moved for leave to introduce Bill C-209, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (expenses incurred by caregivers).
Mr. Speaker, as you know, in an aging society many of us are caught in what we call the sandwich generation where we are looking after children and our parents. Many of those people looking after our elderly are elderly themselves and they incur tremendous expenses on their own looking after the care of people who are severely disabled or under various ailments. I believe that the expenses they incur while looking after their loved ones should be completely tax deductible.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)