Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 1 (S.C. 2017, c. 20)

R.S., c. 15 (4th Supp.)Non-smokers’ Health Act

178 Paragraph (c) of the definition employer in subsection 2(1) of the Non-smokers’ Health Act is replaced by the following:

R.S., c. 31 (4th Supp.)Official Languages Act

179 The definition federal institution in subsection 3(1) of the Official Languages Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (c.2):

180 Section 33 of the Act is replaced by the following:

• 181 (1) The portion of subsection 38(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

  Marginal note:Regulations

  • 38 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations in respect of federal institutions, other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer,

• (2) Paragraph 38(2)(b) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (b) substituting, with respect to any federal institution other than the Senate, House of Commons, Library of Parliament, office of the Senate Ethics Officer, office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Parliamentary Protective Service or office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, a duty in relation to the use of the official languages of Canada in place of a duty under section 36 or the regulations made under subsection (1), having regard to the equality of status of both official languages, if there is a demonstrable conflict between the duty under section 36 or the regulations and the mandate of the institution.

182 Subsection 41(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

183 Subsection 46(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

184 Paragraph 93(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

1991, c. 30Public Sector Compensation Act

185 Paragraph 3(1)(c) of the Public Sector Compensation Act is replaced by the following:

2003, c. 22, ss. 12 and 13Public Service Employment Act

186 The portion of section 35.3 of the Public Service Employment Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

2006, c. 9, s. 2Conflict of Interest Act

• 187 (1) The definition public office holder in subsection 2(1) of the Conflict of Interest Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (d):

  • (d.01) the Parliamentary Budget Officer;

• (2) The definition reporting public office holder in subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (e) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

  • (e.1) the Parliamentary Budget Officer; or

188 Subsection 24(2) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

2009, c. 2, s. 393Expenditure Restraint Act

189 Paragraph 13(1)(c) of the Expenditure Restraint Act is replaced by the following:

2013, c. 36Language Skills Act

190 Section 2 of the Language Skills Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (j):

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

191 Sections 126 to 129 and 131 to 190 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

DIVISION 8R.S., c. 28 (1st Supp.)Investment Canada Act

Amendments to the Act

192 Paragraphs 14.1(1)(a) to (d) of the Investment Canada Act are replaced by the following:

193 Section 38.1 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Transitional Provision

Marginal note:Application for review — subsection 14.1(1)

194 Any application that is filed under section 17 of the Investment Canada Act before the day on which paragraph 14.1(1)(d) of that Act, as enacted by section 192 of this Act, comes into force and in respect of which the Minister of Industry has not made a decision before that day is deemed never to have been filed if

• (a) the investment to which the application relates would have been subject to subsection 14.1(1) of that Act, had the application been filed on that day; and

• (b) the enterprise value of the assets to which the application relates is less than the amount referred to in paragraph 14.1(1)(d) of that Act, as enacted by section 192 of this Act.

DIVISION 9Funding for Home Care Services and Mental Health Services

Marginal note:Payment to provinces — fiscal year 2017–2018

• 195 (1) For the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2017, the Minister of Finance must pay to a province the amounts determined in accordance with subsections (2) and (3) for the purposes of assisting the province to provide home care services and mental health services if, no later than March 30, 2018, the Minister of Health notifies the Minister of Finance in writing that, in his or her opinion, the government of the province, before December 15, 2017, has accepted the federal proposal to strengthen health care for Canadians made on December 19, 2016.

• Marginal note:Amount — home care services

  (2) The amount to be paid for the purposes of assisting a province to provide home care services is the amount determined in accordance with the formula

  A × (B/C)

  where

  A

  is $200 million;

  B

  is the population of the province, according to the official estimate of the population of the province on July 1, 2016 published by Statistics Canada on September 28, 2016; and

  C

  is the total of the population of all provinces, according to the official estimate of the population of all provinces on July 1, 2016 published by Statistics Canada on September 28, 2016.

• Marginal note:Amount — mental health services

  (3) The amount to be paid for the purposes of assisting a province to provide mental health services is the amount determined in accordance with the formula

  A × (B/C)

  where

  A

  is $100 million;

  B

  is the population of the province, according to the official estimate of the population of the province on July 1, 2016 published by Statistics Canada on September 28, 2016; and

  C

  is the total of the population of all provinces, according to the official estimate of the population of all provinces on July 1, 2016 published by Statistics Canada on September 28, 2016.

• Marginal note:Payments out of C.R.F

  (4) Any amount to be paid under this section is to be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.