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1997

Documents 1 to 130 of 130.
Finance Minister Releases G-7 Statement on Korean Situation
1997-127 (December 24, 1997)

Draft Regulations Released on Income Tax Withholdings
1997-126 (December 23, 1997) - includes backgrounder

Details Announced on Seniors' U.S. Tax Refunds
1997-125 (December 23, 1997)

Finance Minister Announces Income Tax Change for Charitable Gifts
1997-124 (December 22 1997)

Government Sells Shares of National Sea Products
1997-123 (December 18 1997)

Entry into Force of the Protocol to the Tax Convention between Canada and the United States
1997-122 (December 18 1997)

Quarterly Bond Schedule
1997-121 (December 17 1997)

Notes for Remarks by the Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of Finance, before the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce regarding Bill C-2 (Canada Pension Plan)
1997-120 ( December 17 1997)

Tax Agreement Signed by Canada and the Republic of Croatia
1997-119 (December 16, 1997) - includes the text of the Convention.

Canada Welcomes WTO Financial Services Agreement
(December 12, 1997) - issued jointly with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Minister of Finance Announces Appointment to Canadian International Trade Tribunal
1997-118 (December 11 1997) - includes Biographical Notes.

Government Tables Income Tax Legislation
1997-117 (December 8, 1997) - includes Backgrounder, Summary of Technical Amendments, Notice of Ways and Means Motion and Explanatory Notes.

CHST Cash Floor Increased to $12.5 billion for 1997-98
1997-116 (December 8, 1997) - includes backgrounders.

Deadline Extended for 1997 Charitable Donations
1997-115 (December 8, 1997)

Secretary Peterson Tables Motion on Air Transportation Tax
1997-114 (December 4, 1997) - includes the Notice of Ways and Means Motion to Amend the Excise Tax Act.

Sales Results Announced for Series 52 Canada Savings Bonds
1997-113 (December 4, 1997)

Government Announces 1998 Deduction Limits, Benefit Rates for Automobile Expenses
1997-112 (December 4, 1997) - includes a backgrounder.

Canada to Participate in IMF Support Package for South Korea
1997-111 (December 3, 1997)

Official International Reserves
1997-110 (December 3, 1997)

Series 53 CSB Sales Period Ends Monday, December 1
1997-109 (November 28, 1997)

Finance Minister Releases Letter to Canadian Jewish Congress Following Report on Wartime Gold Transactions
1997-108 (November 27, 1997) - includes the Letter to the Canadian Jewish Congress and reports from the Bank of Canada WWW site.

Draft GST/HST Legislation and Regulations Tabled
1997-107 (November 26, 1997) - includes a Notice of Ways and Means Motion, Notes on GST/HST Draft Legislation and Regulations, and Draft Legislation and Regulations.

Extension of Interim Measure on Deductibility of Provincial Payroll and Capital Taxes
1997-106 (November 25, 1997)

1998 EI Premiums Reduced to $2.70: Second Largest Drop in 20 Years
1997-105 (November 21, 1997)

Tax Agreement Signed by Canada and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
1997-104 (November 18, 1997) - includes the text of the Agreement.

Amendments Proposed to the Income Tax Treatment of Impaired Loans
1997-103 (November 14, 1997) - includes Legislative and Regulatory Proposals and Explanatory Notes Relating to Income Tax: Impaired Loans.

Canada and the G-7
1997-102 (November 12, 1997)

Federal Government to Table a Revised Offer in the WTO Financial Services Negotiations in Geneva
1997-101 (November 7, 1997) - includes a backgrounder.

Official International Reserves
1997-100 (November 4, 1997)

Federal Government Approves Acquisition of London Insurance Group by Great-West Life
1997-099 (November 4, 1997)

Seven Year Guaranteed Rates Announced for Series 53 Issue of Canada Savings Bonds
1997-098 (October 31, 1997)

Canada Savings Bond Sales Period Ends Saturday, November 1
1997-097 (October 30, 1997)

Draft Legislation Implementing New Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit Released
1997-096 (October 29, 1997) - includes Federal Government Assistance for Non-Canadian-Content Films and Draft Legislation.

