(4) Paragraphs 38(b) and (c) of the Act are amended by replacing the references to the fraction ``3/4'' with references to the fraction ``1/2''.

(5) Subsections (1) and (4) apply to the 2000 and subsequent taxation years except that

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

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

    (c) for a taxation year of a taxpayer that includes February 28, 2000 but does not include October 18, 2000, the references to the fraction ``1/2'' in paragraph 38(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), and in paragraphs 38(b) and (c) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), shall be read as references to the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for that year, and for this purpose,

      (i) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the period that began at the beginning of the year and ended at the end of February 27, 2000 (in this paragraph referred to as the ``first period'') exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the period that begins at the beginning of February 28, 2000 and ends at the end of the year (in this paragraph referred to as the ``second period''), the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 3/4,

      (ii) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 3/4,

      (iii) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the first period is less than the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the second period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 2/3,

      (iv) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period is less than the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 2/3,

      (v) where the taxpayer has only net capital gains, or only net capital losses, from dispositions of property in each of the first and second periods, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction determined by the formula

(3/4 x A + 2/3 x B)/(A + B)

where

      A is the net capital gains or the net capital losses, as the case may be, of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in the first period, and

      B is the net capital gains or the net capital losses, as the case may be, of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in the second period, and

      (vi) where the net capital gains and net capital losses of the taxpayer for the year are nil, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 2/3,

    (d) for a taxation year of a taxpayer that began after February 27, 2000 and includes October 18, 2000, the references to the fraction ``1/2'' in paragraph 38(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), and in paragraphs 38(b) and (c) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), shall be read as references to the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for that year, and for this purpose,

      (i) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the period that began at the beginning of the year and ended at the end of October 17, 2000 (in this paragraph referred to as the ``first period'') exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the period that begins at the beginning of October 18, 2000 and ends at the end of the year (in this paragraph referred to as the ``second period''), the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 2/3,

      (ii) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 2/3,

      (iii) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the first period is less than the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the second period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 1/2,

      (iv) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period is less than the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 1/2,

      (v) where the taxpayer has only net capital gains, or only net capital losses, from dispositions of property in each of the first and second periods, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction determined by the formula

(2/3 x A + 1/2 x B)/(A + B)

      where

      A is the net capital gains or the net capital losses, as the case may be, of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in the first period, and

      B is the net capital gains or the net capital losses, as the case may be, of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in the second period, and

      (vi) where the net capital gains and net capital losses of the taxpayer for the year are nil, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 1/2,

    (e) for a taxation year of a taxpayer that includes February 27, 2000 and October 18, 2000, the references to the fraction ``1/2'' in paragraph 38(a) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), and in paragraphs 38(b) and (c) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), shall be read as references to the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for that year, and for this purpose,

      (i) the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 3/4, where

        (A) the amount by which the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the period that began at the beginning of the year and ended at the end of February 27, 2000 (in this paragraph referred to as the ``first period'') exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the period that began at the beginning of February 28, 2000 and ended at the end of October 17, 2000 (in this paragraph referred to as the ``second period'')

      exceeds

        (B) the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the period that begins at the beginning of October 18, 2000 and ends at the end of the year (in this paragraph referred to as the ``third period''),

      (ii) the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 3/4, where

        (A) the amount by which the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period

      exceeds

        (B) the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the third period,

      (iii) the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 2/3, where

        (A) the amount by which the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period

      exceeds

        (B) the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the third period,

      (iv) the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 2/3, where

        (A) the amount by which the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the second period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the first period

      exceeds

        (B) the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the third period,

      (v) where the taxpayer has net capital gains in each of the first and second periods and the total amount of those net capital gains in those periods exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses in the third period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction that is determined by the formula

(3/4 x A + 2/3 x B)/(A + B)

      where

      A is the net capital gains of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in the first period, and

      B is the net capital gains of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in the second period,

