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Emergencies Act — E-4.5 58
Tabling in Parliament when sitting 58 (1) Subject to subsection (4), a motion for confirmation of a declaration of emergency, signed by a minister of the Crown, together with an explanation of the reasons for issuing the declaration and a report on any consultation with the lieutenant governors in council of the provinces with respect to the declaration, shall be laid before each House of Parliament within seven sitting days after the declaration is issued. Summoning Parliament or House (2) If a declaration of emergency is issued during a prorogation of Parliament or when either House of Parliament stands adjourned, Parliament or that House, as the case may be, shall be summoned forthwith to sit within seven days after the declaration is issued. Summoning Parliament (3) If a declaration of emergency is issued at a time when the House of Commons is dissolved, Parliament shall be summoned to sit at the earliest opportunity after the declaration is issued. Tabling in Parliament after summoned (4) Where Parliament or a House of Parliament is summoned to sit in accordance with subsection (2) or (3), the motion, explanation and report described in subsection (1) shall be laid before each House of Parliament or that House of Parliament, as the case may be, on the first sitting day after Parliament or that House is summoned. Consideration (5) Where a motion is laid before a House of Parliament as provided in subsection (1) or (4), that House shall, on the sitting day next following the sitting day on which the motion was so laid, take up and consider the motion. Vote (6) A motion taken up and considered in accordance with subsection (5) shall be debated without interruption and, at such time as the House is ready for the question, the Speaker shall forthwith, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary for the disposition of the motion. Revocation of declaration (7) If a motion for confirmation of a declaration of emergency is negatived by either House of Parliament, the declaration, to the extent that it has not previously expired or been revoked, is revoked effective on the day of the negative vote and no further action under this section need be taken in the other House with respect to the motion.
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Motion for revocation 59 (1) Where a motion, for the consideration of the Senate or the House of Commons, to the effect that (a) a declaration of emergency under Part I or II be revoked either generally or with respect to any area of Canada, or (b) a declaration of emergency under Part III or IV be revoked, signed by not less than ten members of the Senate or twenty members of the House of Commons, as the case may be, is filed with the Speaker thereof, that House of Parliament shall take up and consider the motion within three sitting days after it is filed. Vote (2) A motion taken up and considered in accordance with subsection (1) shall be debated without interruption for not more than ten hours and, on the expiration of the tenth hour or at such earlier time as the House is ready for the question, the Speaker shall forthwith, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary for the disposition of the motion. Revocation of declaration (3) If a motion debated in accordance with subsection (2) is adopted by the House, the declaration, to the extent that it has not previously expired or been revoked, is revoked in accordance with the motion, effective on the day specified in the motion, which day may not be earlier than the day of the vote adopting the motion.
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Motion for confirmation of proclamation continuing a declaration 60 (1) A motion for confirmation of a proclamation continuing a declaration of emergency and of any orders and regulations named in the motion pursuant to subsection (3), signed by a minister of the Crown, together with an explanation of the reasons for issuing the proclamation, a report on any consultation with the lieutenant governors in council of the provinces with respect to the proclamation and a report on the review of orders and regulations conducted before the issuing of the proclamation, shall be laid before each House of Parliament within seven sitting days after the proclamation is issued. Motion for confirmation of proclamation amending a declaration (2) A motion for confirmation of a proclamation amending a declaration of emergency, signed by a minister of the Crown, together with an explanation of the reasons for issuing the proclamation and a report on any consultation with the lieutenant governors in council of the provinces with respect to the proclamation, shall be laid before each House of Parliament within seven sitting days after the proclamation is issued. Orders and regulations named (3) A motion for confirmation of a proclamation continuing a declaration of emergency shall name the orders and regulations in force on the issuing of the proclamation that the Governor in Council believed, on reasonable grounds, continued at that time to be necessary or, in the case of a proclamation issued pursuant to subsection 43(1), advisable, for dealing with the emergency. Consideration (4) Where a motion is laid before a House of Parliament as provided in subsection (1) or (2), that House shall, on the sitting day next following the sitting day on which the motion was so laid, take up and consider the motion. Vote (5) A motion taken up and considered in accordance with subsection (4) shall be debated without interruption and, at such time as the House is ready for the question, the Speaker shall forthwith, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary for the disposition of the motion. Revocation of proclamation (6) If a motion for confirmation of a proclamation is negatived by either House of Parliament, the proclamation, to the extent that it has not previously expired or been revoked, is revoked effective on the day of the negative vote and no further action under this section need be taken in the other House with respect to the motion. Revocation of orders or regulations (7) If a motion for confirmation of a proclamation continuing a declaration of emergency is amended by either House of Parliament by the deletion therefrom of an order or regulation named in the motion pursuant to subsection (3), the order or regulation is revoked effective on the day on which the motion, as amended, is adopted.
