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Public Service Employment
Regulations, amendment
(SOR/97-352)
These amendments to the Public Service Employment
Regulations, 1993 are designed to promote and support
Public Service renewal and improved human resources
management in the resourcing area.
More specifically:
- two amendments broaden the possibilities to
make underfill appointments in the executive group.
These amendments allow underfilling in the
executive group even when the appointment is not
made by competition and even if the person to be
appointed is not already in the executive group.
The appointment authority for executives has not
been delegated to deputy heads by the PSC and that
initial appointments to the EX group are subject to
the usual right of appeal.
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Public Service Employment Act, paragraph 35(2)(d)
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 6, 1997
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- several amendments authorize deployments
between occupational groups. The amendments place
one specific condition on intergroup deployments:
the employee to be deployed must meet the minimum
that the PSC has established for purposes of
deployment for the position to which the deployment
will be made. These standards set minimum levels of
competency in terms of education, training,
occupational certification, satisfactory scores on
aptitude or skills tests that the employee has to
meet to be deployed to a position in another
occupational group. These minimum levels are the
same to be used whether a merit-based appointment
or an intergroup deployment is to be made.
Intergroup deployments will be subject to the same
statutory requirements (consent of the employee to
be deployed, recourse, no promotion or change in
tenure, etc.) as deployments within an occupational
group. Intergroup deployments will also have to
meet the requirements of the Treasury Board's
deployment policy. The amendments also stipulate
that the deployments cannot be made to the
executive group (EX) or the management trainee
group (MM) where the employee to be deployed does
not already occupy a position of the group
concerned. The PSC considers that the admission to
these groups should continue to be based on uniform
criteria and standard evaluation methods.
- an amendment to subsection 19(1)(a) to
stipulate that notice is deemed to be given by the
Commission, where it is sent by mail, six days
after the postmark. The amendment made enables
departments to calculate the appeal period from the
date of mailing as determined by the postage meter
impression.
- an amendment to replace the words "deputy head
concerned" with the words "appropriate deputy head"
to make these provisions more consistent in both
official languages. This amendment was recommended
by the Counsel for the Standing Joint Committee for
the Scrutiny of Regulations.
- one amendment corrects an error that was
unfortunately made when subsection 2(3) was added
on March 13, 1997 (SOR/97-142, 1997 Canada Gazette
Part II, p. 839). By this amendment, the words "no
greater than" are replaced by the words "equal to
or greater than".
- another amendment corrects a grammatical error
found in the French version of paragraph 4.1(2)a).
Contact: Régis
Gaudreault, Policy Advisor, Public Service Commission,
L'Esplanade Laurier, West Tower, 300 Laurier Avenue
West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0M7. Tel: 613-992-4530.
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Indian Affairs and Northern
Development Aboriginal Peoples Employment Equity
Program Appointments Regulations
(SOR/97-353)
These Regulations establish that priority employees
who are aboriginal are not subject to the exclusions
set out in the Regulations and thus may be considered
for appointment under the employment equity program
for aboriginal peoples.
More specifically, appointments of aboriginal
peoples to positions in the Department of Indian
Affairs and Northern Development under the employment
equity program are excluded from the operation of
subsections 29(3), 30(1) and (2) and 39(3) and (4) of
the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA)and
from the operation of any regulation made under
paragraph 35(2)(a) of the Act. This exclusionary
treatment does not apply to aboriginal peoples with
appointment priority entitlements under subsections
29(3), 30(1) and (2) and 39(3) and (4) of the PSEA and
the regulations made under paragraph 35(2)(a) of the
Act.
The regulations come into effect July 16, 1997.
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Public Service Employment Act, paragraph 35(2)(d)
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 6, 1997
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At present, approximately 20% of the Department's
employees are aboriginal. The Department has committed
itself to ensuring that half the positions that become
vacant in the coming years will be filled by
aboriginal peoples under the employment equity
program. It also plans to have an aboriginal
representation rate of 37% by 2005. In addition, the
Department intends to raise aboriginal representation
in the Executive Group from 13% to 23% by 2005.
In order to facilitate attainment of these targets,
the Public Service Commission, pursuant to paragraph
35(2)(d) of the Public Service Employment Act, is
making these Regulations, which exclude appointments
under this program from the consideration of priority
persons as set out in subsections 29(3), 30(1) and (2)
and 39(3) and (4) of the Public Service Employment Act
and the regulations made under paragraph 35(2)(a) of
the same Act. These entitlements pertain to, among
others, laid-off employees, Ministers' staff,
employees returning from leave whose position have
been filled on an indeterminate basis and employees
declared surplus.
Contact: Michel Lajoie, Project leader, Staffing
Policy and Program Development Directorate, Public
Service Commission, L'Esplanade Laurier, West Tower,
300 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0M7.
Tel: 613-992-4530.
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Canadian Chicken
Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1990, amendment
(SOR/97-354)
This amendment, which comes into force on July 17,
1997, establishes the 1997 periodic allocation for the
period from July 6, 1997 to Aug. 30, 1997 for
producers who market chicken in interprovincial or
export trade.
The new limits are as follows:
- production subject to federal and provincial
quotas (in live weight, kilograms), for Ontario,
51,680,000; for Quebec, 45,388,409; for Nova
Scotia, 5,982,000; for New Brunswick, 4,238,818;
for Manitoba, 6,234,686; for P.E.I., 580,794; for
Saskatchewan, 3,710,699; for Alberta, 14,057,376;
and for Newfoundland, 2,442,177.
- production subject to periodic export quotas
(in live weight, kilograms), for Nova Scotia,
100,000; for Alberta, 489,796.
Contact: Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency, 377
Dalhousie Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9N8. Tel:
613-241-2800; Fax: 613-241-5999.
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Farm Products Agencies
Act, paragraph 22(1)(f)
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 6, 1997
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Atlantic Pilotage Authority
Regulations, amendment
(SOR/97-355)
The amendment establishes the Confederation Bridge
Compulsory Pilotage Area under Part IV of the Schedule
to the Regulations.
It defines the pilotage area as all the navigable
waters within a quadrilateral commencing at a point at
Latitude 46°11'00" N, Longitude 63°47'00" W,
thence to a bearing of 340° (True) for a distance
of 4.4 nautical miles to a position at Latitude
46°14'12" N, Longitude 63°49'12" W, thence
on a bearing of 107° (True) for a distance of 4.1
nautical miles to a position at Latitude
46°14'00" N, Longitude 63°43'30" W, thence
on a bearing of 157° (True) for a distance of
3.75 nautical miles to a position at Latitude
46°10'30" N, Longitude 63°41'30" W, thence
on a bearing of 277° (True) for a distance of 3.9
nautical miles to the point of commencement.
The regulation comes into force on October 1, 1997;
it was prepublished in the Canada Gazette on March 22,
1997.
Contact: Atlantic Pilotage Authority, #1402,
1959 Upper Water Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J
1M5. Tel: 902-426-2550; Fax: 902-426-4004.
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Pilotage Act, subsection 21(4)
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 6, 1997
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Canada Grain
Regulations, amendment
(SOR/97-356)
The amendment changes Table XXIII re Grades of
Domestic Mustard Seed (Canada, to correct an error in
the maximum limit of conspicuous inseparable seeds
distinctly applicable to the No. 1 Canada Grade.
The tolerance is changed to read "about 0.1%" in
place of "about 0.5%".
The regulation is effective August 1, 1997.
Contact: Canadian Grain Commission, 600 - 303
Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3G8. Tel:
204-983-2735; Fax: 204-983-2751.
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Canada Grain Act, subsections 16(1) and (2)
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 6, 1997
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Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency Quota
Regulations, 1990, amendment
(SOR/97-357)
This amendment establishes the 1997 periodic
allocation for the period from Aug. 31, 1997 to
October 25, 1997 for producers who market chicken in
interprovincial or export trade.
The new limits are as follows:
- production subject to federal and provincial
quotas (in live weight, kilograms), for Ontario,
51,084,000; for Quebec, 44,100,514; for Nova
Scotia, 5,400,000; for New Brunswick, 4,214,820;
for Manitoba, 6,166,621; for P.E.I., 597,356; for
Saskatchewan, 3,832,578; for Alberta, 13,809,086;
and for Newfoundland, 2,326,531.
- production subject to periodic export quotas
(in live weight, kilograms), for Nova Scotia,
50,000; for Alberta, 450,000.
The Regulations come into force on August 31, 1997.
Contact: Canadian Chicken Marketing Agency, 377
Dalhousie Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 9N8. Tel:
613-241-2800; Fax: 613-241-5999.
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Farm Products Agencies
Act, paragraph 22(1)(f)
Not included in Regulatory Plan
To be published in Canada Gazette August 6, 1997
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