Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 41: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

October 11, 2025

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 2026 is $1.63 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 2026 for residents of Quebec covered under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan is $0.33. Therefore, the Employment Insurance premium rate for residents of Quebec is $1.30 per $100 of insurable earnings.

Canada Employment Insurance Commission

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Ministerial Condition No. 22325

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 spiro[6H-cyclopenta[b]pyridine-6,3′-[3H]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine]-3-carboxamide,1′,2′,5,7-tetrahydro-N-[(3S,5S,6R)-6-methyl-2-oxo-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-5-(2,3,6-trifluorophenyl)-3-piperidinyl]-2′-oxo-, (3′S)-, Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number 1374248-81-3;

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:

“notifier”

means the person who has, on September 23, 2025, 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 spiro[6H-cyclopenta[b]pyridine-6,3′-[3H]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine]-3-carboxamide,1′,2′,5,7-tetrahydro-N-[(3S,5S,6R)-6-methyl-2-oxo-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-5-(2,3,6-trifluorophenyl)-3-piperidinyl]-2′-oxo-, (3′S)-, Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number 1374248-81-3.

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

Restrictions

3. 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:

• (a) the anticipated annual quantity to be manufactured;
• (b) the address of the manufacturing facility within Canada;
• (c) the following exposure information respecting the substance:
  • (i) a description of the expected modes for its transportation and storage,
  • (ii) a description of the size and type of container used for its transportation and storage,
  • (iii) the identification of the components of the environment into which it is anticipated to be released,
  • (iv) its anticipated releases into municipal wastewater systems,
  • (v) a description of the methods recommended for its destruction or disposal,
  • (vi) its historical and other likely uses, and
  • (vii) any factors that may limit environmental exposure;
• (d) the following information related to the manufacturing of the substance in Canada:
  • (i) 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,
  • (ii) a flow diagram of the manufacturing process that includes features such as process tanks, holding tanks and distillation towers, and
  • (iii) a brief description of the major steps in manufacturing operations, the chemical conversions, the points of entry of all reactants, the points of release of substances, and the processes to eliminate environmental release; and
• (e) a summary of all other information and test data in respect of the substance that are in the possession of the notifier or to which they may reasonably be expected to have access and that permit the identification of hazards to the environment and human health and the degree of environmental and public exposure to the substance.

Environmental release

4. Where any release to the environment of the substance or waste containing it occurs, 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, notify an enforcement officer or the person providing the 24-hour emergency telephone service for the province or territory where the release occurs referred to in the schedule to the Release and Environmental Emergency Notification Regulations.

Other requirements

5. The notifier shall, prior to transferring the physical possession or control of the substance 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, written confirmation from this person that they were informed of the terms of the present ministerial conditions and agree to comply with the present ministerial conditions.

Record-keeping requirements

6. (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 use of the substance;
• (b) the quantity of the substance that the notifier manufactures, imports, purchases, distributes, sells and uses;
• (c) the name and address of each person to whom the notifier transfers the physical possession or control of the substance; and
• (d) the written confirmation referred to in paragraph 5(b).

(2) When the notifier learns of a change to the address referred to in paragraph (1)(c), 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

