This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.
Denis Coderre Liberal
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Defeated, as of Feb. 15, 2012
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to extend the maximum period for which special benefits for illness, injury or quarantine may be paid from 15 weeks to 50 weeks. It also eliminates the two-week waiting period when special benefits for illness, injury or quarantine are paid.
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-291s:
Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members’ Business
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Before we resume debate, I believe the hon. member for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is rising on a point of order.
The House resumed from February 13 consideration of the motion that Bill C-291, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (waiting period and maximum special benefits), be read the second time and referred to a committee.
Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-291 under private members' business.
Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business