Government Response to Auxilliary Constable tax credit now tabled in Hose of Commons.

This is to inform you that a government response to petition e-29, which you have submitted on the e-petitions website of the House of Commons, has been tabled in the House. 

Original Petition:
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
The previous government instituted a tax credit for Volunteer Firemen in 2011 and a similar tax treatment for Volunteer Search and Rescue in 2014; and
An Auxiliary Constable is an unarmed, unpaid, uniformed RCMP volunteer whose activities are governed under provincial legislation.
We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, request (or call upon) the Government of Canada to extend a tax credit to Auxiliary Police Officers similar to that already given to Volunteer FireFighters and Search and Rescue volunteers.



http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/HOC/ePetitions/Responses/421/e-29/421-00314_FIN_E.pdf

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Don Quixote Note:
https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Responses
At the above link is a total of 11 responses to petitions. The last 8 were responses tabled Aug 17,2016 in Parliament.

This is to inform you that a government response to petition e-29 initiated by bob spiers on the e-petitions website of the House of Commons, which you have supported, has been tabled in the House. You can consult the response on the e-petition webpage by clicking here.

My Response:

I interpret the Government's response is that they may review the possibility of extending the credit in their next budget for 2017. Not what I wanted but still a glimmer of hope.

This morning Aug 18 I E-mailed the Finance Minister as follows:

I will take from your reply that this tax credit for Auxiliary Police (RCMP. Provincial and Municipal)  will be considered in your review of federal tax expenditures and it may be included in the next budget??

I have copied some other interested ministers and my Local M.P. Mel Arnold who sponsored this petition and hope they will support this measure being part of the 2017 budget.

Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. These VOLUNTEER first responders should have the same tax credit as that provided for  Volunteer FireFighters and Search and Rescue volunteers.