Order in Council 1378/2019

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas the Parliament of Canada introduced the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 (S.C. 2019, c. 29) (the Federal Act), which received Royal Assent on June 21, 2019;

And whereas subsection 47(2) of the Federal Act states that sections 45 and 46 come into force in accordance with subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-8);

And whereas when sections 45 and 46 of the Federal Act come into force, they will alter matters referred to in subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan;

And whereas subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan provides that where any enactment of Parliament contains any provision that alters, or the effect of which is to alter, either directly or indirectly and either immediately or in the future, matters referred to in that subsection, it shall be deemed to be a term of that enactment, whether or not it is expressly stated in the enactment, that the provisions shall come into force only on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, which order may not be made and shall not in any case have any force or effect unless the lieutenant governor in council of each of at least two thirds of the included provinces, having in the aggregate not less than two thirds of the population of all of the included provinces, has signified the consent of that province to the enactment;

Therefore in accordance with subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-8), the Province of Ontario consents to the enactment of sections 45 and 46 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 (S.C. 2019, c. 29).