Impact on elections See Elections, provincial:

Conduct during emergency situations Disclosure of information by MLAs

Filing with Ethics Commissioner ... Trussler EA12 Doctors

See Physicians Educational institutions, elementary and secondary

See Schools Election Act

Chief Electoral Officer’s office briefing ... Clark EA27; Cyr EA27–28, 28; Resler EA22–28; van Dijken EA27, 28; Vance EA28; Westwater EA27

Chief Electoral Officer’s office briefing, motion on (Miranda: carried) ... Chair EA3

Election Act (continued) Chief Electoral Officer’s recommendations ... Resler

EA23–26 Committee research request ... Chair EA46–47 Election criteria provisions (single member plurality,

preferential ballot, etc.) ... Clark EA27; Resler EA27 Enforcement provisions ... Resler EA26 Language and terminology ... Resler EA25 Overview ... Resler EA23 Relationship with Legislative Assembly Act ... Resler

EA26 Election Act review

Chief Electoral Officer’s office participation, motion on (Loyola: carried) ... Chair EA4

Committee procedure ... Chair EA7; Clark EA8–9; Nixon EA8; Payne EA7; Swann EA8

Committee research request ... Chair EA37, 49; Massolin EA47–48; Miller EA48; Miranda EA47; Nielsen EA48; Nixon EA49; Starke EA47; Swann EA48; van Dijken EA37, 48

General remarks ... Chair EA2, 3 Scope ... Chair EA4, 7; Clark EA8–9; Nixon EA8;

Payne EA7; Swann EA8 Election Act review – Public and stakeholder input

Advertising See Communications planning Comprehensive consultation, motion on (Clark: carried



Comprehensive consultation, motion on (Clark: carried with amendment), deferral of motion ... Chair EA6; Cortes-Vargas EA6; Reynolds EA6–7






Off-site meeting costs ... Clark EA30; Rempel EA30 Stakeholder list ... Chair EA59; Robert EA60 Stakeholder list, chair approval of final list and invite


Stakeholder list, committee research request ... Cortes-Vargas EA48; Loyola EA48; Massolin EA48

Stakeholder list, committee research request, motion on (Loyola: carried) ... Chair EA49


Election (Restrictions on Government Advertising) Amendment Act, 2015 (Bill 203) Referral to committee ... Chair EA37, 46–47; Clark

EA37; Nielsen EA37; Reynolds EA37; van Dijken EA37

Review See Election Act review Election clerk

See Election officers (provincial elections) Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act

Chief Electoral Officer’s office briefing ... Clark EA27; Cyr EA27–28, 28; Resler EA22–27, 22–28, 28; van Dijken EA27, 28; Vance EA28; Westwater EA27

Chief Electoral Officer’s office briefing, motion on (Miranda: carried) ... Chair EA3

Chief Electoral Officer’s recommendations ... Resler EA23–26

Contribution limits under act ... Resler EA25 Enforcement provisions ... Resler EA26 Language and terminology ... Resler EA25 Overview ... Resler EA23 Penalties for late filing of statements ... Resler EA25 Stakeholder list, chair approval of final list and invite


Treatment of third parties ... Cyr EA28; Resler EA24–25, 28; Vance EA28

Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review Chief Electoral Officer’s office participation, motion on

(Loyola: carried) ... Chair EA4 Committee procedure ... Chair EA7; Clark EA8–9;

Nixon EA8; Payne EA7; Swann EA8 Committee research request ... Clark EA46; Massolin

EA47–48; Miller EA48; Nielsen EA48; Starke EA47

General remarks ... Chair EA2, 3 Scope ... Chair EA4, 7; Clark EA8–9; Nixon EA8;

Payne EA7; Swann EA8 Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act

review – Public and stakeholder input Advertising See Communications planning Comprehensive consultation, motion on (Clark: carried






Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review – Public and stakeholder input (continued) Comprehensive consultation, research on cost, motion

on (Nielsen: carried) ... McLean EA7; Nielsen EA7; Sorensen EA7



Off-site meeting costs ... Clark EA30; Rempel EA30 Stakeholder list ... Chair EA59; Robert EA60 Stakeholder list, committee research request ... Cortes-

Vargas EA48; Loyola EA48; Massolin EA48 Stakeholder list, committee research request, motion on

(Loyola: carried) ... Chair EA49 Election officers (provincial elections)

Abstention from political activity ... Resler EA25 Election Act stipulations ... Resler EA23–24 Oversight ... Resler EA26 Scrutineers, rules for ... Resler EA25, 26

Elections, municipal Election campaign financing, governing legislation ...

