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Bill C-511

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C-511
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-511
An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (period of residence)
first reading, May 23, 2013

NOTE

2nd Session, 41st Parliament

This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 41st Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the First Session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Mr. Trottier

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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act to adjust the national eligibility standard for social assistance to provide that no minimum period of residence may be required with respect to social assistance for Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013
house of commons of canada
BILL C-511
An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (period of residence)
R.S., c. F-8; 1995, c.17, s. 45
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Paragraph 24.3(1)(b) of the Federal- Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act is replaced by the following:
(b) maintaining the national standard, set out in section 25.1, that no minimum period of residence be required or allowed with respect to social assistance for Canadian citizens or permanent residents; and
2. The portion of subsection 25.1(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Criteria for eligibility —Canada Social Transfer
25.1 (1) In order that a province may qualify for a full cash contribution under sections 24.5 and 24.51 for a fiscal year, the laws of the province must not, in the case of Canadian citizens or permanent residents,
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons



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