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Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 384
Coming into force during election period 384 (1) If section 1 comes into force during an election period, the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which that section comes into force, applies with respect to that election and all related obligations and rights, including obligations to report and rights to reimbursement of election expenses. Prior elections (2) All obligations and rights arising out of any election that took place before the day on which section 1 comes into force and that are still outstanding on that day, including obligations to report and rights to reimbursement of election expenses, are subject to the Canada Elections Act as it read immediately before the day on which the writ is issued for that election. Bill C-50 (3) Despite subsection (1), if Bill C-50, introduced in the 1st session of the 42nd Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing) (in this subsection referred to as the “other Act”) receives royal assent, and if the other Act comes into force before the day on which section 1 comes into force but both the other Act and that section come into force during the same election period, then the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which the other Act comes into force, applies with respect to that election and all related obligations and rights, including obligations to report and rights to reimbursement of election expenses.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 385
Registered parties — financial reporting 385 For the fiscal period of a registered party during which section 268 comes into force, the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which that section comes into force, applies with respect to the documents that the registered party is to provide in relation to its financial transactions for that fiscal period.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 386
Registered associations — financial reporting 386 For the fiscal period of a registered association during which section 272 comes into force, the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which that section comes into force, applies with respect to the documents that the registered association is to provide in relation to its financial transactions for that fiscal period.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 387
Coming into force during nomination contest 387 (1) If section 282 comes into force during a nomination contest, the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which that section comes into force, applies with respect to that nomination contest and all related obligations, including obligations to report. Prior nomination contests (2) All obligations arising out of any nomination contest that took place before the day on which section 282 comes into force and that are still outstanding on that day, including obligations to report, are subject to the Canada Elections Act as it read immediately before the date on which the nomination contest began. Bill C-50 (3) Despite subsection (1), if Bill C-50, introduced in the 1st session of the 42nd Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing) (in this subsection referred to as the “other Act”) receives royal assent, and if the other Act comes into force before the day on which section 282 comes into force but both the other Act and that section come into force during the same nomination contest, then the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which the other Act comes into force, applies with respect to that nomination contest and all related obligations, including obligations to report.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 388
Coming into force during leadership contest 388 (1) If section 313 comes into force during a leadership contest, the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which that section comes into force, applies with respect to that leadership contest and all related obligations, including obligations to report. Prior leadership contests (2) All obligations arising out of any leadership contest that took place before the day on which section 313 comes into force and that are still outstanding on that day, including obligations to report, are subject to the Canada Elections Act as it read immediately before the day on which the leadership contest began. Bill C-50 (3) Despite subsection (1), if Bill C-50, introduced in the 1st session of the 42nd Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing) (in this subsection referred to as the “other Act”) receives royal assent, and if the other Act comes into force before the day on which section 313 comes into force but both the other Act and that section come into force during the same leadership contest, then the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which the other Act comes into force, applies with respect to that leadership contest and all related obligations, including obligations to report.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 389
Commissioner of Canada Elections — continuation of term 389 The person who holds the office of Commissioner of Canada Elections immediately before the day on which section 351 comes into force continues in office and is deemed to have been appointed under subsection 509(1) of the Canada Elections Act , as enacted by that section 351 . However, his or her term of office begins on the day on which he or she was actually appointed.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 390
