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Financial Security (Electronic Means) Regulations — 4
Security agreement — deemed terms and conditions 4 (1) The following terms and conditions are deemed to be an integral part of every security agreement and take precedence in the case of any conflict or inconsistency with any other provision of the security agreement: (a) the debtor and the security provider represent and warrant that the security agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation; and (b) if the debtor has failed to pay an amount that the debtor owes under the Act or the Customs Tariff by the day on which it is payable, the security provider must pay to His Majesty in right of Canada, in accordance with section 9, the lesser of the amount that the debtor owes, subject to the limit set out in subsection 8(5), and the amount of the security entered or confirmed by the security provider under paragraph 5 (2)(e). Security provider (2) The security provider that is a party to a security agreement must be one of the following: (a) a company or society that, by an order of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions made under subsection 53(1) of the Insurance Companies Act , is approved to commence and carry on the fidelity or surety class of insurance business in Canada; (b) an entity that is licensed or otherwise authorized under the laws of a province to carry on the fidelity or surety class of insurance business in that province; (c) a member of the Canadian Payments Association referred to in section 4 of the Canadian Payments Act ; (d) a corporation that accepts deposits insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Autorité des marchés financiers to the maximum permitted by the statutes under which those institutions were established; (e) a credit union as defined in subsection 137(6) of the Income Tax Act ; (f) a corporation that accepts deposits from the public, if repayment of the deposits is guaranteed by His Majesty in right of a province.
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Electronic means 5 (1) Subject to subsection (3), all security must be given by means of the electronic system specified by the Minister. Security agreement — information (2) In the case of a security agreement, the security is given when the security provider enters or confirms the following information by means of the electronic system: (a) a number or any other identifier for the agreement; (b) the names of the parties; (c) the relevant Agency program; (d) the applicable business number; (e) the amount of the security; (f) the legislative authority under which the security is given; and (g) the validity period of the agreement. Exceptions (3) The Minister may require that security be given by any other means that is made available or specified by the Minister for that purpose if the Minister determines that (a) the infrastructure is inadequate or incompatible with the electronic system specified by the Minister; (b) a natural disaster, national crisis or any other exceptional circumstance prevents or impedes the use of the electronic system or makes using it unreliable; or (c) it is impracticable for a debtor, due to circumstances beyond their control, to give security by means of the electronic system.
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Copy of security agreement 6 On the Minister’s request, a debtor or security provider must provide a copy of the security agreement to the Minister by means of the electronic system specified by the Minister.
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Termination of security agreement 7 If a security agreement is to be terminated, the security provider must notify the Minister of the termination date by means of the electronic system specified by the Minister at least 30 days before that date.
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Payment of security 8 (1) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), the Minister may demand that the security provider pay the security given in accordance with subsection 5 (2) if the debtor has failed to pay an amount that the debtor owes under the Act or the Customs Tariff by the day on which it is payable. Demand (2) The demand must be sent to the security provider in writing and contain the following information: (a) the amount of the payment demanded; and (b) the information that the security provider entered or confirmed under subsection 5 (2). Limitation period or prescription (3) In the case of a security agreement that has expired or been terminated, a demand under subsection (1) may only be made within one year after the day on which the security agreement expired or was terminated. Amount (4) The demand must be for an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the amount that the debtor owes under the Act or the Customs Tariff , and (b) the amount of the security entered or confirmed by the security provider under paragraph 5 (2)(e). Limit — amount (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(a), the amount that the debtor owes includes only those amounts that have accrued to the debtor under the Act or the Customs Tariff during the validity period referred to in paragraph 5 (2)(g) and that are payable.
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Payment by security provider 9 (1) Within 60 days after the day on which a demand is sent to a security provider under subsection 8(2), the security provider must (a) pay to His Majesty in right of Canada the amount referred to in paragraph 8 (2)(a); or (b) provide the Minister with information to rebut the demand. Determination by Minister (2) If the security provider provides information under paragraph (1)(b), the Minister must review the information, determine whether to continue with, amend or withdraw the demand and must send the security provider notice of that determination. Payment after determination (3) If the notice referred to in subsection (2) indicates that an amount must be paid, the security provider must pay that amount to His Majesty in right of Canada on the day on which the notice is received. Disputes — security provider and debtor (4) For greater certainty, a security provider is required to make a payment to His Majesty in right of Canada under this section despite any dispute between the security provider and the debtor with respect to any matter related to the security or the security agreement.
