Bill C-348

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	1st Session, 37th Parliament, 49-50 Elizabeth II, 2001
	House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-348
	An Act to require public acknowledgement of support given to a cultural project that involves public funds
	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short title	1. This Act may be cited as the Cultural Grants Acknowledgement Act.
Definitions	2. The definitions in this section apply in this Act.
``funded project'' « projet culturel	``funded project'' means any good, service, work or project related to culture that is assisted with a grant and is made or provided for the benefit of the public or a class of the public.
``grant'' « subvention »	``grant'' means a payment, contribution, loan, guarantee of a loan or other method of funding that is a charge on public funds made under the authority of an Act administered by the Minister to finance, in whole or in part, a funded project.
``Minister'' « ministre »	``Minister'' means the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Acknowledg ment	3. At the time that a funded project is
	(a) announced or advertised to the public, and
	(b) first opened, commenced or made available to the public or class of the public for whom it is intended,
	the recipient of the grant shall, in the manner prescribed in the regulations, acknowledge that the funded project is supported by a grant and specify the percentage of the total cost of the funded project that is covered by the grant, and shall submit to the Minister, in the prescribed form, a certificate that the acknowledgement has been made.
Regulations	4. For the purposes of section 3, the Minister may make regulations
	(a) specifying the time and manner in which an acknowledgement shall be made; and
	(b) prescribing the form of a certificate.
Penalty	5. The Minister may require any organization that fails to comply with any provision of this Act to repay or release to Her Majesty in right of Canada all or any of the grant that has been paid in respect of the funded project.