42-43-44 ELIZABETH II

CHAPTER 1

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE

ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT

PART I

POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MINISTER

(a) industry and technology in Canada;

(b) trade and commerce in Canada;

(c) science in Canada;

(d) consumer affairs;

(e) corporations and corporate securities;

(f) competition and restraint of trade, including mergers and monopolies;

(g) bankruptcy and insolvency;

(h) patents, copyrights, trade-marks, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies;

(i) standards of identity, packaging and performance in relation to consumer products and services, except in relation to the safety of consumer goods;

(j) legal metrology;

(k) telecommunications, except in relation to

(i) the planning and coordination of telecommunication services for departments, boards and agencies of the Government of Canada, and

(ii) broadcasting, other than in relation to spectrum management and the technical aspects of broadcasting;

(l) the development and utilization generally of communication undertakings, facilities, systems and services for Canada;

(m) investment;

(n) small businesses; and

(o) tourism.

(a) strengthen the national economy and promote sustainable development;

(b) promote the mobility of goods, services and factors of production and of trade and commerce in Canada;

(c) increase the international competitiveness of Canadian industry, goods and services and assist in the adjustment to changing domestic and international conditions;

(d) encourage the fullest and most efficient and effective development and use of science and technology;

(e) foster and promote science and technology in Canada;

(f) strengthen the framework for the development and efficiency of the Canadian marketplace;

(g) promote the establishment, development and efficiency of Canadian communications systems and facilities and assist in the adjustment to changing domestic and international conditions;

(h) stimulate investment; and

(i) promote the interests and protection of Canadian consumers.

(a) initiate, recommend, coordinate, direct, promote and implement national policies, programs, projects and practices with respect to the objectives set out in section 5;

(b) collect, gather, by survey or otherwise, compile, analyse, coordinate and disseminate information in respect of matters under the Minister's administration, as well as in relation to trends and developments, both within and outside Canada, in respect of those matters;

(c) promote, assist and provide support services for, and investment in, Canadian industry, goods, services, science and technology;

(d) promote cooperation with the governments of provinces and their agencies and non-governmental entities in Canada and participate, as appropriate, in the promotion of cooperation with agencies of other nations and international agencies; and

(e) take any action that may be necessary to secure, by international regulation or otherwise, the rights of Canada in communications matters.

PART II

REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC

(a) promote economic development in areas of Ontario and Quebec where low incomes and slow economic growth are prevalent or where opportunities for productive employment are inadequate;

(b) emphasize long-term economic development and sustainable employment and income creation; and

(c) focus on small and medium-sized enterprises and the development and enhancement of entrepreneurial talent.

(a) in cooperation with other concerned ministers and boards and agencies of the Government of Canada, formulate and implement policies, plans and integrated federal approaches;

(b) coordinate the policies and programs of the Government of Canada;

(c) lead and coordinate the activities of the Government of Canada in the establishment of cooperative relationships with Ontario and Quebec and with business, labour and other public and private bodies; and

(d) collect, gather, by survey or otherwise, compile, analyse, coordinate and disseminate information.

(a) provide and, where appropriate, coordinate services promoting regional economic development in Ontario and Quebec including services to develop entrepreneurial talent, support local business associations, stimulate investment and support small and medium-sized enterprises in those provinces or any part thereof; and

(b) initiate, recommend, coordinate, direct, promote and implement programs and projects in relation to regional economic development in Ontario and Quebec.

(a) relating to policies, programs and projects referred to in section 9; and

(b) generally for carrying out the purposes and provisions of sections 8 and 9.

PART III

POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL OF CANADA

PART IV

GENERAL

(a) make loans to any person;

(b) guarantee the repayment of, or provide loan insurance or credit insurance in respect of, any financial obligation undertaken by any person; and

(c) make grants and contributions to any person.

(a) relating to loans that may be made, guarantees that may be given and loan insurance and credit insurance that may be provided under this section; and

(b) specifying the circumstances in which and the manner in which the Minister may acquire, exercise, assign or sell a stock option, or another financial or similar instrument, obtained as a condition under which a loan or contribution was made, guarantee given or loan insurance or credit insurance provided under this section.

(a) shall, where appropriate, make use of the services, facilities, information and expertise of other departments, boards or agencies of the Government of Canada; and

(b) may consult with, and organize conferences of, representatives of provincial governments, business and labour and other public and private entities.