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Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (S.C. 2017, c. 20)

Assented to 2017-06-22

R.S., c. 15 (4th Supp.)Non-smokers’ Health Act

 Paragraph (c) of the definition employer in subsection 2(1) of the Non-smokers’ Health Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, in relation to their employees or the employees of a committee of the Senate or House of Commons, as the case may be, or

R.S., c. 31 (4th Supp.)Official Languages Act

 The definition federal institution in subsection 3(1) of the Official Languages Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (c.2):

  • (c.3) the office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer,

 Section 33 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Regulations

33 The Governor in Council may make any regulations that the Governor in Council considers necessary to foster actively communications with and services from offices or facilities of federal institutions — other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer — in both official languages, if those communications and services are required under this Part to be provided in both official languages.

  •  (1) The portion of subsection 38(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Regulations
    • 38 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations in respect of federal institutions, other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer,

  • (2) Paragraph 38(2)(b) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) substituting, with respect to any federal institution other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, a duty in relation to the use of the official languages of Canada in place of a duty under section 36 or the regulations made under subsection (1), having regard to the equality of status of both official languages, if there is a demonstrable conflict between the duty under section 36 or the regulations and the mandate of the institution.

 Subsection 41(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Regulations

    (3) The Governor in Council may make regulations in respect of federal institutions, other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, prescribing the manner in which any duties of those institutions under this Part are to be carried out.

 Subsection 46(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Responsibilities of Treasury Board
  • 46 (1) The Treasury Board has responsibility for the general direction and coordination of the policies and programs of the Government of Canada relating to the implementation of Parts IV, V and VI in all federal institutions other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service and office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

 Paragraph 93(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (a) prescribing anything that the Governor in Council considers necessary to effect compliance with this Act in the conduct of the affairs of federal institutions other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer; and

1991, c. 30Public Sector Compensation Act

 Paragraph 3(1)(c) of the Public Sector Compensation Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

2003, c. 22, ss. 12 and 13Public Service Employment Act

 The portion of section 35.3 of the Public Service Employment Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Parliamentary employees

35.3 A person employed in the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

2006, c. 9, s. 2Conflict of Interest Act

  •  (1) The definition public office holder in subsection 2(1) of the Conflict of Interest Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (d):

    • (d.01) the Parliamentary Budget Officer;

  • (2) The definition reporting public office holder in subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (e) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

    • (e.1) the Parliamentary Budget Officer; or

 Subsection 24(2) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

  • (c.1) in the case of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, to the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons; and

2009, c. 2, s. 393Expenditure Restraint Act

 Paragraph 13(1)(c) of the Expenditure Restraint Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c) the Senate, the House of Commons, the Library of Parliament, the office of the Senate Ethics Officer, the office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, the Parliamentary Protective Service and the office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

2013, c. 36Language Skills Act

 Section 2 of the Language Skills Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (j):

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

 Sections 126 to 129 and 131 to 190 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

DIVISION 8R.S., c. 28 (1st Supp.)Investment Canada Act

Amendments to the Act

 Paragraphs 14.1(1)(a) to (d) of the Investment Canada Act are replaced by the following:

  • (d) for an investment implemented at any time in the period that begins on the day on which this paragraph comes into force and that ends on December 31 of the following year, $1,000,000,000; and

 Section 38.1 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Annual report

38.1 The Director shall, for each fiscal year, submit a report on the administration of this Act to the Minister and the Minister shall make the report available to the public.

Transitional Provision

Marginal note:Application for review — subsection 14.1(1)

 Any application that is filed under section 17 of the Investment Canada Act before the day on which paragraph 14.1(1)(d) of that Act, as enacted by section 192 of this Act, comes into force and in respect of which the Minister of Industry has not made a decision before that day is deemed never to have been filed if

  • (a) the investment to which the application relates would have been subject to subsection 14.1(1) of that Act, had the application been filed on that day; and

  • (b) the enterprise value of the assets to which the application relates is less than the amount referred to in paragraph 14.1(1)(d) of that Act, as enacted by section 192 of this Act.

DIVISION 9Funding for Home Care Services and Mental Health Services

Marginal note:Payment to provinces — fiscal year 2017–2018
  •  (1) For the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2017, the Minister of Finance must pay to a province the amounts determined in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) for the purposes of assisting the province to provide home care services and mental health services if, no later than March 30, 2018, the Minister of Health notifies the Minister of Finance in writing that, in his or her opinion, the government of the province, before December 15, 2017, has accepted the federal proposal to strengthen health care for Canadians made on December 19, 2016.

  • Marginal note:Amount — home care services

    (2) The amount to be paid for the purposes of assisting a province to provide home care services is the amount determined in accordance with the formula

    A × (B/C)

    where

    A
    is $200 million;
    B
    is the population of the province, according to the official estimate of the population of the province on July 1, 2016 published by Statistics Canada on September 28, 2016; and
    C
    is the total of the population of all provinces, according to the official estimate of the population of all provinces on July 1, 2016 published by Statistics Canada on September 28, 2016.
  • Marginal note:Amount — mental health services

    (3) The amount to be paid for the purposes of assisting a province to provide mental health services is the amount determined in accordance with the formula

    A × (B/C)

    where

    A
    is $100 million;
    B
    is the population of the province, according to the official estimate of the population of the province on July 1, 2016 published by Statistics Canada on September 28, 2016; and
    C
    is the total of the population of all provinces, according to the official estimate of the population of all provinces on July 1, 2016 published by Statistics Canada on September 28, 2016.
  • Marginal note:Payments out of C.R.F

    (4) Any amount to be paid under this section is to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

 

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