Chair EA2 Elections, provincial

Accountability ... Resler EA24, 26 Announcement of official results ... Resler EA25 Conduct during emergency situations ... Resler EA25 Disclaimers ... Resler EA26 Efficiency ... Resler EA24, 26 Election system See Proportional representation;

Voting system Fairness ... Resler EA24–25 Fixed election dates ... Resler EA24 Governing legislation See Canadian Charter of

Rights and Freedoms; Election Act; Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act

Governing legislation, comparison with other jurisdictions ... Resler EA24

Improper activity during, compliance agreements ... Resler EA26

Improper activity during, penalties ... Resler EA26 Judicial recount process ... Resler EA26 Legislative history ... Resler EA22–23 Second count by poll clerk and deputy returning officers

... Resler EA26 Technology use ... Resler EA26 Tie votes ... Resler EA26 Transparency ... Resler EA24

Elections Alberta Briefing on Election Act See Election Act: Chief

Electoral Officer’s office briefing Briefing on Election Finances and Contributions

Disclosure Act See Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act: Chief Electoral Officer’s office briefing

Request for participation in Election Act review See Election Act review: Chief Electoral Officer’s office participation

Request for participation in Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act See Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review: Chief Electoral Officer’s office participation

Elections Alberta officer’s office See Chief Electoral Officer’s office

Electoral Boundaries Commission Act General remarks ... Chair EA2


Electoral Officer’s office See Chief Electoral Officer’s office

Emergency management Impact on elections See Elections, provincial:

Conduct during emergency situations Employment – Ministers

Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ... Trussler EA13

Employment – Political staff Postemployment restrictions (cooling-off period) ...

Trussler EA13 Enumeration of voters

See Voter registration Environmental emergency planning

Impact on elections See Elections, provincial: Conduct during emergency situations

Ethics and Accountability Committee, Select Special [See also Committees of the Legislative Assembly] Administrative services ... Chair EA2 Budget ... Chair EA29 Committee appointment and membership (Government

Motion 12) ... Chair EA2; Reynolds EA2 Committee meeting costs ... Chair EA30; Dean EA30;

Rempel EA30 Committee procedure ... Chair EA1 Committee procedure while the Assembly is sitting ...

Chair EA32–33 E-mail address ... Chair EA7; Sorensen EA7 Legal and procedural services ... Chair EA2 Mandate ... Chair EA2 Research services ... Chair EA2, 3–4; Massolin EA3 Teleconferencing ... Chair EA1 Teleconferencing permitted for the 29th Legislature

motion on (Clark: carried unanimously) ... Chair EA1; Starke EA1

Working group ... Chair EA3 Ethics and accountability review

5-year review, relation to reviews of specific legislation ... Reynolds EA13

Relevant legislation ... Trussler EA11 Ethics Commissioner

Mandate ... Trussler EA11 Ethics Commissioner’s office

Briefing on Conflicts of Interest Act See Conflicts of Interest Act: Ethics Commissioner’s office briefing, motion on (Starke: carried)

Records management ... Trussler EA12–13 Request for participation in Conflicts of Interest Act

review See Conflicts of Interest Act review: Ethics Commissioner’s office participation, motion on (Loyola: carried)

Security ... Trussler EA13 Executive Council

See Ministry of Executive Council Expression, freedom of

See Freedom of expression Federation of Labour, Alberta

Oral presentation invitation, for Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review, motion on See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Public and stakeholder input: Stakeholder presentations, invitations to Auditor General, Service Alberta, and Alberta Federation of Labour, motion on (Nielsen: carried)

Frank v. Canada Supreme Court decision on six-month residency

requirement to vote See Voting in provincial elections: 6-month residency requirement, Supreme Court decision on

Freedom of expression Supreme Court of Canada writing on relation to

democracy ... Resler EA23 Gifts to deputy ministers

Legislative provisions ... Trussler EA13 Gifts to members

Gifts from lobbyists ... Trussler EA13 Gifts to ministers

Legislative provisions ... Trussler EA13 Gifts to ministers’ political staff

Legislative provisions ... Trussler EA13 Government accountability

General remarks ... Bryden EA70 Government agencies, boards, and commissions

[See also Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Public and stakeholder input: Stakeholder list]

