Archived - News Releases 2006
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Canada’s New Government
Releases Proposals to Improve the Taxation of Financial Institutions
2006-091 (December 28, 2006) - includes a Backgrounder
Canada’s New Government
Proposes Tax Exemption for Midwifery Services
2006-090 (December 28, 2006)
Canada’s New Government
Announces 2007 Automobile Deduction Limits and Expense Benefit Rates for
Business
2006-089 (December 27, 2006)
Canada’s New Government Is
Providing Real Tax Relief for Canadians
2006-088 (December 22, 2006) - includes a link to Summary of Federal Tax Relief
for 2006 and 2007
Minister of Finance
Announces Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Appointment
2006-087 (December 22, 2006) - includes Biographical Notes
Canada’s New Government
Releases Draft Legislative Proposals to Implement the Distribution Tax on Income
Trusts and Partnerships
2006-086 (December 21, 2006) - includes links to the Legislative Proposals and
Explanatory Notes to the Legislative Proposals Concerning Specified Investment
Flow-Through Trusts and Partnerships.
Release of The Fiscal
Monitor
2006-085 (December 21, 2006) - includes link to The Fiscal Monitor for October
2006.
Canada’s New Government
Establishes Program Eligibility for the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit
2006-084 (December 19, 2006) - includes a backgrounder.
Minister Flaherty
Announces New Collaborative Steps With Provincial and Territorial Finance
Ministers
2006-083 (December 15, 2006)
Guidance Provided on
“Normal Growth” for Income Trusts and Other Flow-Through Entities
2006-082 (December 15, 2006)
Proceeds of Crime (Money
Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act Receives Royal Assent
2006-081 (December 15, 2006)
IMF Report Commends
Policies Set Out in Advantage Canada, the Long-Term Economic Plan of Canada’s
New Government
2006-080 (December 13, 2006) - includes a link to 2007 Article IV Consultation
with Canada Preliminary Conclusions of the IMF Mission
Canada’s New Government
Receives Recommendations on Savings Measures to Help Children With Severe
Disabilities
2006-079 (December 12, 2006) - includes a link to the Report of the Minister of
Finance's Expert Panel on Financial Security for Children with Severe
Disabilities.
Canada’s New Government
Provides Savings Of Up To $4.5 Million In Tariffs To Canadian Apparel
Manufacturers
2006-078 (December 8, 2006) - Includes a backgrounder
Minister of Finance
Welcomes Report on Pre-Budget Consultation Hearings
2006-077 (December 7, 2006)
Official International
Reserves
2006-076 (December 5, 2006)
Canada’s New Government
Reduces Debt Burden to Lowest Level in Quarter Century
2006-075 (November 28, 2006) - includes the Debt Management Report for 2005-06.
Canada’s New Government
Tables Legislation to Strengthen Canada’s Financial System
2006-074 (November 27, 2006) - includes a Backgrounder
New Measures to Increase
Fairness and Efficiency of the Sales Tax System
2006-073 (November 27, 2006) - includes a Backgrounder, the Notice of Ways and
Means Motion to introduce an Act to amend the Excise Tax Act, the Excise Act,
2001 and the Air Travellers Security - Charge Act and to make related amendments
to other Acts; and Explanatory Notes
Minister Flaherty to
Participate in Online Chat
2006-072 (November 27, 2006) - includes a link to the Invitation by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to participate in an Advantage
Canada online chat
Canada’s New Government
Launches National Web-Based Consultations on Advantage Canada Economic Plan
2006-071 (November 24, 2006) - includes a link to the Invitation by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to Participate in Advantage Canada
Consultations
Canada’s New Government
Renews Inflation-Target Agreement With the Bank of Canada
2006-070 (November 23, 2006) - includes the Economic and Fiscal Update 2006, the
Joint Statement of the Government of Canada and the Bank of Canada on the
Renewal of the Inflation-Control Target, and Advantage Canada - Building a
Stronger Economy for Canadians.
