(n) where the election made under paragraph 104(21.4)(d) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 78(23), or subsection 104(21.5) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 78(23), for the year was made by a personal trust, the portion of the taxpayer's net capital gains for the year that are to be treated as being in respect of capital gains realized on dispositions of property that occurred in a particular period in the year is that proportion of those net capital gains that the number of days in the particular period is of the number of days that are in all periods in the year in which a net gain was realized,

    (o) where an amount is designated under subsection 104(21) of the Act in respect of a beneficiary by a trust in respect of the net taxable capital gains of the trust for a taxation year of the trust and the trust does not elect under paragraph 104(21.4)(d) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 78(23), for the year, the deemed gains of the beneficiary referred to in subsection 104(21.4) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 78(23), are deemed to have been realized in each period in the year in a proportion that is equal to the same proportion that the net capital gains of the trust realized by the trust in that period is of all the net capital gains realized by the trust in the year,

    (p) where in the course of administering the estate of a deceased taxpayer, a capital loss from a disposition of property by the legal representative of a deceased taxpayer is deemed under paragraph 164(6)(c) of the Act to be a capital loss of the deceased taxpayer from the disposition of property by the taxpayer in the taxpayer's last taxation year and not to be a capital loss of the estate, the capital loss is deemed to be from the disposition of a property by the taxpayer immediately before the taxpayer's death,

    (q) each capital gain referred to in paragraph 104(21.4)(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 78(23), in respect of a beneficiary, shall be determined as if that paragraph were read without reference to subparagraph 104(21.4)(a)(ii) of the Act,

    (r) where no capital gains or losses are realized in a period, the amount of net capital gains or losses for that period is deemed to be nil,

    (s) where a net amount is included as a capital gain of a taxpayer for a taxation year because of the granting of an option under subsection 49(1) of the Act, the net amount is deemed to be a capital gain of the taxpayer from a disposition of property on the day on which the option was granted,

    (t) where a net amount is included as a capital gain of a corporation for its taxation year under subsection 49(2) of the Act because of the expiration of an option that was granted by the corporation, the net amount is deemed to be a capital gain of the corporation from a disposition of property on the day on which the option expired,

    (u) where a net amount is included as a capital gain of a trust for its taxation year under subsection 49(2.1) of the Act because of the expiration of an option that was granted by the trust, the net amount is deemed to be a capital gain of the trust from a disposition of property on the day on which the option expired, and

    (v) where a net amount is included as a capital gain of a taxpayer for a taxation year because of subsection 49(3), (3.01) or (3.1) of the Act, the net amount is deemed to be a capital gain of the taxpayer from a disposition of property on the day on which the option was exercised.

(6) Subsection (2) applies to the 2000 and subsequent taxation years except that

    (a) for a taxation year of a taxpayer that includes February 28, 2000 or October 17, 2000, the reference to the fraction ``1/4'' in paragraph 38(a.1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (2), shall be read as a reference to 1/2 of the fraction in paragraph 38(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), that applies to the taxpayer for the year;

    (a.1) for a taxation year that began after February 28, 2000 and ended before October 17, 2000, the reference to the fraction ``1/4'' in paragraph 38(a.1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (2), shall be read as a reference to the fraction ``1/3''; and

    (b) for a taxation year that ended before February 28, 2000, the reference to the fraction ``1/4'' in paragraph 38(a.1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (2), shall be read as a reference to the fraction ``3/8''.

(7) Subsection (3) applies to gifts made by a taxpayer after February 27, 2000 except that

    (a) if the taxpayer's taxation year began after February 28, 2000 and ended before October 17, 2000, the reference to the fraction ``1/4'' in paragraph 38(a.2) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), shall be read as a reference to the fraction ``1/3''; and

    (b) if the taxpayer's taxation year includes February 28, 2000 or October 17, 2000, the reference to the fraction ``1/4'' in paragraph 38(a.2) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), shall be read as a reference to 1/2 of the fraction in paragraph 38(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), that applies to the taxpayer for the year.

