Bill C-9
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Financial Management |
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Public to get
financial
statements
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84. (1) A not-for-profit corporation shall
make available for inspection by the public, at
its principal place of business during normal
business hours at least thirty days before the
meeting, its audited annual financial
statements that deal with its activities in
respect of the operation of the Seaway for the
preceding fiscal year.
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(2) The financial statements shall be
prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and consist of
at least the following:
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Remunera- tion
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(3) The total remuneration that each
director or officer receives in a year from the
corporation, including any fee, allowance or
other benefit, shall be set out in the annual
financial statements for that year.
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Regulations
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(4) The Governor in Council may make
regulations in respect of the preparation, form
and content of the documents referred to in
paragraphs (2)(a) to (d) and the information
referred to in subsection (3).
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Books and
systems
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85. (1) A not-for-profit corporation shall, in
respect of its activities in respect of the
operation of the Seaway, ensure that
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Keeping of
books
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(2) The books, records, systems and
practices shall be kept and maintained in a
manner that will provide reasonable assurance
that
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Audit
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86. The Minister may appoint an auditor to
audit the books of account and accounting
records referred to in subsection 85(1) to
ensure compliance with the agreement.
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Special Examinations |
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Special
examinations
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87. (1) A not-for-profit corporation shall
have a special examination carried out to
determine whether the books, records,
systems and practices referred to in subsection
85(1) were, in the period under examination,
maintained in a manner that provided
reasonable assurance that they met the
requirements of subsection 85(2).
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Time for
examination
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(2) A special examination shall be carried
out at least once every five years and at any
additional times that the Minister may require.
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Plan
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(3) Before beginning a special examination,
the examiner shall survey the systems and
practices of the corporation in relation to the
operation of the Seaway and submit a plan for
the examination, including a statement of the
criteria to be applied, to the corporation and,
in the case where the Minister has required the
special examination to be carried out, to the
Minister.
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Resolution of
disagree- ments
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(4) Any disagreement between the
examiner and the corporation with respect to
the plan is to be resolved by the Minister.
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Reliance on
internal audit
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(5) The examiner shall, to the extent the
examiner considers it feasible, rely on an
internal audit carried out by the corporation in
relation to the operation of the Seaway.
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Report
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88. (1) The examiner shall, on completion
of the special examination, submit a report of
the findings to the Minister and to the
corporation.
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Contents
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(2) The examiner's report shall include
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Notice of
report
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(3) A not-for-profit corporation shall, as
soon as is practicable after receiving the
report, have notice of the report published in
a major newspaper published or distributed in
each city mentioned in the agreement.
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Report
available to
public
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(4) The corporation shall make the report
available for inspection by the public at its
principal place of business during normal
business hours.
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Examiner -
other
qualified
auditor
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89. Where, in the opinion of the Minister,
someone other than the special examiner
chosen by a not-for-profit corporation should
carry out a special examination, the Minister
may, after consulting with the corporation,
appoint another auditor and may, after again
consulting with the corporation, remove that
auditor at any time.
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Property |
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Federal Real
Property Act
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90. For the purposes of the Federal Real
Property Act, the Minister or other member of
the Queen's Privy Council for Canada to
whom federal real property is transferred
under subsection 80(1) or (2) has the
administration of the property.
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Powers re
property of
Her Majesty
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91. (1) Where an agreement entered into
under subsection 80(5) so provides, the person
who has entered into the agreement
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Legal
proceedings
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(2) A civil, criminal or administrative
action or proceeding with respect to federal
real property that a person who has entered
into an agreement under subsection 80(5)
manages, or any property that it holds, or with
respect to any act or omission occurring on the
property, shall be taken by or against the
person and not the Crown.
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Federal Real
Property Act
does not apply
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(3) The Federal Real Property Act, other
than section 12, does not apply to a lease or
licence referred to in paragraph (1)(c).
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Application of
provincial law
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(4) A lease or licence may be effected by
any instrument by which real property may be
leased or a licence may be granted by a private
person under the laws in force in the province
in which the property is situated.
