Bill C-475 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tuition credit and education credit)

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in May 2004.

Sponsor

Dave Chatters  Canadian Alliance

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

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 11, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-271 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tuition credit and education credit)

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-475s:

C-475 (2013) An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (order-making power)
C-475 (2013) An Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (order-making power)
C-475 (2010) Law An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (methamphetamine and ecstasy)
C-475 (2009) An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (methamphetamine and ecstasy)
C-475 (2007) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (credit for pre-sentencing custody)
C-475 (2002) An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan

Income Tax ActRoutine Proceedings

February 11th, 2004 / 3:40 p.m.


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Canadian Alliance

Dave Chatters Canadian Alliance Athabasca, AB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-475, an act to amend the Income Tax Act (tuition credit and education credit).

Mr. Speaker, it is a honour for me to rise today to introduce my bill after a lot of consultations across Canada and to give first reading to my private member's bill which seeks to amend the Income Tax Act by extending the tuition credit and education credit to individuals who follow a formal course of instruction provided by a qualified music instructor.

At the present time, music instructors who do not teach in a recognized institution of higher learning are ineligible to provide their students with this benefit, despite the fact that their training could be the same or more advanced than an instructor in an institution. Certainly the great benefit to the student is no less, whether or not they are enrolled in a recognized institution.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)