Bill C-509 (Historical)
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (extension of benefit period for adoptive parents)
This bill was last introduced in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in September 2008.
Sponsor
Catherine Bell NDP
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Status
Introduction and First Reading
(This bill did not become law.)
Elsewhere
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Catherine Bell Vancouver Island North, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-509, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (extension of benefit period for adoptive parents).
Mr. Speaker, I am introducing this bill today, an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code, to ensure that an adoptive parent is entitled to the same number of weeks of leave as a biological mother of a newborn child.
Adoptive parents require time to bond with their baby or their child. In cases of adoption of an older infant or a child, it is essential to build that relationship. By providing the extra 15 weeks to an adoptive parent, the bill would allow them the time they need at home with their new child.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)