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Provincial Agency Board Appointments

The NDP’s First Two Years Bob Ascah

NDP Policy

• Our government is committed to promoting inclusion and mutual

respect and it is clear that Albertans share our commitment. However, there is more work to be done to ensure all Albertans are treated with respect and have opportunities to build successful lives for themselves and their families.”

• David Eggen, Minister of Education 5 July 2017

Outline

Role and scope

• f provincial

agencies Significance of board appointments Study Approach Findings Future Research

Role and Scope of Provincial Agencies

Regulatory- economy, labour, land and surface rights, human rights

1

Funding- arts, tourism, agriculture

2

Financial- investments, pensions, deposit insurance, pension plans, lending, gaming

3

Professions- health, teaching, accountancy, etc.

4

Post-secondary – universities, colleges, and technical institutes

5

Significance of board appointments

• Appointment, evaluation,

and remuneration of CEO (and organization)

• Approval of budgets and

strategic plan

• Chair contact with

Minister

Study Approach

• Examined 504 appointments May 2015-May

2017

• 391 new individuals appointed
• 113 reappointments
• Sorted by: gender; race/ethnicity;

geography; political affiliation; and profession/occupation.

• Relied on agency websites- biography or

GOOGLE name search; Linked In; Alberta Elections

• 107 separate agencies in survey
• Characteristics compared with 137

appointments under Progressive Conservatives (4 major agencies)

High Level Findings

• Diversity is in
• Generally less partisanship in appointments
• Female, non Caucasian, and First Nations/Metis

appointments more numerous

• Edmonton appointments higher
• Fewer lawyers- more Ph.Ds
• More business owners

Changes to gender representation evident

44% 56%

Male/Female, Reappointed

F M

53% 47%

Male/Female, New

F M

Z-test: z=1.855, p=0.064

95.58% 84.99% 2.65% 0.76% 0.00% 5.09% 0.88% 2.80% 0.00% 4.33% 0.88% 2.04% 75% 80% 85% 90% 95% 100% REAPPOINTMENT NEW

Appointments by Ethnicity

not determined Non-Caucasian Indo-Canadian First Nations/Metis Chinese-Canadian Caucasian

82.30% 90.84% 2.65% 3.82% 8.85% 4.83% 4.42% 0.00% 1.77% 0.51% 80% 82% 84% 86% 88% 90% 92% 94% 96% 98% 100% REAPPOINTMENT NEW

Appointments by Political Affiliation

Wildrose Liberal PCAA NDP not known

31.76% 31.04% 50.59% 44.48% 1.18% 0.30% 15.29% 21.19% 1.18% 2.99% REAPPOINTMENT NEW

Appointments by Geography

Outside Alberta Other Alberta International Edmonton Calgary

31.86% 16.28% 6.19% 14.25% 4.42% 12.72% 8.85% 11.20% 11.50% 8.14% 6.19% 7.89% 4.42% 7.38% 5.31% 5.60% 10.62% 3.82% 1.77% 3.31% 1.77% 2.29% 1.77% 2.04% 2.65% 1.78% 0.88% 1.78% 1.77% 1.53% REAPPOINTMENT NEW

Appointments by Profession Group

Registered Nurse Teacher PO Other Military or Police Farmer Union Accountant Business Owner Not-for-Profit Sector Business Executive Public Sector Ph.D. not known Lawyer

Gender under Ancien Regime – 4 Agencies

17%

83%

Gender

F M

Tories Dominate under Ancien Regime

A different look at this phenomenon

4% 93% 2% 1%

Political Affiliation

L PCAA PCAA, L SC

NDP Government’s First 2 years- partisanship

30% 56% 6% 1% 1% 6%

All Appointments- Political Affiliation

NDP PCAA Liberal NDP, Alberta Party, Liberal Party Wildrose, PCAA Wildrose

Future Research

• In-depth, one-on –one Interviews

with former and current- Minister, Deputy Ministers, Chairs, CEOs, board members and political staff

• Expansion of data base to include

appointments from 2010

• Theory- use of mapping- William

Carroll

• Policy recommendations

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