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Finance committee  Thank you for the question. When custody is shared, the two parents can divide the benefit. That is now the case with the Canada child tax benefit, and will also be the case with the new Canada child benefit. I want to specify that the amount is calculated based on each parent'

May 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  Yes. Even if one of the parents remarries, the child is still theirs. Only the parent's income enters into the calculation.

May 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  That's correct in that case.

May 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  We could confirm that later on.

May 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  Yes. However, I would like to confirm the information. We will provide you with an answer later.

May 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  Thank you.

May 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. What we could say is that the policy objective is to make it easier for individuals with severe disabilities to be assessed for purposes of the disability tax credit. As you mentioned, in many outlying rural regions, the nurse practitioner is often th

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  That's right. As Trevor explained, right now a lot of the tuition tax credit is claimed for post-secondary courses at post-secondary institutions. You also have occupational skills courses. Trevor gave the example of a second-language course—English as a second language is a good

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, the credit was introduced in 2006. The goal of the credit was to increase public transit use and, through that use, have a positive effect on greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion. A number of research studies have shown that it hasn't had that effect. The ef

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  Sure, we can follow up on that.

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  We don't, as the Department of Finance, have a cost estimate for a basic income.

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  No, we don't. The announcement was pretty sparse on details, so, it's unclear exactly who would qualify. Because of that, we're not in a position to provide a cost estimate. We don't know who will get it.

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  No, to the best of my knowledge, not by our department.

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  We estimate that the consolidation of these measures into the Canada caregiver credit will be a net reduction of federal taxes by about $310 million over the fiscal planning period, that is, from 2016-17 through 2021-22.

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc

Finance committee  The first full year will be $50 million, and then it will be $65 million a year by the end, in 2021-22.

May 8th, 2017Committee meeting

Pierre LeBlanc