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House Hansard - 333

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 17, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 333 - Jun/17/24
Ms. Louise Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville, BQ)
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Mr. Speaker, we are dealing with Bill C‑323, which basically seeks to amend the Excise Tax Act. We know that, in a schedule, this act provides tax exempt status for various health care products and services offered by private practitioners. This includes optometry, naturopathy, acupuncture and midwifery services. These services are currently exempt from the goods and services tax. The bill seeks to add psychotherapy and mental health counselling services to this list of services that are exempt from the goods and services tax. This bill at least highlights the importance of mental health and the important work to be done in this area to ensure that all—
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