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Poverty Reduction Act — P-16.81 10
Functions 10 The Council must (a) provide advice to the Minister on poverty reduction in Canada, including with respect to programs, funding and activities that support poverty reduction; (b) undertake consultations with the public, including the academic community and other experts, Indigenous persons and persons with lived experience in poverty; (c) within six months after the end of each fiscal year, submit a report to the Minister (i) on the progress being made in meeting the targets referred to in section 6 and the progress being made in poverty reduction measured by, among other things, the metrics set out in the schedule, and (ii) on the advice that the Council provided to the Minister under paragraph (a) during the fiscal year; and (d) undertake any activity specified by the Minister.
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Dissolution of Council 11 The Governor in Council may, by order, dissolve the Council, on the recommendation of the Minister made after the Minister is of the opinion that the level of poverty in Canada has been reduced by 50% below the level of poverty in 2015.
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Minister’s duty 12 The Minister must cause the report referred to in paragraph 10(c) to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the Minister receives the report.
Postal Services Interruption Relief Act — P-16 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Postal Services Interruption Relief Act . R.S., c. P-15, s. 1
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Application for relief to judge 2 A person who, as a result of the interruption of normal postal services in Canada of more than forty-eight hours duration, however caused, has suffered loss or hardship by reason of the failure of that person to comply with any time requirement or period of limitation contained in any law of Canada may apply for relief to a judge of the Federal Court on fourteen days notice in writing (a) to the Deputy Attorney General of Canada; and (b) if that person has reason to believe that any other person may be affected by any order made pursuant to section 3 as a result of the application, to that other person. R.S., c. P-15, s. 2; R.S., c. 10(2nd Supp.), s. 64
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Relief 3 (1) If the judge to whom an application under section 2 is made is satisfied (a) that the applicant has suffered loss or hardship as a result of any interruption described in that section, (b) that the applicant took, without avail, such reasonable steps to comply with the time requirement or period of limitation as were open to the applicant, and (c) that the application was made without undue delay, the judge may, after affording to any person who may be affected by any order made pursuant to this section as a result of the application an opportunity to be heard on the application or to make representations in connection therewith, and subject to such conditions, if any, as to the judge seem just, grant relief by order as provided in subsection (2). Making of order (2) For the purpose of granting relief pursuant to subsection (1), the judge may (a) make an order waiving the time requirement or period of limitation in relation to the applicant and fixing such other time requirement or period of limitation in relation thereto as, in the opinion of the judge, the circumstances warrant; and (b) make such further order as, in the opinion of the judge, is necessary to permit the applicant effectively to do any thing or exercise any right that the applicant would, but for having failed to comply with the time requirement or period of limitation, have been able to do or exercise. Orders respecting proceedings (3) Where the time requirement or period of limitation with which an applicant under section 2 failed to comply relates to the commencement or carrying on of any proceeding authorized or provided for under any law of Canada, the power exercisable pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) shall be deemed to include power to make such order as the judge considers necessary to enable the proceeding to be commenced and continued or to be carried on as though the applicant had not failed to comply with that time requirement or period of limitation. R.S., c. P-15, s. 3
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Directions for public notice 4 (1) Where the judge to whom an application under section 2 is made is of the opinion that public notice of the hearing of the application should be given in order that it may be brought to the attention of any person who may be affected by any order made pursuant to section 3 as a result of the application, the judge may, at any time before disposing of the application, direct the applicant to give public notice of the hearing in such form and manner as the judge deems fit. Directions for affording opportunity to be heard (2) Where, pursuant to subsection (1), a judge has directed that public notice of the hearing of an application be given, the judge may from time to time thereafter give such further directions as he considers necessary or desirable in order that any person to whose attention the notice is intended to be brought may be afforded an opportunity to be heard on the application or to make representations in connection therewith. R.S., c. P-15, s. 4
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Jurisdiction exercisable by any judge of Federal Court 5 Where, in respect of any application under section 2, any matter or thing is authorized or required by this Act to be done or proceeded with by or before a judge of the Federal Court, the matter or thing may be done or proceeded with by or before any other judge of the Court as though the application were an application to the Court. R.S., c. P-15, s. 5; R.S., c. 10(2nd Supp.), s. 64
