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Bill S-236

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2023
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island)
  • This bill is about changing how employment insurance works in Prince Edward Island. It amends the Employment Insurance Act and Regulations to make Prince Edward Island one region for applying Parts I and VIII of the Act, despite the fact that it was previously split into two separate regions. This means that people in Prince Edward Island will now be treated as one group when it comes to employment insurance. The bill was introduced in the Senate of Canada in February 2022.
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-236
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island)
FIRST READING, February 21, 2022

THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Griffin
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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations to provide that Prince Edward Island is one region for the purpose of applying Parts I and VIII of the Act.

Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en


1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II, 2021-2022

SENATE OF CANADA

BILL S-236

An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island)

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 The Employment Insurance Act is amended by adding the following after section 54:

Prince Edward Island

Start of inserted block

54.‍1 Despite paragraph 54(w), the Province of Prince Edward Island is one region for the purpose of applying this Part and Part VIII.

End of inserted block

2 Section 5 of Schedule VI to the Act is replaced by the following:

5 The region of Prince Edward Island, consisting of the Province of Prince Edward Island.

SOR/96-332

Employment Insurance Regulations

3 Section 8 of Schedule I to the Employment Insurance Regulations is replaced by the following:

8 The region of Prince Edward Island, consisting of the Province of Prince Edward Island.

Published under authority of the Senate of Canada


EXPLANATORY NOTES

Employment Insurance Act
Clause 1: New.
Clause 2: Text of section 5 of Schedule VI:

5 (1) The region of Charlottetown, consisting of the Census Agglomeration of Charlottetown.

(2) The region of Prince Edward Island, consisting of all Census Subdivisions that are not part of the Census Agglomeration of Charlottetown.

Employment Insurance Regulations
Clause 3: Text of section 8 of Schedule I:

8 (1) The region of Charlottetown, consisting of the Census Agglomeration of Charlottetown.

(2) The region of Prince Edward Island, consisting of all Census Subdivisions that are not part of the Census Agglomeration of Charlottetown.