Groundwater flooded the elevator shafts at Radisson Place apartments in Calgary back in June and since then, residents with mobility issues say they've been stuck in their units for hours at a time.

The planned legislation is in response to a report to be released Thursday that aims to define and enhance elevator reliability.

In January, ThyssenKrupp was fined $375,000 for a potentially fatal breach of safety laws in which a man was injured.

The province, which recently promised legislation to deal with the situation, is hoping to get at the causes of elevator outages or otherwise poor service and, most importantly, to find the best solutions.

An unapologetic ThyssenKrupp Canada was fined $375,000 on Tuesday, as the prosecution had urged, for a potentially fatal breach of elevator safety laws in which a man was injured.