An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 (S.C. 2007, c. 36)
Full Document:
- HTMLFull Document: An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 |
- PDFFull Document: An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 [495 KB]
Assented to 2007-12-14
32. (1) Paragraphs 67(1)(b) to (b.3) of the same statute, as enacted by subsection 57(1) of Chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, are replaced by the following:
(b) any property that as against the bankrupt is exempt from execution or seizure under any laws applicable in the province within which the property is situated and within which the bankrupt resides;
(b.1) goods and services tax credit payments that are made in prescribed circumstances to the bankrupt and that are not property referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
(b.2) prescribed payments relating to the essential needs of an individual that are made in prescribed circumstances to the bankrupt and that are not property referred to in paragraph (a) or (b); or
(b.3) without restricting the generality of paragraph (b), property in a registered retirement savings plan or a registered retirement income fund, as those expressions are defined in the Income Tax Act, or in any prescribed plan, other than property contributed to any such plan or fund in the 12 months before the date of bankruptcy,
(2) Paragraph 67(1)(c) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 57(2) of chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, is replaced by the following:
(c) all property wherever situated of the bankrupt at the date of the bankruptcy or that may be acquired by or devolve on the bankrupt before their discharge, including any refund owing to the bankrupt under the Income Tax Act in respect of the calendar year — or the fiscal year of the bankrupt if it is different from the calendar year — in which the bankrupt became a bankrupt, except the portion that
(i) is not subject to the operation of this Act, or
(ii) in the case of a bankrupt who is the judgment debtor named in a garnishee summons served on Her Majesty under the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act, is garnishable money that is payable to the bankrupt and is to be paid under the garnishee summons, and
33. (1) The portion of the definition “total income” in subsection 68(2) of the Act before paragraph (b), as enacted by subsection 58(1) of chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, is replaced by the following:
“total income”
« revenu total »
“total income”
(a) includes, despite paragraphs 67(1)(b) and (b.3), a bankrupt’s revenues of whatever nature or from whatever source that are earned or received by the bankrupt between the date of the bankruptcy and the date of the bankrupt’s discharge, including those received as damages for wrongful dismissal, received as a pay equity settlement or received under an Act of Parliament, or of the legislature of a province, that relates to workers’ compensation; but
(2) The definition “surplus income” in subsection 68(2) of the English version of the Act, as enacted by subsection 58(1) of chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, is replaced by the following:
“surplus income”
« revenu excédentaire »
“surplus income” means the portion of a bankrupt individual’s total income that exceeds that which is necessary to enable the bankrupt individual to maintain a reasonable standard of living, having regard to the applicable standards established under subsection (1).
(3) Subsection 68(4) of the French version of the Act, as enacted by subsection 58(1) of chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Obligations du syndic par suite de la décision
(4) Il avise, de la manière prescrite, le séquestre officiel et les créanciers qui en font la demande de sa conclusion et, s’il conclut que le failli a un revenu excédentaire, il fixe, conformément aux normes applicables, la somme que celui-ci doit verser à l’actif de la faillite et prend les mesures indiquées pour qu’il s’exécute.
(4) Subsection 68(7) of the English version of the Act, as enacted by subsection 58(1) of chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Creditor may request mediation
(7) On a creditor’s request made within 30 days after the day on which the trustee informed the creditor of the amount fixed under subsection (4) or (5.1), the trustee shall, within five days after the day on which the 30-day period ends, send to the official receiver a request, in the prescribed form, that the matter of the amount that the bankrupt is required to pay be determined by mediation and send a copy of the request to the bankrupt and the creditor.
(5) Subsections 68(14) and (15) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 58(4) of chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Application is a proceeding
(14) For the purposes of section 38, an application referred to in subsection (10) is deemed to be a proceeding for the benefit of the estate.
Marginal note:Property included for enforcement purposes
(15) For the purpose of this section, a requirement that a bankrupt pay an amount to the estate is enforceable against the bankrupt’s total income.
Marginal note:When obligation to pay ceases
(16) If an opposition to the automatic discharge of a bankrupt individual who is required to pay an amount to the estate is filed, the bankrupt’s obligation under this section ceases on the day on which the bankrupt would have been automatically discharged had the opposition not been filed, but nothing in this subsection precludes the court from determining that the bankrupt is required to pay to the estate an amount that the court considers appropriate.
