Bill C-343
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1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-343 |
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An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal
Arrangements Act
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| R.S. c. F-8;
R.S., cc. 22,
39, 44 (1st
Supp.), cc. 7,
15, 26, 28
(2nd Supp.),
cc. 9, 11, 31
(3rd Supp.),
cc. 7, 33, 35,
46, (4th
Supp.); 1990,
c. 39; 1991,
cc. 9, 10, 38,
51; 1992, cc.
1, 10; 1993,
cc. 28, 34;
1994, c. 2;
1995, cc. 17,
24, 28, 29;
1996, cc. 8,
11, 18; 1997,
c. 10
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1. Section 19 of the Federal-Provincial
Fiscal Arrangements Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (2):
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| Criteria for
eligibility
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(3) In order that a province may qualify for
a full cash contribution referred to in section
14 for a fiscal year, the laws of the province
must make it compulsory for a person required
by law to attend school, or who is excused by
law from attending school by reason that the
person is receiving satisfactory instruction at
home or elsewhere, to remain in school or to
continue that instruction, as the case may be,
until the person attains the age of eighteen
years.
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(4) The criteria in subsection (3) are not
contravened by a law exempting a person
from attending school or continuing instruc
tion, as the case may be, until the person
attains the age of eighteen years, on the basis
that it is in the best interests of the person to be
so exempted.
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| Apprentice- ship
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(5) For the purposes of subsections (3) and
(4), ``school'' includes an apprenticeship
program approved by the government of a
province.
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2. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 23:
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| Consultation
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23.01 (1) The Minister shall, as an essential
and continuing indication of the interest of the
Government of Canada in post-secondary
education, consult with the governments of
the provinces with regard to the relationship
between the programs and activities of the
Government of Canada and the governments
of the provinces that relate to post-secondary
education.
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| Annual report
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(2) The Minister shall, no later than June 15
in each year, lay before each House of
Parliament a report on the consultations held
in the preceding fiscal year pursuant to
subsection (1).
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