Bill C-403

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act and the Canada Pension Plan (deeming provision)

Sponsor

Laurel Collins  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of June 13, 2024

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Summary

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This enactment amends the Income Tax Act to add a deeming provision in relation to the credit for mental or physical impairment set out in section 118.3.
It also amends the Canada Pension Plan to add a deeming provision in relation to disability pensions and benefits.

Elsewhere

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Income Tax ActRoutine Proceedings

June 13th, 2024 / 10:15 a.m.
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NDP

Laurel Collins NDP Victoria, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-403, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act and the Canada Pension Plan (deeming provision).

Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present my private member's bill to amend the Income Tax Act and the Canada pension plan. I want to thank the member for Courtenay—Alberni for seconding the bill, as well as for his continued advocacy for disability justice. The bill aims to make it easier for people living with disabilities to access the benefits they are entitled to. Currently, applicants to provincial and federal disability benefits and the disability pension plan need to finalize two different applications, which require many steps and a lot of bureaucracy. With my bill, people with disabilities would only need to apply to their provincial plan; the federal government would recognize their application immediately.

I am grateful for all the work of the advocates in my riding who have brought this issue forward, including Mark Schuller, Steve Palmer, and people across the country who dedicate their lives to disability justice.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)