Legislative Assembly of Alberta The 29th Legislature Third Session Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee Monday, April 10, 2017 8 a.m. Transcript No. 29-3-2 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, Calgary-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 and Broadcast Services Jeanette Dotimas Communications Consultant Tracey Sales Communications Consultant Janet Schwegel Managing Editor of Alberta Hansard Transcript produced by Alberta Hansard April 10, 2017 Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search OM-11 8 a.m. Monday, April 10, 2017 We have in front of us, then, the agenda for today. Do we have Title: Monday, April 10, 2017 om any concerns with the agenda, or do we have a member that would [Mr. Shepherd in the chair] move the motion to adopt? The Chair: All right. Welcome, everybody. I’d like to call our Mr. Malkinson: Chair. meeting of the Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee to order. My name is David The Chair: Mr. Malkinson. We have the motion, then, moving that Shepherd, of course, the MLA for Edmonton-Centre, chair of this the agenda for the meeting of the Select Special Ombudsman and committee. As per usual, I’d just like to ask that we introduce Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee be adopted as ourselves for the record before we get started with our agenda. To circulated. All those in favour? Any against? That motion is carried. my right. We also have our minutes for the last meeting. Of course, they’re going to be fairly brief as it was generally in camera, but are there Mr. Malkinson: Brian Malkinson, MLA for Calgary-Currie. any errors or omissions to note? If not, do we have a member that would move adoption of those minutes? Ms Woollard. Thank you. Mr. Gill: Prab Gill, MLA for Calgary-Greenway, substituting for Mike Ellis, Calgary-West. All those in favour? Any against? Then, that motion is carried. All right. Moving on, then, to our consideration of preliminary Mr. van Dijken: Glenn van Dijken, MLA for Barrhead- candidates, I think it would be appropriate at this time for the Morinville-Westlock. committee to move in camera to maintain the confidentiality of the process as we go on to this next stage of the selection process. Do Mrs. Pitt: Angela Pitt, MLA, Airdrie. we have a member that would make the motion to go in camera? Mr. Kleinsteuber. All those in favour of going in camera? Any Ms Woollard: Denise Woollard, MLA, Edmonton-Mill Creek. against? That motion is carried. The committee will move in Mrs. Littlewood: Jessica Littlewood, Fort Saskatchewan- camera. Vegreville. [The committee met in camera from 8:03 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.] Mr. Kleinsteuber: Good morning. Jamie Kleinsteuber, the MLA The Chair: Excellent. We’re back on the record. A quick thank you for Calgary-Northern Hills. to all the staff for their patience as we worked through this morning. Ms Ellerby: Dot Ellerby, executive search. Thank you to all of you for your time and your commitment today. I know we did go over our scheduled time. Ms Mills: Trish Mills, executive search. Do we have a motion to adjourn? I see several motions to adjourn. Mrs. Pitt. All those in favour? Thank you. Ms Rempel: Jody Rempel, committee clerk. [The committee adjourned at 11:36 a.m.] The Chair: Excellent. As Mr. Gill noted, it is confirmed for the record that he will be an official substitute for Mr. Ellis for the duration of this committee’s mandate. OM-12 Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search April 10, 2017 Published under the Authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta .