An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (death benefit)

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 Feb. 24, 2017
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act to provide that the death benefit be payable to a designated family member if there are no survivors or dependent children at the time of a member’s death.

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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