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(2) For the purposes of this section and subsection 16(2) of the Act, successor means

• (a) a corporation that, after July 22, 1987, acquires direct control of a person that was acting as a telecommunications common carrier in Canada on July 22, 1987, whether as a result of an amalgamation, transfer or exchange of property, assets or securities, or other form of arrangement;

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• (c) a corporation that is a subsidiary of the corporation referred to in paragraph (a), but does not include any person referred to in that paragraph that was acting as a telecommunications common carrier in Canada on July 22, 1987.

(3) For the purposes of subsections (4) to (12),

carrier

carrier means a person that was acting as a telecommunications common carrier in Canada on July 22, 1987 (entreprise);

(4) For the purposes of paragraph 16(2)(c) of the Act,

• (a) where the carrier is a corporation, the carrier shall, subject to paragraph (d), satisfy the following criteria respecting continuous ownership, and control, by Canadians since July 22, 1987, namely, that at no time since July 22, 1987, and while it was operating as a telecommunications common carrier, has

  • (i) the percentage of the members of its board represented by the aggregate of the members of its board who are individual Canadians and the members of its board who, on July 22, 1987 were individual Canadians but are no longer individual Canadians and continue to be members of the board of the carrier been lower than the lesser of

    • (A) the percentage of its board who were individual Canadians as at July 22, 1987, and

  • (ii) the percentage of its voting shares that are beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians decreased, for a period of more than one year, by more than five per cent from the percentage of its voting shares beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians as at July 22, 1987;

• (b) where the carrier is not a corporation, the carrier shall, subject to paragraph (d), satisfy the following criterion respecting continuous ownership and control by Canadians since July 22, 1987, namely, that at no time since July 22, 1987, and while it was operating as a telecommunications common carrier, has the percentage of its beneficial ownership by Canadians decreased, for a period of more than one year, by more than five per cent from the percentage of its beneficial ownership by Canadians as at July 22, 1987;

• (c) a successor that is a corporation referred to in paragraph (2)(b) and that operates as a telecommunications common carrier shall satisfy the following criteria respecting continuous ownership and control by Canadians since July 22, 1987, namely,

  • (i) the carrier of which it is a subsidiary continues to satisfy the criteria set out in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be,

• (d) where control of a carrier has been acquired by an acquiring corporation, the carrier shall satisfy the following criteria respecting continuous ownership and control by Canadians since July 22, 1987, namely, from and after the time of the acquisition,

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  • (ii) the percentage of the members of its board represented by the aggregate of the members of its board who are Canadians and the members of its board who, on July 22, 1987 were individual Canadians but are no longer individual Canadians and continue to be members of the board of the carrier has not been lower than the lesser of

    • (A) the percentage of its board who were individual Canadians as at July 22, 1987, and

• (e) an acquiring corporation shall satisfy the following criteria respecting continuous ownership and control by Canadians since July 22, 1987, namely, that at no time since acquiring control of the carrier has

  • (i) the percentage of the members of the acquiring corporation’s board of directors represented by the aggregate of the members of its board who are individual Canadians and the members of its board who, on July 22, 1987, were individual Canadians and members of the board of the carrier, but are no longer individual Canadians and continue to be members of the board of the carrier been lower than the lesser of

    • (A) the percentage of the members of the board of the carrier who were individual Canadians as at July 22, 1987, and

  • (ii) the percentage of the acquiring corporation’s voting shares that are beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians decreased, for a period of more than one year, by more than five per cent from the percentage of the voting shares of the carrier that were beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians as at July 22, 1987; and

• (f) a successor that is a corporation referred to in paragraph (2)(c) and that operates as a telecommunications common carrier shall satisfy the following criteria respecting continuous ownership and control by Canadians since July 22, 1987, namely,

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(5) Where the percentage of the voting shares of a carrier that are beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians decreases from the percentage of those shares that were beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians as at July 22, 1987, the carrier may exercise the powers set out in subsection 8(1) and sections 9 to 14, in relation to those voting shares.

(6) Where the percentage of the voting shares of an acquiring corporation that are beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians decreases from the percentage of the voting shares of the carrier that were beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians as at July 22, 1987, the acquiring corporation may exercise the powers set out in sections 20 to 26, in relation to its voting shares.

