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Legislative Assembly of Alberta the 29Th Legislature Second Session Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature Second Session Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act Review Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:01 a.m. Transcript No. 29-2-8 Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature Second Session Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee Littlewood, Jessica, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (ND), Chair Miller, Barb, Red Deer-South (ND), Deputy Chair Anderson, Wayne, Highwood (W) Clark, Greg, Calgary-Elbow (AP) Connolly, Michael R.D., Calgary-Hawkwood (ND) Cortes-Vargas, Estefania, Strathcona-Sherwood Park (ND) Cyr, Scott J., Bonnyville-Cold Lake (W) Dach, Lorne, Edmonton-McClung (ND)* Drever, Deborah, Calgary-Bow (ND) Hinkley, Bruce, Wetaskiwin-Camrose (ND)** Hunter, Grant R., Cardston-Taber-Warner (W)*** Jansen, Sandra, Calgary-North West (PC) Loyola, Rod, Edmonton-Ellerslie (ND) Nielsen, Christian E., Edmonton-Decore (ND) Nixon, Jason, Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre (W) Renaud, Marie F., St. Albert (ND) Starke, Dr. Richard, Vermilion-Lloydminster (PC) Sucha, Graham, Calgary-Shaw (ND) Swann, Dr. David, Calgary-Mountain View (AL) Turner, Dr. A. Robert, Edmonton-Whitemud (ND)**** van Dijken, Glenn, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (W) * substitution for Marie Renaud ** substitution for Michael Connolly *** substitution for Glenn van Dijken **** substitution for Deborah Drever Office of the Chief Electoral Officer Participants Kevin Lee Director, Election Finances Fiona Vance Legal Counsel Drew Westwater Deputy Chief Electoral Officer Support Staff Robert H. Reynolds, QC Clerk Shannon Dean Law Clerk and Director of House Services Trafton Koenig Parliamentary Counsel Stephanie LeBlanc Parliamentary Counsel Philip Massolin Manager of Research and Committee Services Sarah Amato Research Officer Nancy Robert Research Officer Corinne Dacyshyn Committee Clerk Jody Rempel Committee Clerk Aaron Roth Committee Clerk Karen Sawchuk Committee Clerk Rhonda Sorensen Manager of Corporate Communications and Broadcast Services Jeanette Dotimas Communications Consultant Tracey Sales Communications Consultant Janet Schwegel Managing Editor of Alberta Hansard Transcript produced by Alberta Hansard July 27, 2016 Ethics and Accountability EA-229 9:01 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2016 The Chair: I’ll just note for the record that the official substitutions Title: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 ea are Dr. Turner for Member Drever, Mr. Hunter for Mr. van Dijken, [Mrs. Littlewood in the chair] Mr. Dach for Ms Renaud, Mr. Hinkley for Member Connolly. A few housekeeping items to address before we turn to the The Chair: Good morning, everyone. I’d like to call the meeting of business at hand. A reminder that the microphone consoles are the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee to order. operated by the Hansard staff, so there’s no need for members to Welcome to members and staff in attendance. touch them. Please keep cellphones, iPhones, and BlackBerrys off To begin, I will ask the members and those joining the committee the table as these may interfere with the audiofeed. Audio of at the table to introduce themselves for the record, and then I will committee proceedings is streamed live on the Internet and address members on the phone. I’ll begin to my right. recorded by Hansard. Audio access and meeting transcripts are obtained via the Legislative Assembly website. Ms Miller: Barb Miller, MLA, Red Deer-South. Up next is the approval of the agenda. Does anyone have any Loyola: Rod Loyola, MLA for Edmonton-Ellerslie. changes to make to the agenda? If not, would a member move a motion to approve the agenda? Moved by Member Cortes-Vargas Mr. Nielsen: Chris Nielsen, MLA, Edmonton-Decore. that the agenda for the July 27, 2016, meeting of the Select Special Ethics and Accountability Committee be adopted as distributed. All Mr. Sucha: Graham Sucha, MLA, Calgary-Shaw. in favour, say aye. Any opposed? On the phones? That is carried. We are opening back up the deliberations on the Election Cortes-Vargas: Estefania Cortes-Vargas, MLA for Strathcona- Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act. We left off Sherwood Park. deliberations yesterday on page 7 of the issues document for the Mr. Hinkley: Good morning. I’m Bruce Hinkley, MLA for Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act. Committee Wetaskiwin-Camrose, subbing today for Michael Connolly, MLA members will recall that we passed a motion agreeing to consider for Calgary-Hawkwood. this piece of legislation by going through this document on a line- by-line basis. Unless there are any general questions at this time, Mr. Dach: Good morning. Lorne Dach, MLA, Edmonton- we will return to our deliberations, beginning with item 2(b), unions McClung, subbing today for MLA Marie Renaud. and corporations. Mr. Clark. Dr. Turner: Bob