Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 158, Number 9: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

March 2, 2024

DEPARTMENT OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT

Ministerial Instructions Amending the Ministerial Instructions with respect to the Rural and Northern Community Immigration Class

The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration gives the annexed Ministerial Instructions Amending the Ministerial Instructions with respect to the Rural and Northern Community Immigration Class under section 14.1^{footnote a} of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act ^{footnote b}.

Ottawa, February 21, 2024

Marc Miller
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Ministerial Instructions Amending the Ministerial Instructions with respect to the Rural and Northern Community Immigration Class

Amendments

1 Subsection 8(3) of the Ministerial Instructions respect to the Rural and Northern Community Immigration Class ^{footnote 1} is replaced by the following:

Period of validity

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a recommendation that is issued on or before February 29, 2024 is valid for a period of six months beginning on the day on which it is issued and a recommendation that is issued on or after March 1, 2024 is valid until August 31, 2024.

Revocation or removal

(4) If a recommendation is revoked by the economic development organization or the economic development organization is removed from the schedule, the recommendation is invalid beginning on the day of revocation or removal.

2 The schedule to the Instructions is amended by replacing the reference after the heading “SCHEDULE” with the following:

(Subsections 2(2) and (3) and 8(1) and (4) and subparagraph 12(b)(ii))

3 The portion of items 1 to 11 of the schedule to the Instructions in column 3 is replaced by the following:

Item	Column 3 Period
1	November 1, 2019 to July 31, 2024
2	January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2024
3	January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2024
4	January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2024
5	November 1, 2019 to July 31, 2024
6	April 1, 2020 to July 31, 2024
7	January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2024
8	November 1, 2019 to July 31, 2024
9	November 1, 2019 to July 31, 2024
10	November 1, 2019 to July 31, 2024
11	January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2024

Taking Effect

4 These Instructions take effect on the day on which they are given.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Ministerial Condition No. 21690

Ministerial condition
(Paragraph 84(1)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)

Whereas the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health (the ministers) have assessed information pertaining to the substance 3-methyl-N-(2-oxo-2-(alkyn-1-ylamino)ethyl)-5-(5-(3,4,5-trichlorocarbomonocycle)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-heteromonocycle-3-yl)heteromonocycle-2-carboxamide, Confidential Accession Number 19706-4;

And whereas the ministers suspect that the substance is toxic or capable of becoming toxic within the meaning of section 64 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (the Act),

The Minister of the Environment, pursuant to paragraph 84(1)(a) of the Act, hereby permits the manufacture or import of the substance subject to the conditions of the following annex.

Marc D’Iorio
Assistant Deputy Minister
Science and Technology Branch
On behalf of the Minister of the Environment

ANNEX

Conditions
(Paragraph 84(1)(a) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999)

1. The following definitions apply in these ministerial conditions:

“experimental study”

means an experimental study as defined in Section C.08.013(2) of the Food and Drug Regulations;

“field study”

means an experimental study conducted in a natural setting;

“notifier”

means the person who has, on October 25, 2023, provided to the Minister of the Environment the prescribed information concerning the substance, in accordance with subsection 81(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (the Act);

“substance”

means 3-methyl-N-(2-oxo-2-(alkyn-1-ylamino)ethyl)-5-(5-(3,4,5-trichlorocarbomonocycle)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-heteromonocycle-3-yl)heteromonocycle-2-carboxamide, Confidential Accession Number 19706-4; and

“waste”

means the following:

• (a) effluents that result from the manufacture of products with the substance;
• (b) effluents that result from rinsing equipment or vessels used for transportation of the substance;
• (c) disposable vessels used for the substance;
• (d) spillage that contains the substance;
• (e) process effluents that contain the substance;
• (f) any residual quantity of the substance in any equipment or vessel; and
• (g) any solid waste that contains the substance.

“waste”

excludes uneaten feed that contains the substance and feces which result from administering feed.

2. The notifier may manufacture or import the substance subject to the present ministerial conditions.

Restrictions

3. The notifier shall import or manufacture the substance only for a use in experimental studies required to support a submission under the Food and Drugs Act. If an experimental study is a field study, it shall be conducted at only one site.

4. At least 120 days prior to beginning an experimental study, the notifier shall inform the Minister of the Environment, in writing, and provide the following information in relation to the study:

• (a) its purpose;
• (b) the protocol;
• (c) the expected start date;
• (d) the location(s);
• (e) the quantity of the substance to be used;
• (f) whether any release of the substance to the aquatic environment is expected to occur; and
• (g) if the experimental study is a field study, the environmental monitoring protocol that will be used.

