Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 156, Number 1: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

January 1, 2022

BANK OF CANADA

Statement of financial position as at November 30, 2021 (unaudited)

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

Totals

Assets and Liabilities and Equity
Item Amount
Assets 499,153
Liabilities and Equity 499,153

Assets

Cash and foreign deposits
Item Amount
Cash and foreign deposits 7
Loans and receivables
Item Amount
Securities purchased under resale agreements 23,467
Advances to members of Payments Canada n/a
Other receivables 6
Total loans and receivables 23,473
Investments
Item Amount
Government of Canada treasury bills 1,926
Government of Canada bonds — carried at amortized cost 124,975
Government of Canada bonds — carried at fair value through profit and loss 278,771
Canada Mortgage Bonds 9,606
Other bonds 16,135
Securities lent or sold under repurchase agreements 33,959
Other securities n/a
Shares in the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) 476
Total investments 465,848
Derivatives — Indemnity agreements with the Government of Canada
Item Amount
Derivatives — Indemnity agreements with the Government of Canada 8,988
Capital assets
Item Amount
Property and equipment 530
Intangible assets 110
Right-of-use leased assets 41
Total capital assets 681
Other assets
Item Amount
Other assets 156

Liabilities and Equity

Bank notes in circulation
Item Amount
Bank notes in circulation 112,409
Deposits
Item Amount
Government of Canada 55,812
Members of Payments Canada 288,749
Other deposits 8,089
Total deposits 352,650
Securities sold under repurchase agreements
Item Amount
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 32,740
Derivatives — Indemnity agreements with the Government of Canada
Item Amount
Derivatives — Indemnity agreements with the Government of Canada n/a
Other liabilities
Item Amount
Other liabilities 770
Total liabilities
Item Amount
Total liabilities 498,569
Equity
Item Amount
Share capital 5
Statutory and special reserves 125
Investment revaluation reserve 438
Actuarial gains reserve 16
Total equity 584

I declare that the foregoing statement is correct according to the books of the Bank.

Ottawa, December 16, 2021

Coralia Bulhoes
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accountant

I declare that the foregoing statement is to the best of my knowledge and belief correct, and shows truly and clearly the financial position of the Bank, as required by section 29 of the Bank of Canada Act.

Ottawa, December 16, 2021

Tiff Macklem
Governor

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

FISHERIES ACT

Notice respecting the Agreement on the Equivalency of Laws Applicable to Certain Metal and Diamond Mines Located in the Northwest Territories

Notice is hereby given that the Minister of the Environment intends to conclude with Northwest Territories the annexed Agreement entitled “Agreement on the Equivalency of Laws Applicable to Certain Metal and Diamond Mines Located in the Northwest Territories” further to subsection 4.1(4) of the Fisheries Act. The English version of this Agreement is the only official version.

Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed agreement within 60 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice, and be sent to Lorie Cummings, Mining and Processing Division, Department of the Environment, 351 Saint-Joseph Boulevard, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0H3, or at the following email address: Lorie.Cummings@ec.gc.ca.

Ottawa, November 23, 2021

Steven Guilbeault
Minister of the Environment

AGREEMENT ON THE EQUIVALENCY OF LAWS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN METAL AND DIAMOND MINES LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

BETWEEN

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT (“CANADA”)

AND

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AS REPRESENTED BY THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (“THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES”)

Throughout this Agreement, “Parties” means Canada and the Northwest Territories collectively, and “Party” means Canada, or the Northwest Territories, individually.

WHEREAS reducing the risks associated with metal and diamond mining effluent is a matter of importance to the Parties;

AND WHEREAS the Northwest Territories promulgated the Waters Regulations (R-019-2014) made under the Northwest Terrritories’ Waters Act (S.N.W.T. 2014, c.18);

AND WHEREAS Canada published updated Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (SOR/2002-222) under subsections 34(2), 36(5), and 38(9) of the Fisheries Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14);

AND WHEREAS the Parties recognize that there is a benefit to adopting a cooperative and harmonized approach to avoid regulatory and administrative duplication resulting from comparable legislation in the metal and diamond mining sector, and that there is a need to specify the procedures of this approach in an agreement;

AND WHEREAS section 4.1 of the Fisheries Act and the Order Designating the Minister of the Environment as the Minister Responsible for the Administration and Enforcement of Subsections 36(3) to (6) of the Fisheries Act (SI/2014-21) allow the Minister of the Environment to enter into agreements with a province or territory to further the purposes of the Act, including facilitating joint action in areas of common interest, reducing overlap and harmonizing respective programs;

AND WHEREAS pursuant to section 4.1 of the Fisheries Act, such agreements may establish the circumstances and manner in which the province or territory is to provide information on the administration and enforcement of a provision of its laws that are equivalent in effect to a provision of the regulations;

AND WHEREAS pursuant to subsection 4.2(1) of the Fisheries Act where an agreement entered into under section 4.1 provides that there is in force a provision under the laws of the province or territory that is equivalent in effect to a provision of the regulations made under the Fisheries Act, the Governor in Council may by order declare that certain provisions of the Act or the regulations do not apply in the province or territory with respect to those provisions;

