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Bill S-240

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 22, 2022
An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (definition of income)
  • Bill S-240 is an amendment to the Old Age Security Act in Canada. It changes a reference to the Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1 in the definition of income in the Old Age Security Act. This means that the amount of a payment under a specific program mentioned in the Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1 will be considered as income for the purposes of the Old Age Security Act. The purpose of this amendment is to update and clarify the definition of income in relation to the Old Age Security Act.
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Context: House Hansard - 141 - Dec/5/22
Mrs. Cathay Wagantall (Yorkton—Melville, CPC)
Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first one is expressing that the increasing concerns of many Canadians about international trafficking in human organs removed from victims without consent have not yet led to a legal prohibition on Canadians travelling abroad to acquire or receive such organs. The petitioners are also concerned that there are currently two bills before Parliament proposing to impede the trafficking of human organs obtained without consent or as the result of a financial transaction. Those are Bill C-350 in the House of Commons and Bill S-240 in the Senate. The petitioners are urging the Parliament of Canada to move quickly on the proposed legislation so as to amend the Criminal Code and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to prohibit Canadians from travelling abroad to acquire human organs removed without consent or as the result of a financial transaction, and to render inadmissible to Canada any and all permanent residents or foreign nationals who have participated in this abhorrent trade in human organs. It is definitely worth our consideration quickly.
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Context: House Hansard - 43 - Mar/22/22
Mrs. Karen Vecchio (Elgin—Middlesex—London, CPC)
Mr. Speaker, today I am very honoured to present a number of petitions focused on Bill C-350 and Bill S-240 regarding the organ trafficking that continues to occur. These are things we have to bring forward to Parliament and discuss for the greater good, and I am hoping everybody in this chamber will agree.
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Context: House Hansard - 11 - Dec/6/21
Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)
Mr. Speaker, the final petition I am tabling today is with respect to Bill S-223. The bill has had a number of different names and numbers. It is the bill that seeks to make it a criminal offence for a person to go abroad and receive an organ taken without consent. The bill has been in the works for over 15 years, trying to address forced organ harvesting and trafficking. It has been put forward in every Parliament I have been a part of, under Bills S-240 and S-204. Now it has been retabled in the Senate as S-223, and I am hoping against hope that this Parliament will finally be the one that gets it done. I commend all these petitions to the consideration of hon. members.
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