Notes for Remarks by the Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of Finance, to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-2
1997-095 (October 28, 1997) - includes Bill C-2 (Parliamentary WWW site).

Transitional Relief Proposed for Computer Software Tax Shelters
1997-094 (October 28, 1997) - includes Draft Amendments to Income Tax Regulations and Explanatory Notes.

Finance Minister Comments on Markets
1997-093 (October 27, 1997)

Committee to Nominate CPP Investment Board Named
1997-092 (October 23, 1997) - includes the Members of the Nominating Committee of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

Minister Provides Details of Foreign Property Limit for Segregated Funds
1997-091 (October 23, 1997) - includes an Appendix: Application of Foreign Property Limit to Segregated Funds.

Government Announces 1996-97 Deficit -- $8.9 Billion
1997-090 (October 15, 1997) - includes the Economic and Fiscal Update 1997.

Technical Committee on Business Taxation Releases Additional Independent Research Studies
1997-089 (October 10, 1997) - includes Working Papers - Studies.

Simplified Customs Tariff to Make Canadian Businesses More Competitive
1997-088 (October 7, 1997) - includes Backgrounder, Customs Tariff Schedule and Notice of Ways and Means Motion.

Canada Savings Bond Rates to Increase from 3.00 Per Cent in First Year to 6.50 Per Cent in Year Seven
1997-087 (October 3, 1997) - includes The 1997 Canada Savings Bond Issue - Terms and Conditions.

Official International Reserves
1997-086 (October 3, 1997)

Canada Savings Bonds to Offer Seven Year Rate Guarantees and Introduce CSB-RRIF
1997-085 (September 29, 1997)

Renewing  the Commitment - Fall 1997 CSB launch and update
1997-084 (September 29, 1997)

Canada Pension Plan Legislation Tabled
1997-083 (September 25, 1997) - includes The Canada Pension Plan (CPP): Securing its Future for All Canadians.

World Bank President and Government of Canada Announce Executive Development Program for Financial Sector Supervisors
Issued jointly by Finance Canada and the World Bank (September 22, 1997)

Statement prepared for the Development Committee
1997-081 (September 22, 1997)

Tax Convention Signed by Canada and Denmark
1997-082 (September 22, 1997) - includes text of the Convention.

Statement prepared for the Interim Committee of the International Monetary Fund
1997-080 (September 21, 1997) - includes backgrounder

Draft Insurance Regulations Released
1997-079 (September 19, 1997) - includes the Draft Income Tax Regulations and Explanatory Notes - Insurance companies.

Draft Regulations Released on Renewable and Non-Renewable Resource Income Taxation
1997-078 (September 16, 1997) - includes Regulations Amending the Income Tax Regulations.

Draft Legislation and Information Circular on Transfer Pricing Released
1997-076 (September 11, 1997) - includes Draft Legislation, Explanatory Notes and Draft Information Circular.

Quarterly Bond Schedule
1997-077 (September 11, 1997)

Official International Reserves
1997-075 (September 4, 1997)

Public Opinion Research on Various Policy Issues Released by Finance Department
1997-074 (September 2, 1997)

Entry into Force of the Tax Agreement Between Canada and the United Republic of Tanzania
1997-073 (September 2, 1997)

Protocol to the Tax Convention Between Canada and the Kingdom of the Netherlands Signed
1997-072 (August 25, 1997) - includes text of the Protocol.

Finance Department Releases Tax Expenditure Report
1997-071 (August 13, 2001)

Air Transportation Tax to be Reduced
1997-070 (August 13, 1997)

Official International Reserves
1997-068 (August 6, 1997)

New Rules Proposed for Computer Software Shelters
1997-069 (August 6, 1997) - includes Backgrounder and Draft Amendments to Income Tax Regulations and Explanatory Notes.

Government Announces Measures to Enhance Liquidity in the Treasury Bill Market
1997-067 (August 8, 1997) - includes a backgrounder.