Board member public interest disclosure See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Application to board members

Financial disclosure by CEOs ... Trussler EA13 Legislative provisions See Public Service Act

Government contracts Inclusion of contractors in PIDA proposed See Public

Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 2, application to contractors and delegated services

Government services ministry See Ministry of Service Alberta

Harassment in the workplace Employee disclosure ... Hourihan EA53

Hazard preparedness Impact on elections See Elections, provincial:

Conduct during emergency situations Health care professionals

Inclusion in whistle-blower protection legislation ... Hourihan EA57; Swann EA57

Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Standing Committee on the See Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings

Trust Fund, Standing High-speed rail feasibility review

Public meeting attendance See Committees of the Legislative Assembly: Public meeting attendance

Hourihan, Peter, office See Ombudsman’s office

Hourihan, Peter, office of See Public Interest Commissioner’s office

Independent political candidates See Political candidates

Information management services (government ministry) See Ministry of Service Alberta

Law Clerk Research request on MLA oath of office See Members

of the Legislative Assembly: Oath of office, Law Clerk research, motion on (Swann: deferred)


Laws and legislation Privative clauses [See also Public Interest Disclosure

(Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 52, proceedings of Public Interest Commissioner not subject to review (privative clause)]; Reynolds EA73

Legislative Assembly Act Relationship with Election Act ... Resler EA26

Legislative policy committees See Committees of the Legislative Assembly

Lobbyists Act General remarks ... Trussler EA11

Lobbyists registry Database redesign ... Trussler EA13

Local Authorities Election Act Electing campaign financing provisions ... Chair EA2

Lortie commission report See Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and

Party Financing (1991) Medical care system professionals

See Health care professionals Medical doctors

See Physicians Medical students

Inclusion in whistle-blower protection legislation ... Hourihan EA57; Swann EA57

Members of the Legislative Assembly Codes of conduct, inclusion in committee reviews

proposed ... Chair EA60; Cortes-Vargas EA75–76; Massolin EA75; Reynolds EA75–76; Swann EA51

Oath of office, inclusion in committee reviews proposed ... Acting Chair (Shepherd) EA76; Chair EA60; Swann EA51

Oath of office, Paarliamentary Counsel research, motion on (Swann: deferred) ... Cortes-Vargas EA76; Dach EA76; Swann EA76

Oath of office, proposed changes ... Cortes-Vargas EA75–76; Massolin EA75; Renaud EA75; Reynolds EA75–76; Swann EA74–75, 76

Ministry of Executive Council Executive Council member requests for reports from

Public Interest Commissioner See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 34, reports at request of committee or Lieutenant Governor in Council

Staff code of conduct ... Trussler EA11 Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General

Presentation to committee on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Aheer EA73; Babcock EA71; Bryden EA70–74; Cortes-Vargas EA71; Drever EA72; Neatby EA72–73; Renaud EA72; Reynolds EA73–74; Starke EA74; Swann EA72–73; van Dijken EA73

Ministry of Service Alberta Oral presentation invitation, for Public Interest

Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review, motion on See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Public and stakeholder input: Stakeholder presentations, invitations to Auditor General, Service Alberta, and Alberta Federation of Labour, motion on (Nielsen: carried)

Submission to Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review ... Amato EA58

Ministry of Service Alberta (continued) Written submission to Public Interest Disclosure

(Whistleblower Protection) Act review See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Written submissions: Service Alberta ministry submission

MLAs See Members of the Legislative Assembly

Motions (procedure) Deferral of motions ... Chair EA6; Cortes-Vargas

EA6; Reynolds EA6–7 Motions (committee)

Bill review communications, chair authorized to approve (Loyola: carried) ... EA45–46

Comprehensive consultation on reviews of Conflicts of Interest Act, Election Act, Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, and Public Interest Disclosure (Whistle-blower Protection) Act, request for research on cost (Nielsen: carried) ... EA7

Comprehensive consultation on reviews of Conflicts of Interest Act, Election Act, Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, and Public Interest Disclosure (Whistle-blower Protection) Act (Clark: carried with amendment) ... EA4–7, 31, 37–38

Comprehensive consultation on reviews of Conflicts of Interest Act, Election Act, Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, and Public Interest Disclosure (Whistle-blower Protection) Act (Clark: carried with amendment), adjournment of debate (Cortes-Vargas: carried) ... EA7

