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OTTAWA, Aug 26 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Beverley Smith who gained national attention when she went to the United Nations to lodge a complaint against Canada’s anti-family taxation policies was granted an hour-long interview with Finance Minister Paul Martin yesterday. Smith stressed the injustice of the current taxation system which ignores mothers who remain at home in terms of family income tax. She also objects to the restriction of child-care tax breaks only to those who bring their children to registered day-cares or otherwise declare their child care expenses.

The Toronto Star reported that while no promises of action were garnered Smith was pleased that the Minister gave her an audience. Smith was much less positive about an April meeting she had with the Minister of the Status of Women Hedy Fry in April. At the April meeting Fry was reportedly “very condescending” and “elitist.”

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