Bill C-310
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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-310 |
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An Act to require special interest groups that
receive grants or loans from public funds
to submit for tabling in Parliament a
report on the purposes to which the funds
were put
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| Short title
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1. This Act may be cited as the Special
Interest Groups Funding Accountability Act.
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| Definitions
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2. The definitions in this section apply in
this Act.
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| ``grant'' « subven- tion »
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``grant'' means a payment, contribution, loan,
guarantee of loan or other method of
financing that is a charge on public funds
that is made to or for the benefit of an
organization or an individual to assist the
organization or individual to carry out a
charitable purpose.
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| ``Minister'' « ministre »
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``Minister'' means the Minister responsible
for the administration of the Act under the
authority of which a grant is made.
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| ``organiza- tion'' « organisa- tion »
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``organization'' means a corporation,
association or other organization that is not
operated for profit.
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| ``regula- tions'' « règle- ments »
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``regulations'' means the regulations referred
to in section 5.
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| Report on
grant
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3. Every individual who or organization
that receives a grant shall prepare and send to
the Minister, no later than September 1 of
every fiscal year in which any part of the grant
is spent or used, a statement as required by the
regulations showing the purposes for which
the grant was used during the previous fiscal
year and the amount spent on each purpose.
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| Tabled in
Parliament
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4. The Minister shall cause every report
received pursuant to section 3 to be laid before
each House of Parliament on one of the ten
days on which the House sits following the day
on which the report is received by the
Minister.
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| Regulations
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5. The Governor in Council may make
regulations respecting the form and content of
a report required by this Act.
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