Bill C-318
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (adoptive and intended parents)
Bill C-318 — status: Dead. This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session.
Other Bills Numbered C-318
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 13 sessions:
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Division Votes (1)
2nd reading of Bill C-318, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (adoptive and intended parents)
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Parliamentary Debates (48)
Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill C-318.
Routine Proceedings
…e calling on the Liberal government to provide a royal recommendation for my private member's bill, Bill C-318. The current EI system discriminates against adoptive and intended parents, so recognizing the importance of time to attach, the petitioners are urging the government to deliver equitable access to a…
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The House resumed from May 4 consideration of the motion that Bill C-318, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (adoptive and intended parents), be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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…These families are no less deserving of time with their new child, and that time is no less needed. Bill C-318 is a common-sense piece of legislation that rectifies the existing gap in our system. It delivers parity for families formed through adoption and surrogacy. However, at its core, this legislation is …
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…. I am very honoured to be supporting my colleague and friend from Battlefords—Lloydminster and her Bill C-318, which I will be speaking to today. I am the critic for families, children and social development. Since being elected, I have had the opportunity to speak to thousands of people across the country. …
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…5 weeks, which support the recovery of claimants who are pregnant or who have recently given birth. Bill C-318 would create a new 15-week EI benefit for the attachment and caring for adoptive children or those conceived by surrogacy that is available from the week of placement up to 52 weeks. This is an attem…
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…first want to welcome you and all my colleagues from every party back to the House. I rise today on Bill C-318, an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code, regarding a very specific topic: adoptive and intended parents. The Liberal government has demonstrated a severe lack of lead…
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…ncy Council of Canada and the time to attach campaign for their tireless advocacy, which has led to Bill C-318 today. I also congratulate my colleague from Battlefords—Lloydminster for putting this bill forward. It is an important first step in providing adoptive parents with the parental time they need to at…
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…hild care in Canada, our approach should be comprehensive. The passage of my private member's bill, Bill C-318, would support that goal. Allowing adoptive and intended parents equal access to EI leave to care for their new child would give those parents more time to bond with their child and more time to find…
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…ey only get nine months of leave. I am sure the minister knows that I have a private member's bill, Bill C-318, that would address this issue for adoptive and intended parents. My question, through you, Madam Speaker, is this: Is the minister willing to lobby at the cabinet table for a royal recommendation fo…
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…le on the point of order raised on April 19, by the deputy House leader of the government regarding Bill C-318, an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code, adoptive and intended parents. On March 30, in a statement on the management of private members’ business, the Chair pointed …
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