Final answer:
The Alberta Safety Fitness Certificate must be recognized by each Canadian province or territory to be valid elsewhere in Canada. It does not need an annual renewal or a federal permit, and while designed to be nationally valid, each province/territory's regulations must still be followed.
Step-by-step explanation:
To ensure that an Alberta Safety Fitness Certificate (SFC) is valid in other Canadian jurisdictions, it must fulfill specific criteria. The correct answer is that it must be recognized by each province (option c). This means that each province and territory in Canada has agreed to recognize Safety Fitness Certificates issued by other provinces and territories through the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) Agreement. While an SFC is generally valid across the country, carriers must comply with the regulations and requirements of each province or territory where they operate.
It's important to note that an Alberta Safety Fitness Certificate does not need to be renewed annually, so option (a) is incorrect. There is no requirement for it to be accompanied by a federal permit exclusively for it to be valid in other areas, making option (b) incorrect as well. Lastly, option (d) is misleading as it ignores the nuance of provincial/territorial recognition, although it's true that the SFC is designed to be valid nationwide under the established agreements.