Definition of former portion 390 (1) For the purposes of this section, former portion means the portion of the federal public administration in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in which, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, the employees referred to in section 509.3 of the Canada Elections Act occupied their positions. Transfer of appropriations (2) Any amount that was appropriated, for the fiscal year in which this section comes into force, for defraying the charges and expenses in respect of the former portion and that, on the day on which this section comes into force, is unexpended is deemed, on that day, to be an amount appropriated for defraying the charges and expenses of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for the purposes of the powers, duties and functions of the Commissioner of Canada Elections. Continuation of legal proceedings (3) Any action, suit or other legal proceedings to which the Director of Public Prosecutions is a party relating to the former portion that is pending in any court immediately before the day on which this section comes into force may be continued by or against the Chief Electoral Officer in the same manner and to the same extent as it could have been continued by or against the Director of Public Prosecutions. Employment continued (4) Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of an employee who, immediately before the day on which this section comes into force, occupied a position in the former portion, except that the employee shall, beginning on that day, occupy their position in the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 362
Election within six months 362 Despite subsection 554(1) of the Canada Elections Act , the amendments to that Act made by section 361 apply in an election for which the writ is issued within six months after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
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Clarification — immediate application 76 For greater certainty, but subject to sections 77 and 78 , the amendments made by this Act also apply with respect to proceedings that are ongoing on the day on which this Act comes into force.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 77
Certain applications for warrants 77 (2) Each of the following provisions, as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, continues to apply with respect to an application made for a warrant under the provision if the application is submitted, and no decision has been made in respect of the application, before that day: (e) subsection 175(9) of the Canada Elections Act ;
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 78.1
Impact of remote proceedings 78.1 (1) The Minister of Justice must, no later than three years after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, initiate one or more independent reviews on the use of remote proceedings in criminal justice matters that must include an assessment of whether remote proceedings (a) enhance, preserve or adversely affect access to justice; (b) maintain fundamental principles of the administration of justice; and (c) adequately address the rights and obligations of participants in the criminal justice system, including accused persons. Report (2) The Minister of Justice must, no later than five years after the day on which a review is initiated, cause a report on the review — including any findings or recommendations resulting from it — to be laid before each House of Parliament.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 78.2
Review by committee 78.2 (1) At the start of the fifth year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, the provisions enacted or amended by this Act are to be referred to a committee of the Senate and a committee of the House of Commons that may be designated or established for the purpose of reviewing the provisions. Report (2) The committees to which the provisions are referred are to review them and the use of remote proceedings in criminal justice matters and submit reports to the Houses of Parliament of which they are committees, including statements setting out any changes to the provisions that they recommend.
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 681
Election within six months 681 Despite subsection 554(1) of the Canada Elections Act , the amendment to that Act made by section 680 applies in an election for which the writ is issued within six months after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
Export Development Act — E-20 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Export Development Act . R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 1; 2001, c. 33, s. 2(F)
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Definitions 2 In this Act, Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporation; ( conseil ) body corporate means an incorporated body wherever or however incorporated; ( personne morale ) Chairman [Repealed, 2001, c. 33, s. 3] Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board; ( Version anglaise seulement ) Corporation means Export Development Canada, the corporation established by section 3; ( Société ) director means a director of the Corporation; ( administrateur ) entity means a body corporate, a trust, a partnership, a fund, an unincorporated association or organization, Her Majesty in right of Canada or of a province, an agency of Her Majesty in either of such rights and the government of a foreign country or any political subdivision thereof and any agency thereof; ( entité ) Executive Committee means the Executive Committee of the Board; ( comité de direction ) 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; ( ministre ) person means a natural person, an entity or a personal representative; ( personne ) personal representative means a person who stands in the place of and represents another person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes, as the circumstances require, a trustee, an executor, an administrator, a committee, a guardian, a tutor, a curator, an assignee, a receiver, an agent and an attorney of any person; ( représentant personnel ) President means the President of the Corporation; ( président ) property includes money, goods, things in action, land and every description of property, whether real or personal, legal or equitable, and whether situated in Canada or elsewhere, and includes obligations, easements and every description of estate, interest and profit, present and future, vested or contingent, in, arising out of or incident to property; ( biens ) security interest means an interest in or a charge on property by way of mortgage, lien, pledge or otherwise taken to secure the payment or performance of an obligation; ( sûreté ) Vice-Chairman [Repealed, 2001, c. 33, s. 3] Vice-chairperson means the Vice-chairperson of the Board. ( Version anglaise seulement ) R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 2; 1993, c. 26, s. 2; 2001, c. 33, s. 3
