Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 149, Number 51: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

December 19, 2015

DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT

Ministerial Instructions to repeal the Ministerial Instructions established pursuant to section 87.3 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the management of applications for visas made by individuals who have been in an Ebola affected country

Notice is hereby given, under subsection 87.3(6) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), that the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has made the following Ministerial Instructions that, in the opinion of the Minister, will best support the attainment of the immigration goals established by the Government of Canada. The Instructions are consistent with the IRPA objectives as laid out in section 3 of that Act and are compliant with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Authority for these Ministerial Instructions is pursuant to section 87.3 of the IRPA. Instructions are directed to officers who are charged with handling and/or reviewing applications for permanent or temporary resident visas to enter Canada.

New Ministerial Instructions

The Ministerial Instructions established pursuant to section 87.3 of the IRPA published in the Canada Gazette on October 31, 2014, for the management of applications for visas made by individuals who have been in an Ebola affected country are repealed.

These new Ministerial Instructions come into force on their date of publication in the Canada Gazette. These new Ministerial Instructions apply to applications received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada on or before December 10, 2015, in respect of which a final decision has not been made on December 10, 2015, and, for greater clarity, to all applications received thereafter.

JOHN MCCALLUM, L.P.C., M.P.
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

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DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Notice of extensions granted by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change under subsection 56(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Pursuant to subsection 56(4) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, notice is hereby given that the following time extensions were granted under the Notice requiring the preparation and implementation of pollution prevention plans in respect of specified substances on Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, related to the polyurethane and other foam sector (except polystyrene), published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on November 26, 2011.

On November 24, 2015, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change granted to Valle Foam, a division of Vitafoam Products Canada Limited, from Brampton, a time extension of two months to implement the Pollution Prevention Plan. The period to implement the plan is therefore extended to January 31, 2016.

On November 24, 2015, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change granted to Woodbridge Foam Corporation, from Whitby, a time extension of three months to implement the Pollution Prevention Plan. The period to implement the plan is therefore extended to February 28, 2016.

For additional information, please contact Nathalie Peloquin, Head of Rubber and Chemicals Unit, Plastic, Rubber and Chemicals Section, Chemical Production Division, Industrial Sectors, Chemicals and Waste Directorate, 819-938-4217 (telephone), 819-938-4218 (fax).

Ottawa, December 19, 2015

LUCIE DESFORGES
Director
Chemical Production Division
Industrial Sectors, Chemicals and Waste Directorate

On behalf of the Minister of Environment
and Climate Change

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments
Name and position Order in Council
Bracken, The Hon. J. Keith 2015-1267
Government of British Columbia  
Administrator  
November 30 to December 3, 2015  
Furey, The Hon. George, Q.C. 2015-1270
Speaker of the Senate  
Tulloch, The Hon. Michael H. 2015-1263
Government of Ontario  
Administrator  
November 18 and November 19, 2015  

December 10, 2015

DIANE BÉLANGER
Official Documents Registrar

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments
Name and position Order in Council
Parliamentary Secretaries to the 2015-1269
Alghabra, Omar  
Minister of Foreign Affairs to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Consular Affairs)  
Alleslev, Leona  
Minister of Public Works and Government Services to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement  
Beech,Terry  
Minister of Industry to be styled Parliamentary Secretary for Science  
Blair, Bill  
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada  
Boissonnault, Randy  
Minister of Canadian Heritage  
Caesar-Chavannes, Celina  
Prime Minister  
Casey, Sean  
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada  
Champagne, François-Philippe  
Minister of Finance  
Cormier, Serge  
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard  
Cuzner, Rodger  
Minister of Labour to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour  
Dhillon, Anju  
Minister of Canadian Heritage to be styled Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women  
Dubourg, Emmanuel  
Minister of National Revenue  
Duguid, Terry  
Minister of Employment and Social Development to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development  
Fergus, Greg  
Minister of Industry, Minister of Western Economic Diversification, Minister for the purposes of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development  
Goldsmith-Jones, Pamela  
Minister of Foreign Affairs  
Gould, Karina  
Minister for International Development to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development  
Holland, Mark  
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Democratic Institutions  
Hutchings, Gudie  
Minister of Industry to be styled Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Tourism  
Jones, Yvonne  
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs  
Khera, Kamal  
Minister of Health  
Lametti, David  
Minister for International Trade to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade  
Lamoureux, Kevin  
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons  
Lauzon, Stéphane  
Minister of Canadian Heritage; Minister of Employment and Social Development to be styled Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Persons with Disabilities  
McCrimmon, Karen  
Minister of Veterans Affairs, Associate Minister of National Defence  
McKay, The Hon. John  
Minister of National Defence  
Murray, Joyce  
President of the Treasury Board  
Picard, Michel  
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness  
Poissant, Jean-Claude  
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food  
Rodriguez, Pablo  
Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities  
Rudd, Kim  
Minister of Natural Resources  
Schiefke, Peter  
Prime Minister to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Youth)  
Vaughan, Adam  
Prime Minister to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister (Intergovernmental Affairs)  
Virani, Arif  
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  
Wilkinson, Jonathan  
Minister of the Environment to be styled Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change  
Young, Kate  
Minister of Transport  

December 10, 2015

DIANE BÉLANGER
Official Documents Registrar

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OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

BANK ACT

Natixis — Order permitting a foreign bank to establish a branch in Canada

Pursuant to subsections 524(1) and (2) of the Bank Act, the Minister of Finance made an order on December 4, 2015, permitting Natixis to establish a branch in Canada to carry on business in Canada under the name Natixis Canada Branch, in English, and Natixis, succursale canadienne, in French.

December 7, 2015

JEREMY RUDIN
Superintendent of Financial Institutions

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