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An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.

Sponsor

Carol Hughes  NDP

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

Status

Report stage (House), as of Nov. 5, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-280 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits)
C-265 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits)
C-265 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits)
C-373 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits)
C-478 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits)

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from 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-280s:

C-280 (2022) Law Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act
C-280 (2021) Haida Gwaii Residents Tax Deduction Act
C-280 (2016) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (golfing expenses)
C-280 (2011) National Strategy for Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) Act

Votes

June 10, 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.

The House resumed from June 3 consideration of the motion that Bill C-280, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (qualification for and entitlement to benefits), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

June 10th, 2009 / 5:30 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

It being 5:30 p.m., the House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-280 under private members' business.

Call in the members.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #84

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

June 10th, 2009 / 5:55 p.m.

The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried.

Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.

(Motion agreed to, bill read the second time and referred to a committee)