Bill C-241 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (school authorities)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Kevin Waugh Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Defeated, as of Oct. 19, 2016
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Excise Tax Act in order to increase the goods and services tax rebate rate for school authorities from 68% to 100%.

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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-241s:

C-241 (2022) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction of travel expenses for tradespersons)

C-241 (2020) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (change of political affiliation)

C-241 (2013) An Act to amend the Canadian Bill of Rights (right to housing)

C-241 (2011) An Act to amend the Canadian Bill of Rights (right to housing)

C-241 (2010) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (removal of waiting period)

Votes

Oct. 19, 2016 Failed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

Excise Tax ActRoutine Proceedings

February 26th, 2016 / 12:05 p.m.

Conservative

Kevin Waugh Conservative Saskatoon—Grasswood, SK

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-241, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (school authorities).

Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to introduce my first private member's bill in the House of Commons this afternoon.

Canadians pay for their schools through municipal or provincial taxes. The schools are then charged GST on almost everything they purchase. Then they are reimbursed 68% after completing time-consuming paperwork quarterly. My bill seeks to amend the Excise Tax Act to have them reimbursed the full 100%.

As a former executive member of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association and a long-time serving member of the local school board in Saskatoon, this has been a passion of mine for the last five years. Now, as a member of Parliament, I hope to rectify this situation with my private member's bill.

It is such a simple statement and amendment of only 30 words. It is so little, but it would mean so much to so many in our classrooms in our great country of Canada.

I hope my colleagues will support my bill today.

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