review-thinking

From 2015 to 2017, there were nearly 50 recommendations that were brought before APEGA's Council for consideration. These have been organized into categories for easier navigation. Select a category below to see each set of recommendations and Council's position on each.

Council, Registrar, and Statutory Entities   Disciplinary Process   Membership Categories   Professional Practice   Regulatory Publication Amendments

Examination Candidate

Recommendation

Council endorses the proposed recommendation that the EGP Act and General Regulation be amended to remove the examination candidate category.

Council's Position

Endorsed by Council

Licensee

Recommendation

Eliminate the (Foreign) Licensee designation.  All qualified individuals to be registered as Professional Engineers or Professional Geoscientists

Council's Position

Endorsed by Council

Council Amendment to the Recommendation: A professional member must be a Canadian citizen or have permanent residence status to run for Council

Members-in-Training

Recommendation

  • M.I.T.s be given the same privileges as professional members regarding APEGA governance matters
  • Allow for the length of time an individual can remain as an M.I.T. to be extended to provide flexibility to other unique circumstances.

Council's Position

Endorsed by Council

Council Amendment to the Recommendation: Place a limit on the number of members-in-Training (M.I.T.s) (to be determined by the Nominating Committee) that could run for Council and a limit on the number of M.I.T. positions on Council

Professional Licensee (P.L.)

Recommendation

Eliminate the existing P.L. designation.

Create a new Limited License (L.L.) designation for those with an engineering or geoscience degree.

Council's Position

Endorsed by Council

Council Amendment to the Recommendation: to include the word “Professional” in the new designation

Provisional Licensee

Recommendation

The legislation be amended to remove the Provisional Licensee category and all references to Provisional Licensees from the legislation.

Council's Position

Endorsed by Council

Restricted Practitioners

Recommendation

Remove the restricted practitioner category from the legislation.

Council's Position

Endorsed by Council

Special Student Category

Recommendation

The EGP General Regulation Section 6, Subsection (b) (i) be amended by striking the word “or”, and Subsection (ii), (A) and (B) be amended by striking.

  • EGP General Regulation Section 7, Subsection (a) be amended by adding the word “or”, Section 7 Subsection (b) be amended by striking the word “or”, and Subsection (c) be amended by striking.
  • EGP General Regulation  Section 13, Subsection (1)(e)(ii) be amended by striking, Subsection (iii) be renumbered (ii), and Subsection (iv) be renumbered (iii) and amended by replacing “(i), (ii) or (iii)” with “(i) or (ii)”.

Council's Position

Passed at 2016 Annual General Meeting

Student Category

Recommendation

Eliminate the special student member category.  Focus efforts on assessing licensure qualifications for applicants with engineering, geoscience or related full degrees.

Council's Position

Endorsed by Council – Moved forward to the 2016 AGM

University Students

Recommendation

Remove the university student category from the legislation.

Council's Position

Endorsed by Council