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Tabling in Parliament 61 (1) Subject to subsection (2), every order or regulation made by the Governor in Council pursuant to this Act shall be laid before each House of Parliament within two sitting days after it is made. Reference to Committee (2) Where an order or regulation made pursuant to this Act is exempted from publication in the Canada Gazette by regulations made under the Statutory Instruments Act , the order or regulation, in lieu of being laid before each House of Parliament as required by subsection (1), shall be referred to the Parliamentary Review Committee within two days after it is made or, if the Committee is not then designated or established, within the first two days after it is designated or established. Motion for revocation or amendment (3) Where a motion, for the consideration of the Senate or the House of Commons, to the effect that an order or regulation laid before it pursuant to subsection (1) be revoked or amended, signed by not less than ten members of the Senate or twenty members of the House of Commons, as the case may be, is filed with the Speaker thereof, that House of Parliament shall take up and consider the motion within three sitting days after it is filed. Vote (4) A motion taken up and considered in accordance with subsection (3) shall be debated without interruption and, at such time as the House is ready for the question, the Speaker shall forthwith, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary for the disposition of the motion. Motion for concurrence (5) If a motion debated in accordance with subsection (4) is adopted by the House, a message shall forthwith be sent from that House informing the other House that the motion has been so adopted and requesting that the motion be concurred in by that other House. Consideration (6) Where a request for concurrence in a motion is made pursuant to subsection (5), the House to which the request is made shall take up and consider the motion within three sitting days after the request is made. Vote on motion for concurrence (7) A motion taken up and considered in accordance with subsection (6) shall be debated without interruption and, at such time as the House is ready for the question, the Speaker shall forthwith, without further debate or amendment, put every question necessary for the disposition of the motion. Revocation or amendment of order or regulation (8) If a motion taken up and considered in accordance with subsection (6) is concurred in, the order or regulation is revoked or amended in accordance with the motion, effective on the day specified in the motion, which day may not be earlier than the day of the vote of concurrence.
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Review by Parliamentary Review Committee 62 (1) The exercise of powers and the performance of duties and functions pursuant to a declaration of emergency shall be reviewed by a committee of both Houses of Parliament designated or established for that purpose. Membership (2) The Parliamentary Review Committee shall include at least one member of the House of Commons from each party that has a recognized membership of 12 or more persons in that House and at least the Leader of the Government in the Senate or Government Representative in the Senate, or his or her nominee, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, or his or her nominee, and the Leader or Facilitator who is referred to in any of paragraphs 62.4(1)(c) to (e) of the Parliament of Canada Act , or his or her nominee. Oath of secrecy (3) Every member of the Parliamentary Review Committee and every person employed in the work of the Committee shall take the oath of secrecy set out in the schedule. Meetings in private (4) Every meeting of the Parliamentary Review Committee held to consider an order or regulation referred to it pursuant to subsection 61(2) shall be held in private. Revocation or amendment of order or regulation (5) If, within thirty days after an order or regulation is referred to the Parliamentary Review Committee pursuant to subsection 61(2), the Committee adopts a motion to the effect that the order or regulation be revoked or amended, the order or regulation is revoked or amended in accordance with the motion, effective on the day specified in the motion, which day may not be earlier than the day on which the motion is adopted. Report to Parliament (6) The Parliamentary Review Committee shall report or cause to be reported the results of its review under subsection (1) to each House of Parliament at least once every sixty days while the declaration of emergency is in effect and, in any case, (a) within three sitting days after a motion for revocation of the declaration is filed under subsection 59(1); (b) within seven sitting days after a proclamation continuing the declaration is issued; and (c) within seven sitting days after the expiration of the declaration or the revocation of the declaration by the Governor in Council. R.S., 1985, c. 22 (4th Supp.), s. 62 2022, c. 10, s. 248
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Inquiry 63 (1) The Governor in Council shall, within sixty days after the expiration or revocation of a declaration of emergency, cause an inquiry to be held into the circumstances that led to the declaration being issued and the measures taken for dealing with the emergency. Report to Parliament (2) A report of an inquiry held pursuant to this section shall be laid before each House of Parliament within three hundred and sixty days after the expiration or revocation of the declaration of emergency.
