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Finance committee  There's an amount of $6 million in our budget for an advertising campaign for the 2009 tax season, next year's. It's going to be similar to this year's. In other words, the focus this year was on taking advantage of the various tax measures available to individuals. I believe we'

May 5th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  There is an amount offsetting the reduction in the statutory vote for the private collection agencies. There is an increase in our operating vote of around $8.2 million, and that will go to fund increased--

May 5th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  I can't tell you that off the top of my head. I'm sorry.

May 5th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

May 5th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  I think you've pretty much covered it.

May 5th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  I'll deal with the softwood lumber first. The amount shown, $429 million, is the net amount. The law provides that we administer an export charge, deduct the costs of the administration, and then distribute the net amount to the provinces in which the exporters live. That's the g

May 5th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  It would be about $8 million a year. And now perhaps I can go back to the question about the corporate tax administration for Ontario. As Mr. Baker mentioned, we did expend a large sum in the early years to get it up and running. But our current estimates show that in the long

May 5th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  For 2008-09, yes, for that fiscal year. That's the cost we anticipate for that fiscal year for those specific duties that I mentioned earlier.

February 10th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  I believe this is the first year for this.

February 10th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  First of all, the program is under the responsibility of the Minister of Labour, and it's going to be administered primarily by Service Canada. We have a relatively small role to play, which is simply to try to recover amounts paid from the bankrupt estates or, if an overpayment

February 10th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  I think they're capitalizing on our ability as a collection agency again--

February 10th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  --in dealing with bankruptcies and putting forward the crown's claim on the bankrupt party and that sort of thing. I think that's why we were chosen for this role.

February 10th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  Yes, actually. Associated with the savings there was some reinvestment in the program to enhance our collections program.

February 10th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  The response would be that for the 2009-10 year we would need to come back. To the extent that there's an additional administration charge that we can't handle within our budget, we'd have to come back for supplementary estimates at that time. We're not prepared yet to indicate w

February 10th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston

Finance committee  In the budget of 2008, there was a table presented of the expected strategic review savings, and we projected $6 million in 2008-09, $13 million in 2009-10, and $20.4 million in 2010-11.

February 10th, 2009Committee meeting

James Ralston