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An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Dick Harris  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the provisions of the Employment Insurance Act that allow for qualifying periods and benefit periods to be extended as the result of time spent by the claimant in a jail, penitentiary or other similar institution so that they apply only if the claimant is not found guilty of the offence for which he or she was being held or any other offence arising out of the same transaction.

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-316s:

C-316 (2023) Court Challenges Program Act
C-316 (2021) Addressing the Continuing Victimization of Homicide Victims’ Families Act
C-316 (2016) An Act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act (organ donors)
C-316 (2010) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (special benefits)

Votes

May 16, 2012 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
May 16, 2012 Passed That Bill C-316, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration), as amended, be concurred in at report stage.
May 16, 2012 Failed That Bill C-316 be amended by deleting Clause 1.
Nov. 30, 2011 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.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Question.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

The question is on Motion No. 1. A vote on this motion also applies to Motions Nos. 2 to 5. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

No.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

All those in favour of the motion will please say yea.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Yea.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

All those opposed will please say nay.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Bruce Stanton

In my opinion the nays have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 9th, 2012 / 7:10 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

Pursuant to Standing Order 98 the recorded division stands deferred until Wednesday, May 16, immediately before the time provided for private members' business.

The House resumed from May 9 consideration of Bill C-316, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (incarceration), as reported (with amendment) from the committee.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 16th, 2012 / 6 p.m.

The Deputy Speaker Denise Savoie

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at report stage of Bill C-316, under private members' business.

The question is on Motion No. 1. The vote on this motion also applies to Motions Nos. 2 to 5.

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

Vote #221

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 16th, 2012 / 6:05 p.m.

The Deputy Speaker Denise Savoie

I declare Motion No. 1 defeated, and I declare Motions No. 2 to 5 defeated as well.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 16th, 2012 / 6:05 p.m.

Conservative

Dick Harris Conservative Cariboo—Prince George, BC

moved that the bill be concurred in.

Employment Insurance ActPrivate Members' Business

May 16th, 2012 / 6:05 p.m.

The Deputy Speaker Denise Savoie

Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?