GreatNorthCollective/greatnorth-canada-federal-laws-text huggingface dataset:
Online News Act — O-9.3 79
Fees for services 79 (1) The Commission may make regulations respecting fees to be paid for the provision of services — including dealing with a complaint or providing regulatory processes — under this Act, including regulations (a) fixing those fees or setting out the manner of calculating them; (b) establishing classes of operators and of news businesses and groups of news businesses for the purposes of paragraph (a); (c) respecting the payment of those fees, including the time and manner of payment; and (d) respecting the interest payable in respect of overdue fees. Commission assistance (2) For greater certainty, subsection (1) permits the making of regulations respecting the recovery of the Commission’s costs for providing assistance to an arbitration panel under section 36 . Amount not to exceed cost (3) Fees that are payable under regulations made under subsection (1) must not in the aggregate exceed the costs that the Commission determines to be attributable to providing the service. Criteria (4) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide for fees to be calculated by reference to any criteria that the Commission considers appropriate, including (a) the revenues of the operator, the news business or the group of news businesses; or (b) the market served by the operator’s digital news intermediary or by the news outlets operated by the news business or by the members of the group of news businesses.
Online News Act — O-9.3 80
Costs apportioned by Commission 80 (1) The Commission may, by order, apportion the costs related to the bargaining process, other than those related to final offer arbitration, including fees payable under regulations made under subsection 79 (1), between the parties, if the parties cannot agree, within a period that the Commission considers reasonable, on how to share the costs. Factors (2) In making an order, the Commission must take into account each party’s ability to pay, their conduct during bargaining and mediation sessions and any other factor that it considers appropriate. Statutory Instruments Act (3) For greater certainty, the Statutory Instruments Act does not apply in respect of an order made under subsection (1).
Online News Act — O-9.3 81
Cost recovery 81 (1) With the approval of the Treasury Board, the Commission may make regulations respecting the charges payable by operators in respect of the recovery, in whole or in part, of costs that are incurred in relation to the administration of this Act, including regulations (a) setting out the manner of calculating those charges; (b) providing for the establishment of classes of operators for the purposes of paragraph (a); (c) providing for the payment of any charge payable, including the time and manner of payment; and (d) respecting the interest payable in respect of any overdue charge. Amount not to exceed cost (2) Charges payable under regulations made under subsection (1) must not exceed the costs that the Commission determines to be attributable to exercising its powers and carrying out its duties and functions under this Act and that are not recovered under regulations made under subsection 79 (1). Criteria (3) Regulations made under subsection (1) may provide for charges to be calculated by reference to any criteria that the Commission considers appropriate, including (a) the revenues of the operator; or (b) the market served by the operator’s digital news intermediary.
Online News Act — O-9.3 82
Debt due to Her Majesty 82 (1) Fees and charges payable under regulations made under subsections 79 (1) and 81 (1), and any interest on them, constitute a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered as such in any court of competent jurisdiction. Deduction, set-off and compensation (2) Debts due to Her Majesty in right of Canada under regulations made under subsections 79 (1) and 81 (1) may be recovered at any time by way of deduction from, set-off against or compensation against any sum of money that may be due or payable by Her Majesty in right of Canada to the individual or entity responsible for the debt.
Online News Act — O-9.3 83
Spending 83 Subject to any conditions imposed by the Treasury Board, the Commission may spend revenues that are received under regulations made under subsections 79 (1) and 81 (1) for the purposes of exercising its powers and carrying out its duties and functions under this Act. If the Commission spends the revenues, it must do so in the fiscal year in which they are received or, unless an appropriation Act provides otherwise, in the next fiscal year.
Online News Act — O-9.3 84
Regulations — Governor in Council 84 The Governor in Council may make regulations (a) respecting the factors set out in section 6 ; (b) respecting the time at which or the period within which an operator must notify the Commission under subsection 7 (1); (c) respecting how the Commission is to interpret subparagraphs 11(1)(a)(i) to (viii); (d) setting out conditions for the purposes of paragraph 11(1)(b); and (e) setting out conditions in respect of a provincial public broadcaster for the purposes of section 28 , if the provincial minister responsible for that broadcaster has made a request to the Minister.
