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Legislative Assembly of Alberta the 30Th Legislature Second Session Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 30th Legislature Second Session Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills Bill 206, Property Rights Statutes Amendment Act, 2020 Bill Pr. 1, The Sisters of the Precious Blood of Edmonton Repeal Act Tuesday, November 17, 2020 10 a.m. Transcript No. 30-2-8 Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 30th Legislature Second Session Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills Ellis, Mike, Calgary-West (UCP), Chair Schow, Joseph R., Cardston-Siksika (UCP), Deputy Chair Ganley, Kathleen T., Calgary-Mountain View (NDP) Glasgo, Michaela L., Brooks-Medicine Hat (UCP) Horner, Nate S., Drumheller-Stettler (UCP) Irwin, Janis, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood (NDP) Neudorf, Nathan T., Lethbridge-East (UCP) Nielsen, Christian E., Edmonton-Decore (NDP) Nixon, Jeremy P., Calgary-Klein (UCP) Sigurdson, Lori, Edmonton-Riverview (NDP) Sigurdson, R.J., Highwood (UCP) Bill 206 Sponsor Barnes, Drew, Cypress-Medicine Hat (UCP) Bill Pr.1 Sponsor Williams, Dan D.A., Peace River (UCP) Support Staff Trafton Koenig Senior Parliamentary Counsel Stephanie LeBlanc Clerk Assistant and Senior Parliamentary Counsel Philip Massolin Clerk of Committees and Research Services Jody Rempel Committee Clerk Janet Schwegel Director of Parliamentary Programs Amanda LeBlanc Deputy Editor of Alberta Hansard Transcript produced by Alberta Hansard November 17, 2020 Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills PB-245 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 17, 2020 they are speaking. Based on the recommendations from the chief Title: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 pb medical officer of health regarding physical distancing, attendees at [Mr. Ellis in the chair] today’s meeting are reminded to leave the appropriate distance between themselves and other meeting participants. Please note that The Chair: Good morning, everyone. I’d like to call this meeting the microphones . of the Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills to order and welcome everyone in attendance. Ms Ganley: Mr. Chair, sorry to interrupt. Just on the line there’s, My name is Mike Ellis, MLA for Calgary-West and chair of the like, a feedback, echoey, ringing noise that’s making it difficult to committee. I’d ask that members and those joining the committee hear you. at the table introduce themselves for the record, and then I’ll call on those joining by Skype. We’ll begin to my right. The Chair: Well, thank you, Member Ganley. We have some tech folks that are going to look into that. Mr. Schow: Joseph Schow, MLA, Cardston-Siksika. Mr. Schow: Anyone else experiencing that? Mr. Neudorf: Nathan Neudorf, MLA, Lethbridge-East. The Chair: Good question. Mr. Nielsen: Good morning, everyone. Chris Nielsen, MLA for Is anybody else experiencing any feedback, or could it be . Edmonton-Decore. Member Irwin: Yes. I’m experiencing the feedback as well. Ms LeBlanc: Good morning. Stephanie LeBlanc, Clerk Assistant and Senior Parliamentary Counsel. The Chair: Okay. Thank you. Dr. Massolin: Good morning. Philip Massolin, clerk of committees Mr. Horner: Same deal. and research services. The Chair: Okay. Yep, we’re good. Just hang tight, everybody. Ms Rempel: Good morning. Jody Rempel, committee clerk. We’ve got folks looking into that. [The committee adjourned from 10:03 a.m. to 10:12 a.m.] The Chair: Thank you. I guess we’ll ask those joining us via Skype to identify themselves. The Chair: Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve just been informed Maybe we’ll start with Member Irwin. by tech services that although it is slightly annoying at the moment, they have identified what the problem is, and they are in the process Member Irwin: Janis Irwin, Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. of fixing it. They’ve indicated that we can proceed, and at some The Chair: Thank you. point, hopefully over the next few minutes – I’m making a huge assumption by saying a few minutes, hopefully soon, rather – this Ms Ganley: Kathleen Ganley, Calgary-Mountain View. will be resolved. You can still hear me, again, although it is a slight annoyance, I guess, with the humming or the ringing you’re hearing, The Chair: All right. but it shouldn’t preclude us from moving forward. With that, I’m going to ask those on the phone – I’ll just go Ms Sigurdson: Lori Sigurdson, Edmonton-Riverview. through the list – if you can identify yourself again so that I make The Chair: Thank you. sure I have everybody online who’s supposed to be online. Member Irwin. Mr. Horner: Nate Horner, Drumheller-Stettler. Member