1029.8.33.11.11. In this division,“accredited instructor” means a training body or an instructor accredited by the Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity under the Act to promote workforce skills development and recognition (chapter D-8.3) or a regulation made under that Act; “apparent payment” means an amount paid or payable by an eligible instructor for the use of premises, facilities or equipment, or for the supply of services, that may reasonably be considered to be included in an eligible training expenditure;
“eligibility period” means the period beginning on 14 March 2008 and ending on 31 December 2011;
“eligible employee” of an eligible employer at a particular time in a taxation year or fiscal period means an individual who is, at that time, an employee, other than an excluded employee, of an establishment of the employer situated in Québec and an immigrant;
“eligible employer” means a qualified corporation or a qualified partnership;
“eligible instructor” in respect of an eligible employer at any time means a recognized educational institution or accredited instructor, but does not include a person or partnership that is, at that time,(a) an employee of the eligible employer;
(b) a specified shareholder, a specified member or a member, as the case may be, of the eligible employer;
(c) an employee, a specified shareholder or a specified member of a person with whom the eligible employer is not dealing at arm’s length;
(d) an employee or a member of a partnership with which the eligible employer is not dealing at arm’s length;
(e) an employee, a specified shareholder or a specified member of a person who is a specified shareholder, a specified member or a member, as the case may be, of the eligible employer;
(f) an employee, a specified shareholder or a specified member of a person who is a specified shareholder, a specified member or a member, as the case may be, of a person with whom the eligible employer is not dealing at arm’s length;
(g) a member of a partnership that is a specified shareholder, a specified member or a member, as the case may be, of the eligible employer or of a person with whom the eligible employer is not dealing at arm’s length; or
(h) an employee, a specified shareholder or a specified member of a corporation that carries on a personal services business, or an employee or a member of a partnership that carries on such a business, if a shareholder or a specified member of the corporation or a member of the partnership is both a specified shareholder or a specified member of the corporation or a member of the partnership, as the case may be, andi. an employee, a specified shareholder or a specified member of the eligible employer or of a person with whom the eligible employer is not dealing at arm’s length, or
ii. an employee, a specified shareholder or a specified member of a person or a member of a partnership that is a specified shareholder, a specified member or a member, as the case may be, of the eligible employer or of a person with whom the eligible employer is not dealing at arm’s length;
“eligible training” in respect of an eligible employer means a course designed to foster the francization of immigrants that is given by an eligible instructor, in respect of the employer, under a contract entered into after 13 March 2008 between the instructor and the employer, but does not include a course taken because the eligible employer is required to comply with a law or regulation;
“eligible training expenditure” of an eligible employer for a taxation year or fiscal period means, subject to section 1029.8.33.11.12, the aggregate of all amounts each of which is an amount, incurred in the part of the eligibility period that is included in the year or period and determined in respect of an eligible employee of the eligible employer who participates in eligible training that begins in the eligibility period, equal to the total of(a) the cost of the eligible training to the eligible employer or, if more than one person participates in the eligible training, the portion of that cost that may reasonably be attributed to the eligible employee’s participation in that training; and
(b) the lesser ofi. the portion of the eligible employee’s salary or wages that may reasonably be attributed to the period during which the eligible employee attends the eligible training, and
ii. 200% of the amount determined under paragraph a;
“excluded corporation” means a corporation that(a) is exempt from tax for the year under Book VIII, other than an insurer referred to in paragraph k of section 998 that is not so exempt from tax on all of its taxable income for the year because of section 999.0.1; or
(b) would be exempt from tax for the year under section 985, but for section 192;
“excluded employee” of an eligible employer at a particular time means,(a) if the employer is a corporation, an employee who is, at that time, a specified shareholder of the corporation or, if the corporation is a cooperative, a specified member of the corporation;
(b) if the employer is a partnership, an employee whoi. is, at that time, a member of the partnership, or a specified shareholder or specified member of that member, or
ii. is not, at that time, dealing at arm’s length with a member of the partnership, or with a specified shareholder or specified member of that member;
(c) an employee in respect of whom it may reasonably be considered that one of the purposes for which the employee works for the eligible employer would be to allow, but for this paragraph, the employer or a corporation that is a member of the employer to be deemed to have paid, in respect of the employee, an amount to the Minister under section 1029.8.33.11.13 or 1029.8.33.11.14; and
(d) an employee in respect of whom it may reasonably be considered that the conditions of employment with the eligible employer have been changed mainly to allow, but for this paragraph, the employer or a corporation that is a member of the employer to be deemed to have paid, in respect of the employee, an amount to the Minister under section 1029.8.33.11.13 or 1029.8.33.11.14, or to increase an amount that the employer or a corporation that is a member of the employer would be deemed, but for this paragraph, to have paid to the Minister under either of those sections in respect of the employee;
“immigrant”, at any time of a taxation year or fiscal period, means a person who, at that time, is, within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (S.C, 2001, chapter 27),(a) a permanent resident;
(b) a temporary resident or a holder of a temporary resident permit who was resident in Canada during the 18-month period preceding that time; or
(c) a protected person;
“qualified corporation” for a taxation year means a corporation, other than an excluded corporation, that, in the year, has an establishment in Québec;
“qualified partnership” for a fiscal period means a partnership that, in that period, has an establishment in Québec;
“recognized educational institution” means an educational institution that is(a) a secondary-level or college-level educational institution under the authority of the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport or the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche, de la Science et de la Technologie;
(b) an educational institution accredited for purposes of subsidies under section 77 of the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1); (c) an educational institution mentioned in the list established by the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports or the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology under any of subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the first and second paragraphs of section 56 of the Act respecting financial assistance for education expenses (chapter A-13.3); or (d) an educational institution operated by a person holding a permit issued, for that educational institution, by the Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports or the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology under section 12 of the Act respecting private education, provided that it offers a vocational education or vocational training program referred to in Chapter I of that Act;
“salary or wages” means the income computed under Chapters I and II of Title II of Book III;
“specified member” of a corporation that is a cooperative at any time means a member having, directly or indirectly, at that time, at least 10% of the votes at a meeting of the members of the cooperative.