Bill C-351 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (no interest payable by claimants on benefit repayments or penalties)

This bill is from the 38th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in November 2005.

Sponsor

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of March 23, 2005
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-369 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (no interest payable by claimants on benefit repayments or penalties)

C-369 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (no interest payable by claimants on benefit repayments or penalties)

C-484 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (no interest payable by claimants on benefit repayments or penalties)

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-351s:

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C-351 (2017) An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act and the Excise Act, 2001 (importation)

C-351 (2013) Canadian Autism Day Act

C-351 (2011) Canadian Autism Day Act

C-351 (2010) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (herbal remedies)

C-351 (2009) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (herbal remedies)

Other House mentions

Employment Insurance ActRoutine Proceedings

March 23rd, 2005 / 3:25 p.m.

See context

NDP

Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-351, an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (no interest payable by claimants on benefit repayments or penalties).

Mr. Speaker, this second bill is entitled an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (no interest payable by claimants on benefit repayments or penalties). Claimants may not be charged interest or any other penalty for the late payment of benefit repayments or of penalties assessed for violations of the act.

The reason behind this bill is that in 2001 the government passed a bill that imposed interest. Now, people who are EI claimants do not have the means to pay interest as well as the penalty or fine. It seems that the debt keeps growing and people can no longer pay it. That is why this will be a good bill.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)