moved for leave to introduce Bill C-325, an act to amend the Income Tax Act (deduction for volunteer emergency service).
Mr. Speaker, this private member's bill would allow for a $3,000 deduction on taxable income for volunteers in the emergency servicesarea who perform over 200 hours of volunteer service, people such as volunteer firefighters, rescue operators, EMS and people in those fields.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)