Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007 (S.C. 2007, c. 35)
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Assented to 2007-12-14
160. Subsection 16(1) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Ouverture
16. (1) Est ouvert parmi les comptes du Canada un compte intitulé « caisse d’assurance-revenu » — appelé la caisse au présent article — dans le cas où l’accord prévoit que le fédéral administrera un régime d’assurance-revenu pour un produit agricole ou une catégorie de produits agricoles.
PART 11
FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL FISCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Marginal note:R.S., c. F-8; 1995, c. 17, s. 45(1)
Amendments to the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Marginal note:2007, c. 29, s. 62
161. The description of D in the definition “total per capita fiscal capacity” in subsection 3.5(1) of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act is replaced by the following:
- D
- is, with respect to Newfoundland and Labrador, any amount that may be paid to that province for that fiscal year under Part V of the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act;
162. Section 3.7 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):
Marginal note:Deemed election — Nova Scotia
(3.1) Nova Scotia is deemed, on the day on which this subsection comes into force, to have made the election under subsection (3) in respect of the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2008.
163. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 3.7:
Marginal note:Additional fiscal equalization payment
3.71 (1) If a province makes the election under subsection 3.7(3), an additional fiscal equalization payment for the period referred to in subsection (3) may be paid to that province equal to the amount by which
(a) the aggregate of the following amounts:
(i) the aggregate of the fiscal equalization amounts computed under section 3.72 for that province for all fiscal years in the period,
(ii) the aggregate of the amounts that would be paid to that province for all fiscal years in the period in accordance with sections 7 to 14 and 21 to 28 of the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act as that Act read on April 1, 2007, computed as if the fiscal equalization payment for that province for each fiscal year in the period were equal to the fiscal equalization amount computed under section 3.72 for that province for that fiscal year, and
(iii) subject to subsection (2), the aggregate of the amounts, with respect to Newfoundland and Labrador, that would be paid to that province for all fiscal years in the period under Part V of the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, as that Act read on April 1, 2007, computed as if the fiscal equalization payment for that province for each fiscal year in the period were equal to the fiscal equalization amount computed under section 3.72 for that province for that fiscal year, and computed in accordance with subsection 174(3) of the Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007 if the conditions described in that subsection are met,
is greater than
(b) the aggregate of the following amounts:
(i) the aggregate of the fiscal equalization payments paid to that province for the period,
(ii) the aggregate of the amounts paid to that province for the period in accordance with sections 7 to 14 and 21 to 28 of the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act, and
(iii) the aggregate of the amounts, with respect to Newfoundland and Labrador, paid to that province for the period under Part V of the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act.
Marginal note:Deeming
(2) For each fiscal year for which subsection 3.72(4) applies to Newfoundland and Labrador by reason of paragraph 3.72(6)(a), the amount that would be paid to that province under Part V of the Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act is deemed to be zero for the purpose of subparagraph (1)(a)(iii).
Definition of “period”
(3) For the purpose of subsection (1), “period” means the period beginning on April 1 of the first fiscal year in respect of which the province makes the election under subsection 3.7(3) and ending on the earlier of
(a) in the case of
(i) Nova Scotia, March 31 of the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year with respect to which it does not meet the conditions under paragraphs 12(1)(a) and (b) of the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act and is not receiving any transitional payments under section 14 of that Act, and
(ii) Newfoundland and Labrador, March 31 of the fiscal year preceding the first fiscal year with respect to which it does not meet the conditions under paragraphs 26(1)(a) and (b) of the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act and is not receiving any transitional payments under section 28 of that Act, and
(b) March 31, 2020.
Marginal note:Fiscal equalization amount
3.72 (1) For the purpose of this section and section 3.71, the fiscal equalization amount for a province for a fiscal year is the average of
(a) the greater of zero and the amount determined by the formula
(A - B) × C
where
- A
- is the per capita equalization standard for that fiscal year,
- B
- is the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield in that province for each revenue source for that fiscal year, and
- C
- is the average annual population of that province for that fiscal year, and
(b) the amount determined by the formula
D × [(E - F) × G] / H
where
- D
- is
(a) for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2006, the product obtained by multiplying $10,900,000,000 by 1.035, and
(b) for each subsequent fiscal year, the product obtained by multiplying the amount computed for the immediately preceding fiscal year by 1.035,
- E
- is the five-province per capita equalization standard for that fiscal year determined under subsection (3),
- F
- is the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield in that province for each revenue source for that fiscal year,
- G
- is the average annual population of that province for that fiscal year, and
- H
- is the aggregate of the amount for each of the provinces determined by the formula
(I - J) × K
where
- I
- is the five-province per capita equalization standard for that fiscal year determined under subsection (3),
- J
- is the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield in the province for each revenue source for that fiscal year, and
- K
- is the average annual population of the province for that fiscal year.
