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An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Sponsor

Jacques Gourde  Conservative

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

Status

Dead, as of March 29, 2023
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to increase from 15 to 52 the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid because of illness, injury or quarantine.

Similar bills

C-265 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) Émilie Sansfaçon Act
C-242 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)
C-242 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)
C-217 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)
C-278 (39th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (benefits for illness, injury or quarantine)

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-215s:

C-215 (2025) An Act to amend the Marine Liability Act (national strategy respecting pollution caused by shipping container spills)
C-215 (2020) Climate Change Accountability Act
C-215 (2020) Climate Change Accountability Act
C-215 (2016) Support for Volunteer Firefighters Act

Votes

June 15, 2022 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-215, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 17, 2022

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Oct. 19, 2022

  • Benoit Cadieux, Director, Special Benefits, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development
  • Anamika Mona Nandy, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development
  • Émilie Thivierge, Legislative Clerk
  • Jean-François Pagé, Legislative Clerk