Bill C-247 (Historical)

First Nations Veterans Compensation Act

An Act to provide compensation to First Nations veterans on a comparable basis to that given to other war veterans

This bill is from the 38th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in November 2005.

Sponsor

Pat Martin  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 29, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-358 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) First Nations Veterans Compensation Act
C-358 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) First Nations Veterans Compensation Act
C-334 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) First Nations Veterans Compensation Act
C-334 (39th Parliament, 1st session) First Nations Veterans Compensation Act
C-405 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) First Nations Veterans Compensation Act
C-405 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) First Nations Veterans Compensation Act
C-229 (37th Parliament, 1st session) First Nations Veterans' Compensation Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-247s:

C-247 (2022) Prohibition of Fur Farming
C-247 (2020) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (controlling or coercive conduct)
C-247 (2016) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (passive detection device)
C-247 (2014) Law Main Point of Contact with the Government of Canada in case of Death Act
C-247 (2011) Service Canada Mandate Expansion Act
C-247 (2010) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail for persons charged with violent offences), the Extradition Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act

First Nations Veterans Compensation ActRoutine Proceedings

October 29th, 2004 / 12:10 p.m.


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NDP

Pat Martin NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-247, an act to provide compensation to first nations veterans on a comparable basis to that given to other war veterans.

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of first nations veterans all across the country, given that we are coming close to Remembrance Day, I think it is very fitting we present this bill that would call for the House of Commons and for Parliament to revisit the compensation package for first nations veterans.

The recommendations of the task force were that first nations veterans should receive $140,000 to $350,000 in compensation in lieu of the benefits they would have received were they not aboriginal. The compensation package the federal government gave them was $20,000 per person and they had to sign a waiver that they could not ask for any more.

The bill would actually reopen the negotiations and allow the government to compensate first nations veterans fairly.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)