Comprehensive consultation on reviews of Conflicts of Interest Act, Election Act, Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, and Public Interest Disclosure (Whistle-blower Protection) Act (Clark: carried with amendment), adjournment of debate (Miranda: carried) ... EA7

Conflicts of Interest Act, Election Act, and Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act reviews, chair to approve final list and invite written submissions (Miller: carried) ... EA60

Oath of office, Paarliamentary Counsel to investigate possibility of additions to (Swann: deferred) ... EA76

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review, draft stakeholder list preparation (Miranda: carried) ... EA3–4

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review, invitations for oral presentations by Auditor General, Service Alberta, and Alberta Federation of Labour (Nielsen: carried) ... EA59

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review, written submissions, posting to external website, motion on (Starke: carried) ... EA74

Request for briefing by the Chief Electoral Officer on the Election Act and the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act (Miranda: carried) ... EA3

Request for briefing by the Ethics Commissioner on the Conflicts of Interest Act (Starke: carried) ... EA3

Request for briefing by the Public Interest Commissioner on the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (Miller: carried) ... EA3

Request for participation by Chief Electoral Officer’s, Ethics Commissioner’s, and Public Interest Commissioner’s offices in reviews of Election Act, Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act, Conflicts of Interest Act, and Public Interest Disclosure (Whistle-blower protection) Act (Loyola: carried) ... EA4


Motions (committee) (continued) Stakeholder list prepared by committee research

services for Conflicts of Interest Act, Election Act, and Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act review (Loyola: carried) ... EA49

Teleconferencing permitted for the 29th Legislature (Clark: carried unanimously) ... EA1

Motions (Legislative Assembly) Ethics and Accountability Committee appointment and

membership See Ethics and Accountability Committee, Select Special: Committee appointment and membership (Government Motion 12)

Oath of office for MLAs See Members of the Legislative Assembly: Oath of

office OEC (office of the Ethics Commissioner)

See Ethics Commissioner’s office Office of the Premier

Staff code of conduct ... Trussler EA11 Ombudsman’s office

Staff ... Hourihan EA14 Pension legislation

Public meeting attendance See Committees of the Legislative Assembly: Public meeting attendance

Physicians Inclusion in whistle-blower protection legislation [See

also Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 2, application to contractors and delegated service providers]; Hourihan EA57; Swann EA57

PIDA See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower

Protection) Act PIDA review

See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review

Policy committees, legislative See Committees of the Legislative Assembly

Political advertising Improper activity during elections, compliance

agreements ... Resler EA26 Improper activity during elections, penalties ... Resler

EA26 Legislative provisions ... Resler EA26 Third-party advertising ... Resler EA23, 24–25

Political candidates Contribution limit See Election Finances and

Contributions Disclosure Act: Contribution limits under act

Contribution of volunteer services ... Cyr EA28; Resler EA26, 28

Contributions by third parties ... Cyr EA28; Resler EA24–25, 28; Vance EA28

Deposits ... Resler EA26 Financial statements, penalties for late filing ... Resler

EA25, 26 Guarantee of loans to ... Resler EA25 Identification requirements ... Resler EA25 Independent candidates’ registration time ... Resler

EA25 Loans to ... Resler EA25 Nomination and registration by more than one party ...

Resler EA26

Political parties Contribution limit See Election Finances and

Contributions Disclosure Act: Contribution limits under act

Contribution of volunteer services ... Cyr EA28; Resler EA26, 28

Contributions by third parties ... Cyr EA28; Resler EA24–25, 28; Vance EA28

Disclosure and distribution of surpluses by leadership candidates ... Resler EA26

Financial disclosure by leadership candidates, penalties for noncompliance ... Resler EA26

Financial reporting, quarterly requirement ... Resler EA26

Guarantee of loans to ... Resler EA25 Loans to ... Resler EA25 Registration requirement, nonprofit corporation, trust, or

fund foundation ... Resler EA25 Poll clerks

See Election officers (provincial elections) Polling places

Mobile polls ... Resler EA25, 26 Signage, campaigning, and exit polls exclusion zone ...

Resler EA25 Premier’s Office

See Office of the Premier Privacy services (government ministry)

See Ministry of Service Alberta Private interest of members

Definition, comparison with other jurisdictions ... Trussler EA13

Proportional representation Consideration of ... Swann EA8

Public entities Definition under Public Interest Disclosure

(Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Hourihan EA14–15, 52

Public Interest Commissioner Acting commissioner appointments See Public Interest

Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 41, appointment of acting commissioner, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations

Interaction with other public entities ... Hourihan EA57; Swann EA56–57

Power to disclose information [See also Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 29, limits on disclosure]; Clark EA69; Hourihan EA14; McGowan EA66–67

Powers ... McGowan EA66; van Dijken EA64 Public Interest Commissioner investigations

[See also Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 18, investigation parameters]

Anonymous complaints ... Cyr EA21; Hourihan EA16, 21, 54

Appeal process proposed ... Alberta Medical Association EA58; Bryden EA71; Cyr EA64; Langford EA64; Saher EA64; van Dijken EA64

Client satisfaction ... Hourihan EA57; Miles EA57; Swann EA57

Commissioner’s discretion on ... Bryden EA71; Clark EA69; McGowan EA66–67

Comparison with other jurisdictions ... Neatby EA72; Swann EA72


Public Interest Commissioner investigations (continued) Complaints from contractors [See also Public Interest

Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 2, application to contractors and delegated service providers]; Hourihan EA57; Swann EA57

Complaints from nonemployees ... Hourihan EA16 Confidentiality of information [See also Public Interest

Commissioner: Power to disclose information]; Hourihan EA16

Frivolous or vexatious complaints ... Hourihan EA21; Starke EA21

Number and types of files ... Clark EA18–19; Hourihan EA17–18, 19, 20, 21; McGowan EA65; Miles EA19; Starke EA20, 21

Number and types of files, comparison with other jurisdictions ... Clark EA19; Hourihan EA19; Miles EA19; van Dijken EA69

Proceedings privileged ... Hourihan EA18 Process ... Bryden EA71; Hourihan EA20; Starke

EA20 Recommendations ... Hourihan EA51–54 Recommendations, mechanism for follow-up proposed

... Loyola EA64; Saher EA64 Self-initiated investigations, authority for ... Hourihan

EA18, 53–54 Size of commission ... Neatby EA72–73; Swann

EA72–73 Timeline on See Public Interest Disclosure

(Whistleblower Protection) Regulation (AR 71/2013): Section 3(7)

Timelines ... Hourihan EA18, 20; Starke EA20 Public Interest Commissioner’s office

Briefing document on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Chair EA37; Massolin EA36; Swann EA36

Briefing on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Clark EA18–19; Cyr EA20–21; Hourihan EA14–21; Miles EA19; Starke EA20, 21; van Dijken EA19

Briefing on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act, motion on (Miller: carried) ... Chair EA3

Participation in Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review, motion on (Loyola: carried) ... Chair EA4

Presentation on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Clark EA55; Cortes-Vargas EA55; Cyr EA56; Hanson EA55; Hermiston EA55–56; Hourihan EA51–58; Loyola EA54–55; Miles EA54–55, 57; Swann EA56–57

Public service employee awareness of ... Hourihan EA16, 19–20; van Dijken EA19

Recommendations on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Clark EA18–19; Cyr EA20; Hourihan EA18–21; Miles EA19; Starke EA20; van Dijken EA19

Records management See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Records management provisions

Staff ... Hourihan EA14 Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection)

Act Section 1, definition of “employee” ... McGowan

EA65–66 Section 1, definitions ... Hourihan EA14–15, 52

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (continued) Section 2, application and purpose, clarification of

“ministers” and “members,” Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hourihan EA53

Section 2, application and purpose, scope of application, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hourihan EA52

Section 2, application and purpose, stakeholder recommendations ... Amato EA58

Section 2, application to contractors and delegated service providers ... Amato EA36–37; Bryden EA70, 71–72; Cortes-Vargas EA71; Cyr EA20–21, 71; Hourihan EA15, 18, 20–21; Langford EA63–64; Massolin EA36; McGowan EA65–66; Renaud EA63–64; Saher EA63; Swann EA36

Section 2, application to contractors and delegated service providers, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Clark EA55; Cortes-Vargas EA55; Cyr EA56; Hanson EA55; Hourihan EA55

Section 2.2, purposes of act ... Hourihan EA14–15 Section 3(1), clarification of “gross mismanagement”

proposed ... Bryden EA70, 73–74; Dach EA63; Neatby EA73; Reynolds EA73–74; Saher EA62, 63; van Dijken EA73

Section 3(1), definition of “wrongdoing” ... Amato EA36; Dach EA63; Hourihan EA15; Langford EA63; Saher EA62, 63

Section 3(1), definition of “wrongdoing,” Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hourihan EA53

