Bill C-17
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42-43 ELIZABETH II |
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CHAPTER 18 |
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An Act to amend certain statutes to implement
certain provisions of the budget tabled in
Parliament on February 22, 1994
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[Assented to 15th June, 1994]
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SHORT TITLE |
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| Short title
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1. This Act may be cited as the Budget
Implementation Act, 1994.
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PART I |
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COMPENSATION |
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| 1991, c. 30
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Public Sector Compensation Act |
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2. The definition ``employee'' in
subsection 2(1) of the Public Sector
Compensation Act is replaced by the
following:
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| ``employee'' « salarié »
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``employee'' means any person who performs
duties and functions that entitle that person
to a fixed or ascertainable amount or rate of
pay, but does not include any person to
whom the Locally-Engaged Staff
Employment Regulations apply or any
person who is engaged locally outside
Canada and whose position is wholly or
partly excluded from the operation of the
Public Service Employment Act under
section 41 of that Act;
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 4(1)
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3. (1) Subsection 5(1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Extension of
compensation
plans
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5. (1) Subject to section 11, every
compensation plan for employees to whom
this Act applies that was in effect on February
26, 1991, including every compensation plan
extended under section 6, shall be extended
for a period of seventy-two months beginning
on the day immediately following the day on
which the compensation plan would, but for
this section, expire.
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| No increase in
compensation
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(1.1) Notwithstanding any provision of this
Act other than subsection (1.2) or a provision
of any compensation plan, no employee shall
be entitled to the incremental increases,
including those based on the attainment of
further qualifications or the acquisition of
skills, merit or performance increases,
in-range increases, performance bonuses or
other similar forms of compensation that
would, but for this subsection, form part of
their compensation plan, during the period of
twenty-four months beginning on the day on
which this subsection comes into force.
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| Period not
included as
experience
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(1.2) The period referred to in
subsection (1.1) shall not be counted for the
purposes of calculating any increase in any
form of compensation referred to in that
subsection that is based on years of
experience.
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 4(2)
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(2) Subsection 5(3) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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| Particular case
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(3) Each of the compensation plans for the
persons mentioned in subsection 3(3.1) that
was in effect on December 10, 1992 shall be
extended for a period of forty-eight months
beginning on the day immediately following
the day on which the compensation plan
would, but for this subsection, expire.
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 5
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4. Subsection 7(2.1) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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| Extension
where
conversion or
reclassificatio
n of a plan
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(2.1) Where, before December 10, 1992,
the Treasury Board has, pursuant to
subsection (2), changed any of the terms and
conditions of a compensation plan to
implement a new or revised classification
standard, the new or revised compensation
plan that is in effect as a result of that
implementation shall be
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(2.2) Where, on or after December 10, 1992
but before the coming into force of this
subsection, the Treasury Board has, pursuant
to subsection (2), changed any of the terms
and conditions of a compensation plan to
implement a new or revised classification
standard, the new or revised compensation
plan that is in effect as a result of that
implementation shall be
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5. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 7:
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| Civilian
Reduction
Program
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7.1 Notwithstanding this Act or any other
Act of Parliament except the Canadian
Human Rights Act, the Treasury Board may
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 7
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6. Subsections 9(3) and (4) of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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| No increase in
wage rates
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(3) The wage rates in effect under
subsection (2) shall not be increased for the
forty-eight month period immediately
following the period referred to in that
subsection.
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(4) Notwithstanding any other Act of
Parliament, each of the compensation plans
for the persons mentioned in subsection 3(3.1)
shall be deemed to include a provision to the
effect that the wage rates in effect under the
plan on the day on which the plan would, but
for subsection 5(3), expire shall not be
increased for the forty-eight month period
immediately following that day.
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 8(2)
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7. Subsection 11(3) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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| Extension
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(3) Every new compensation plan in respect
of which this section applies, and every new
collective agreement and arbitral award that
includes such a plan, shall be
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| R.S., c. G-9
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Governor General's Act |
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 9
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8. Subsections 4.1(4) and (5) of the
Governor General's Act are replaced by the
following:
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| Salary for
1993, 1994,
1995 and
1996
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(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), for
each of the twelve month periods beginning
on January 1, 1993, January 1, 1994,
January 1, 1995 and January 1, 1996, the
salary of the Governor General is the same as
the salary payable to the Governor General for
the twelve month period beginning on January
1, 1992.
