The following provisions shall be inserted in all contracts to which these conditions apply:

• 1. Wherever the word "Minister" occurs in these conditions and is not qualified by the words "of Labour", the reference is to the Minister of the contracting department.

• 2.

  • (a) All workmen, labourers or other persons who perform labour in the construction of the work hereby contracted for, shall be paid such wages as are generally accepted as current from time to time during the continuance of the contract for competent workmen in the district in which the work is being performed for the character or class of work in which they are respectively engaged, and if there be no current rate in such district, then a fair and reasonable rate. In no event shall the wages for the particular classification or classifications of labour concerned be less than those established by statute or regulation of the province in which the work is being performed.

  • (b) The working hours shall be those fixed by the custom of the trade as respects hours in the district where the work is carried on, or if there be no custom of the trade as respects hours in the district, then fair and reasonable hours, except for the protection of life and property, or on due cause shown to the satisfaction of the Minister of Labour.

  • (c) Where there are special circumstances which in the judgment of the Minister of Labour make it expedient that he should do so, he may decide what are the current or fair and reasonable rates of wages for overtime, and what is the proper classification of any work for the purposes of wages and hours. Immediately upon receipt of notice of any decision of the Minister of Labour hereunder the contractor shall adjust the wages and hours and classification of work so as to give effect to such decision. In the event of a dispute arising as to what is the current or a fair and reasonable rate of wages, or what are the current hours fixed by the custom of the trade or fair and reasonable hours or as to rates for overtime it shall be determined by the Minister of Labour, whose decision shall be final; payment may also be withheld of any moneys which would otherwise be payable to the contractor until the Minister of Labour's decision has been complied with.

  By the term "current wages" and the term "hours of labour fixed by the custom of the trade", in the foregoing, are meant respectively the standard rates of wages and hours of labour either recognized by signed agreements between employers and workmen in the district from which the labour required is necessarily drawn or actually prevailing, although not necessarily recognized by signed agreements.

• 3. The contractor shall post and keep posted in a conspicuous place on the premises where the contract is being executed, occupied or frequented by the workpeople, the foregoing fair wages provisions for the protection of the workpeople employed.

• 4. The contractor shall keep proper books and records showing the names, ages, trades and addresses of all workmen in his employ and the wages paid to and time worked by such workmen and the books and documents containing such records shall be open for inspection by the Fair Wages Officers of the Government at any time it may be expedient to the Minister of Labour to have the same inspected.

• 5. The contractor's premises and the work being performed under this contract shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times by any officer authorized by the Minister of Labour for this purpose; all such premises shall be kept by the contractor in sanitary condition.

• 6. With a view to avoidance of any abuses which might arise from the subletting of contracts, it shall be understood that subletting is prohibited unless the approval of the Minister is obtained; subcontractors shall be bound in all cases to conform to the conditions of the main contract, and the main contractor shall be held responsible for strict adherence to all contract conditions on the part of subcontractors; the contract shall not nor shall any portion thereof be transferred without the written permission of the Minister; no portion of the work to be performed shall be done at the homes of the workpeople or, except as specially provided for under legislative authority, by inmates of penal institutions.

• 7. All workmen employed upon the work comprehended in and to be executed pursuant to this contract shall be residents of Canada, unless the Minister is of the opinion that Canadian labour is not available or that special circumstances exist which would render it contrary to the public interest to enforce this provision.

• 8. The contractor shall not be entitled to payment of any money which would otherwise be payable under the terms of the contract in respect of work and labour performed in the execution of the contract unless and until he has filed with the Minister in support of his claim for payment a statement attested by statutory declaration showing

  • (i) the rates of wages and hours of labour of the various classes of workmen employed in the execution of the contract,

  • (ii) whether any wages in respect of the said work and labour remain in arrears,

  • (iii) that all the labour conditions of the contract have been duly complied with; or, in the event of notice from the Minister of Labour of claims for wages, until the same are adjusted.

The contractor shall also from time to time furnish to the Minister such further detailed information and evidence as the Minister may deem necessary in order to satisfy him that the conditions herein contained to secure the payment of fair wages have been complied with, and that the workmen so employed as aforesaid upon the portion of the work in respect of which payment is demanded have been paid in full.

• 9. In the event of default being made in payment of any money owing in respect of wages of any workman employed on the said work, and if a claim therefor is filed in the office of the Minister and proof thereof satisfactory to the Minister is furnished, the said Minister may pay such claim out of the moneys at any time payable by the Government under such contract and the amount so paid shall be deemed payments to the contractor.