Canada’s New Government
Releases Advantage Canada: An Economic Plan to Eliminate Canada’s Net Debt and
Further Reduce Taxes
2006-069 (November 23, 2006) - includes the Economic and Fiscal Update 2006 and
Advantage Canada - Building a Stronger Economy for Canadians
Release of The Fiscal
Monitor
2006-067 (November 15, 2006) - includes a link to the September 2006 Fiscal
Monitor
Address by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to the Canadian Urban Transit
Association 2006 Fall Conference and Trans-Expo
(November 6, 2006)
Canada Employment
Insurance Commission to Reduce EI Premium Rates for 2007
2006-066 (November 9, 2006)
Canada’s New Government
Strengthens the Income Tax System
2006-065 (November 9, 2006) - Inlcudes links to a Backgrounder, Notice of Ways
and Means Motion to introduce an Act to amend the Income Tax Act and Explanatory
Notes
Canada’s New Government
Provides Funding Relief for Defined Benefit Pension Plans
2006-064 (November 7, 2006) - includes a link to the Solvency Funding Relief
Regulations
Dr. Brian Lee Crowley
Appointed to Department of Finance Advisory Post
2006-063 (November 7, 2006)
Official International
Reserves
2006-062 (November 3, 2006)
Canada’s New Government
Announces Tax Fairness Plan
2006-061 (October 31, 2006) - includes a backgrounder and a speech
Statement by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance
October 31, 2006
Canada’s New Government
Announces Bank of Canada Appointments
2006-060 (October 27, 2006) - includes Biographical Notes
Canada’s New Government
Receives Report on Children’s Fitness Tax Credit
2006-059 (October 26, 2006) - includes a link to the Report of the Expert Panel
for the Children's Fitness Tax Credit
Release of The Fiscal
Monitor
2006-058 (October 24, 2006)
Address by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to the Canadian Institute of
Chartered Accountants Commodity Tax Symposium
(October 16, 2006)
Canada’s New Government to
Ease the Burden of Taxpayers
2006-057 (October 16, 2006) - includes Notice of Ways and Means Motion to
Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on May 2, 2006
and Explanatory Notes Relating to Remaining Budget 2006 Income Tax Measures,
Dividend Taxation and Canadian Vintners and Brewers
Address by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, at the opening of the First
Plenary Meeting of the 18th Session of the Financial Action Task Force
(October 11, 2006)
Ontario Business Will
Benefit From New Tax Collection Agreement
2006-056 (October 6, 2006) - includes a link to Memorandum of Agreement
Concerning a Single Administration of Ontario Corporate Tax
Canada’s New Government
Toughens Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime
2006-055 (October 5, 2006) - includes a backgrounder.
More Flexibility to
Seniors in the Management of Their Life Income Funds
2006-054 (October 4, 2006)
Official International
Reserves
2006-053 (October 4, 2006)
Minister of Finance
Releases Report on Canada’s Foreign Reserve Holdings
2006-052 (October 3, 2006)
Canada Savings Bonds Rates
Announced
2006-051 (October 2, 2006)
Address by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to the Queen’s University
Institute of Intergovernmental Relations Conference Fiscal Federalism and the
Future of Canada
(September 28, 2006)
Canada’s New Government
Marks 60th Anniversary of Canada Savings Bonds
2006-050 (October 2, 2006)
Notice of Ways and Means
Motion Tabled
2006-049 (September 25, 2006) - includes a Notice of Ways and Means Motion to
amend the Excise Tax Act and a Detailed Proposals on the Elimination of the GST
Visitor Rebate Program
Canada’s New Government Is
Getting Things Done by Providing Additional Funding for Transit, Housing and
Education
2006-048 (September 25, 2006) - includes a backgrounder.
Canada’s New Government
cuts wasteful programs, refocuses spending on priorities, achieves major debt
reduction as promised
2006-047 (September 25, 2006) - includes backgrounders.
Release of The Fiscal
Monitor
2006-046 (September 22, 2006) - includes a link to the July 2006 Fiscal Monitor
Minister of Finance
Appoints New Director to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
2006-045 (September 18, 2006)
Statement Prepared for
the Development Committee of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank and
International Monetary Fund
September 18, 2006
Statement Prepared for
the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the Board of Governors of
the International Monetary Fund
September 17, 2006
Official International
Reserves
2006-044 (September 6, 2006)
Canada’s Finance Minister
Commends IMF Quota Reform
2006-043 (September 1, 2006)
Canada’s New Government
Continues to Deliver on Its Tax Relief Plan
2006-042 (August 31, 2006) - includes a link to the Legislative Proposals and
Explanatory Notes to Implement Remaining Budget 2006 Income Tax Measures
Address by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to the Ontario Convenience Stores
Association Annual General Meeting
August 17, 2006
Updated Financial
Information on Air Transportation Security
2006-041 (August 25, 2006) - includes a backgrounder, and links to related
external audit reports.
Minister of Finance
Announces International Monetary Fund and World Bank Nominations
2006-040 (August 11, 2006)
Minister of Finance
Appoints New Director of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
2006-039 (August 11, 2006)
Canada’s New Government
Launches National Web-Based Consultations on Fiscal Balance
2006-038 (August 8, 2006) - includes a link to the Online Consultations on
Restoring Fiscal Balance in Canada
Official International
Reserves
2006-037 (August 3, 2006)
Minister of Finance
Appoints Panel to Help Children with Severe Disabilities
2006-036 (July 31, 2006)- includes a backgrounder and a link to Biographical
Notes
Minister of Finance
Appoints Expert Panel to Advise on Children's Fitness Tax Credit
2006-035 (July 31, 2006) - includes a backgrounder and a link to Biographical
Notes
Canada’s New Government
Cancels All Debt Owed by Cameroon
2006-034 (July 18, 2006)
Canada takes lead
international role in combating terrorist financing and money laundering
2006-033 (July 7, 2006) - includes a backgrounder
Official International
Reserves
2006-032 (July 6, 2006)
Taking Public Transit is
Now More Affordable in Canada
2006-031 (July 5, 2006) - includes a backgrounder.
