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Why is the Canada Revenue Agency reviewing the eligibility of benefit recipients for the Canada Child Benefit?
What is the Canada Revenue Agency doing to ensure Indigenous peoples get the benefits and access to services to which they are entitled?
Can the Minister comment on why the Canada Revenue Agency does not permit private campgrounds to benefit from the small business deduction?
What is Canada doing to deal with the growing number of businesses using new digital business models?
Can you please provide an update on the Canada Revenue Agency’s Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP)?
Can the Minister tell us more about Canada Revenue Agency’s efforts to combat tax evasion and avoidance?ster tell us more about Canada Revenue Agency’s efforts to combat
tax evasion and avoidance?
Beginning the week of August 19, 2019, news media began reporting on a series of severe lung illnesses in the United States linked to the use of vaping products.
As of November 20, 2019, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting 2,290 cases of e-cigarette, or vaping product, use-associated lung injury in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and 2 US territories. A total of 47 deaths have now been confirmed in 25 states. The US investigation has not identified any specific e-cigarette or vaping product (devices, liquids, refill pods, and/or cartridges) or substance that is linked to all cases. The latest national and regional findings suggest products containing THC play a role in the outbreak – specifically THC products containing the additive Vitamin E acetate.
As of December 3, 2019, a total of 13 cases of vaping-associated lung illness have been reported to the Public Health Agency of Canada from British Columbia (3), New Brunswick (2), Ontario (3) and Quebec (5). Health Canada posted an Information Update for Canadians on December 5, 2019 and updates its vaping-associated lung illness web page on Canada.ca regularly.
Health Canada posted an Information Update for Canadians and updates its vaping-associated lung illness web page on Canada.ca regularly.
• What is the Government doing to address vaping-associated lung illness?