C-263
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-263
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (elimination of waiting period)
first reading, May 8, 2006
NOTE
2nd Session, 39th Parliament
This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 39th 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.
Mr. D'amours
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act to eliminate the two-week waiting period that follows the termination of employment.
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1st Session, 39th Parliament,
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
house of commons of canada
BILL C-263
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (elimination of waiting period)
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. (1) The definition “waiting period” in subsection 6(1) of the Employment Insurance Act is repealed.
(2) The definition “disentitled” in subsection 6(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
“disentitled”« inadmissible »
“disentitled” means not entitled under section 18, 21, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 49 or 50 or under the regulations;
2. Section 13 of the Act is repealed.
3. Subsection 19(1) of the Act is repealed.
4. Section 20 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Deduction for excluded days
20. If a claimant is disentitled from receiving benefits for a working day in a week of unemployment, an amount equal to 1/5 of their weekly rate of benefits for each such working day shall be deducted from the benefits payable for that week.
5. Subsection 22(4) of the Act is repealed.
6. Subsection 23(5) of the Act is repealed.
7. Subsection 23.1(7) of the Act is repealed.
8. Subsection 24(1) of the Act is amended by adding the word “and” at the end of paragraph (g) and by repealing paragraph (h).
9. Subsection 28(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
When disqualification is to be served
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), the weeks of disqualification are to be served during the weeks for which benefits would otherwise be payable if the disqualification had not been imposed and, for greater certainty, the length of the disqualification is not affected by any subsequent loss of employment by the claimant during the benefit period.
10. Subsection 30(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Length of disqualification
(2) The disqualification is for each week of the claimant’s benefit period and, for greater certainty, the length of the disqualification is not affected by any subsequent loss of employment by the claimant during the benefit period.
11. Paragraph 54(a) of the Act is repealed. 
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