Translation of "conseil supérieur de politique économique " (French → English) :

In order to better integrate the euro area and national dimensions of the EU economic governance, the 2016 Annual Growth Survey is accompanied by a recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area.

In order to better integrate the euro area and national dimensions of the EU economic governance, the 2016 Annual Growth Survey this time is also accompanied by a recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area.

- Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area (and an accompanying Staff Working Document)

Appearing: Tony Valeri, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Finance. Witnesses: From the Department of Finance: Bruce Rayfuse, Senior Chief, International Finance and Economic Analysis Division; Yvon Carrière, Counsel, Tax Counsel Division; Stephen Gagnon, Senior Tax Policy Officer, Intergovernmental Tax Policy Division, Tax Policy Branch; Andrew Treusch, General Director, Federal-Provincial Relations and Social Policy Branch; David Moloney, General Director, Economic and Fiscal Policy Branch; Ted Roseman, Senior Po ...[+++]licy Analyst, Social Policy Division; John Manson, Senior Policy Analyst, Social Policy Division; Keith Horner, Senior Chief, Social Tax Policy; Bill Murphy, Tax Policy Officer, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch; Ed Waddington, Senior Policy Analyst, Economic Development and Corporate Finance; Kristina Knopp, Legal Counsel, Brian Willis, Senior Chief, Sales Tax Division Tax Policy Branch, Doug Wyatt, General Counsel.

Question No. 621 Ms. Hélène Laverdière: With regard to the planned reductions in departmental spending for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) announced in Budget 2012, for fiscal years 2012-2013, 2013-2014 and 2014-2015: (a) what is the total dollar amount of reductions for each of the program activities, specifically, (i) International Policy Advice and Integration, (ii) Diplomacy and Advocacy, (iii) International Commerce, (iv) Consular Services and Emergency Management, (v) Passport Canada, (vi) Governance, Strategic Direction and Common Service Delivery; (b) what are the total reductions for full-time equivalents (FTEs) for each of the program activities, specifically, (i) International Policy Advice and ...[+++]Integration, (ii) Diplomacy and Advocacy, (iii) International Commerce, (iv) Consular Services and Emergency Management, (v) Passport Canada, (vi) Governance, Strategic Direction and Common Service Delivery; (c) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor for the Extractive Sector; (d) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Afghanistan, Middle East and Maghreb, broken down by (i) Afghanistan Inter-Departmental Communications and Information Services Bureau, (ii) Director General, Afghanistan Task Force, (iii) Middle East and Maghreb Bureau; (e) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Americas, broken down by (i) Director General, Latin America and Caribbean, (ii) Hemispheric Policy Bureau, (iii) North American Platform Program, Executive Coordinator and Senior Advisor, (iv) North America Policy Bureau, (v) North America Programs and Operations Bureau, (vi) North American Leaders' Summit Division; (f) what is the total dollar amount of reductions to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister for Europe, Eurasia and Africa, broken down by (i) Africa Bureau, Director Gen ...

The Commission accordingly proposes that: - the role of its communication to the Ecofin Council meeting in March should be left unchanged; - the content of the communication to the Ecofin Council meeting in July should be developed; the communication will list the measures taken by the Member States pursuant to the guidelines contained in the most recent Annual Economic Report; on the basis of the new forecasts for the current year and for the following year, the communication will reassess the short-term and, if necessary, the med ...[+++]ium-term outlook and will set out the Commission's views on the economic and budgetary policy guidelines to be applied in the year ahead; the communication will be transmitted to Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee; the social partners will be consulted by the Commission; in addition, the Commission requests the Council to ask the governments of the Member States to pass on the communication and any conclusions drawn by the Council to the national parliaments, in accordance with the spirit of Article 5 of the Decision on convergence, so that they can be discussed in the autumn debates on economic and budgetary policy at national level; - the procedure for drawing up and approving the Annual Economic Report should remain unchanged; the Report could certainly be reduced in length, but it would continue to be the Community's main economic policy reference document; the Commission considers it important that the final adoption of the Report should take place after the Council has discussed it in the light of the various opinions delivered; accordingly, there should be better coordination of the dates of the November and December meetings of Parliament and the Ecofin Council.