e-443 (Tax system)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-1-47 Government Response to petitions concerning the tax system
- Religion
- Tax exemption
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The issue of religious tax preferment is especially relevant now because of the number of Canadians living outside any religious affiliation continues to grow;
- According to Statistics Canada, in 2011, roughly 7,850,600 people, or nearly one-quarter of Canada's population (23.9%), have no religious affiliation;
- This was up from 16.5% a decade earlier, as recorded in the 2001 Census;
- That underscores the unfairness of taxing all Canadians to subsidize religious institutions that only some Canadians utilize.
- Open for signature
- March 9, 2017, at 5:38 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 7, 2017, at 5:38 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Murray Rankin
(Victoria)
May 1, 2019 (Petition No. 421-03479) - Government response tabled
- June 13, 2019
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
---|---|
Alberta | 90 |
British Columbia | 167 |
Manitoba | 24 |
New Brunswick | 8 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 6 |
Northwest Territories | 2 |
Nova Scotia | 15 |
Ontario | 189 |
Prince Edward Island | 1 |
Quebec | 69 |
Saskatchewan | 37 |
Yukon | 1 |