Turner, MLA, Edmonton-Whitemud, subbing for MLA Drever. Mr. Clark: Thank you, Madam Chair. At this time I’d like to make a motion, please. Oh, yeah. Can we see the screens? Is that possible? Mr. Lee: Kevin Lee, director of election finances, chief electoral We can’t see them on this side. office. Ms Rempel: Well, there’s one at the back, there. Mr. Westwater: Drew Westwater, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Alberta. Mr. Clark: Oh, okay. Maybe we can see that one there. All right. Thank you. Ms Vance: Fiona Vance, external legal counsel for the Chief I would like to move that the Special Select Ethics and Electoral Officer. Accountability Committee request that the Legislative Assembly extend the timeline for the consideration of the election act and the Dr. Starke: Good morning. Richard Starke, MLA, Vermilion- Conflicts of Interest Act to January 31, 2017. Lloydminster. I’ll give you a moment to get that up, and then I’ll give you some Mr. Hunter: Grant Hunter, MLA, Cardston-Taber-Warner. rationale as to why. Mr. Cyr: Scott Cyr, MLA, Bonnyville-Cold Lake. The Chair: I think that at this time we’re doing deliberations, so we could take this motion and we could table it under other Mr. Clark: Good morning. Greg Clark, MLA, Calgary-Elbow. business. Dr. Amato: Good morning. Sarah Amato, research officer. Mr. Clark: If I’m not mistaken, a motion is always in order. Is that correct? Ms Robert: Good morning. Nancy Robert, research officer. Mr. Sucha: Point of order, Chair. We’ve already approved the Ms Dean: Shannon Dean, Law Clerk and director of House minutes for the meeting, so I would recommend that this get moved services. to other business. Ms Rempel: Jody Rempel, committee clerk. The Chair: Counsel? Yes. This can be put under other business. The Chair: I will just ask those on the phone to introduce Mr. Clark: Must it be, if I’ve made a motion? themselves for the record. The Chair: Yes. We’ve already approved the agenda as it is. This Mr. W. Anderson: Wayne Anderson, Highwood. is not under what we’re considering right now, so we’ll move it under other business. Mr. Nixon: Jason Nixon, MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre. Mr. Clark: All right. Thank you. Dr. Swann: David Swann, Calgary-Mountain View. Good The Chair: Under unions and corporations are there any morning. recommendations that a member would like to make at this time? EA-230 Ethics and Accountability July 27, 2016 Seeing none, we will move on to 3, loans and guarantees, (a) I’m highly in favour of this motion and suggest that all my borrowing money. Dr. Amato, would you mind giving us some colleagues around the table from the different political parties background on this? support it. Dr. Amato: Certainly. There are three proposals correlated to The Chair: Is there any further discussion on the matter? Is there proposal 3(a), which is on page 7 of the document, and they are as anyone on the phone that would like to be added to the speakers follows: list? • Only individuals and financial institutions should be allowed to provide loans, Mr. Dach: I’m just wondering whether we should define more • The EFCDA should be amended so that financial borrowing specifically what type of financial institutions might be able to by a registered political party is guaranteed through make loans. Should it be chartered banks? Should we eliminate, legitimate financial institutions, applying commercial terms like, payday loan companies? and conditions, within already existing Government financial regulatory frameworks, The Chair: Are you wanting to make an amendment? and third, • Consideration should be given to whether recommendation Mr. Dach: If the committee is fine with the language the way it is, 35 of Elections Alberta would “create a loophole by which I’m certainly able to leave it that way. I just thought I’d bring it up. individuals could circumvent the limits on donations unfairly advantaging a specific candidate or registered Loyola: If my colleague feels comfortable with it, would you feel party.” best with adding the word “legitimate” to “financial institutions,” There are two more on the next page. and would the mover see that as a friendly amendment? • The EFCDA should be amended so that financial institutions as well as officers and directors of a Mr. Cyr: I’m not against it, but I’m just not sure if you can be a constituency association can loan up to $1,000 to their own financial institution in Canada and be illegitimate because you need constituency association per year, Alberta consent to be a financial institution, don’t you? and Loyola: Yes. • The EFCDA should be amended so that loans to political parties, candidates and constituency associations cannot be Mr. Dach: I’m fine with that. made by corporations or unions. The Chair: Mr. Lee, do you have something to add? The Chair: I will open that up for the floor. Are there any committee members that would like to make a recommendation? Mr. Lee: Yeah. Currently “financial institution” is actually defined within the EFCDA.
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