The Alberta Land Surveyors’ Association Discipline Committee issued a discipline decision on November 3, 2025.
 
[48] The Discipline Committee found that for each of the proven allegations, the conduct of Mr. Xianglei (Lei) Wang and Horizon was detrimental to the best interests of the public, and was conduct that harms or tends to harm the standing of the profession of surveying. In respect of the first complaint, the Discipline Committee noted that Mr. Wang and Horizon admitted that the conduct in relation to the proven allegations constituted unprofessional conduct, and that it displayed a lack of knowledge of, skill, or judgment in the practice of surveying or in the carrying out of a duty or obligation undertaken in the practice of surveying. The Discipline Committee noted concern regarding the rapid escalation by Mr. Wang in response to the concerns raised by Mr. Haraldson. In this regard, the Discipline Committee found that Mr. Wang’s conduct leading to the complaint was conduct that would tend to harm the standing of the profession and that was detrimental to the best interests of the public. The Discipline Committee further found that, considered together, the issues related to the services provided to Mr. Haraldson, the responses of Mr. Wang and Horizon, and Mr. Wang’s communications with Mr. Haraldson displayed a lack of skill and poor judgment in the practice of surveying.
 
[49] In respect of the second complaint, the Discipline Committee noted that Mr. Wang agreed and acknowledged that his conduct in relation to the proven allegation constituted unprofessional conduct. The Discipline Committee noted that Mr. Wang’s conduct in sending communications to Mr. Haraldson in advance of the disciplinary hearing could be interpreted as attempting to interfere with or influence the ALSA’s disciplinary process, and that raised concerns both from the perspective of the ALSA’s ability to regulate in the best interests of the public and from the perspective of conduct that would tend to harm the standing of the profession of surveying.
 
[50] Accordingly, based on consideration of the Act and the facts found in relation to the Allegations, the Discipline Committee found that the conduct of Mr. Wang and Horizon in relation to the Allegations found under the First Complaint was unprofessional conduct and unskilled practice under section 35 of the Land Surveyors Act. The Discipline Committee further found that the proven conduct of Mr. Wang in relation to the Second Complaint was unprofessional conduct under section 35 of the Land Surveyors Act.
 
The full decision is available here.