Marginal note:Deemed appointment

2178. Any appeals officer, as defined in subsection 122(1) of the Canada Labour Code, who is seized of an appeal under that Act immediately before the day on which section 2174 comes into force is deemed, on that day, to have been appointed as an appeals officer under subsection 145.1(1) of that Act, as enacted by section 2174, solely for the purpose of performing their duties under section 146.1 of that Act in respect of the appeal.

Marginal note:Order in council

2179. Sections 2172 to 2177 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Marginal note:Maximum payment of $10,000,000

2180. There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, a sum not exceeding ten million dollars to the Canadian Youth Business Foundation for its use

Marginal note:Maximum payment of $75,000,000

2181. There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, a sum not exceeding seventy-five million dollars to Genome Canada for its use.

Marginal note:Maximum payment of $20,000,000

2182. There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, a sum not exceeding twenty million dollars to Pathways to Education Canada for its use.

Marginal note:Maximum payment of $13,500,000

2183. There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Western Economic Diversification, a sum not exceeding thirteen million, five hundred thousand dollars to the Rick Hansen Foundation for its use.

• 2184. (1) Subsection 16(1) of the Telecommunications Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Eligibility

  • 16. (1) A Canadian carrier is eligible to operate as a telecommunications common carrier if

    • (a) it is a Canadian-owned and controlled corporation incorporated or continued under the laws of Canada or a province; or

    • (b) it owns or operates only a transmission facility that is referred to in subsection (5).

• Marginal note:1998, c. 8, s. 2

  (2) Subsection 16(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Exemption

    (5) Paragraph (1)(a) and subsections (2) and (4) do not apply in respect of the ownership or operation of

    • (a) international submarine cables;

    • (b) earth stations that provide telecommunications services by means of satellites; or

    • (c) satellites.