Bill C-246 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (vitamins)

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

Sponsor

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 Oct. 16, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

The purpose of this enactment is to expand the list of allowable medical expense deductions in the Income Tax Act to include expenses incurred for vitamin supplements, mineral supplements, dietary vitamin supplements and dietary mineral supplements.

Similar bills

C-246 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (vitamins)

C-418 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (vitamins)

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-246s:

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C-246 (2020) Post-Secondary Education Financial Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act

C-246 (2016) Modernizing Animal Protections Act

C-246 (2013) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (hearing impairment)

C-246 (2011) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (hearing impairment)

C-246 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (child sexual predators)

Other House mentions

Income Tax ActRoutine Proceedings

May 3rd, 2006 / 3:20 p.m.

See context

Conservative

Joy Smith Conservative Kildonan—St. Paul, MB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-246, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (vitamins).

Mr. Speaker, this bill, an act to amend the Income Tax Act (vitamins), is important to all Canadians who use vitamins and other supplements to maintain their health. The purpose of this enactment is to expand the list of allowable medical expense deductions in the Income Tax Act to include expenses incurred for vitamin supplements, mineral supplements, dietary vitamin supplements or dietary mineral supplements.

I urge all members to support this bill. We all know that Canadians need to stay healthy and this bill encourages that through a tax break.

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