Thank you for the question.
Effectively, this is a legislative change that confirms and clarifies the existing and long-standing non-taxability of a number of benefits being offered by the Department of Veteran Affairs and/or the Department of National Defence. Individual members or veterans do not need to do anything. Amounts that they have received have been non-taxable in the past. They have not been reporting these amounts. They have not been receiving tax slips, and they will not receive those slips going forward. They don't need to amend any returns. It simply says that the treatment that has been administratively taken historically is confirmed in law retroactively.