Irwin: Yes. I’m here. The Chair: Thank you. The Chair: Yeah. Thank you. Ms Glasgo: Michaela Glasgo, Brooks-Medicine Hat. Member Ganley, you’re here? The Chair: All right. Thank you very much. Ms Ganley: I am. There are no substitutions. The Chair: Thank you. Mr. Jeremy Nixon: Sorry. Member Jeremy Nixon. Member Lori Sigurdson. The Chair: Oh, pardon me, Member Jeremy Nixon. Thank you Ms Sigurdson: Yes. I’m here. very much, sir. The Chair: Thank you. Mr. Sigurdson: Member R.J. Sigurdson as well, Highwood. Member R.J. Sigurdson. The Chair: And Member R.J. Sigurdson. All right. Thank you very Mr. Sigurdson: Yes. I’m here. Thank you, Chair. much. I believe that’s everybody. I don’t believe I’ve missed anybody. The Chair: Thank you. Okay. Thank you very much. Member Horner. There are no substitutions. A few housekeeping items to address Mr. Horner: Yes. I’m here, Chair. before we turn to the business at hand. Pursuant to the November 16, 2020, memo from the hon. Speaker Cooper I’d remind everyone The Chair: Thank you. of the updated committee room protocols, which require that, Member Nixon. outside of the individuals with an exemption, those attending committee meetings in person must wear a mask at all times unless Mr. Jeremy Nixon: Here. PB-246 Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills November 17, 2020 The Chair: Thank you. The Chair: Okay. Mr. Schow is asking for the motion to adjourn Member Glasgo. debate. All those in favour, say aye. Okay. Any opposed, say no. Hearing none, Ms Glasgo: I’m here. we will adjourn debate on this. There had been some discussion. It was brought to our attention, The Chair: Thank you very much. and a memo had been sent out. All right. We’ll continue on with those housekeeping items of note. We ended with: please note that the microphones are operated Dr. Massolin: Ask for a motion to move in camera. by Hansard. Members do not need to turn them on or off. Committee proceedings are being live streamed on the Internet and being The Chair: Oh, sorry. I’m completely indifferent to this. If people broadcast on Alberta Assembly TV. Please set your cellphones and would like to . other devices to silent for the duration of the meeting. We’ll next go to the approval of the agenda. As we finalize our Ms Ganley: I’m sorry to be the one to interrupt again. It’s just that agenda for today, I’d remind everyone that Bill 206 needs to be the video is off in the room, so we can’t see you, and the noise is addressed, and we currently have a motion on the floor regarding getting louder and louder, so we can hardly hear you. I’m having a the consideration of this bill. However, Bill Pr. 1 also requires our bit of a challenge participating. attention to ensure it is reported to the Assembly in a timely fashion. The Chair: Hang on. They’re coming back. I think that they’re I hope that we can still stay focused on our deliberations and adjusting it. Whatever they did, they need to do the opposite, and allocate our time this morning to ensure both matters can be dealt that might help out. We’ll just pause this for a moment. with before we adjourn. Are there any changes or additions to the Ladies and gentlemen, if this problem persists, I’m going to see draft agenda? If not, would someone like to make a motion to if there’s an option to join by phone. You might not be able to see approve the agenda? Mr. Neudorf would like to move that the anybody, but at least you might get less feedback there. Just hang agenda for the November 17, 2020, meeting of the Standing tight for a second. Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills be All right. Ladies and gentlemen online, I’m going to ask every- adopted as distributed. All those in favour, say aye. On the phone? body if you could hang up and call in. Let me just make sure that Any opposed, say no. Okay. Hearing none, that motion is carried. you guys have a phone number. All right. Next we’ll go to the approval of the minutes. We have the draft minutes to review from our previous meeting. Are there Mr. Horner: Chair. any errors or omissions to note? If not, would a member like to make a motion to approve the minutes as distributed? The Chair: Yeah. Go ahead, Mr. Horner. Mr. Neudorf: So moved. Mr. Horner: Yeah. The ringing stopped on my end just now. The Chair: Sure. Mr. Neudorf again. Mr. Neudorf to move that the The Chair: Okay. How about now for the other folks online? minutes of the November 3, 2020, meeting of the Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills be Ms Glasgo: Yeah. Mr. Chair, the ringing is totally gone. I don’t approved as distributed. All those in favour, say aye. On the phone? know what you guys just changed, but it’s way better.
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