Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1 (S.C. 2021, c. 23)

Short Title

Marginal note:Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1.

PART 1Amendments to the Income Tax Act and Other Legislation

R.S., c. 1 (5th Supp.)Income Tax Act

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R.S., c. E-15Excise Tax Act

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2002, c. 9, s. 5Air Travellers Security Charge Act

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2002, c. 22Excise Act, 2001

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2018, c. 12, s. 186Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

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C.R.C., c. 945Income Tax Regulations

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SOR/2008-186Canada Disability Savings Regulations

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PART 2GST/HST Measures

R.S., c. E-15Excise Tax Act

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SOR/2010-151New Harmonized Value-added Tax System Regulations, No. 2

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PART 3Amendments to the Excise Act, 2001

2002, c. 22Excise Act, 2001

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PART 4Various Measures

DIVISION 1Stability and Efficiency of the Financial Sector

R.S., c. C-3Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act

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1996, c. 6, Sch.Payment Clearing and Settlement Act

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2018, c. 12Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1

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Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

• 139 Footnote ^*(1) Sections 129 to 131 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 129 to 131 not in force.]

• Marginal note:2018, c. 12 — second anniversary

  Footnote ^*(2) Section 132 comes into force on the second anniversary of the day on which section 212 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 comes into force.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Section 132 in force April 30, 2024.]

DIVISION 2Unclaimed Amounts

R.S., c. B-2Bank of Canada Act

140 [Amendments]

R.S., c. 32 (2nd Supp.)Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

1991, c. 45Trust and Loan Companies Act

143 [Amendments]

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1991, c. 46Bank Act

145 [Amendments]

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Coordinating Amendments

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Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

• 150 Footnote ^*(1) Sections 140 and 143 to 148 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 140 and 143 to 148 in force June 30, 2023, see SI/2023-22.]

• Marginal note:Order in council

  Footnote ^*(2) Sections 141 and 142 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 141 and 142 not in force.]

DIVISION 32018, c. 27Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2

Amendments to the Act

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Coordinating Amendments

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DIVISION 4Sunset Provisions

1991, c. 45Trust and Loan Companies Act

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1991, c. 46Bank Act

154 [Amendments]

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1991, c. 47Insurance Companies Act

156 [Amendments]

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DIVISION 52017, c. 21Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law)

158 [Amendments]

DIVISION 62000, c. 17; 2001, c. 41, s. 48Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

Amendments to the Act

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Transitional Provision

Marginal note:No ascertainment of expenses in first year

175.1 The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada is not required to ascertain, under subsection 51.1(1) of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act, as enacted by section 165, the total amount of prescribed expenses incurred during the fiscal year in which section 165 comes into force.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

• 176 Footnote ^*(1) Section 159 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Section 159 in force July 1, 2024, see SI/2023-60.]

• Marginal note:Order in council

  Footnote ^*(2) Sections 164, 165 and 170 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 164, 165 and 170 in force January 1, 2024, see SI/2023-59.]

DIVISION 7Retail Payment Activities Act

Enactment of Act

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Related Amendments

R.S., c. C-3Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act

178 [Amendments]

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2000, c. 17; 2001, c. 41, s. 48Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act

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2001, c. 9Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act

183 [Amendments]

2010, c. 12, s. 1834Payment Card Networks Act

184 [Amendments]

Coordinating Amendments

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186 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

• 187 Footnote ^*(1) The provisions of the Retail Payment Activities Act, as enacted by section 177 of this Act, other than sections 1 to 10, 12 to 16 and 61, subsections 62(1), (3) and (4) and section 63, come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 11, 28 to 44, 49 and 51, subsection 62(2) and sections 64 to 98 and 101 to 108 of the Retail Payment Activities Act, as enacted by section 177, in force November 1, 2024, section 23 of the Retail Payment Activities Act, as enacted by section 177, in force November 16, 2024, sections 17 to 22, 24 to 27, 45 to 48, 50 and 52 to 60 of the Retail Payment Activities Act, as enacted by section 177, in force September 8, 2025 see SI/2023-70.]

• Marginal note:Order in council

  Footnote ^*(2) Sections 180 and 181 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 180 and 181 in force November 1, 2024, see SI/2023-70.]