5. If an experimental study is a field study, the notifier shall provide environmental monitoring data to the Minister of the Environment no later than 180 days following the end of the sample collection period. Monitoring data shall include an analysis of samples collected on the first day of release, as well as 1 month, 2 months, 6 months and 12 months after release.

6. At least 120 days prior to beginning manufacturing the substance in Canada, the notifier shall inform the Minister of the Environment, in writing, and provide the following information:

(1) the information specified in paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 4 to the New Substances Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers) [the Regulations];

(2) the address of the manufacturing facility within Canada;

(3) the information specified in paragraphs 8(a) to (e) and item 9 and paragraph 10(b) of Schedule 5 to those Regulations; and

(4) the following information related to the manufacturing of the substance in Canada:

• (a) a brief description of the manufacturing process that details the precursors of the substance, the reaction stoichiometry and the nature (batch or continuous) and scale of the process,
• (b) a flow diagram of the manufacturing process that includes features such as process tanks, holding tanks and distillation towers, and
• (c) a brief description of the major steps in manufacturing operations, the chemical conversions, the points of entry of all reactants and the points of release of substances, and the processes to eliminate environmental release.

Handling and disposal of the substance

7. The notifier must collect any waste in their physical possession or under their control and destroy or dispose of it in the following manner:

• (a) incinerate it in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where the incineration facility is located;
• (b) dispose of it in a waste landfill facility, in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where the facility is located; or
• (c) in the case of solid waste, compost it in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where the facility is located.

Environmental release

8. Where any release of the substance or waste to the environment occurs during the manufacture of the substance or the manufacture of products containing the substance, the notifier shall immediately take all measures necessary to prevent any further release, and to limit the dispersion of any release. Furthermore, the notifier shall, as soon as possible in the circumstances, inform the Minister of the Environment by contacting an enforcement officer designated under the Act.

Other requirements

9. The notifier shall, prior to transferring the physical possession or control of the substance or waste to any person

• (a) inform the person, in writing, of the terms of the present ministerial conditions; and
• (b) obtain, prior to the first transfer of the substance or waste, written confirmation from this person that they were informed of the terms of the present ministerial conditions and agree to comply with sections 3 to 5 and 7 and 8 of the present ministerial conditions.

Record-keeping requirements

10. (1) The notifier shall maintain electronic or paper records, with any documentation supporting the validity of the information contained in these records, indicating

• (a) the information submitted under sections 4 to 6;
• (b) the use of the substance;
• (c) the quantity of the substance that the notifier manufactures, imports, purchases, distributes, sells and uses;
• (d) the name and address of each person to whom the notifier transfers the physical possession or control of the substance or waste; and
• (e) the written confirmation referred to in subsection 9(b).

(2) When the notifier learns of a change to the address referred to in paragraph (1)(d), the notifier must update the electronic or paper records mentioned in subsection (1) accordingly within 30 days after learning of the change.

(3) The notifier shall create the electronic or paper records mentioned in subsection (1) no later than 30 days after the date the information or documents become available.

(4) The notifier shall maintain the electronic or paper records mentioned in subsection (1)

• (a) in English, French, or both languages; and
• (b) at the notifier’s principal place of business in Canada, or at the principal place of business in Canada of their representative, for a period of at least five years after they are made.

(5) Any records mentioned in subsection (1) that are kept electronically must be in an electronically readable format.

Coming into force

11. The present ministerial conditions come into force on February 16, 2024.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

TOBACCO AND VAPING PRODUCTS ACT

Notice of intent — Measures under consideration to modernize tobacco and vaping products information reporting requirements

Health Canada is seeking feedback from interested parties and the public on potential regulatory measures that would consolidate the Tobacco Reporting Regulations and the Vaping Products Reporting Regulations, modernize and streamline the existing reporting requirements for tobacco products and add new information requirements that would apply to tobacco and vaping product manufacturers alike.

Health Canada is making available a technical document to interested stakeholders and the public that further describes the measures under consideration mentioned below. The “Technical document” section provides details on obtaining a copy.

Background

The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (TVPA) provides powers to make regulations about the information that manufacturers (including importers) of tobacco and vaping products must submit to the Minister of Health.

The Tobacco Reporting Regulations (TRR), introduced in 2000, set out requirements for the reporting of information by tobacco manufacturers on their sales, manufacturing processes, ingredients, constituents, emissions, research and development activities, and promotional activities. The information collected over the last 20 years has been used to inform various policy directions and regulatory proposals. The TRR were last amended in 2019.