AND WHEREAS the Waters Act and the Waters Regulation and licences issued pursuant to the Waters Act impose obligations having the force of law, with requirements for the deposit of deleterious substances that are at least as stringent as those in the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations, and the Waters Act prescribes penalties for non-compliance;

AND WHEREAS section 4.3 of the Fisheries Act requires the Minister to report annually to Parliament on the administration of sections 4.1 and 4.2 of the Act;

AND WHEREAS the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources and the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories have the authority under subsection 2.1(2) of the Environmental Protection Act (R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c.E-7) to enter into agreements with Canada on behalf of the Northwest Territories relating to any Act or regulation of Canada relating to the preservation, protection or enhancement of the environment;

AND WHEREAS the Parties wish to enter into this Agreement on the Equivalency of Laws Applicable to Certain Metal and Diamond Mines Located in the Northwest Territories (Agreement) regarding Canada’s Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations;

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties agree

(1) PURPOSE

The purpose of this Agreement is to provide that there are in force provisions in the laws of the Northwest Territories that are equivalent in effect to provisions of the Fisheries Act and the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations for Metal and Diamond Mines that are subject to both the federal and territorial legal regimes. This Agreement also sets out how information is to be shared and establishes the circumstances and manner in which the Northwest Territories is to provide information to Canada on the administration and enforcement of the Waters Act, Waters Regulation and the associated licences issued to Metal and Diamond Mines.

(2) DEFINITIONS

(3) EQUIVALENCY

Provisions in the laws of the Northwest Territories, specifically provisions in the Waters Act and the Waters Regulations, are equivalent in effect to the MDMER for the purposes of section 4.2 of the Fisheries Act by meeting four criteria: provisions are in force of law; the provisions of the laws apply to the same regulatees; equivalent environmental performance; and inducement to comply that is fair and predictable. This equivalency determination is based on the following:

Based on the above, provisions in the laws of the Northwest Territories are equivalent in effect to the MDMER for the purposes of section 4.2 of the Fisheries Act. The Parties agree that these criteria are the foundation of the equivalency determination and must be maintained for the continuance of this agreement.

(4) INFORMATION-SHARING

For Canada:
Manager, Regulatory Development and Analysis Section
Mining and Processing Division
Industrial Sectors and Chemicals Directorate
Environment and Climate Change Canada

For the Northwest Territories:
Director, Water Management and Monitoring
Department of Environment and Natural Resources

(5) EXECUTION, AMENDMENT, REVIEW AND TERMINATION

(6) COMPLIANCE WITH LAW

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, as represented by the Minister of the Environment

By:

Signatures

(print name)

Title

THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, as represented by the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources

By:

(print name)

Title

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

CANADA SHIPPING ACT, 2001

Interim Order Respecting a Flooded Area in British Columbia, 2021, No. 3

Whereas the Minister of Transport is of the opinion that the annexed Interim Order Respecting a Flooded Area in British Columbia, 2021, No. 3 is required to deal with a direct or indirect risk to marine safety or to the marine environment;

And whereas the provisions of the annexed Order may be contained in a regulation made pursuant to paragraphs 136(1)(f) footnote a and (h)footnote a of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 footnote b;

Therefore, the Minister of Transport, pursuant to subsection 10.1(1) footnote c of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 footnote b, makes the annexed Interim Order Respecting a Flooded Area in British Columbia, 2021, No. 3.

Ottawa, December 8, 2021

Omar Alghabra
Minister of Transport

Interim Order Respecting a Flooded Area in British Columbia, 2021, No. 3

Interpretation

Interpretation

1 Unless the context requires otherwise, words and expressions used in this Interim Order have the same meaning as in the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations.

Prohibition

Operation of vessels

2 It is prohibited for a person to operate a vessel in the waters of the Sumas River and the waters over the floodplains on the Sumas Prairie, between McCallum Road, the United States border and the Vedder River, that are in the vicinity of the City of Abbotsford and the City of Chilliwack and that are within the area illustrated on a map, entitled Map relating to the Transport Canada Interim Order Respecting a Flooded Area in British Columbia, 2021, published on December 7, 2021, by the Department of Transport and available through its website.

Exception

Persons

3 Section 2 does not apply to vessels operated by any of the following persons:

Enforcement

Enforcement officers

4 For the purpose of ensuring compliance with section 2, the persons or classes of persons set out in the table to this section are appointed or specified as enforcement officers.

TABLE
Item

Column 1

Person or Class of Persons

Column 2

Geographic Location

1 A member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Across Canada
2 An officer of the Canadian Coast Guard who is a Marine Communications and Traffic Services Officer Across Canada
3 An officer of the Canadian Coast Guard working on a vessel, when they are on board the vessel Across Canada
4 A member of any harbour or river police force Across Canada
5 A member of any provincial, county or municipal police force British Columbia
6 A marine safety inspector Across Canada
7 A pleasure craft safety inspector Across Canada
8 A First Nations Constable appointed under the British Columbia Police Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 367 British Columbia
9 A fishery officer designated under the Fisheries Act Across Canada
10 An Office of Boating Safety Officer Across Canada

Powers

5 An enforcement officer may

Repeal

6 The Interim Order Respecting Certain Flooded Areas in British Columbia, 2021, No. 2, made on November 30, 2021, is repealed.

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