Translation of "Comptabilité des dépenses engagées " (French → English) :

commitment accounting [ commitment basis of accounting | encumbrance accounting ]

certifying officer

incurred expenses

expenses incurred [ incurred expenses | incurred expenditures | expenditures on ]

outlay [ expense ]

predeparture expenses

predeparture expenses

Each operation commander shall send him or her the accounts for the expenditure he or she has committed and the payments he or she has made, and of revenue received.

(4) Where an expense incurred after November 7, 1969 that was a Canadian exploration and development expense or that would have been such an expense if it had been incurred after 1971 (other than an amount included therein that is in respect of financing or the cost of any Canadian resource property acquired by a joint exploration corporation or any property acquired by a joint exploration corporation that would have been a Canadian resource property if it had been acquired after 1971), a Canadian exploration expense (other than an amount included therein that is in respect of financing) or a Canadian development expense (other than an a ...[+++]mount included therein that is in respect of financing or an amount referred to in subparagraph 66.2(5)(a)(iii) of the Act) has been renounced in favour of a taxpayer and was deemed to be an expense of the taxpayer for the purposes of subsection 66(10), (10.1) or (10.2) of the Act or subsection 29(7) of the Income Tax Application Rules, the expense shall

It is essentially an overview of the expenses accrued by this committee in the last session, broken down by fiscal year and further broken down by the witnesses and by the travel and other costs for our special study and legislation.

To eliminate that confusion, I'd propose an amendment to the bill that simply says that training course expenses, including expenses for education on the subject of the act or on election campaigns, are not election expenses, personal expenses, or electoral campaign expenses under the act.