Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 (S.C. 2019, c. 29)
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Assented to 2019-06-21
PART 4Various Measures (continued)
DIVISION 19National Housing Strategy Act (continued)
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
314 This Division comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
DIVISION 20Poverty Reduction Act
Enactment of Act
Marginal note:Enactment
315 The Poverty Reduction Act, whose text is as follows and whose schedule is set out in Schedule 4 to this Act, is enacted:
An Act respecting the reduction of poverty
Preamble
Whereas Canada aspires to be a world leader in the eradication of poverty;
Whereas poverty reduction contributes to meeting Canada’s international human rights obligations, including under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;
And whereas the progress made by Canada in the reduction of poverty contributes to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations;
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short Title
Marginal note:Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Poverty Reduction Act.
Interpretation
Marginal note:Definitions
2 The following definitions apply in this Act.
- Council
Council means the National Advisory Council on Poverty established under section 9. (Conseil)
- Minister
Minister means the member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada designated under section 4. (ministre)
- Official Poverty Line
Official Poverty Line means the Market Basket Measure, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act. (seuil officiel de la pauvreté)
Purpose
Marginal note:Purpose
3 The purpose of the Act is to support continuous efforts in, and continuous monitoring of, poverty reduction in Canada.
Designation of Minister
Marginal note:Order in council
4 The Governor in Council may, by order, designate a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada to be the Minister for the purposes of this Act.
Poverty Reduction Strategy
Marginal note:Strategy development and implementation
5 The Minister must develop and implement a poverty reduction strategy.
Targets
Marginal note:Poverty reduction targets
6 The targets for poverty reduction in Canada to which the Government of Canada aspires are the following:
(a) 20% below the level of poverty in 2015 by 2020; and
(b) 50% below the level of poverty in 2015 by 2030.
Official Poverty Line and Other Metrics
Marginal note:Official metric
7 (1) The Official Poverty Line is Canada’s official metric to measure the level of poverty in Canada and to assess progress in meeting the targets set out in section 6.
Marginal note:Review
(2) The Official Poverty Line is to be reviewed, on a regular basis as determined by Statistics Canada, to ensure that it reflects the up-to-date cost of a basket of goods and services representing a modest, basic standard of living in Canada.
Marginal note:Other metrics
8 (1) The metrics set out in the schedule are to be used, in addition to the Official Poverty Line, to measure the level of poverty in Canada.
Marginal note:Amendment of schedule
(2) The Governor in Council may, by order, amend the schedule by adding or deleting a metric.
National Advisory Council on Poverty
Marginal note:Establishment
9 (1) A council is established, to be known as the National Advisory Council on Poverty, consisting of 8 to 10 members, including a Chairperson and a member with particular responsibilities for children’s issues.
Marginal note:Deputy Minister — ex officio member
(2) The Deputy Minister of the department for which the Minister is responsible is ex officio a member of the Council.
Marginal note:Appointment of other members
(3) The members of the Council, other than the ex officio member, are to be appointed by the Governor in Council to hold office during pleasure for a term not exceeding three years and are eligible for reappointment on the expiry of a first or subsequent term of office.
Marginal note:Full-time or part-time membership
(4) The Chairperson is to be appointed as a full-time member and the other members are to be appointed as either full-time members or part-time members.
Marginal note:Chairperson’s role
(5) The Chairperson has supervision over and direction of the work of the Council.
Marginal note:Chairperson absent or unable to act
(6) If the Chairperson is absent or unable to act or if the office of Chairperson is vacant, the Minister may designate another member of the Council to act as Chairperson, but that member may act as Chairperson for a period of more than 90 days only with the approval of the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Remuneration
(7) The members of the Council, other than the ex officio member, are to be paid, in connection with their work for the Council, the remuneration that may be fixed by the Governor in Council.
Marginal note:Travel and living expenses
(8) The members of the Council are entitled to be reimbursed for the travel, living and other expenses incurred, in connection with their work for the Council, while absent from, in the case of full-time members, their ordinary place of work or, in the case of part-time members, their ordinary place of residence.
Marginal note:Deemed employment
(9) The members of the Council are deemed to be employees for the purposes of the Government Employees Compensation Act and to be employed in the federal public administration for the purposes of any regulations made under section 9 of the Aeronautics Act. Full-time members are also deemed to be employed in the public service for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act.
Marginal note:Functions
10 The Council must
(a) provide advice to the Minister on poverty reduction in Canada, including with respect to programs, funding and activities that support poverty reduction;
(b) undertake consultations with the public, including the academic community and other experts, Indigenous persons and persons with lived experience in poverty;
(c) within six months after the end of each fiscal year, submit a report to the Minister
(i) on the progress being made in meeting the targets referred to in section 6 and the progress being made in poverty reduction measured by, among other things, the metrics set out in the schedule, and
(ii) on the advice that the Council provided to the Minister under paragraph (a) during the fiscal year; and
(d) undertake any activity specified by the Minister.
Marginal note:Dissolution of Council
11 The Governor in Council may, by order, dissolve the Council, on the recommendation of the Minister made after the Minister is of the opinion that the level of poverty in Canada has been reduced by 50% below the level of poverty in 2015.
Tabling of Report in Parliament
Marginal note:Minister’s duty
12 The Minister must cause the report referred to in paragraph 10(c) to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after the Minister receives the report.
