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Hansard is an historical record of the
proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, a written account of what our elected
Members actually said in the House. Printed under the authority of the
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Alberta Hansard is substantially,
though not strictly, verbatim. Hansard editors can't simply edit
Members' remarks as they see fit; they must follow the strict editorial guidelines
set out in the Standing Orders, or rules, of the Assembly. Standing Order 113 dictates that
(a) revisions
shall be limited to the correction of grammar, spelling and punctuation,
ensuring that the correct parliamentary forms are observed, and minimizing
superfluous repetition and redundancies, but no material alterations shall be
made, nor any amendments that would in any way tend to change the sense of what
has been spoken;
(b) the transcript shall remain an accurate and, as far as
possible, an exact report of what was said;
(c)
a Member has no right to alter the report of any speech or remarks attributed to the Member in any way, and the Speaker shall determine whether a Member's suggested correction shall be admitted;
(d) if a Member wishes to suggest any correction, he shall
inform the Editor within one hour of the posting of the blues, unless the
Speaker has agreed otherwise;
(e) unless a Member can demonstrate to the satisfaction of
the Speaker that
(i)
the Member has been misrepresented, or
(ii)
that the record of the Member's remarks is
manifestly erroneous,
a Member may not change the sense of anything that the Member
has been recorded as saying, nor shall the Member be permitted to make any
insertion or strike out any passage that the Member regrets having uttered.
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