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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-236
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island)

FIRST READING, February 21, 2022

THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Griffin

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations to provide that Prince Edward Island is one region for the purpose of applying Parts I and VIII of the Act.

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1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-236

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1996, c. 23

Employment Insurance Act

1The Employment Insurance Act is amended by adding the following after section 54:

Prince Edward Island

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54.‍1Despite paragraph 54(w), the Province of Prince Edward Island is one region for the purpose of applying this Part and Part VIII.

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2Section 5 of Schedule VI to the Act is replaced by the following:

5The region of Prince Edward Island, consisting of the Province of Prince Edward Island.

SOR/96-332

Employment Insurance Regulations

3Section 8 of Schedule I to the Employment Insurance Regulations is replaced by the following:

8The region of Prince Edward Island, consisting of the Province of Prince Edward Island.

Published under authority of the Senate of Canada



EXPLANATORY NOTES

Employment Insurance Act
Clause 1:New.
Clause 2:Text of section 5 of Schedule VI:

5(1)The region of Charlottetown, consisting of the Census Agglomeration of Charlottetown.

(2)The region of Prince Edward Island, consisting of all Census Subdivisions that are not part of the Census Agglomeration of Charlottetown.

Employment Insurance Regulations
Clause 3:Text of section 8 of Schedule I:

8(1)The region of Charlottetown, consisting of the Census Agglomeration of Charlottetown.

(2)The region of Prince Edward Island, consisting of all Census Subdivisions that are not part of the Census Agglomeration of Charlottetown.


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