Bill C-217

Post-Secondary Education Financial Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act

An Act to amend the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act and the Income Tax Act

Sponsor

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 June 19, 2025

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment provides for financial assistance for Canadians with disabilities to improve their access to post-secondary education.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-217s:

C-217 (2021) National Freshwater Strategy Act

C-217 (2020) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)

C-217 (2016) Parliamentary Science Officer Act

C-217 (2013) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief relating to war memorials)