23. (1) Subparagraphs 39(9)(b)(i) to (i.2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

      (i) the total of all amounts each of which is twice the amount deducted by the taxpayer under section 110.6 in computing the taxpayer's taxable income for a preceding taxation year that

        (A) ended before 1988, or

        (B) begins after October 17, 2000,

      (i.1) the total of all amounts each of which is

        (A) 3/2 of the amount deducted under section 110.6 in computing the taxpayer's taxable income for a preceding taxation year that

          (I) ended after 1987 and before 1990, or

          (II) began after February 27, 2000 and ended before October 18, 2000, or

        (B) the amount determined by multiplying the reciprocal of the fraction in paragraph 38(a) that applies to the taxpayer for each of the taxpayer's taxation years that includes February 28, 2000 or October 18, 2000 by the amount deducted under section 110.6 in computing the taxpayer's taxable income for that year, and

      (i.2) the total of all amounts each of which is 4/3 of the amount deducted under section 110.6 in computing the taxpayer's taxable income for a preceding taxation year that ended after 1989 and before February 28, 2000

(2) Subparagraphs 39(10)(b)(i) to (i.2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

      (i) the total of all amounts each of which is twice the amount designated by the trust under subsection 104(21.2) in respect of a beneficiary in its return of income for a preceding taxation year that

        (A) ended before 1988, or

        (B) begins after October 17, 2000,

      (i.1) the total of all amounts each of which is

        (A) 3/2 of the amount designated by the trust under subsection 104(21.2) in respect of a beneficiary in its return of income for a preceding taxation year that

          (I) ended after 1987 and before 1990, or

          (II) began after February 27, 2000 and ended before October 18, 2000, or

        (B) the amount determined by multiplying the reciprocal of the fraction in paragraph 38(a) that applies to the trust for each of the trust's taxation years that includes February 28, 2000 or October 18, 2000 by the amount designated by the trust under subsection 104(21.2) in respect of a beneficiary in its return of income for that year, and

      (i.2) the total of all amounts each of which is 4/3 of the amount designated by the trust under subsection 104(21.2) in respect of a beneficiary in its return of income for a preceding taxation year that ended after 1989 and before February 28, 2000

(3) Subsection 39(11) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Recovery of bad debt

(11) Where an amount is received in a taxation year on account of a debt (in this subsection referred to as the ``recovered amount'') in respect of which a deduction for bad debts had been made under subsection 20(4.2) in computing a taxpayer's income for a preceding taxation year, the amount, if any, by which 1/2 of the recovered amount exceeds the amount determined under paragraph 12(1)(i.1) in respect of the recovered amount is deemed to be a taxable capital gain of the taxpayer from a disposition of capital property in the year.

(4) Subsections (1) to (3) apply to taxation years that end after February 27, 2000 except that, for taxation years that ended after February 27, 2000 and before October 18, 2000, the reference to the fraction ``1/2'' in subsection 39(11) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), shall be read as a reference to the fraction ``2/3''.

24. (1) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of the description of C in the definition ``exempt capital gains balance'' in subsection 39.1(1) of the Act are replaced by the following:

      (a) if the entity is a trust described in any of paragraphs (d) and (h) to (j) of the definition ``flow-through entity'' in this subsection, the total of

        (i) 3/2 of the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's taxable capital gain (determined without reference to this section), for a preceding taxation year that began after February 27, 2000 and ended before October 18, 2000 that resulted from a designation made under subsection 104(21) by the trust, was reduced under subsection (3),

        (ii) 4/3 of the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's taxable capital gain (determined without reference to this section), for a preceding taxation year that ended before February 28, 2000 and that resulted from a designation made under subsection 104(21) by the trust, was reduced under subsection (3),

        (iii) the amount claimed by the individual under subparagraph 104(21.4)(a)(ii) or (21.7)(b)(ii) for a preceding taxation year, and

        (iv) twice the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's taxable capital gain (determined without reference to this section) for a preceding taxation year that began after October 17, 2000 and that resulted from a designation made under subsection 104(21) by the trust, was reduced under subsection (3),

      (b) if the entity is a partnership, the total of

        (i) 3/2 of the total of

          (A) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's share of the partnership's taxable capital gains (determined without reference to this section), for its fiscal period that began after February 27, 2000 and ended before October 18, 2000, was reduced under subsection (4), and

          (B) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's share of the partnership's income from a business (determined without reference to this section), for its fiscal period that began after February 27, 2000 and ended before October 18, 2000, was reduced under subsection (5),

        (ii) 4/3 of the total of

          (A) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's share of the partnership's taxable capital gains (determined without reference to this section), for its fiscal period that ended before February 28, 2000 and in a preceding taxation year was reduced under subsection (4), and

          (B) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's share of the partnership's income from a business (determined without reference to this section), for its fiscal period that ended before February 28, 2000 and in a preceding taxation year, was reduced under subsection (5),

        (iii) the product obtained when the reciprocal of the fraction in paragraph 38(a) that applies to the partnership for its fiscal period that includes February 28, 2000 or October 17, 2000 is multiplied by the total of

          (A) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's share of the partnership's taxable capital gains (determined without reference to this section), for its fiscal period that includes February 28, 2000 or October 17, 2000 and ended in a preceding taxation year, was reduced under subsection (4), and

