Schedule of Canada

Annex 519.1: Party-Specific Exceptions

Schedule of Canada

Procurement Exceptions

For Canada, the following is not covered by this Chapter:

A. Excluded Entities

The following entities are not covered by this Chapter:

1. Canadian Security Intelligence Service;
2. Communications Security Establishment;
3. Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada;
4. Bank of Canada;
5. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and its subsidiaries;
6. Public Sector Pension Investment Board and its subsidiaries;
7. Senate;
8. House of Commons;
9. Library of Parliament;
10. Office of the Senate Ethics Officer;
11. Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner; and
12. Parliamentary Protective Service.

B. Exceptions and Notes

1. This Chapter does not apply to procurement:
   1. by a shared-governance corporation, joint enterprise, mixed enterprise, international organization, and any entity that is not wholly-owned by the Government of Canada. For greater certainty, a shared-governance corporation includes any entity where appointments to the board of directors are not made exclusively by the Government of Canada;
   2. by commissions under the Inquiries Act, RSC 1985, c I-11, as amended;
   3. by a corporation incorporated or acquired by or on behalf of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the purpose of performing its functions under the laws of Canada and any corporations that are wholly-owned by such a corporation;
   4. by a corporation incorporated or acquired by or on behalf of any service established by an Act of Parliament to collect information and intelligence respecting the security of Canada and any corporations that are wholly-owned by such a corporation;
   5. in respect of the intervention activities of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation or its subsidiaries, or procurement by any subsidiary created in respect of such intervention activities;
   6. by the Canada Lands Company Limited or its subsidiaries for the development of real property for commercial sale or resale;
   7. by any successor entity to an entity whose procurement is not covered under this Chapter;
   8. in respect of shipbuilding and repair, including related architectural and engineering services, by any Crown corporation for which the Minister of Transport is specified, or was specified on the effective date, as the appropriate Minister in respect of that corporation;
   9. in relation to an international crossing between Canada and another country, including the design, construction, operation or maintenance of the crossing, as well as any related infrastructure;
   10. of transportation services, leasing, and rental of transportation equipment, or transportation services incidental to a procurement contract by Marine Atlantic Inc., Canada Post Corporation, or pilotage authorities established pursuant to the Pilotage Act, RSC 1985, c P-14, as amended;
   11. by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority for security screening, including services and goods that are related or incidental to security screening;
   12. related to space projects for the Canadian Space Agency;
   13. of public relations services; and
   14. conducted for the specific purpose of providing international assistance, including development aid.
2. This Chapter does not apply to:
   1. industrial and technological benefits applied under the Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy, or any successor policy having similar objectives, to a procurement that exceeds $20 million provided that the evaluation of regional benefits in the tendering process is carried out in a non-discriminatory manner with respect to regions; and
   2. industrial and regional benefits applied under the Industrial and Regional Benefits Policy, to a procurement that exceeds $2 million, provided that the evaluation of regional benefits in the tendering process is carried out in a non-discriminatory manner with respect to regions.
3. The Government of Canada reserves the right to exclude any newly created entity from coverage under this Chapter in instances in which the disclosure of that entity’s procurement would put the safety of Canadians at risk.