Section 3(1), definition of “wrongdoing,” stakeholder recommendations ... Amato EA58; Bryden EA70; Horne EA68; McGowan EA68

Section 5, required written procedures ... Hourihan EA15

Section 6, communication on act and procedures to employees ... Hourihan EA15

Section 9, information disclosure to designated officer (internal disclosure) ... Amato EA36; Chair EA36; Hourihan EA15–16, 54; Loyola EA54; Massolin EA36; Swann EA36

Section 9, information disclosure to designated officer (internal disclosure), Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendation ... Hourihan EA52; Massolin EA36; Swann EA36

Section 10, information disclosure to Public Interest Commissioner ... Amato EA36; Hourihan EA15–16

Section 12, complaints against Ombudsman or Public Interest Commissioner ... Hourihan EA16

Section 13, information disclosure content ... Hourihan EA15–16

Section 14, designated officer consultation with chief officer ... Hourihan EA16

Section 15, authority to collect, use, and disclose information ... Hourihan EA18

Section 16, purposes of investigations ... Hourihan EA16

Sections 16-23, investigations, stakeholder recommendations ... Amato EA58

Section 17, resolution of investigations ... Hourihan EA16

Section 18, investigation parameters [See also Public Interest Commissioner investigations]; Hourihan EA16


Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (continued) Section 18, investigation parameters, compelling

information, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendation ... Hourihan EA52

Section 19, situations in which investigations are not required ... Hourihan EA16

Section 19(1)(d), reference to disclosure not made “in good faith,” Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations on ... Hourihan EA53

Section 22, investigation reports and recommendations ... Hourihan EA16–17

Section 23, if subject matter involves chief officer or designated officer ... Hourihan EA18

Section 23, if subject matter involves chief officer or designated officer, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hourihan EA52

Section 24, reprisal against employees who make a disclosure, stakeholder recommendations ... Bryden EA72–73; Swann EA72–73

Sections 24-27, reprisal against employees who make a disclosure ... Amato EA36; Bryden EA72–73; Hourihan EA16, 17; Swann EA72–73

Sections 24-27, reprisal against employees who make a disclosure, stakeholder recommendations ... Amato EA58; Babcock EA71; Bryden EA71; Cortes-Vargas EA67; McGowan EA67; Miller EA67

Section 29, limits on disclosure [See also Public Interest Commissioner: Power to disclose information]; Hourihan EA17

Section 31, exemptions ... Hourihan EA17 Section 31, exemptions, Public Interest Commissioner’s

recommendations ... Hourihan EA53 Section 31, exemptions, regulatory provisions See

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Regulation (AR 71/2013)

Section 32, chief officer’s annual report ... Hourihan EA17

Section 33, Public Interest Commissioner’s annual report ... Hourihan EA17

Section 34, reports at request of committee or Lieutenant Governor in Council ... Hourihan EA17

Section 41, appointment of acting commissioner, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hourihan EA18, 52

Section 46, withholding information, making false statements ... Hourihan EA17

Section 47, obstruction of investigations ... Hourihan EA17

Section 48, destruction, falsifying, or concealing of documents ... Hourihan EA17

Section 49, penalties ... Hourihan EA17 Section 50, prosecution ... Hourihan EA17 Section 51, protection of Public Interest Commissioner

and others ... Hourihan EA17 Section 52, proceedings of Public Interest

Commissioner not subject to review (privative clause) ... Bryden EA71; Hourihan EA17; Reynolds EA73

Section 53, discloser remedy provisions ... McGowan EA67; Miller EA67

Section 53, discloser remedy provisions, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hourihan EA18, 53–54

Application to board members ... Bryden EA70 Application to ministers and staff ... Aheer EA73;

Bryden EA73 Application to unions ... Cyr EA69 Committee research ... Chair EA3; Massolin EA3

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (continued) Comparison with other jurisdictions’ legislation ...

