An Act to amend certain Acts in relation to survivor pension benefits

Bill C-256 was a Liberal Private Member's Bill amending the Pension Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. P-6) and the Public Service Superannuation Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. P-36) to address survivor-pension benefits for federal-public-service spouses who lose entitlement under the marriage-after-65 rule (a colonial-era provision that bars survivors who marry a federal pensioner after age 65 from receiving survivor benefits). The Office of the Public Service Pension Plan reports approximately 25,000 federal pensioners married or remarried after age 65, with their surviving spouses excluded from benefits. The marriage-after-60 rule was eliminated by the federal government in 1995 but the marriage-after-65 rule for federal Public Service Superannuation remains. Did not pass third reading.