(7) For the purpose of determining whether voting shares of the carrier were beneficially owned by persons who were Canadians as at July 22, 1987, and the number of such shares, the directors may include in their determination, without requiring further evidence that the persons are Canadian,

• (a) subject to subsection (8), voting shares registered in the name of a shareholder who is an individual whose address, as shown in the security register or books and records compiled as of the date closest to July 22, 1987 within a six-month period, is in Canada;

• (b) subject to subsection (8), voting shares registered in the name of a shareholder who is not an individual, whose holdings were not greater than ten per cent of the voting shares of the carrier issued and outstanding as at that date and whose address as shown in the security register or books and records compiled as of the date closest to July 22, 1987 within a six-month period, is in Canada;

• (c) voting shares held by a depository that maintained its head office and principal place of business in Canada, where the address of the person on whose behalf the depository held the shares is in Canada, as shown on the books and records of the depository compiled as of a date closest to July 22, 1987 within a six-month period; and

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(9) Where a shareholder, other than a depository that maintains its head office and principal place of business in Canada, owned or controlled shares consisting in the aggregate, on July 22, 1987 or the date closest to July 22, 1987 within a six-month period, of more than ten per cent of the issued and outstanding voting shares on that date, the shareholder shall, within six months after the coming into force of these Regulations, file with the Commission an affidavit or a declaration setting out the identity of the beneficial owner of the shares as at that date, and indicating whether the beneficial owner was a Canadian as at that date.

(10) The shareholder referred to in subsection (9) shall send a copy of an affidavit or declaration to the carrier at the same time as the affidavit or declaration is sent to the Commission.

(11) Where a shareholder fails to file an affidavit or declaration pursuant to subsection (8), the shares of the shareholder shall be considered to have been beneficially owned, and controlled, by a non-Canadian as at the relevant date.

15 (1) The Canadian carrier, and any of its directors, officers, employees and agents may rely on its security register or any other of their books or records, or the books or records of its transfer agent or registrar, referred to in these Regulations, their knowledge, information of which they are in receipt that is relevant to the carrier’s eligibility to operate pursuant to section 16 of the Act and any statements made in any affidavit, declaration or evidence filed under these Regulations, and the Canadian carrier and its directors, officers, employees and agents, as the case may be, are not liable in an action for anything done or omitted by them in good faith as a result of any conclusions made by them on the basis of any such register, books, records, knowledge, information or statements, when determining, for the purposes of these Regulations,

• (a) whether any voting shares are beneficially owned, or controlled, in such a way as to render the Canadian carrier not eligible to operate pursuant to section 16 of the Act;

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• (c) and for the purposes of subsection 16(2) of the Act, the percentage of the voting shares in the Canadian carrier beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians as at July 22, 1987; or

(2) A corporation, trust, mutual insurance company, partnership, pension fund society, depository or intermediary and any of its directors, officers, employees, trustees or agents, as the case may be, may rely on a security register or any other of their books or records, or the books or records of its transfer agent or registrar, referred to in these Regulations, their knowledge, information of which they are in receipt that relates to their status as Canadians and any statements made in any affidavit, declaration or evidence submitted under these Regulations, and the corporation, trust, mutual insurance company, partnership, pension fund society, depository or intermediary and its directors, officers, employees, trustees or agents, as the case may be, are not liable in an action for anything done or omitted by them in good faith as a result of any conclusions made by them on the basis of any such register, records, books, knowledge, information or statements, when determining, for the purposes of these Regulations,

• (a) whether any voting shares are beneficially owned, or controlled, in such a way as to render the corporation, trust, mutual insurance company, partnership or pension fund society not eligible as a qualified corporation, qualified trust, qualified mutual insurance company, qualified partnership or qualified pension fund society, as the case may be; or

(3) The Commission and any of its members, officers, employees or agents may rely on a security register or any other relevant book or record referred to in these Regulations, their knowledge, information of which they are in receipt that is relevant to section 16 of the Act and any statements made in any affidavit, declaration or evidence filed under these Regulations, and the Commission and its members, officers, employees or agents are not liable in an action for anything done or omitted by them in good faith as a result of any conclusions made by them on the basis of the register, books, records, knowledge, information or statements when determining, for the purposes of these Regulations,

• (a) whether any voting shares are beneficially owned, or controlled, in such a way as to render a Canadian carrier not eligible to operate pursuant to section 16 of the Act;