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I, , swear that I will not, without due authority, disclose or make known to any person any document or information acquired by me by reason of the duties performed by me on behalf of or under the direction of a Parliamentary Review Committee established pursuant to the Emergencies Act . So help me God.
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Referral to committee 23 (1) As soon as possible after the third anniversary of the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the provisions enacted or amended by this Act are to be referred to the committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament that may be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing those provisions. Report (2) The committee to which the provisions are referred is to review them and submit a report to the House or Houses of Parliament of which it is a committee, including a statement setting out any changes to the provisions that the committee recommends.
Emergency Management Act — E-4.56
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 Emergency Management Act .
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Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. emergency management means the prevention and mitigation of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from emergencies. ( gestion ) emergency management plan means a program, arrangement or other measure (a) for dealing with an emergency by the civil population; or (b) for dealing with a civil emergency by the Canadian Forces in accordance with the National Defence Act . ( plan de gestion des urgences ) government institution means any department, branch, office, board, agency, commission, corporation or other body for the administration or affairs of which a minister of the Crown is accountable to Parliament. ( institution fédérale ) Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. ( ministre ) provincial emergency means an emergency occurring in a province if the province or a local authority in the province has the primary responsibility for dealing with the emergency. ( urgence provinciale )
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emergency management means the prevention and mitigation of, preparedness for, response to and recovery from emergencies. ( gestion )
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emergency management plan means a program, arrangement or other measure (a) for dealing with an emergency by the civil population; or (b) for dealing with a civil emergency by the Canadian Forces in accordance with the National Defence Act . ( plan de gestion des urgences )
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government institution means any department, branch, office, board, agency, commission, corporation or other body for the administration or affairs of which a minister of the Crown is accountable to Parliament. ( institution fédérale )
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Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. ( ministre )
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provincial emergency means an emergency occurring in a province if the province or a local authority in the province has the primary responsibility for dealing with the emergency. ( urgence provinciale )
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Ministerial responsibilities — general 3 The Minister is responsible for exercising leadership relating to emergency management in Canada by coordinating, among government institutions and in cooperation with the provinces and other entities, emergency management activities.
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Responsibilities — Canada 4 (1) The Minister’s responsibilities under section 3 include (a) establishing policies, programs and other measures respecting the preparation, maintenance, testing and implementation by a government institution of emergency management plans; (b) providing advice to government institutions respecting the preparation, maintenance, testing and implementation of emergency management plans; (c) analysing and evaluating emergency management plans prepared by government institutions; (d) monitoring potential, imminent and actual emergencies and advising other ministers accordingly; (e) coordinating the Government of Canada’s response to an emergency; (f) coordinating the activities of government institutions relating to emergency management with those of the provinces — and supporting the emergency management activities of the provinces — and through the provinces, those of local authorities; (g) establishing arrangements with each province whereby any consultation with its lieutenant governor in council with respect to a declaration of an emergency under an Act of Parliament may be carried out effectively; (h) coordinating the provision of assistance to a province in respect of a provincial emergency, other than the provision of financial assistance and the calling out of the Canadian Forces for service in aid of the civil power under Part VI of the National Defence Act ; (i) providing assistance other than financial assistance to a province if the province requests it; (j) providing financial assistance to a province if (i) a provincial emergency in the province has been declared to be of concern to the federal government under section 7, (ii) the Minister is authorized under that section to provide the assistance, and (iii) the province has requested the assistance; (k) participating, in accordance with Canada’s foreign relations policies, in international emergency management activities; (l) establishing the necessary arrangements for the continuity of constitutional government in the event of an emergency; (m) establishing policies and programs respecting emergency management; (n) conducting exercises and providing education and training related to emergency management; (o) promoting a common approach to emergency management, including the adoption of standards and best practices; (p) conducting research related to emergency management; (q) promoting public awareness of matters related to emergency management; and (r) facilitating the authorized sharing of information in order to enhance emergency management. Other responsibilities (2) The Minister has any other responsibilities in relation to emergency management that the Governor in Council may specify.
