Budget Implementation Act, 2005 (S.C. 2005, c. 30)
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Assented to 2005-06-29
Coordinating Amendments
Marginal note:2003, c. 22
134. On the later of the coming into force of section 7 of the Public Service Modernization Act, chapter 22 of the Statutes of Canada, 2003, and the coming into force of section 132 of this Act, subsection 7.1(1) of the English version of the Financial Administration Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Group insurance and benefit programs
7.1 (1) The Treasury Board may establish or modify any group insurance or other benefit programs for employees of the federal public administration and any other persons or classes of persons it may designate to be members of those programs, may take any measure necessary for that purpose, including contracting for services, may set any terms and conditions in respect of those programs, including those relating to premiums, contributions, benefits, management, control and expenditures and may audit and make payments in respect of those programs, including payments relating to premiums, contributions, benefits and other expenditures.
Marginal note:Bill C-21
135. If Bill C-21, introduced in the first session of the thirty-eighth Parliament and entitled the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (in this section referred to as the “other Act”), receives royal assent, then, on the later of the coming into force of section 132 of this Act and section 307 of the other Act, section 7.4 of the Financial Administration Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Regulations
7.4 The Treasury Board may make regulations respecting the governance of the corporation, including regulations that adapt any provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act and any regulations made under those Acts for the purpose of applying those provisions as adapted to the corporation.
PART 22R.S., c. O-9AMENDMENTS TO THE OLD AGE SECURITY ACT
Marginal note:1998, c. 21, s. 108(1); 1999, c. 22, s. 88(1); 2000, c. 12, par. 207(1)(a)
136. Subsections 12(1) and (2) of the Old Age Security Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Amounts on April 1, 2005
12. (1) The amount of the supplement that may be paid to a pensioner for any month in the payment quarter commencing on April 1, 2005 is,
(a) in the case of a person other than a person described in paragraph (b), five hundred and sixty-two dollars and ninety-three cents, and
(b) in the case of a person who, on the day immediately before that payment quarter, had a spouse or common-law partner to whom a pension may be paid for any month in that payment quarter,
(i) in respect of any month in that payment quarter before the first month for which a pension may be paid to the spouse or common-law partner, five hundred and sixty-two dollars and ninety-three cents, and
(ii) in respect of any month in that payment quarter commencing with the first month for which a pension may be paid to the spouse or common-law partner, three hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents,
minus one dollar for each full two dollars of the pensioner’s monthly base income.
Marginal note:Increase on January 1, 2006
(1.1) The amount of the supplement that may be paid to a pensioner for any month in the payment quarter commencing on January 1, 2006 is the amount of the supplement that would otherwise be payable plus
(a) eighteen dollars, in the case of a person described in paragraph (1)(a) or subparagraph (1)(b)(i); and
(b) fourteen dollars and fifty cents, in the case of a person described in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii).
Marginal note:Increase on January 1, 2007
(1.2) The amount of the supplement that may be paid to a pensioner for any month in the payment quarter commencing on January 1, 2007 is the amount of the supplement that would otherwise be payable plus
(a) eighteen dollars, in the case of a person described in paragraph (1)(a) or subparagraph (1)(b)(i); and
(b) fourteen dollars and fifty cents, in the case of a person described subparagraph (1)(b)(ii).
Marginal note:Indexation
(2) Subject to subsections (1.1) and (1.2), the amount of the supplement that may be paid to a pensioner for any month in any payment quarter commencing after June 30, 2005 is the amount obtained by multiplying
(a) the maximum amount of the supplement that might have been paid to the pensioner for any month in the three-month period immediately before that payment quarter
by
(b) the ratio that the Consumer Price Index for the first adjustment quarter that relates to that payment quarter bears to the Consumer Price Index for the second adjustment quarter that relates to that payment quarter,
minus one dollar for each full two dollars of the pensioner’s monthly base income.
