Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, 1999

20 (1) The Minister may, at the written request of a province and before making the computation referred to in section 10 of the Act, estimate, on the basis of information that is available to the Minister, any amount of the provincial personal income tax revenue guarantee payment that may be paid to the province for the fiscal year under section 9 of the Act.

(2) The Minister may, in one or more advances, pay that estimated amount to the province.