An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, the Judges Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (survivor pension benefits)

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Irene Mathyssen  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 Nov. 2, 2016
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, the Judges Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act to allow the survivor of an eligible person to receive pension benefits after the death of the person even if the person and the survivor married or began cohabiting in a conjugal relationship after the person attained the age of 60 years or retired.

Similar bills

C-221 (current session) An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to survivor pension benefits
C-397 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to survivor pension 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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-319s:

C-319 (2023) An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (amount of full pension)
C-319 (2021) An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (prorogation)
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C-319 (2011) National Strategy for Serious Injury Reduction in Amateur Sport Act
C-319 (2010) An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (speed limiters)
C-319 (2009) An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (speed limiters)