Bill C-449

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	1st Session, 36th Parliament, 46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-449
	An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (parental benefits)
1996, c. 23; 1997, c. 26	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. Subsections 12(3) to (7) of the Employment Insurance Act* are replaced by the following:**
Maximum - special benefits	(3) Subject to subsection (7), the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid in a benefit period
	(a) because of pregnancy is 15;
	(b) because the claimant is caring for one or more new-born children of the claimant or one or more children placed with the claimant for the purpose of adoption is 37 ; and
	(c) because of a prescribed illness, injury or quarantine is 15.
Maximum - special benefits	(4) The maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid
	(a) for a single pregnancy is 15; and
	(b) for the care of one or more new-born or adopted children as a result of a single pregnancy or placement is 37 .
Combined weeks of benefits	(5) In a claimant's benefit period, the claimant may combine weeks of benefits to which the claimant is entitled because of a reason mentioned in subsection (3), but the maximum number of combined weeks is
	(a) for the reasons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (c), 30;
	(b) for the reasons mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c), 37;
	(c) for the reasons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b), 52; and
	(d) for the reasons mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), 52.
Combined weeks of benefits	(6) In a claimant's benefit period, the claimant may combine weeks of benefits to which the claimant is entitled because of a reason mentioned in subsections (2) and (3), but if the claimant is entitled under subsection (2)
	(a) to 30 or fewer weeks of benefits, the claimant may, subject to the applicable maximums, receive a greater number of weeks of benefits if the claimant is also entitled to benefits for a combination of reasons mentioned in paragraph (5)(a), (b), (c) or (d);
	(b) to more than 30 but fewer than 37 weeks of benefits, the claimant may, subject to the applicable maximums, receive a greater number of weeks of benefits if the claimant is also entitled to benefits for a combination of reasons mentioned in paragraph (5)(b), (c) or (d); and
	(c) to 37 or more weeks of benefits, the claimant may, subject to the applicable maximums, receive a greater number of weeks of benefits if the claimant is also entitled to benefits for a combination of reasons mentioned in paragraph (5)(c) or (d).

Bill C-449

BILL C-449