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| Salary for
1997
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(5) For the purposes of calculating a salary
under subsection (1) for the twelve month
period beginning on January 1, 1997, the
salary payable for the twelve month period
immediately preceding that twelve month
period shall be deemed to be the salary
payable under subsection (4).
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| R.S., c. J-1
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Judges Act |
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 10
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9. Subsections 25(4) and (5) of the Judges
Act
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| Override for
1993, 1994,
1995 and
1996
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(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the
salary annexed to an office of judge for each
of the twelve month periods commencing
April 1, 1993, April 1, 1994, April 1, 1995 and
April 1, 1996 shall be the salary annexed to
that office for the twelve month period
commencing April 1, 1992.
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| Calculation of
salary after
April 1, 1997
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(5) For the purposes of determining the
salary annexed to an office of judge under
subsection (1) for the twelve month period
commencing April 1, 1997, the salary
annexed to that office for the twelve month
period immediately preceding that twelve
month period shall be deemed to be the salary
determined under subsection (4).
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| R.S., c. P-1
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Parliament of Canada Act |
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 11(1)
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10. (1) Paragraph 55(9)(b) of the
Parliament of Canada Act is replaced by the
following:
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 11(2)
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(2) Subsection 55(10) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Calculation of
allowance
after January
1, 1998
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(10) For the purposes of calculating a
sessional allowance under subsection (3) for
the twelve month period commencing
January 1, 1998, the sessional allowance
payable for the twelve month period
immediately preceding that twelve month
period shall be deemed to be the sessional
allowance payable under paragraph (9)(b).
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| R.S., c. S-3
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Salaries Act |
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 12
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11. Subsections 3(5) and (6) of the Salaries
Act
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| Salary for
1993, 1994,
1995 and
1996
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(5) Notwithstanding subsection (2), for
each of the 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996
calendar years, the salary of the lieutenant
governor of each province shall be the same as
the salary annexed to that office for the 1992
calendar year.
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| Base for 1997
calculation
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(6) For the purposes of calculating a salary
under subsection (2) for the 1997 calendar
year, the salary annexed to the office of
lieutenant governor for the 1996 calendar year
shall be deemed to be the salary payable under
subsection (5).
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PART II |
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FISCAL ARRANGEMENTS |
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| R.S., c. C-1
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Canada Assistance Plan |
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12. Section 5.1 of the Canada Assistance
Plan is renumbered as subsection 5.1(1) and
is amended by adding the following:
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(2) Notwithstanding sections 5 and 8 and
any agreement, the contributions to each
province in respect of a year ending after
March 31, 1995 shall not exceed the
contributions to that province in respect of the
year ending on March 31, 1995.
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| R.S., c. P-37
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Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act |
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| 1991, c. 51,
s. 5
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13. The portion of subsection 3.1(3) of the
Public Utilities Income Tax Transfer Act
before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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| Application
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(3) Subsection (2) applies to a taxation year
of a designated corporation that ends after
January 1, 1990 if
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 13
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14. Section 3.2 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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| Further
reductions in
payments
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3.2 Notwithstanding sections 3 and 3.1, the
amount that may be paid to a province under
those sections in respect of a taxation year of
a designated corporation that ends after
January 1, 1993 shall be reduced by an amount
equal to ten per cent of the amount that, but for
this section, may be paid under those sections.
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PART III |
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TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDIES |
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| R.S., c. A-15
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Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Act |
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| 1993, c. 13,
s. 14
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15. Subsections 4(1) and (1.1) of the
Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Act are
replaced by the following:
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| Reduced rate
for
compensation
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4. (1) The rate of twenty per cent mentioned
in the Maritime Freight Rates Act in respect of
the reduction in tariffs for the preferred
movements of traffic described in
paragraph 4(1)(b) or (d) of that Act shall be
deemed to be twenty-eight and one-half per
cent for those preferred movements of traffic,
and payments out of the Consolidated
Revenue Fund to railway companies by way
of compensation for maintaining the reduced
rate in respect of those preferred movements
of traffic shall be made on the basis of the
deemed twenty-eight and one-half per cent
rate.
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