Traduction de «The NACA Position on the Goods and Services Tax » (Anglais → Français) :

We appreciate the attention given to the position of municipal governments during the inception of the goods and services tax and wish to ensure that such considerations will be maintained if harmonized sales tax becomes a reality in Prince Edward Island.

Those of us who were here for the goods and services tax debate will remember the patience of Senator Doody in dealing with his counterpart on the opposition side — a position I now hold — Senator Royce Frith.

(4) In line with the conclusions of the Spring European Council of 22 and 23 March 2005, the objectives of full employment, job quality, labour productivity and social cohesion must be reflected in clear priorities: to enable a greater number of citizens, including women, and people over 50, to exercise a professional activity in an employed or self-employed capacity; to invest more in human capital by improving education and vocational training, and by promoting diversification of career choices, particularly for girls, in order to increase men’s and women’s fitness for employment throughout their working lives; promoting equal treatment and opportunities for women and men on the employment market through affirmative measures on behalf o ...[+++]f the underrepresented sex and an adequate, diversified supply of care arrangements for children and dependants; to offer businesses the necessary environment, inter alia in terms of tax, social charges and good governance, for them to adapt and restructure in order to be in a position to meet the challenges of innovation and technological development with a supply of products and services that respond to changing demand; these measures will help to safeguard a European social model based on appropriate social security system contributions and services and to guarantee their viability and solvency.

Goods and Services Tax-Reliance by Minister on Outside Consultants-Ramifications for Budget Secrecy-Government Position Hon. Orville H. Phillips: Honourable senators, my question is addressed to the Leader of the Government in the Senate.

In their minority report, a report dated November 1989, when they were in opposition, the Liberal members of the Standing Committee on Finance stated, and I quote: ``It is the position of the Liberal members of the finance committee that the Conservative goods and services tax proposal is flawed and cannot be ``patched up'' in a way that would it fair for Canadian taxpayers''.

In reply to other more specific questions, Mrs Scrivener dealt with the problem of zero rating for VAT, where the Commission envisaged the maintenance of zero rates subject to certain conditions and within the framework of an overall compromise, and the tax position of charitable institutions, which, according to the Commission, would not be subject to VAT in respect of goods and services supplied free of charge.