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Bill C-219 (Historical)

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

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.

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.

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.

Similar bills

C-240 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)
C-420 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)
C-240 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)
C-420 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)
C-240 (40th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)
C-219 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)
C-241 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)
C-325 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-219s:

C-219 (2021) Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights
C-219 (2020) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sexual exploitation)
C-219 (2020) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sexual exploitation)
C-219 (2016) An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (wreck)

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