      (vi) where the taxpayer has net capital losses in each of the first and second periods and the total amount of those net capital losses in those periods exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains in the third period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction that is determined by the formula

(3/4 x A + 2/3 x B)/(A + B)

      where

      A is the net capital losses of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in the first period, and

      B is the net capital losses of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in the second period,

      (vii) where the taxpayer has only net capital gains, or only net capital losses, from dispositions of property in each of the first, second and third periods, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction that is determined by the formula

(3/4 x A + 2/3 x B + 1/2 x C)/(A + B + C)

      where

      A is the taxpayer's net capital gains or net capital losses, as the case may be, from dispositions of property in the first period,

      B is the taxpayer's net capital gains or net capital losses, as the case may be, from dispositions of property in the second period, and

      C is the taxpayer's net capital gains or net capital losses, as the case may be, from dispositions of property in the third period,

      (viii) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the first period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the second period and the taxpayer has net capital gains from dispositions of property in the third period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction that is determined by the formula

(3/4 x A + 1/2 x B)/(A + B)

      where

      A is the amount by which the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the first period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the second period, and

      B is the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the third period,

      (ix) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period and the taxpayer has net capital losses from dispositions of property in the third period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction that is determined by the formula

(3/4 x A + 1/2 x B)/(A + B)

      where

      A is the amount by which the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period, and

      B is the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the third period,

      (x) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period and the taxpayer has net capital gains from dispositions of property in the third period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction that is determined by the formula

(2/3 x A + 1/2 x B)/(A + B)

      where

      A is the amount by which the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the second period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the first period, and

      B is the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the third period,

      (xi) where the amount of the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the second period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the first period and the taxpayer has net capital losses from dispositions of property in the third period, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is the fraction that is determined by the formula

(2/3 x A + 1/2 x B)/(A + B)

      where

      A is the amount by which the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the second period exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's net capital gains from dispositions of property in the first period, and

      B is the taxpayer's net capital losses from dispositions of property in the third period, and

      (xii) in any other case, the fraction that applies to the taxpayer for the year is 1/2, and

in determining the fraction that applies to a taxpayer under paragraphs (a) to (e) for the year, the following rules apply:

    (f) the net capital gains of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in a period is the amount, if any, by which the taxpayer's capital gains from dispositions of property in the period exceed the taxpayer's capital losses from dispositions of property in the period,

    (g) the net capital losses of the taxpayer from dispositions of property in a period is the amount, if any, by which the taxpayer's capital losses from dispositions of property in the period exceed the taxpayer's capital gains from dispositions of property in the period,

    (h) the net amount included as a capital gain of the taxpayer for a taxation year from a disposition to which paragraph 38(a.2) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), applies or from a disposition to which paragraph 38(a.1) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (2), applies, is deemed to be equal to one half of the capital gain,

    (i) the net amount included as a capital gain of the taxpayer for a taxation year from a disposition of property before the year because of subparagraphs 40(1)(a)(ii) and (iii) of the Act is deemed to be a capital gain of the taxpayer from a disposition of property on the first day of the year,

    (j) each capital loss that is a business investment loss shall be determined without reference to subsections 39(9) and (10) of the Act,

    (k) where an amount is included in computing the income of the taxpayer for the year because of subsection 80(13) of the Act in respect of a commercial obligation that is settled, the amount that would be determined under that subsection in respect of the obligation, if the value of E in the formula in that subsection were 1, is deemed to be a capital gain of the taxpayer from a disposition of property on the day on which the settlement occurs,

    (l) the taxpayer's capital gains and losses from dispositions of property (other than taxable Canadian property) while the taxpayer is a non-resident are deemed to be nil,

    (m) where an election is made by a taxpayer under paragraph 104(21.4)(d) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 78(23), subsection 104(21.5) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 78(23), subsection 130.1(4.4) or (4.5) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 127(4), or subsection 131(1.7) or (1.9) of the Act, as enacted by subsection 128(2), for a year, 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 in the year,