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Student aid for disabled Canadians

C-217 Post-Secondary Education Financial Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act: An Act to amend the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act and the Income Tax Act

Provides financial aid for Canadians with disabilities, meant to improve their access to post-secondary education.

What Bill C-217 would do

The bill would amend the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act and the Income Tax Act to provide financial assistance for Canadians with disabilities to access post-secondary education. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment provides for financial assistance for Canadians with disabilities to improve their access to post-secondary education.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Don Davies, Member of Parliament (Vancouver Kingsway)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedJun 19, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since June 19, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Waiting its turn; not scheduled for debate

  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House now

  3. Committee in the House not yet

  4. Report stage in the House not yet

  5. Third reading in the House not yet

  6. First reading in the Senate not yet

  7. Second reading in the Senate not yet

  8. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since June 19, 2025.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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