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First Session, Forty-third Parliament,

68 Elizabeth II, 2019

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-201
An Act to amend the Borrowing Authority Act

FIRST READING, December 10, 2019

THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Day

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Borrowing Authority Act to limit the circumstances in which the Governor in Council may authorize the borrowing of money without legislative approval.

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1st Session, 43rd Parliament,

68 Elizabeth II, 2019

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-201

An Act to amend the Borrowing Authority Act

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

2017, c. 20, s. 103

Borrowing Authority Act

1Section 3 of the Borrowing Authority Act is replaced by the following:

Borrowing authority

3The Minister may, under and in accordance with Insertion start an Act of Parliament Insertion end , borrow money on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, by way of the issue and sale of securities, as defined in section 2 of Insertion start the Financial Administration Act Insertion end , or otherwise.

2The portion of section 4 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Maximum amount that may be borrowed

4Despite any other Act of Parliament, but subject to section 6, the total of the following amounts must not at any time exceed $1,168,000,000,000:

3(1)The portion of subsection 8(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Report to Parliament

8(1)The Minister must cause to be tabled in each House of Parliament within Insertion start one year Insertion end after the day on which this section comes into force — or, if the House is not sitting on the last day of that Insertion start one Insertion end -year period, during the next 30 days that it is sitting — a report indicating

(2)Subsection 8(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Subsequent reports

(2)The Minister must cause to be tabled in each House of Parliament, on or before the May 31 that follows the end of Insertion start each Insertion end fiscal year — or, if the House is not sitting on that May 31, during the next 30 days that it is sitting — a report indicating the matters set out in paragraphs (1)‍(a) to (c).

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Borrowing Authority Act
Clause 1:Existing text of section 3:

3The Minister, with the authorization of the Governor in Council under subsection 44(1) of the Financial Administration Act and in accordance with that Act, may borrow money on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, by way of the issue and sale of securities, as defined in section 2 of that Act, or otherwise.

Clause 2:Existing text of relevant portion of section 4:

4Despite section 3 and any other Act of Parliament, but subject to section 6, the total of the following amounts must not at any time exceed $1,168,000,000,000:

Clause 3: (1)Existing text of relevant portion of subsection 8(1):

8(1)The Minister must cause to be tabled in each House of Parliament within three years after the day on which this section comes into force — or, if the House is not sitting on the last day of that three-year period, during the next 30 days that it is sitting — a report indicating

(2)Existing text of subsection 8(2):

(2)The Minister must cause to be tabled in each House of Parliament, on or before the May 31 that follows the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal year during which a report was previously tabled under this section — or, if the House is not sitting on that May 31, during the next 30 days that it is sitting — a report indicating the matters set out in paragraphs (1)‍(a) to (c).


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