AMENDMENT TO THE CANADA - NEW BRUNSWICK AGREEMENT ON THE PROVISION OF FRENCH-LANGUAGE SERVICES 2005-06 TO 2008-09

THIS AMENDMENT was concluded in English and French
on this 26 day of September 2007,

BETWEEN:    HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF CANADA, hereinafter called “Canada”, represented by the Minister of Canadian Heritage,

AND:   HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN IN RIGHT OF NEW BRUNSWICK, hereinafter called “New Brunswick”, represented by the Minister of the Office of Human Resources and Minister responsible for La Francophonie of New Brunswick.

THIS AMENDMENT WITNESSES THAT, in consideration of the mutual convenants herein, the parties agree to amend the Agreement dated the 18th day of August 2005, as follows:

1. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION

Paragraph 4.1 of Canada - New Brunswick Agreement on the Provision of French-

Language Services 2005-2006 to 2008-2009 is deleted and replaced by the following

4.1 Subject to the appropriation of funds by Parliament, to the maintenance of current forecasted budgetary levels to March 31, 2009, for the Development of Official-Language Communities Program, Community Life component, and to the Administrative Procedures and Conditions in Schedule A of this agreement, Canada agrees to contribute to the eligible expenses incurred by New Brunswick in implementing its action plan (Schedule B) for the purposes described in Section 2 of this agreement an amount not to exceed the lesser of six million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($6,850,000) or 50% of the total eligible expenses incurred from 2005-06 to 2008-09. To that end, Canada’s contribution for each of the four fiscal years shall be as follows:

2005-06      $1,600,000
2006-07      $1,700,000
2007-08      $1,750,000
2008-09      $1,800,000

2. EFFECTIVE DATE

This amendment shall take effect on the date the Canada - New Brunswick Agreement on the Provision of French-Language Services 2005-2006 to 2008-2009 was signed by all parties and shall terminate, barring its cancellation beforehand, one year (365 days) after the expiry of the period of activities mentioned in subsection 21.1 of the Agreement.

3. PRECEDENCE

All other clauses contained in the Canada - New Brunswick Agreement on the Provision of French-Language Services 2005-2006 to 2008-2009 remain unchanged, and in the event of any inconsistencies, the provisions of this amendment take precedence over those of the Agreement dated the 18th day of August 2005.

4. APPENDICES

The attached Schedule B replaces the previous Schedule B. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed this Amendment on the date that appears on the first page.