Legislative Assembly of

The 29th Legislature Third Session

Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee

Thursday, May 18, 2017 5 p.m.

Transcript No. 29-3-3

Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature Third Session

Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee Shepherd, David, Edmonton-Centre (ND), Chair Malkinson, Brian, -Currie (ND), Deputy Chair Ellis, Mike, Calgary-West (PC) Gill, Prab, Calgary-Greenway (PC)* Horne, Trevor A.R., Spruce Grove-St. Albert (ND) Kleinsteuber, Jamie, Calgary-Northern Hills (ND) Littlewood, Jessica, Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (ND) Pitt, Angela D., Airdrie (W) van Dijken, Glenn, Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (W) Woollard, Denise, Edmonton-Mill Creek (ND)

* substitution for Mike Ellis

Corporate Human Resources Participants Dot Ellerby Consultant, Executive Search Trish Mills Director, Executive Search

Support Staff Robert H. Reynolds, QC Clerk Shannon Dean Law Clerk and Director of House Services Trafton Koenig Parliamentary Counsel Stephanie LeBlanc Parliamentary Counsel and Legal Research Officer 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 Jeanette Dotimas Communications Consultant Tracey Sales Communications Consultant Janet Schwegel Managing Editor of Alberta Hansard

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5 p.m. Thursday, May 18, 2017 The minutes for the meeting on April 24, 2017. Mr. Horne. All Title: Thursday, May 18, 2017 om those in favour? Any opposed? Thank you. [Mr. Shepherd in the chair] Lastly, the meeting on April 25. Moved by Mr. Malkinson. All those in favour? Any opposed? Excellent. The Chair: All right. Well, welcome, everyone. I’d like to call this At this point, then, it would be appropriate, I guess, first to move meeting of the Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner in camera to maintain the confidentiality of the candidates that we Search Committee to order. are considering in this next stage of the process. Mr. Horne moves For the record I’ll just ask that we go around the table and that we move in camera. All those in favour? Any opposed? We introduce ourselves before we get started with the agenda. I’ll start will move in camera. to my right. [The committee met in camera from 5:02 p.m. to 7:55 p.m.] Mr. Malkinson: Brian Malkinson, MLA for Calgary-Currie and deputy chair. The Chair: All right. We are back on the record. Thank you, everyone. I think we had a very productive evening. Mr. Horne: Trevor Horne, MLA for Spruce Grove-St. Albert. We have scheduled the next meeting, so it’s hopeful, then, that we’ll be able to complete our work at that meeting and then report Mrs. Littlewood: Jessica Littlewood, MLA for Fort Saskatchewan- Vegreville. back to the Assembly with enough time to complete this matter before the end of session. Our next meeting has been scheduled for Mr. Kleinsteuber: Jamie Kleinsteuber, MLA, Calgary-Northern May 24, 2017. If everything proceeds as anticipated, I should be Hills. able to table our report to the Assembly the next day. Once we’ve made a recommendation to the Assembly, then the mandate of this Ms Woollard: Denise Woollard, MLA, Edmonton-Mill Creek. committee will be complete. Does anyone have any other questions, then, about the remaining Mr. Gill: Prab Gill, MLA, Calgary-Greenway. process? Excellent. Mrs. Pitt: Angela Pitt, MLA, Airdrie. Are there any other items for discussion? All right. If not, on behalf of the committee I’d just on the record Ms Ellerby: Dot Ellerby, executive search office. like to thank Trish Mills and Dot Ellerby and their colleagues at executive search for their contributions to our work and Ms Mills: Trish Mills, executive search. accommodating, I think, what was a very demanding schedule.

Ms Rempel: Jody Rempel, committee clerk. An Hon. Member: That’s a good thing.

The Chair: Excellent. Thank you, everyone. The Chair: Absolutely. Of course, I’d just note for the record, again, that Mr. Gill is here We’ve greatly appreciated your support. It’s been very, very as an official substitute for Mr. Ellis. thorough, very clear, and it’s been a great help to us in doing our Do we have a member that would like to move adoption of the work as a committee, so thank you again. agenda? Mrs. Littlewood. Thank you. All those in favour of Okay. As I mentioned, we have our next committee meeting on adopting the agenda? Any opposed? We’ll take that agenda. the 24th. Then we just need to run through a few motions for each set of At this point do we have someone who’d like to make a motion minutes from our previous meetings. to adjourn? Mrs. Littlewood. All those in favour? Any opposed? First of all, for the meeting on April 10, 2017, would someone like This committee stands adjourned. Have a great long weekend. to move adoption of those minutes if there are no concerns regarding them? I imagine they’re fairly brief minutes. Ms Woollard. Excellent. [The committee adjourned at 7:56 p.m.] Thank you. All those in favour? Any opposed? That motion is carried.

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