Provisions of C-38
*Provisions taken from the summary included in Bill C-38. Prepared by Pat Steenberg using information on the Parliamentary website www. parl.gc.ca
Part I
- Income Tax Act amended: – Medical Expense Tax Credit, Registered Disability, Savings Plan, Mineral Exploration Tax Credit, Dividend designations, Governor General’s salary, Tax shelters, Charitable donation, foreign registration; political activity, Marketing Freedom for Grain Farmers
Part 2
- Excise Tax Act amended
Part 3
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act repealed
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012 enacted
- National Energy Board Act amended—‘timeliness’ of pipeline reviews
- Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act amended—NEB to have federal jurisdiction over cross pipelines and power lines crossing navigable waters
- Fisheries Act amended—removes habitat protection
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 amended—disposal at sea permits
- Species at Risk Act amended
Part 4
- Auditor General Act amended
- Trust and Loan Companies Act amended
- Bank Act amended—among other things, adds a preamble
- Cooperative Credit Association Act amended
- Public Private Partnerships Canada Inc—makes an agent of the Government for the purposes of, among others, providing advice to federal departments
- Northwest Territories Act amended
- Nunavut Act amended
- Yukon Act amended
- Financial Administration Act amended
- Alternative Fuels Act amended
- Public Service Employment Act amended
- Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act amended
- Canada Pension Plan amended
- Old Age Security Act amended
- Employment Insurance Act amended
- Parks Canada Agency Act amended
- Canada National Parks Act amended
- Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act amended
- Insurance Companies Act amended
- National Housing Act amended
- Supporting Vulnerable Seniors and Strengthening Canada’s Economy Act
- Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Law Enforcement Operations Act enacted—enacts 2009 agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the USA implemented
- Bretton Woods and Related Agreements Act amended
- Official Development Assistance Accountability Act amended
- Canada Health Act amended
- Canada Security Intelligence Service Act amended—Office of the Inspector General eliminated and give oversight responsibilities to Security Intelligence Review Committee
- Currency Act amended
- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act amended
- Food and Drugs Act amended
- Government Employees Compensation Act amended
- International Development Research Centre Act amended
- Canada Labour Code amended
- Fair ages and Hours of Labour Act repealed.
- Public Appointments Commission dissolved, and its Secretariat
- Seeds Act amended—empowers Canadian Food Inspection Agency to issue licenses to persons authorizing them control or assure quality of seeds or seed crops
- Statutory Instruments Act amended
- Investment Canada Act amended
- Customs Act amended
- Pensions Benefits Standards Act, 1985—retroactive effect to ss 39(2) and (3)
- Railway Safety Act amended
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act
- International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Act repealed—International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development eliminated
- Health of Animals Act amended
- Canada School of Public Service Act amended—Board of Governors abolished and responsibilities reassigned to responsible Minister and President of the School
- Corrections and Conditional Release Act amended
- Coasting Trade Act amended
- Status of the Artist Act amended—dissolves the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal and transfers powers and duties to the Canadian Industrial Relations Board
- National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy Act repealed—National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy eliminated
- Telecommunications Act amended—changes rules re foreign ownership if Canadian carriers eligible to operated as common carriers (China’s purchase of Telus)
- Employment Equity Act amended
- Canada Marine Act amended
- First Nations Land Management Act amended
- Canada Travelling Exhibitions Indemnification Act amended
- Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Act amended
- First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act amended—First Nations Statistical Institute eliminated
- Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Reestablishment and Compensation Act amended
- National Council on Welfare eliminated
- Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act repealed
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act amended
- Shared Services Canada Act amended
- Assisted Human Reproduction Act repealed—pursuant to Supreme Court Decision; Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada eliminated
Total: 70
Total amended: 57
Total enacted: 3
Total agencies eliminated: 7
Addendum : With closure each member of Parliament gets about six seconds to address each Act. All Bills treats Parliament like a washroom. The Conservative members enter the Chamber raise the seat and flush as many times as necessary. In this case, it’s 70 times. Clive Doucet
This is fantastic news. Reducing the size of the bureaucracy is an important task.
Longer term we must eliminate thousands of government jobs whose functions are replicated by the private sector companies. Environment Canada is a very good example of an organization that is redundant.
I’d also like to see the maintenance and operation of the Rideau Canal outsourced. We also need to make the Canal more appealing. The commercialization of lands surrounding Dow’s Lake would add excitement. Think of Dow’s Lake as an extension of the new Lansdowne Park!
PS. Have you been down to Lansdowne Park? Work has finally started. Minto is advertising Lansdowne condo sales and the ugly Colisium Building will soon be history. Perhaps a drink at Irene’s to celebrate?