BILL NO. 214

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
57 Elizabeth II, 2008

Private Member's Bill

Employment Support and Income Assistance Act
(amended)

Manning MacDonald
Cape Breton South

First Reading: November 7, 2008

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill amends the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act to provide that the Minister may not consider the Canada Child Tax Benefit when determining the eligibility of a person for assistance or the level of assistance to a person under any enactment administered by the Minister.

1 Chapter 27 of the Acts of 2000, the Employment Support and Income Assistance Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 7 the following Section:

7A Notwithstanding any enactment, the Minister may not include the Canada Child Tax Benefit as income, assets or other resources of a person in determining the eligibility of that person for assistance or employment services or the level of assistance to that person under this Act or any other enactment administered by the Minister.