This bill was drafted following meetings with the law clerks here, whose job it is to draft bills so that they abide by the rules. After explaining what we were seeking, they drafted the bill as you see it. They arrived at 22% after checking the current Income Tax Act. According to the law clerks, everything that needed to be here was here and, if the bill were to pass, it would be consistent with the current act. This is an amendment to the current act. They said it would be consistent with the act and these amounts could be paid.
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