Marginal note:1992, c. 27, s. 36(1)
34. The portion of subsection 69(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Stay of proceedings — notice of intention
69. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and sections 69.4, 69.5 and 69.6, on the filing of a notice of intention under section 50.4 by an insolvent person,
Marginal note:1992, c. 27, s. 36(1); 1997, c. 12, s. 63(1)
35. The portion of subsection 69.1(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Stay of proceedings — Division I proposals
69.1 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6) and sections 69.4, 69.5 and 69.6, on the filing of a proposal under subsection 62(1) in respect of an insolvent person,
36. Subsection 69.3(1) of the French version of the Act, as enacted by subsection 62(1) of chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Suspension des procédures en cas de faillite
69.3 (1) Sous réserve des paragraphes (1.1) et (2) et des articles 69.4 et 69.5, à compter de la faillite du débiteur, ses créanciers n’ont aucun recours contre lui ou contre ses biens et ils ne peuvent intenter ou continuer aucune action, mesure d’exécution ou autre procédure en vue du recouvrement de réclamations prouvables en matière de faillite.
37. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 69.5:
Meaning of “regulatory body”
69.6 (1) In this section, “regulatory body” means a person or body that has powers, duties or functions relating to the enforcement or administration of an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province and includes a person or body that is prescribed to be a regulatory body for the purpose of this Act.
Marginal note:Regulatory bodies — sections 69 and 69.1
(2) Subject to subsection (3), no stay provided by section 69 or 69.1 affects a regulatory body’s investigation in respect of an insolvent person or an action, suit or proceeding that is taken in respect of the insolvent person by or before the regulatory body, other than the enforcement of a payment ordered by the regulatory body or the court.
Marginal note:Exception
(3) On application by the insolvent person and on notice to the regulatory body and to the persons who are likely to be affected by the order, the court may order that subsection (2) not apply in respect of one or more of the actions, suits or proceedings taken by or before the regulatory body if in the court’s opinion
(a) a viable proposal could not be made in respect of the insolvent person if that subsection were to apply; and
(b) it is not contrary to the public interest that the regulatory body be affected by the stay provided by section 69 or 69.1.
Marginal note:Declaration — enforcement of a payment
(4) If there is a dispute as to whether a regulatory body is seeking to enforce its rights as a creditor, the court may, on application by the insolvent person and on notice to the regulatory body, make an order declaring both that the regulatory body is seeking to enforce its rights as a creditor and that the enforcement of those rights is stayed.
38. Sections 81.3 and 81.4 of the Act, as enacted by section 67 of chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005, are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Security for unpaid wages, etc. — bankruptcy
81.3 (1) The claim of a clerk, servant, travelling salesperson, labourer or worker who is owed wages, salaries, commissions or compensation by a bankrupt for services rendered during the period beginning on the day that is six months before the date of the initial bankruptcy event and ending on the date of the bankruptcy is secured, as of the date of the bankruptcy, to the extent of $2,000 — less any amount paid for those services by the trustee or by a receiver — by security on the bankrupt’s current assets on the date of the bankruptcy.
Marginal note:Commissions
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), commissions payable when goods are shipped, delivered or paid for, if shipped, delivered or paid for during the period referred to in that subsection, are deemed to have been earned in that period.
Marginal note:Security for disbursements
(3) The claim of a travelling salesperson who is owed money by a bankrupt for disbursements properly incurred in and about the bankrupt’s business during the period referred to in subsection (1) is secured, as of the date of the bankruptcy, to the extent of $1,000 — less any amount paid for those disbursements by the trustee or by a receiver — by security on the bankrupt’s current assets on that date.
Marginal note:Rank of security
(4) A security under this section ranks above every other claim, right, charge or security against the bankrupt’s current assets — regardless of when that other claim, right, charge or security arose — except rights under sections 81.1 and 81.2 and amounts referred to in subsection 67(3) that have been deemed to be held in trust.