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act — P-17 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act . R.S., c. P-17, s. 1
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Definition of "Minister" 2 In this Act, Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act. R.S., c. P-17, s. 2; SI/83-60; 1980-81-82-83, c. 167, s. 34
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Advisory committees 3 (1) The Governor in Council may establish one or more advisory committees to be known as Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Committees, the members of which hold office during pleasure. Chairman (2) One of the members of each advisory committee shall be appointed chairman thereof by the Minister. R.S., c. P-17, s. 3
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Duties of committees 4 The advisory committees established pursuant to subsection 3(1) shall consider and advise the Minister as to the best methods to be adopted to secure the rehabilitation of the drought and soil drifting areas in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and to develop and promote within those areas systems of farm practice, tree culture, water supply, land utilization and land settlement that will afford greater economic security, and to make such representations thereon to the Minister as the advisory committees may deem expedient. R.S., c. P-17, s. 4
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Payments of actual expenses 5 No member of an advisory committee shall receive any payment or emolument for his services, but he shall be repaid all actual reasonable travel or other expenses in connection with the work of the advisory committee. R.S., c. P-17, s. 5
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Employees 6 (1) All engineers, clerks and stenographers required for the carrying out of this Act shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Public Service Employment Act . Director, Associate Director and certain other employees (2) The Minister may appoint a Director of Rehabilitation, an Associate Director of Rehabilitation and all other officers and employees required for the carrying out of this Act, except those mentioned in subsection (1), but the salaries and expenses of all persons appointed by the Minister under this subsection shall be fixed by the Governor in Council. R.S., c. P-17, s. 6
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Regulations 7 The Governor in Council may make such regulations as may be necessary or expedient for the effectual execution and working of this Act and the attainment of the intention and objects thereof. R.S., c. P-17, s. 7
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Appropriations 8 For the purposes of this Act, the Governor in Council may from time to time authorize the expenditure of sums not exceeding the amount appropriated by Parliament in each year for those purposes. R.S., c. P-17, s. 8
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Powers of Minister 9 (1) The Minister may (a) subject to section 4, undertake the development, construction, promotion, operation and maintenance of any project or scheme under or by virtue of this Act, or enter into agreements with any province, municipality or person with respect thereto; and (b) pay all necessary administrative expenses incurred under this Act and all necessary travel and living expenses incurred by officials or employees in the performance of their duties. Limitation (2) No single project or scheme under subsection (1) involving an expenditure in excess of fifteen thousand dollars in any fiscal year shall be undertaken without the consent of the Treasury Board. R.S., c. P-17, s. 9
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Annual report 10 The Minister shall annually lay before Parliament a report of all proceedings under this Act for the preceding fiscal year. R.S., c. P-17, s. 10
Prairie Grain Advance Payments Act — P-18 8
8 [Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 2 (3rd Supp.), s. 7]
Preclearance Act, 2016 — P-19.32 Preamble
Preamble Whereas the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine, and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America (the “Agreement”) was done at Washington on March 16, 2015;
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Whereas the Agreement builds on the Agreement on Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America, done at Toronto on January 18, 2001;
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Whereas the Agreement imposes reciprocal obligations on both countries to facilitate travel and trade while enhancing the security of both countries;
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Whereas, under the Agreement, United States preclearance officers may be authorized to conduct preclearance in Canada of travellers and goods bound for the United States and, as part of preclearance, to exercise powers, and perform duties and functions, under the laws of the United States on the admission of travellers and goods into the United States;
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Whereas the exercise of any power and performance of any duty or function under United States law in Canada is subject to Canadian law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , the Canadian Bill of Rights and the Canadian Human Rights Act ;
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And whereas, under the Agreement, Canadian border services officers and other Canadian public officers may be authorized to conduct preclearance in the United States of travellers and goods bound for Canada and, as part of preclearance, to exercise powers and perform duties and functions under Canadian law concerning the admission of travellers and goods into Canada;
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Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Preclearance Act, 2016 .