Aheer EA68; Bryden EA73–74; Horne EA68; Langford EA63; McGowan EA66, 67, 68–69; Miller EA67; Reynolds EA73; Swann EA68–69

Comparison with other legislation ... Bryden EA70; Hourihan EA52; Neatby EA72; Renaud EA72

Confidentiality provisions ... Amato EA58; Bryden EA74; Reynolds EA74

Discloser reward proposed ... McGowan EA67; Miller EA67

Discloser reward proposed, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hourihan EA18, 53–54

Disclosure directly to the Public Interest Commissioner proposed ... Hourihan EA18, 54; Loyola EA54–55; Miles EA54–55

Disclosure directly to the Public Interest Commissioner proposed, stakeholder recommendations ... Amato EA58; Bryden EA70–71; Horne EA64; Loyola EA67; McGowan EA66, 67–68; Saher EA62

Disclosure to authorities under act, stakeholder recommendations ... Amato EA58

Disclosure to neutral third party proposed, stakeholder recommendations ... Loyola EA67; McGowan EA68

Disclosure to supervisor proposed, stakeholder recommendations ... Bryden EA72; Drever EA72

Employee education, stakeholder recommendations ... Aheer EA68; McGowan EA68

Investigation timelines, Public Interest Commissioner recommendations on regulations See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Regulation (AR 71/2013)

Overview ... Hourihan EA14–18 Public disclosure under act, stakeholder

recommendations ... Amato EA58; Saher EA62 Public Interest Commissioner and staff exemption from

giving evidence in other proceedings of a judicial nature, Public Interest Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hermiston EA55–56; Hourihan EA52, 56; Miles EA55

Public Interest Commissioner decisions, appeal provisions proposed See Public Interest Commissioner investigations: Appeal process proposed

Public Interest Commissioner recommendations, provision for follow-up proposed See Public Interest Commissioner investigations: Recommendations, mechanism for follow-up proposed

Public Interest Commissioner’s office briefing See Public Interest Commissioner’s office: Briefing on Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act

Public service level of confidence, surveys proposed ... Hourihan EA57; Swann EA57

Records management provisions ... Hourihan EA18 Records management provisions, Public Interest

Commissioner’s recommendations ... Hourihan EA53

Scope, areas not covered ... Hourihan EA15 Scope, comparison with other jurisdictions ... Amato

EA36–37 Self-initiated investigation provisions, Public Interest

Commissioner’s recommendations on See Public Interest Commissioner investigations: Self-initiated investigations, authority for


Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act (continued) Use of term “whistle-blower” ... Hourihan EA14 Whistle-blower legal representation provision proposed

... Bryden EA74; Reynolds EA74 Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection)

Act review Committee procedure ... Chair EA7; Clark EA8–9;

Massolin EA74; Nixon EA8; Payne EA7; Swann EA8

Comprehensive review ... Chair EA2, 3; Reynolds EA2 Crossjurisdictional comparison ... Amato EA35–36, 35–

37; Chair EA37; Loyola EA36; Massolin EA36, 47; Starke EA47; Swann EA36

Scope ... Chair EA7; Clark EA8–9; Nixon EA8; Payne EA7; Swann EA8

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Public and stakeholder input Advertising See Communications planning Comprehensive consultation ... Clark EA42; Nielsen

EA42; Nixon EA42; Payne EA42 Comprehensive consultation, motion on (Clark: carried

with amendment) ... Chair EA37–38, 39; Clark EA4–6, 38–39, 40–41; Cortes-Vargas EA40, 41; Jansen EA5; Loyola EA39–40; Massolin EA40, 41; Miller EA5, 38; Miranda EA38; Nielsen EA39; Payne EA6; Rempel EA38, 41–42; Sorensen EA6; Starke EA5, 39–40; Swann EA5; van Dijken EA41








Off-site meeting costs ... Clark EA30; Rempel EA30 Oral presentations ... Chair EA58; Miller EA59;

Nielsen EA59; Renaud EA59 Request for Public Interest Commissioner’s office

participation See Public Interest Commissioner’s office: Participation in Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review

Stakeholder list ... Amato EA31, 32; Chair EA4, 32, 35; Massolin EA3, 4, 32; Rempel EA32; Renaud EA32; Reynolds EA4; Starke EA31–32; van Dijken EA32

Stakeholder list, invitation letters ... Chair EA32 Stakeholder list, letters to ... Chair EA35

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Public and stakeholder input (continued) Stakeholder list to be approved by chair and deputy

chair with members given time to submit additions, motion on (Nielsen: carried) ... Chair EA32

Stakeholder list to be prepared by research services, motion on (Miranda: carried) ... Chair EA3–4

Stakeholder presentations See Alberta Federation of Labour; Auditor General’s office; Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General; Public Interest Commissioner’s office

Stakeholder presentations, invitations to Auditor General, Service Alberta, and Alberta Federation of Labour, motion on (Nielsen: carried) ... Chair EA59

