Bureau of the ARC/ALE Group

Bureau of the ARC/GRAEL Group

Not all had FTAs with each other, so after a year and a half, the four leaders of the Arc of the Pacific—Peru, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico—decided to break off and to form a new group, the Pacific Alliance, taking with them the other two serious members of the Arc, Panama and Costa Rica.

Question No. 413 Mr. Hoang Mai: With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) response to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): (a) according to the government’s analysis, do the FATCA provisions comply with the provisions of the Convention Between Canada and the United States of America With Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital and its amending Protocol (2007); (b) how many citizens from the United States of America will be affected by FATCA, (ii) are there specific Canadian exemptions to FATCA; (c) has Canada negotiated with United States Treasury officials or the IRS following the announcement of FATCA provisions, (i) at what time was the g ...[+++]overnment made aware of these provisions, (ii) how long did it take Canada to respond to the initial creation of FATCA and its implementation, (iii) are there ongoing negotiations in this regard; (d) will Canada inform dual citizens about FATCA and, if so, (i) how, (ii) at what time, (iii) what department or agencies will be responsible; (e) has the government conducted any studies or mandated a task force to look into how much FATCA will cost Canadians and, if so, what are the cost implications resulting from the additional regulations and demands, (i) for the government, (ii) for the CRA, (iii) for Canadian banks, (iv) who will absorb these costs, (v) are there other types of non-financial costs such as efficiency or fairness reductions; (f) which Canadian civil liberties associations or other types of association has the government met with to discuss the privacy implications of FATCA and what actions will the government undertake to protect the fundamental civil liberties of all Canadians in this regard; (g) according to the government’s analysis, do the FATCA provisions comply with the provisions of the Privacy Act or the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and if so, which department undertook this assesment; ...

Jean-Pierre Blazy, President of Ville et Aéroport, and Deputy Mayor of Gonesse (Roissy CDG) Anne Devitt, President of the Airport Regions Conference, Member of Fingal County Council (Dublin Airport) Pierre Jonckheer MEP, Vice-Chairman of the Group of Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament Charles De Courson, President of the French parliamentary group of studies on night flights and harmful effects of airports, Deputy for La Marne Philippe Touwaide, Director Mediation Office, Brussels National Airport Sabine Van Depoele, Regulatory Officer for DHL, Brussels Rob Gibson, Head of ...[+++]Environmental Strategy, Hounslow Council (London Heathrow Airport) Ales Kutak, Transportation Adviser for the Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic