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Bill C-211

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 13, 2021
An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave)
  • Bill C-211 is a proposed amendment to the Canada Labour Code that would change the rules around bereavement leave. Currently, employees are entitled to a leave of absence from work for up to 10 days in the event of the death of an immediate family member. This bill would extend this leave to include the death of a child under the age of 18 or a child for whom the employee can claim a caregiver credit under the Income Tax Act. Additionally, the bill would provide for a leave of absence in the event of the loss of an unborn child, including a stillbirth or miscarriage. The length of this leave would be up to eight weeks for a stillbirth or the death of a child, and three days for a miscarriage. The bill includes definitions for terms such as child, miscarriage, and stillbirth. This amendment aims to provide additional support and time off for employees who experience the death of a child or the loss of an unborn child.
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Context: House Hansard - 281 - Feb/13/24
Mr. Joël Lightbound (Louis-Hébert, Lib.)
Madam Speaker, the member is a colleague I have always enjoyed working with. I remember one of the very first files I was asked to work on as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health back in 2017 was his private member's bill, Bill C-211, on post-traumatic stress disorder, so I know it means a great deal to him, and I appreciate his speech. I voted with our colleague from the other side to completely abandon the idea of opening MAID to people solely affected by mental illness. I have been convinced, through the discussions I have had with psychiatrists from across the country, that we are not ready nor is it desirable to go down that path for various reasons. One of them is that it is hard to say for certain that a mental illness is irremediable, but another aspect that moved me is that, if someone were to have access to that, theoretically, we would need to exhaust all possible treatment options. As we know, in this country, treatment options are sometimes, depending on the regions, hard to access, so I would like to have his comments on that.
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mr. Todd Doherty
Madam Speaker, the why is very simply that message I received from the paramedic who wrote to me telling me about the assault that happened to her, as well as the work that we have done through Bill C-211, the people we have lost who were first responders, who were health care workers, who we lost to suicide. This contributes to post-traumatic stress disorder. It contributes to compassion fatigue and burnout. It contributes to those just fearing for their lives when they go to work. Sometimes, there is no way out. They see no way out but to end their lives. I live and work every day to make sure that we are breaking the stigma and doing whatever we can to protect those who protect us and fight for those who fight for us.
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mr. Todd Doherty
Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague and I have talked about this. I agree. It was a mistake on my part at drafting. I should have had “health care worker” to encompass all of those who work in the health care setting. Also, during the work of my bill, Bill C-211, we came to the understanding that there was no definition of “first responder”, but we used “public safety personnel”. I would work with my hon. colleague to make those amendments.
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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22
Mrs. Sherry Romanado
Madam Speaker, I am delighted to answer that question. In fact, I was the first member on the government bench to publicly support Bill C-211 from his colleague for Cariboo—Prince George. As many members of the House know, I have two sons and a daughter-in-law who serve in the Canadian Armed Forces, and a husband and a father who served in the fire department, so PTSD has a seat at the table in our house. This is something we need to support all of those who serve our communities, in terms of making sure that not only their physical health is taken care of, but also their mental health.
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Context: House Hansard - 16 - Dec/13/21
Mr. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, CPC)
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-211, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (bereavement leave). He said: Mr. Speaker, there is a Yiddish proverb that says, “Everything ends in weeping.” I will not say it in Yiddish. I want to thank the member for Bay of Quinte for seconding the bill. This private member's bill is like Bill C-307 from the last Parliament. It would introduce six weeks of leave for parents who are weeping for the children they lost. It would also introduce five days of leave for miscarriages, three paid days and two unpaid.
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