Bill C-18

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	49-50 ELIZABETH II
	CHAPTER 19

	An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
	[Assented to 14th June, 2001]
R.S., c. F-8; 1995, c. 17, s. 45(1)	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. 11 (3rd Supp.), s. 3(5); 1999, c. 11, s. 2(5)	*1. The portion of subsection 4(9) of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act* before paragraph (c) is replaced by the following:**
Maximum payment	(9) Notwithstanding anything in this Part, where
	(a) the total amount of the fiscal equaliza tion payments to all provinces as deter mined under this Part for any fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year that begins on April 1, 2000
	exceeds
	(b) the amount that would result if the amount of ten billion dollars were changed by the percentage change in Canada's gross domestic product, as determined by the Chief Statistician of Canada in the pre scribed manner, from the calendar year ending on December 31, 1999 to the calendar year ending in the fiscal year,
	the fiscal equalization payment to each prov ince for the fiscal year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product obtained by mul tiplying