Federal Government Approves Acquisition of National Trustco Inc. by the Bank of Nova Scotia
1997-066 (August 5, 1997)

Government Releases Draft Income Tax Proposals
1997-065 (July 31, 1997) - includes Backgrounder and Legislation Proposals and Explanatory Notes.

Finance Minister Announces Site of 1998 APEC Finance Ministers Meeting
1997-064 (July 31, 1997)

Federal Government Announces Support for Film or Video Production Services
1997-063 (July 30,1997)

Finance Minister Releases Letter on Wartime Gold Transactions to the Canadian Jewish Congress
1997-061 (July 28, 1997)

Canada, United States Sign Tax Treaty
1997-062 (July 28, 1997) - includes Backgrounder, Protocol , FAQ and text of the Convention.

Proposed Amendments to Canada's Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Regulations
1997-060 (July 25, 2001) - includes the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, and Regulations Amending the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) Regulations.

Government Names New Task Force Chair from Western Canada
1997-059 (July 21, 1997) - includes Biographical Notes.

Government Releases Task Force Views on Mergers and Acquisitions
1997-058 (July 11, 1997) - includes a Letter from Pierre Y. Ducros, Interim Chairman of the Task Force, and Report of the Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector.

Updated Explanatory Notes Released for HST, Streamlined GST
1997-057 (July 10, 1997) - includes Explanatory Notes, Parts 1 and 2.

Canada Plans U.S. Dollar Global Bond Issue
1997-056 (July 7, 1997)

Secretary of State Jim Peterson Accepts Resignation of Financial Sector Task Force Chair
1997-055 (July 4, 1997)

Updated Draft Canada Pension Plan Legislation Released
1997-054 (July 4, 1997) - includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act (Updated drafted available on the Canada Pension Plan web site)

Official International Reserves
1997-053 (July 4, 1997)

Tax Convention Signed by Canada and the Republic of Iceland
1997-052 (July 2, 1997) - includes the text of the Convention.

Government Seeks Task Force Views on Mergers and Acquisitions
1997-051 (June 24, 1997)

Tailored Collar Shirts Remission Introduced
1997-050 (June 20, 1997) - includes the Shirt and Other Textile and Apparel Remissions.

Quarterly Bond Schedule
1997-049 (June 13, 1997)

Official International Reserves
1997-048 (June 4, 1997)

Entry Into Force of the Tax Agreement Between Canada and the Republic of India
1997-047 (May 28, 1997)

Financial Institutions Legislation Comes into Force
1997-046 (May 21,1997)

Tax Convention Signed by Canada and Switzerland
1997-045 (May 8, 1997) - includes the text of the Convention.

Entry Into Force of the Tax Agreement Between Canada and the Russian Federation
1997-044 (May 7, 1997)

Official International Reserves
1997-043 (May 5, 1997)

Entry Into Force of the Tax Convention Between Canada and the Republic of South Africa
1997-042 (May 2, 1997)

Entry Into Force of the Tax Convention Between Canada and Ukraine
1997-041 (May 2, 1997) - includes the text of the Convention.

Ministers Invite Requests in Second Round of NAFTA Accelerated Tariff Elimination
1997-040 (May 1, 1997)

Statement prepared for the Development Committee
1997-039 (April 29, 1997)

Statement prepared for the Interim Committee of the International Monetary Fund
1997-038 (April 28, 1997)

Tax Treaty Negotiations with the Italian Republic, the United Mexican States and the Republic of Austria
1997-037 (April 27, 1997)

Finance Minister Releases Correspondence
1997-036 (April 23, 1997)

Simplified Customs Tariff to Make Canadian Businesses More Competitive
1997-035 (April 22, 1997) - includes Backgrounder, the Customs Tariff and Notice of Ways and Means Motion.

Government Responds Positively to Parliamentary Report on Canada's Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Law
1997-034 (April 18, 1997) - includes the Government Response to the Report on the Special Import Measures Act.

Statement by the Honourable Doug Peters, Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions, to the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
1997-032 (April 15, 1997)

Launch of Canada's Euro Medium-Term Note Program
1997-033 (April 15, 1997)

Tax Agreement on Social Security, Capital Gains to be Signed
1997-031 (April 9, 1997) - includes Backgrounder on Tax Treaty Changes.

Unremitted Source Deductions and Unpaid GST
1997-030 (April 7, 1997) - includes Backgrounder and Draft Proposal.

Official International Reserves
1997-029 (April 3, 1997)

Reply to Allegations About Federal Transfers to Quebec
1997-028 (March 25, 2997)

Response to Allegations Regarding Sales Tax Harmonization
1997-027 (March 25, 1997)

Technical Committee on Business Taxation Releases Independent Research Studies
1997-026 (March 25, 1997) - includes Research Studies.

Legislation Introduced for Budget Initiatives
1997-025 (March 21, 1997) - includes Backgrounder and Notice of Ways and Means Motion.

Draft HST and GST Regulations and Legislation Tabled
1997-024 (March 21, 2001) - includes Draft Regulations and Legislation Relating to HST and GST and Notes.

Statement by the  Honourable Paul Martin P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance, to the Canadian Association for Business Economics
1997-023 (March 20, 1997)

Program Review on Track
1997-022 (March 20,1997) - includes the Departmental Expenditure Background.

Quarterly Bond Schedule
1997-021 (March 13, 1997)

Government of Canada 1997-98 Debt Strategy
1997-020 (March 13, 1997) - includes a backgrounder.

Government Introduces Depository Bills and Notes Act
1991-019 (March 13, 1997)

Final Details of the Aviation Fuel Excise Tax Rebate Program
1997-018 (March 5, 1997)

Official International Reserves
1997-017 (March 5, 1997)

Government to Proceed with Income Tax Legislation
1997-016 (March 3, 1997) - includes the Notice of Ways and Means Motion to amend the Income Tax Act, ...[etc.]

10-Year Guaranteed Rates Announced for April 1st Issue of Canada RRSP Bond
1997-015 (February 27,1997)

1997 Budget - Toll-Free Information Hotline
1997-014 (February 18, 1997)

Draft Amendments Relating to Retirement Savings
1997-013 (February 14, 1997) - includes the Draft Amendments Relating to Retirement Savings.

Government Introduces New Legislation for Financial Institutions and Announces Decision to Allow Foreign Bank Branching
1997-012 (February 14, 1997) - includes the Key Policy Proposals for Federal Financial Institutions.

Tabling Draft Legislation to Amend the Canada Pension Plan Statement by the Honourable Paul Martin P.C., M.P., Minister of Finance to the House of Commons
1997-011 (February 14, 1997)

Draft Legislation to Amend the Canada Pension Plan Tabled
1997-010 (February 14, 1997) - includes backgrounders (Canada Pension Plan WWW site)

Survey Report on Tax-Inclusive Pricing Released
1997-009 (February 13, 1997)

Secretary of State (Finance) Doug Peters announced today that he will not be seeking re-election in his riding of Scarborough East in the next Federal election
(February 10, 1997)

Official International Reserves
1997-008 (February 5, 1997)

Finance Minister Announces Federal Budget Date
1997-007 (February 3, 1997)

Government Releases Discussion Paper on Excise Act Review
1997-006 (February 03,1997) - includes the Excise Act Review.

10-Year Guaranteed Rates Announced for New Canada RRSP Bond
1997-005 (January 30, 1997) - includes a Backgrounder

Finance Minister Releases Transcript of Remarks
1997-004 (January 29, 1997)

Governments Release Additional Guidelines for Tax-Inclusive Pricing Under Harmonized Sales Tax
1997-003 (January 17, 1997) - includes the Tax-inclusive Pricing: Supplementary Information.

Government of Canada Launches New Canada RRSP Bond - First New Bond for Retail Buyers in Fifty Years.
1997-002 (January 16, 1997) - includes a backgrounder.

Official International Reserves
1997-001 (January 6, 1997)


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