1In this Act
“expenditures” means the cost of goods and services acquired in a fiscal year whether or not payment has been made or invoices received and includes transfer payments due where no value is received directly in return but does not include amortization of tangible capital assets; (dépenses)
“government” , in sections 8 and 9, does not include the Legislative Assembly; (gouvernement)
“Minister” means the Minister of Finance and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf; (Ministre)
“net capital expenditures” means the expenditures of the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure in its capital account minus the federal capital recoveries reported under paragraph 3(1)(d); (dépenses en immobilisations nettes)
“participating province” means a participating province as defined in subsection 123(1) of the Excise Tax Act (Canada); (province participante)
“referendum” means a vote on a question as provided for in this Act; (référendum)
“registered political party” means a political party that has been registered under section 133 of the Elections Act; (parti politique enregistré)
“transfer payment” means the transfer of money from a government to an individual, an organization or another government for which the government making the transfer does not
(paiement de transfert)
(a)
receive any goods or services directly in return,
(b)
expect to be repaid in the future, or
(c)
expect a financial return;
“vehicle” means a vehicle as defined in the Motor Vehicle Act. (véhicule)