Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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This Act may be cited as the Budget Implementation Act, 2009.
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Budget Implementation Act, 2008
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Income Tax Regulations
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Amendments in Respect of Sales and Excise Taxes
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Excise Tax Act
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Employment Insurance
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Claimants Not in Canada
The maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid to a claimant referred to in subsection 55(7) of the Employment Insurance Regulations whose benefit period has not ended before the second Sunday before the day on which this Act receives royal assent and does not begin after September 11, 2010 is to be determined in accordance with Schedule 10.
Pilot Project Relating To Extended Benefits
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Premium Rates Provided for Under the Employment Insurance Act
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Transitional Provision
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Coordinating Amendments
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Coming into Force
Subsection 224(1) is deemed to have come into force on the second Sunday before the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
Subsection 224(2) comes into force on September 12, 2010.
Stability and Efficiency of the Financial System
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Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act
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Consequential Amendments
Access to Information Act
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Canadian Payments Act
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Financial Administration Act
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Winding-up and Restructuring Act
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Coming into Force
The provisions of this Division, except for sections 235 and 254 and subsection 257(1), come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.[Note: Section 235 and subsection 257(1) in force on assent March 12, 2009; sections 233, 234, 236 to 244, subsections 245(1) to (6), sections 246 to 253, 255 and 256, subsection 257(2) and section 258 in force on July 1, 2009, see SI/2009-57; subsection 245(7) in force November 1, 2010, see SI/2010-80.]
Section 254 is deemed to have come into force on January 27, 2009.
Export Development Act
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Business Development Bank of Canada Act
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Canada Small Business Financing Act
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Coming into Force
This Division comes into force on April 1, 2009 or, if it is later, on the day on which this Act receives royal assent.
Legislation Governing Financial Institutions
Bank Act
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Cooperative Credit Associations Act
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act
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Green Shield Canada Act
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Insurance Companies Act
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Trust and Loan Companies Act
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Securities
Securities Regulation
The Minister of Finance may make direct payments, in an aggregate amount not exceeding $328,000,000 or any other amount that may be specified in an appropriation Act, to provinces and territories for matters relating to the establishment of a Canadian securities regulation regime and a Canadian regulatory authority.
Any amount payable under this section may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance, at the times and in the manner, and on any terms and conditions, that the Minister of Finance considers appropriate.
The Minister of Finance may enter into any agreement respecting securities regulation with any province or territory.
Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office Act
The Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office Act is enacted as follows:[See Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office Act]
Transitional Provision
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Section 297 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.[Note: Section 297 in force July 13, 2009, see SI/2009-60.]
Payments
Infrastructure Stimulus Fund
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding two billion dollars to provide funding for infrastructure projects primarily related to infrastructure rehabilitation.
Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Base Funding Program
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding four hundred and ninety-five million dollars to provide payments to provinces and territories under the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Base Funding Program for infrastructure projects.
Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty million dollars to provide funding for infrastructure projects in communities that have a population of less than 100,000.
Green Infrastructure Fund
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding two hundred million dollars to support infrastructure projects that promote a clean environment.
Community Adjustment Fund
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding fifty-one million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in Atlantic Canada.
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec), in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred and six million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in the regions of Quebec.
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in Ontario.
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding seventeen million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in the territories.
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification), in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty-four million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in Western Canada.
Improving Infrastructure at Universities and Colleges
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one billion dollars for the construction, renovation, refurbishment or repair of buildings and facilities at post-secondary institutions.
First Nations Housing
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding seventy-five million dollars to support on-reserve housing.
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to support on-reserve housing.
Renovation and Retrofit of Social Housing
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding five hundred million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide funding to the provinces and territories to address the backlog in demand for renovation and energy retrofits of social housing.
Housing for Low-income Seniors
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding two hundred million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide funding to the provinces and territories through the Affordable Housing Initiative for the construction of housing units for low-income seniors.
Housing for Persons with Disabilities
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding twenty-five million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide funding to the provinces and territories through the Affordable Housing Initiative for the construction of housing units for persons with disabilities.
Northern Housing
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide funding to the territories for the renovation and construction of social housing units.
Canada Health Infoway Inc.
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Health, a sum not exceeding five hundred million dollars to Canada Health Infoway Inc. for the development of electronic health records and related systems.
Navigable Waters Protection Act
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Consequential Amendment to the International Bridges and Tunnels Act
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Miscellaneous Provisions
Wage Earner Protection Program
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Consequential Amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
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Transitional Provision
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Federal Financial Assistance for Students
Canada Student Financial Assistance Act
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Canada Student Loans Act
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Consequential Amendment to the Budget Implementation Act, 2008
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Crown Corporations
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Consequential Amendments
Canada Council for the Arts Act
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Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board Act
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Canada Post Corporation Act
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Canadian Dairy Commission Act
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Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act
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Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act
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Payments to Provinces
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Payment to Nova Scotia
There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance, the sum of seventy-four million and one hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollars to Nova Scotia.
Expenditure Restraint Act
The Expenditure Restraint Act, whose text is as follows and whose Schedules 1 and 2 are set out in Schedule 11 to this Act, is hereby enacted:[See Expenditure Restraint Act]
Equitable Compensation
Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act
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Transitional Provisions
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Competition Act
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Transitional Provision
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Consequential Amendments
Competition Tribunal Act
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Criminal Code
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Shipping Conferences Exemption Act, 1987
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Investment Canada Act
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Transitional Provisions
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Column 1 Column 2 Number of Hours of Insurable Employment Number of Weeks of Benefits 420–454 15 455–489 15 490–524 16 525–559 16 560–594 17 595–629 17 630–664 18 665–699 18 700–734 19 735–769 19 770–804 20 805–839 20 840–874 21 875–909 21 910–944 22 945–979 22 980–1,014 23 1,015–1,049 23 1,050–1,084 24 1,085–1,119 24 1,120–1,154 25 1,155–1,189 25 1,190–1,224 26 1,225–1,259 26 1,260–1,294 27 1,295–1,329 27 1,330–1,364 28 1,365–1,399 28 1,400–1,434 29 1,435–1,469 30 1,470–1,504 31 1,505–1,539 32 1,540–1,574 33 1,575–1,609 34 1,610–1,644 35 1,645–1,679 36 1,680–1,714 37 1,715–1,749 38 1,750–1,784 39 1,785–1,819 40 1,820 or more 41
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