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WHEREAS subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan provides as follows:

114(4) Where any enactment of Parliament contains any provision that alters, or the effect of which is to alter, either directly or indirectly and either immediately or in the future,

(a)  the general level of benefits provided by this Act,

(b)  the classes of benefits provided by this Act,

(c)  the contribution rate for employees, employers or self-employed persons for any year,

(d)  the formulae for calculating the contributions and benefits payable under this Act,

(e)  the management or operation of the Canada Pension Plan Account, or

(f)  the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act,

it shall be deemed to be a term of that enactment, whether or not it is expressly stated in the enactment, that the provision shall come into force only on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, which order may not be made and shall not in any case have any force or effect unless the lieutenant governor in council of each of at least  two thirds of the included provinces, having in the aggregate not less than two thirds of the population of all the included provinces, has signified the consent of that province to the enactment;

AND WHEREAS the Parliament of Canada has enacted the Economic Recovery Act (stimulus), S.C. 2009, c. 31, which received Royal Assent on December 15, 2009;

AND WHEREAS subsection 43(2) of the Economic Recovery Act (stimulus) provides that sections 25 to 42 of the Act come into force in accordance with subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-8;

AND WHEREAS sections 25 to 42 of the Act will alter the matters referred to in subsection 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan;

THEREFORE His Honour the Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 114(4) of the Canada Pension Plan, hereby consents on behalf of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador to the enactment of sections 25 to 42 of the Economic Recovery Act (stimulus), S.C. 2009, c. 31.