Bill C-295
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C-295
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-295
An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (designation of survivor)
first reading, September 29, 2011
Ms. Davies
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canada Pension Plan to allow a contributor to designate as the beneficiary of their survivor pension someone who is not their spouse or common-law partner.
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-295
An Act to amend the Canada Pension Plan (designation of survivor)
R.S., c. C-8
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. The definition “survivor”, in subsection 42(1) of the Canada Pension Plan, is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (a), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (b), and by adding the following after paragraph (b):
(c) if there is no person who was married to the contributor or who was the contributor’s common-law partner at the time of the contributor’s death, the person whom the contributor designated as their beneficiary;
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