Thank you, Mr. Stoffer.
Yes, the definition of survivor is a spouse or a common-law partner.
I would note, however, that the Public Service Employment Act currently gives a regulatory priority to survivors of members of the Canadian armed forces whose death is attributable to service. So those survivors of modern-day veterans, as we call them, have a regulatory priority, which is in fact a higher priority than “preference”, which is what is being referred to in this proposed amendment.