Finance committee  Thank you for that question, Mr. Ste‑Marie. When the officials appearing as representatives were preparing to testify before the committee concerning Bill C‑47, they studied the content of the bill. The amendments that were proposed and adopted by the committee last year, in the

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. That goes beyond my level of expertise. I'm not responsible for challenging CATSA's expenditures. What I can tell you, though, is that the government decided to provide that extra funding for CATSA as part of budget 2023.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. All revenues from the air travellers security charge flow into the CRF, the consolidated revenue fund. There is, though, a notional commitment to balance over time the revenues from the ATSC and expenses for the air travel security systems. That inclu

Finance committee  There has not been, in recent years, a public statement about that particular balance. What I can tell you, though, is that the expenses for travel security have been higher than revenues generated from the ATSC in recent years. The federal government collected only $419 million

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. Yes, division 2 of part 3 does apply a 32.85% increase in the rates of the air travellers security charge. That charge applies when a flight is connected to one of the 89 airports in Canada where the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority handles

Finance committee  The luxury tax is to be remitted on a quarterly basis. Ths first quarter effectively covered the September 1 to December 31 period. When a quarter is completed, taxpayers have until the end of the following month to file the return with the CRA and to remit the luxury tax revenu

Finance committee  We booked for 2022-23, the first fiscal year, about $79 million of overall luxury tax. On the subject of aircraft, we're expecting to generate about $5 million of revenue during the initial fiscal year. I don't have the breakdown as to whether those revenues were expected to com

Finance committee  The numbers that I provided to you are in line with the fiscal profile we provided to the committee on May 3 of last year with respect to the first fiscal year.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. Again, it wouldn't be appropriate for me to start discussing the content, assumptions or methodology presented in the economic impact study. I'm sure you understand that the committee's motion was passed on October 22, I believe. So colleagues have be

Finance committee  The only comment I'd like to add is that, as you mentioned, we were supposed to appear before the committee on December 9. That was postponed because of Mr. Carr's tragic death. So thank you for your comment about the timing perhaps not being ideal, but today is the day we were a

Finance committee  I'd say that the key stakeholders are always pleased when their comments are read and they participate in discussions. Generally speaking, people from industries were pleased to see that some of their concerns had been taken into account in the final legal provisions adopted by P

Finance committee  As stated in the report that we tabled in December to that committee, there have been ongoing consultations with the three economical streams, so basically the car, the boat and the aircraft industries. We have received on numerous occasions their feedback, including on some of t

Finance committee  Given that this economic study will be tabled, it would just not be appropriate for us to start navigating into those issues. The committee would probably appreciate reading the report on the impacts of this first.

Finance committee  I can start answering the question, and then I will turn to my colleagues. At the bottom of page 1 and the top of page 2 in the report, you will find the main comments received at our consultations on the technical backgrounder. At that point, no detailed legislative proposals h

Finance committee  As you correctly pointed out, that report is the first of two. The motion adopted by this committee in October included the presentation of a detailed written economic impact study. That study is being completed by the department as we speak. I understand it will be tabled by Mar