Conscientious Objection Act

An Act respecting conscientious objection to the use of taxes for military purposes

This bill is from the 38th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in November 2005.

Sponsor

Bill Siksay  NDP

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 May 19, 2005
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-363 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) Conscientious Objection Act
C-363 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Conscientious Objection Act
C-390 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Conscientious Objection Act
C-390 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) Conscientious Objection Act
C-460 (39th Parliament, 1st session) Conscientious Objection Act
C-232 (37th Parliament, 1st session) Conscientious Objection Act

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-397s:

C-397 (2024) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Department of Employment and Social Development Act
C-397 (2018) An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to survivor pension benefits
C-397 (2013) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (golfing expenses)
C-397 (2012) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (golfing expenses)
C-397 (2010) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (persons born abroad)
C-397 (2009) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (persons born abroad)

Conscientious Objection ActRoutine Proceedings

May 19th, 2005 / 10:05 a.m.


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NDP

Bill Siksay NDP Burnaby—Douglas, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-397, an act respecting conscientious objection to the use of taxes for military purposes.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce a private member's bill that would allow people who object on conscientious grounds to paying taxes for military purposes to have a prescribed percentage of their income tax diverted into a special account.

The bill would recognize the deeply held views, often related to deeply held religious convictions, of some Canadians that participating in any way in the activities of war and the accumulation of weapons sanctions and perpetuates killing and violence.

The bill would provide an important option for conscientious objection and would ensure that the tax dollars of those Canadians who hold these beliefs are spent for peaceful purposes.

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