Budget Implementation Act, 1997 — B-9.81 2
Definitions 2 The definitions in this section apply in this Part. auditor means the auditor for the foundation appointed under section 26. ( vérificateur ) board means the board of directors of the foundation. ( conseil ) Chairperson means the Chairperson of the board appointed under subsection 9(2). ( président ) director means a person who is on the board and includes the Chairperson. ( administrateur ) eligible project means (a) a project carried on, or to be carried on, by an eligible recipient for the modernization, acquisition, development, operation or maintenance of research infrastructure by the recipient in Canada; or (b) the purchasing by an eligible recipient of access to a world-leading research facility located outside Canada or to a major international collaborative research project, including the purchasing of such access by means of a contribution toward a portion of capital costs. ( travaux admissibles ) eligible recipient means (a) a hospital, university or post-secondary college or educational institution that is situated in Canada and that carries on, or in the opinion of a majority of the directors is capable of carrying on, meaningful research; or (b) a non-profit organization or a trust the activities of which are primarily carried on in Canada and that carries on, or in the opinion of a majority of the directors is capable of carrying on, meaningful research. ( bénéficiaire admissible ) employee or agent of Her Majesty in right of a province does not include an employee or agent of Her Majesty in right of a province whose duties and functions as such an employee or agent are restricted to work in a university, a college or other educational institution or a hospital. ( employé ou mandataire de Sa Majesté du chef d’une province ) fiscal year means the fiscal year of the foundation as determined in accordance with its by-laws. ( exercice ) foundation means the Canada Foundation for Innovation established by section 3. ( fondation ) member means a person who is a member of the foundation. ( membre ) Minister means the Minister of Industry. ( ministre ) non-profit organization means a corporation, society, association, organization or body no part of whose income is payable to or otherwise available for the personal benefit of any of its proprietors, members or shareholders. ( organisation sans but lucratif ) research means the attempt by careful scientific or technical enquiry, experimentation, study, observation, analysis and recording to discover new facts, knowledge and information, to develop new interpretations of facts, knowledge or information, or to discover new means of applying existing knowledge, relating to (a) a science; (b) health; (c) engineering; or (d) the environment. ( recherche ) research infrastructure means equipment, specimens, scientific collections, computer software, information databases, communications linkages and other intangible property used or to be used primarily for carrying on research, including housing and installations essential for the use and servicing of those things. ( infrastructure de recherche ) special resolution of the members means a resolution passed by a majority of not less than two thirds of the votes cast by the members who voted on the resolution at a meeting of the members or signed by all the members entitled to vote on the resolution. ( résolution extraordinaire ) 1997, c. 26, s. 2; 2001, c. 11, s. 1