Bill C-290

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	1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46 Elizabeth II, 1997
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-290
	An Act to amend the Canada Post Corporation Act (membership of Board of Directors)
R.S., c. C-10; R.S., c. 1 (2nd Supp.), c. 1 (4th Supp.); 1992, c. 1; 1993, cc. 17, 34, 44; 1994, c. 26	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. Subsection 5(2) of the Canada Post Corporation Act* is amended by striking out the word ``and'' at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):**
	(d.1) the need to develop a mechanism for considering the impact decisions of an administrative nature may have on regional development and the effective use of resources; and
	2. Subsection 6(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Board of Directors	6. (1) There shall be a Board of Directors of the Corporation, consisting of the following, to be appointed as provided in this Act:
	(a) the Chairman;
	(b) the President;
	(c) twelve other directors, one to be nominated by the lieutenant governor in council of each of the ten provinces, one to be nominated by the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory and one to be nominated by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories.
	3. (1) The portion of section 11 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
By-laws	11. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Board may make by-laws
	(2) Section 11 of the Act is amended by adding the following:
Advisory committees	(2) The Board shall make by-laws establishing advisory committees, appointing their members, specifying their terms of reference and setting up a consultation procedure for areas that may be affected by a decision of an administrative nature.
Consultation with director	(3) The consultation procedure referred to in subsection (2) shall provide for consultation with the director from the province or territory in which the area that may be affected by the decision is located.