It may assist us to quickly place the amendment and subamendment in context. Paragraph (b) of the definition of “government institution”, as introduced in subamendment NDP-9.2, said:
any parent Crown corporation, and any subsidiary of such a corporation, within the meaning of section 83 of the Financial Administration Act.
The “For greater certainty” part of NDP-9.3, about the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and Public Sector Pension Investment Board, is necessary because those are two crown corporations that, in their own enabling legislation, say that part X of the Financial Administration Act doesn't apply to them, which is where this section 83 reference in the definition comes into play. This is necessary to make sure that those two crown corporations are included for the purposes of the Access to Information Act.
The subamendment that's been proposed says that under this definition we're including subsidiaries and parent crowns, and if you are a subsidiary of a parent crown, then any of the provisions of the Access to Information Act that apply to the parent would equally apply to the subsidiary. For example, if there was a specific exemption for a parent, the subsidiary would also be able to use that specific exemption. So it just follows in line, given the lines of business they're in.
