C-244
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-244
An Act to propose and examine a program giving financial assistance to high-school students visiting military memorial sites abroad
first reading, June 21, 2011
Mr. Stoffer
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SUMMARY
This enactment requires the Minister of Canadian Heritage to initiate a process for proposing and considering a program to give financial assistance to groups of high-school students travelling to visit military memorial sites abroad.
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-244
An Act to propose and examine a program giving financial assistance to high-school students visiting military memorial sites abroad
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Assistance to Students Visiting Military Memorial Sites Abroad Act.
INTERPRETATION
Definition of “Minister”
2. In this Act, “Minister” means the Minister of Canadian Heritage.
PREPARATION OF REPORT
Consultation by Minister
3. (1) The Minister must, in consultation with
(a) the Canadian Forces,
(b) the Royal Canadian Legion,
(c) the Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans Association Incorporated,
(d) the National Council of Veterans Associations,
(e) any other association of war veterans that the Minister designates,
(f) representatives of ministers of the Crown responsible for education in every province, and
(g) such other persons or organizations as the Minister designates,
prepare a report that proposes a program to assist students attending a high school in Canada who are travelling as part of a group to visit sites abroad that memorialize the service and sacrifice of members of the Canadian Forces, members of the merchant navy and civilians who served, suffered injury or died in past wars and conflicts.
Recommendations
(2) The report must include recommendations as to
(a) whether qualifications should be established for participation in the program;
(b) whether the program should have a specified educational element; and
(c) what proportion of the cost of such a visit should be paid from public funds.
REPORT TO PARLIAMENT
Report laid before Parliament
4. The Minister must cause the report described in section 3 to be laid before each House of Parliament not later than the fifth day on which that House is sitting following the first anniversary of the day on which this Act comes into force.
Referral to committee
5. The report laid before a House of Parliament must be automatically referred to the standing committee of the House that normally deals with veterans’ affairs for consideration and report to the House.
STATEMENT BY MINISTER
Announcement by Minister
re program
6. After the standing committee of each House of Parliament has made a report under section 5 and the House has considered the report, or has sat for 50 days after receiving the report, whichever occurs first, the Minister must make a statement to the House of Com-mons announcing the steps that will be taken to
establish and fund the program or giving reasons why the program will not be established, and must cause a copy of the statement to be laid before the Senate.
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