Employment Insurance Compassionate Care Benefit

On January 4, 2004, the Government of Canada introduced the new Employment Insurance Compassionate Care Benefit.  This benefit is designed to help ease the stress faced by Canadians who must choose between their jobs and caring for a gravely ill relative.                                                                                       more info...

Have this Medical Certificate Form completed by a medical doctor if you are asking for compassionate care benefits. You can return this form by mail or deliver it to your local Service Canada Centre.

Please note that the fees requested by your doctor to complete this form are entirely at your own expense.

PLEA - Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan

Publications

Note:  The purpose of PLEA and these booklets is to provide the public with an introduction to a particular area of law. The content of this publication is intended as general legal information only and should not form the basis of legal advice of any kind. Individuals seeking specific legal advice should consult a lawyer.

 · Older Adults and the Law

This publication provides legal information on a variety of topics of interest
to people at, or near, retirement age and includes information on Power of
Attorney and Health Care Directives.

 · Health Care Directives

This brochure contains basic information about:

· Who can make a directive

· When a directive should be made

· What to include in a directive

· Making a directive

· Ending a directive

· Proxies

· Personal Guardians

· Disputes

· If you do not have a directive

· Power of Attorney

This booklet contains basic information about:

· Who can give a power of attorney?

· Who can be given a power of attorney?

· Types of power of attorney

· Enduring powers of attorney

· Contingent enduring powers of attorney

· General and specific powers of attorney

· Duties of an attorney

· Giving a power of attorney

· Ending a power of attorney