Marginal note:Clarification — paragraph (1)(a)
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the Minister shall determine the per capita equalization standard for a fiscal year by computing the fiscal equalization amount for each province for that fiscal year in the manner described in that paragraph and shall, in making that determination, ensure that
(a) the amount determined by the following formula would be the same with respect to every province for which a fiscal equalization amount is greater than zero:
A + (B / C)
where
- A
- is the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield in that province for each revenue source for that fiscal year,
- B
- is the fiscal equalization amount for that province for that fiscal year, and
- C
- is the average annual population of that province for that fiscal year; and
(b) the aggregate of the fiscal equalization amounts for all provinces for which the fiscal equalization amount is greater than zero for that fiscal year would be equal to
(i) for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2006, the product obtained by multiplying $10,900,000,000 by 1.035, and
(ii) for each subsequent fiscal year, the product obtained by multiplying the amount computed for the immediately preceding fiscal year by 1.035.
Marginal note:Clarification — paragraph (1)(b)
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b),
(a) the five-province per capita equalization standard for a fiscal year is the amount determined by the formula
(A + B + C + D + E ) / F
where
- A
- is the product of the average annual population of Ontario for that fiscal year and the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield for each revenue source in respect of Ontario for that fiscal year,
- B
- is the product of the average annual population of Quebec for that fiscal year and the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield for each revenue source in respect of Quebec for that fiscal year,
- C
- is the product of the average annual population of Manitoba for that fiscal year and the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield for each revenue source in respect of Manitoba for that fiscal year,
- D
- is the product of the average annual population of British Columbia for that fiscal year and the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield for each revenue source in respect of British Columbia for that fiscal year,
- E
- is the product of the average annual population of Saskatchewan for that fiscal year and the aggregate of the average annual per capita yield for each revenue source in respect of Saskatchewan for that fiscal year, and
- F
- is the aggregate of the average annual population for that fiscal year of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia and Saskatchewan;
(b) if, for a province, the value determined for F in paragraph (1)(b) is greater than the value determined for E in that paragraph, the difference between those values in relation to that province is deemed to be zero; and
(c) if, for a province, the value determined for J in the description of H in paragraph (1)(b) is greater than the value determined for I in that description, the difference between those values in relation to that province is deemed to be zero.
Marginal note:Adjustment of revenue to be equalized
(4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), if, for a fiscal year, the fiscal equalization amount for a province determined under subsection (1) is greater than zero and that province has seventy per cent or more of the average annual revenue base for all of the provinces in that fiscal year in respect of a revenue source, the revenue to be equalized from that revenue source for all of the provinces for the purpose of determining the average annual per capita yield for each province for that revenue source for that fiscal year is an amount equal to seventy per cent of the revenue to be equalized as otherwise determined from that revenue source for all of the provinces for each of the three immediately preceding fiscal years.
Marginal note:Nova Scotia
(5) For the purpose of calculating the additional fiscal equalization payment that may be paid to Nova Scotia under subsection 3.71(1),
(a) subsection (4) applies to Nova Scotia in respect of the revenue source referred to in paragraph (z.5) of the definition “revenue source” in subsection 3.9(1) only for those fiscal years in the period referred to in subsection 3.71(3) for which the application of subsection (4) would result in an increase in the amount calculated under paragraph 3.71(1)(a); and
(b) subsection (4) applies to Newfoundland and Labrador in respect of the revenue source referred to in paragraph (z.5) of the definition “revenue source” in subsection 3.9(1) only for those fiscal years for which that province makes the election under subsection 3.9(5).
Marginal note:Newfoundland and Labrador
(6) For the purpose of calculating the additional fiscal equalization payment that may be paid to Newfoundland and Labrador under subsection 3.71(1),
(a) subsection (4) applies to Newfoundland and Labrador in respect of the revenue source referred to in paragraph (z.5) of the definition “revenue source” in subsection 3.9(1) only for those fiscal years in the period referred to in subsection 3.71(3) for which the application of subsection (4) would result in an increase in the amount calculated under paragraph 3.71(1)(a); and
(b) subsection (4) applies to Nova Scotia in respect of the revenue source referred to in paragraph (z.5) of the definition “revenue source” in subsection 3.9(1) only for those fiscal years for which that province makes the election under subsection 3.9(5).
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