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1st Session, 37th Parliament,
49-50 Elizabeth II, 2001
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House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-3
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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 control
ling, 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 re
placed 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 control
ling, 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 re
placed by the following:
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(d) provisions preventing Petro-Canada
from selling, transferring or otherwise dis
posing 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 re
placed by the following:
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(f) provisions respecting the enforcement of
the constraints imposed pursuant to para
graph (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 pur
suant to paragraph (1)(a) applies in respect of
voting shares of Petro-Canada that are held
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