Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, 2007

28 (1) The Chief Statistician of Canada shall, in each fiscal year, prepare and submit a certificate to the Minister on or before December 1 of the fiscal year.

(2) The information set out in the certificate shall

• (a) be based on the most recent publication of Statistics Canada — or the most recent information of Statistics Canada if the publication is not available, its contents have been superseded by more recent information or these Regulations require information that is not published — that is available on or before November 22 of the fiscal year in which the certificate is submitted; and

• (b) be provided

  • (i) if the information is required on a fiscal year basis, for the fiscal year in which the certificate is submitted and the three prior fiscal years, or

  • (ii) if the information is required on a calendar year basis, for the calendar year that ends in the fiscal year in which the certificate is submitted and the three prior calendar years.

(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, other than

  • (i) the individualized profits and losses of business enterprises referred to in clause 19(1)(b)(ii)(B),

  • (ii) the assessed market value of residential property referred to in the description of R in paragraph 19(1)(h), and

  • (iii) the assessed market value of commercial-industrial property referred to in the description of N in paragraph 19(1)(h);

• (d) for each province and territory, information from the Government Finance Statistics regarding the revenues described in section 18 other than those described in subparagraph 18(1)(h)(vi); 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.