Bill C-27 (Historical)

Veterans Hiring Act

An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (enhancing hiring opportunities for certain serving and former members of the Canadian Forces)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Julian Fantino  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Public Service Employment Act to provide increased access to hiring opportunities in the public service for certain serving and former members of the Canadian Forces and to establish a right of appointment, in priority to all other persons, for certain members of the Canadian Forces who are released for medical reasons that the Minister of Veterans Affairs determines are attributable to service.

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-27s:

C-27 (2022) Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022
C-27 (2021) Law Appropriation Act No. 1, 2021-22
C-27 (2016) An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985
C-27 (2011) Law First Nations Financial Transparency Act
C-27 (2010) Canadian Wheat Board Payments and Election Reform Act
C-27 (2009) Electronic Commerce Protection Act

Votes

June 3, 2014 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs.
June 2, 2014 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (enhancing hiring opportunities for certain serving and former members of the Canadian Forces), not more than five further hours shall be allotted to the consideration at second reading stage of the Bill; and that, at the expiry of the five hours provided for the consideration at second reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Veterans Affairs Committee, on Oct. 20, 2014

Veterans Affairs Committee, on Oct. 27, 2014

  • Charlotte Bastien, Director General, Field Operations, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Sandra Lambe, Director, Program Policy and Outreach, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Elizabeth Douglas, Senior Director, Strategic and Enabling Initiatives, Service Delivery Program Management, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Jean-Rodrigue Paré, Committee Researcher
  • Anne-Marie Robinson, President, Public Service Commission of Canada
  • Michael West, Acting Director General, Delegation and Accountability, Public Service Commission of Canada
  • Gerry Thom, Vice-President, Staffing and Assessment Services, Public Service Commission of Canada

Veterans Affairs Committee, on Oct. 29, 2014