Budget Implementation Act, 2007 (S.C. 2007, c. 29)

Short Title

Marginal note:Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Budget Implementation Act, 2007.

PART 1Amendments Related to Income Tax

Income Tax Act

2 [Amendment]

3 [Amendment]

4 [Amendment]

5 [Amendment]

6 [Amendment]

7 [Amendment]

8 [Amendments]

9 [Amendments]

10 [Amendment]

11 [Amendment]

12 [Amendments]

13 [Amendment]

14 [Amendment]

15 [Amendment]

16 [Amendment]

17 [Amendments]

18 [Amendments]

19 [Amendments]

20 [Amendments]

21 [Amendments]

22 [Amendment]

23 [Amendment]

24 [Amendment]

25 [Amendment]

26 [Amendments]

27 [Amendment]

28 [Amendment]

29 [Amendment]

Income Tax Regulations

30 [Amendment]

31 [Amendment]

32 [Amendments]

33 [Amendment]

34 [Amendment]

35 [Amendments]

36 [Amendments]

Canada Education Savings Act

37 [Amendments]

Canada Education Savings Regulations

38 [Amendment]

Coordinating Amendments

39 [Amendment]

40 [Amendment]

41 [Amendment]

42 [Amendment]

PART 2Amendments to the Excise Tax Act (Other than with Respect to the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax)

43 [Amendment]

44 [Amendment]

PART 3Amendments in Respect of the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax

Excise Tax Act

45 [Amendment]

46 [Amendment]

47 [Amendments]

48 [Amendment]

49 [Amendments]

50 [Amendment]

51 [Amendment]

52 [Amendment]

Coordinating Amendments

53 [Amendment]

PART 4Other Measures Relating to Taxation

Customs Tariff

54 [Amendment]

Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

55 [Amendment]

56 [Amendment]

Marginal note:Coming into force

57 Sections 55 and 56 are deemed to have come into force on July 1, 2000.

Payments to Ontario

Marginal note:Payment of $250,000,000

58 For the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2007, from and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, there may be paid, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance, an amount of $250,000,000 to the Province of Ontario, to assist the province in the transition to a single corporate tax administration.

Marginal note:Payment of $150,000,000

59 For the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2008, from and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, there may be paid, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance, an amount of $150,000,000 to the Province of Ontario, to assist the province in the transition to a single corporate tax administration.

PART 5Tax-back Guarantee Act

Marginal note:Enactment of Act

60 The Tax-back Guarantee Act is enacted as follows:

[See Tax-back Guarantee Act]

PART 6Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

Amendments to Act

61 [Amendment]

62 [Amendment]

63 [Amendment]

64 [Amendment]

65 [Amendment]

66 [Amendment]

67 [Amendment]

68 [Amendments]

69 [Amendments]

70 [Amendment]

71 [Amendments]

72 [Amendment]

73 [Amendment]

74 [Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

75 [Transitional provision]

76 [Transitional provision]

77 [Transitional provision]

Consequential Amendments

Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

78 [Repealed, 2007, c. 35, s. 169]

79 [Amendment]

80 [Amendment]

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act

81 [Amendment]

82 [Amendment]

83 [Repealed, 2007, c. 35, s. 170]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Newfoundland and Labrador

• 84 (1) Sections 79 and 82 come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on April 1 of the first fiscal year in respect of which Newfoundland and Labrador makes the election under subsection 3.7(3) of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act.

• Marginal note:Notice

  Footnote ^*(2) The Minister of Finance shall publish in the Canada Gazette the date on which sections 79 and 82 come into force.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 79 and 82 in force April 1, 2010, see Canada Gazette Part I, Volume 146, page 26.]

• Marginal note:Nova Scotia

  (3) Section 81 comes into force, or is deemed to have come into force, on April 1, 2008.

PART 7Amendments to the Financial Administration Act

Financial Administration Act

85 [Amendment]

86 [Amendment]

87 [Amendment]

88 [Amendment]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*89 This Part comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Part 7 in force October 26, 2007, see SI/2007-95.]

PART 8Amendments to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act

90 [Amendments]

PART 9Amendments Relating to Eligible Financial Contracts

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

91 [Amendments]

92 [Amendments]

93 [Amendment]

94 [Amendment]

95 [Amendment]

96 [Amendment]

97 [Amendment]

98 [Amendment]

99 [Amendment]

100 [Amendment]

101 [Amendment]

102 [Amendment]

Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act

103 [Amendments]

Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act

104 [Amendments]

105 [Amendment]

106 [Amendments]

107 [Amendment]

108 [Amendment]

109 [Amendment]

Payment Clearing and Settlement Act

110 [Amendment]

111 [Amendments]

112 [Amendments]

Winding-up and Restructuring Act

113 [Amendments]

114 [Amendment]

115 [Amendment]

116 [Amendment]

Transitional Provisions

117 [Transitional provision]

118 [Transitional provision]

119 [Transitional provision]

120 [Transitional provision]

121 [Transitional provision]

Coordinating Amendments

122 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*123 Subsections 91(2), 103(2), 104(2) and 113(2) come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Subsection 103(2) in force November 17, 2007, see SI/2007-105; subsections 91(2), 104(2) and 113(2) in force November 17, 2007, see SI/2007-106.]

PART 10Payments to Provinces and Territories

Payment to British Columbia

Marginal note:Maximum payment of $30,000,000

124 There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance, a sum not exceeding thirty million dollars to the Province of British Columbia to promote fair and equitable economic development, in an environmentally sustainable and ecologically integrated manner, of First Nations in the Spirit Bear Rainforest area of British Columbia and the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia.

Clean Air and Climate Change Trust Fund

Marginal note:Maximum payment of $1,519,000,000

• 125 (1) The Minister of Finance may make direct payments, in an aggregate amount not exceeding one billion, five hundred and nineteen million dollars, to a trust established to provide provinces and territories with funding to support provincial and territorial projects that will result in reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants. Territories may also use those funds to adapt to a changing climate.

• Marginal note:Provincial or territorial share

  (2) The amount that may be provided to a province or territory under this section is to be determined in accordance with the terms of the trust indenture establishing the trust referred to in subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Payments out of C.R.F.

  (3) Any amount payable under this section may be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the times and in the manner that the Minister of Finance considers appropriate.

Transitional Payments

Marginal note:Maximum payment of $614,100,000

• 126 (1) The Minister of Finance may make direct payments, in an aggregate amount not exceeding six hundred and fourteen million, one hundred thousand dollars, to a trust established to provide the Province of Ontario with funding for post-secondary education and training and the Provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan with funding for training.

• Marginal note:Provincial share

  (2) The amount that may be provided to a province under this section is to be determined in accordance with the terms of the trust indenture establishing the trust referred to in subsection (1) and allocated as follows:

  • (a) a sum not exceeding five hundred and seventy-four million dollars to the Province of Ontario;

  • (b) a sum not exceeding twenty-one million, seven hundred thousand dollars to the Province of Manitoba; and

  • (c) a sum not exceeding eighteen million, four hundred thousand dollars to the Province of Saskatchewan.

• Marginal note:Payments out of C.R.F.

  (3) Any amount payable under this section may be paid by the Minister of Finance out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund at the times and in the manner that the Minister of Finance considers appropriate.