This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in March 2011.
France Bonsant Bloc
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Third reading (House), as of Feb. 16, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to allow employees to take unpaid leave from work for the following family-related reasons:
(a) the inability of their minor child to carry on regular activities because the child suffers a serious physical injury during the commission or as the direct result of a criminal offence;
(b) the disappearance of their minor child;
(c) the suicide of their spouse, common-law partner or child; or
(d) the death of their spouse, common-law partner or child during the commission or as the direct result of a criminal offence.
It also amends the Employment Insurance Act to allow these employees to receive benefits while on leave.
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-343s:
The House resumed from April 23 consideration of the motion that Bill C-343, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Employment Insurance Act (family leave), be read the second time and referred to a committee.
Canada Labour CodePrivate Members' Business
The Speaker Peter Milliken
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-343 under private members' business.
Canada Labour CodePrivate Members' Business
The Speaker Peter Milliken
I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill is referred to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee.)