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REGULATIONS AMENDING THE EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REGULATIONS

SOR/2006-166
June 23, 2006
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AMENDMENTS

1. The Employment Insurance Regulations1 are amended by adding the following after section 77.5:

Pilot Project Relating to Extended Benefits

77.6 (1) Pilot Project No. 10 is established for the purpose of assessing the costs and impact of extending the number of weeks of benefits in selected economic regions.

(2) Pilot Project No. 10 includes each claimant

(a) whose benefit period is established in the period beginning on June 11, 2006 and ending on December 9, 2007; 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.6.

(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. 10 shall be determined in accordance with the table set out in Schedule II.7 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. Schedule I to the Regulations is amended by replacing the reference "(Subsections 18(1), 77.2(2), 77.3(2), 77.4(2) and 77.5(2))" after the heading "SCHEDULE I" with the reference "(Subsections 18(1), 77.2(2), 77.3(2), 77.4(2), 77.5(2) and 77.6(2))".

3. The Regulations are amended by adding, after Schedule II.5, the Schedules II.6 and II.7 set out in the schedule to these Regulations.

COMING INTO FORCE

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

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SCHEDULE
(Section 3)

SCHEDULE II.6
(Paragraph 77.6(2)(b))

REGIONS INCLUDED IN PILOT PROJECT NO. 10

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

SCHEDULE II.7
(Subsection 77.6(3))

TABLE OF WEEKS OF BENEFITS FOR PILOT PROJECT NO. 10

 
Regional Unemployment Rate
Number of hours of insurable employment in qualifying period 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 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39
595 - 629 0 0 0 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39
630 - 664 0 0 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
665 - 699 0 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
700 - 734 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41
735 - 769 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41
770 - 804 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42
805 - 839 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42
840 - 874 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43
875 - 909 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43
910 - 944 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
945 - 979 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
980 - 1014 23 25 27 29

31

 33 35 37 39 41 43 45
1015 - 1049 23 25 27 29

31

 33 35 37 39 41 43 45
1050 - 1084 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45
1085 - 1119 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45
1120 - 1154 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45
1155 - 1189 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45
1190 - 1224 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45
1225 - 1259 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45
1260 - 1294 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45
1295 - 1329 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45
1330 - 1364 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45
1365 - 1399 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45
1400 - 1434 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45
1435 - 1469 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45
1470 - 1504 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45
1505 - 1539 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45
1540 - 1574 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45
1575 - 1609 34 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45 45
1610 - 1644 35 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1645 - 1679 36 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1680 - 1714 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1715 - 1749 38 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1750 - 1784 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1785 - 1819 40 42 44 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
1820 - 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45

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1 SOR/96-332

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