C-23.1 - Code of ethics and conduct of the Members of the National Assembly

Section 55 Disposition versions

2011-07-01

55. A disclosure summary is prepared by the Ethics Commissioner for each Cabinet Minister and his or her family members after consulting with the Cabinet Minister. The summary must state the general nature of the interests mentioned in the disclosure statement and be made public by the Ethics Commissioner.

With respect to the Cabinet Minister, the summary must

(1)  state the nature and source of income, benefits, assets and liabilities other than

(a)  an asset or liability with a value of less than $10,000;

(b)  a source of income or benefits if the total of the income and benefits from that source during the 12 months before the relevant date is less than $10,000; and

(c)  any other asset, liability or source of income or benefits that the Ethics Commissioner determines should not be disclosed;

(2)  identify any immovable property among the Cabinet Minister’s assets for which a notice of expropriation has been issued;

(3)  state the name, occupation and address of a person described in subparagraph d of paragraph 1 of section 52, if the Cabinet Minister owes money to that person, and state the balance owing if in excess of $20,000;

(4)  state the nature of any professional, commercial or industrial activity engaged in by the Cabinet Minister during the 12 months preceding his or her swearing in and state the name of the employer or enterprise on whose behalf the activity was engaged in or the fact that the activity was engaged in on the Cabinet Minister’s own account;

(5)  describe the subject-matter and nature of any contract described in paragraph 4 of section 52;

(6)  identify any interest with respect to which a blind trust or a blind management agreement has been created, and state the name and address of the trustee or mandatary and the date of the trust deed or management agreement;

(7)  list the names of any enterprises, legal persons, partnerships and associations mentioned in the Cabinet Minister’s disclosure statement, and state the nature of the interest;

(8)  state the nature and source of any benefit received under section 50; and

(9)  provide any other information that the Ethics Commissioner sees fit to make public.

With respect to each family member of the Cabinet Minister, the summary must

(1)  state the names of the enterprises described in paragraph 6 of section 52, unless the interests in those enterprises have been transferred to a blind trust or a blind management agreement; in the latter case, the summary must state the name and address of the trustee or mandatary and the date of the trust deed or management agreement;

(2)  state the names of the enterprises described in paragraph 7 of section 52;

(3)  provide a list of all immovable property having a value of $10,000 or more in which the family member possesses a real right for purposes other than personal residential use;

(4)  identify any immovable property included in the family member’s assets for which a notice of expropriation has been issued;

(5)  provide information concerning any succession or trust under which the family member is a beneficiary entitled to a value of $10,000 or more;

(6)  state the name, occupation and address of a person described in subparagraph d of paragraph 1 of section 52, if the family member owes money to that person, and state the balance owing if in excess of $20,000; and

(7)  provide any other information that the Ethics Commissioner sees fit to make public.

2010, c. 30, s. 55.