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ENGLISHSUMMARYSUMMARY1 Employment Insurance Act1 Employment Insurance Act
First Session, Forty-third Parliament,
68-69 Elizabeth II, 2019-2020
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-217
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)
FIRST READING, February 24, 2020
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-217
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)
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
1 Paragraph 12(3)‍(c) of the Employment Insurance Act is replaced by the following:
(c) because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is 50;
2 Paragraph 152.‍14(1)‍(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(c) because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is 50;
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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