Bill C-259
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (goods and services tax on school authorities)
Sponsor
Alex Atamanenko NDP
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Status
Introduction and First Reading
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Alex Atamanenko British Columbia Southern Interior, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-259, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (goods and services tax on school authorities).
Mr. Speaker, this is a very important bill for school authorities in our country. Currently, school authorities get a GST rebate of 68%. We want to make sure it is 100%, the same that municipalities receive.
School authorities in my riding are suffering because of a lack of adequate funding from the provincial government. They often have to make hard choices which involve decisions to shut down schools, which often pits one small community against another.
This would be a small step the federal government could do to ensure that school authorities had a little more cash as they put forward their budgets and try to overcome those difficulties.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)