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How will ISED’s planned spending in its 2021–22 Departmental Plan promote export opportunities, and help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grow, export and take advantage of trade opportunities?
Canada has taken substantial action with respect to tax preferences available for the extraction of oil and gas and coal by phasing out:
• accelerated capital cost allowance for tangible assets in oil sands projects (Budget 2007; completed in 2015).
• deduction rates for intangible capital expenses in oil sands projects, to align with rates for conventional oil and gas (Budget 2011; completed in 2016).
• Atlantic Investment Tax Credit for investments in the oil and gas and mining sectors (Budget 2012; completed in 2017).
• accelerated capital cost allowance for tangible assets in mines (including coal mines) (Budget 2013; to be completed by 2021).
• incentives that allows small oil and gas companies to reclassify certain development expenses as more favorably treated exploration expenses (Budget 2017; to be completed by 2020).
• accelerated capital cost allowance for LNG facilities (Budget 2016; set to expire in 2025).
Canada has also taken steps to:
• reduce the deduction rate for pre-production intangible mine development expenses (including coal mines), to align with rates for the oil and gas sector (Budget 2013; completed in 2017).
• rationalize of the tax treatment of expenses for successful oil and gas exploratory drilling (Budget 2017; to be completed by 2021).
In March 2019, the Minister of ECCC launched a public consultation on the Government’s draft framework to review non-tax measures, which invited comments from all Canadians. At the same time, targeted consultations with key stakeholders were also undertaken. The results of the consultations will inform Canada’s self-review report as a part of a broader peer review with Argentina on inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, which will be made public.
Sport Canada is proposing to use existing program funding to cover the costs of the new travel measures for high-performance athletes and support personnel returning to Canada after participating in Olympic or Paralympic-related events and activities.
The Sport Support Program supports the provision of opportunities for all Canadians to participate in sport and the development of the Canadian sport system.
Implementation of the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework
The Merlo Davidson Class Action settlement concerns gender and sexual orientation based harassment and discrimination of women RCMP employees in the workplace. The terms of the settlement agreement provide for the Independent Assessor to draft a report of observations and recommendations in the claims process. The final report along with the RCMP response was publicly released on November 19, 2020.