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

Section 52 Disposition versions

2011-07-01

52. The disclosure statement must

(1)  state the income, benefits, assets and liabilities of the Cabinet Minister and his or her family members, and their value, including

(a)  the movable and immovable property, situated in Québec and elsewhere, in which the Cabinet Minister or a family member possesses a real right and the immovable property of which the Cabinet Minister or a family member is the lessee, except movable property intended for personal use; however, any property for which a notice of expropriation has been issued must be added to the disclosure statement;

(b)  the value of all income and all benefits that the Cabinet Minister or a family member has received during the 12 months preceding the disclosure statement, and is entitled to receive during the next 12 months for services already provided, other than a dependent child’s income not exceeding $10,000, as well as the nature and source of that income and those benefits;

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

(d)  the name, occupation and address of any person, other than a financial institution or a family member, who owes money to the Cabinet Minister or a family member or to whom the Cabinet Minister or a family member owes money as a result of a loan in excess of $3,000, and the balance owing if in excess of $10,000;

(e)  the amount of any other debt or surety bond, except

i.  a debt or surety bond of $10,000 or less;

ii.  a debt on movable property intended for personal use; or

iii.  the balance on a credit card;

(2)  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;

(3)  state the nature of any professional, commercial or industrial activity engaged in by a family member of the Cabinet Minister during the 12 months preceding the disclosure statement, other than a dependent child’s employment that generated income not exceeding $10,000, 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 family member’s own account;

(4)  state all benefits that the Cabinet Minister has received during the 12 months preceding his or her swearing in, and is entitled to receive subsequently, from a contract entered into with the Government or a department or public body before his or her swearing in, other than a reimbursement or indemnity described in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 18 or a contract described in subparagraph 3 of that paragraph, and describe the subject-matter, value and nature of each such contract;

(5)  state all benefits that a family member of the Cabinet Minister has received during the 12 months preceding the disclosure statement, and is entitled to receive during the next 12 months, from a contract with the Government or a department or public body, other than a reimbursement or indemnity described in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 18 or a contract described in subparagraph 3 of that paragraph, and describe the subject-matter, value and nature of each such contract;

(6)  state the name of any enterprise whose securities are listed on an exchange or for whose securities there is a published market and in which the Cabinet Minister or a family member has an interest, including shares, stocks or pecuniary benefits, and specify the nature and value of that interest;

(7)  state the name of any enterprise, other than an enterprise described in paragraph 6, in which the Cabinet Minister or a family member has an interest, including shares, stocks or pecuniary benefits, specify the nature and value of that interest, and include any of the following information about any such enterprise that the Cabinet Minister is able to obtain by making reasonable inquiries:

(a)  the enterprise’s activities and sources of income;

(b)  the ties that may exist between the enterprise and the Government, a department or a public body;

(c)  the name and address of the persons who have interests in the enterprise; and

(d)  the names of any legal persons related to the enterprise;

(8)  list all legal persons, associations and partnerships of which the Cabinet Minister has been a director, an officer or a partner, including a general or special partner, during the 12 months preceding his or her swearing in;

(9)  list all legal persons, associations and partnerships of which a family member of the Cabinet Minister has been a director, an officer or a partner, including a general or special partner, during the 12 months preceding the disclosure statement;

(10)  provide information concerning proceedings before a court of law or adjudicative body in respect of which the Cabinet Minister is involved as a party;

(11)  disclose any amount received under section 50; and

(12)  include any other information that the Ethics Commissioner may require.

2010, c. 30, s. 52.