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                                                                 Date: 20030613

                                                         Docket: A-456-00

                                            Neutral citation: 2003FCA268

CORAM:      DÉCARY J.A.

EVANS J.A.

SHARLOW J.A.

BETWEEN:

                              HERBERT STONE

                                                                Applicant

                                   and

                         HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

                                                               Respondent

Heard at St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on Thursday, June 12, 2003

JUDGMENT delivered from the Bench at St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on Thursday, June 12, 2003

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT BY:                                               SHARLOW J.A.


                                                                                                                                            Date: 20030612

                                                                                                                                        Docket: A-456-00

                                                                                                                  Neutral citation: 2003FCA268

CORAM:        DÉCARY J.A.

EVANS J.A.

SHARLOW J.A.

BETWEEN:

                                                                 HERBERT STONE

                                                                                                                                                       Applicant

                                                                                 and

                                                        HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

                                                        REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

                                  (Delivered from the Bench at St. John's, Newfoundland

                                             and Labrador, on Thursday, June 12, 2003)

SHARLOW J.A.

[1]                 This is an application for judicial review of a judgment of the Tax Court of Canada dated May 30, 2000 in an appeal by Mr. Stone of his income tax assessment for 1996. He had claimed a deduction for child care expenses under section 63 of the Income Tax Act, R.S.C. 1985, c-1 (5th Supp.) but his claim was disallowed because his 1996 income exceeded the 1996 income of the woman who was his spouse at the end of 1996.

[2]                 Mr. Stone, although notified of the hearing, did not appear in person nor by counsel. We have determined this matter on the basis of his written submissions.


[3]                 Subject to some exceptions that do not apply in this case, the formula for the child care expense deduction for a particular year requires the spouse with the lower income for the year to claim the deduction, and precludes the high income spouse from deducting any part of it. Mr. Stone argues that the formula should not apply or should be applied differently in his case, because he was a single parent throughout most of 1996, and married only in October of that year. His argument is based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

[4]                 We are not persuaded that there has been any breach of the Charter in this case. Even if we were so persuaded, we would be unable to give Mr. Stone the remedy he seeks because there has been no notice of a constitutional question under section 57 of the Federal Court Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-7.

[5]                 For these reasons this application will be dismissed with costs.

                                                                                                                                           (s) "K. Sharlow"          

J.A.


                                                    FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL

                              NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:                    A-456-00

STYLE OF CAUSE: HERBERT STONE v. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

PLACE OF HEARING:         St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

DATE OF HEARING:                       June 12, 2003

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT : Sharlow J.A.

DATED:                                                 June 12, 2003

DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH AT ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR ON JUNE 12, 2003

APPEARANCES:

No one appeared                                                                                                   FOR THE APPLICANT

Ms. Valerie Miller                                                                                            FOR THE RESPONDENT

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

Mr. Herbert Stone                                                                                                ON HIS OWN BEHALF

Burin Bay, Newfoundland

Morris Rosenberg                                                                                            FOR THE RESPONDENT

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

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