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2nd Session, 36th Parliament,
48-49 Elizabeth II, 1999-2000
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-39
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An Act to amend the Eldorado Nuclear
Limited Reorganization and Divestiture
Act and the Petro-Canada Public
Participation Act
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Her Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate and House of Commons
of Canada, enacts as follows:
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1988, c. 41
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1. (1) Subparagraph 5(1)(b)(ii) of the
Eldorado Nuclear Limited Reorganization
and Divestiture Act is replaced by the
following:
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(ii) to prevent any one non-resident,
together with the associates thereof, from
holding, beneficially owning or
controlling, directly or indirectly,
otherwise than by way of security only,
voting securities to which are attached
more than fifteen per cent of the votes
that may ordinarily be cast to elect
directors of the new corporation;
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(2) Paragraph 5(1)(c) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(c) provisions respecting the counting or
prorating of votes cast at any meeting of
shareholders of the new corporation and
attached to voting securities of the new
corporation that are held, beneficially
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by non-residents so as to limit the counting
of those votes to not more than twenty-five
per cent of the total number of votes cast by
shareholders at that meeting;
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1991, c. 10
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2. (1) Paragraphs 9(1)(a) to (c) of the
Petro-Canada Public Participation Act are
replaced by the following:
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(a) provisions imposing constraints on the
issue, transfer and ownership, including
joint ownership, of voting shares of
Petro-Canada to prevent any one person,
together with the associates of that person,
from holding, beneficially owning or
controlling, directly or indirectly, otherwise
than by way of security only, in the
aggregate voting shares to which are
attached more than twenty per cent of the
votes that may ordinarily be cast to elect
directors of Petro-Canada, other than votes
that may be so cast by or on behalf of the
Minister;
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(2) Paragraph 9(1)(d) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(d) provisions preventing Petro-Canada
from selling, transferring or otherwise
disposing of, whether by one transaction or
event or several related transactions or
events, all or substantially all of its assets to
any one person or group of associated
persons or to non-residents, otherwise than
by way of security only in connection with
the financing of Petro-Canada;
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(3) Paragraph 9(1)(f) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(f) provisions respecting the enforcement of
the constraints imposed pursuant to
paragraph (a); and
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(4) The portion of subsection 9(4) of the
Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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Exceptions
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(4) No provision imposing constraints
pursuant to paragraph (1)(a) applies in respect
of voting shares of Petro-Canada that are held
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