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1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-47

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act, the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act and the Salaries Act

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.S., c. P-1; R.S., cc. 31, 42 (1st Supp.), c. 38 (2nd Supp.), c. 1 (4th Supp.); 1991, cc. 20, 30; 1993, cc. 13, 28; 1994, c. 18; 1996, cc. 16, 35; 1997, c. 32

PARLIAMENT OF CANADA ACT

1994, c. 18, s. 10(2)

1. Subsection 55(10) of the Parliament of Canada Act is replaced by the following:

Sessional allowance after January 1, 1998

(10) Despite subsection (3), the sessional allowance for the twelve month period beginning on January 1, 1998 and for every twelve month period beginning on every successive January 1 during the 36th Parliament is the sessional allowance payable for the twelve month period immediately before that period increased by two per cent.

Deeming

(11) For the purpose of calculating the sessional allowance for the twelve month period beginning on January 1, 1998, the sessional allowance payable for the twelve month period immediately before that period is deemed to be the sessional allowance payable under paragraph (9)(b).

2. (1) The portion of section 60 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Presiding officers

60. Subject to sections 66.1 and 67, the following salaries shall be paid:

(2) Section 60 of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):

    (a.1) to any member of the Senate occupying the recognized position of Speaker pro tempore of the Senate, the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars per annum;

3. Section 61 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Parliamentary Secretaries

61. Subject to sections 66.1 and 67, a Parliamentary Secretary shall be paid a salary at the rate of six thousand nine hundred dollars per annum in monthly instalments on the last day of each month.

4. The portion of section 62 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Additional allowances

62. Subject to sections 66.1 and 67, there shall be paid, in addition to the sessional allowances that are payable,

5. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 66:

Salaries and Allowances during the 36th Parliament

Salaries and allowances during the 36th Parliament

66.1 (1) Despite subsection 67(1), the salaries and allowances payable to members pursuant to sections 60 to 62 and subsections 63(2) and (3) of this Act and sections 4 and 5 of the Salaries Act for the twelve month period beginning on January 1, 1998 and for every twelve month period beginning on every successive January 1 during the 36th Parliament are the salaries and allowances payable under those provisions on December 31 of the preceding year increased by two per cent.

Deeming - Speaker of the Senate

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the salary payable under section 60 to the Speaker of the Senate for the twelve month period before the twelve month period beginning on January 1, 1998 is deemed to be five thousand dollars more than the salary that was payable.

6. (1) The portion of subsection 70(4) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Amount

(4) Subject to subsection (5), the severance allowance to be paid to or in respect of a person under subsection (1) or (2) shall be a lump sum amount equal to fifty per cent of the aggregate of

(2) Section 70 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

Amount

(5) The severance allowance to be paid to or in respect of a person under subsection (1) or (2) who is subject to the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act who is fifty-four years of age immediately before ceasing to be a member of the House of Commons and who will be fifty-five years of age in less than six months is

    (a) the severance allowance that would otherwise be payable under subsection (4)

reduced by

    (b) the amount determined by the formula

A/B x C

    where

    A is the number of days between the beginning of the period mentioned in B and the day the person ceased to be a member of the House of Commons,

    B is the number of days in the six month period immediately before the person's fifty-fifth birthday, and

    C is the severance allowance that would otherwise be payable under subsection (4).

Supplementar y severance allowance

(6) Subject to subsection (8), a person to whom or in respect of whom a severance allowance is payable under subsection (1) or (2) who was entitled to elect under section 2.1 or 2.6 of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act and who did not elect shall be paid a supplementary severance allowance in accordance with subsection (7).

Amount

(7) The supplementary severance allowance shall be a lump sum amount equal to one twelfth of the sessional allowance under section 55 and any salary or allowance under section 60, 61 or 62 of this Act or section 4 or 5 of the Salaries Act to which the person was entitled immediately before ceasing to be a member, for every year the member was a member, to a maximum of twelve years.

Persons under fifty-five years of age

(8) A person who is under fifty-five years of age on the day the person ceases to be a member is entitled to the supplementary severance allowance only if the person has been a member for at least six years.

