Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Department of Industry Act.

Marginal note:Department established

• 2. (1) There is hereby established a department of the Government of Canada called the Department of Industry over which the Minister of Industry, appointed by commission under the Great Seal, shall preside.

• Marginal note:Minister

  (2) The Minister holds office during pleasure and has the management and direction of the Department.

• Marginal note:Registrar General

  (3) The Minister is the Registrar General of Canada.

Marginal note:Deputy Minister

3. The Governor in Council may appoint an officer called the Deputy Minister of Industry to hold office during pleasure and to be the deputy head of the Department.

Marginal note:Powers, duties and functions

• 4. (1) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister extend to and include all matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, not by law assigned to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, relating to

  • (a) industry and technology in Canada;

  • (b) trade and commerce in Canada;

  • (c) science in Canada;

  • (d) consumer affairs;

  • (e) corporations and corporate securities;

  • (f) competition and restraint of trade, including mergers and monopolies;

  • (g) bankruptcy and insolvency;

  • (h) patents, copyrights, trade-marks, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies;

  • (i) standards of identity, packaging and performance in relation to consumer products and services, except in relation to the safety of consumer goods;

  • (j) legal metrology;

  • (k) telecommunications, except in relation to

    • (i) the planning and coordination of telecommunication services for departments, boards and agencies of the Government of Canada, and

    • (ii) broadcasting, other than in relation to spectrum management and the technical aspects of broadcasting;

  • (l) the development and utilization generally of communication undertakings, facilities, systems and services for Canada;

  • (m) investment;

  • (n) small businesses; and

  • (o) tourism.

• Marginal note:Additional powers, duties and functions

  (2) The powers, duties and functions of the Minister also extend to and include all matters over which Parliament has jurisdiction, not by law assigned to any other department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, relating to regional economic development in Ontario.