Canada’s New Government
Provides Substantial Tax Relief Beginning July 1
2006-030 (June 30, 2006)
Minister of Finance
Announces Appointment of New Chair to the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
2006-029 (June 30, 2006) - includes a link to Biographical Notes
Draft Changes to Eliminate
the Double Taxation of Large Corporation Dividends
2006-028 (June 29, 2006) - includes link to the Legislative Proposals and
Explanatory Notes Relating to Income Tax.
Canada’s New Government Is
Further Reducing the Tax Burden for Canadian Wineries and Breweries
2006-027 (June 28, 2006) - includes Backgrounders, Legislative Proposals and
Explanatory Notes
Review Finds Canada
Pension Plan Is Financially Sound
2006-026 (June 27, 2006) - includes a Backgrounder
Address by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce
(June 19, 2006)
IMF Report Says Canada’s
Economic Outlook Very Favourable
2006-025 (June 16, 2006)
Address by the
Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, to the Canada-United Kingdom
Chamber of Commerce
(June 16, 2006)
Explanatory Notes to the
Budget Implementation Act, 2006 Now Available
2006-024 (June 15, 2006) - includes a link to Explanatory Notes Relating to the
Excise Tax Act, the Income Tax Act, the First Nations Goods and Services Tax
Act, the Yukon First Nations Self-Government Act, and Related Acts and Notice of
Ways and Means Motion to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Pa
2006 Financial
Institutions Legislation Review: Proposals for an Effective and Efficient
Financial Services Framework
2006-023 (June 14, 2006) - includes a link to the 2006 Financial Institutions
Legislation Review: Proposals for an Effective and Efficient Financial Services
Framework
Address by the
Honourable James M. Flaherty, P.C., MP, Minister of Finance, to the Toronto
Board of Trade
(May 29, 2006)
Official International
Reserves
2006-022 (June 5, 2006) - modified on June 6, 2006
Minister of Finance
Receives Expert Panel Reports on Equalization and Territorial Formula Financing
2006-021 (June 5, 2006)
Government Seeking Public
Input on Proposed Regulations for Defined Benefit Pension Plans
2006-020 (June 2, 2006) - includes a link to Solvency Funding Relief Regulations
and the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement
Address by the
Honourable James M. Flaherty, P.C., MP, Minister of Finance, to the Canadian
Association of New York
(May 24, 2006)
Government of Canada
Rejects Trade Restrictions on Imported Bicycles and Barbeques
2006-019 (May 29, 2006) - includes a Backgrounder
Minister of Finance not in
conflict over forest bio-energy measure
2006-018 (May 19, 2006) - includes the Letter from the Ethics Commissioner to
the Minister of Finance
Minister of Finance
Introduces Bill Implementing Budget 2006 Measures
2006-017 (May 11, 2006)
Minister of Finance Tables
Notice of Ways and Means Motion to Implement Budget 2006 Measures
2006-016 (May 9, 2006) - includes a link to the Notice of Ways and Means Motion
to Implement Certain Provisions of the Budget Tabled in Parliament on May 2,
2006
Minister of Finance
Proposes Appointment of New Chair to the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation
2006-015 (May 4, 2006) - includes biographical notes
Official International
Reserves
2006-014 (May 3, 2006)
Budget 2006: Tax Cuts,
Focused Spending, Debt Paydown
2006-013 (May 2, 2006)
Canada’s New Government Is
Turning a New Leaf With First Budget
2006-012 (May 1, 2006)
Government Announces the
Modernization of Governance Legislation for Financial Institutions
2006-011 (April 28, 2006) - includes a backgrounder
2006 Federal Budget
Information
2006-010 (April 26, 2006)
Canada’s New Government to
Table First Budget on May 2, 2006
2006-009 (April 24, 2006)
First-Ever Federal
Pre-Budget Web Consultations Conclude Successfully
2006-008 (April 24, 2006)
Statement Prepared for
the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the International Monetary
Fund
(April 22, 2006)
Statement Prepared for
the Development Committee of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
(April 23, 2006)
Canada to Provide Over $2
Million in International Assistance to Combat the Financing of Terrorism
2006-007 (April 21, 2006)
Address by the
Honourable James M. Flaherty, P.C., MP, Minister of Finance, to the Investment
Dealers Association of Canada
(April 12, 2006)
Minister of Finance Tables
2006–07 Debt Management Strategy
2006-006 (April 7, 2006) - includes a link to Debt Management Strategy -
2006–2007
Official International
Reserves
2006-005 (April 7, 2006)
Harper Government Launches
National Web-Based Pre-Budget Consultations: A First for Canada
2006-004 (April 6, 2006)
Address by the
Honourable James M. Flaherty, P.C., MP Minister of Finance to the Surrey Chamber
of Commerce
(March 27, 2006)
Notes for Remarks by the
Honourable James M. Flaherty, P.C., MP Minister of Finance to the Whitby Chamber
of Commerce
(March 9, 2006)
Official International
Reserves
2006-003 (March 3, 2006)
Official International
Reserves
2006-002 (February 3, 2006)
Official International
Reserves
2006-001 (January 5, 2006)
Canada Savings Bonds
60th Anniversary Celebration and 2006-2007 Campaign Launch
Notice to the Media - September 29, 2006