An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (feminine hygiene products)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Judy Wasylycia-Leis  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 March 3, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

The purpose of this enactment is to exempt the sale of feminine hygiene products from the goods and services tax (GST).

Similar bills

C-282 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (feminine hygiene products)
C-282 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (feminine hygiene products)
C-341 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (feminine hygiene products)

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-341s:

C-341 (2023) An Act to Amend the Inquiries Act
C-341 (2017) An Act to amend the Aeronautics Act (aerodromes)
C-341 (2013) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit — new graduates working in designated regions)
C-341 (2011) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit — new graduates working in designated regions)
C-341 (2007) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (military dependants)

Excise Tax ActRoutine Proceedings

March 12th, 2009 / 10:15 a.m.


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NDP

Judy Wasylycia-Leis NDP Winnipeg North, MB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-341, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (feminine hygiene products).

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to reintroduce a bill to remove the GST on feminine hygiene products. I had hoped it would have become law by now because the Conservatives had promised to get rid of this unfair gender tax when they were in opposition. After three years in power, the government still has failed to deliver for Canadian women.

This bill would remove the GST on feminine hygiene products because it affects women only. It unfairly disadvantages women financially solely because of their reproductive role. This bill would restore fairness to the benefit of all Canadian women, particularly those on lower incomes.

I hope the House will work with us to ensure we remove this unfair gender tax on tampons as soon as possible.

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