An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits

This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

Diane Finley  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act until September 11, 2010 to increase the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid to certain claimants. It also increases the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid to certain claimants not in Canada.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

Nov. 3, 2009 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
Nov. 2, 2009 Passed That Bill C-50, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits, {as amended}, be concurred in at report stage [with a further amendment/with further amendments] .
Nov. 2, 2009 Passed That Bill C-50, in Clause 1, be amended by replacing lines 9 to 25 on page 1 with the following: “( a) the number of weeks of benefits set out in the table in Schedule I that applies in respect of a claimant is increased as a result of the application of any of subsections 12(2.1) to (2.4), in which case (i) in respect of a benefit period established for the claimant on or after January 4, 2009 that has not ended on the day on which this subsection is deemed to have come into force, the length of the claimant’s benefit period is increased by the number of weeks by which the number of weeks of benefits set out in the table in Schedule I that applies in respect of the claimant is increased as a result of the application of any of subsections 12(2.1) to (2.4), and (ii) in respect of a benefit period established for the claimant during the period that begins on the day on which this subsection is deemed to have come into force and ends on September 11, 2010, if the maximum number of weeks during which benefits may be paid to the claimant under subsection 12(2) is equal to or greater than 51 weeks as a result of the application of any of subsections 12(2.1) to (2.4), the length of the claimant’s benefit period is that maximum number of weeks increased by two weeks; or ( b) the number of weeks of benefits set out in Schedule 10 to the Budget Implementation Act, 2009 that applies in respect of a claimant is increased as a result of the application of any of sections 3 to 6 of An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and to increase benefits, introduced in the second session of the fortieth Parliament as Bill C-50, in which case(i) in respect of a benefit period established for the claimant on or after January 4, 2009 that has not ended on the day on which this subsection is deemed to have come into force, the length of the claimant’s benefit period is increased by the number of weeks by which the number of weeks of benefits set out in that Schedule 10 that applies in respect of the claimant is increased as a result of the application of any of those sections 3 to 6, and (ii) in respect of a benefit period established for the claimant during the period that begins on the day on which this subsection is deemed to have come into force and ends on September 11, 2010, if the maximum number of weeks during which benefits may be paid to the claimant under that Schedule 10 is equal to or greater than 51 weeks as a result of the application of any of those sections 3 to 6, the length of the claimant’s benefit period is that maximum number of weeks increased by two weeks.”
Sept. 29, 2009 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 6, 2009

  • Paul Thompson, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
  • Louis Beauséjour, Director General, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
  • Philip Clarke, Director General, Benefits Processing, Service Canada

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 8, 2009

  • Paul Thompson, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
  • Erin Weir, Economist, United Steelworkers
  • Ken Georgetti, President, Canadian Labour Congress
  • Rosalie Washington, As an Individual

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 20, 2009

  • Pierre Céré, Spokeperson, Conseil national des chômeurs et chômeuses
  • Pierre Laliberté, Political Advisor, Manufacturing Sector, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec
  • Jean-Claude Rocheleau, Rank and File Board Member, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
  • Brent Reid, Rank and File Board Member, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada
  • Corinne Pohlmann, Vice-President, National Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
  • Andrew Casey, Vice-President, Public Relations and International Trade, Forest Products Association of Canada
  • Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
  • Dan Kelly, Senior Vice-President, Legislative Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 22, 2009

  • Steven Schumann, Director, Canadian Government Affairs, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 793
  • Robert Blakely, Director, Canadian Affairs, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Canadian Office
  • Yves-Thomas Dorval, President, Quebec Employers' Council
  • Norma Kozhaya, Director of Research and Chief Economist, Conseil du patronat du Québec

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 27, 2009

  • Philip Clarke, Director General, Benefits Processing, Service Canada
  • Louis Beauséjour, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
  • Clerk of the Committee, Mr. Georges Etoka