Payment deferred

(9) Payment of a supplementary severance allowance to a person referred to in subsection (8) who is entitled to it shall be deferred until the person reaches the age of fifty-five, except that if the person dies after becoming entitled to the supplementary severance allowance, it shall be payable immediately. Interest shall accrue on the amount of the supplementary severance allowance from the time the person becomes entitled to it to the time it is paid.

Member for a year

(10) For the purposes of subsections (7) and (8), a member is deemed to have been a member for a year if the member was a member for six months or more in any twelve month period.

7. Section 71 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Restriction

71. A severance allowance shall not be paid under subsection 70(1) or (2) to or in respect of any person to or in respect of whom an allowance is immediately payable under the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act.

8. Section 72 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

Payments out of C.R.F.

(3) The sessional allowances payable under subsection 55(10), the salaries and allowances payable under subsection 66.1(1) and any supplementary severance allowance payable under subsection 70(6) shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

R.S., c. M-5; 1989, c. 6; 1992, c. 46; 1995, c. 30

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT RETIRING ALLOWANCES ACT

1995, c. 30, s. 2

9. Subsection 2.4(2) of the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act is repealed.

10. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 2.5

Election to come under Act

2.6 (1) A member of the House of Commons who was entitled to make an election under section 2.1 and who did not do so may, within 90 days after the day this section comes into force, elect in accordance with subsection 56(2) to have this Act recommence to apply to the member.

Application

(2) Subsection (1) applies only in respect of members of the House of Commons who serve continuously in that capacity from the day this section comes into force until the day they make their election.

Irrevocable

(3) An election under subsection (1) is irrevocable.

Application of Act deemed to be continuous

(4) This Act is deemed to apply to a member of the House of Commons who makes an election under subsection (1) as if it had always applied to the member.

Repayment of withdrawal allowance and payment of contributions

(5) A member of the House of Commons who makes an election under subsection (1) shall, within 90 days after making the election, pay into the Consolidated Revenue Fund, in a lump sum, an amount equal to

    (a) the withdrawal allowance paid to the member under subsection 2.3(2);

    (b) any interest on the withdrawal allowance paid to the member under subsection 2.3(4); and

    (c) the contributions that the member would have made had the Act not ceased to apply to the member.

Crediting to accounts

(6) The amount paid under subsection (5) shall be credited to the Retiring Allowances Account and the Compensation Arrangements Account in the appropriate amounts.

Deemed contributions

(7) The portion of the amount paid under subsection (5) in respect of the withdrawal allowance mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) and the contributions mentioned in paragraph (5)(c) are for all purposes deemed to be contributions made by the member.

Non-payment cancels election

(8) An election under subsection (1) is deemed not to have been made if the amount required to be paid under subsection (5) is not paid in the time provided, but subsection 57(2) applies if the member who made the election dies before the time expires.

11. Subsection 10(3) of the Act is amended by striking out the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (a), by adding the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following after paragraph (b):

    (c) the person was a person to whom a withdrawal allowance under section 2.3 was paid and who did not subsequently elect under section 2.6 to have the Act recommence to apply to the person.

1995, c. 30, s. 3

12. Section 19.1 of the Act is repealed.

13. Subsection 32(3) of the Act is amended by striking out the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (a), by adding the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following after paragraph (b):

    (c) the person was a person to whom a withdrawal allowance under section 2.3 was paid and who did not subsequently elect under section 2.6 to have the Act recommence to apply to the person.

1995, c. 30, s. 12

14. Section 39.1 of the Act is repealed.

R.S., c. S-3; R.S., c. 50 (1st Supp.), c. 47 (2nd Supp.), cc. 11, 41 (4th Supp.); 1989, c. 27; 1990, c. 1; 1991, c. 3; 1992, c. 1; 1993, cc. 12, 13; 1994, cc. 18, 31, 38, 41; 1995, cc. 1, 5, 11; 1996, cc. 8, 11, 16

SALARIES ACT

15. The portion of section 4 of the Salaries Act before the listing of the per annum salaries is replaced by the following:

Salaries of ministers

4. Subject to section 66.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act, the salaries of the ministers, being members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, are as follows:

1993, c. 12, s. 15

16. Section 5 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Salaries of ministers of state

5. Subject to section 66.1 of the Parliament of Canada Act, the salary of each minister of State, being a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, who presides over a ministry of State is $46,645 per annum.