Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 28: GOVERNMENT NOTICES
July 12, 2025
2025-07-12

Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 159, Number 28: GOVERNMENT NOTICES

July 12, 2025

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT, 1999

Ministerial Condition No. 22106

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 bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-carboxylic acid, 2-[[[[[(isocyanatophenyl)methyl]phenyl]amino]carbonyl]oxy]ethyl ester, Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number 2410511-02-1;

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:

“consumer product”
means a consumer product to which the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act applies;
“notifier”
means the person who has, on January 29, 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; and
“substance”
means bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene-2-carboxylic acid, 2-[[[[[(isocyanatophenyl)methyl]phenyl]amino]carbonyl]oxy]ethyl ester, Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number 2410511-02-1.

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

Restrictions

3. The notifier shall not import the substance

  • (a) if it is present in an uncured form in a consumer product; or
  • (b) to manufacture a consumer product, unless the substance is chemically reacted into a stable matrix and cured during the manufacture of the consumer product.

4. The notifier shall not manufacture the substance to manufacture a consumer product, unless the substance is chemically reacted into a stable matrix and cured during the manufacture of the consumer product.

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 not to use the substance to manufacture a consumer product, unless the substance is chemically reacted into a stable matrix and cured during the manufacture of the consumer product.

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) 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 June 23, 2025.

DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT

SPECIES AT RISK ACT

Description of Ivory Gull critical habitat in the Naujavaat Bird Sanctuary

The Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) is listed as endangered on Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act and is a migratory bird protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994. In Canada, the Ivory Gull is found in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland and Labrador. It breeds exclusively within Nunavut. Ivory gulls require breeding sites that are safe from terrestrial predators.

The Recovery Strategy for the Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea) in Canada identifies the critical habitat for the species in a number of areas, including within a federally protected area.

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to subsection 58(3) of the Species at Risk Act, subsection 58(1) of that Act applies, 90 days after this publication, to the critical habitat of the Ivory Gull identified in the recovery strategy for that species — that is included on the Species at Risk Public Registry — that is found within the Naujavaat Bird Sanctuary described in the schedule to the Migratory Bird Sanctuary Regulations made pursuant to the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994.

July 12, 2025

Sarah Wren
Director
Species at Risk Act Implementation
Canadian Wildlife Service

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL

Appointments

  • Associate Deputy Minister of Finance
    • O’Leary, Alison, Order in Council 2025-521
  • Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Order in Council 2025-523
    • Commissioner to administer oaths, Order in Council 2025-524
      • Sabia, Michael Jonathan, O.C.
  • Deputy Minister of the Environment, to be styled Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change
    • Johnson, Mollie, Order in Council 2025-520
  • Federal Court of Appeal or the Federal Court
    • Commissioners to administer oaths, Order in Council 2025-527
      • Ariza-Suarez, Andre
      • Blake-Janniere, Maya-Jo
      • Cheong, Kimi
      • Da Silva, Melissa
      • El Khadir, Mhamed
      • Ferdinand, Emily
      • Hernandez, Ilana
      • Lalonde, Julie
      • Laverty, Katelyn
      • Lopez, Arielle Diane
      • Lorch, Jessica
      • McAndrew, Robert
      • Mediana, Michael
      • Mercieca, Tristan
      • Ndiaye, Paul Aloyse Gorome
      • Patry, Tyson
      • Savard-Trépanier, Véronique
      • Sinopoli, Samantha
      • Stark, Stacey
      • Tanguay, Marjorie
      • Tremblay, Steve
      • Weisgerber, Annalise
  • Nunavut Court of Justice
    • Deputy Judges
      • Fisher, The Hon. Barbara L., Order in Council 2025-537
      • Yamauchi, The Hon. Keith D., Order in Council 2025-538
  • Privy Council Office
    • Senior Official
      • Tremblay, Jean-François, Order in Council 2025-522
  • Public Health Agency of Canada
    • President
      • Hamzawi, Nancy, Order in Council 2025-519
  • Supreme Court of Yukon
    • Deputy Judge
      • Shore, The Hon. Sharon, Order in Council 2025-529
  • Tax Court of Canada
    • Commissioners to administer oaths, Order in Council 2025-528
      • Mediana, Michael
      • Weisgerber, Annalise
      • Stark, Stacey

July 4, 2025

Rachida Lagmiri
Official Documents Registrar

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY

ELECTRICITY AND GAS INSPECTION ACT

Delegation of authorities by the President of Measurement Canada

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to subsection 4(2) of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations, that the President of Measurement Canada, pursuant to subsection 4(1) of the Regulations, proposes to delegate to the persons occupying the positions in Measurement Canada set out in column I of the Schedules the functions under the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Regulations set out in column II thereof.

