Bill C-577 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (hearing impairment)

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

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. 5, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends paragraph 118.4(1)(b) and subparagraph 118.4(1)(c)(iv) of the Income Tax Act to establish that the ability of an individual with a hearing impairment to perform a basic activity of daily living is markedly restricted when the individual is unable to hear without the use of assistive listening devices. It also defines a basic activity of daily living in relation to an individual with a hearing impairment.

Similar bills

C-263 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (hearing impairment)

C-246 (41st Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (hearing impairment)

C-246 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (hearing impairment)

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-577s:

C-577 (2014) VIA Rail Canada Act

Disability Tax CreditPetitionsRoutine Proceedings

March 21st, 2011 / 3:20 p.m.

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NDP

Peter Julian NDP Burnaby—New Westminster, BC

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition signed by 100 residents of the provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick. These are individual Canadians who are concerned about the current test for eligibility for the disability tax credit. For hard of hearing Canadians, the threshold for the disability tax credit is very high. Hard of hearing Canadians, if they understand a familiar person in a quiet setting, are ineligible for the disability tax credit.

Hard of hearing associations across the country, including the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association and the Canadian Association of Audiologists, support my Bill C-577 that would amend the Income Tax Act and set a more reasonable bar for access to the disability tax credit.

On behalf of these 100 hard of hearing Canadians from coast to coast, I submit the following petition in their name to change the disability tax credit eligibility so that it is reasonable and allows hard of hearing Canadians to access it.

Income Tax Act (Hearing Impairment)PetitionsRoutine Proceedings

December 15th, 2010 / 4 p.m.

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NDP

Tony Martin NDP Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Mr. Speaker, I present a petition today signed by 75 people who are very concerned that there is discrimination in the Income Tax Act with regard to people with hearing impairment. They are asking that the Government of Canada and the House move expeditiously with Bill C-577, a bill introduced by my colleague, the member for Burnaby—New Westminster.

I support it and encourage the government to take the advice of these 75 people and others across the country who think this discrimination should be ended.