From: AlanBaggett@volcanomail.com   
      
   New taxes, wage hikes and more: 49 new laws across Canada in 2019 :CRA SOTW    
      
   A ban on plastic bags, Inuktut language classes, edible marijuana rules and   
   more    
      
   by Steve Brearton   
      
    Some changes are tiny and bureaucratic. Others will fundamentally change the   
   country. The federal and provincial governments have announced numerous new   
   rules for 2019. Most federal, provincial and territorial laws come into force   
   immediately after    
   their passage and assent. But legislation requiring greater planning or notice   
   is typically delayed to allow affected parties time to prepare. Here are 49   
   new laws that come into effect across Canada in 2019. They range from the   
   arrival of a federal    
   carbon-tax plan to a fee for plastic bags in Prince Edward Island.   
      
   January 1, 2019   
   Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (Canada)   
   For provinces that either did not adopt Prime Minister Trudeau’s carbon   
   pricing system or failed to develop their own pricing plan—that’s Ontario,   
   New Brunswick, Manitoba and Saskatchewan—the legislation institutes a fee on   
   carbon pollution    
   beyond a certain threshold for larger industrial facilities.   
      
   Budget Implementation Act, 2018 (Canada)   
   The small business tax rate is reduced from 10 per cent to 9 per cent.   
      
   Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada)   
   Requires organizations to obtain “meaningful consent” for the collection,   
   use and disclosure of personal information. Canada’s Privacy Commissioner   
   has detailed necessary practices including making information collection   
   easily understandable and    
   allowing consumers to opt-in or opt-out.   
      
   Making Ontario’s Roads Safer Act (Canada)   
   Anyone convicted of distracted driving will automatically have their   
   driver’s licence suspended for three or 30 days. ‘Distraction’ ranges   
   from holding an electronic device in your hands to eating.   
      
   A Better Deal for Consumers and Businesses Act (Alberta)   
   Consumer lenders providing loans at annual interest rates exceeding 32 per   
   cent require licenses and are subject to more stringent reporting requirements.   
      
   Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (Alberta)   
   Requires owners of contaminated land—including oil and gas sites—seeking   
   remediation certificates to report “new information” as well as meet   
   specific timelines and instructions to remediate land and prevent further   
   adverse effects.   
      
   Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2018 (British Columbia)   
   As part of B.C.’s 2018 budget, businesses with a payroll exceeding $500,000   
   will begin to pay an Employer Health Tax.   
      
   Safe and Responsible Retailing of Cannabis Act (Manitoba)   
   Manitoba’s Social Responsibility Fee is a 6 per cent tax on revenues of   
   licensed cannabis retailers “to ensure they share in the social   
   responsibility costs of cannabis legalization.”   
       
   An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, 2018 (Newfoundland and Labrador)   
   Eligible residents can claim a $3,000 non-refundable tax credit on their   
   provincial income tax through the government’s new Search and Rescue   
   Volunteer Tax Credit.   
      
   Residential Tenancies Act (Newfoundland and Labrador)   
   Provision to allow landlords to get immediate approval to evict a tenant in   
   extreme circumstances and for victims of domestic violence escaping an unsafe   
   situation to terminate a lease with only 30 days notice without financial   
   penalty.   
      
   Environment Act (Nova Scotia)   
   Cap and trade pricing comes into effect in the province, a system that costs   
   carbon and allows producers polluting above a certain threshold to buy credits   
   from firms that burn less.   
      
   Corporations Registration Act and Companies Act (Nova Scotia)   
   Reduces incorporation fees from $336.40 to $200—the lowest in Canada—and   
   waives the annual registration fee for firms in the first year of   
   incorporation.   
      
   Safer Ontario Act (Ontario)   
   Recognizes police forces in Ontario First Nations’ territory as   
   fully-fledged and guarantees support, standards and resources to undertake   
   their work.   
       
   Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act (Ontario)   
   Requires hunters to report hunting activity and “harvests” and allows the   
   on-line purchase of hunting dog licenses.   
      
   Collection and Debt Settlement Services Act (Ontario)   
   Requires collection agencies with ten or more collectors to record certain   
   calls relating to their activities; those not in compliance subject to fine.   
      
   Employment Standards Act (Ontario)   
   Excludes those working in the film and television industry from compensation   
   for work shifts cancelled within 48 hours and also denies those employees the   
   right to refuse unscheduled work with less than four days notice.   
      
   Child and Family Services Act (Ontario)   
   Requires new complaint and licensing procedures for child welfare residences   
   as well as clinical oversight and approval of mechanical restraints in secure   
   treatment programs.   
      
   An Act to amend the Act respecting labour standards and other legislative   
   provisions mainly to facilitate family-work balance (Quebec)   
   Requires employees to adopt a ‘psychological harassment prevention and   
   complaint processing policy’ with a section defining sexual harassment as   
   “behaviour that manifests itself in the form of verbal comments, actions or   
   gestures of a sexual nature.   
   ” More generous leave entitlements also come into effect.   
       
   An Act to improve the performance of the Société de l’assurance automobile   
   du Québec, to better regulate the digital economy as regards e-commerce,   
   remunerated passenger transportation and tourist accommodation and to amend   
   various legislative    
   provisions (Quebec)   
   Among many changes to the regulation of Quebec’s insurance industry, allows   
   life insurance policy holders to sell an existing policy to a third party for   
   a value determined by an independent appraiser.   
      
   January 15, 2019   
   Safe Food for Canadians Act (Canada)   
   Significantly expands the list of individuals and firms required to hold a   
   Canadian Food Inspection Agency license, a ‘food safety preventive control   
   plan’ as well as a food tracking and tracing process.   
      
   February 1, 2019   
   Safe Body Art Act (Nova Scotia)   
   Requires permits for those selling body art services—tattoo and piercing   
   studios, for instance—and demands operators meet standards for infection   
   prevention and records management.   
      
   February 18, 2019   
   Family Day Act (British Columbia)   
   British Columbia transfers Family Day from the second Monday in February to   
   the third Monday to move the holiday in line with other Canadian provinces.   
      
   March 1, 2019   
      
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