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Originally Posted by Slava
OK, fair enough, but there are a lot of civil servants in a lot of industries who are likely in a similar position. Why else would it matter to teachers specifically?
I've been on record, seemingly forever, saying that these boutique tax credits are stupid and misguided. This one is no different than the volunteer fire fighter credit from a few years ago, IMO. If the governments want to reduce the tax burden, just lower taxes. Don't get all cute about it, and make people save $1000 worth of receipts for the better part of a decade. Just reduce the tax bill for everyone and call it a day.
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I'm not a fan of boutique credits either, but I think you'd be hard pressed to find 'a lot of civil servants' that are in the same boat. It's pretty common knowledge that classrooms are generally underfunded and teachers do take on additional costs. As education is a provincial responsibility this is all the feds could do as targeted relief. I can understand the thinking, but like you have railed against the Harper targeting approach and have to admit this is the same.