96.9 Farm Safety/Adequate Child Care
Whereas, Due to steadily declining personal farm incomes, the lowest income earner in many farm families has not been able to make use of personal tax exemption for child care; and,
Whereas, Lacking income for third party child care, many farm families must care for children while carrying on a farm business resulting in an unacceptably high number of children dying and or being injured in farm-related accidents; and,
Whereas, Designating childcare as a farm business expense would encourage more farm families to take advantage of third party childcare; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That The National Council of Women of Canada urge the Government of Canada to allow child care expenses as a farm business expense.