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Bill C-267

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 31, 2022
An Act to amend the Excise Act (non-alcoholic beer)
  • Summary: The bill, known as Bill C-267, is an amendment to the Excise Act and aims to eliminate excise duties on non-alcoholic beer or malt liquor that contains 0.5% or less absolute ethyl alcohol by volume. The purpose of this amendment is to remove taxes on these types of beverages.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-267
An Act to amend the Excise Act (non-alcoholic beer)

FIRST READING, March 31, 2022

Mr. Cannings
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Excise Act in order to abolish duties of excise on beer or malt liquor containing not more than 0.‍5% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume.

Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
www.ourcommons.ca


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-267

An Act to amend the Excise Act (non-alcoholic beer)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍S.‍, c. E-14

Excise Act

1 (1) The portion of section 3 in Part II of the schedule to the Excise Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

3 Per hectolitre of beer or malt liquor containing Insertion start more than 0.‍5% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume but Insertion end not more than 1.‍2% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume,

(2) Part II of the schedule to the Act is amended by adding the following after section 3:

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4 Per hectolitre of beer or malt liquor containing not more than 0.‍5% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume, $0.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons