Bill C-423 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

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

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 16, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to change the way in which the qualifying period and the beginning of the benefit period are determined in the case of a stoppage of work attributable to a labour dispute.

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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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-423s:

C-423 (2024) Protection of the Right to Adequate Housing Act

C-423 (2018) Modern Slavery Act

C-423 (2010) Canadian Footbal Act

C-423 (2009) Canadian Footbal Act

C-423 (2007) An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act (treatment for substance abuse)

Other House mentions

Employment Insurance ActRoutine Proceedings

May 16th, 2012 / 3:15 p.m.

See context

NDP

Claude Gravelle NDP Nickel Belt, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-423, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (labour dispute).

Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Hamilton Mountain for seconding my bill.

The bill to amend the Employment Insurance Act would help thousands of workers without proper insurance benefits. The federal government must support workers who lose their jobs and provide the right protection for those who suffer a job loss due to a labour dispute.

This bill would extend the qualifying period in the event of a labour dispute. It would make any person absent from work during a strike or lockout caused by a labour dispute eligible to receive employment insurance benefits and therefore be legally protected.

I strongly encourage all members to support this initiative and vote in favour of the bill.

Canada should remain committed to defend the rights of workers, while improving and increasing the access to employment insurance. To allow for those who have lost their jobs to recover their due rights is simply the right thing to do.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)