Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Issue 26 - Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Reports of the Committee
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to table its
FOURTEENTH REPORT
Your committee, which was authorized by the Senate on Tuesday, June 19, 2003 to examine and report on the infrastructure and governance of the public health system in Canada, as well as on Canada's ability to respond to public health emergencies arising from outbreaks of infectious disease, now tables its final report entitled Reforming Health Protection and Promotion in Canada: Time to Act.
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL KIRBY
Chair
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to present its
FIFTEENTH REPORT
Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-37, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Monday, October 27, 2003, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment.
Respectfully submitted,
Wednesday, November 5, 2003
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to present its
SIXTEENTH REPORT
Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-50, An Act to amend statute law in respect of benefits for veterans and the children of deceased veterans, has, in obedience to the Order of Reference of Wednesday, October 29, 2003, examined the said Bill and now reports the same without amendment
Your committee appends to this report certain observations on the Bill.
Respectfully submitted,
JANE CORDY
For the Chair
APPENDIX TO THE SIXTEENTH REPORT
Bill C-50, An Act to amend statute law in respect of benefits for veterans and the children of deceased veterans
Observations of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
OBSERVATIONS
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology supports the decision of Veterans Affairs Canada to extend the Veterans Independence Program (VIP) benefits provided to surviving spouses of Veterans who were in receipt of such benefits at the time of their death from one year to a lifetime.
The members of the Committee do unanimously agree that the Government should take all possible means to provide lifetime VIP benefits to all qualified surviving spouses of Veterans receiving such benefits at the time of their death and not just to those now eligible for such benefits following the amendments made in June 2003 to the Veterans Health Care Regulations.