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Bill C-291

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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-291
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (waiting period and maximum special benefits)
1996, c. 23
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Paragraph 12(3)(c) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:
(c) because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is 50; and
2. Section 13 of the Act is renumbered as subsection 13(1) and is amended by adding the following:
Exception
(2) The waiting period referred to in subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine.
3. Paragraph 152.14(2)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(c) because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is 50; and
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