compliance

docs/source/compliance.rst

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-Government Stakeholders
 Government legislation provides the rules and regulations that the payroll function must
 administer with respect to payments made to employees. For this reason, it is important for
 the payroll practitioner to understand both the scope and the source of payroll-related
 legislation.
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 Canada is ruled by a federal government with ten largely self-governing provinces and three
 territories controlled by the federal government. Payroll practitioners have to be compliant
 not only with the federal government legislation, but with the provincial and territorial
 governments' legislation as well.
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 As a result, payroll practitioners and their organizations are affected by the enactment of
 legislation at both the federal and provincial/territorial level.
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 The federal parliament has the power to make laws for the peace, order and good government
 of Canada. The federal cabinet is responsible for most of the legislation introduced by
 parliament, and has the sole power to prepare and introduce tax legislation involving the
 expenditure of public money.
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 The provincial/territorial legislatures have power over direct taxation in the province or
 territory for the purposes of natural resources, prisons (except for federal penitentiaries),
 charitable institutions, hospitals (except marine hospitals), municipal institutions, education,
 licences for provincial/territorial and municipal revenue purposes, local works, incorporation
 of provincial/territorial organizations, the creation of courts and the administration of justice,
 fines and penalties for breaking provincial/territorial laws.
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 Both the federal and provincial/territorial governments have power over agriculture,
 immigration and certain aspects of natural resources. Should their laws conflict, federal law
 prevails.
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 In the case of old age, disability, and survivor's pensions, again both the federal and
 provincial/territorial governments have power. In this instance, if their laws conflict, the
 provincial/territorial power prevails.
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 The federal government cannot transfer any of its powers to a provincial/territorial
 legislature, nor can a provincial/territorial legislature transfer any of its powers to the federal
 government. The federal government can, however, delegate the administration of a federal
@@ -234,14 +240,12 @@ authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all matters regarding:
   - regulation of trade and commerce
   - Employment Insurance
   - postal service
-  - fixing and providing salaries and allowances for civil and other officers of the
-Government of Canada
+  - fixing and providing salaries and allowances for civil and other officers of the Government of Canada
   - navigation and shipping
-  - ferries between a province and any British or foreign country or between two
-provinces
-  - criminal law, except the Constitution of Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction, but including
-the Procedure in Criminal Matters
+  - ferries between a province and any British or foreign country or between two provinces
+  - criminal law, except the Constitution of Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction, but including the Procedure in Criminal Matters
   - anything not specifically assigned to the provinces under this Act
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 The Canada Labour Code is legislation that consolidates certain statutes respecting labour.
 Part I deals with Industrial Relations, Part II deals with Occupational Health and Safety and
 Part III deals with Labour Standards. The primary objective of Part III is to establish and