(Return tabled) Question No. 121 Mr. Ted Hsu: With regard to the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): (a) what steps has Canada undertaken to complete an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with the United States; (b) with what type of legal instrument will the government enact a FATCA implementation agreement; (c) will the government bring an IGA before Parliament and, if so, in what form; (d) what steps are in place to ensure parliamentary review of an IGA; (e) what studies have been undertaken as to ...[+++]whether an IGA can be implemented as an interpretation of the existing double tax treaty; (f) in what ways will the government involve Parliament in any process to amend interpretation of the double taxation treaty; (g) who is involved in the process indicated in (a); (h) by what criteria is the government evaluating any proposed IGA with the US; (i) who established the criteria in (h), (i) on what date, (ii) under what authority; (j) is a draft IGA currently being negotiated, and if so, what is the status of said negotiations; (k) when will the draft IGA be made public; (l) will the public be consulted for input on any agreement, and if so, by what means; (m) with which specific individuals and groups did the Minister of National Revenue consult regarding FATCA, and on what dates; (n) with which specific individuals and groups did the Minister of National Revenue consult regarding any IGA, and on what dates; (o) with which specific individuals and groups did the Minister of Finance consult regarding FATCA, and on what dates; (p) with which specific individuals and groups did the Minister of Finance consult regarding any IGA, and on what dates; (q) what studies and analyses has the Department of Finance undertaken with respect to FATCA; (r) what studies and analyses has the Department of National Revenue undertaken with respect to FATCA; (s) what analyses and studies have been undertaken as to whether the proposed FATCA re ...

This is a new iteration of it, and when Minister Nicholson, our Minister of Justice, testified before this committee on November 19 of this year, he noted several and numerous safeguards, including: (i) that the prior consent of the Attorney General of Canada, or the attorney general or solicitor general of the province, would be needed before a peace officer could apply for an investigative hearing order; (ii) there would have to be reasonable grounds to believe that a terrorism offence has been or will be committed; (iii) the judge would have to be satisfied that reasonable attempts have been made to obtain the information by other means for both future and past terrorism offences; (iv) the bill clarifies that section 707 of the Crimin ...[+++]al Code, which sets out the maximum period of detention for an arrested witness, applies to a person arrested with warrant and detained in order to ensure his or appearance at the investigative hearing; (v) the witness would have the right to retain and instruct counsel at any stage of the proceeding; (vi) a person could refuse to answer a question or produce anything that is protected by Canadian law relating to the non-disclosure of information or privilege; (vii) federal and provincial attorneys general would be required to report annually on any use of investigative hearings; (viii) this annual report would include an additional requirement that the Attorney General of Canada and the Minister of Public Safety provide their opinion, supported by reasons, on whether these provisions should remain in force.

2. The delegation agreement shall, insofar as necessary for the tasks and budget implementation delegated under paragraph 1, lay down the general conditions for the management of the funds entrusted to ESA, and, in particular, the actions to be implemented, the relevant financing, management procedures and monitoring and inspection measures, the measures applicable in the event of inadequate performance of contracts and the rules regarding ownership of all tangible and intangible assets.

(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1608/2000 of 24 July 2000 laying down transitional measures pending the definitive measures implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine(3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 731/2001(4), provides for the extension until 31 March 2001 of certain provisions of the Council repealed by Article 81 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 pending the finalisation and adoption of measures implementing that Regulation, in particular Council Regulation (EEC) No 2392/89 ...[+++] of 24 July 1989 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of wines and grape musts(5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1427/96(6).

The Code brings together all customs legislation on trade with non-member countries together with the general conditions for the application of the Community customs tariff and other measures applicable to trade with non- member countries, thereby ensuring consistency at the Community's external frontier.

The Code sets out in a single document the customs legislation governing trade with non-member countries and establishes the general conditions of application for the Community customs tariff and other measures applicable to trade with non-member countries, while ensuring that the same conditions prevail at the Community's external frontiers.