Bill C-13

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

(a) shall be paid the remuneration that may be fixed by the Governor in Council;

(b) is deemed to be employed in the Public Service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act and is deemed to be employed in the public service of Canada for the purposes of the Government Employees Compensation Act and the regulations made under section 9 of the Aeronautics Act; and

(c) is entitled to be reimbursed for reasonable travel and living expenses incurred by the President in the course of performing the President's duties while absent from the President's ordinary place of work.

(a) shall be paid the fees that may be fixed by the Governor in Council for attendance at meetings of the Governing Council or any of its committees or for the performance of other duties;

(b) is deemed to be employed in the public service of Canada for the purposes of the Government Employees Compensation Act and the regulations made under section 9 of the Aeronautics Act; and

(c) is entitled to be reimbursed for reasonable travel and living expenses incurred by the member in the course of performing their duties while absent from their ordinary place of residence.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOVERNING COUNCIL

(a) developing its strategic directions, goals and policies;

(b) evaluating its overall performance, including with respect to achievement of its objective;

(c) approving its budget;

(d) establishing a peer review process for research proposals made to the CIHR;

(e) approving funding for research;

(f) approving other expenditures to carry out its objective;

(g) establishing policies respecting consulting and collaborating with persons and organizations that have an interest in health research; and

(h) dealing with any other matter that the Governing Council considers related to the affairs of the CIHR.

(a) appoint, layoff or terminate the employment of the employees of the CIHR; and

(b) establish standards, procedures and processes governing staffing, including the appointment, lay-off or termination of employment otherwise than for cause, of employees.

(a) determine the organization of and classify the positions in the CIHR;

(b) set the terms and conditions of employment for employees, including termination of employment for cause, and assign duties to them; and

(c) provide for any other matters that the Governing Council considers necessary for effective personnel management in the CIHR.

HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES

(a) establish, maintain and terminate divisions of the CIHR, to be called Health Research Institutes, and determine the mandate of each Health Research Institute;

(b) create an Advisory Board for each Health Research Institute and appoint the members of the Advisory Boards; and

(c) appoint a Scientific Director for each Health Research Institute.

PRESIDENT AND EMPLOYEES

POWERS

(a) provide funding to promote, assist and undertake health research and to otherwise carry out its objective;

(b) enter into contracts, agreements, memoranda of understanding or other arrangements with a department or agency of the Government of Canada, with any other government or any of its agencies or with any person or organization in the name of Her Majesty in right of Canada or in its own name;

(c) with the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into a partnership, or incorporate by itself or with others a corporation, including a subsidiary of the CIHR, under the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Corporations Act or provincial legislation, or acquire or dispose of shares in any corporation;

(d) with the approval of the Treasury Board, acquire or lease real property or immovables and, subject to the terms and conditions on which the property or immovables were acquired or leased, hold, lend, administer or dispose of the property or immovables;

(e) acquire or lease personal property or movables and, subject to the terms and conditions on which the property or movables were acquired or leased, hold, lend, invest, administer or dispose of the property or movables;

(f) license, assign, sell or otherwise make available any patent, copyright, industrial design, trade-mark, trade secret or other like property right held, controlled or administered by the CIHR;

(g) publish, sell or otherwise disseminate studies, reports and other documents of the CIHR; and

(h) do anything else that is necessary or incidental to achieving the objective.

(a) any money it receives by way of gift or bequest; and

(b) with the approval of Treasury Board, any money it receives through conducting its operations.

REPORTS

TRANSITIONAL