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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT TO
BILL C-2
DCISION DU PRSIDENT
AMENDEMENT DE COMIT AU
PROJET DE LOI C-2
Honourable senators,
Honorables snateurs,
done in relation to Bill C-2, not to the fiscaux en vue de rduire les taxes, non
existing Income Tax Act.
de les augmenter. La snatrice
Bellemare a par la suite appuy le point
de vue du snateur Harder en soulignant
que lanalyse des rpercussions de
lamendement doit tre faite en fonction
du projet de loi C-2, non de la Loi de
limpt sur le revenu actuelle.
In reply, Senator Smith, the chair of the
committee, argued that consideration of
the report should be allowed to proceed.
He indicated that, with the amendment,
no ones tax rate would rise when
compared to existing rates. He did,
however, clarify that with the
amendment some individuals would pay
more than they would if Bill C-2 were
passed without it. As examples, Senator
Smith stated that, with the amendment,
individuals making $93,000 per year
would see their rate rise from 18% to
18.2%; while those making $95,000 per
year would see their rate go from
approximately 18.1% to 18.8%.
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