DIVISION 8R.S., c. 32 (2nd Supp.)Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985

Amendments to the Act

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Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*191 This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Division 8 in force May 24, 2024, see SI/2024-24.]

DIVISION 92005, c. 9; 2012, c. 19, s. 658First Nations Fiscal Management Act

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DIVISION 10R.S., c. F-8; 1995, c. 17, s. 45Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (Fiscal Stabilization Payments)

Amendments to the Act

193 [Amendments]

194 [Amendments]

Transitional Provision

Marginal note:Continuation

195 The following continue to apply with respect to fiscal stabilization payments for the fiscal years beginning on April 1, 2019 and April 1, 2020:

• (a) subsection 6(1), paragraphs 6(4)(b) and (5)(b) and (c) and subsection 6(7) of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, as they read immediately before the day on which this Act receives royal assent; and

• (b) any regulations made under that Act that apply in respect of any of those subsections and paragraphs, as the regulations read immediately before that day.

DIVISION 11R.S., c. F-8; 1995, c. 17, s. 45Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (Additional Health Payments)

196 [Amendments]

DIVISION 12Canada’s COVID-19 Immunization Plan

Marginal note:Total payment of $1 billion

• 197 (1) The Minister of Finance may make the following payments to the provinces and territories in respect of Canada’s COVID-19 immunization plan:

  • (a) to Ontario, $387,712,000;

  • (b) to Quebec, $225,603,000;

  • (c) to Nova Scotia, $25,755,000;

  • (d) to New Brunswick, $20,549,000;

  • (e) to Manitoba, $36,302,000;

  • (f) to British Columbia, $135,447,000;

  • (g) to Prince Edward Island, $4,198,000;

  • (h) to Saskatchewan, $31,022,000;

  • (i) to Alberta, $116,333,000;

  • (j) to Newfoundland and Labrador, $13,752,000;

  • (k) to Yukon, $1,107,000;

  • (l) to the Northwest Territories, $1,189,000; and

  • (m) to Nunavut, $1,031,000.

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

  (2) Any amount payable under subsection (1) 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.

DIVISION 13Canada Community-Building Fund

Additional Payments

Marginal note:Maximum payment of $2.2 billion

198 Despite section 161 of the Keeping Canada’s Economy and Jobs Growing Act, as amended by section 233 of the Economic Action Plan 2013 Act, No. 1 and paragraph 375(1)(i) of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1, there may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities or the Minister of Indigenous Services, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, in addition to the sum referred to in that section 161, a sum not exceeding $2,200,000,000 to provinces, territories, municipalities, municipal associations, provincial, territorial and municipal entities and First Nations for the purpose of municipal, regional and First Nations infrastructure.

2011, c. 24Keeping Canada’s Economy and Jobs Growing Act

199 [Amendments]

DIVISION 14Hibernia Dividend Backed Annuity Agreement

Marginal note:Maximum amount of $3,056,491,000

• 200 (1) There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance and in accordance with the terms and conditions provided for in the agreement, the annual payments to be made to Newfoundland and Labrador, to a maximum amount of $3,056,491,000.

• Marginal note:Sunset provision

  (2) A payment out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund must not be made under this section after March 31, 2057.

• Marginal note:Definition of agreement

  (3) In this section, agreement means the Hibernia Dividend Backed Annuity Agreement entered into between Her Majesty in right of Canada and Her Majesty in right of Newfoundland and Labrador and dated April 1, 2019.

DIVISION 152005, c. 30, s. 85Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act

201 [Amendments]

DIVISION 161993, c. 38Telecommunications Act

202 [Amendments]

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DIVISION 171998, c. 36Canada Small Business Financing Act

Amendments to the Act

204 [Amendments]

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Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*208 This Division, other than subsections 204(2) and (3) and 206(1), comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Division 17, other than subsections 204(2) and (3) and 206(1), in force July 4, 2022, see SI/2022-33.]

DIVISION 18R.S., c. 1 (2nd Supp.)Customs Act

Amendments to the Act

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Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*218 The provisions of this Division come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 209 to 211 in force October 21, 2024, see SI/2024-13, as amended by SI/2024-21.]

DIVISION 192020, c. 1Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act

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DIVISION 20Social Security Tribunal

2005, c. 34; 2013, c. 40, s. 205Department of Employment and Social Development Act

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R.S., c. F-7; 2002, c. 8, s. 14Consequential Amendment to the Federal Courts Act

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Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Definitions

238 The following definitions apply in this section and sections 239 to 243.

Appeal Division

Appeal Division means the Appeal Division of the Tribunal. (division d’appel)

former Act

former Act means the Department of Employment and Social Development Act as it read immediately before the day on which this Division comes into force. (ancienne loi)

General Division

General Division means the General Division of the Tribunal. (division générale)

Income Security Section

Income Security Section means the Income Security Section of the General Division of the Tribunal. (section de la sécurité du revenu)

new Act

new Act means the Department of Employment and Social Development Act as it reads on the day on which this Division comes into force. (nouvelle loi)

Tribunal

Tribunal means the Social Security Tribunal established under section 44 of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act. (Tribunal)

Marginal note:Clarification — immediate application

239 For greater certainty, but subject to sections 240 to 242, the new Act applies in respect of applications and appeals that are ongoing on the day on which this Division comes into force.

Marginal note:Time limit for appeals — summary dismissal

• 240 (1) An appeal of a decision made by the General Division under section 53 of the former Act must be brought to the Appeal Division within 90 days after the day on which this Division comes into force. Despite subsection 56(1) of the new Act, no leave is necessary.

• Marginal note:Appeals — summary dismissal

  (2) An appeal of a decision made by the General Division under section 53 of the former Act that is ongoing on the day on which this Division comes into force, or that is referred to in subsection (1), is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with subsections 58(1) and 59(1) of the former Act. Section 58.3 of the new Act does not apply in respect of the appeal.

• Marginal note:Federal Court

  (3) Despite paragraph 28(1)(g.1) of the Federal Courts Act, the Federal Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine applications for judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division that relates to an appeal brought under subsection 53(3) of the former Act or that is referred to in subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Judicial review

  (4) If, following a judicial review referred to in subsection (3), the Federal Court refers the matter back to the Appeal Division, the matter is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with subsections 58(1) and 59(1) of the former Act. Section 58.3 of the new Act does not apply in respect of the matter.

Marginal note:Applications under section 66 of former Act

• 241 (1) An application under section 66 of the former Act that is ongoing before the General Division or Appeal Division on the day on which this Division comes into force is to be dealt with in accordance with that section 66.

• Marginal note:Referral back to General Division

  (2) If, following an appeal of a decision made by the General Division under section 66 of the former Act, the Appeal Division refers the matter back to the General Division, the matter is to be dealt with in accordance with that section 66.

• Marginal note:Applications for leave to appeal — decision under section 66 of former Act

  (3) An application for leave to appeal a decision made by the General Division under section 66 of the former Act is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with subsections 58(1) and (2) of the former Act.

• Marginal note:Appeals — decisions under section 66 of former Act

  (4) If leave to appeal is granted, the appeal is to be dealt with in accordance with subsections 58(1) and 59(1) of the former Act and, in the case where the Appeal Division decides under that subsection 59(1) to give the decision that the General Division should have given, the appeal is also to be dealt with in accordance with section 66 of the former Act. Section 58.3 of the new Act does not apply in respect of the appeal.

• Marginal note:Judicial review — leave to appeal

  (5) If, following a judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division referred to in subsection (3), the Federal Court refers the matter back to the Appeal Division, the matter is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with subsections 58(1) and (2) of the former Act.

• Marginal note:Judicial review — appeals

  (6) If, following a judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division referred to in subsection (4), the Federal Court of Appeal refers the matter back to the Appeal Division, the matter is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with subsections 58(1) and 59(1) of the former Act and, in the case where the Appeal Division decides under that subsection 59(1) to give the decision that the General Division should have given, the matter is also to be dealt with in accordance with section 66 of the former Act. Section 58.3 of the new Act does not apply in respect of the matter.

Marginal note:Applications for leave to appeal — Income Security Section

• 242 (1) An application for leave to appeal a decision of the Income Security Section that is ongoing on the day on which this Division comes into force is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with subsections 58(1) and (2) of the former Act.

• Marginal note:Ongoing appeals

  (2) An appeal of a decision of the Income Security Section that is ongoing on the day on which this Division comes into force, or an appeal that results from an application for leave to appeal referred to in subsection (1) that is granted, is to be dealt with in accordance with subsections 58(1) and 59(1) of the former Act. Section 58.3 of the new Act does not apply in respect of the appeal.

• Marginal note:Federal Court — before coming into force

  (3) In the case of a judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division under subsection 58(3) of the former Act that relates to a decision of the Income Security Section, if, before the day on which this Division comes into force, the Federal Court refers the matter back to the Appeal Division, the matter is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with subsections 58(1) and (2) of the former Act.

• Marginal note:Federal Court — after coming into force

  (4) In the case of a judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division under subsection 58(3) of the former Act that relates to a decision of the Income Security Section other than a judicial review referred to in subsection 241(5), if, on or after the day on which this Division comes into force, the Federal Court refers the matter back to the Appeal Division, the matter is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with the provisions of the new Act.

• Marginal note:Federal Court of Appeal — before coming into force

  (5) In the case of a judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division under subsection 59(1) of the former Act that relates to a decision of the Income Security Section, if, before the day on which this Division comes into force, the Federal Court of Appeal refers the matter back to the Appeal Division, the matter is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with subsections 58(1) and 59(1) of the former Act. Section 58.3 of the new Act does not apply in respect of the matter.

• Marginal note:Federal Court Appeal — after coming into force

  (6) In the case of a judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division under subsection 59(1) of the former Act that relates to a decision of the Income Security Section other than a judicial review referred to in subsection 241(6), if, on or after the day on which this Division comes into force, the Federal Court of Appeal refers the matter back to the Appeal Division, the matter is to be dealt with by the Appeal Division in accordance with the provisions of the new Act.

Marginal note:Interpretation of consequential amendment to Federal Courts Act

243 For greater certainty, the Federal Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine applications for judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Division made under section 58 of the former Act before the day on which this Division comes into force.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*244 This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Division 20 in force December 5, 2022, see SI/2022-59.]

DIVISION 21R.S., c. L-2Canada Labour Code (Equal Remuneration Protection)

245 [Amendments]

DIVISION 22R.S., c. L-2Canada Labour Code (Federal Minimum Wage)

Amendments to the Act

246 [Amendments]

247 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Six months after royal assent

Footnote ^*248 This Division comes into force on the day that, in the sixth month after the month in which this Act receives royal assent, has the same calendar number as the day on which it receives royal assent or, if that sixth month has no day with that number, the last day of that sixth month.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Division 22 in force December 29, 2021.]

DIVISION 23R.S., c. L-2Canada Labour Code (Leave Related to the Death or Disappearance of a Child)

249 [Amendments]

250 [Amendments]

DIVISION 24Payment to Quebec

Marginal note:Payment of $130.3 million

• 251 (1) For the purpose of offsetting some of the costs of aligning the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan with temporary measures set out in Part VIII.5 of the Employment Insurance Act, the Minister of Employment and Social Development may, before the end of the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2022, make a one-time payment of $130,300,000 out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to Quebec.

• Marginal note:Agreement

  (2) The Minister of Employment and Social Development may, on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada, enter into an agreement with Quebec in relation to the time and manner of the payment.

DIVISION 25R.S., c. J-1Judges Act

Amendment to the Act

252 [Amendments]

Transitional Provision

Marginal note:Section 65.1 of Judges Act

253 Section 65.1 of the Judges Act does not apply to a judge whose removal from judicial office has been recommended by the Canadian Judicial Council before the day on which section 252 comes into force.

DIVISION 26New Judicial Resources

R.S., c. F-7; 2002, c. 8, s. 14Federal Courts Act

254 [Amendments]

R.S., c. J-1Judges Act

255 [Amendments]

256 [Amendments]

257 [Amendments]

258 [Amendments]

R.S., c. T-2Tax Court of Canada Act

259 [Amendments]

DIVISION 27R.S., c. N-15National Research Council Act

260 [Amendments]

261 [Amendments]

DIVISION 282005, c. 34; 2013, c. 40, s. 205Department of Employment and Social Development Act

262 [Amendments]

DIVISION 29Student Loans and Apprentice Loans

R.S., c. S-23Canada Student Loans Act

263 [Repealed before coming into force, 2021, c. 23, s. 266]

1994, c. 28Canada Student Financial Assistance Act

264 [Repealed before coming into force, 2021, c. 23, s. 266]

2014, c. 20, s. 483Apprentice Loans Act

265 [Repealed before coming into force, 2021, c. 23, s. 266]

Coordinating Amendments

266 [Amendments]

DIVISION 30First Nations Elections

Marginal note:Regulations deemed valid

267 The First Nations Election Cancellation and Postponement Regulations (Prevention of Diseases), made on April 7, 2020 and registered as SOR/‍2020-84, and the Regulations Amending the First Nations Election Cancellation and Postponement Regulations (Prevention of Diseases), made on April 8, 2021 and registered as SOR/‍2021-78, are deemed to have been validly made and everything done under, and all consequences flowing from, those Regulations since April 8, 2020 are deemed effective as if those Regulations were so made.

DIVISION 31Increase to Old Age Security Pension and Payment

R.S., c. O-9Old Age Security Act

268 [Amendments]

269 [Amendments]

270 [Amendments]

271 [Amendments]

272 [Amendments]

273 [Amendments]

274 [Amendments]

Payment

Marginal note:Payment out of C.R.F.

275 Any amount payable by the Minister of Employment and Social Development to pensioners, as defined in section 2 of the Old Age Security Act, who are or will be 75 years of age or older on June 30, 2022, in relation to a program to provide a one-time payment of $500 to those pensioners, may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

DIVISION 322003, c. 22, ss. 12 and 13Public Service Employment Act

Amendments to the Act

276 [Amendments]

277 [Amendments]

278 [Amendments]

279 [Amendments]

280 [Amendments]

281 [Amendments]

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Investigations

282 Subsection 2(5) of the Public Service Employment Act, as enacted by subsection 277(2), applies only in respect of appointment processes that commence on or after the day on which that subsection 277(2) comes into force and investigations into those processes.

Marginal note:Qualifications standards

283 Subsection 31(3) of the Public Service Employment Act, as enacted by section 279, applies only in respect of reviews that commence on or after the day on which that section 279 comes into force.

Marginal note:Assessment methods

284 Subsection 36(2) of the Public Service Employment Act, as enacted by section 280, applies only in respect of appointment processes that commence on or after the day on which that section 280 comes into force.

Marginal note:Preference

285 Paragraph 39(1)(c) of the Public Service Employment Act, as enacted by section 281, applies only in respect of advertised external appointment processes that commence on or after the day on which that section 281 comes into force.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Order in council

Footnote ^*286 Subsection 277(2) and section 280 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Subsection 277(2) and section 280 in force July 1, 2023, see SI/2023-20.]

DIVISION 33Early Learning and Child Care

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

• 287 (1) Any amount payable to a province under or in connection with a bilateral agreement in respect of early learning and child care for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2021 may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, until March 31, 2022, on the requisition of the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, at the times and in the manner that that Minister considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Terms and conditions

  (2) That Minister may establish terms and conditions in respect of payments under the bilateral agreements with the provinces.

• Marginal note:Maximum amount

  (3) For the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2021, the maximum aggregate amount payable to the provinces under subsection (1) is $2,948,082,433.

DIVISION 34Benefits and Leave

2020, c. 12, s. 2Canada Recovery Benefits Act

288 [Amendments]

289 [Amendments]

290 [Amendments]

291 [Amendments]

292 [Amendments]

293 [Amendments]

294 [Amendments]

R.S., c. L-2Canada Labour Code

295 [Amendments]

2020, c. 12COVID-19 Response Measures Act

296 [Amendments]

SOR/2021-35Canada Recovery Benefits Regulations

297 [Amendments]

298 [Amendments]

C.R.C., c. 986; SOR/2019-168, s. 1Canada Labour Standards Regulations

299 [Amendments]

Coordinating Amendments

300 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:June 19, 2021

301 This Division, other than section 300, comes into force, or is deemed to have come into force, on June 19, 2021.

DIVISION 35Benefits and Leave Related to Employment

1996, c. 23Employment Insurance Act

Amendments to the Act

302 [Amendments]

303 [Amendments]

304 [Amendments]

305 [Amendments]

306 [Amendments]

307 [Amendments]

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311 [Amendments]

312 [Amendments]

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315 [Amendments]

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317 [Amendments]

318 [Amendments]

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321 [Amendments]

322 [Amendments]

323 [Amendments]

324 [Amendments]

325 [Amendments]

326 [Amendments]

327 [Amendments]

328 [Amendments]

329 [Amendments]

330 [Amendments]

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Words and expressions

331 Words and expressions used in sections 332 to 336 have the same meaning as in the Employment Insurance Act.

Marginal note:Continued application — before September 26, 2021

332 The following provisions of the Employment Insurance Act, as they read immediately before September 26, 2021, continue to apply in respect of an insured person or a claimant, as the case may be, whose benefit period begins before that day:

• (a) the definitions major attachment claimant and minor attachment claimant in subsection 6(1);

• (b) subsection 7(2);

• (c) subsection 7.1(1);

• (d) subsection 12(8);

• (e) subsection 21(1);

• (f) subsections 22(1), (2) and (5);

• (g) subsections 23(1), (1.3), (4), (4.1), (5) and (6);

• (h) subsection 23.1(2);

• (i) subsection 23.2(1);

• (j) subsection 23.3(1);

• (k) subsection 28(7);

• (l) paragraph 29(a);

• (m) subsections 30(1) and (4) to (7);

• (n) section 51; and

• (o) Schedule I.

Marginal note:Continued application — Part VIII.5

333 Part VIII.5 of the Employment Insurance Act, as it read immediately before September 26, 2021, continues to apply in respect of an insured person or claimant, as the case may be, whose benefit period begins during the period beginning on September 27, 2020 and ending on September 25, 2021.

Marginal note:Suspension of operation

• 334 (1) The operation of Part VIII.1 of the Employment Insurance Act and any regulations made under that Part is suspended during the period beginning on September 26, 2021 and ending on September 24, 2022.

• Marginal note:Continued application of suspension

  (2) The operation of Part VIII.1 of the Employment Insurance Act and any regulations made under that Part continues to be suspended in respect of an insured person or a claimant, as the case may be, whose benefit period begins during the period referred to in subsection (1).

Marginal note:Continued application — before September 25, 2022

335 The following provisions of the Employment Insurance Act, as they read immediately before September 25, 2022, continue to apply in respect of an insured person or a claimant, as the case may be, whose benefit period begins during the period beginning on September 26, 2021 and ending on September 24, 2022:

• (a) subsection 6(1);

• (b) subsection 7(2);

• (c) subsection 7.1(1);

• (d) subsection 12(8);

• (e) section 21;

• (f) subsections 22(1), (2) and (5);

• (g) subsections 23(1), (1.3), (4), (4.1), (5) and (6);

• (h) subsection 23.1(2);

• (i) subsection 23.2(1);

• (j) subsection 23.3(1);

• (k) section 28;

• (l) paragraph 29(a);

• (m) section 30;

• (n) section 51; and

• (o) Schedule I.

Marginal note:Illness, injury or quarantine

336 Paragraphs 12(3)(c) and 152.14(1)(c) of the Employment Insurance Act, as amended by subsection 307(2) and section 323, respectively, apply in respect of a claimant for any benefit period that begins on or after the day on which subsection 307(2) and section 323 come into force.

Coordinating Amendments

337 [Amendments]

338 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:September 26, 2021

• 339 (1) Subsections 302(1), 303(1) and (3) and 304(1), section 305, subsections 306(1), 307(1) and (3), 308(1), 309(1), (3) and (5), 310(1), (3), (5), (7), (9), (11) and (13), 311(1), 312(1), 313(1), 314(1), 315(1), 316(1) and (3), 317(1) and 318(1), sections 319 to 321, subsection 322(1), sections 324, 325 and 327, subsection 329(1) and section 330 come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on September 26, 2021.

