Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 (S.C. 2018, c. 12)

partner entity

partner entity means

• (a) a department or any other body, other than a parent Crown corporation, referred to in a schedule to the Financial Administration Act;

• (b) a parent Crown corporation and any wholly-owned subsidiary, as those terms are defined in section 83 of the Financial Administration Act;

• (c) the government of a province, a public body created under the law of a province, or a municipality;

• (d) a council, government or other entity authorized to act on behalf of either a band, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Indian Act, or a First Nation, Aboriginal people or Aboriginal organization that is a party to a land claim agreement or any other treaty, self-government agreement or settlement agreement; and

• (e) a non-profit corporation or public body performing a function for an entity referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d). (entité partenaire)

Marginal note:Service delivery to public

• 5.1 (1) The Minister may provide support for service delivery to the public and, in so doing, he or she may

  • (a) provide the following services and facilities to any partner entity and perform activities related to those services and facilities:

    • (i) services and facilities in support of its delivery of its programs and services, and

    • (ii) any other service or facility that is authorized by the Governor in Council;

  • (b) provide the following services to any department or body listed in Schedule I, I.1 or II to the Financial Administration Act and to any other partner entity authorized by the Governor in Council and perform activities related to those services:

    • (i) the administration of websites that are accessible to the public,

    • (ii) the administration of social media accounts,

    • (iii) the publication of mobile applications on third-party mobile application stores and on the Government of Canada website,

    • (iv) online citizen engagement, and

    • (v) any other related electronic or digital service;

  • (c) administer the Government of Canada website; and

  • (d) provide information services relating to programs and services of the Government of Canada and of any other person, organization or government authorized by the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Authorization — Governor in Council

  (2) The Minister may provide any service or facility that is described in subsection (1), other than the services described in paragraph (1)(c) or (d), and that is authorized by the Governor in Council to any other person, organization or government that the Governor in Council authorizes.

• Marginal note:Exercise of powers

  (3) The Minister shall, in supporting service delivery to the public, do so with a view to better serving the needs of Canadians.

Marginal note:Fees — services and facilities

• 5.2 (1) The Minister may charge for any service or facility provided under subsection 5.1(1), except the services provided under paragraph 5.1(1)(c) or (d).

• Marginal note:Spending authority

  (2) The Minister may spend revenues obtained under subsection (1).

• (a) subject to the Statistics Act, collect, analyze, interpret, publish and distribute information relating to human resources and skills development, social development or service delivery to the public; and

• (b) cooperate with provincial authorities with a view to coordinating efforts for human resources and skills development, social development, or service delivery to the public.

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, to the social development of Canada or to service delivery to the public, and the Minister may make grants and contributions in support of the programs.

Marginal note:Business numbers — Minister

8 The Minister may collect any business number, as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act, and use it as an identifier for the purposes of the administration or enforcement any Act, program or activity in respect of which the administration or enforcement is the responsibility of the Minister.

Marginal note:Business numbers — Minister of Labour

19.01 The Minister of Labour may collect any business number, as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act, and use it as an identifier for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of any Act, program or activity in respect of which the administration or enforcement is the responsibility of that Minister.

Marginal note:Business numbers — Commission

24.1 The Commission may collect any business number, as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act, and use it as an identifier for the purposes of the administration or enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act.

Marginal note:Designation of investigators

• 28.5 (1) The Minister or the Commission may designate as an investigator for the purpose of enforcing section 28.4 any person, or class of persons, that the Minister or the Commission considers qualified.

• Marginal note:Territorial jurisdiction

  (2) An information or complaint about an offence under this Part may be heard, tried or determined by any provincial court judge, as defined in section 2 of the Criminal Code, if the accused is resident, carrying on business, found, apprehended or in custody in the judge’s territorial jurisdiction regardless of whether or not the matter of the information or complaint arose in that jurisdiction.

• Marginal note:Limitation period

  (3) Proceedings in respect of an offence under this Part may be commenced at any time within, but not later than, five years after the day on which the subject matter of the proceedings arose.