6.1 Contractors withdrawing from the Federal Contractors Program accept the same sanction as that for being found in non-compliance (see 6.3 below).
6.2 Withdrawal from FCP without sanction: When a contractor demonstrates to the satisfaction of HRDC-Labour that its workforce has decreased to less than 100 permanent employees, HRDC-Labour will allow the organization to withdraw from FCP without penalty.
6.3 Following a compliance review resulting in a finding of non-compliance and in which the contractor files an appeal, the Minister of Labour shall communicate the assessor's findings to the Minister of the department/agency that awarded the contract; if the assessor's report confirms the finding of non-compliance, the Minister of Labour shall take appropriate action which may include advising the contractor that it is ineligible for future goods and services contracts. In this case, HRDC-Labour will place the name of the ineligible organization on the "FCP List of Ineligible Contractors" and its Certificate of Commitment number will become invalid. The contractor in question will not be considered for further federal contracts for goods and services valued over the threshold for solicitation of bids set out in the Government Contracts Regulations (see section 3 of this document).
6.4 If the contractor withdraws from the Federal Contractors Program during a compliance review and prior to a finding of non-compliance, the contractor will be declared ineligible to receive further federal contracts for goods and services above the threshold for soliciting competitive bids set out in the Government Contract Regulations. The name of the ineligible contractor will be placed on HRDC-Labour's "FCP List of Ineligible Contractors."
6.5 Re-instatement: The ineligible contractor may be re-instated by demonstrating to the satisfaction of a review officer of HRDC-Labour that the organization is incompliance with the Federal Contractors Program.