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Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. We used two sources of information for the report. The first source was the government's open government data source, which is online. The second source was the departmental plans of the two departments. Those were the two sources we used. We looked

May 15th, 2023Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I think on that point it really depends on how long it takes to settle the claim or to become self-governing, so for that DRI, yes, it would be difficult to set a target.

May 15th, 2023Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  Yes, the tax credit applies to everyone if they have a property listed on the register, whereas the grant program would have monetary requirements and thresholds and other eligibility requirements.

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  The other thing I would add is—

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  Yes, but they would need funding for the expenses, of course.

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  I have a quick response. One of the assumptions we made in our analysis was that the taxpayer would actually have taxable income. If they are a not-for-profit entity, a crown, a government, or a municipality, they would not be included in our analysis, because they are not payin

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  There are a few credits that are capped, or there is a threshold above which the credit is given, such as the refundable medical expense tax credit. In that case, if you have expenses over a certain amount, you can claim the credit. Concerning credits on which there is annual c

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  Usually there is no cap. It's based on taxable income.

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  The eligibility for a tax credit may be lower than the eligibility for a grant or a cost-sharing program because the tax credit is administered by CRA. Everyone automatically applies, and they check a box. In a grant program, there may be a higher cost or a higher burden on the i

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  There are multiple personal tax credits for charitable donations, medical expenses. There are various tax credits in the Income Tax Act.

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  Basically, the way the bill is worded, it allows a taxpayer to claim the full amount in the year that they make the expense, if they have taxable income to cover the full amount. As well, they can roll over that amount for the future 10 years, so the taxpayer can also claim the c

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  There's nothing stopping politicians or the House from having both. You can have both a tax credit and a cost-sharing program. Because the tax credit is harmonized with any government subsidy that is received by the taxpayer, the credit would account for any additional expenses

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir

Environment committee  We didn't really do any analysis on the secondary economic benefits of labour force participation or of increasing labour force participation. As Govindadeva said, about half of the costs would be labour costs in a regular renovation, and for a historic renovation the labour cos

October 24th, 2017Committee meeting

Mark Mahabir