Online News Act — O-9.3 85
Regulations — Commission 85 The Commission may make regulations (a) respecting requests for orders referred to in subsection 11 (1); (b) respecting the bargaining process set out in sections 18 to 44 ; (c) respecting requests for designations referred to in subsection 27 (1); (d) establishing the code of conduct referred to in section 49 ; (e) respecting complaints referred to in section 52 ; (f) respecting the manner in which groups of eligible news businesses are to be structured and the manner in which they are to exercise their rights or privileges and carry out their obligations under this Act; (g) respecting the provision of information by groups of eligible news businesses to the Commission respecting their structure; (h) respecting the exercise by any person appointed under section 8 of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act of any of the powers — other than the power to make regulations — or the carrying out of any of the duties or functions, of the Commission under this Act; and (i) respecting the Commission’s practices and procedures in relation to this Act.
Online News Act — O-9.3 86
Annual report — independent auditor 86 (1) The Commission must cause an independent auditor to prepare an annual auditor’s report in respect of the impact of this Act on the Canadian digital news marketplace. Contents (2) The report must set out an analysis of the impact of the agreements entered into under this Act on the Canadian digital news marketplace and include the following: (a) information relating to the total commercial value of the agreements entered into under this Act; (b) information relating to the distribution of the commercial value of those agreements among eligible news businesses, including relative to the expenditures of those businesses on their newsrooms; (c) information relating to the effect of the agreements on those expenditures; (c.01) information relating to the impact of this Act on news outlets that produce news content primarily for diverse populations, including local and regional markets in every province and territory, anglophone and francophone communities and Black and other racialized communities; (c.02) information relating to the total number of those agreements that involve Indigenous news outlets and to the portion of the commercial value of those agreements that benefits these news outlets; (c.03) information relating to the total number of those agreements that involve official language minority community news outlets and to the portion of the commercial value of those agreements that benefits these news outlets; (c.1) if the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has provided an annual report under section 53.1 in the 12 months preceding the preparation of the auditor’s report, information related to that annual report; and (d) any other element that, in the opinion of the auditor, supports the transparency of the impact of this Act on the Canadian digital news marketplace. Confidential information (3) The report must not contain any information that is likely to reveal information designated as confidential under subsection 55(1). Publication of report (4) The Commission must publish the report on its website within 30 days after the day on which it receives it.
Online News Act — O-9.3 87
Review 87 Before the fifth anniversary of the day on which this section comes into force, the Minister must cause a review of this Act and its operation to be conducted and cause a report on the review to be laid before each House of Parliament.
Online News Act — O-9.3 93
Order in council 93 * (1) Section 6 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, but that day must not be before the day on which the first regulations made under paragraph 84(a) come into force. * [Note: Section 6 in force December 19, 2023.] Order in council * (2) Sections 7, 8, 11 to 17, 20, 27 to 31, 53.1 and 59 and subsection 60(2) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, but that day must not be before the latest of (a) the day fixed in accordance with subsection (1), (b) the day on which the first regulations made under paragraph 84(b) come into force, and (c) the day on which the first regulations made under paragraph 84(c) come into force. * [Note: Sections 7, 8, 11 to 17, 20, 27 to 31, 53.1 and 59 and subsection 60(2) in force December 19, 2023.] Order in council * (3) Sections 18, 19, 21, 22 and 32 to 44 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, but that day must not be before the day fixed in accordance with subsection (2). * [Note: Sections 18, 19, 21, 22 and 32 to 44 in force December 19, 2023.] Order in council * (4) Sections 49 to 52 and 68 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, but that day must not be before the day fixed in accordance with subsection (3). * [Note: Sections 49 to 52 and 68 in force December 19, 2023.] Order in council * (5) Sections 79 to 83, 86, 87 and 90 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. * [Note: Sections 79 to 83, 86, 87 and 90 in force December 19, 2023.] 180 days after royal assent (6) Despite subsections (1) to (5), any provision of this Act that does not come into force by order before the 180th day following the day on which this Act receives royal assent comes into force 180 days after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
An Act respecting certain Works on the Ottawa River — O-9.5 Preamble
Preamble Whereas , by the ninety-first section of the British North America Act, 1867, it is in effect enacted, that the exclusive legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada extends (among other subjects) to all matters relating to navigation and shipping, — and to such classes of subjects as are expressly excepted in the enumeration of the classes of subjects by the said Act assigned exclusively to the legislatures of the Provinces, — and by the ninety-second section of the said Act, such works as, although wholly situate within any Province, are before or after their execution, declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general advantage of Canada, or for the advantage of two or more of the Provinces, are expressly excepted in the enumeration of the classes of subjects by the said Act assigned exclusively to the legislatures of the provinces; — And, whereas, the Ottawa River is a navigable river, and is in fact navigated throughout its whole course, and such works thereon, as may be important to the navigation of the said river are for the general advantage of Canada, and ought to be subject to the control and direction of the Government of the Dominion; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
