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If you sell stock in a publicly traded Canadian corporation, on which you have earned a capital gain, the gain is subject to income tax. However, the 2006 federal budget makes provision for you to avoid 100% of the capital gain tax that would be payable if you sold the shares — by donating them to charity instead.
