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AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REGULATIONS

SOR/2004-146
21 May, 2004


AMENDMENTS

1. The Employment Insurance Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 77.1:

Pilot Project Relating to Increased Weeks of Benefits

77.2 (1) The Commission establishes Pilot Project No. 6 for the purpose of assessing the costs and impact of increasing weeks of benefits in selected economic regions.

(2) Pilot Project No. 6 includes each claimant

(a) whose benefit period is established in the period beginning on June 6, 2004 and ending on June 4, 2006; and

(b) who, at the time the benefit period is established, is ordinarily resident in a region described in Schedule I that is set out in Schedule II.1 .

(3) Despite subsection 12(2) of the Act, the maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid in a benefit period that is established for a claimant who is included in Pilot Project No. 6 shall be determined in accordance with the table set out in Schedule II.2 by reference to the regional rate of unemployment that applies to the claimant and the number of hours of insurable employment of the claimant in their qualifying period.

2. The Regulations are amended by adding, after Schedule II, the schedules that are set out in the schedule to these Regulations.

COMING INTO FORCE

3. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

SCHEDULE
(Section 2)
 
SCHEDULE II.1
(Paragraph 77.2(2)(b))
 
REGIONS INCLUDED IN PILOT PROJECT NO. 6

Northern Ontario
Sudbury
Central Quebec
Chicoutimi-Jonquière
Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Lower Saint Lawrence and North Shore
North Western Quebec
Trois-Rivières
Eastern Nova Scotia
Western Nova Scotia
Madawaska-Charlotte
Restigouche-Albert
Northern Manitoba
Northern British Columbia
Southern Coastal British Columbia
Southern Interior British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Northern Saskatchewan
Northern Alberta
Newfoundland/Labrador
St. John's
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Nunavut

SCHEDULE II.2
(Subsection 77.2(3))
 
TABLE OF WEEKS OF BENEFITS FOR PILOT PROJECT NO. 6
 
Number of hours of insurable employment in qualifying period Regional Unemployment Rate
6% and under More than 6% but not more than 7% More than 7% but not more than 8% More than 8% but not more than 9% More than 9% but not more than 10% More than 10% but not more than 11% More than 11% but not more than 12% More than 12% but not more than 13% More than 13% but not more than 14% More than 14% but not more than 15% More than 15% but not more than 16% More than 16%
420 - 454 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 33 35 37
455 - 489 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 31 33 35 37
490 - 524 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 30 32 34 36 38
525 - 559 0 0 0 0 0 26 28 30 32 34 36 38
560 - 594 0 0 0 0 20 27 29 31 33 35 37 39
595 - 629 0 0 0 18 20 27 29 31 33 35 37 39
630 - 664 0 0 17 19 21 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
665 - 699 0 15 17 19 21 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
700 - 734 14 16 18 20 22 29 31 33 35 37 39 41
735 - 769 14 16 18 20 22 29 31 33 35 37 39 41
770 - 804 15 17 19 21 23 30 32 34 36 38 40 42
805 - 839 15 17 19 21 23 30 32 34 36 38 40 42
840 - 874 16 18 20 22 24 31 33 35 37 39 41 43
875 - 909 16 18 20 22 24 31 33 35 37 39 41 43
910 - 944 17 19 21 23 25 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
945 - 979 17 19 21 23 25 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
980 - 1014 18 20 22 24 26 33 35 37 39 41 43 45
1015 - 1049 18 20 22 24 26 33 35 37 39 41 43 45
1050 - 1084 19 21 23 25 27 34 36 38 40 42 44 45
1085 - 1119 19 21 23 25 27 34 36 38 40 42 44 45
1120 - 1154 20 22 24 26 28 35 37 39 41 43 45 45
1155 - 1189 20 22 24 26 28 35 37 39 41 43 45 45
1190 - 1224 21 23 25 27 29 36 38 40 42 44 45 45
1225 - 1259 21 23 25 27 29 36 38 40 42 44 45 45
1260 - 1294 22 24 26 28 30 37 39 41 43 45 45 45
1295 - 1329 22 24 26 28 30 37 39 41 43 45 45 45
1330 - 1364 23 25 27 29 31 38 40 42 44 45 45 45
1365 - 1399 23 25 27 29 31 38 40 42 44 45 45 45
1400 - 1434 24 26 28 30 32 39 41 43 45 45 45 45
1435 - 1469 25 27 29 31 33 40 42 44 45 45 45 45
1470 - 1504 26 28 30 32 34 41 43 45 45 45 45 45
1505 - 1539 27 29 31 33 35 42 44 45 45 45 45 45
1540 - 1574 28 30 32 34 36 43 45 45 45 45 45 45
1575 - 1609 29 31 33 35 37 44 45 45 45 45 45 45
1610 - 1644 30 32 34 36 38 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1645 - 1679 31 33 35 37 39 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1680 - 1714 32 34 36 38 40 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1715 - 1749 33 35 37 39 41 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1750 - 1784 34 36 38 40 42 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1785 - 1819 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1820 - 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45

 

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