An Act respecting certain Works on the Ottawa River — O-9.5 1
Navigation of the River Ottawa to be subject to the exclusive authority of Parliament, with all works connected with the same, or in or on the waters of the River, and under the control of the Department of Public Works and Government Services 1 The navigation of the River Ottawa, as well by vessels and boats as by rafts and cribs of timber or logs, is hereby declared to be subject to the exclusive legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada, and all canals or other cuttings for facilitating such navigation, and all dams, slides, piers, booms, embankments and other works of what kind or nature soever in the channel or waters of the said River, or in which the waters of the said River are used, and in whatever Province situate, and whether constructed or to be constructed, and whether constructed by the Government of Canada or by the Government of the late Province of Canada, or by the Government of Upper or of Lower Canada, or by any private party by the consent and authority of any of the said Governments, which shall, from time to time, be recognized by the Governor in Council, on the report of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, as being or as having been, constructed for any purpose of public utility, shall be held to be works for the general advantage of Canada, and, with all works of like character, no matter by whom constructed and whether recognized as being for the general advantage or not, situate in or on the waters of the said River, shall be subject to the exclusive legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada, and shall be under the control and management of the Department of Public Works and Government Services, and subject to the provisions of the Act, intituled, “Department of Public Works and Government Services Act”. 1996, c. 16, s. 45; 1999, c. 31, s. 173(F)
Old Age Security Act — O-9 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Old Age Security Act . R.S., c. O-6, s. 1
Old Age Security Act — O-9 2
if the payment quarter commences on the first day of April in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of August immediately before that first day of April, (b) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of July in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of November immediately before that first day of July, (c) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of October in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of February immediately before that first day of October, and (d) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of January in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of May immediately before that first day of January; ( second trimestre de rajustement ) special qualifying factor of a person for a month before April 1996 means one and for a month after March 1996 means (a) one, where the person is not a specially qualified individual, and (b) where the person is a specially qualified individual, the fraction of which (i) the numerator is the aggregate period (expressed in the number of years and, where the number of years is not a whole number, rounded down to the next lower whole number) as of the last day of the immediately preceding month, during which the individual has resided in Canada after attaining eighteen years of age, and (ii) the denominator is 10; ( facteur d’admissibilité ) specially qualified individual means a person who has not resided in Canada after attaining eighteen years of age for an aggregate period of ten or more years other than such a person to whom a pension or allowance was payable (a) for the month of March 1996 or an earlier month, or (b) for the month of January 2001 or an earlier month, where, before March 7, 1996, the person was residing in Canada as a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ; ( particulier déterminé ) spouse [Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 192] spouse’s allowance [Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 192] supplement means a monthly guaranteed income supplement authorized to be paid under Part II; ( supplément ) survivor means a person whose spouse or common-law partner has died and who has not thereafter become the spouse or common-law partner of another person. ( survivant ) widow [Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 192] R.S., 1985, c. O-9, s. 2; R.S., 1985, c. 34 (1st Supp.), s. 1; 1995, c. 33, s. 1; 1996, c. 11, s. 95, c. 18, s. 50; 1998, c. 21, ss. 105, 119(E); 1999, c. 22, s. 87; 2000, c. 12, ss. 192, 209(E); 2001, c. 27, s. 263; 2005, c. 35, s. 67; 2006, c. 4, s. 180; 2007, c. 35, s. 129; 2008, c. 28, s. 156; 2009, c. 33, s. 31; 2010, c. 22, s. 2; 2012, c. 19, ss. 235, 694; 2013, c. 40, s. 238 2019, c. 29, s. 156 2021, c. 23, s. 268 2022, c. 1, s. 1 2022, c. 10, s. 380
Old Age Security Act — O-9
allowance means the allowance authorized to be paid under Part III; ( allocation )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
applicant means a person who has applied, or is deemed to have applied, for a benefit, or with respect to whom an application for a benefit has been waived; ( demandeur )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
application means an application for a benefit; ( Version anglaise seulement )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
beneficiary means a person to whom payment of a benefit has been approved; ( prestataire )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
benefit means a pension, supplement or allowance; ( prestation )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
cheque means any instrument issued in payment of a benefit; ( chèque )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship at the relevant time, having so cohabited with the individual for a continuous period of at least one year. For greater certainty, in the case of an individual’s death, the “relevant time” means the time of the individual’s death; ( conjoint de fait )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
