Bill C-243 (Historical)

National Maternity Assistance Program Strategy Act

An Act respecting the development of a national maternity assistance program strategy

This bill is from the 42nd Parliament, 1st session, which ended in September 2019.

Sponsor

Mark Gerretsen Liberal

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

Status

Third reading (Senate), as of April 11, 2019
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

The purpose of this enactment is to provide for the development and implementation of a national maternity assistance program strategy to support women who are unable to work due to pregnancy and whose employer is unable to accommodate them by providing reassignment.

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-243s:

C-243 (2022) Ending the Use of Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act

C-243 (2020) An Act to amend the Payment Card Networks Act (credit card acceptance fees)

C-243 (2013) Survivor's Annual Allowance Act

Votes

June 14, 2017 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-243, An Act respecting the development of a national maternity assistance program strategy

Oct. 26, 2016 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 March 23, 2017

Andrew Brown, Executive Director, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development
Judith Buchanan, Director, Labour Standards and Wage Earner Protection Program, Compliance, Operations and Program Development, Labour Program, Department of Employment and Social Development

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on April 4, 2017

Alicia Ibbitson, As an Individual
Dan Tadic, Executive Director, Canadian Welding Association
Roch Lafrance, Secretary General, Union des travailleuses et travailleurs accidentés ou malades
Nicola Cherry, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on April 6, 2017

Melodie Ballard, As an Individual
Anna Nienhuis, As an Individual
Liette Vasseur, President and Professor at Brock University, Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology
Karen Dempsey, President, National Council of Women of Canada
JudyLynn Archer, Former Chief Executive Officer and Director, Women Building Futures

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on May 2, 2017

Philippe Méla, Legislative Clerk