C-230 – More transparency on money owed to the feds
C-230 creates a registry of debt owed to the government and any actions taken on it.
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C-229 – A new framework for ADHD
C-229 creates a national framework for helping people with ADHD.
C-227 – A strategy to make housing more affordable for young Canadians
C-227 creates a national strategy to help young Canadians afford housing.
C-226 – A framework for better transparency in food prices
C-226 creates a framework for unit pricing of groceries and transparency for price increases.
Bill C-31 – Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2 (Targeted Support for Households)
C-31 does three things.
First, it establishes the Dental Benefit Act which will provide financial support for parents for dental services received by their children under the age of 12, between October 2022 and June 2024.
Second, it creates the Rental Housing Benefit Act which will provide a one-time payment to eligible people who paid rent in 2022.
Third, it makes changes to the Income Tax Act, Excise Tax Act, and Excise Act related to the previous two points.
Bill C-30 – Cost of Living Relief Act, No 1 (Targeted Tax Relief)
C-30 is another bill that changes the Income Tax Act! As usual there’s a ton of math in here that’s a bit beyond me, but the general goal is to double the GST/HST credit for 6 months, giving everyone about 50% more than what they would normally receive for the 2022-2023 benefit year.
Bill C-242 – Reuniting Families Act
Original Bill here Bill C-242 does a few things relating to extended temporary resident visas used to visit children or grandchildren that are Canadian citizens or permanent residents. First, if someone applying for a TRV is staying for an extended period of time it will allow them to use a health insurance policy purchased from an insurance company outside of Canada to meet the requirement that they have private health insurance. Second, it sets the length of an extended stay to 5 years. (As far as I can see TRVs usually only allow for a visit of 6 months) Finally...
Bill C-22 – Canada Disability Benefit Act
Original Bill here Bill C-22 would create the Canada Disability Benefit. There isn’t a lot of details yet, the regulations involving this benefit are to be created at a future date by an Order in Council. It does call out “work disincentives such as the loss of income and other benefits as a result of becoming employed” as being a problem for people with disabilities, so it probably won’t be something subject to clawbacks from having employment income. It also explicitly states that these payments aren’t subject to any law regarding bankruptcy, cannot be given as security, cannot be retained...
House of Commons – September 15, 2022
Good morning everyone! The House of Commons returned yesterday, and the business of the day was devoted to honouring the Queen. A motion was passed with unanimous consent right away to devote the 15th and 16th to honouring the Queen and the new King. As such I won’t be doing an update for the 16th and I’ll see you all next week!