Stakeholders contacted ... Clark EA40; Massolin EA40–41

Submissions ... Chair EA32; Massolin EA32 Written submissions See Public Interest Disclosure

(Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Written submissions

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act review – Written submissions Auditor General’s submission ... Saher EA61–63 Posting to external website, motion on (Starke: carried)

... Acting Chair (Shepherd) EA74; Starke EA74 Service Alberta ministry submission ... Bryden EA70,

71, 72, 73; Cortes-Vargas EA71; Drever EA72; Neatby EA73; van Dijken EA73

Summary ... Amato EA58; Chair EA58; Hanson EA58

Summary prepared by research services ... Massolin EA74

Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Regulation (AR 71/2013) Section 3(7), investigation timelines, Public Interest

Commissioner recommendations ... Hourihan EA53 Section 3(7), investigation timelines, stakeholder

recommendations ... Amato EA58 Section 8, exemptions, Public Interest Commissioner’s

recommendations ... Hourihan EA53 Public Sector Integrity Commissioner investigations

(federal) Summary of files ... Clark EA19; Miles EA19

Public service Code of conduct ... Trussler EA11 Code of conduct, inclusion in committee reviews

proposed ... Chair EA60; Swann EA51 Code of conduct, interaction with Public Interest

Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act ... Bryden EA74; Reynolds EA74

Duty to report wrongdoing ... Saher EA62–63 Internal disclosure of information See Public Interest

Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act: Section 9, information disclosure to designated officer (internal disclosure)

Mechanisms for reporting of wrongdoing ... Horne EA64; Saher EA62

Reporting of wrongdoing in small organizations ... Bryden EA70, 71; Cortes-Vargas EA71

Public Service Act General remarks ... Trussler EA11 Part 2, designated office holders ... Trussler EA12 Part 2, designated office holders, section 25.1,

interpretation ... Trussler EA12 Records management services (government ministry)

See Ministry of Service Alberta


Registration of voters See Voter registration

Resler, Glen L., office of See Chief Electoral Officer’s office

Returning officers (provincial elections) [See also Election officers (provincial elections)] Oversight ... Resler EA26

Rewarding of whistle-blowing proposed See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower

Protection) Act: Discloser reward proposed ROs

See Returning officers (provincial elections) Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party

Financing (1991) Remarks on electoral legislation ... Resler EA24

Saher, Merwan (Auditor General), office See Auditor General’s office

Schools Non-instructional day on election day proposed ...

Resler EA26 Scrutineers in provincial elections

See Election officers (provincial elections): Scrutineers

Security planning Impact on elections See Elections, provincial:

Conduct during emergency situations Select Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage

Savings Trust Fund See Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings

Trust Fund, Standing Service Alberta ministry

See Ministry of Service Alberta SO 56(2.1-2.5), temporary substitutions

See Committees of the Legislative Assembly: Temporary substitutions

Social media used in public communications See Communications planning

Speech, freedom of See Freedom of expression

Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, Select See Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings

Trust Fund, Standing

Standing Orders SO 56(2.1-2.5), temporary substitutions See

Committees of the Legislative Assembly: Temporary substitutions

SO 78.1, bill referral to committee ... Reynolds EA37 Supreme Court of Canada

Writing on relation between freedom of expression and democracy See Freedom of expression: Supreme Court of Canada writing on relation to democracy

Taft, Kevin Democracy Derailed (book) ... Swann EA8

Trussler, Marguerite, QC, office of See Ethics Commissioner’s office

Voter registration Enumeration process ... Resler EA26 Misuse of electoral lists ... Resler EA26 Registration list updating and provision to voters ...

Resler EA26 Revision period ... Resler EA25

Voting in provincial elections 3-hour rule for employee time off ... Resler EA26 6-month residency requirement ... Resler EA25, 28; van

Dijken EA28 6-month residency requirement, Supreme Court

decision on ... Resler EA23 Identification requirements ... Clark EA27; Resler

EA25, 27 Rules ... Resler EA25 Voter fraud ... Clark EA27; Resler EA27

Voting system General remarks ... Clark EA9 Proportional representation See Proportional

representation Whistle-blower protection act

See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Act

Whistle-blower protection act review See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower

Protection) Act review Whistle-blower protection for private-sector employees

See Corporations: Employee whistle-blower protection proposed

Whistle-blower reward proposal See Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower

Protection) Act: Discloser reward proposed