7. The present ministerial conditions come into force on October 2, 2025.

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments

• Build Canada Homes, Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
  • Chief Executive Officer
    • Bailão, Ana, Order in Council 2025-658
• Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
  • Chairperson of the Board of Directors
    • Glynn, Martin, Order in Council 2025-655
• Canada Industrial Relations Board
  • Full-time Vice-Chairpersons
    • Foley, Lindsay, Order in Council 2025-649
    • Hlibchuk, William, Order in Council 2025-650
    • Lemieux, Dominic, Order in Council 2025-692
    • Zawadowsky, Natalie Alicia, Order in Council 2025-651
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
  • Governors of the Council
    • Elmezughi, Ahmed Salem, Order in Council 2025-648
    • Tyler, Shayne, Order in Council 2025-647
• Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations), Privy Council Office
  • Costen, Eric, Order in Council 2025-617
• Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Plans and Consultations), Privy Council Office
  • Williams, Tushara, Order in Council 2025-616
• Major Projects Office of Canada, Privy Council Office
  • Chief Executive Officer
    • Farell, Dawn, Order in Council 2025-638
• National Battlefields Commission
  • Secretary
    • Moreau, Lise, Order in Council 2025-646
• National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces
  • Ombudsperson
    • Baril, Mario, Order in Council 2025-338
• Supreme Court of Yukon
  • Deputy Judges
    • Abrams, The Hon. Brian W., Order in Council 2025-636
    • Backhouse, The Hon. Nancy L., Order in Council 2025-632
    • Benotto, The Hon. Mary Lou, Order in Council 025-676
    • Sugunasiri, The Hon. P. Tamara, Order in Council 2025-633
    • Williams, The Hon. R. James, Order in Council 2025-677

October 2, 2025

Rachida Lagmiri
Official Documents Registrar

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments

Instrument of Advice dated September 16, 2025

• LeBlanc, The Hon. Dominic, P.C.
  • President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada; Minister of State (U.S. Trade), to be styled President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy
• MacKinnon, The Hon. Steven Garrett, P.C.
  • Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

October 2, 2025

Rachida Lagmiri
Official Documents Registrar

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT

Notice No. TPB-002-2025 — Petition to the Governor in Council concerning Telecom Decision CRTC 2025-157

Notice is hereby given that a petition was received by the Governor in Council (GIC) under section 12 of the Telecommunications Act with respect to Telecom Decision CRTC 2025-157, Iristel Inc. – Application to review and vary Telecom Decision 2024-141 regarding notices of disconnection of telecommunications services issued by Bell Canada and Northwestel Inc., a decision issued by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

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 12, 2025. All comments received will be posted on the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Spectrum management and telecommunications website.

Submitting comments

Submissions should be addressed to the Director General, Telecommunications 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 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 (TPB-002-2025).

Obtaining copies

Copies of the petition, as well as copies of all relevant documents and submissions received in response, may be obtained electronically on the Spectrum management and telecommunications website. 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.

October 11, 2025

Andre Arbour
Director General
Telecommunications Policy Branch

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

CRIMINAL CODE

Revocation of designation as fingerprint examiner

Pursuant to subsection 667(5) of the Criminal Code, I hereby revoke the designation of the following persons of the Lethbridge Police Service as fingerprint examiners:

• Robbie J. Bittman
• Wesley Aaron Olsen
• Christopher James Robinson

Ottawa, October 1, 2025

Julie Thompson
Director General
Crime Prevention Branch

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

CRIMINAL CODE

Revocation of designation as fingerprint examiner

Pursuant to subsection 667(5) of the Criminal Code, I hereby revoke the designation of the following person of the Vancouver Police Department as a fingerprint examiner:

• Lee Chipperfield

Ottawa, September 22, 2025

Julie Thompson
Director General
Crime Prevention Branch

OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

INSURANCE COMPANIES ACT

Intact Insurance Company, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada and 13130100 Canada Inc. — Letters patent of amalgamation and order to commence and carry on business

Notice is hereby given of the issuance,

• pursuant to subsection 251(1) of the Insurance Companies Act, of letters patent amalgamating and continuing Intact Insurance Company, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada and 13130100 Canada Inc. as one company under the name, in English, Intact Insurance Company and, in French, Intact Compagnie d’assurance, effective January 1, 2026; and
• pursuant to subsection 52(4) of the Insurance Companies Act, of an order authorizing Intact Insurance Company to commence and carry on business, and to insure risks falling within the classes of accident and sickness insurance, aircraft insurance, automobile insurance, boiler and machinery insurance, credit insurance, credit protection insurance, fidelity insurance, hail insurance, legal expenses insurance, liability insurance, marine insurance, property insurance, and surety insurance, effective January 1, 2026.

October 11, 2025

Peter Routledge
Superintendent of Financial Institutions