Honourable Minister Renner Replies

Back on May 29th I wrote an email to the Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs, the Honourable Rob Renner. He was kind enough to write back.

In his reply he gave me a couple of people to contact, both of whom I have been in contact with already. Both of them have been very polite, and listened to my situation. The Senior Codes and Standards Specialist for Safety Codes Act (SCA) knew his stuff, and was able to point out a few things. Unfortunately the even though the SCA contols the Alberta Building Code the control for the code in Calgary is under the jurisdiction of the City of Calgary.

I cannot stress to everyone out there enough if you are in a similar situation, where a builder or contractor has ignored the Alberta Building Code. Please drop a polite letter off to Hon. Minister Renner. If enough people send in their comments, it is one way to ensure that the building industy is held accountable for their inability to follow the Alberta Building Code, because no Minister is going to ignore a bunch of constituents!

• Letter from the Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs.