Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1 (S.C. 2016, c. 7)
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Assented to 2016-06-22
PART 4Various Measures (continued)
DIVISION 121996, c. 23Employment Insurance Act (continued)
Amendments to the Act (continued)
Marginal note:2009, c. 33, s. 16
219 The definition waiting period in subsection 152.01(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
- waiting period
waiting period means the one week of the benefit period described in section 152.15. (délai de carence)
Marginal note:2009, c. 33, s. 16
220 Subsection 152.07(7) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Limitation
(7) A violation may not be taken into account under paragraph (1)(d) in more than two initial claims by an individual for benefits under this Act if the individual who accumulated the violation qualified for benefits in each of those two initial claims, taking into account subparagraph (1)(d)(ii), subsection 7.1(1) or regulations made under Part VIII, as the case may be.
Marginal note:2009, c. 33, s. 16
221 Section 152.15 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Waiting period
152.15 A self-employed person is not entitled to be paid benefits in a benefit period until, after the beginning of the benefit period, the person has served a waiting period of one week of unemployment for which benefits would otherwise be payable.
222 Schedule I to the Act is amended by replacing the reference after the heading “SCHEDULE I” with the following:
(Subsections 12(2), (2.1), (2.3), (2.5) and (2.6))
223 Schedule I to the Act is amended by replacing the references after the heading “SCHEDULE I” with the following:
(Subsection 12(2))
224 The Act is amended by adding, after Schedule II, the Schedule III set out in Schedule 2 to this Act.
Transitional Provisions
Marginal note:Provisions continue to apply
225 The following provisions of the Employment Insurance Act, as those provisions read immediately before July 9, 2017, continue to apply in respect of a claimant, as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act, whose benefit period, as defined in that subsection 2(1), began before that day and has not ended before that day:
(a) the definition long-tenured worker in subsection 2(1);
(b) subsections 10(13.1) to (14.1); and
(c) subsections 12(2) to (2.8) and (6).
Marginal note:Application of provisions
226 The following provisions of the Employment Insurance Act, as enacted by subsections 207(3), 209(1) and 210(1) and (3) and section 220, apply only in respect of a claimant, as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act, whose benefit period, as defined in that subsection 2(1), begins on or after the day fixed by order of the Governor in Council made under subsection 231(3):
(a) subsection 2(5);
(b) the portion of subsection 7(2) before paragraph (a);
(c) the portion of subsection 7.1(1) before the table and subsection 7.1(3); and
(d) subsection 152.07(7).
Marginal note:Application of provisions
227 The following provisions of the Employment Insurance Act, as those provisions read immediately before the day fixed by order of the Governor in Council made under subsection 231(4), continue to apply in respect of a claimant, as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act, whose benefit period, as defined in that subsection 2(1), began before that day:
(a) the definition waiting period in subsection 6(1);
(b) section 13;
(c) subsection 22(4);
(d) the definition waiting period in subsection 152.01(1); and
(e) section 152.15.
Regulations
Marginal note:Retroactive regulations
228 Regulations made by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission under the Employment Insurance Act that, in the opinion of the Commission, are necessary as a result of the amendments made by sections 208, 213, 214, 219 and 221 may, if the regulations so provide, be retroactive and have effect with respect to any period before they are made that begins on or after the day that is fixed by order of the Governor in Council made under subsection 231(4).
Marginal note:Non-application of subsections 153(3) and (4)
229 Subsections 153(3) and (4) of the Employment Insurance Act do not apply in respect of any regulations made by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission under that Act that, in the opinion of the Commission, are necessary as a result of the amendments made by subsection 207(3) and sections 209, 210, 216, 220 and 230.
2015, c. 36Consequential Amendment to the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1
230 Section 158 of the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1 is repealed.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:July 3, 2016
231 (1) Subsections 207(1), 211(1) and 212(1) and (3) and section 222 come into force or are deemed to have come into force on July 3, 2016.
Marginal note:July 9, 2017
(2) Subsections 207(2), 211(2) and 212(2) and (4) and section 223 come into force on July 9, 2017.
Marginal note:Order in council
(3) Subsection 207(3) and sections 209, 210, 216, 220 and 230 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Order in council
(4) Sections 208, 213, 214, 219 and 221 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, which may be earlier than the day on which the order is made but not earlier than January 1, 2017.
DIVISION 131998, c. 10Canada Marine Act
232 The Canada Marine Act is amended by adding the following after section 25.1:
Marginal note:Payments to Canada Place Corporation
25.2 Despite section 25, the Minister of Canadian Heritage may make payments to Canada Place Corporation for Canada Day celebrations and for the celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Confederation.
DIVISION 142012, c. 19Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act
233 The Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act is amended by adding the following after section 209:
Marginal note:Acquisition of shares
209.1 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 90(1)(b) of the Financial Administration Act, the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs may acquire the shares of PPP Canada Inc.
Marginal note:Shares held by appropriate Minister
(2) The appropriate Minister holds the shares acquired under subsection (1).
Marginal note:Appropriate Minister — other transactions
(3) The appropriate Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, conduct any transaction referred to in any of paragraphs 90(1)(c) to (e) of the Financial Administration Act in respect of PPP Canada Inc.
Marginal note:Authorization — parent Crown corporation
(4) PPP Canada Inc. may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets.
Marginal note:Authorization — wholly-owned subsidiaries
(5) Any of the corporations that are part of the group of corporations that consists of PPP Canada Inc. and of all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the assets of the corporations, even if the assets to be sold or otherwise disposed of constitute all or substantially all of the total assets of that group.
234 Section 211 of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (b), by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after paragraph (c):
(d) conducting any activity specified in an order made under section 211.1.
235 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 211:
Marginal note:Order in council
211.1 The Governor in Council may, by order, specify any activity in relation to which PPP Canada Inc. is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada.
236 Section 213 of the Act is repealed.
DIVISION 15Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology
2001, c. 23Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act
237 Paragraphs 9(2)(a) and (b) of the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act are replaced by the following:
(a) the Chairperson of the board appointed by the Governor in Council on the Minister’s recommendation;
(b) six persons appointed by the Governor in Council on the Minister’s recommendation; and
2007, c. 29Budget Implementation Act, 2007
238 Section 143 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2007 is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Maximum payment of $200,000,000
143 There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, a sum not exceeding $200 million to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology for its use.
Marginal note:Clarification — maximum payment
143.1 Despite section 143, the sum that may be paid out under that section is not to exceed the difference between $200 million and the sum paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Natural Resources to the Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology for its use, under section 143 as it read immediately before the day on which this section comes into force.
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