Consumer Price Index , with respect to any adjustment quarter, means the average for that adjustment quarter of the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act , for each month in that adjustment quarter; ( indice des prix à la consommation )
Old Age Security Act — O-9 (a)
first adjustment quarter , in relation to a payment quarter, means, (a) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of April in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of November immediately before that first day of April, (b) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of July in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of February immediately before that first day of July, (c) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of October in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of May immediately before that first day of October, and (d) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of January in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of August immediately before that first day of January; ( premier trimestre de rajustement )
Old Age Security Act — O-9 (a)
ome Tax Act for the purposes of paragraph 126(1)(b) of that Act) for the year, and (e) there shall be deducted from the person’s income for the year any amount included under paragraph 56(1)(q.1) or subsection 56(6) of the Income Tax Act and there shall be included in the person’s income for the year any amount that may be deducted under paragraph 60(y) or (z) of that Act; ( revenu )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
Minister means the Minister of Employment and Social Development; ( ministre )
Old Age Security Act — O-9 (a)
payment period , in relation to a month, means (a) the fiscal year that includes the month, where the month is before April, 1998, (b) the period that begins on April 1, 1998 and ends on June 30, 1999, where that period includes the month, and (c) the period after June 30, 1999 that begins on July 1 of one year and ends on June 30 of the next year, where that period includes the month; ( période de paiement )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
payment quarter means a period of three months commencing on the first day of April, July, October or January in a payment period; ( trimestre de paiement )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
pension means a monthly pension authorized to be paid under Part I; ( pension )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
pensioner means a person whose application for a pension has been approved; ( pensionné )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
prescribed means prescribed by the regulations; ( Version anglaise seulement )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
release , in relation to a person who has been incarcerated, means release from custody on earned remission, at the expiry of a sentence, or on parole or statutory release that has not been terminated or revoked. ( libération )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
Review Tribunal [Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 235]
Old Age Security Act — O-9 (a)
second adjustment quarter , in relation to a payment quarter, means, (a) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of April in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of August immediately before that first day of April, (b) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of July in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of November immediately before that first day of July, (c) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of October in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of February immediately before that first day of October, and (d) if the payment quarter commences on the first day of January in a payment period, the period of three months commencing on the first day of May immediately before that first day of January; ( second trimestre de rajustement )
Old Age Security Act — O-9 (a)
special qualifying factor of a person for a month before April 1996 means one and for a month after March 1996 means (a) one, where the person is not a specially qualified individual, and (b) where the person is a specially qualified individual, the fraction of which (i) the numerator is the aggregate period (expressed in the number of years and, where the number of years is not a whole number, rounded down to the next lower whole number) as of the last day of the immediately preceding month, during which the individual has resided in Canada after attaining eighteen years of age, and (ii) the denominator is 10; ( facteur d’admissibilité )
Old Age Security Act — O-9 (a)
specially qualified individual means a person who has not resided in Canada after attaining eighteen years of age for an aggregate period of ten or more years other than such a person to whom a pension or allowance was payable (a) for the month of March 1996 or an earlier month, or (b) for the month of January 2001 or an earlier month, where, before March 7, 1996, the person was residing in Canada as a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ; ( particulier déterminé )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
spouse’s allowance [Repealed, 2000, c. 12, s. 192]
Old Age Security Act — O-9
supplement means a monthly guaranteed income supplement authorized to be paid under Part II; ( supplément )
Old Age Security Act — O-9
survivor means a person whose spouse or common-law partner has died and who has not thereafter become the spouse or common-law partner of another person. ( survivant )
Old Age Security Act — O-9 2.1
Amount of full monthly pension 2.1 (1) In this Act, a reference to the amount of a full monthly pension means the amount of a full monthly pension, as it is calculated in accordance with section 7, that has not been increased under subsection 7.1(1) or (2). Monthly pension (2) The terms pensioner’s monthly pension in subsections 12(5) and 22(2) and pension in subsection 12(5.1) mean, respectively, a pensioner’s monthly pension and a pension that have not been increased under subsection 7.1(1) or (2). 2012, c. 19, s. 446 2021, c. 23, s. 269