Agriculture committee  It's fair to say that I'm not aware of any federal statute that is left that would prevent that movement. That's correct, yes.

Agriculture committee  My understanding is that under the Constitution it is probably an area in which active federal intervention would perhaps be difficult. That being said, I would like to think that provincial governments and provincial authorities look to the results of committee considerations li

Agriculture committee  It is just an observation. The private member's bill last year that removed what was seen to be an impediment at the federal level for the movement of wine products was a way of removing what was seen to be, at least legally, a barrier. I think most people would argue that the ch

Agriculture committee  With the current deficit, we certainly want to make sure we collect the appropriate level of taxes. I think it's important to appreciate that the excise tax is applied at the manufacturers' level or at the point of importation into the country. We apply and receive the excise tax

Agriculture committee  It shouldn't.

Agriculture committee  And the liquor boards. It's largely a liquor board issue, in terms of whom they deal with in bringing product to their shelves.

Agriculture committee  We can clarify this afterwards—we're just confirming it—but I believe it's a provincial regulation in terms of control of the marketing and labelling. It would be good to clarify that, but I think it's under provincial control. I know that we, under our acts, don't control or inf

Agriculture committee  You are quite right. Last year, a private member's bill amended the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act to remove from the act what was a technical legal barrier to the importation from province to province of wine by an individual, and it's probably good to describe that ame

Agriculture committee  I'll speak narrowly to the tax issue because Susie is probably better to speak to the market issue. To a large degree, it would likely depend on how the provinces would respond, but certainly it would mean there would be no federal disincentive left in place. It would open the m

Agriculture committee  That is one theory. I say that only because the federal excise levy is levied at the manufacturer or at the winery level. That would be true if there were additional consumption induced of domestically grown product, which could be a consequence of the open market.

Agriculture committee  As you know, that's a tax policy question. From a CRA perspective, we're really indifferent as to the level of tax; it's having the tax properly applied.... We're indifferent as to what the rate would be.

Finance committee  I believe that's in reference to the demand to file the.... We would only be sending something online if already met our existing security requirements for providing information online. In those circumstances, I believe what we do is post it to a “My account”, and the person is a

Finance committee  As you know, most of our mail does go by regular mail—your tax returns and other things—so that security system would still be in place.

Finance committee  Let me provide a bit of context. This was a measure that the Tourism Industry Association of Canada brought forward. In unusual circumstances, people were getting taxed at the border when they shouldn't have been. It was discouraging people from visiting Canada and generating tou

Finance committee  I think there are 85,462, but it varies from day to day.