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“Many Canadians who have turned to assisted reproductive technologies over the past 10 years are now eligible for a tax break as a result of Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s new budget.
Getting medical help to conceive a child can cost thousands of dollars, a cost that isn’t covered by most provincial health plans,” wrote Elizabeth Thompson for CBC News on March 23, 2017.
Thompson continued, “The government estimates that one in eight Canadian couples experience infertility and “an increasing number of Canadians, including single parents and same-sex couples, are turning to assisted human reproduction procedures to help build their families.”
Until now, Canadians had to be diagnosed as medically infertile to be able to claim the cost of reproductive technologies as part of their medical expense tax credit.
The change in Wednesday’s budget opens the tax credit to those who aren’t infertile, such as single women who want to have a child or a same-sex couple who want to start a family.”
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