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Other amounts owed 10 For greater certainty, the payment of an amount by a security provider to His Majesty in right of Canada under paragraph 9 (1)(a) or subsection 9(3) does not relieve the debtor or any other person from liability to pay any amount otherwise owed.
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Continuation of security 11 These Regulations do not apply to security, other than security given under the Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations , that has been given under the Act or the Customs Tariff and that is valid immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force. The security continues to be valid until the day on which it expires or is terminated.
Financial Security (Electronic Means) Regulations — S.C. 2022, c. 10
S.C. 2022, c. 10 * 12 These Regulations come into force at 3:00:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight time on the first day on which both sections 304 and 330 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 , chapter 10 of the Statutes of Canada 2022, are in force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force at 3:00:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight time on the day after the day on which they are registered. * [Note: Regulations in force October 21, 2024.]
Broadcasting Fees Regulations — a
Whereas, under subsection 11(5) a of the Broadcasting Act b , a copy of the proposed Broadcasting Fees Regulations , substantially in the annexed form, was published in the Canada Gazette , Part I, on September 2, 2023, and a reasonable opportunity was given to persons carrying on broadcasting undertakings and other interested persons to make representations to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with respect to the proposed Regulations; a S.C. 2023, c. 8, s. 12(10) b S.C. 1991, c. 11
Broadcasting Fees Regulations — c
Therefore, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, with the approval of the Treasury Board, makes the annexed Broadcasting Fees Regulations under subsection 11(1) c of the Broadcasting Act b . c S.C. 2023, c. 8, par. 12(1) to (3)
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Act means the Broadcasting Act . ( Loi )
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audiobook service means the transmission or retransmission of audiobooks over the Internet for reception by the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus. ( service de livres audio )
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broadcasting ownership group means a group of all operators that are affiliates of one another or, in the case of an operator that is not an affiliate of any other operator, that operator. ( groupe de propriété de radiodiffusion )
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excluded revenue means revenue derived from providing audiobook services, podcast services or video game services, as well as revenue derived from broadcasting activities that are carried out by broadcasting undertakings that are, by order, exempted from licensing requirements or exempted from all regulations made under Part II of the Act, unless, in either case, otherwise specified in an exemption order. ( recettes exclues )
Broadcasting Fees Regulations — (a)
exemption level means (a) for a broadcasting ownership group that includes more than one broadcasting undertaking, the aggregate of (i) for each broadcasting undertaking whose fee revenue is $2 million or less, the lesser of (A) $2 million, and (B) the fee revenue of the broadcasting undertaking, and (ii) $25 million; and (b) for a broadcasting ownership group that includes only one broadcasting undertaking, $25 million. ( franchise )
Broadcasting Fees Regulations — (a)
fee revenue means the gross revenue minus excluded revenue derived during a return year from the broadcasting activity in Canada of all of the broadcasting undertakings that form part of a broadcasting ownership group, including (a) revenue received in respect of all transmitters forming part of a broadcasting undertaking if the undertaking consists of more than one transmitter; (b) the estimated annual revenue, based on the trends of the market in which a broadcasting undertaking operates, the previous financial performance of the undertaking, and, when applicable, the business plan of the undertaking for its first 12 months of operation, if that undertaking has not filed a fee return covering the most recent return year; (c) revenue that is derived from the sale of air time of a broadcasting undertaking by the Corporation and paid by the Corporation to the undertaking; and (d) in the case of an online undertaking that has not filed a fee return covering the most recent return year, (i) the gross annual revenue, as reported by the online undertaking and validated by the Commission, or (ii) if the information referred to in subparagraph (i) is not available, the estimated gross annual revenue of the online undertaking, based on the trends of the market in which it operates, its business plan and any previous financial performance that the Commission considers to be related to its broadcasting activity. This definition does not include any amount received by a broadcasting undertaking from another broadcasting undertaking to which these Regulations apply, other than the amounts received from the Corporation for the sale of air time. ( recettes désignées )
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fiscal year means the one-year period beginning April 1. ( exercice )
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operator means a person that carries on a broadcasting undertaking to which the Act applies. ( exploitant )
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podcast service means the transmission or retransmission of podcasts over the Internet for reception by the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus. ( service de balado )
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return year means a one-year period beginning September 1. ( année de rapport )
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video game service means the transmission or retransmission of video games over the Internet for reception by the public by means of broadcasting receiving apparatus. ( service de jeux vidéo )
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Exclusions 2 These Regulations apply to all broadcasting undertakings other than (a) campus, community, Indigenous or student broadcasting undertakings; (b) broadcasting undertakings carried on by the Corporation; and (c) broadcasting undertakings carried on by an independent corporation , as defined in section 2 of the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility to Hold Broadcasting Licences) , that derive none of their revenues from the sale of air time.
