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hat is sponsored or operated in that country by the Government of Canada or of a province or by a non-profit Canadian agency, (iii) as a member of the Canadian Forces, pursuant to and in connection with the requirements of his duties, (iv) in work for Canada connected with the prosecution of any war, (v) as a member of the armed forces of any ally of Canada during any war, (vi) as a missionary with any religious group or organization, (vii) as a worker in lumbering, harvesting, fishing or other seasonal employment, (viii) as a transport worker on trains, aircraft, ships or buses running between Canada and points outside Canada or other similar employment, or (ix) as an employee, a member or an officer of an international charitable organization, if he returned to Canada within six months of the end of his employment or engagement out of Canada or he attained, while employed or engaged out of Canada, an age at which he was eligible to be paid a pension under the Act; (c) while that person was accompanying their spouse or common-law partner who was absent from Canada in any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (a) or (b) or for the purpose of attending school or university, if that person (i) returned to Canada either before or within six months after the return of their spouse or common-law partner or within six months after the death of their spouse or common-law partner, if their spouse or common-law partner died while so absent from Canada, or (ii) while so absent from Canada, attained an age at which he was eligible to be paid a pension under the Act; (d) while that person was awaiting transportation to Canada during or immediately after World War II, if he (i) was unable to return to Canada owing to the dislocation of transportation facilities, and (ii) returned to Canada when transportation became available; (e) while that person was accompanying his spouse who was resident in Canada and awaiting transportation to Canada during or immediately after World War II, if that person (i) was unable to return to Canada owing to the dislocation of transportation facilities, and (ii) returned to Canada when transportation became available; or (f) while that person was a dependent person and was accompanying and residing outside Canada with the person on whom he was dependent, if the person on whom he was dependent resided in Canada and was absent from Canada in any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (a) or (b) and if the dependent person (i) returned to Canada before or within six months after the return of the person on whom he was dependent or within six months after that person’s death, if that person died while so absent from Canada, or (ii) while so absent from Canada, attained an age at which he was eligible to be paid a pension under the Act. (5.1) Where, by virtue of an agreement entered into under subsection 40(1) of the Act, a person is subject to the Act while residing in a country other than Canada, the absence from Canada of that person, the person’s spouse or common-law partner and the dependants of the person or of the person’s spouse or common-law partner, if the spouse, common-law partner or dependants, as the case may be, reside with the person in that country, shall, for the purposes of an allowance, not be considered to have interrupted the residence or presence in Canada of the person, spouse, common-law partner or dependants. (5.2) Where a person who is resident in Canada is subject to the legislation of a country other than Canada by virtue of an agreement entered into under subsection 40(1) of the Act, and the person’s spouse or common-law partner or the dependant of the person or of the person’s spouse or common-law partner engages in pensionable employment as defined in the Canada Pension Plan or in the plan of a province providing a comprehensive pension plan, any period in such pensionable employment shall, for the purposes of the Act and these Regulations, be considered to be a period of