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e-1235 (Employment Insurance Program)

E-petition
Initiated by Sarah Cormier from Airdrie, Alberta

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the House of Commons

Whereas:
  • Employment Insurance parental benefits are revoked immediately following the death of a child under one year of age;
  • Being forced to return to work immediately after losing a child is not always an option for grieving parents; and
  • The financial hardship that some parents have to go through, in addition to their grief, can be overwhelming.
We, the undersigned, petitioners, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to look at ways to provide better support to parents who lose a child under the age of one.
Government response tabled on June 1, 2018 (Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-180-04)
Open for signature
August 28, 2017, at 11:06 a.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
December 26, 2017, at 11:06 a.m. (EDT)
Presented to the House of Commons
Blake Richards (Banff—Airdrie)
April 18, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02221)
Government response tabled
June 1, 2018
Photo - Blake Richards
Banff—Airdrie
Conservative Caucus
Alberta