Bill C-219 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)

This bill was last introduced in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in September 2008.

This bill was previously introduced in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session.

Sponsor

Wayne Easter  Liberal

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Report stage (House), as of June 16, 2008
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Income Tax Act to allow volunteer emergency workers to deduct from their taxable income the amount of $1,000 if they performed at least 100 hours of volunteer service, and $2,000 if they performed at least 200 hours of volunteer service.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Finance Committee, on June 9, 2008

  • Ruth MacKenzie, President, Volunteer Canada
  • Conrad Sauvé, Conrad Sauvé, Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Red Cross
  • Malcolm Dunderdale, President and Chair, Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary (National) Inc.
  • Michael Buda, Acting Deputy Director, Policy, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  • Yves Gingras, Chief, Employment and Education, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance

Finance Committee, on June 12, 2008

  • Yves Gingras, Chief, Employment and Education, Personal Income Tax Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance
  • Venetia Putureanu, Tax Poilcy Officer, Tax Legislation Division, Tax Policy Branch, Department of Finance