So if we do institute the Tobin tax and charge a fee, we can charge double the 0.25%, meaning that the country from which the currency speculation is instituted that doesn't have the Tobin tax in place won't be in a tax haven because they will be paying double the tax rather than the tax that they would pay to each country in which speculation occurred.

There has been co-operation between the federal and provincial governments in a number of areas, for example the infrastructure program, the child tax benefit, taxation of revenue rather than taxation of tax.

So you wouldn't see a great construction of facilities across the country.

Perhaps one of our best-known activities is the " Bacon and Eggheads" breakfast program held monthly in the West Block when Parliament is in session.

(1) Increasing liberalisation of the gas and electricity sector, aimed at completing the internal market for electricity and natural gas, has revealed a need to review the current VAT rules on the place of supply of those goods, set out in the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax: uniform basis of assessment(4), in order to modernise and simplify the operation of the VAT system within the context of the internal market, a strategy to which the Commission is committed.

For imported goods, the chargeable event occurs and the tax becomes chargeable at the time when goods enter the territory of the country.