On June 7, 2010, my colleague Fin Donnelly, Member for New Westminster–Coquitlam, British Columbia, introduced a bill in the House of Commons to improve the employment insurance system. Bill C-526, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (special benefits), would amend the Employment Insurance Act by extending the maximum period for which special benefits for illness, injury or quarantine may be paid from 15 weeks to 52 weeks.
You might have already heard of Marie-Hélène Dubé, three times cancer survivor, who started a petition calling on the government to increase the special benefits available under employment insurance. Ms. Dubé was on the Hill on Monday for the introduction of Bill C-526.
Ms. Dubé’s petition now contains more than 200,000 signatures and demonstrates that Canadians want change and greater protection.
The petition is available HERE. The website is in French, but the petition is available in English on the left side of the page. All you have to do is print, sign and mail it. I urge you to sign this petition to send the message to the government that Canadians want change and greater protection.
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