On August 18, the CLHIA responded to a consultation on the proposed modernization of Alberta’s Health Professions Act, which governs 28 regulated professions within 25 regulatory colleges. The CLHIA commented on six of the proposals, largely supporting the recommendations, while offering suggestions about a central registry and the complaints and discipline process. The objectives of modernization include enhancing governance and discipline in the professions, increasing transparency to Albertans and enhancing provisions for engagement and collaboration, amongst others. Some of the ways that the government proposes to achieve their objectives include separating all associations from their corresponding college, establishing separate government or oversight bodies for registries of providers as well as for the complaint process, and reducing the numbers of colleges. This means combining regulatory colleges, such as a college for oral health professionals that would govern dental hygienists, denturists, dentists and dental assistants. Combining colleges is expected to make regulation easier and reduce duplication of resource requirements.