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An Alberta legislative committee has unanimously approved a motion barring MLAs from renting out taxpayer-subsidized apartments on Airbnb.

Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark is calling it the “Fildebrandt rule.”

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The change was voted in at a Thursday morning members’ services committee meeting — the first since Derek Fildebrandt, the MLA for Strathmore-Brooks, landed in hot water for renting out his taxpayer-funded apartment on Airbnb.

Fildebrandt has since resigned from the United Conservative Party caucus and sits as an independent.

“It’s not perfect, but we got there,” Clark said after the meeting.

“The bottom line is, after today, no MLA can do what Fildebrandt did.”

Interim UCP leader Nathan Cooper committed to zipping shut the Airbnb loophole when the Journal revealed the issue last month. He was the one to introduce the motion Thursday.

Cooper acknowledged there’s a chance the online rental site won’t even exist in two years, but told the committee Albertans expect action and clarity. His motion prohibits renting a taxpayer-subsidized apartment through any third party, as well as Airbnb.