With regard to the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Eldridge vs. British Columbia case dealing with access to publicly funded services for deaf, deafened and hard of hearing Canadians, can the government explain: (a) why it taxes deaf, deafened and hard of hearing Canadians on money they receive to hire sign language interpreters and captioners; (b) why do interpreters and captioners hired by students also pay income tax on the same money; and (c) how it intends to stop the decline in enrolment of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing Canadians in Canadian and foreign universities and colleges?
Q-188 , 37th Parliament, 1st session January 29, 2001, to September 16, 2002
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