The notice of delegation for Measurement Canada employees published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on October 10, 2015, is hereby revoked.

Anne-Marie Monteith
President
Measurement Canada

SCHEDULE 1

Notice of delegation

Electricity and Gas Inspection Act

Column I

Column II

Director, Trade Sector

Register of contractors

6(1) Maintain, in accordance with the regulations, a register of contractors.

Director, Trade Sector

Certificate of registration

6(2) Issue a certificate of registration to a contractor for the sale of electricity or gas on the basis of measurement, as the case may be.

  • Vice-President, Legal Metrology and Laboratory Services
  • Vice President, Energy

Temporary dispensation

9(2) Grant temporary permission for the putting into service, without verification and sealing, or without sealing, any meter or any class, type or design of meter.

President, Measurement Canada

Permanent dispensation

9(3) Grant approval for the putting into service, without verification and sealing, or without sealing, of any meter or any class, type or design of meter.

  • Vice-President, Legal Metrology and Laboratory Services
  • Director, Laboratory Services
  • Director, Legal Metrology
  • Manager, Legal Metrology

Director's approval required for verification

9(4) Grant approval of a meter or the class, type or design to which it belongs.

President, Measurement Canada

Accredited meter verifiers

10(a) Grant initial accreditation and grant subsequent changes to the scope of a meter verifier's accreditation program.

10(b) Issue initial and subsequent certificates of accreditation.

  • Inspector General
  • Regional Manager
  • Manager, Inspection Services (Energy and Weights and Measures)

Accredited meter verifiers

10(a) Grant subsequent changes to the scope of a meter verifier's accreditation program.

10(b) Issue subsequent accreditation certificate.

President, Measurement Canada

Revocation of permission

11(1) Revoke permission granted under subsection 9(2).

  • President, Measurement Canada
  • Vice-President, Energy
  • Vice-President, Legal Metrology and Laboratory Services
  • Director, Trade Sector
  • Manager, Inspection Services (Energy and Weights and Measures)
  • Manager, Laboratory Services

Contractor to provide facilities for testing

19 Designate facilities for the purpose of making tests.

SCHEDULE 2

Notice of delegation

Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations
Column I Column II
  • Vice-President, Legal Metrology and Laboratory Services
  • Director, Laboratory Services
  • Director, Legal Metrology
  • Director, Trade Sector
  • Manager, Laboratory Services
  • Manager, Legal Metrology
  • Manager, Inspection Services (Energy and Weights and Measures)

Measuring apparatus

8(1) Certify electricity and gas measuring apparatus.

  • Vice-President, Legal Metrology and Laboratory Services
  • Director, Laboratory Services
  • Director, Legal Metrology
  • Manager, Legal Metrology

Application for permission or approval

15 Specify the conditions to which an approval granted under subsection 9(3) or (4) of the Act is subject.

  • Inspector General
  • Regional Manager
  • Manager, Inspection Services (Energy and Weights and Measures)

Accreditation

25 and 26 Specify the conditions to which the granting of an initial accreditation is subject, and sign and issue the certificate of accreditation.

Sign and issue subsequent certificates to reflect changes to the conditions to which granting of the accreditation is subject.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

CANADA SHIPPING ACT, 2001

Interim Order No. 2 Prohibiting the Carrying of Certain Oils on Board Vessels in Arctic Waters

Whereas the Minister of Transport believes that the annexed Interim Order No. 2 Prohibiting the Carrying of Certain Oils on Board Vessels in Arctic Waters is required to deal with a direct or indirect risk to marine safety or to the marine environment;

And whereas the provisions of the annexed Interim Order may be contained in a regulation made under paragraphs 35(1)(d)footnote a and 190(1)(c) of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 footnote b;

Therefore, the Minister of Transport makes the annexed Interim Order No. 2 Prohibiting the Carrying of Certain Oils on Board Vessels in Arctic Waters under subsection 10.1(1)footnote c of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 footnote b.

Ottawa, June 30, 2025

Chrystia Freeland
Minister of Transport

Interim Order No. 2 Prohibiting the Carrying of Certain Oils on Board Vessels in Arctic Waters

Interpretation

1 Unless the context requires otherwise, words and expressions used in this Interim Order have the same meaning as in the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 and the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals Regulations.

Application

2 (1) This Interim Order applies in respect of the following vessels in Arctic waters, as defined in regulation 46.2 of Annex I to MARPOL:

  • (a) Canadian vessels;
  • (b) Canadian pleasure craft that are not Canadian vessels;
  • (c) foreign vessels, if the Arctic waters are waters under Canadian jurisdiction; and
  • (d) foreign pleasure craft, if the Arctic waters are waters under Canadian jurisdiction.

Non-application

(2) This Interim Order does not apply in respect of any of the following vessels:

  • (a) a vessel dedicated to oil spill preparedness and response;
  • (b) a ship delivered on or after 1 August 2010, as defined in regulation 1.28.9 of Annex I to MARPOL, that has an aggregate oil fuel capacity of 600 m3 or more; or
  • (c) a Category A vessel or Category B vessel, as those terms are defined in section 12 of the Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations,
    • (i) that is constructed on or after January 1, 2017,
    • (ii) that has an aggregate oil fuel capacity of less than 600 m3, and
    • (iii) whose oil fuel tanks with a maximum individual capacity of more than 30 m3 are separated from the outer shell of the vessel by a distance of at least 0.76 m.

Prohibition

3 (1) It is prohibited for a vessel to use or carry an oil referred to in regulation 43.1.2 of Annex I to MARPOL or for its authorized representative to permit such an oil to be used or carried.

Exception — emergencies

(2) Despite subsection (1), such an oil may be used or carried on board a vessel if the vessel is engaged in saving lives, securing the safety of a vessel or preventing the immediate loss of a vessel.

Exceptions — cargo and previous use

(3) Despite subsection (1), such an oil may be carried on board a vessel in the following circumstances:

  • (a) the vessel is carrying the oil as cargo; or
  • (b) the vessel’s oil fuel tanks or piping systems contain a residual amount of the oil that the vessel previously used as fuel.

Authorized representative

(4) For the purposes of this section, a reference to the authorized representative of a pleasure craft that is not a Canadian vessel is to be read as a reference to the operator of the pleasure craft.

Repeal

4 This Interim Order is repealed six months after the day on which it comes into force.

Coming into force

5 This Interim Order comes into force on July 1, 2025, but if it is made after that day, it comes into force on the day on which it is made.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

MARINE LIABILITY ACT

Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund

Pursuant to section 113footnote 1 of the Marine Liability Act (the Act) and the Marine Liability and Information Return Regulations made pursuant to paragraph 113(3)(b)footnote 1 of the Act, the amount of the levy in respect of payments into the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund required by subsection 114.1(2)footnote 1 of the Act would be 63.05 cents if the levy were to be imposed or reimposed pursuant to subsection 114(1)footnote 1 of the Act during the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2025.

Chrystia Freeland, M.P.
Minister of Transport and Internal Trade

INNOVATION, SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CANADA

RADIOCOMMUNICATION ACT

Notice No. SMSE-004-25 — Publication of BPR-2, Issue 4

Notice is hereby given that Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has published the following document:

  • Broadcasting Procedures and Rules BPR-2, Issue 4, Application Procedures and Rules for AM Broadcasting Undertakings, which outlines specific requirements applicable to AM transmitters operating within the 525-1705 kHz band.

This document is now official and available on the Published documents page of the Spectrum management and telecommunications website.

Submitting comments

Comments and suggestions for improving this document may be submitted online using the Standard Change Request form.

July 2, 2025

Shari Scott
Acting Director General
Engineering, Planning and Standards Branch

Susan Hart
Director General
Spectrum Management Operations Branch