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Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act. Agreement means the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine, and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of United States of America, done at Washington on March 16, 2015. ( Accord ) goods includes (a) currency and monetary instruments; and (b) for greater certainty, animals and plants and their products, conveyances and any document in any form. ( biens ) Minister means, in relation to section 6 , 7 or 8 , subsection 11(2) or 34 (2), section 41 or 45 or subsection 59(1), a Minister designated under subsection 4 (2) for the purpose of that provision or, in the absence of such a designation, the Minister who is responsible for this Act. ( ministre ) For greater certainty (2) For greater certainty, travellers or goods en route towards the United States or Canada on their way to another country are, for the purposes of this Act, bound for the United States or Canada, as the case may be. Definition of Act of Parliament (3) For greater certainty, in this Act Act of Parliament means an Act of the Parliament of Canada.
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Agreement means the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine, and Air Transport Preclearance between the Government of Canada and the Government of United States of America, done at Washington on March 16, 2015. ( Accord )
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goods includes (a) currency and monetary instruments; and (b) for greater certainty, animals and plants and their products, conveyances and any document in any form. ( biens )
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Minister means, in relation to section 6 , 7 or 8 , subsection 11(2) or 34 (2), section 41 or 45 or subsection 59(1), a Minister designated under subsection 4 (2) for the purpose of that provision or, in the absence of such a designation, the Minister who is responsible for this Act. ( ministre )
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Binding on Her Majesty 3 This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.
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Act 4 (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a federal Minister as the Minister responsible for this Act. Provision (2) The Governor in Council may, by order, designate one or more federal Ministers as the Minister or Ministers for the purpose of section 6, 7 or 8, subsection 11(2) or 34(2), section 41 or 45 or subsection 59 (1). More than one Minister (3) If more than one Minister is designated under subsection (2) for the purpose of a provision, the Governor in Council must, by order, specify the circumstances in which each Minister is to exercise the powers and perform the duties or functions set out in the provision.
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Definitions 5 The following definitions apply in this Part. biometric information means information that is derived from a person’s measurable physical characteristics. ( renseignements biométriques ) border services officer means a person who is (a) employed by the Canada Border Services Agency in the administration or enforcement of the Customs Act , the Customs Tariff or the Special Import Measures Act ; (b) designated under subsection 9(2) of the Canada Border Services Agency Act ; or (c) designated or authorized under section 6 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act . ( agent des services frontaliers ) facility means, except in the case of a medical facility, a facility in a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter or a facility in which there is a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter. ( installation ) frisk search means a search by hand or technical means of a person’s clothed body. ( fouille par palpation ) preclearance means the exercise of powers and the performance of duties and functions under the laws of the United States by a preclearance officer under section 10 . ( précontrôle ) preclearance officer means a person authorized by the Government of the United States to conduct preclearance in Canada. ( contrôleur ) strip search means a visual inspection of a person’s unclothed or partially clothed body. ( fouille à nu )
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biometric information means information that is derived from a person’s measurable physical characteristics. ( renseignements biométriques )
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border services officer means a person who is (a) employed by the Canada Border Services Agency in the administration or enforcement of the Customs Act , the Customs Tariff or the Special Import Measures Act ; (b) designated under subsection 9(2) of the Canada Border Services Agency Act ; or (c) designated or authorized under section 6 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act . ( agent des services frontaliers )
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facility means, except in the case of a medical facility, a facility in a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter or a facility in which there is a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter. ( installation )
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frisk search means a search by hand or technical means of a person’s clothed body. ( fouille par palpation )
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preclearance means the exercise of powers and the performance of duties and functions under the laws of the United States by a preclearance officer under section 10 . ( précontrôle )
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preclearance officer means a person authorized by the Government of the United States to conduct preclearance in Canada. ( contrôleur )
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strip search means a visual inspection of a person’s unclothed or partially clothed body. ( fouille à nu )
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Preclearance area 6 (1) The Minister may designate an area in a location set out in the schedule as a preclearance area. The Minister may provide that the designated area is a preclearance area only during specified periods and in specified circumstances. Other preclearance areas (2) If the Minister has designated a preclearance area under subsection (1) and a conveyance — that is intended to be used to transport travellers or goods that are undergoing preclearance — is stationed in preparation for departure to the United States such that all or part of the conveyance is outside that preclearance area, the following are also preclearance areas during the period in which the conveyance is so stationed: (a) the conveyance; (b) a corridor between the preclearance area designated under subsection (1) and the conveyance; and (c) any other conveyance that is used to transport travellers or goods between the preclearance area designated under subsection (1) and the conveyance.
