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Conservatives will give $1300 family tax credit
March 28, 2011.
The Conservatives will give a tax credit of $1300 each to a family if elected back in office.
Jason Kenney, former Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, who spoke to the Cultural Media through a teleconference today elaborated on the announcement made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the proposal to stop the punitive tax laws against working family members.
Jason Kenney, who said he was speaking as a Conservative party member and on behalf of the Conservatives noted that if elected back in office, a family tax cut will be enacted that will benefit 1.8 million families each of them with savings of $1300 per year as part of the overall tax cuts by the Conservatives which had totaled over $3000 per family.
“This tax credit will eliminate the discrimination in the tax code in which one family is working and the other family is staying at home to take care of the children and one parent has higher income than the other.”
If one of the spouses is making a high income and the other is having a lower income the new policy will allow them to split their income to be taxed at the same lower tax rate without being penalized with the high tax bracket.
On the Citizens Arrest Act Bill C-60, he said the Conservative government wanted to pass the ‘Lucky Moose Bill’ quickly but could not do so before the parliament was dissolved.
The act was to protect shop owners from shoplifters by allowing them to engage in citizen’s arrest of a shoplifter after they have left the store. He said that the Conservatives had only one debate while the opposition had 23 parliamentarians debating the bill thereby stalling the bill and not allowing the bill to be passed before the parliament was adjourned.
He said the Conservatives if back in government will bring back the Citizens’ Arrest Act Bill C-60 as a priority bill and would try to pass it as quickly as possible without delays.
On the decision to replace the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants with a new body, Jason Kenney said this followed an extensive submission of proposals from the public and a review of the submissions by a panel of experts who looked into fraudulent applications of spouses who wanted to come to Canada.
He noted the emotional and financial toll this had taken on Canadians noting this was the reason he committed to organizations like the Canadians Committed Against Immigration Fraud and Canadians Against Marriage Fraud to take action. He said he would be making announcements on measures to combat marriage immigration fraud during the campaign.
The announcement will be made as a platform commitment, which will be based on consultations already had.
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