Translation of "déterminant critique de coût " (French → English) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 121 Mr. Ted Hsu: With regard to the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA): (a) what steps has Canada undertaken to complete an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with the United States; (b) with what type of legal instrument will the government enact a FATCA implementation agreement; (c) will the government bring an IGA before Parliament and, if so, in what form; (d) what steps are in place to ensure parliamentary review of an IGA; (e) what studies have been undertaken as to whether an IGA can be implemented as an interpretation of the existing double tax treaty; (f) in what ways will the government involve Parliament in any process to amend interpretation of the double taxation t ...[+++]reaty; (g) who is involved in the process indicated in (a); (h) by what criteria is the government evaluating any proposed IGA with the US; (i) who established the criteria in (h), (i) on what date, (ii) under what authority; (j) is a draft IGA currently being negotiated, and if so, what is the status of said negotiations; (k) when will the draft IGA be made public; (l) will the public be consulted for input on any agreement, and if so, by what means; (m) with which specific individuals and groups did the Minister of National Revenue consult regarding FATCA, and on what dates; (n) with which specific individuals and groups did the Minister of National Revenue consult regarding any IGA, and on what dates; (o) with which specific individuals and groups did the Minister of Finance consult regarding FATCA, and on what dates; (p) with which specific individuals and groups did the Minister of Finance consult regarding any IGA, and on what dates; (q) what studies and analyses has the Department of Finance undertaken with respect to FATCA; (r) what studies and analyses has the Department of National Revenue undertaken with respect to FATCA; (s) what analyses and studies have been undertaken as to whether the proposed FATCA re ...

the award criteria, which must enable an evaluation of the plausibility of the estimated overall budget, of the reimbursable costs, of the mechanisms for determining those costs, and the profit referred to in the tender to be evaluated;

(d) the award criteria, which must enable evaluation of the plausibility of the estimated overall budget, of the reimbursable costs, of the mechanisms for determining these costs, and the profit referred to in the tender to be evaluated;

But it is her work on human rights and her courage and determination which has gained her the respect of all of us in the Chamber.

When you say “the federal government profiting”, are you using the figures the federal government takes out or gets from the airlines or whoever, or are you considering the cost of operating those government departments, the administrative fee of having a Department of Transport, a civil aviation department, of having the minister, quite frankly, because I think that's an administrative cost that would go along the lines of a cost of running the air transportation Mr. Clifford Mackay: What we try to do is net out all the costs where we get direct services, but I'm Mrs. Bev Desjarlais: So you don't take that and then subtract the cost of ...[+++]Mr. Clifford Mackay: No, no. I'm confident the minister would say this as well, if he were here.

I think we need to sit down and have a candid discussion among federal funding agencies, provincial agencies, and universities about the true cost of indirect, where it is coming from, who has to share in paying it, and what the total cost accounting is to do research in this country.