2nd Session, 37th Parliament,
51 Elizabeth II, 2002

House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-3

An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act

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

R.S., c. C-8

CANADA PENSION PLAN

1996, c. 11, par. 95(b)

1. Section 91 of the Canada Pension Plan and the heading before it are replaced by the following:

Interpretation

Definitions

91. The following definitions apply in this Part.

``Investment Board''
« Office »

``Investment Board'' means the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board established by section 3 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act.

``Minister''
« ministre »

``Minister'' means the Minister of Human Resources Development.

2. Subsection 108(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Limitation

(4) No payment shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under this section in excess of the total of

    (a) the amount of the balance to the credit of the Canada Pension Plan Account, and

    (b) the fair market value of the assets of the Investment Board less its liabilities.

3. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 108:

Management of Account

108.1 (1) Any amounts standing to the credit of the Canada Pension Plan Account that exceed the immediate obligations of that Account shall be transferred to the Investment Board, unless any agreement entered into under section 111.1 provides otherwise. The amounts shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and charged to the Canada Pension Plan Account.

Payment by Investment Board

(2) The Minister may, by notice, and in accordance with any agreement entered into under section 111.1, require the Investment Board to pay into the Consolidated Revenue Fund any amount necessary to offset amounts charged or required to be charged to the Canada Pension Plan Account under subsection 108(3) and any interest charged under subsection 110(2).

Interest

(3) The Minister of Finance shall credit interest to the Canada Pension Plan Account at market rates, as determined by that Minister, on any amount standing to the credit of that Account. The interest shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

4. (1) Subsection 109(1) of the Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection 109(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Amounts to be charged and credited to Account

(2) There shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and charged to the Canada Pension Plan Account the cost of all securities purchased by the Minister of Finance under section 110, and there shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund and credited to the Canada Pension Plan Account the proceeds of redemption in whole or in part of any securities purchased by that Minister under that section.

Matured securities - amounts to be charged to Fund

(3) Where, on the maturity of a security of a province held to the credit of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund that was issued before January 1, 1998, the Minister of Finance does not purchase another security under subsection 110(3) or uses only a portion of the principal amount of the matured security to purchase another security, the principal amount of the matured security or the unused portion, as the case may be, shall be charged to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund.

Redemption before maturity - amounts to be charged to Fund

(4) Where the Minister of Finance, under subsection 110(6.4), redeems a security in whole or in part before maturity, the principal amount of the redeemed security, or the amount of the part that is redeemed, shall be charged to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund.

(3) Subsections 109(2) to (4) of the Act are repealed.

1997, c. 40, s. 90(1)

5. (1) The portion of subsection 110(1) of the Act before the definition ``appropriate provincial Minister'' is replaced by the following:

Definitions

110. (1) In this section and sections 113 and 117,

1997, c. 40, s. 90(3)

(2) The definitions ``Investment Board'' and ``operating balance'' in subsection 110(1) of the Act are repealed.

(3) Subsection 110(1) of the Act is repealed.

(4) Subsection 110(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Interest shall be charged to Account

(2) The Minister of Finance shall charge interest to the Canada Pension Plan Account at market rates, as determined by that Minister, on any amount paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under subsection 108(3) that exceeds the balance to the credit of the Canada Pension Plan Account. Interest shall be charged for the period beginning on the day on which the amount is paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under subsection 108(3) and ending on the day on which the Investment Board pays that amount into the Consolidated Revenue Fund under section 56 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act.

R.S., c. 30 (2nd Supp.), s. 55(2)

(5) Subsection 110(2.1) of the Act is repealed.

1997, c. 40, s. 90(4)

(6) Subsection 110(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Replacement security

(3) On the maturity of a security of a province held to the credit of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund that was issued before January 1, 1998, the Minister of Finance shall purchase another security issued by the province if requested to do so, in writing, by the appropriate provincial Minister of that province at least 30 days before the date of maturity.

(7) Subsections 110(3) to (6.1) of the Act are repealed.

1997, c. 40, s. 90(4)

(8) Subsections 110(6.2) and (6.3) of the Act are repealed.

2000, c. 14, s. 45

(9) The portion of subsection 110(6.4) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Redemption at request of province

(6.4) The Minister of Finance shall redeem a security in whole or in part before maturity if

(10) Subsections 110(6.4) to (7) of the Act are repealed.

