Bill C-85

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	SUMMARY
	This enactment amends the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act and provides for the continuation of a section of that Act that was repealed in 1992.
	The principal amendments are as follows:
	(a) the institution of an election to continue or come under the Act;
	(b) the extension of survivor benefits to common law spouses;
	(c) the decrease of contribution rates by two per cent;
	(d) the decrease of accrual rates by one per cent;
	(e) the institution of a minimum pensionable age;
	(f) the imposition of reductions or suspensions of benefits in cases of ``double-dipping''; and
	(g) the change of the review dates for the actuarial review of the pension plan.
	In addition, this enactment makes a number of technical changes to the Act.