Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (S.C. 2012, c. 19)
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Assented to 2012-06-29
PART 4VARIOUS MEASURES
National Council of Welfare
Marginal note:National Council of Welfare
686. (1) Members of the National Council of Welfare cease to hold office on the coming into force of this subsection.
Marginal note:Former members not entitled to relief
(2) Despite the provisions of any contract, agreement or order, no person appointed to hold office as a member of the National Council of Welfare has any right to claim or receive any compensation, damages, indemnity or other form of relief from Her Majesty in right of Canada or from any employee or agent of Her Majesty for ceasing to hold that office or for the abolition of that office by the operation of this Division.
2005, c. 34Related Amendment to the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act
687. Sections 5 to 8 of the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act are replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Powers, duties and functions
5. (1) The Minister’s powers, duties and functions extend to and include all matters relating to human resources and skills development in Canada or the social development of Canada over which Parliament has jurisdiction and which are not by law assigned to any other Minister, department, board or agency of the Government of Canada.
Marginal note:Exercise of powers
(2) The Minister shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions
(a) relating to human resources and skills development with a view to improving the standard of living and quality of life of all Canadians by promoting a highly skilled and mobile workforce and an efficient and inclusive labour market; and
(b) relating to social development with a view to promoting social well-being and income security.
Marginal note:Powers
6. In exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions assigned to the Minister under this or any other Act, the Minister may
(a) subject to the Statistics Act, collect, analyse, interpret, publish and distribute information relating to human resources and skills development or to social development; and
(b) cooperate with provincial authorities with a view to coordinating efforts for human resources and skills development or for social development.
Marginal note:Programs
7. The Minister may, in exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions assigned by this Act, establish and implement programs designed to support projects or other activities that contribute to the development of the human resources of Canada and the skills of Canadians, or that contribute to the social development of Canada, and the Minister may make grants and contributions in support of the programs.
Consequential Amendments
R.S., c. F-11Financial Administration Act
Marginal note:2005, c. 35, s. 54
688. Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act is amended by striking out the following:
Department of Social Development
Ministère du Développement social
Marginal note:2006, c. 9, s. 270
689. Part I of Schedule VI to the Act is amended by striking out the following:
Department of Social Development
Ministère du Développement social
R.S., c. S-3Salaries Act
Marginal note:2005, c. 35, s. 65
690. Paragraph 4(2)(z.3) of the Salaries Act is repealed.
Marginal note:2005, c. 16, s. 20(1)
691. Paragraph 4.1(3)(z.21) of the Act is repealed.
R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.)Income Tax Act
692. Subparagraph 241(4)(d)(x) of the Income Tax Act is replaced by the following:
(x) to an official of the Canada Employment Insurance Commission or the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development, solely for the purpose of the administration or enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act, an employment program of the Government of Canada or the evaluation or formation of policy for that Act or program,
1991, c. 30Public Sector Compensation Act
Marginal note:2005, c. 35, s. 64
693. Schedule I to the Public Sector Compensation Act is amended by striking out the following under the heading “DEPARTMENTS”:
Department of Social Development
Ministère du Développement social
Terminology Changes
Marginal note:Replacement of “Minister of Social Development”
694. Unless the context requires otherwise, “Minister of Social Development” is replaced by “Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development” in any other Act of Parliament, and more particularly in the following:
(a) in the Canada Pension Plan,
(i) the definition “province providing a comprehensive pension plan” in subsection 3(1),
(ii) subsections 3(2) and (3),
(iii) subsection 4(3),
(iv) subsections 26.1(1) and (2),
(v) section 27,
(vi) paragraph 27.2(1)(a),
(vii) the definition “Minister” in subsection 42(1),
(viii) the definition “Minister” in section 91, and
(ix) subsection 117(1);
(b) section 3 of the Energy Costs Assistance Measures Act;
(c) in the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act,
(i) paragraph (a) of the definition “information bank director” in section 2, and
(ii) the portion of section 6 before paragraph (a);
(d) in the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act,
(i) subsection 13(3),
(ii) the definition “Minister” in section 18,
(iii) section 23.1,
(iv) subsection 24.3(2),
(v) the definition “Minister” in section 24.9,
(vi) section 25.8, and
(vii) paragraph 40(f);
(e) subsection 122.64(1) of the Income Tax Act; and
(f) in the Old Age Security Act,
(i) the definition “Minister” in section 2, and
(ii) section 46.
Marginal note:Replacement of “Department of Social Development”
695. (1) Unless the context requires otherwise, “Department of Social Development” is replaced by “Department of Human Resources and Skills Development” in any other Act of Parliament, and more particularly in the following:
(a) in the Canada Pension Plan,
(i) paragraph 66(3)(d), and
(ii) subsection 103(3);
(b) paragraph 81(d) of the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act;
(c) paragraph 6.7(d) of the Department of Veterans Affairs Act;
(d) in the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act,
(i) paragraphs 6(a) and (b), and
(ii) section 15;
(e) paragraph 122.64(2)(b) of the Income Tax Act;
(f) paragraph 109.2(d) of the Pension Act; and
(g) paragraph 30(2)(c) of the War Veterans Allowance Act.
Marginal note:Replacement — English version
(2) Every reference to “Department of Social Development” is replaced by a reference to “Department of Human Resources and Skills Development” in the English version of paragraph (a) of the definition “information bank director” in section 2 of the Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
696. Sections 685 to 695 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Division 522005, c. 47, s. 1Wage Earner Protection Program Act
Amendment to the Act
Marginal note:2011, c. 24, s. 163
697. Subparagraph (a)(i) of the definition “eligible wages” in subsection 2(1) of the English version of the Wage Earner Protection Program Act is replaced by the following:
(i) the six-month period ending on the date of the bankruptcy or the first day on which there was a receiver in relation to the former employer, and
Coming into Force
Marginal note:December 15, 2011
698. This Division is deemed to have come into force on December 15, 2011.
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