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Bill C-242

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First Session, Forty-third Parliament,

68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-242
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)

FIRST READING, April 20, 2020

NOTE

2nd Session, 43rd Parliament

This bill was introduced during the first session of the 43rd Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the first session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.

Mrs. DeBellefeuille

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to increase from 15 to 50 the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid because of illness, injury or quarantine.

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1st Session, 43rd Parliament,

68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-242

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

Preamble

Whereas on February 19, 2020, the House of Commons supported by majority vote a motion calling on the government to increase the employment insurance special sickness benefits from 15 weeks to 50 weeks in order to support people with serious illnesses, such as cancer;

Now, therefore, 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

1Paragraph 12(3)‍(c) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c)because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is Insertion start 50 Insertion end ;

2Paragraph 152.‍14(1)‍(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (c)because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is Insertion start 50 Insertion end ;

Coming Into Force

Coming into force

3This Act comes into force on April 1, 2020, or on the day on which it receives royal assent, whichever is earlier.

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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