• (b) and for the purposes of subsection 16(2) of the Act, the percentage of the voting shares in a Canadian carrier beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians as at July 22, 1987; or

27 (1) The carrier holding corporation, and any of its directors, officers, employees and agents may rely on its security register or any other of their books or records, or the books or records of its transfer agent or registrar, referred to in these Regulations, their knowledge, information of which they are in receipt that relates to its status as a qualified corporation or, where the carrier holding corporation is an acquiring corporation, that relates to the criterion set out in subparagraph 17(4)(e)(ii) and any statements made in any affidavit, declaration or evidence filed under these Regulations, and the carrier holding corporation and its directors, officers, employees or agents are not liable in an action for anything done or omitted by them in good faith as a result of any conclusions made by them on the basis of any such register, records, books, knowledge, information or statements, when determining, for the purposes of these Regulations,

• (a) whether any voting shares are beneficially owned, or controlled, in such a way as to prevent the carrier holding corporation from being a qualified corporation, or where the carrier holding corporation is an acquiring corporation, from satisfying the criterion set out in subparagraph 17(4)(e)(ii);

• (b) and for the purposes of subsection 16(2) of the Act, the percentage of the voting shares in the carrier that were beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians as at July 22, 1987, where the carrier holding corporation is an acquiring corporation;

(2) A corporation, trust, mutual insurance company, partnership, pension fund society, depository or intermediary and any of its directors, officers, employees, trustees or agents, as the case may be, may rely on a security register or any other of their other books or records referred to in these Regulations, or the books or records of its transfer agent or registrar, their knowledge, information of which they are in receipt that relates to their status as Canadians and any statements made in any affidavit, declaration or evidence submitted under these Regulations, and the corporation, trust, mutual insurance company, partnership, depository or intermediary and its directors, officers, employees, trustees or agents, as the case may be, are not liable in an action for anything done or omitted by them in good faith as a result of any conclusions made by them on the basis of any such register, records, books, knowledge, information or statements, when determining, for the purposes of these Regulations,

• (a) whether any voting shares are beneficially owned, or controlled, in such a way as to prevent

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2 (1) In these Regulations,

carrier holding corporation

carrier holding corporation means

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• (b) an acquiring corporation as defined in section 18; (société mère d’une entreprise ou société mère)

excess voting shares

excess voting shares means issued and outstanding voting shares beneficially owned, or controlled, by non-Canadians in an amount greater than

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• (b) the percentage of the total issued and outstanding voting shares that were beneficially owned, and controlled, by non-Canadians as at July 22, 1987, in the case of a corporation referred to in subsection 16(2) of the Act; (actions avec droit de vote excédentaires)

holdco excess voting shares

holdco excess voting shares means issued and outstanding voting shares of a carrier holding corporation beneficially owned, or controlled, by non-Canadians

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• (b) in the case of a carrier holding corporation that is an acquiring corporation as defined in section 18, in an amount greater than the percentage of the total issued and outstanding voting shares of the carrier as defined in that section that were beneficially owned, and controlled, by non-Canadians as at July 22, 1987; (actions avec droit de vote excédentaires de la société mère)

(2) In these Regulations and for the purposes of section 16 of the Act,

Canadian

Canadian means

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• (d) a corporation without share capital, where a majority of its directors or officers, as the case may be, are appointed or designated, either by their personal names or by their names of office, by one or more of

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23 (1) For the purposes of ensuring that a carrier holding corporation continues to be a qualified corporation, or, where the carrier holding corporation is an acquiring corporation, that the percentage of its voting shares that are beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians is within five per cent of the percentage of the voting shares in the carrier that were beneficially owned, and controlled, by Canadians as at July 22, 1987, the carrier holding corporation may sell, as if it were the owner thereof, any voting shares in the carrier holding corporation that the board of the carrier holding corporation determines to be holdco excess voting shares in accordance with these Regulations, if the registered holder has been requested to sell the shares and has not done so and the sale is conducted in accordance with these Regulations.

(2) The carrier holding corporation may sell any holdco excess voting shares

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• (b) where there is no holdco principal stock exchange, on such other stock exchange or organized market on which the voting shares are listed or traded as the board of the carrier holding corporation shall determine; or

• (c) where the voting shares of the carrier holding corporation are not listed or traded on any stock exchange or organized market, in such other manner that is intended to obtain fair market value for the shares as the board of the carrier holding corporation shall determine.