An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Security Act (biweekly payment of benefits)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.

Sponsor

Scott Simms  Liberal

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 May 13, 2010
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Security Act to provide that any benefits that are required to be paid on a periodic basis under those Acts shall, on the request of the person entitled to receive the benefits, be paid on a biweekly basis.

Similar bills

C-326 (41st Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Security Act (biweekly payment of benefits)
C-560 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Security Act (biweekly payment of benefits)

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.

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C-519 (2004) An Act to amend the Farm Income Protection Act (crop damage by gophers)