With the introduction of the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act on November 17, the government will be "prohibiting a registration requirement for Canadian work experience for Albertans seeking registration in regulated professions, unless an approval is granted due to health and safety concerns."
 
However, you will see that if the ALSA is able to regulate students, then 4.1(2) would allow the Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association to continue to permit the articles/land surveyors in training to occur without needing to seek an exemption.
 
The ALSA met with government earlier this week to discuss whether, under the land surveyor-specific regulation under the Professional Governance Act, articling students/land surveyors in training would be regulated members or not.
 
If a land surveyor in training is a regulated member under the Professional Governance Act, then they are subject to discipline, practice review and mandatory continuing professional development requirements like Alberta Land Surveyors will be.