Conflict of Interest Act — C-36.65 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act. Commissioner means the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner appointed under section 81 of the Parliament of Canada Act . ( commissaire ) common-law partner means a person who is cohabiting with a public office holder in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. ( conjoint de fait ) common-law partnership means the relationship between two persons who are cohabiting in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. ( union de fait ) dependent child means a child of a public office holder, or a child of the public office holder’s spouse or common-law partner, who has not reached the age of 18 years or who has reached that age but is primarily dependent on the public office holder or public office holder’s spouse or common-law partner for financial support. ( enfant à charge ) former reporting public office holder means a former public office holder who, while in office, was a reporting public office holder. ( ex-titulaire de charge publique principal ) gift or other advantage means (a) an amount of money if there is no obligation to repay it; and (b) a service or property, or the use of property or money that is provided without charge or at less than its commercial value. ( cadeau ou autre avantage ) ministerial adviser means a person, other than a public servant, who occupies a position in the office of a minister of the Crown or a minister of state and who provides policy, program or financial advice to that person on issues relating to his or her powers, duties and functions as a minister of the Crown or a minister of state, whether or not the advice is provided on a full-time or part-time basis and whether or not the person is entitled to any remuneration or other compensation for the advice. ( conseiller ministériel ) ministerial staff means those persons, other than public servants, who work on behalf of a minister of the Crown or a minister of state. ( personnel ministériel ) private interest does not include an interest in a decision or matter (a) that is of general application; (b) that affects a public office holder as one of a broad class of persons; or (c) that concerns the remuneration or benefits received by virtue of being a public office holder. ( intérêt personnel ) public office holder means (a) a minister of the Crown, a minister of state or a parliamentary secretary; (a.1) the Chief Electoral Officer; (b) a member of ministerial staff; (c) a ministerial adviser; (d) a Governor in Council appointee, other than the following persons, namely, (i) a lieutenant governor, (ii) officers and staff of the Senate, House of Commons and Library of Parliament, (iii) a person appointed or employed under the Public Service Employment Act who is a head of mission as defined in subsection 15(1) of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act , (iv) a judge who receives a salary under the Judges Act , (v) a military judge within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act , (vi) a Deputy Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and (vii) a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians; (d.01) the Parliamentary Budget Officer; (d.1) a ministerial appointee whose appointment is approved by the Governor in Council; and (e) a person or a member of a class of persons if the person or class of persons is designated under subsection 62.1(1) or 62.2(1). ( titulaire de charge publique ) public sector entity means a department or agency of the Government of Canada, a Crown corporation established by or under an Act of Parliament or any other entity to which the Governor in Council may appoint a person, but does not include the Senate or the House of Commons. ( entité du secteur public ) public servant has the meaning assigned by subsection 2(1) of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act , but includes officers and non