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Alberta Virtual Meeting Law

Bill 53 received Royal Assent on March 26, 2021. Effective retroactively August 15, 2020. Makes the following changes:​​​

Condominium Property Act 

Amends RSA 2000 cC-22 3(1) The Condominium Property Act is amended by this section. (2) Section 1(1) is amended by adding the following after clause (j.1): (j.2) “electronic means", in respect of attending or holding a meeting, means a method of electronic or telephonic communication that enables all persons attending the meeting to hear and communicate with each other instantaneously, including, without limitation, 

Section 156(1) presently reads: 156(1) Subject to section 154, the management of a company shall, concurrently with or prior to giving notice of a meeting of shareholders of the company, send by prepaid mail to each shareholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting at the shareholder's last address as shown on the books of the company a form of proxy for use at the meeting that complies with section 158. 

Section 308(5) presently reads: (5) A notice or document that may be sent or delivered under this Act may be sent by electronic means in accordance with the Electronic Transactions Act. ​

​Notice and service by electronic means. 

3(1) Amends chapter C-22 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 

(2) Definition of electronic means, teleconferencing and computer network-based or internet-based communication platforms; 

(3) Section 31 is repealed and the following is substituted: 

Meetings of Board or Corporation Manner and venue 

31(1) Unless a corporation's bylaws expressly provide otherwise, (a) a person entitled to attend a meeting of the corporation or of its board of directors may attend the meeting by electronic means, (b) a meeting of the corporation or of its board of directors may be held entirely by electronic means, (c) a person attending a meeting by electronic means under clause (a) or (b) who is entitled to vote at the meeting may vote by any electronic, telephonic or other method that the corporation has made available for that purpose, and (d) a person attending a meeting by electronic means under clause (a) or (b) is deemed for all purposes under this Act to be present in person at the meeting. 

(2) Meetings that are not held entirely by electronic means must be held at a location within the municipality in which the units are located, unless an ordinary resolution to hold the meetings in another location is passed at a general meeting of the corporation.