Bill C-222
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- 2 Employment Insurance Act 2 Employment Insurance Act
- 4 Canada Labour Code 4 Canada Labour Code
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First Session, Forty-fifth Parliament, 3-4 Charles III, 2025 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (death of a child)
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FIRST READING, September 18, 2025
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Mr. Beech |
SUMMARY
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 provide that an employee who is entitled to maternity leave or to parental leave to care for a newborn child or a child who is in their care for the purpose of adoption remains entitled to the maternity leave or the parental leave even if the child dies during the period for which leave has been granted.
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Available on the House of Commons website at the following address:
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1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3-4 Charles III, 2025 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-222 |
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An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (death of a child) |
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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1 This Act may be cited as the Relieving Grieving Parents of an Administrative Burden Act (Evan’s Law).
1996, c. 23
Employment Insurance Act
2 Section 23 of the Employment Insurance Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):
Benefits still payable — death of child
Start of inserted block(2.1) For the purposes of subsection (1), paragraphs 12(3)(b) and (4)(b) and subsection 12(4.01), if the child or children referred to in that subsection (1) die during the period referred to in subsection (2), the claimant is deemed to care for the child or children until that period expires.
End of inserted blockNo report or new claim required
Start of inserted block(2.2) Despite any other provision of this Act, the claimant referred to in subsection (2.1) is not required to make a new claim for benefits or file a report to prove their eligibility to receive or continue to receive benefits.
End of inserted blockException
Start of inserted block(2.3) Subsection (2.1) does not apply if the child or children die as the result of the commission of an offence and the claimant is convicted of the offence.
End of inserted block3 Section 152.05 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):
Benefits still payable — death of child
Start of inserted block(2.1) For the purposes of subsection (1), paragraphs 152.14(1)(b) and (2)(b) and subsection 152.14(4), if the child or children referred to in that subsection (1) die during the period referred to in subsection (2), the self-employed person is deemed to care for the child or children until that period expires.
End of inserted blockNo report or new claim required
Start of inserted block(2.2) Despite any other provision of this Act, the self-employed person referred to in subsection (2.1) is not required to make a new claim for benefits or file a report to prove their eligibility to receive or continue to receive benefits.
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Start of inserted block(2.3) Subsection (2.1) does not apply if the child or children die as the result of the commission of an offence and the self-employed person is convicted of the offence.
End of inserted blockR.S., c. L-2
Canada Labour Code
4 Section 206 of the Canada Labour Code is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):
Death of child
Start of inserted block(4) If a newborn child of an employee who is on a leave of absence from employment under this section dies during the period following the actual date of confinement that is provided for under subsection (1), the employee remains entitled to the period of leave she would have taken under this section had that child not died.
End of inserted block5 Section 206.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):
Death of child
Start of inserted block(2.01) For the purposes of subsection (1), if the child dies during the period referred to in subsection (2), the employee is deemed to care for that child until that period expires.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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