By The Canadian Press

Bill 22

NDP wants entire UCP caucus banned from voting on Bill 22

Nov 21, 2019 | 7:50 AM

EDMONTON- Opposition leader Rachel Notley wants the ethics commissioner to ban the entire United Conservative caucus from voting on a bill that would fire the province’s election watchdog.

Notley says government caucus members are in a conflict of interest because they would all benefit from having Election Commissioner Lorne Gibson’s contract terminated.

Gibson is currently investigating the UCP for violations of election fundraising rules in the 2017 leadership vote won by Jason Kenney before he became premier.

Gibson has already levied more than $200,000 in fines.

The government says the bill is simply a cost-saving move.

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Meanwhile, Notley says she’s not ready to apologize for remarks that got her kicked out the legislature on Tuesday.

She was ordered to leave after accusing Government House Leader Jason Nixon of lying about legislation that would direct the firing of elections watchdog Lorne Gibson.

Notley objected after Nixon said no one is to be fired under Bill 22 and the Speaker’s office has made it clear she must apologize before she will be allowed back.

She says she and her colleagues are working on other strategies to stop the legislation and hasn’t decided when she will return to the legislature chamber.