October 15, 2010
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Create Your Canada featured on CPAC Sunday October 17th
Replay available on Video on Demand at www.cpac.ca (skip ahead to 15:45)
Two young students from northern British Columbia joined MP Nathan Cullen in Ottawa on September 27th to ask parliamentarians to consider tax incentives the students say will make Canada a safer and more caring country.
Junior Category Winner Emily Hobley McCosker submitted a proposal for a voluntary ‘humanitarian tax’, which would allow Canadians to donate a portion of their income to the Canadian Red Cross when filing taxes.
Senior Winner Justin Steenhof submitted a proposal for the mandatory use of protective helmets on ski and snowboard hills to reduce serious head injuries. The proposed federal legislation would create an incentive to encourage ski hill operators to implement mandatory helmet policies on their hills.
Cullen launched Create Your Canada last year to challenge students in Grades 5-12 to write a piece of federal legislation to improve Canada. Winners are flown to Ottawa to watch Cullen introduce their bills in Parliament. MPs in Victoria, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Ottawa also ran contests.
Tune in to CPAC this Sunday to see their story!
Watch it Live at www.cpac.ca
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