Bill C-65

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	RECOMMENDATION
	His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act''.
	SUMMARY
	This enactment amends mainly Parts I and IV of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. Those two Parts deal with, respectively, fiscal equalization payments and provincial personal income tax revenue guarantee payments, and currently provide for federal payments to the provinces for each of the fiscal years in the period from April 1, 1994 to March 31, 1999. This enactment will allow those payments to be continued for each of the five fiscal years in the period from April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2004.
	The enactment also amends Part I of the Act
	(a) to provide for the phasing-in of tax base changes over the period from April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2004;
	(b) to adjust the definitions of ``revenue source'' and ``revenue to be equalized''; and
	(c) to change the minimum and maximum payment provisions.
	The enactment also makes minor amendments of a technical or housekeeping nature.