An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (adoptive and intended parents)

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

Sponsor

Rosemarie Falk  Conservative

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

Status

Dead, as of April 30, 2024
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to introduce a new type of special benefits: an attachment benefit of 15 weeks for adoptive parents and parents of children conceived through surrogacy. It also amends the Canada Labour Code to extend parental leave accordingly.

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-318s:

C-318 (2021) National Renewable Energy Strategy Act
C-318 (2016) Indian Residential School Reconciliation and Memorial Day Act
C-318 (2013) An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (Canada Pension Plan payments)
C-318 (2011) An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (Canada Pension Plan payments)

Votes

Sept. 20, 2023 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-318, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (adoptive and intended parents)

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Nov. 27, 2023

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Nov. 29, 2023

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Jan. 29, 2024

  • Anamika Mona Nandy, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Employment and Social Development