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Preclearance perimeter 7 The Minister may designate as a preclearance perimeter an area that is adjacent to where a conveyance referred to in paragraph 6 (2)(a) will be stationed in preparation for departure to the United States, but the designated area is only a preclearance perimeter during the period in which such a conveyance is so stationed.
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Modify or cancel 8 The Minister may modify or cancel anything that he or she has done under subsection 6 (1) or section 7 .
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Canadian law 9 For greater certainty, Canadian law applies, and may be administered and enforced, in preclearance areas and preclearance perimeters.
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Preclearance powers, duties and functions 10 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a preclearance officer may, in a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter, exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions conferred on them under the laws of the United States on importation of goods, immigration, agriculture and public health and safety, in order to determine whether a traveller or goods bound for the United States is or are admissible into that country and, if applicable, to permit them to enter that country. Limitation (2) A preclearance officer is not permitted to exercise any powers of questioning or interrogation, examination, search, seizure, forfeiture, detention or arrest that are conferred under the laws of the United States.
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Compliance with Canadian law 11 (1) A preclearance officer must exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under this Act in accordance with Canadian law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , the Canadian Bill of Rights and the Canadian Human Rights Act . Training — preclearance officer (2) The Minister must, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article IX of the Agreement, provide every preclearance officer with training on the Canadian law that applies to the exercise of the preclearance officer’s powers and the performance of their duties and functions under this Act.
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Duties, taxes and fees 12 (1) For greater certainty, in the course of preclearing travellers and goods, a preclearance officer may collect duties, taxes and fees in accordance with the laws of the United States on importation of goods, immigration, agriculture and public health and safety. Penalties or sanctions (2) For greater certainty, in the course of preclearing travellers and goods, a preclearance officer may impose administrative monetary penalties or other civil sanctions in accordance with those laws. Exception — Canadian prosecution (3) However, no such penalty or other sanction is to be imposed if a prosecution for an offence under an Act of Parliament is instituted in Canada with respect to the act or omission that would give rise to it. If such a prosecution is instituted after a penalty or sanction has been imposed, the penalty or sanction is a nullity and any payment in respect of it must be reimbursed.
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Frisk search for dangerous thing 13 (1) A preclearance officer may, in a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter, conduct a frisk search of a person if the officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that the person has on their person anything that would present a danger to human life or safety. Power to detain things (2) The preclearance officer may detain anything found during the search that would present a danger to human life or safety.
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Detention — offence 14 (1) If a preclearance officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed an offence under an Act of Parliament, the officer may, in a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter, (a) detain the person; and (b) detain any goods they have on their person and any goods under their control, if the goods may be evidence of the offence. Delivery (2) The preclearance officer must, as soon as feasible, deliver the person and any detained goods into the custody of a police officer or border services officer.
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Detention — public health 15 (1) If a preclearance officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a traveller bound for the United States poses a risk of significant harm to public health, the officer may, in a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter, detain the traveller. Delivery (2) The preclearance officer must, as soon as feasible, deliver the traveller into the custody of a police officer, a border services officer or a person designated as a quarantine officer under subsection 5(2) of the Quarantine Act .
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Justification 16 (1) A preclearance officer is, if they act on reasonable grounds, justified in doing what they are required or authorized to do under this Act and in using as much force as is necessary for that purpose. Limitation (2) However, a preclearance officer is not justified in using force that is intended or is likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm unless the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that it is necessary for self-preservation or the preservation of anyone under the officer’s protection from death or grievous bodily harm.