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Wife is required to pay her employer to maintain her Group Benefit LT Disability and Life Insurance while she is on maternity leave. Medical Expense Tax credit eligible?

 
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Wife is required to pay her employer to maintain her Group Benefit LT Disability and Life Insurance while she is on maternity leave. Medical Expense Tax credit eligible?

No, these benefits are not tax deductible, and do not qualify as "medical expenses".

Here's a great link from SunLife outlining which benefits are tax deductible: https://www.sunlife.ca/ca/Learn+and+Plan/Money/Insuring+your+health/Employee+benefits+Taxable+or+not...