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Highest fee revenue 3 (1) The operator or affiliate that controls a broadcasting ownership group must designate the broadcasting undertaking that has the highest fee revenue among the undertakings in the group. Obligations (2) The designated broadcasting undertaking must ensure that the broadcasting ownership group meets its obligations under sections 4 to 7 .
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Returns 4 On or before November 30 in each year, every broadcasting ownership group whose fee revenue for the most recent return year exceeds the exemption level must file with the Commission a fee return on the form provided by the Commission.
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Period covered 5 The fee return must be completed with respect to the return year beginning September 1 st of the year preceding the calendar year in which the return is to be filed.
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Broadcasting fees 6 Every broadcasting ownership group must pay broadcasting fees to the Commission annually, no later than 30 days after the date recorded on the invoice issued by the Commission.
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Unpaid fees 7 If the broadcasting fees become overdue, the broadcasting ownership group must pay interest and administrative charges in accordance with the Interest and Administrative Charges Regulations .
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Calculation by Commission 8 The annual broadcasting fees payable are to be calculated by the Commission.
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Amount of Fees 9 (1) The annual broadcasting fees payable are the sum of the initial amount calculated in accordance with subsection 10(1) and the annual adjustment amount calculated in accordance with subsection 10(2). Change charged or credited (2) Any change in the amount of the annual broadcasting fees payable that results from the calculation of the annual adjustment amount referred to in subsection 10(2) is to be charged or credited to the broadcasting ownership group in the following year’s invoice and must not, in any case, result in a reimbursement on the part of the Commission.
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Initial amount 10 (1) The initial amount of the annual broadcasting fees payable is determined by the formula (A ÷ B) × C where A is the broadcasting ownership group’s fee revenue for the most recent return year, less that broadcasting ownership group’s exemption level for that return year; B is the aggregate fee revenues of all broadcasting ownership groups whose fee revenue for the most recent return year exceeds the applicable exemption level, less the aggregate exemption level for all those broadcasting ownership groups for that return year; and C is the estimated total regulatory costs of the Commission for the current fiscal year as calculated in accordance with subsection 11(1). Adjustment amount (2) The annual adjustment amount of the annual broadcasting fees payable is determined by the formula (A ÷ B) × D where A is the broadcasting ownership group’s fee revenues for the most recent return year, less that broadcasting ownership group’s exemption level for that return year; B is the aggregate fee revenues of all broadcasting ownership groups whose fee revenue for the most recent return year exceeds the applicable exemption level, less the aggregate exemption level for all those broadcasting ownership groups for that return year; and D is the difference between the estimated total regulatory costs of the Commission and the actual total regulatory costs of the Commission for the fiscal year as calculated in accordance with section 11.
