Bill C-40

RECOMMENDATION

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, the Canada Student Loans Act and the Public Service Employment Act”.

SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to provide for an entitlement to a leave of absence from employment for members of the reserve force who take part in certain military activities and operations in Canada and abroad and to prohibit employers from discriminating against employees on the basis that they are members of the reserve force.

It also amends the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act and the Canada Student Loans Act to authorize the Governor in Council to make regulations exempting members of the reserve force from the payment of interest on their loans or deferring the payment of principal or interest on those loans. It also amends those Acts to provide for provinces to be compensated for any loss of interest.

It also amends the Public Service Employment Act to provide federal public service employees who are members of the reserve force with the right to return to their position at the end of a leave of absence that they take in order to take part in an operation or activity referred to in the Canada Labour Code.