Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Regulations, 2007

36 (1) The Minister may, after receiving from a province a completed application referred to in section 32 or 35 for a fiscal year, make one or more estimates of any amount that may become payable to that province in respect of fiscal stabilization for that fiscal year.

(2) If the Minister estimates that a fiscal stabilization payment is to be paid to the province, the Minister may make one or more advance payments to the province on account of that payment, but the cumulative total of those advances shall not be more than the limit referred to in subsection 6(8) of the Act.