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No pledge of
property
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(5) A person who has entered into an
agreement under subsection 80(5) may not
mortgage, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise
create a security interest in the property the
person manages under that agreement in any
way other than, where the agreement so
provides, to pledge its revenues for the term of
the agreement.
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Fees |
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Fees
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92. (1) Where an agreement under
subsection 80(5) so provides and subject to
subsection (2), the person who has entered
into the agreement may fix fees that
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Fees by
international
agreement
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(2) Where an agreement in respect of fees is
entered into by Canada and the United States
and is in force, the person who has entered into
an agreement under subsection 80(5) shall
charge the fees fixed under the international
agreement in accordance with the directions
of the Governor in Council.
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Coming into
force of fees
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(3) The tariffs of tolls established by the
Authority under section 16 of the St. Lawrence
Seaway Authority Act continue in force until
they are repealed by the person who has
entered into an agreement under subsection
80(5) and no fee fixed by the person under
subsection (1) shall come into force until that
repeal.
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Discrimina- tion among users
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93. (1) A person who has entered into an
agreement under subsection 80(5) shall not
unjustly discriminate among users or classes
of users of the Seaway, give an undue or
unreasonable preference to any user or class of
user or subject any user or class of user to an
undue or unreasonable disadvantage with
respect to the Seaway.
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Exception re
commercially
acceptable
discrimi- nation
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(2) It is not unjust discrimination and it is
not an undue nor an unreasonable preference
or disadvantage to differentiate among users
or classes of users on the basis of the volume
or value of goods shipped or on any other basis
that is generally commercially accepted.
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Notice of fees
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94. (1) A notice setting out the fees fixed
under subsection 92(1) shall be filed with the
Agency and the fees may be charged from the
date of filing.
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Complaints
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(2) Any interested person may at any time
file a complaint with the Agency that there is
unjust discrimination in a fee referred to in
subsection (1), and the Agency shall consider
the complaint without delay and report its
findings to the Minister or to the person who
fixed the fee, as the case may be, and they shall
govern themselves accordingly.
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Governor in
Council may
vary or
rescind
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(3) Section 40 of the Canada
Transportation Act applies, with such
modifications as the circumstances require, to
every report of the Agency made under
subsection (2) as if the report were a decision
made pursuant to that Act.
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Official Languages Act |
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Official
Languages
Act
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95. The Official Languages Act applies, in
respect of the management of properties and
undertakings that are the subject of an
agreement entered into under subsection
80(5), to the person who has entered into the
agreement as if the person were a federal
institution within the meaning of that Act.
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Dissolution |
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Dissolution of
Authority
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96. (1) The Authority is dissolved on the
date fixed by the Governor in Council and all
its assets and obligations devolve to Her
Majesty in right of Canada under the
administration of the Minister.
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Shares of
subsidiary
companies
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(2) On the dissolution of the Authority,
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Consequences
for former
directors
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(3) The directors of the Authority and of its
subsidiaries, other than the Great Lakes
Pilotage Authority, Ltd., cease to hold office
on the date fixed under subsection (1).
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Consequences
for officers
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(4) Neither the Minister nor a person who
has entered into an agreement under
subsection 80(5) is bound by any severance
agreement entered into between the Authority
or any of its subsidiaries and any of their
officers after December 1, 1995.
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Location of
Authority
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97. (1) Until the dissolution of the Authority
by virtue of section 96, the Corporate Services
of the Authority shall be located in Cornwall,
Ontario.
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Location of
head office
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(2) A not-for-profit corporation shall
maintain its head office, including Corporate
Services in respect of its Seaway operations,
at Cornwall, Ontario.
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Regulations |
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Regulations
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98. (1) The Governor in Council may make
regulations for the management, control,
development and use of the Seaway and
property and undertakings in connection with
the Seaway, including regulations respecting
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Application to
Crown
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(2) A regulation made under subsection (1)
may be made binding on Her Majesty in right
of Canada or a province.
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Deeming
provision
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(3 ) Regulations made by the Authority
under section 20 of the St. Lawrence Seaway
Authority Act are, to the extent that they are
compatible with this Act, deemed to have
been made by the Governor in Council under
this section.
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