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Responsibilities — United States 5 In consultation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister may develop joint emergency management plans with the relevant United States’ authorities and, in accordance with those plans, coordinate Canada’s response to emergencies in the United States and provide assistance in response to those emergencies.
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Ministers’ responsibilities 6 (1) The emergency management responsibilities of each minister accountable to Parliament for a government institution are to identify the risks that are within or related to his or her area of responsibility — including those related to critical infrastructure — and to do the following in accordance with the policies, programs and other measures established by the Minister: (a) prepare emergency management plans in respect of those risks; (b) maintain, test and implement those plans; and (c) conduct exercises and training in relation to those plans. Contents of emergency management plans (2) Each minister shall include in an emergency management plan (a) any programs, arrangements or other measures to assist provincial governments and, through the provincial governments, local authorities; (b) any federal-provincial regional plans; (c) any programs, arrangements or other measures to provide for the continuity of the operations of the government institution in the event of an emergency; and (d) in the case of war or other armed conflict, the programs, arrangements or other measures that (i) support the overall defence effort, (ii) support the Canadian Forces and the armed forces of Canada’s allies in the conduct of military operations, (iii) contribute to meeting Canada’s military and civil wartime obligations to its allies, and (iv) mitigate the effects of foreign armed conflict on Canada. Provincial emergencies (3) A government institution may not respond to a provincial emergency unless the government of the province requests assistance or there is an agreement with the province that requires or permits the assistance.
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Orders or regulations 7 The Governor in Council may on the recommendation of the Minister make orders or regulations (a) respecting the preparation, maintenance, testing and implementation of emergency management plans; (b) respecting the use of federal civil resources in response to civil emergencies; (c) declaring a provincial emergency to be of concern to the federal government; and (d) authorizing the Minister to provide financial assistance to a province under paragraph 4(1)(j).
Emergency Management Act — E-4.56 Order in council
Order in council * 14 This Act other than section 12 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. * [Note: Section 12 in force on assent June 22, 2007; Act, other than section 12, in force on August 3, 2007, see SI/2007-79.]
Electricity and Gas Inspection Act — E-4 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act . 1980-81-82-83, c. 87, s. 1
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Definitions 2 (1) In this Act, accredited meter verifier means any person accredited under section 10; ( vérificateur accrédité ) apparatus includes any machine, instrument or device; ( appareil ) contractor means any person or body that has undertaken to supply electricity or gas to any purchaser; ( fournisseur ) director means the director appointed under subsection 26(1); ( directeur ) functions includes powers conferred and duties imposed by or under this Act; ( fonctions ) gas includes natural gas and manufactured gas; ( gaz ) inspector means any officer appointed under the authority of this Act and, in relation to any functions that may be executed by such an officer, includes any person designated under subsection 26(3) for the purpose of executing those functions; ( inspecteur ) meter means an electricity or gas meter and includes any apparatus used for the purpose of making measurements of, or obtaining the basis of a charge for, electricity or gas supplied to a purchaser; ( compteur ) Minister means the Minister of Industry; ( ministre ) prescribed means prescribed by regulation; ( Version anglaise seulement ) purchaser means any person to whom electricity or gas is sold; ( consommateur ) verified meter means a meter that has been verified in accordance with this Act and the regulations. ( compteur vérifié ) Rendering seal ineffective is breaking it (2) The rendering ineffective of a seal pertaining to any meter shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to constitute breaking the seal. Construction (3) Any reference in this Act, except in subsection 23(2), to the owner of a meter shall, in the case of a meter used by a contractor for any purpose mentioned in subsection 9(1), be construed as a reference to the contractor. R.S., 1985, c. E-4, s. 2; 1992, c. 1, s. 145(F); 1995, c. 1, s. 62; 2011, c. 3, s. 3
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accredited meter verifier means any person accredited under section 10; ( vérificateur accrédité )
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apparatus includes any machine, instrument or device; ( appareil )
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contractor means any person or body that has undertaken to supply electricity or gas to any purchaser; ( fournisseur )
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director means the director appointed under subsection 26(1); ( directeur )
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functions includes powers conferred and duties imposed by or under this Act; ( fonctions )
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gas includes natural gas and manufactured gas; ( gaz )