Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1 (S.C. 2016, c. 7)

Marginal note:Application

200 The provisions of the Special Import Measures Act, as enacted or amended by sections 192 to 199, apply to goods from a NAFTA country, as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act.

DIVISION 11R.S., c. 32 (2nd Supp.)Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

Marginal note:2010, c. 25, s. 179(2)

• 201 (1) The definition multilateral agreement in subsection 2(1) of the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 is repealed.

• (2) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

  federal-provincial agreement

  federal-provincial agreement means an agreement entered into under subsection 6.1(1); (accord fédéral-provincial)

Marginal note:2010, c. 25, s. 180

202 Paragraph 5(2)(d) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note: 2010, c. 25, s. 181

203 Section 6 of the Act is repealed.

Marginal note:2010, c. 25, s. 181

• 204 (1) Subsection 6.1(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:One or more designated provinces

  • 6.1 (1) The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into an agreement with one or more designated provinces respecting any matter relating to pension plans that are subject to the pension legislation of at least one designated province that is a party to the agreement.

• Marginal note:2010, c. 25, s. 181

  (2) The portion of subsection 6.1(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Content of agreement

    (2) A federal-provincial agreement may, among other things,

• (3) Subsection 6.1(2) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (c):

  • (c.1) make applicable, with respect to a pension plan, the pension legislation of a designated province that is a party to the agreement;

• Marginal note:2010, c. 25, s. 181

  (4) Subsections 6.1(3) to (5) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Tabling in Parliament

    (3) The Minister must cause every federal-provincial agreement to be tabled in each House of Parliament.

  • Marginal note:Publication — Canada Gazette

    (4) The Minister must cause to be published in the Canada Gazette

    • (a) every federal-provincial agreement and a notice of the date on which the agreement comes into effect with respect to pension plans;

    • (b) every amendment to a federal-provincial agreement and a notice of the date on which the amendment comes into effect with respect to pension plans; and

    • (c) a notice of the effective date of the Government of Canada’s withdrawal from the federal-provincial agreement or of the effective date of termination of that agreement, whichever comes first.

  • Marginal note:Publication — other

    (5) In addition to the publishing requirements under subsection (4), the Minister must ensure that every federal-provincial agreement and every amendment to a federal-provincial agreement is accessible to the public through the Internet or by any other means that the Minister considers appropriate.

Marginal note:2010, c. 25, s. 181

205 Sections 6.2 to 6.4 of the Act are replaced by the following:

Marginal note:2010, c. 25, ss. 196(1) and 198(8)

206 Paragraphs 39(1)(b.1) to (b.3) of the Act are replaced by the following:

DIVISION 121996, c. 23Employment Insurance Act

Amendments to the Act

• 207 (1) Subsection 2(1) of the Employment Insurance Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

  long-tenured worker

  long-tenured worker means a claimant who was paid less than 36 weeks of regular benefits in the 260 weeks before the beginning of their benefit period and who, according to their income tax returns for which notices of assessment have been sent by the Canada Revenue Agency, paid at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 7 of the 10 years before the beginning of their benefit period or, if their income tax return for the year before the beginning of their benefit period has not yet been filed with that Agency or a notice of assessment for that year has not yet been sent by that Agency, in 7 of the 10 years before that year; (travailleur de longue date)

• (2) The definition long-tenured worker in subsection 2(1) of the Act is repealed.

• Marginal note:2001, c. 5, s. 1(1)

  (3) Subsection 2(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Weeks of benefits paid

    (5) For the purposes of section 145, the Commission may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations for establishing how many weeks of benefits a claimant was paid, in order to take into account benefit reductions or deductions in the calculation or payment of those benefits.

208 The definition waiting period in subsection 6(1) of the Act is replaced by the following: