Bill C-213 explained in plain English
An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations (passports for veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their spouses or common-law partners, and seniors)
Federal Parliament bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill proposes to amend federal legislation to provide free passport services to veterans, RCMP members, and their partners, and a 50% discount for seniors.
Bill C-213 proposes to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations. The changes would allow for free passport services for veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and their spouses or common-law partners. Additionally, seniors aged 65 and older would receive a 50% discount on passport services.
- Amends the Financial Administration Act to allow for regulations to prescribe fees for passport issuance to veterans, their spouses or common-law partners, members of the RCMP, their spouses or common-law partners, and seniors aged 65 or older.
- Amends the Passport Services Fees Regulations to establish that persons aged 65 or older will pay 50% of the standard fee for passport services.
- Amends the Passport Services Fees Regulations to exempt veterans, their spouses or common-law partners, and members of the RCMP, their spouses or common-law partners from paying fees for passport services.
- Veterans
- Spouses or common-law partners of veterans
- Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
- Spouses or common-law partners of RCMP members
- Seniors aged 65 and older
- The Government of Canada (through the administration of passport services)
- Veterans, their spouses or common-law partners, RCMP members, and their spouses or common-law partners would have the right to receive passport services free of charge.
- Seniors aged 65 and older would have the right to receive passport services at a 50% discount.
- This bill would reduce the revenue collected from passport fees for veterans, RCMP members, and their eligible partners (by making services free), and for seniors aged 65 and older (by applying a 50% discount).
- The bill does not specify when these changes would come into effect. The specific definition of 'veteran' is referenced from the War Veterans Allowance Act, but the bill itself does not repeat that definition.
- The specific fees that would be subject to the 50% discount for seniors are referred to in 'column 2 of the schedule' of the Passport Services Fees Regulations, but the schedule itself is not provided in this excerpt of the bill.
- The bill does not detail the process for verifying eligibility for free or discounted passport services.
This bill would change the Act to allow regulations to specify fees or charges for passport services, particularly for certain groups including veterans, RCMP members, and seniors.
Source: Section 1
This bill would change the Regulations to state that individuals aged 65 and older will pay half the specified fee for passport services. It would also exempt veterans, their spouses or common-law partners, and RCMP members, and their spouses or common-law partners from paying any fee for passport services.
Source: Sections 2 and 3
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Official textParliamentary Process
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We don't have a plain-language summary for Third reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
Bill C-213, concerning passport fees for veterans, RCMP members, and seniors, was introduced and received first reading in the House of Commons on November 21, 2008.
This record describes the first reading of Bill C-213 in the House of Commons on November 21, 2008. First reading is the initial stage where a bill is formally introduced. The bill, titled 'An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations (passports for veterans, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their spouses or common-law partners, and seniors)', was presented. The artifact also notes that a similar bill, C-503, was introduced in a previous Parliament.
On November 21, 2008, the House of Commons held its first reading debate for Bill C-213, concerning passport fees for veterans, RCMP members, and seniors, alongside other parliamentary business.
This document is a record of the House of Commons sitting on November 21, 2008. It details the first reading debate and introduction of Bill C-213, An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Passport Services Fees Regulations. The sitting also included the appointment of the Deputy Speaker and Assistant Deputy Chair, various statements by members on diverse topics, and oral questions on the economy and other issues. Multiple private member's bills were also introduced.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Second reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Consideration in committee yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Report stage yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
We don't have a plain-language summary for Third reading yet. The official source linked below is the full record.
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