Bill C-366

1st Session, 39th Parliament,

55 Elizabeth II, 2006

house of commons of canada

BILL C-366

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (pregnancy benefit)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Subsections 12(5) and (6) of the Employment Insurance Act are replaced by the following:

(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 65.

(6) In a claimant’s benefit period, the claimant may, subject to the applicable maximums, combine weeks of benefits to which the claimant is entitled because of a reason mentioned in subsections (2) and (3), but the total number of weeks of benefits shall not exceed 65.