(11) Subsection 110(8) of the Act is repealed.

1997, c. 40, s. 91

6. Section 111 of the Act is repealed.

1997, c. 40, s. 91

7. Section 111.1 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Administra-
tion agreement

111.1 (1) The Minister of Finance may, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Minister , enter into an agreement with the Investment Board with respect to the administration of any matter referred to in sections 107.1 to 110, including the payment of amounts out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to the Investment Board, and the payment of amounts by the Investment Board into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

Administra-
tion agreement

(2) The Minister of Finance may enter into an agreement with the Investment Board with respect to the administration of any matter referred to in section 113.

1997, c. 40, s. 91

8. Paragraphs 112(1)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    (a) a statement of the amounts credited to or charged to the Canada Pension Plan Account during the year;

    (b) a statement consolidating the accounts of the Canada Pension Plan Account and the Investment Board for the year; and

9. (1) Paragraph 113(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    (b) the Minister of Finance shall pay an amount calculated as provided in subsection (2) to the government of that province, by the transfer to that government in the first instance and to the extent necessary for that purpose, of securities of that province that are designated securities as defined in section 2 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act , and in the second instance and to the extent necessary for that purpose, of securities of Canada that are designated securities as defined in section 2 of that Act , and by the payment to that government of any balance then remaining in any manner that may be prescribed.

(2) Section 113 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

Payment by Investment Board

(1.1) The Minister of Finance may, by notice, and in accordance with any agreement entered into under section 111.1, require the Investment Board to pay to that Minister any amount that the Minister considers necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).

Rights in securities extinguished

(1.2) For greater certainty, where the Minister of Finance transfers to the government of a province a security of that province or of Canada, any right, title or interest of the Investment Board in the security is extinguished.

(3) Subsections 113(1.1) and (1.2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

Transfer by Investment Board

(1.1) The Minister of Finance may, by notice, and in accordance with any agreement entered into under section 111.1, require the Investment Board to pay to that Minister any amount, and to transfer to that Minister any securities of the province or of Canada referred to in paragraph (1)(b) , that are necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).

10. Paragraph 114(4)(e) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    (e) the management or operation of the Canada Pension Plan Account, or

11. Section 117 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):

Definition of ``appropriate provincial Minister''

(4) In this section, ``appropriate provincial Minister'', in respect of a province, means the province's minister of the Crown who has primary responsibility for that province's finances.

1997, c. 40

CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD ACT

12. (1) Section 2 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

``designated security''
« titre désigné »

``designated security'' means

      (a) an obligation

        (i) that, before April 1, 1998, was held to the credit of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Fund, as established under subsection 109(1) of the Canada Pension Plan,

        (ii) that, as applied to Canada, is an obligation of the Government of Canada and, as applied to a province, is an obligation of the government of the province or an obligation of any agent of Her Majesty in right of the province that is guaranteed as to principal and interest by that government, and

        (iii) that complies with the conditions that were set out in section 111 of the Canada Pension Plan as that section read immediately before April 1, 1998; or

      (b) an obligation that

        (i) is, on or after April 1, 1998, purchased by the Minister of Finance under section 110 of the Canada Pension Plan, and

        (ii) is an obligation of the government of a province or an obligation of any agent of Her Majesty in right of a province that is guaranteed as to principal and interest by that government.

(2) Subparagraph (b)(i) of the definition ``designated security'' in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:

        (i) on or after April 1, 1998, was purchased by the Minister of Finance under section 110 of the Canada Pension Plan or is purchased by the Board under section 6.1 , and

13. Section 5 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Objects

5. The objects of the Board are

    (a) to assist the Canada Pension Plan in meeting its obligations to contributors and beneficiaries under the Canada Pension Plan;

    (b) to manage any amounts transferred to it under section 108.1 of the Canada Pension Plan, and its right, title or interest in any designated securities , in the best interests of the contributors and beneficiaries under that Act; and

    (c) to invest its assets with a view to achieving a maximum rate of return, without undue risk of loss, having regard to the factors that may affect the funding of the Canada Pension Plan and the ability of the Canada Pension Plan to meet its financial obligations on any given business day .

14. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 6: