An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19

Short title: COVID-19 Response Measures Act Bill C-4 (43-2) Status: Royal assent received Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion (Delta) Latest stage: Royal assent Legislative

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summary is available.<br/><br/>On 28 September 2020, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion introduced Bill C-4,

An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19 (COVID-19 Response Measures Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. <br/><br/>Part 1 enacts the Canada Recovery Benefits Act to authorize the payment of the Canada recovery benefit, the Canada recovery sickness benefit and the Canada recovery caregiving benefit to support Canada’s economic recovery in response to COVID-19. It also makes consequential amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax Regulations.<br/><br/>Part 2 amends the Canada Labour Code to, among other things,<br/>(

a) amend the reasons for which an employee is entitled to take leave related to COVID-19, and the number of weeks of that leave that an employee may take for each of those reasons; and<br/>(

b) give the Governor in Council the power, until September 25, 2021, to make regulations in certain circumstances to provide that any requirements or conditions, set out in certain provisions of

Part III of that Act, respecting certificates issued by a health care practitioner do not apply and to provide for alternative requirements and conditions.<br/>This Part also makes related amendments to the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act to ensure that employees may continue to take leave related to COVID-19 until September 25, 2021.

Finally, it makes related amendments to regulations and contains coordinating amendments.<br/><br/>Part 3 amends the Public Health Events of National Concern Payments Act to limit, as of October 1, 2020, the payments that may be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under that Act to those in respect of specified measures related to COVID-19, up to specified amounts.

It also postpones the repeal of that Act until December 31, 2020.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2020-09-28) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2020-09-29) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: Completed (2020-09-29) House of Commons — Report stage: Completed (2020-09-29) House of Commons — Third reading: Completed (2020-09-29) Senate — First reading: Completed (2020-09-30) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2020-10-01) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2020-10-02) Full bill text is not included in the LEGISinfo JSON export.

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