An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in September 2008.

Sponsor

Yvon Godin  NDP

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 Oct. 16, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to increase the benefit period for claimants 45 years of age or over who are laid off permanently after 10 years or more in the labour force.

Similar bills

C-281 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase)
C-281 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase)
C-365 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase)
C-440 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (pregnancy benefit)

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-365s:

C-365 (2023) Consumer-led Banking Act
C-365 (2017) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firefighting equipment)
C-365 (2013) An Act to amend the Competition Act (inquiry into industry sector)
C-365 (2011) An Act to amend the Competition Act (inquiry into industry sector)
C-365 (2010) An Act to amend the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act (appointment of permanent members)
C-365 (2009) An Act to amend the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act (appointment of permanent members)

Employment Insurance ActRoutine Proceedings

October 25th, 2006 / 3:20 p.m.


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NDP

Yvon Godin NDP Acadie—Bathurst, NB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-365, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefit period increase).

Mr. Speaker, once again, this is a very good bill. It aims to increase the benefit period for claimants 45 years of age or over who are laid off permanently after 10 years or more in the labour force.

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