Bill C-71
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46-47-48 ELIZABETH II |
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CHAPTER 26 |
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An Act to implement certain provisions of the
budget tabled in Parliament on February
16, 1999
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[Assented to 17th June, 1999]
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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, 1999.
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PART 1 |
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CANADA HEALTH AND SOCIAL TRANSFER |
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R.S., c. F-8;
1995, c. 17,
s. 45(1)
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Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act |
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1995, c. 17,
s. 46
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2. Subsections 2(2) and (3) of the
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
are replaced by the following:
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Definition of
``province''
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(2) In Parts I, II and IV, ``province'' does not
include the Yukon Territory, the Northwest
Territories or Nunavut.
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Determi- nation of population
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(3) For the purposes of this Act, the
population of a province, or, before April 1,
1999, of the part of the Northwest Territories
that became Nunavut or the part that remained
as the Northwest Territories, for a fiscal year
is the population of the province or the part for
that fiscal year as determined by the Chief
Statistician of Canada in the prescribed
manner.
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1995, c. 17,
s. 48
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3. (1) The portion of subsection 13(1) of
the Act before paragraph (b) is replaced by
the following:
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Transfers
established
under
paragraphs
14(a) and (b)
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13. (1) Subject to this Part, a Canada Health
and Social Transfer established under
paragraphs 14(a) and (b) is to be provided to
the provinces for the purposes of
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1995, c. 17,
s. 48
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(2) Subsection 13(2) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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Transfers
established
under
paragraphs
14(c) and (d)
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(2) Subject to this Part, a Canada Health and
Social Transfer established under paragraphs
14(c) and (d) is to be provided to the provinces
for the following purposes:
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(3) Section 13 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (3):
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Definition of
``social
programs''
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(4) In this section, ``social programs''
includes programs in respect of health,
post-secondary education, social assistance
and social services.
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1995, c. 17,
s. 48; 1996, c.
18, s. 49;
1998, c. 19,
s. 285.1(1)
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4. Sections 14 and 15 of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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Canada
Health and
Social
Transfer
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14. The Canada Health and Social Transfer
shall consist of
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Provincial
share of cash
contribution
established
under
paragraph
14(b)
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15. (1) The cash contribution established
under paragraph 14(b) that may be provided to
a province for each of the fiscal years in the
period beginning on April 1, 1999 and ending
on March 31, 2004 is the amount determined
by the formula
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F x [(G x H/J) + (1 - G) x K/L] - M
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where
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F is the total of the amounts established under
paragraphs 14(a) and (b) for the fiscal year;
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G is
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H is the product obtained by multiplying
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J is the total of all the values of H for the
fiscal year in respect of all provinces;
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K is the population of the province for the
fiscal year;
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L is the total of the population of all provinces
for the fiscal year; and
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M is the total equalized tax transfer applicable
to the province for the fiscal year, as
determined in accordance with subsection
16(1).
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Northwest
Territories and
Nunavut
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(2) The total entitlements of H in the
formula in subsection (1) are
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Provincial
share of cash
contribution
established
under
paragraph
14(c)
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(3) The cash contribution established under
paragraph 14(c) that may be provided to a
province shall be determined in accordance
with the terms of the trust indenture
establishing the trust referred to in section
16.1.
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Provincial
share of cash
contribution
established
under
paragraph
14(d)
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(4) The cash contribution established under
paragraph 14(d) that may be provided to a
province for each of the fiscal years in the
period beginning on April 1, 2000 and ending
on March 31, 2004 is the amount determined
by multiplying the amount set out for that
fiscal year in that paragraph by the quotient
obtained by dividing
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by
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5. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 16:
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Payments to
trust
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16.1 The Minister may make direct
payments, in an aggregate amount not
exceeding $3.5 billion, to a trust established to
provide funding for the purposes referred to in
subsection 13(2).
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1995, c. 17,
s. 50
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6. Subsection 17(2) of the Act is replaced
by the following:
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Reduction or
withholding
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(2) The cash contribution that may be
provided to a province under subsection 15(1)
or (4) shall be reduced or withheld for the
purposes of giving effect to
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1995, c. 17,
s. 50
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7. The portion of subsection 19(1) of the
Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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Criteria for
eligibility
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19. (1) In order that a province may qualify
for a full cash contribution under subsection
15(1) for a fiscal year, the laws of the province
must not
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1995, c. 17,
s. 50
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8. Paragraphs 21(1)(a) and (b) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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1995, c. 17,
s. 50
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9. Sections 22 and 23 of the French
version of the Act are replaced by the
following:
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Nouvelle
application
des réductions
ou retenues
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22. En cas de manquement continu aux
conditions visées à l'article 19, les réductions
ou retenues sur la quote-part d'une province
déjà appliquées pour un exercice en vertu de
l'article 21 lui sont appliquées de nouveau
pour chaque exercice ultérieur où le ministre
estime, après consultation de son homologue
chargé de l'assistance sociale dans la
province, que le manquement se continue.
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Application
aux exercices
ultérieurs
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23. Toute réduction ou retenue visée aux
articles 21 ou 22 peut être appliquée pour
l'exercice où le manquement à son origine a
eu lieu ou pour l'exercice suivant.
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1995, c. 17,
s. 53
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10. Section 25 of the Act and the heading
before it are repealed.
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R.S., c. C-6
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Canada Health Act |
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1995, c. 17,
s. 34(2)
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11. The definition ``cash contribution'' in
section 2 of the Canada Health Act is
replaced by the following:
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``cash
contribution'' « contri- bution pécuniaire »
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``cash contribution'' means the cash
contribution in respect of the Canada
Health and Social Transfer that may be
provided to a province under subsections
15(1) and (4) of the Federal-Provincial
Fiscal Arrangements Act;
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