          (B) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's share of the partnership's income from a business (determined without reference to this section), for its fiscal period that includes February 28, 2000 or October 17, 2000 and ended in a preceding taxation year was reduced under subsection (5), and

        (iv) twice the total of

          (A) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's share of the partnership's taxable capital gains (determined without reference to this section), for its fiscal period that began after October 17, 2000 and ended in a preceding taxation year, was reduced under subsection (4), and

          (B) the total of all amounts each of which is the amount by which the individual's share of the partnership's income from a business (determined without reference to this section), for its fiscal period that began after October 17, 2000 and ended in a preceding taxation year, was reduced under subsection (5), and

(2) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of the description of B in subsection 39.1(2) of the Act are amended by replacing the reference to the expression ``4/3 of'' with a reference to the word ``twice''.

(3) Subsection 39.1(3) of the Act is amended by replacing the reference to the fraction ``3/4'' with a reference to the fraction ``1/2''.

(4) The description of A in subsection 39.1(4) of the Act is amended by replacing the reference to the fraction ``3/4'' with a reference to the fraction ``1/2''.

(5) Subsection 39.1(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Reduction in share of partnership's income from a business

(5) An individual's share otherwise determined for a taxation year of the income of a partnership from a business for the partnership's fiscal period that ends in the year and the individual's share of the partnership's taxable capital gain, if any, arising under paragraph 14(1)(b) shall be reduced by such amount as the individual claims, not exceeding the lesser of

    (a) the amount, if any, by which 1/2 of the individual's exempt capital gains balance for the year in respect of the partnership exceeds the total of

      (i) the amount, if any, claimed under subsection (4) by the individual for the year in respect of the partnership, and

      (ii) all amounts, if any, claimed under this subsection by the individual for the year in respect of other businesses of the partnership, and

    (b) the amount determined by the formula

A x (B/C)

    where

    A is the amount included under paragraph 14(1)(b) in computing the income of the partnership from the business for the fiscal period,

    B is the amount that would otherwise be the individual's share of the partnership's income from the business for the fiscal period, and

    C is the partnership's income from the business for the fiscal period.

(6) Subsection (1) applies to taxation years that end after February 27, 2000.

(7) Subsections (2) to (5) apply to taxation years that end after February 27, 2000 except that, where the taxation year of an entity that ends in the taxpayer's taxation year includes February 28, 2000 or October 17, 2000, or began after February 28, 2000 and ended before October 17, 2000,

    (a) the reference to the word ``twice'' in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the description of B in subsection 39.1(2) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (2), shall be read as a reference to the expression ``the fraction that is the reciprocal of the fraction in paragraph 38(a), as enacted by subsection 22(1) of the Income Tax Amendments Act, 2000, that applies to the entity for its taxation year that ends in the taxpayer's taxation year, multiplied by'';

    (b) the reference to the fraction ``1/2'' in subsection 39.1(3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), shall be read as a reference to the fraction in paragraph 38(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 22(1), that applies to the entity for its taxation year that ends in the taxpayer's taxation year;

    (c) the reference to the fraction ``1/2'' in the description of A in subsection 39.1(4) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), shall be read as reference to the fraction in paragraph 38(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 22(1), that applies to the entity for its taxation year that ends in the taxpayer's taxation year;

    (d) the reference to the fraction ``1/2'' in subsection 39.1(5) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), shall be read as reference to the fraction in paragraph 14(1)(b) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 7(1), that applies to the entity for its taxation year that ends in the taxpayer's taxation year; and

    (e) subparagraph 39.1(5)(a)(i) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), shall be read as follows:

      (i) the amount, if any, claimed under subsection (4) by the individual for the year in respect of the partnership multiplied by the fraction obtained when the fraction in paragraph 14(1)(b) applicable to the entity for its taxation year that ends in the taxpayer's taxation year is divided by the fraction in paragraph 38(a) that applies to the entity for that taxation year.

25. (1) Clause 40(2)(g)(iv)(A) of the Act is replaced by the following:

        (A) a trust governed by a deferred profit sharing plan, an employees profit sharing plan or a registered retirement income fund under which the taxpayer is a beneficiary or immediately after the disposition becomes a beneficiary, or

(2) Paragraph 40(3.14)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    (a) by operation of any law governing the partnership arrangement, the liability of the member as a member of the partnership is limited (except by operation of a provision of a statute of Canada or a province that limits the member's liability only for debts, obligations and liabilities of the partnership, or any member of the partnership, arising from negligent acts or omissions or misconduct that another member of the partnership or an employee, agent or representative of the partnership commits in the course of the partnership business while the partnership is a limited liability partnership);