Marginal note:R.S., c. 34 (1st Supp.), s. 5(1); 2000, c. 12, s. 198(1) and par. 208(1)(e)
137. (1) The definitions “supplement equivalent” and “supplement equivalent for the survivor” in subsection 22(1) of the Act are replaced by the following:
“supplement equivalent”
« valeur du supplément »
“supplement equivalent” means, in respect of any month in a payment quarter, the amount of the supplement that would be payable for that month under subsection 12(1), (1.1), (1.2), (2), (3) or (4), as the case may be, to a pensioner whose spouse or common-law partner is also a pensioner when both the pensioner and the spouse or common-law partner have no income in the base calendar year and both are in receipt of a full pension;
“supplement equivalent for the survivor”
« valeur du supplément pour le survivant »
“supplement equivalent for the survivor” means, in respect of any month in a payment quarter, the amount determined under subsection (4.1), (4.2), (4.3) or (4.4), as the case may be.
(2) Section 22 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):
Marginal note:Supplement equivalent for the survivor
(4.1) The amount of the supplement equivalent for the survivor is
(a) four hundred and fifty-four dollars and nine cents, for any month in the payment quarter commencing on April 1, 2005;
(b) the amount of the supplement equivalent for the survivor that would otherwise be payable plus eighteen dollars, for any month in the payment quarter commencing on January 1, 2006; and
(c) the amount of the supplement equivalent for the survivor that would otherwise be payable plus eighteen dollars, for any month in the payment quarter commencing on January 1, 2007.
Marginal note:Indexation of supplement equivalent for the survivor
(4.2) Subject to paragraphs (4.1)(b) and (c), the amount of the supplement equivalent for the survivor for any month in a payment quarter commencing after June 30, 2005 is the amount obtained by multiplying
(a) the amount of the supplement equivalent for the survivor for any month in the three-month period immediately before that payment quarter
by
(b) the ratio that the Consumer Price Index for the first adjustment quarter that relates to that payment quarter bears to the Consumer Price Index for the second adjustment quarter that relates to that payment quarter.
Marginal note:No decrease
(4.3) Despite subsection (4.2), the amount of the supplement equivalent for the survivor for any month in a payment quarter may not be less than the amount of the supplement equivalent for the survivor for any month in the three-month period immediately before that payment quarter.
Marginal note:Reduction in Consumer Price Index
(4.4) If, in relation to any payment quarter, the Consumer Price Index for the first adjustment quarter is lower than the Consumer Price Index for the second adjustment quarter,
(a) no adjustment of the supplement equivalent for the survivor is to be made under subsection (4.2) in respect of that payment quarter; and
(b) no adjustment of the supplement equivalent for the survivor is to be made under that subsection in respect of any subsequent payment quarter until, in relation to a subsequent payment quarter, the Consumer Price Index for the first adjustment quarter that relates to that subsequent payment quarter is higher than the Consumer Price Index for the second adjustment quarter that relates to the payment quarter referred to in paragraph (a), in which case the second adjustment quarter that relates to the payment quarter referred to in that paragraph is deemed to be the second adjustment quarter that relates to that subsequent payment quarter.
PART 23PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
Payment to Quebec
Marginal note:Payment of $200,000,000
138. (1) For the purposes of giving effect to the Canada–Quebec Final Agreement on the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan and to support its implementation, the Minister of Finance may make a cash payment of two hundred million dollars to Quebec.
Marginal note:Payment out of C.R.F.
(2) Any amount payable under subsection (1) may be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the time and in the manner that the Minister of Finance considers appropriate.
Payment to British Columbia
Marginal note:Payment of $100,000,000
139. (1) The Minister of Finance may make a cash payment of one hundred million dollars to British Columbia to assist the province in meeting the costs arising from the mountain pine beetle infestation, including the costs of damages caused by the infestation and of measures to combat the spread of the infestation.
Marginal note:Payment out of C.R.F.
(2) Any amount payable under subsection (1) may be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the time and in the manner that the Minister of Finance considers appropriate.
Payment to Saskatchewan
Marginal note:Payment of $6,500,000
140. (1) The Minister of Finance may make a cash payment of six million and five hundred thousand dollars to Saskatchewan.
Marginal note:Payment out of C.R.F.
(2) Any amount payable under subsection (1) may be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the time and in the manner that the Minister of Finance considers appropriate.
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