Orders in Council

474/2014

PUBLIC LANDS ACT (section 7) - Accepts the transfer of the administration and control of certain land from the Crown in right of Canada to the Crown in right of Alberta, as represented by the Minister of Infrastructure, to provide road access to the Stavely Agricultural Research Station.

475/2014

ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION ACT (section 4) - Designates Mac H. Van Wielingen as chair of the board of directors of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation.

476/2014

ALBERTA TREASURY BRANCHES ACT (section 3) - Appoints Clayton Sissons as a member of the board of directors of Alberta Treasury Branches for a term to expire on June 15, 2017.

477/2014

EMPLOYMENT PENSION PLANS ACT (section 159) - Makes the Employment Pension Plans Amendment Regulation.

478/2014

PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION PLANS ACT (Schedule 1, section 12); PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION PLANS (LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS) REGULATION (section 5 and Schedule 1, section 3) - Reappoints Grant Howell, for a term to expire on December 31, 2015, and Darren Sander, for a term to expire on December 31, 2018, as members of the Local Authorities Pension Plan Board of Trustees.

479/2014

TEACHERS’ PENSION PLANS ACT (section 5); TEACHERS’ PENSION PLANS (LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS) REGULATION (section 2) - Reappoints Harold Buddle as a member of the Teachers’ Pension Plans Board of Trustees for a term to expire on December 31, 2016.

480/2014

COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH ACT (section 8) - Effective January 3, 2015, orders that the payment of remuneration to Master Andrew Robert Robertson change from a per diem basis to a full-time basis to reflect his change to a full-time master in chambers of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta.

481/2014

COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH ACT (section 8.3) - Effective January 3, 2015, appoints Master Judith Barbara Hanebury as an ad hoc master in chambers of the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta for a term to expire on January 2, 2017.

482/2014

CRIMINAL CODE (CANADA) (section 672.38) - Appoints The Honourable Judge Allan Lefever, Blair Lundy and Catherine McKercher as members of the Alberta Review Board, each for a term to expire on December 18, 2019.

483/2014

FATALITY INQUIRIES ACT (section 5) - Effective January 1, 2015, appoints Dr. Graeme Dowling as Acting Chief Medical Examiner.

484/2014

PROVINCIAL COURT ACT (section 9.23) - Effective January 24, 2015, reappoints Judge Lloyd Eric Malin as a judge of The Provincial Court of Alberta for a term to expire on January 23, 2016.

485/2014

PROVINCIAL COURT ACT (section 9.24) - Effective January 18, 2015, reappoints Judge Peter Paul Ayotte as a part-time judge of The Provincial Court of Alberta for a term to expire on January 17, 2016.

486/2014

PROVINCIAL COURT ACT (section 9.3) - Effective January 1, 2015, appoints Judge David J. McNab as a supernumerary judge of The Provincial Court of Alberta for a term to expire on December 31, 2016.

487/2014

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT ACT (sections 5 and 60) - Makes the Specified Gas Emitters Amendment Regulation.

488/2014

CLIMATE CHANGE AND EMISSIONS MANAGEMENT ACT (section 60) - Makes the Climate Change and Emissions Management Act Regulations (Extension of Expiry Date) Amendment Regulation.

489/2014

PUBLIC LANDS ACT (section 7) - Authorizes the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development to sell certain public land to the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo for $24 090.

490/2014

FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF LAND REGULATIONS (section 14) - Orders that the transaction under which Shell Canada Limited, acting on behalf of Shell Canada Energy, acquires an interest in certain lands for remediation purposes is excluded from the operation of the Foreign Ownership of Land Regulations, except for sections 22 and 25.

491/2014

ALBERTA SPORT, RECREATION, PARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ACT (section 2) - Reappoints Wade Kolmel as a member of the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation for a term to expire on May 31, 2017.

492/2014

HISTORICAL RESOURCES ACT (section 38) - Appoints Jennifer Kirchner as a director, and effective January 1, 2015, reappoints Dr. Laurel Halladay and Leah Millar as directors of The Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, each for a term to expire on December 31, 2017.

493/2014

HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT (section 13) - Appoints Louise Sharon Mosier for a further term to expire on June 14, 2017, and appoints Jennifer Dawn Zwicker for a term to expire on December 18, 2017, as public members to the council of the Alberta College of Optometrists.

494/2014

HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT (section 22) - Appoints Tracey Lee Howell to succeed Gwen Harris, Robert Alexander to succeed Barry Whistlecraft, Scott Hamilton Mather to succeed William Love, Elizabeth Lee Kelly to succeed Holly Knight and appoints Donna M. Galvin, each for a term to expire on December 18, 2017, and appoints Christopher Glenn Harper for a further term to expire on June 16, 2016, as members of the Health Professions Advisory Board, and designates Tracey Lee Howell as chair of the Health Professions Advisory Board.

495/2014

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ACT (section 15) - Makes the Justice of the Peace Amendment Regulation.

496/2014

PROVINCIAL OFFENCES PROCEDURE ACT (section 42) - Makes the Procedures (Tobacco and Smoking Reduction) Amendment Regulation.

497/2014

LABOUR RELATIONS CODE (section 196) - Makes the Sturgeon Refinery Project Designation Regulation.

498/2014

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT (section 46.3) - Reappoints Dr. Larry Ohlhauser as the Medical Panels Commissioner for a term to expire on December 31, 2017.

499/2014

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT (sections 96 and 98) - Effective January 1, 2015, changes the status of the Town of Chestermere from a town to a city, and changes the name of the Town of Chestermere to the “City of Chestermere”.

500/2014

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT (sections 126, 137 and 138) - Effective January 1, 2013, orders that Order in Council numbered O.C. 202/2008 is amended by striking out “including 2012” in section 2 of Appendix C and substituting “including 2022”.

501/2014

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT (section 602.02) - Makes the Pincher Creek Emergency Services Commission Regulation.

502/2014

Makes the Premier’s and Ministers’ Staff Employment Order.

503/2014

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT (section 4); PUBLIC SERVICE ACT (section 18) - Effective January 12, 2015, appoints Carolyn Campbell as Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism.

504/2014

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION ACT (section 4); PUBLIC SERVICE ACT (section 18) - Effective January 19, 2015, appoints Rodney Skura as Deputy Minister of Service Alberta.

505/2014

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT (section 18) - Effective January 19, 2015, appoints Shannon Marchand as Deputy Chief, Policy Coordination; effective January 26, 2015, appoints Christine Couture as Deputy Clerk of Executive Council and Deputy Secretary to Cabinet.

506/2014

POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT (sections 44 and 56) - Appoints Art Froehlich as a member of The Board of Governors of Olds College for a term to expire on December 18, 2017.

507/2014

POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT (sections 44 and 56) - Designates Darrel Howell as chair and reappoints him as a member of The Board of Governors of Lakeland College for a term to expire on April 15, 2018.

508/2014

POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT (sections 44 and 56) - Designates Alan Skoreyko as chair and extends his appointment as a member of The Board of Governors of NorQuest College for a term to expire on December 18, 2017.

509/2014

POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT (section 77); FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION ACT (section 80) - Approves the dissolution of University Design Inc., a Provincial corporation which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the board of The Governors of The University of Alberta.