Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 155, Number 40: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

October 2, 2021

(Erratum)

CANADA GAZETTE

Pagination error

Notice is hereby given that the issue published on Saturday, September 25, 2021, of the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 155, No. 39, contains a pagination error.

On the index page in French, above the header line, the page number 5960 is replaced by 5060.

BANK OF CANADA

Statement of financial position as at August 31, 2021
(unaudited)

Amounts are in millions of dollars.

Totals

Assets and Liabilities and Equity
Item Amount
Assets 494,425.5
Liabilities and Equity 494,425.5

Assets

Cash and foreign deposits
Item Amount
Cash and foreign deposits 7.2
Loans and receivables
Item Amount
Securities purchased under resale agreements 31,105.4
Advances to members of Payments Canada n/a
Other receivables 6.2
Total loans and receivables 31,111.6
Investments
Item Amount
Government of Canada treasury bills 5,015.3
Government of Canada bonds — carried at amortized cost 122,970.4
Government of Canada bonds — carried at fair value through profit and loss 272,859.4
Canada Mortgage Bonds 9,616.2
Other bonds 17,529.8
Securities lent or sold under repurchase agreements 29,236.5
Other securities 255.5
Shares in the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) 480.9
Total investments 457,964.0
Derivatives — Indemnity agreements with the Government of Canada
Item Amount
Derivatives — Indemnity agreements with the Government of Canada 4,523.9
Capital assets
Item Amount
Property and equipment 542.6
Intangible assets 100.4
Right-of-use leased assets 42.3
Total capital assets 685.3
Other assets
Item Amount
Other assets 133.5

Liabilities and Equity

Bank notes in circulation
Item Amount
Bank notes in circulation 110,879.7
Deposits
Item Amount
Government of Canada 80,023.7
Members of Payments Canada 265,202.4
Other deposits 8,752.3
Total deposits 353,978.4
Securities sold under repurchase agreements
Item Amount
Securities sold under repurchase agreements 28,234.5
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 760.0
Total liabilities
Item Amount
Total liabilities 493,852.6
Equity
Item Amount
Share capital 5.0
Statutory and special reserves 125.0
Investment revaluation reserve 442.9
Total equity 572.9

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

Ottawa, September 20, 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, September 20, 2021

Tiff Macklem
Governor

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT
EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REGULATIONS

Resolution

Pursuant to section 66.5 of the Employment Insurance Act, notice is hereby given that the Employment Insurance premium rate for the year 2022 is $1.58 per $100 of insurable earnings.

Pursuant to sections 76.07 and 76.35 of the Employment Insurance Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Employment Insurance premium reduction rate for the year 2022 for residents of Quebec covered under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan is $0.38. Therefore, the Employment Insurance premium rate for residents of Quebec is $1.20 per $100 of insurable earnings.

Canada Employment Insurance Commission

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT

Notice No. TIPB-003-2021 — Petition to the Governor in Council concerning Telecom Decision CRTC 2021-181

On July 24, 2021, Notice No. TIPB-002-2021, published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, provided notice that petitions had been received by the Governor in Council (GIC) under section 12 of the Telecommunications Act with respect to Telecom Decision CRTC 2021-181, Requests to review and vary Telecom Order 2019-288 regarding final rates for aggregated wholesale high-speed access services, a decision issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

Notice is hereby given that an additional petition has been received by the GIC from National Capital FreeNet concerning Telecom Decision CRTC 2021-181.

Subsection 12(1) of the Telecommunications Act provides that, within one year after a decision by the CRTC, the GIC may, on petition in writing presented to the GIC within 90 days after the decision, or on the GIC’s own motion, by order, vary or rescind the decision or refer it back to the CRTC for reconsideration of all or a portion of it.

Submissions regarding this petition should be filed by November 1, 2021. All comments received will be posted on Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Spectrum management and telecommunications website.

Submitting comments

Submissions should be addressed to the Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, preferably in electronic format (Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF) to the following email address: telecomsubmission-soumissiontelecom@ised-isde.gc.ca. Written copies can be sent to the Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, 235 Queen Street,10th Floor, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0H5.

All submissions should cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, the publication date, the title and the notice reference number (TIPB-003-2021).

Obtaining copies

Copies of the petitions, as well as copies of all relevant documents and submissions received in response, may be obtained electronically on the Spectrum management and telecommunications website, under “Gazette Notices and Petitions.” It is the responsibility of interested parties to check the public record from time to time to keep abreast of submissions received.

Official versions of notices can be viewed on the Canada Gazette website.

September 22, 2021

Andre Arbour
Acting Director General
Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch