Bill C-50
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RECOMMENDATION |
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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 statute law in respect of benefits for veterans and the
children of deceased veterans''.
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment amends the Children of Deceased Veterans
Education Assistance Act to re-establish the Education Assistance
Program. The enactment also increases the monthly allowance payable
under that program, and clarifies and extends the regulation-making
authority in relation to the program.
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The enactment amends the Pension Act to broaden the eligibility
criteria for prisoner-of-war compensation benefits, and to increase in
some cases the amounts of those benefits.
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The enactment amends the War Veterans Allowance Act to clarify
who qualifies as a ``Canadian veteran of World War I or World War II''
by virtue of having served in a theatre of actual war.
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The enactment also makes some technical amendments.
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