Bill C-44 (Historical)

Helping Families in Need Act

An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Employment Insurance Act and to make consequential amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Diane Finley Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to provide an employee with the right to take leave when a child of the employee is critically ill or dies or disappears as the probable result of a crime. It also makes technical amendments to that Act.
Furthermore, the enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to provide benefits to claimants who are providing care or support to their critically ill child and to facilitate access to sickness benefits for claimants who are in receipt of parental benefits.
Lastly, the enactment makes consequential amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations.

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.

Votes

Nov. 20, 2012 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Oct. 2, 2012 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.

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 18, 2012

Mireille Laroche, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 23, 2012

Susan O'Sullivan, Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, Office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
Michel Surprenant, Chair, Board of Directors, Association of Families of Persons Assassinated or Disappeared
Yvonne Harvey, Chair and Co-founder, Canadian Parents of Murdered Children and Survivors of Homicide Victims Inc.
Bruno Serre, As an Individual
Darlene Ryan, As an Individual
Christiane Sirois, As an Individual
Céline Hotte, As an Individual

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 25, 2012

Cathy Loblaw, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada
Tyler Hnatuk, Policy and Programs Officer, Canadian Association for Community Living
Fred Phelps, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Social Workers
Nathalie Roy, As an Individual
Annie Guérin, As an Individual
Edwina Eddy, As an Individual

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 30, 2012

Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Senator, CPC, Senate
Denise Page, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Canadian Cancer Society
Jane Kittmer, As an Individual
Marie Adèle Davis, Executive Director, Canadian Paediatric Society
Angella MacEwen, Senior Economist, Canadian Labour Congress
Stephen Moreau, Lawyer, Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Nov. 1, 2012

Clerk of the Committee, Mrs. Isabelle Dumas
Jean-François Roussy, Director, Self Employed and Other Initiatives, Employment Insurance Policy, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development