Marginal note:Power to make regulations

17. The Treasury Board may make regulations for the purposes of sections 13 to 15.

Marginal note:Minister of Labour

• 18. (1) A Minister of Labour may be appointed by commission under the Great Seal to hold office during pleasure.

• Marginal note:Powers, duties and functions

  (2) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister of Labour extend to and include all matters relating to labour over which Parliament has jurisdiction and which are not by law assigned to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada. They are to be exercised with the objective of promoting safe, healthy, fair, stable, cooperative and productive workplaces.

• Marginal note:No Minister of Labour appointed

  (3) If no Minister of Labour is appointed under subsection (1),

  • (a) the Minister shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Minister of Labour; and

  • (b) every reference to the Minister of Labour in any Act of Parliament or in any order, regulation or other instrument made under an Act of Parliament shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to the Minister.

• Marginal note:Use of departmental services and facilities

  (4) The Minister of Labour shall make use of the services and facilities of the Department and may authorize employees of the Department to exercise any power or perform any duty or function of the Minister of Labour.

Marginal note:Programs

19. The Minister of Labour may, in exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions assigned by subsection 18(2), establish and implement programs designed to support projects or other activities that promote safe, healthy, fair, stable, cooperative and productive workplaces, and the Minister may make grants and contributions in support of the programs.

Marginal note:Crediting to Labour Cooperation Treaties Account

• 19.1 (1) All moneys received by Her Majesty as a result of a monetary assessment by a panel determination under any treaty respecting labour cooperation referred to in the schedule shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund and credited to a special account in the accounts of Canada to be known as the Labour Cooperation Treaties Account.

• Marginal note:Additional credits to the Account

  (2) If an amount is assessed against Canada by a panel determination under a treaty respecting labour cooperation referred to in the schedule, an amount equal to that amount shall be credited to the Account if the Account has been designated for the purposes of the treaty in accordance with its provisions.

• Marginal note:Interest

  (3) On April 1 of every year there shall be credited to the Account an amount representing interest, at the rate fixed for the purposes of subsection 21(2) of the Financial Administration Act, on the balance to the credit of the Account.

• Marginal note:Payment of moneys

  (4) One or more amounts not exceeding in total the amount standing in the Account in relation to a treaty, including interest, may, on the requisition of the Minister of Labour, be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with the provisions of the treaty. The amount of all such payments is to be charged to the Account.