Repeal
Marginal note:Repeal
316 The Poverty Reduction Act, section 687 of chapter 27 of the Statutes of Canada, 2018, is repealed.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:Order in council
317 Sections 9 to 12 of the Poverty Reduction Act, as enacted by section 315 of this Act, come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
DIVISION 212005, c. 21; 2017, c. 20, s. 270Veterans Well-being Act
Amendments to the Act
318 The Veterans Well-being Act is amended by adding the following before section 5.2:
Marginal note:Definitions
5.11 The following definitions apply in this Part.
- regular force
regular force has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act. (force régulière)
- reserve force
reserve force has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act. (force de réserve)
- Supplementary Reserve
Supplementary Reserve has the meaning assigned by article 2.034 of the Queen’s Regulations and Orders for the Canadian Forces. (Réserve supplémentaire)
- veteran
veteran means a former member or a member of the Supplementary Reserve. (vétéran)
Marginal note:2017, c. 20, s. 274
319 (1) Paragraph 5.2(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) was honourably released from the Canadian Forces on or after April 1, 2006 or was transferred from the regular force or another subcomponent of the reserve force to the Supplementary Reserve on or after that date.
Marginal note:2017, c. 20, s. 274
(2) Subsection 5.2(3) of the Act is repealed.
Marginal note:2017, c. 20, s. 274
320 Section 5.6 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:No payment to member
5.6 For greater certainty, the Minister is not permitted to pay an education and training benefit to a person who is a member unless that person is a member of the Supplementary Reserve.
Marginal note:2017, c. 20, s. 274
321 Subsection 5.9(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Duration of benefit
5.9 (1) An education and training benefit ceases to be payable to a veteran on the day after the 10th anniversary of the later of
(a) the day on which the veteran was last honourably released from the regular force or from a subcomponent of the reserve force other than the Supplementary Reserve; and
(b) the day on which the veteran was last transferred to the Supplementary Reserve.
Marginal note:Exception — minimum period
(1.1) Despite subsection (1),
(a) an education and training benefit is payable until at least April 1, 2028 to a veteran who is eligible for the benefit on April 1, 2018; and
(b) an education and training benefit is payable until at least July 5, 2029 to a veteran who is a member of the Supplementary Reserve on July 5, 2019.
Marginal note:Exception — release from Supplementary Reserve
(1.2) Despite subsection (1), an education and training benefit is payable until at least the 10th anniversary of the day on which a veteran was honourably released from the Supplementary Reserve if the veteran was honourably released from the Supplementary Reserve during the period beginning on April 1, 2018 and ending on July 4, 2019.
Coming into Force
Marginal note:July 5, 2019
322 This Division comes into force or is deemed to have come into force on July 5, 2019.
DIVISION 22Student Loans
R.S., c. S-23Canada Student Loans Act
Marginal note:1993, c. 12, s. 3
323 (1) Paragraph 4(2)(b) of the Canada Student Loans Act is replaced by the following:
(b) any subsequent period ending on the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceases to be a full-time student.
Marginal note:1993, c. 12, s. 3
(2) Subsection 4(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Idem
(4) Despite subsection (1) but subject to the regulations, if a borrower has ceased to be a full-time student as described in that subsection and subsequently becomes a full-time student again, no interest is payable by the borrower on a guaranteed student loan made before August 1, 1993 and consolidated after that day in respect of the period commencing on the prescribed day and ending on the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower again ceases to be a full-time student.
324 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 22:
Transitional Provisions
Marginal note:Interest-free period — loan made on or after August 1, 1993
22.1 (1) If a borrower ceased to be a full-time student at any time during the six months before the day on which section 323 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 comes into force, no interest is payable by them on a guaranteed student loan referred to in subsection 4(2) for the period that begins on that day and ends on the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceased to be a full-time student.
Marginal note:Interest-free period — loan consolidated after August 1, 1993
(2) If a borrower referred to in subsection 4(4) ceased to be a full-time student at any time during the six months before the day on which section 323 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 comes into force, no interest is payable by them on a guaranteed student loan referred to in that subsection for the period that begins on that day and ends on the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceased to be a full-time student.
Repeal
1994, c. 28Canada Student Financial Assistance Act
Marginal note:2011, c. 15, s. 18(1)
325 Paragraphs 7(1)(a) and (b) of the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act are replaced by the following:
(a) in the case of a student loan that is made to a full-time student, the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceases to be a full-time student; and
(b) in the case of a student loan that is made to a part-time student, the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceases to be a student, whether a part-time or full-time student.
326 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 20:
Transitional Provisions
Marginal note:Interest-free period — loan to full-time student
20.1 (1) If a borrower ceased to be a full-time student at any time during the six months before the day on which section 325 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 comes into force, no interest is payable by them on a student loan referred to in paragraph 7(1)(a) for the period that begins on that day and ends on the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceased to be a full-time student.
Marginal note:Interest-free period — loan to part-time student
(2) If a borrower ceased to be a student, whether a part-time or full-time student, at any time during the six months before the day on which section 325 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1 comes into force, no interest is payable by them on a student loan referred to in paragraph 7(1)(b) for the period that begins on that day and ends on the last day of the sixth month after the month in which the borrower ceased to be a student, whether a part-time or full-time student.
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