An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (post-traumatic stress syndrome)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Mathieu Ravignat  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 13, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Income Tax Act to provide that veterans and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with post-traumatic stress syndrome are eligible for the medical expense credit and the credit for mental or physical 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.