Today, April 3, 2011 Steven Harper announced that his government will create a new $500 fitness tax credit benefiting adult Canadians. Harper noted that the extension of the fitness tax credit to adult Canadians is supported by a wide array of health-related organizations in Canada, including the Fitness Industry Council of Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Diabetes Association.
CAOT lobbied for this tax credit as part of its submission to the pre-Budget Consultation undertaken annually by the House of Commons Finance Committee. It was also a message carried by members of the CAOT Board on the November 25th 2010 lobby day.
CAOT message was: “That the federal government increase the breadth of the Child Fitness Tax Credit introduced by the Government of Canada in 2006 to be open to all Canadians to promote active living through participation in fitness programs that contribute to reducing obesity as part of weight reduction programs and promoting healthy aging.”
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