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Estimated total regulatory costs 11 (1) The estimated total regulatory costs of the Commission for a fiscal year is the sum of the following amounts, as set out in the Commission’s expenditure plan published in Part III of the Estimates of the Government of Canada : (a) the costs of the Commission’s broadcasting activity, and (b) the share, attributable to the Commission’s broadcasting activity, (i) of the costs of the Commission’s administrative activities, and (ii) of any other costs used to calculate the net cost of the operation of the Commission’s program, excluding the costs of regulating the broadcasting spectrum. Actual total costs (2) The actual total regulatory costs of the Commission are to be calculated in accordance with subsection (1) using actual amounts.
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Notice 12 The Commission must publish, each year, the estimated total regulatory costs referred to in subsection 11(1) in a notice in the Canada Gazette , Part I.
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Definition of former Regulations 13 In sections 14 and 15, former Regulations means the Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997 , as they read immediately before the day on which these Regulations come into force.
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Fiscal year 2024–2025 14 (1) For the fiscal year 2024–2025, the fee return information provided by broadcasting undertakings under section 5 of the former Regulations is to be consolidated into fee revenue information for their broadcasting ownership group, in accordance with sections 1 and 4. Fee revenues for online undertakings (2) For the fiscal year 2024–2025, the fee revenues for an online undertaking are to be calculated by the Commission, based on the fee return filed by the online undertaking and verified by the Commission, in accordance with the condition of service with respect to fee returns set out in Paragraph 4 of Broadcasting Order CRTC 2023–332 , entitled Conditions of service for carrying on certain online undertakings , dated September 29, 2023.
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Fiscal years 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 15 For the fiscal years 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, the annual adjustment amount that is referred to in subsection 10(2) and the estimated and actual total regulatory costs of the Commission that are referred to in section 11 of these Regulations are to be calculated in accordance with subsection 8(2) and section 9 of the former Regulations.
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16 The Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997 1 are repealed. 1 SOR 97-144
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April 1, 2024 17 These Regulations come into force on April 1, 2024.
Special Economic Measures (Sudan) Regulations — Special Economic Measures (Sudan) Regulations
Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that the situation in the Republic of the Sudan constitutes a grave breach of international peace and security that has resulted or is likely to result in a serious international crisis;
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And whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that gross and systematic human rights violations have been committed in the Republic of the Sudan;
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Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, makes the annexed Special Economic Measures (Sudan) Regulations under paragraph 4(1)(a) a and subsections 4(1.1) b , (2) c and (3) of the Special Economic Measures Act d . a S.C. 2022, c. 10, s. 438(1) b S.C. 2017, c. 21, s. 17(2) c S.C. 2023, c. 26, ss. 254(2) to (4) d S.C. 1992, c. 17
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Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Minister means the Minister of Foreign Affairs. ( ministre ) Sudan means the Republic of the Sudan and includes (a) any of its political subdivisions; (b) its government, any of its departments and any government and department of its political subdivisions; and (c) any of its agencies and any agency of its political subdivisions. ( Soudan )
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Minister means the Minister of Foreign Affairs. ( ministre )
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Sudan means the Republic of the Sudan and includes (a) any of its political subdivisions; (b) its government, any of its departments and any government and department of its political subdivisions; and (c) any of its agencies and any agency of its political subdivisions. ( Soudan )
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Listed person 2 A person whose name is listed in the schedule is a person in respect of whom the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe is (a) a person who has engaged in activities that directly or indirectly undermine the peace, security and stability of Sudan; (b) a person who has participated in gross and systematic human rights violations in Sudan; (c) a current or former senior official of the Government of Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces or the Sudanese Armed Forces; (d) an associate of a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (c); (e) a family member of a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) and (g); (f) an entity owned — or held or controlled, directly or indirectly — by a person referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e); (g) a senior official of an entity referred to in paragraph (f). SOR/2025-69, s. 1
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Prohibited dealings and activities 3 It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to (a) deal in any property, wherever situated, that is owned — or that is held or controlled, directly or indirectly — by a listed person; (b) enter into or facilitate any transaction related to a dealing referred to in paragraph (a); (c) provide any financial or related services in respect of a dealing referred to in paragraph (a); (d) make available any goods, wherever situated, to a listed person or to a person acting on behalf of a listed person; (e) transfer or provide any property other than goods to a listed person; or (f) provide any financial or related services to or for the benefit of a listed person.