Traduction de «péréquation des charges » (Français → Anglais) :

He has to accept that equalization is a constitutional requirement for horizontal equity, and the federal government has a responsibility to offset its superior taxation capacity by transfers to the provinces that have the most demanding programs (0950) Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis: As we are the committee dealing with fiscal imbalance, would it be incumbent upon us, in your view, to come up with recommendations dealing with both the vertical and the horizontal imbalances, so we deal with the problems of equalization and problems in terms of cash transfers?

If you were to introduce an element of that, if, instead of just a cash transfer, which is what we do under equalization now, you had a smaller cash transfer and an element of tax transfer, which is partly what Finn was talking about a moment ago, you reduce the federal tax load in equalization receiving provinces, and then you let that work through the system.

To that end, firstly, the balance of the old compensation system for storage costs should be charged, if negative, or credited, if positive, to the system for financing the disposal of surplus Community production in the sugar sector and, secondly, the date of disposal for the purposes of paying the storage levy for sugar in storage at the date of entry into application of this Regulation should be deemed to be the last day of the 2000/2001 marketing year.

To that end, firstly, the balance of the old compensation system for storage costs should be charged, if negative, or credited, if positive, to the system for financing the disposal of surplus Community production in the sugar sector and, secondly, the date of disposal for the purposes of paying the storage levy for sugar in storage at the date of entry into application of this Regulation should be deemed to be the last day of the 2000/01 marketing year.

Article 46 The balance remaining from the compensation system for storage costs applied during the 2000/01 marketing year under Regulation (EC) No 2038/1999 shall be charged, if negative, or credited, if positive, under the system referred to in Articles 15 and 16 of this Regulation for the 2001/02 marketing year.

Hon. Paul Martin (Minister of Finance and Minister responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development-Quebec, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the position of per capita payments was certainly discussed (1445 ) In terms of equalization and therefore obviously the derivative effect on the CHST, all provincial finance ministers, regardless of whether they were from a recipient province or a province that was contributing, discussed the issue with a great deal more understanding, a great deal more compassion and a great deal more vision in terms of what Canada is all about than has been expressed by the member of the Reform Party.