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 Kamloops Thompson Cariboo Conservative MP Cathy McLeod With so many people working from home to observe COVID-19 health protocols in 2020, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has set up a simplified process for workers to claim expenses on their upcoming income tax return. This new flat-rate method means employees can claim $2 per day if they worked at home more than 50 percent of the time in four consecutive weeks in 2020 due to COVID-19. This temporary method allows eligible employees to also claim $2 for any other days they worked from home in 2020 due to the pandemic, up to a maximum of $400. There is no need to calculate work-space details or keep supporting documents with the new flat-rate method, and it applies to both part-time and full-time employees. The shorter qualifying period means more people can claim the deduction. Also, unlike a prior announcement, those using this method will not need their employers to sign and complete Form T2200 or Form T2200S.   And f...

This afternoon (January 13 th ) Conservative MP Cathy McLeod, advised residents of her Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo riding, of the launch of a public consultation being conducted by the federal government.  The consultation is to get feedback on how to best to respond to a Quebec Supreme Court ruling  ruling, which recently concluded it was unconstitutional to limit access to medical assistance in dying (MAID). On September 11, 2019 the Superior Court of Quebec ruled it was unconstitutional to only allow those who are already near death, to seek medical assistance to end their suffering. This ruling technically only applied in Quebec, but because the government has declined to appeal the decision, any amendments will apply across the country. “ Since the September ruling, the Prime Minister (Justin Trudeau) has stated that he accepts the court ruling and will amend the federal law accordingly ,” said McLeod. “ Under the court ruling, it has unti...

Earlier today Kamloops- Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops - Thompson – Cariboo came out guns blazing as she stated: “ Before Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister, Canada had three private companies willing to invest more than $30 billion to build three nation-building projects that would have created tens of thousands of jobs and generated billions in economic activity ,” stated MP McLeod. “ Today, none of those projects remain thanks to Trudeau’s policies and those companies continue to invest in pipelines elsewhere in the world. Just not in Canada .” “ The path forward for the TMX expansion under the Trudeau government has been completely incoherent ”, stated McLeod.   A choice of words seemingly appropriate given that yesterday’s decision by the Federal Court of Appeal exposed the fact that the government of Justin Trudeau actually refused to stand up for the Trans Mountain pipeline. For years now, the Trans Mountain Pi...

MP Cathy McLeod & Conservative leader Andrew Scheer Kamloops, BC – Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops - Thompson - Cariboo, issued the following statement today: “ In recent weeks, the closures and reduction of sawmills have devastated communities across the interior of British Columbia ,” MP Cathy McLeod said. “ I wrote to the federal minister responsible for economic development the day  after learning that Canfor would be shutting the doors of its Vavenby mill, impacting 178 employees, their families, their kids’ schools, and their municipalities. The situation has deteriorated even more since, and there has been nothing but silence from the federal Minister .” “ To provide no acknowledgement or response reveals a complete indifference to the issue on the part of the Minister and Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government in Ottawa ,” MP McLeod said. “ It’s clear they are more worried about their electoral future than doing th...