Marginal note:Liability of trustee
(5) If the trustee disposes of current assets covered by the security, the trustee is liable for the claim of the clerk, servant, travelling salesperson, labourer or worker to the extent of the amount realized on the disposition of the current assets and is subrogated in and to all rights of the clerk, servant, travelling salesperson, labourer or worker in respect of the amounts paid to that person by the trustee.
Marginal note:Claims of officers and directors
(6) No officer or director of the bankrupt is entitled to have a claim secured under this section.
Marginal note:Non-arm’s length
(7) A person who, in respect of a transaction, was not dealing at arm’s length with the bankrupt is not entitled to have a claim arising from that transaction secured by this section unless, in the opinion of the trustee, having regard to the circumstances — including the remuneration for, the terms and conditions of and the duration, nature and importance of the services rendered — it is reasonable to conclude that they would have entered into a substantially similar transaction if they had been dealing with each other at arm’s length.
Marginal note:Proof by delivery
(8) A claim referred to in this section is proved by delivering to the trustee a proof of claim in the prescribed form.
Marginal note:Definitions
(9) The following definitions apply in this section.
“compensation”
« rémunération »
“compensation” includes vacation pay but does not include termination or severance pay.
“receiver”
« séquestre »
“receiver” means a receiver within the meaning of subsection 243(2) or an interim receiver appointed under subsection 46(1), 47(1) or 47.1(1).
Marginal note:Security for unpaid wages, etc. — receivership
81.4 (1) The claim of a clerk, servant, travelling salesperson, labourer or worker who is owed wages, salaries, commissions or compensation by a person who is subject to a receivership for services rendered during the six months before the first day on which there was a receiver in relation to the person is secured, as of that day, to the extent of $2,000 — less any amount paid for those services by a receiver or trustee — by security on the person’s current assets that are in the possession or under the control of the receiver.
Marginal note:Commissions
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), commissions payable when goods are shipped, delivered or paid for, if shipped, delivered or paid for during the six-month period referred to in that subsection, are deemed to have been earned in those six months.
Marginal note:Security for disbursements
(3) The claim of a travelling salesperson who is owed money by a person who is subject to a receivership for disbursements properly incurred in and about the person’s business during the six months before the first day on which there was a receiver in relation to the person is secured, as of that day, to the extent of $1,000 — less any amount paid for those disbursements by a receiver or trustee — by security on the person’s current assets that are in the possession or under the control of the receiver.
Marginal note:Rank of security
(4) A security under this section ranks above every other claim, right, charge or security against the person’s current assets — regardless of when that other claim, right, charge or security arose — except rights under sections 81.1 and 81.2.
Marginal note:Liability of receiver
(5) If the receiver takes possession or in any way disposes of current assets covered by the security, the receiver is liable for the claim of the clerk, servant, travelling salesperson, labourer or worker to the extent of the amount realized on the disposition of the current assets and is subrogated in and to all rights of the clerk, servant, travelling salesperson, labourer or worker in respect of the amounts paid to that person by the receiver.
Marginal note:Claims of officers and directors
(6) No officer or director of the person who is subject to a receivership is entitled to have a claim secured under this section.
Marginal note:Non-arm’s length
(7) A person who, in respect of a transaction, was not dealing at arm’s length with a person who is subject to a receivership is not entitled to have a claim arising from that transaction secured by this section unless, in the opinion of the receiver, having regard to the circumstances — including the remuneration for, the terms and conditions of and the duration, nature and importance of the services rendered — it is reasonable to conclude that they would have entered into a substantially similar transaction if they had been dealing with each other at arm’s length.
Marginal note:Proof by delivery
(8) A claim referred to in this section is proved by delivering to the receiver a proof of claim in the prescribed form.
Marginal note:Definitions
(9) The following definitions apply in this section.
“compensation”
« rémunération »
“compensation” includes vacation pay but does not include termination or severance pay.
“person who is subject to a receivership”
« personne faisant l’objet d’une mise sous séquestre »
“person who is subject to a receivership” means a person any of whose property is in the possession or under the control of a receiver.
“receiver”
« séquestre »
“receiver” means a receiver within the meaning of subsection 243(2) or an interim receiver appointed under subsection 46(1), 47(1) or 47.1(1).
- Date modified: