CANADA
Amendments to various legislative provisions
The Assembly unanimously passed Bill 36, An Act to amend various legislative provisions mainly concerning shared transportation. One of the purposes of the Act is to allow the Government to determine the date and terms of the transfer to the Société de Transport de Montréal of property relating to any subway system extension the Agence Métropolitaine de Transport is in charge of planning, carrying out and executing. Moreover, the Act gives the Minister of Transport the power to implement pilot projects to improve taxi transportation services in Québec. The Act also authorizes public transit authorities to become associated. They can now apply for a non-profit organization to be constituted for the main purpose of making accessible goods and services they need to carry out their mission. For example, it will be possible for authorities to bundle procurement of buses.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to carry out infrastructure projects
Bill 38, An Act to allow the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to carry out infrastructure projects, was passed on 12 June 2015.
Under the Act, the Minister of Transport, when authorized by the Government, can enter into an agreement with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to mandate the latter to manage and carry out projects to develop new shared transportation infrastructures. Created in 1965, the Caisse de Québec is one of the most important institutional fund managers in North America. It manages capital primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans.
Under the Act, the Government defines the needs to be met and authorizes the solution to be implemented from among the various options proposed by the Caisse. It has full authority over each project that is the subject of such an agreement and may set rates for using the shared transportation infrastructure concerned.
Reorganization of certain labour institutions
Bill 42, An Act to group the Commission de l’équité salariale, the Commission des normes du travail and the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail and to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal, was passed. This Act creates the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail by grouping three existing bodies. The Act also establishes the Administrative Labour Tribunal. The Act defines the Tribunal’s jurisdiction, provides for the rules of procedure that are to apply to the matters it is to hear, establishes the framework applicable to Tribunal members and in particular to their recruitment and appointment, and sets the rules that are to govern the conduct of the Tribunal’s business. The Act comes into force on 1 January 2016, except certain sections.
Other bills being studied
On 12 June 2015, the National Assembly’s spring sessional period ended. Proceedings will resume in September with the examination of Bill 59, An Act to enact the Act to prevent and combat hate speech, speech inciting violence and to amend various legislative provisions to better protect individuals; and Bill 62, An Act to foster adherence to State religious neutrality and to provide a framework for religious accommodation requests in certain bodies.
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