The Vaping Products Reporting Regulations (VPRR), introduced in 2023, set out requirements for the reporting of information by vaping product manufacturers on their sales and the ingredients used in their vaping products. The 2017 consultation document (ARCHIVED) Proposals for the regulation of vaping products identified other types of information that could be subject to reporting requirements, such as information on research and development undertakings and on promotional activities. The document Consultation summary: proposals for the regulation of vaping products is available online.

Objective of the measures under consideration

The measures under consideration are expected to help Health Canada better support the objectives of the TVPA and tobacco control activities taken to advance Canada’s Tobacco Strategy by

• Collecting additional information on tobacco and vaping industry practices, such as intra-industry promotion and sales data for all types of tobacco products, to support Health Canada’s ongoing research and data collection activities;
• Modernizing the reporting requirements to facilitate analysis of the information collected and to enable its disclosure to the public in a timely manner; and
• Streamlining the requirements by removing those that have outlived their usefulness, thus reducing administrative burden.

Measures under consideration

Health Canada is putting forward 17 potential measures to modernize and streamline the reporting requirements. These potential measures cover the following areas:

• Intra-industry promotional activities of tobacco and vaping product manufacturers;
• Record-keeping practices of tobacco and vaping product manufacturers;
• Use of electronic reporting forms and/or an electronic portal for the submission of information;
• Incorporation by reference of Health Canada official tobacco testing methods so that they can be amended from time to time without prompting amendments to the regulations (also known as ambulatory incorporation);
• Making additional types of tobacco products subject to certain reporting requirements (e.g. reporting sales data about heated tobacco products and waterpipe tobacco);
• Streamlining certain tobacco-related information requirements and removing requirements that do not generate new knowledge;
• Research and development activities and promotional activities relating to vaping products;
• Public disclosure by the Minister of certain tobacco and vaping information collected under the regulations; and
• Consolidating all reporting requirements about tobacco products and vaping products into a single set of regulations.

Technical document

A technical document that describes in greater detail the measures under consideration is available upon request by email to pregs@hc-sc.gc.ca, with the subject line “Technical Document — Reporting.”

Submitting comments

Publication of this notice in the Canada Gazette, Part I, initiates a 60-day consultation period ending May 1, 2024. Comments received in response to this notice will be used to inform the development of future reporting regulations.

Comments may be submitted by email to pregs@hc-sc.gc.ca, with the subject line “Consultation — Reporting 2024,” or by mail to the Manager, Regulations Division, Tobacco Products Regulatory Office, Tobacco Control Directorate, Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch, Health Canada, Address Locator: 0302A, 150 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9.

Commenters are asked to refer to the detailed potential measures listed in the technical document when providing feedback.

Transparency and international obligations

Canada is a Party to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Article 5.3 of the Convention requires that Parties, in setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry in accordance with national law. Therefore, the Government of Canada takes measures to limit interactions with the tobacco industry to only those necessary to effectively regulate the industry and the products it sells.

Commenters must declare any perceived or actual conflicts of interest with the tobacco industry when providing input during this consultation. Any parties that are part of the tobacco industry or an affiliated organization or are an individual acting on their behalf must clearly state this fact in their submission.

The Department is also interested in being made aware of perceived or actual conflicts of interest with the vaping and/or pharmaceutical industry. Therefore, the Department requests that all commenters declare any perceived or actual conflicts of interest with the vaping and/or pharmaceutical industry, if applicable, when providing input. Any parties that are a member of the vaping and/or pharmaceutical industry or an affiliated organization or are an individual acting on their behalf are asked to clearly state this fact in their submission.

Sonia Johnson
Director General
Tobacco Control Directorate
Controlled Substances and Cannabis Branch

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointment

Instrument of Advice dated February 19, 2024

• Virani, The Hon. Arif, C.P.
  • Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; Minister of State (Online Harms), to be styled Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