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Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporation; ( conseil )
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body corporate means an incorporated body wherever or however incorporated; ( personne morale )
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Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board; ( Version anglaise seulement )
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Corporation means Export Development Canada, the corporation established by section 3; ( Société )
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director means a director of the Corporation; ( administrateur )
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entity means a body corporate, a trust, a partnership, a fund, an unincorporated association or organization, Her Majesty in right of Canada or of a province, an agency of Her Majesty in either of such rights and the government of a foreign country or any political subdivision thereof and any agency thereof; ( entité )
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Executive Committee means the Executive Committee of the Board; ( comité de direction )
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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; ( ministre )
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person means a natural person, an entity or a personal representative; ( personne )
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personal representative means a person who stands in the place of and represents another person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes, as the circumstances require, a trustee, an executor, an administrator, a committee, a guardian, a tutor, a curator, an assignee, a receiver, an agent and an attorney of any person; ( représentant personnel )
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President means the President of the Corporation; ( président )
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property includes money, goods, things in action, land and every description of property, whether real or personal, legal or equitable, and whether situated in Canada or elsewhere, and includes obligations, easements and every description of estate, interest and profit, present and future, vested or contingent, in, arising out of or incident to property; ( biens )
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security interest means an interest in or a charge on property by way of mortgage, lien, pledge or otherwise taken to secure the payment or performance of an obligation; ( sûreté )
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Vice-Chairman [Repealed, 2001, c. 33, s. 3]
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Vice-chairperson means the Vice-chairperson of the Board. ( Version anglaise seulement )
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Corporation established 3 A corporation is established, to be known as Export Development Canada, consisting of a Board of Directors composed of 13 directors, including a Chairperson and a President. R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 3; 2001, c. 33, s. 4; 2010, c. 12, s. 1729
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Appointment of directors 4 (1) Each director, other than the Chairperson and the President, shall be appointed by the Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding four years that will ensure, as far as possible, the expiration in any one year of the terms of office of not more than one half of the directors. Appointment of Chairperson (2) The Chairperson shall be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for such term as the Governor in Council considers appropriate. Vice-chairperson (3) The Board shall elect a Vice-chairperson of the Board from among the directors. R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 4; R.S., 1985, c. 1 (4th Supp.), s. 44(E); 2001, c. 33, s. 13(E); 2006, c. 9, s. 254
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Alternate directors 5 The Governor in Council may appoint a person to be an alternate director for any director who is selected from among persons employed in the federal public administration and the alternate director so appointed shall act as a director during any period in which the director for whom he is an alternate is, by reason of absence or incapacity, unable to act. R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 5; 2003, c. 22, s. 224(E)
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Chairperson to preside at meetings 6 (1) The Chairperson shall preside at meetings of the Board and of the Executive Committee. Absence, etc., of Chairperson (2) In the event of the absence or incapacity of the Chairperson, or if the office of Chairperson is vacant, the Vice-chairperson shall perform the functions of the Chairperson during the absence, incapacity or vacancy. Absence, etc., of Chairperson and Vice-chairperson (3) Where the Vice-chairperson is, by reason of circumstances referred to in subsection (2), authorized by that subsection to act as Chairperson but the Vice-chairperson is himself absent or incapacitated or the office of Vice-chairperson is vacant, such of the other directors as are present at a meeting shall, if they constitute a quorum of the Board or of the Executive Committee, select a director to act as Chairperson and the director so selected shall perform the functions of the Chairperson until such time as the Chairperson or Vice-chairperson is available to perform them. R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 6; 2001, c. 33, s. 13(E)
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Executive Committee 7 (1) There shall be an Executive Committee of the Board consisting of the Chairperson and four other directors selected by the Board. Powers (2) The Executive Committee may exercise any powers and perform any duties of the Board delegated to it by the Board. R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 7; 2001, c. 33, s. 13(E)
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Other committees 7.1 The Board may establish any other committee and that committee may exercise any powers and perform any duties of the Board delegated to it by the Board. 2001, c. 33, s. 6
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Appointment of President 8 (1) The President shall be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for such term as the Governor in Council considers appropriate. Management of Corporation vested in President (2) The President is the chief executive officer of the Corporation and has on behalf of the Board the direction and management of the business of the Corporation, with authority to act in the conduct of the business of the Corporation in all matters that are not by this Act or the by-laws of the Corporation specifically reserved to the Board or any committee of the Board. Absence or incapacity of President (3) In the event of the absence or incapacity of the President, or if the office of President is vacant, the Board shall authorize a director or an officer of the Corporation to act as the President for the time being and shall fix the terms and conditions of his appointment and his remuneration, but no person so authorized by the Board has authority to act as President for a period exceeding sixty days without the approval of the Governor in Council. R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 8; R.S., 1985, c. 1 (4th Supp.), s. 44(E); 2001, c. 33, s. 7
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Salaries, etc., of directors 9 (1) Subject to subsection (2), each of the directors not selected from among persons employed in the federal public administration shall be paid by the Corporation such salary, fees or other remuneration as is fixed by the Governor in Council and each director is entitled to be paid by the Corporation reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by him in the course of his duties under this Act. Salaries (2) The Chairperson and, if the President is a person other than the Chairperson, the President shall be paid by the Corporation a salary to be fixed by the Governor in Council. R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 9; 2001, c. 33, s. 13(E); 2003, c. 22, s. 224(E)
Export Development Act — E-20 10.1
Requirement 10.1 (1) Before entering, in the exercise of its powers under subsection 10(1.1), into a transaction that is related to a project, the Corporation must determine, in accordance with the directive referred to in subsection (2), (a) whether the project is likely to have adverse environmental effects despite the implementation of mitigation measures; and (b) if such is the case, whether the Corporation is justified in entering into the transaction. Directive (2) The Board shall issue a directive respecting the determination referred to in subsection (1), which directive may (a) define the words and expressions that the Board considers necessary for the application of that subsection, including the words and expressions “transaction”, “project”, “adverse environmental effects” and “mitigation measures”; (b) establish the criteria that the Corporation must apply in making the determination; and (c) establish exceptions specifically or by any class, as defined by the Board, to the Corporation’s obligation to make the determination. Statutory Instruments Act (3) The directive is not a statutory instrument for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act . 2001, c. 33, s. 9
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Authorized capital 11 (1) The authorized capital of the Corporation is (a) for the period beginning on the day on which this subsection comes into force and ending on September 30, 2020, the amount that the Minister of Finance determines during that period, or, if that Minister redetermines the amount during that period, the most recently determined amount; and (b) on and after October 1, 2020, an amount equal to the amount determined by the Minister of Finance under paragraph (a), or, if that Minister redetermined the amount under that paragraph, an amount equal to the last amount so determined. Each share has a par value of $100. Publication in Canada Gazette (1.1) As soon as feasible after determining or redetermining an amount under paragraph (1)(a), the Minister of Finance shall publish a notice of that amount in the Canada Gazette . Subscription and payment for shares (2) Where the Board recommends that the Minister subscribe for unissued shares of the Corporation, the Minister may, if the Minister of Finance concurs, subscribe at par for such number of shares as he considers desirable and the amount of each subscription shall be paid to the Corporation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at such times and in such amounts as the Board requires. Shares not transferable (3) The shares of the capital stock of the Corporation are not transferable and shall be held in trust for Her Majesty. R.S., 1985, c. E-20, s. 11; 2009, c. 2, s. 261 2020, c. 5, s. 18
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Borrowing 12 The Corporation may borrow money by any means, including issuing and selling bonds, debentures, notes and other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation. R.S., c. E-18, s. 12; 1980-81-82-83, c. 163, s. 7; 1984, c. 31, s. 14
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Loans to Corporation 13 At the request of the Corporation, the Minister of Finance may, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, lend money to the Corporation on such terms and conditions as are fixed by him. R.S., c. E-18, s. 13