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Budget Implementation Act, 2003 (S.C. 2003, c. 15)

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Assented to 2003-06-19

PART 4EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Related Amendments

R.S., c. L-2Canada Labour Code

28. Section 209.3 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 209.3(1) and is amended by adding the following:

  • Marginal note:Prohibition — compassionate care leave

    (2) The prohibitions set out in subsection (1) also apply in respect of an employee who has taken a leave of absence under section 206.3.

29. Section 209.4 of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

  • (a.1) prescribing classes of persons for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition “family member” in subsection 206.3(1);

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Coming into force

  • 30. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the provisions of this Part, other than sections 21, 23 and 24, come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Marginal note:Coming into force

    (2) Despite section 153 of the Employment Insurance Act, sections 23 and 24 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

PART 5GENERAL — NON-TAX MEASURES

Foundations

1997, c. 26Budget Implementation Act, 1997

31. Section 31 of the Budget Implementation Act, 1997 is renumbered as subsection 31(1) and is amended by adding the following:

  • Marginal note:Repayment out of remaining property

    (2) Despite subsection (1), the Minister may require the foundation to repay out of the moneys arising from the liquidation to the Receiver General for credit to the Consolidated Revenue Fund any amount that is so repayable under the terms or conditions on which public moneys were provided to the foundation.

1998, c. 21Budget Implementation Act, 1998

32. Section 43 of the Budget Implementation Act, 1998 is renumbered as subsection 43(1) and is amended by adding the following:

  • Marginal note:Repayment out of remaining property

    (2) Despite subsection (1), the Ministers may require the Foundation to repay out of the moneys arising from the liquidation to the Receiver General for credit to the Consolidated Revenue Fund any amount that is so repayable under the terms or conditions on which public moneys were provided to the Foundation.

2001, c. 23Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act

33. Section 32 of the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act is renumbered as subsection 32(1) and is amended by adding the following:

  • Marginal note:Repayment out of remaining property

    (2) Despite subsection (1), the Minister may require the Foundation to repay out of the moneys arising from the liquidation to the Receiver General for credit to the Consolidated Revenue Fund any amount that is so repayable under the terms or conditions on which public moneys were provided to the Foundation.

Appropriations for Grants

Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology

Marginal note:$250,000,000 granted

34. From and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may, on the requisition of the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Natural Resources, be paid and applied a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty million dollars for payment to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology for its use.

Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences

Marginal note:$50,000,000 granted

35. From and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may, on the requisition of the Minister of the Environment, be paid and applied a sum not exceeding fifty million dollars for payment to the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences for its use.

Canada Health Infoway Inc.

Marginal note:$600,000,000 granted

36. From and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may, on the requisition of the Minister of Health, be paid and applied a sum not exceeding six hundred million dollars for payment to the Canada Health Infoway Inc. for its use.

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Marginal note:$25,000,000 granted

37. From and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may, on the requisition of the Minister of Health, be paid and applied a sum not exceeding twenty-five million dollars for payment to the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation for its use.

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Marginal note:$70,000,000 granted

38. From and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may, on the requisition of the Minister of Health, be paid and applied a sum not exceeding seventy million dollars for payment to the Canadian Institute for Health Information for its use.

Canada Foundation for Innovation

Marginal note:$500,000,000 granted

39. From and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, be paid and applied a sum not exceeding five hundred million dollars for payment to the Canada Foundation for Innovation for its use.

Genome Canada

Marginal note:$75,000,000 granted

40. From and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund there may, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, be paid and applied a sum not exceeding seventy-five million dollars for payment to Genome Canada for its use.

1993, c. 14; 2001, c. 22, s. 2Amendments to the Farm Credit Canada Act

Marginal note:2001, c. 22, s. 5(4)

41. Paragraph 4(2)(f.4) of the Farm Credit Canada Act is replaced by the following:

  • (f.4) acquire and dispose of investments in farming operations or in businesses related to farming, including shares of corporations that carry on those operations or businesses, within parameters that are satisfactory to the Minister of Finance;

Marginal note:1997, c. 26, s. 93

42. Subsection 11(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Capital payments

  • 11. (1) At the request of the Corporation, the Minister of Finance may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, pay to the Corporation, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, amounts not exceeding in the aggregate one billion, two hundred and twenty-five million dollars, or such greater aggregate amount as may be authorized from time to time under an appropriation Act.

1992, c. 18Repeal of Debt Servicing and Reduction Account Act

PART 62002, c. 9, s. 5AMENDMENTS TO THE AIR TRAVELLERS SECURITY CHARGE ACT

  • 44. (1) Paragraphs 12(1)(a) to (c) of the Air Travellers Security Charge Act are replaced by the following:

    • (a) $6.54 for each chargeable emplanement included in the service, to a maximum of $13.08, if

      • (i) the service does not include transportation to a destination outside Canada, and

      • (ii) tax under subsection 165(1) of the Excise Tax Act is required to be paid in respect of the service;

    • (b) $7.00 for each chargeable emplanement included in the service, to a maximum of $14.00, if

      • (i) the service does not include transportation to a destination outside Canada, and

      • (ii) tax under subsection 165(1) of the Excise Tax Act is not required to be paid in respect of the service;

    • (c) $11.22 for each chargeable emplanement included in the service, to a maximum of $22.43, if

      • (i) the service includes transportation to a destination outside Canada and does not include transportation to a destination outside the continental zone, and

      • (ii) tax under subsection 165(1) of the Excise Tax Act is required to be paid in respect of the service;

    • (d) $12.00 for each chargeable emplanement included in the service, to a maximum of $24.00, if

      • (i) the service includes transportation to a destination outside Canada and does not include transportation to a destination outside the continental zone, and

      • (ii) tax under subsection 165(1) of the Excise Tax Act is not required to be paid in respect of the service; or

    • (e) $24.00, if the service includes transportation to a destination outside the continental zone.

  • (2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of any air transportation service that includes a chargeable emplanement after February 2003 and for which any consideration is paid or becomes payable after February 2003.

PART 7AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS

1997, c. 36Customs Tariff

Marginal note:2002, c. 22, s. 412

45. Paragraphs 21(2)(a) to (c) of the Customs Tariff are replaced by the following:

  • (a) $0.075 per cigarette, in the case of cigarettes;

  • (b) $0.055 per stick, in the case of tobacco sticks; and

  • (c) $0.05 per gram, in the case of manufactured tobacco other than cigarettes and tobacco sticks.

2002, c. 22Excise Act, 2001

46. Paragraphs 240(a) to (c) of the Excise Act, 2001 are replaced by the following:

  • (a) $0.34995 per cigarette that was removed in contravention of that subsection,

  • (b) $0.199966 per tobacco stick that was removed in contravention of that subsection, and

  • (c) $199.966 per kilogram of manufactured tobacco, other than cigarettes and tobacco sticks, that was removed in contravention of that subsection.

  • 47. (1) The portion of paragraph 1(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

    • (a) $0.374875 for each five cigarettes or fraction of five cigarettes contained in any package, if the cigarettes are black stock

  • (2) Paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) $0.396255 for each five cigarettes or fraction of five cigarettes contained in any package, in any other case.

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