Legislative Affairs Committee — Report 1 (5th Legislature, 40th Session)

LA 5-40-01

Manitoba — Committees

TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MANITOBA Your Standing Committee on LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS presents the following as its First Report. Meetings Your Committee met on the following occasions in the Legislative Building • August 17, 2015 (4th Session – 40th Legislature) • October 6, 2015 (4th Session – 40th Legislature) • November 25, 2015 (5th Session – 40th Legislature) Matters under Consideration • Recommendation for the appointment of the Conflict of interest Commissioner and Information and Privacy Adjudicator Committee Membership Committee Membership for the August 17, 2015 meeting: • Ms.

ALLAN (Chairperson) • Hon. Mr. CHOMIAK • Mr. EICHLER • Mr. GAUDREAU • Mr. GOERTZEN • Ms. HOWARD • Hon. Mr. KOSTYSHYN • Mr. MARCELINO (Vice-Chairperson) • Mr. PEDERSEN • Mr. SMOOK • Mr. WIEBE Committee Membership for the October 6, 2015 meeting: • Ms. ALLAN (Chairperson) • Mr. BRIESE • Hon. Mr. CHOMIAK • Mr. EWASKO • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mr. HELWER • Hon. Mr. MACKINTOSH • Mr. MARCELINO (Vice-Chairperson) • Mr. SWAN • Mr. WIEBE Committee Membership for the November 25, 2015 meeting: • Ms. ALLAN (Chairperson) • Hon. Mr. CHOMIAK • Mr. CULLEN • Mr. EWASKO • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mr. MARCELINO (Vice-Chairperson) • Mrs.

STEFANSON • Mr. SWAN • Mr. WIEBE Motions agreed to at the October 6, 2015 Standing Committee meeting: • THAT a s ub-committee of the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs be struck to manage the process of hiring a new Conflict of Interest Commissioner and Information and Privacy Adjudicator for the Province of Manitoba, under the terms and conditions as follows: (

a) the subcommittee consist of four government members, two official opposition members and one independent member; (

b) the subcommittee have the authority to call their own meetings, the ability to meet in camera, and be able to undertake duties it deems necessary in order to fulfil its responsibilities in the hiring process; (

c) the subcommittee may only report back to the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs with a recommendation that has been agreed to by all members; and (

d) the Committees Branch staff as well as the Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services staff be authorize to attend all meetings of the subcommittee.

Motions agreed to at the November 25, 2015 Standing Committee meeting: • THAT the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs now meet in camera. • THAT the report and recommendations of the Sub-Committee be received. (in camera) • THAT the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs recommends to the Lieutenant Governor in Council that Jeffrey Schnoor be appointed as the Conflict of Interest Commissioner and Information and Privacy Adjudicator. (in camera) Sub-Committee Report At the November 25, 2015 meeting of the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs, the Sub - Committee presented its report.

Meetings: Your Sub-Committee met on the following occasions: • October 6, 2015 at 2:38 p.m. in Room of the Legislative Building • November 6, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. in Room of the Legislative Building • November 19, 2015 at 9:45 a.m. in room 302-386 Broadway Matters under Consideration: • Recruitment and Selection of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner and Information and Privacy Adjudicator Sub-Committee Membership: Sub-Committee Membership for the October 6, 2015 meeting: • Ms. A LLAN • Hon. Mr. CHOMIAK • Mr. CULLEN • Hon. Mr. GERRARD • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mr. SWAN • Mr. WIEBE Your Sub-Committee elected Ms.

A LLAN as the Chairperson and Mr. WIEBE as the Vice- Chairperson during the meeting on October 6, 2015. Sub-Committee Membership for the November 6, 2015 meeting: • Ms. ALLAN (Chairperson) • Hon. Mr. CHOMIAK • Mr. CULLEN • Hon. Mr. GERRARD • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mr. SWAN • Mr. WIEBE (Vice-Chairperson) Sub-Committee Membership for the November 19, 2015 meeting: • Ms. ALLAN (Chairperson) • Hon. Mr. CHOMIAK • Mr. CULLEN • Hon. Mr. GERRARD • Mr. GOERTZEN • Mr. SWAN • Mr.

WIEBE (Vice-Chairperson) Staff present for Sub-Committee meetings: • Judy Wegner, Executive Director, Legislative Assembly Administration and Finance • Deanna Wilson, Director, Legislative Assembly Human Resource Services • Monique Grenier, Clerk Assistant/Committee Clerk • Andrea Signorelli, Clerk Assistant/Committee Clerk Agreements: Your Sub-Committee reached the following agreement during the meeting on November 19, 2015: • It was agreed to recommend to the Standing Committee on Legislative Affairs that Jeffrey Schnoor be appointed as Conflict of Interest Commissioner and Information and Privacy Adjudicator Sub-Committee Activities: Your Sub-Committee considered applications for the positions of the Conflict of Interest Commissioner and Information and Privacy Adjudicator as follows: • Fifty-two applications were received for the position. • One individual was interviewed for the position on November 19, 2015.

Submitted by, _______________________________ Nancy ALLAN, Chairperson November 25, 2015

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Collection	Manitoba — Committees
Citation	LA 5-40-01
Type	committee
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Language	en
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