Pension Benefits Standards Regulations, 1985

16.2 (1) An arbitration under subsection 9.2(4) of the Act shall include procedures by which

• (a) unionized members can make written representations to the executive of their union; and

• (b) any person, other than a person described in paragraph (a), who is described in subsection 9.2(3) of the Act can make written representations to the arbitrator.

(2) For the purposes of subsection 9.2(7) of the Act, the prescribed period is one year beginning on the day on which the employer notifies the Superintendent and persons referred to in subsection 9.2(3) of the Act in accordance with subsection 9.2(4) or (5) of the Act, as the case may be.

(3) The arbitrator shall publish a notice of the date, time and place at which the arbitration will begin.

(4) The notice must include

• (a) the mailing address from where the persons referred to in subsection 9.2(3) of the Act can obtain a copy of the procedures for the arbitration; and

• (b) the mailing address where those persons may send their written representations.

(5) The notice must be published, in both official languages, once a week for two consecutive weeks, in one or more newspapers in general circulation in each province in which persons referred to in subsection 9.2(3) of the Act reside or, if a person’s province of residence is not known, in each province.

(6) The last notice must be published not more than eight weeks and not less than four weeks before the day on which the arbitration begins.