Bill C-10 has received second reading in the Senate and has been referred to committee.
Goodies
Here come the goodies. From the Finance website: The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today tabled in the House of Commons the Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act to effect the $60 billion of broad-based tax relief proposed in…
NWMM
The Minister of Finance released today a notice of ways and means motion to implement aspects of the March, 2007 budget. Frankly, it’s a bag of goodies for taxpayers. (But I am grateful that this latest release no where uses…
GST transitional rules
The federal government, in its “economic update” of October 30, 2007, proposed to reduce the GST rate from 6% to 5%. The reduction will be effective January 1, 2008. The transitional rules and associated changes “in general are the…
Disability plans
Yesterday, Finance released draft legislation for the new registered disability savings plans.
Prorogued
The Parliament of Canada website reports that The Governor General informed the Speaker of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Commons that the First Session of the 39th Parliament was prorogued on Friday, September 14, 2007. Prorogation…
Budget bill enacted
Bill C-52 received Royal Assent on June 22. It is now law as S.C. 2007, c. 29.
Bill C-52 takes the lead
Bill C-52, which implements “certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007”, is now at the “Report Stage” (the stage immediately before 3rd Reading). Meanwhile, poor old Bill C-33 continues to languish in committee. Bill C-33…