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In response to inquiries about Industry Canada's consultation on policy changes in the 3500 MHz band, the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Industry, made the following statement:
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced our Government's intention to double the Children's Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC) and make it refundable. The maximum amount of expenses that may be claimed under the credit will be doubled from its current limit to $1,000 for the 2014 tax year and subsequent tax years, and the credit will be made refundable effective for the 2015 and subsequent tax years. He was joined by Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and Member of Parliament for Oshawa, and Erin O'Toole, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Member of Parliament for Durham.
Our Government intends to enhance the Children's Fitness Tax Credit (CFTC) by increasing the maximum amount that may be claimed under the credit to $1,000 from $500, and by making the credit refundable. The doubling of the maximum amount will be effective for the 2014 tax year and subsequent tax years, and the credit will be made refundable effective for the 2015 and subsequent tax years.
More than one in five Canadians will experience a mental health problem or illness in their lifetime. Two thirds won't get any help because of the stigma associated with mental illness-stigma that forces them to suffer in silence
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, will deliver remarks at a luncheon hosted by the Economic Club of Canada on the Global Markets Action Plan.