Budget Implementation Act, 1998

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in this Part.

  auditor

  vérificateur

  auditor means the auditor for the Foundation appointed under section 40. (vérificateur)

  Board

  conseil

  Board means the Board of Directors of the Foundation. (conseil)

  Chairperson

  président

  Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under paragraph 8(2)(a). (président)

  director

  administrateur

  director means a person who is on the Board and includes the Chairperson. (administrateur)

  eligible institution

  établissement admissible

  eligible institution means

  • (a) a public post-secondary educational institution in Canada that grants degrees, certificates or diplomas; or

  • (b) a private post-secondary educational institution in Canada that grants degrees, certificates or diplomas and that is determined by the Foundation to be an eligible institution. (établissement admissible)

  employee or agent of Her Majesty in right of a province

  employé ou mandataire de Sa Majesté du chef d’une province

  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 an eligible institution. (employé ou mandataire de Sa Majesté du chef d’une province)

  fiscal year

  exercice

  fiscal year means the fiscal year of the Foundation as determined in accordance with its by-laws. (exercice)

  Foundation

  fondation

  Foundation means the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation established by section 3. (fondation)

  full-time studies

  études à temps plein

  full-time studies means a course load that is determined by the Foundation to be a full-time course load. (études à temps plein)

  member

  membre

  member means a person who is a member of the Foundation. (membre)

  Ministers

  ministres

  Ministers means the Minister of Human Resources Development and the Minister of Finance. (ministres)

  part-time studies

  études à temps partiel

  part-time studies means a course load that is determined by the Foundation to be a part-time course load. (études à temps partiel)

  provincial minister

  ministre provincial

  provincial minister, in respect of a province, means the province’s minister of the Crown who has primary responsibility for that province’s post-secondary education. (ministre provincial)

  special resolution

  résolution extraordinaire

  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)

• Marginal note:Public post-secondary educational institutions

  (2) For the purposes of this Part, a public post-secondary educational institution is considered to be public if the Foundation is of the opinion that a substantial part of its funding comes from a provincial government.