February 23, 2024

Rachida Lagmiri
Official Documents Registrar

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments

• Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization
  • Director
    • Sutton, Christopher Troy, Order in Council 2024-43
• Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
  • Member
    • Borys, Stephen, Order in Council 2024-108
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Members of the Governing Council
    • Fahim, Christine, Order in Council 2024-39
    • Le Foll, Bernard, Order in Council 2024-40
    • Tait, Caroline L., Order in Council 2024-41
• Canadian Statistics Advisory Council
  • Member
    • Mathur, Vinamra, Order in Council 2024-114
• Chief Information Officer of Canada
  • Rochon, Dominic, Order in Council 2024-24
• Federal Court
  • Judges
• Federal Court of Appeal
  • Judges ex officio
    • Blackhawk, Julie L., Order in Council 2024-127
    • Grant, Angus G., Order in Council 2024-126
• House of Commons
  • Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel
    • Bédard, Michel, Order in Council 2024-23
• Privy Council Office
  • Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Governance)
    • Khanna, Mala, Order in Council 2024-25
• Secretary of the Treasury Board
  • Blewett, Catherine, Order in Council 2024-26
• Standards Council of Canada
  • Members
    • Hogan, Dennis, Order in Council 2024-36
    • Paroli, Ralph, Order in Council 2024-37
    • Salt, Dianne, Order in Council 2023-1247
    • Tassé, Marc, Order in Council 2024-38

February 23, 2024

Rachida Lagmiri
Official Documents Registrar

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Senator called

Her Excellency the Governor General has been pleased to summon to the Senate of Canada, by letters patent under the Great Seal of Canada bearing the date of January 28, 2024:

• Al Zaibak, Mohammad Khair, of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, member of the Senate and a Senator for the Province of Ontario.

February 23, 2024

Rachida Lagmiri
Official Documents Registrar

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Senator called

Her Excellency the Governor General has been pleased to summon to the Senate of Canada, by letters patent under the Great Seal of Canada bearing the date of February 13, 2024:

• Oudar, Manuelle, of Québec, in the Province of Quebec, member of the Senate and a Senator for the division of LaSalle, in the Province de Quebec.

February 23, 2024

Rachida Lagmiri
Official Documents Registrar

PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE

Appointment opportunities

We know that our country is stronger — and our government more effective — when decision-makers reflect Canada’s diversity. The Government of Canada has implemented an appointment process that is transparent and merit-based, strives for gender parity, and ensures that Indigenous peoples and minority groups are properly represented in positions of leadership. We continue to search for Canadians who reflect the values that we all embrace: inclusion, honesty, fiscal prudence, and generosity of spirit. Together, we will build a government as diverse as Canada.

We are equally committed to providing a healthy workplace that supports one’s dignity, self-esteem and the ability to work to one’s full potential. With this in mind, all appointees will be expected to take steps to promote and maintain a healthy, respectful and harassment-free work environment.

The Government of Canada is currently seeking applications from diverse and talented Canadians from across the country who are interested in the following positions.

Current opportunities

The following opportunities for appointments to Governor in Council positions are currently open for applications. Every opportunity is open for a minimum of two weeks from the date of posting on the Governor in Council appointments website.

Governor in Council appointment opportunities

Position	Organization	Closing date
Director	Bank of Canada
Director	Canada Foundation for Innovation
Director	Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology
Director	Canada Infrastructure Bank
Chairperson	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Director	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
President	Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Chairperson	Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization
Director	Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
Director	Canadian Commercial Corporation
Commissioner	Canadian Energy Regulator
Director	Canadian Energy Regulator
Chief Commissioner	Canadian Grain Commission
Chief Commissioner	Canadian Human Rights Commission
Member	Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
Member	Canadian Institutes of Health Research
President	Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Chairperson	Canadian Museum for Human Rights
President	Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Director	Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Director	Canadian Tourism Commission
Chairperson	Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board
Member	Copyright Board
Director	Export Development Canada
Commissioner	First Nations Tax Commission
Director (Federal)	Halifax Port Authority
Deputy Chairperson and Member, Refugee Appeal Division	Immigration and Refugee Board
Member	Independent Advisory Board on Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures
Vice-Chairperson	Independent Advisory Board on Eligibility for Journalism Tax Measures
Member	International Pacific Halibut Commission
Chairperson	Laurentian Pilotage Authority
Commissioner	Law Commission of Canada
Parliamentary Librarian	Library of Parliament
Chairperson	Military Grievances External Review Committee
Chairperson	National Advisory Council on Poverty
Member (Children’s Issues)	National Advisory Council on Poverty
Chairperson	National Gallery of Canada
Chairperson	National Seniors Council
Member	National Seniors Council
Member	Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Canadian Representative	North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization
Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner	Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
Director of Public Prosecutions	Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments	Senate
Member	Social Sciences and Humanity Research Council
Chairperson	Telefilm Canada
Member	Telefilm Canada
Director	VIA Rail Canada Inc.