C-585
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament,
62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-585
An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (period of residence)
first reading, April 4, 2014
Mr. Chisu
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act to adjust the national eligibility standard for social assistance to provide that no minimum period of residence may be required with respect to social assistance for Canadian citizens or permanent residents, as well as for victims of human trafficking who receive temporary resident permits and certain other protected persons.
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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,
62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014
house of commons of canada
BILL C-585
An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (period of residence)
R.S., c. F-8; 1995, c.17, s. 45
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Paragraph 24.3(1)(b) of the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act is replaced by the following:
(b) maintaining the national standard, set out in section 25.1, that no minimum period of residence be required or allowed with respect to social assistance for the following persons:
(i) Canadian citizens,
(ii) permanent residents,
(iii) persons who have been issued a temporary resident permit under section 24 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, if it has been determined, in accordance with ministerial instructions made under subsection 24(3) of that Act, that they are or may be victims of human trafficking, and
(iv) protected persons, within the meaning of subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, who are
(A) refugee claimants whose claim has received a positive determination from the Refugee Protection Division but who have not yet applied for, or received, permanent resident status, or
(B) designated foreign nationals who, under section 20.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, are not able to apply for permanent resident status for five years; and
2. (1) The portion of subsection 25.1(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Criteria for eligibility —Canada Social Transfer
25.1 (1) In order that a province may qualify for a full cash contribution under sections 24.5 and 24.51 for a fiscal year, the laws of the province must not, in the case of any class of persons described in subsection (2),
(2) Section 25.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
(2) The classes of persons described for the purposes of subsection (1) are
(a) Canadian citizens;
(b) permanent residents;
(c) persons who have been issued a tempo-rary resident permit under section 24 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, if it has been determined, in accordance with ministerial instructions made under subsection 24(3) of that Act, that they are or may be victims of human trafficking; and
(d) protected persons, within the meaning of subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, who are 
(i) refugee claimants whose claim has received a positive determination from the Refugee and Protection Division but who have not yet applied for, or received, permanent resident status, or
(ii) designated foreign nationals who, under section 20.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, are not able to apply for permanent resident status for five years.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons