Ontario resident has engineering licence revoked in false invoicing scheme. Regulatory news in Alberta. And carbon capture training in the wake of the Pathways Plus project. These were the most-read stories in the Daily Media Report in November and early December.
False invoicing scheme: Professional Engineers Ontario announced that it has revoked the engineering licence of Ontario resident John Aquino as a result of his involvement in a $33M invoicing scheme.
Alberta regulatory news: The Alberta government introduced Bill 13 – the Regulated Professions Neutrality Act – that aims to restrict professional regulatory bodies from disciplining their members for off-duty conduct. It also restricts mandatory training unrelated to competence and ethics, including diversity, equity, and inclusion training.
Meanwhile, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) is preparing to transition to the Professional Governance Act in early 2027. APEGA outlined the actions it has been taking over the past few months in preparation. APEGA also announced that it had signed an agreement with the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET) to transfer regulation of professional technologists to APEGA once APEGA and ASET are continued under the Professional Governance Act, expected in March 2027.
Carbon capture: The memorandum of understanding between the government of Canada and Alberta to build a new bitumen pipeline between Alberta and British Columbia’s northwest coast includes a precondition: an investment in carbon capture and storage in central Alberta, referred to a Pathways Plus. A new initiative in Calgary is aiming to train more than 1,000 skilled workers in carbon capture and storage technology, including at the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary.
