Bill C-222

Relieving Grieving Parents of an Administrative Burden Act (Evan's Law)

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (death of a child)

Sponsor

Terry Beech  Liberal

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

Status

Report stage (House), as of May 29, 2026

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Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to provide that a person to whom employment insurance benefits are payable to care for a newborn child or a child placed with them for the purpose of adoption remains eligible to receive those benefits even if the child dies during the benefit period. It also amends the Canada Labour Code to extend the period of bereavement leave to which an employee is entitled in the event of the death of a child of the employee or of their spouse or common-law partner.

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-222s:

C-222 (2021) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (travel expenses deduction for tradespersons)
C-222 (2020) An Act to amend the Expropriation Act (protection of private property)
C-222 (2020) An Act to amend the Expropriation Act (protection of private property)
C-222 (2016) An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (Canada-Barbados Income Tax Agreement)

Votes

Feb. 4, 2026 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-222, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (death of a child)

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Feb. 23, 2026

    Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on March 9, 2026

    • Spinks, Chief Executive Officer, Work-Life Harmony Enterprises Ltd. As an Individual
    • Wu, As an Individual
    • Slinn, Director, Metro Vancouver Empty Cradle Bereaved Parents Society
    • Cormier, Chair, SIDS Calgary Society

    Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on March 12, 2026

    • Hamill, Communications Coordinator, As an Individual
    • Meunier, Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal, As an Individual
    • Venditti, Human Resources Professional, As an Individual
    • deMontigny, Full Professor, Université du Québec en Outaouais and Director, Fatherhood, Family and Society Research Group, As an Individual
    • Fockler, Registered Nurse, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

    Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on March 23, 2026

    • Koop, As an Individual
    • Pelletier, Lawyer, Comité Chômage Haut-Richelieu et du Suroît
    • Kaluski, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Pregnancy, Infant & Child Loss Support Centre
    • Lapointe Tremblay, Executive Director, Les Perséides, soutien au deuil périnatal
    • Samulack, Registered Nurse, As an Individual

    Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on April 16, 2026

    • White, Director, Systems Change, Maytree
    • Moffatt, Founding Director, Missing Middle Initiative
    • Faiza, Manager, Policy and Research, Tapestry Community Capital
    • Carolyn Whitzman, Senior Housing Researcher, School of Cities, University of Toronto, As an Individual
    • Sullivan, Executive Director, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association
    • Irwin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rental Housing Canada
    • Cadieux, Executive Director, Employment Insurance Policy Directorate, Department of Employment and Social Development
    • Brochu, Manager, Employment Insurance Policy Directorate, Department of Employment and Social Development
    • Legault, Legislative Clerk

    Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on April 20, 2026

    • Ross, Chief Executive Officer, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
    • Lussier, Coordinator, Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain
    • Lyall, President, Residential Construction Council of Ontario
    • Wilkes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Building Industry and Land Development Association
    • Andison, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Home Builders' Association
    • Baird, President and Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Community Housing Corporation