Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, 2007

28 (1) The Chief Statistician of Canada shall prepare and submit the following to the Minister:

• (a) for the fiscal year that begins on April 1, 2008, the information referred to in paragraphs (3)(a) to (c) for each of the four fiscal years prior to that fiscal year or each of the four calendar years prior to the calendar year that ends in that fiscal year, as the case may be; and

• (b) for the fiscal year that begins on April 1, 2009 and for each following fiscal year in the fiscal arrangements period, a certificate, on or before December 1 of the fiscal year prior to that for which the certificate is submitted.

(2) The information set out in the certificate shall

• (a) be based on the most recent publication – or, where these Regulations require information that is not published, the most recent information prepared – by Statistics Canada on or before November 22 of the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year prior to the fiscal year for which the certificate is submitted; and

• (b) be provided for each of the four fiscal years prior to the fiscal year for which the certificate is submitted, or each of the four calendar years prior to the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year for which certificate is submitted, as the case may be.

(3) The certificate shall set out the following information:

• (a) the population of all provinces and territories as determined by the Chief Statistician of Canada in accordance with paragraph 27(1)(a);

• (b) the population of all provinces and territories, including that for the seven prior fiscal years if the fiscal year is one in which Statistics Canada releases Census population results, as determined by the Chief Statistician of Canada in accordance with paragraph 27(1)(b);

• (c) the information produced by Statistics Canada that is referred to in section 19 and used to calculate each revenue base described in that section;

• (d) for each territory, the revenue from each revenue source or, if the Chief Statistician of Canada is unable to differentiate between the revenue from two or more of those sources, an aggregate of the revenues of those sources; and

• (e) the information respecting the provincial local government expenditures referred to in subsection 24(1).

(4) The Chief Statistician of Canada shall, in the certificate,

• (a) if an aggregate of two or more revenue sources is provided in the certificate, inform the Minister of that aggregate; and

• (b) if any information required to be set out in the certificate is not available, inform the Minister that the information is missing.