• Marginal note:September 25, 2022

  (2) Subsections 302(2), 303(2) and (4), 304(2), 306(2), 307(4), 308(2), 309(2), (4) and (6), 310(2), (4), (6), (8), (10), (12) and (14), 311(2), 312(2), 313(2), 314(2), 315(2), 316(2) and (4), 317(2), 318(2), 322(2) and 329(2) come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on September 25, 2022.

• Marginal note:Order in council

  Footnote ^*(3) Subsection 307(2) and sections 323 and 336 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Subsection 307(2) and sections 323 and 336 in force December 18, 2022, see SI/2022-57.]

• Marginal note:September 12, 2021

  (4) Section 326 comes into force, or is deemed to have come into force, on September 12, 2021.

• Marginal note:Order in council

  Footnote ^*(5) Section 328 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

  • Return to footnote ^*[Note: Section 328 in force September 26, 2021, see SI/2021-57.]

R.S., c. L-2Canada Labour Code

Amendments to the Act

340 [Amendments]

341 [Amendments]

342 [Amendments]

343 [Amendments]

344 [Amendments]

Coordinating Amendments

345 [Amendments]

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Subsection 307(2)

Footnote ^*346 Sections 340 to 344 come into force on the day on which subsection 307(2) comes into force.

• Return to footnote ^*[Note: Sections 340 to 344 in force December 18, 2022, see SI/2022-57.]

SOR/96-332Employment Insurance Regulations

Amendments to the Regulations

347 [Amendments]

348 [Amendments]

349 [Amendments]

350 [Amendments]

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Continued application — before September 25, 2022

• 350.1 (1) Subsection 35(6), paragraph 35(7)(g) and section 36 of the former Regulations continue to apply in respect of a claimant’s earnings if, but for this subsection, the earnings would be allocated under subsection 36(9) or (10) of the new Regulations to a number of weeks the first week of which falls within the period beginning on September 26, 2021 and ending on September 24, 2022.

• Marginal note:Definitions

  (2) The following definitions apply in this section.

  claimant

  claimant has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Employment Insurance Act. (prestataire)

  earnings

  earnings means the earnings referred to in subsections 36(9) and (10) of the new Regulations. (rémunération)

  former Regulations

  former Regulations means the Employment Insurance Regulations as they read immediately before September 25, 2022. (ancien règlement)

  new Regulations

  new Regulations means the Employment Insurance Regulations as they read on September 25, 2022. (nouveau règlement)

Coming into Force

Marginal note:September 26, 2021

• 351 (1) Subsections 347(1) and (3), 348(1), 349(1) and (3) and section 350 come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on September 26, 2021.

• Marginal note:September 25, 2022

  (2) Subsections 347(2) and (4), 348(2) and 349(2) and (4) come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on September 25, 2022.

SOR/96-445Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations

Amendments to the Regulations

352 [Amendments]

353 [Amendments]

354 [Amendments]

355 [Amendments]

356 [Amendments]

357 [Amendments]

358 [Amendments]

Transitional Provision

Marginal note:Non-application

359 For greater certainty, subsections 153(3) to (9) of the Employment Insurance Act do not apply in respect of the amendments made by sections 352 to 358.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:September 26, 2021

• 360 (1) Subsections 352(1), 353(1) and (3), 354(1) and 355(1) and (3) and sections 356 and 357 come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on September 26, 2021.

• Marginal note:September 25, 2022

  (2) Subsections 352(2), 353(2) and (4), 354(2) and 355(2) and (4) and section 358 come into force, or are deemed to have come into force, on September 25, 2022.

DIVISION 362000, c. 9Canada Elections Act

Amendments to the Act

361 [Amendments]

Application of Amendments

Marginal note:Election within six months

362 Despite subsection 554(1) of the Canada Elections Act, the amendments to that Act made by section 361 apply in an election for which the writ is issued within six months after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.