How can these concerns be addressed?
Since aPOS won't do it themselves, change will have to come from the outside.
Any such delegated authority is liable to a complete review.
The government can do so, or it can be done privately.
Do you want to know something about APOS or its members activities?
Make an official information request. They MUST respond.
The complete Wildlife Act Regulation Section pertaining specifically to APOS as a delegated authority.
https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/laws/re...&resultIndex=2
Schedule 3
(Section 10(2) of this Regulation)
The Alberta Professional Outfitters Society
Interpretation of Schedule
1(1) In this Schedule,
(a) “by‑laws” means the by‑laws made by the Society under section 10;
(b) “fiscal year” means the fiscal year of the Society, as specified in the by‑laws;
(c) “Society” means the Alberta Professional Outfitters Society referred to in section 2(1).
Continuation of delegated authority, and delegated functions
2(1) The Alberta Professional Outfitters Society is continued as a delegated authority referred to in section 104(1)(b) of the Act.
(2) The Society is delegated the following powers, duties and functions, to be carried out in accordance with the Act, this Regulation and the objects and by‑laws of the Society:
(a) the issue of outfitter‑guide permits and guides’ designations;
(b) the distribution, including transfers, of allocations;
(c) the issue of non‑resident alien licences authorizing the hunting of big game animals;
(d) the collection of fees for licences, permits and guides’ designations;
(e) the designation of, and the setting of the qualifications for, guides;
(f) the cancellation and suspension of licences, permits and guides’ designations, issued by the Society;
(g) establishment of the kinds of protection of deposits required by section 57(2) of this Regulation.
Freedom of information and protection of privacy
2.1(1) The Society shall comply with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in the course of carrying out its powers, duties and functions under this Regulation.
(2) The Society shall designate a person to be responsible for freedom of information matters.
(3) If a request for access to information pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is made, the Society shall,
(a) in the case of a request made directly to the Society, immediately direct the request to the Department’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Co‑ordinator, and
(b) in every case, comply with such directions regarding the request as may be provided by the Co‑ordinator.
(4) All records in the custody or under the control of the Society that are required in the carrying out of its powers, duties or functions under this Regulation are subject to
(a) the Records Management Regulation (AR 224/2001), or
(b) any regulation that replaces the Records Management Regulation (AR 224/2001).
(5) All information and records created or maintained in the course of carrying out the powers, duties and functions under this Regulation become and remain the property of the Crown in right of Alberta.
(6) The Society shall designate a person to be responsible for records management matters.
Annual report and business plan
3(1) The Society shall,
(a) at least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, provide to the Minister a business plan for the Society that indicates its goals for the coming fiscal year, and
(b) not more than 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, provide to the Minister an annual report summarizing the Society’s activities and containing its audited financial statements for that fiscal year.
(2) The remuneration and benefits that were paid or provided during a fiscal year to
(a) each director, within the meaning of section 1 of the Societies Act, of the Society, and
(b) all management personnel who report directly to one or more of such directors
must be reported in the financial statements for that fiscal year or as a note or schedule to those financial statements.
(3) The remuneration and benefits must be reported
(a) on an individual basis by name in the case of the persons referred to in subsection (2)(a), and
(b) on an aggregate basis in the case of the persons referred to in subsection (2)(b).
(4) The Minister may disclose personal information, within the meaning of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, reported under this section, and this subsection constitutes an authorization for the purposes of section 40(1)(f) of that Act.
Charge for Society’s services
4(1) The Society may establish or continue a charge to be paid, in addition to any fee prescribed in Schedule 8, by its prospective holder or by a prospective designated guide.
(2) The charge is to be paid before the licence or permit to which the fee relates is issued or before the guide’s designation is given, as the case may be.
(3) The charge is a fee for services reflecting the costs incurred by the Society in undertaking its powers, duties and functions under this Regulation.
Remittance of fees
5 The Society shall, in accordance with an agreement (if any) with the Minister, remit to the Government fees prescribed in Schedule 8 and collected by it.
Returns and information
6 The Society shall make such returns and provide such information to the Minister as the Minister requires, outlining the services that the Society has performed pursuant to section 2(2).
Holding of prescribed fees in trust
7 The Society holds all fees prescribed in Schedule 8 and collected by it in trust for the Crown.
Cancellations and suspensions
8 The Society may cancel or suspend a licence, permit or guide’s designation issued by it in accordance with the by‑laws.
Agreements for service
9 The Society may enter into agreements with the Minister to provide any further administrative services that may be required under the Act or this Regulation.
By‑laws
10 The Society may make by‑laws
(a) setting the charges for services provided by it,
(b) establishing the form of any licence, permit or guide’s designation to be issued by it,
(c) respecting the provision of guiding services, including qualifications, restrictions and rights to enter into agreements to provide such services,
(d) respecting the manner in which allocations are to be distributed and transferred,
(e) respecting the manner in which licences, permits and guides’ designations issued by it may be suspended or cancelled,
(f) respecting the protection for deposits to be provided under section 57(2) of this Regulation, and
(g) specifying the Society’s fiscal year.
Notice of objects or by-law changes
11 When the Society proposes to change its objects or by‑laws under the Societies Act, it shall give reasonable prior notice of the nature of the proposed changes to the Minister.
Transitional
12 All terms and conditions of allocations issued before the commencement of this section and still subsisting are to be administered and maintained by the Society.