Investment Canada Act — I-21.8 14.11
Limits for trade agreement investors — paragraph 14(1)(a) or (b) 14.11 (1) Despite the limits set out in subsections 14(3) and 14.1(1), an investment described in paragraph 14(1)(a) or (b) by a trade agreement investor, other than a state-owned enterprise, or — if the Canadian business that is the subject of the investment is, immediately prior to the implementation of the investment, controlled by a trade agreement investor — by a non-Canadian other than a trade agreement investor and other than a state-owned enterprise, is reviewable under section 14 only if the enterprise value, calculated in the prescribed manner, of the assets described in paragraph 14(3)(a) or (b), as the case may be, is equal to or greater than (a) for an investment implemented at any time in the period that begins on the day on which this paragraph comes into force and that ends on December 31 of the following calendar year, $1,500,000,000, and (b) for an investment implemented in any subsequent calendar year, the amount determined in respect of that calendar year under subsection (3). Limits for trade agreement investors — paragraph 14(1)(c) or (d) (2) Despite the limits set out in subsections 14(3) and (4), an investment described in paragraph 14(1)(c) or (d) by an investor described in any of the following paragraphs is reviewable under section 14 only if the enterprise value, calculated in the prescribed manner, of the assets described in paragraph 14(3)(b) or subsection 14(4), as the case may be, is equal to or greater than the applicable amount referred to under paragaph (1)(a) or (b): (a) a trade agreement investor that is neither a WTO investor as defined in subsection 14.1(6) nor a state-owned enterprise; or (b) a non-Canadian that is not a trade agreement investor, a WTO investor as defined in subsection 14.1(6) or a state-owned enterprise, if the Canadian business that is the subject of the investment is, immediately prior to the implementation of the investment, controlled by a trade agreement investor. Amount (3) The amount for any year for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) shall be determined by the Minister in January of that year by rounding off to the nearest million dollars the amount arrived at by using the following formula: (Current Nominal GDP at Market Prices / Previous Year Nominal GDP at Market Prices) × amount determined for previous year where (a) the Current Nominal GDP at Market Prices is the average of the Nominal Gross Domestic Products at market prices for the most recent four consecutive quarters; and (b) the Previous Year Nominal GDP at Market Prices is the average of the Nominal Gross Domestic Products at market prices for the four consecutive quarters for the comparable period in the year preceding the year used in calculating the Current Nominal GDP at Market Prices. Publication in Canada Gazette (4) As soon as possible after determining the amount for any particular year, the Minister shall publish the amount in the Canada Gazette . Exception (5) This section does not apply in respect of an investment to acquire control of a Canadian business that is a cultural business , as defined in subsection 14.1(6). Definitions (6) The following definitions apply in this section. controlled by a trade agreement investor , with respect to a Canadian business, means, despite subsection 28(2), (a) the ultimate direct or indirect control in fact of the Canadian business by a trade agreement investor through the ownership of voting interests; or (b) the ownership by a trade agreement investor of all or substantially all of the assets used in carrying on the Canadian business. ( sous le contrôle d’un investisseur (traité commercial) ) trade agreement country means a country other than Canada that is a party either to an Agreement described in subparagraph (a)(i) or (i.1) of the definition trade agreement investor in this subsection or to a trade agreement listed in column 1 of the schedule. ( pays (traité commercial) ) trade agreeme