Bill C-359

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	1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-359
	An Act to require every organization that receives a grant of public money to submit a report on the way it is spent that is to be available for public inspection
	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short title	1. This Act may be cited as the Grant Expenditure Report Act.
Definitions	2. The definitions in this section apply in this Act.
``grant''* « subvention »	``grant'' means a payment, contribution, loan, guarantee of loan or other method of financing that is a charge on public funds.
``Minister'' « ministre »	``Minister'' means the Minister responsible for the administration of the Act under the authority of which a grant is made.
``regula- tions'' « règle- ments »	``regulations'' means the regulations referred to in section 4.
Report	3. (1) Every person, organization or branch of any level of government that receives a grant during a fiscal year shall submit to the Minister, no later than September 1 of every fiscal year in which the grant is spent follow ing the year in which the grant is made, a financial statement showing the purposes for which the grant was spent during the previous fiscal year and the amount spent on each purpose, in the form and content required by the regulations.
Available to public	(2) Every report made pursuant to subsec tion (1) is public information and the Minister shall make it available for public inspection during normal business hours, which may include but shall not be restricted to electronic access, and shall provide copies of any record on request at a reasonable charge set by the regulations, not to exceed ten cents a page.
Regulations	4. The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the form and content of a report referred to in section 3.
Access to Information Act	5. A report submitted pursuant to section 3 is deemed not to have been submitted in confidence for the purposes of the Access to Information Act and is public information.