Government of Canada introduces legislation to increase number of weeks for EI regular benefits and to prevent international travellers from qualifying for recovery benefits during mandatory quarantine
The proposed legislation would provide workers with up to a maximum of 50 weeks for claims that are established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021.
- The proposed legislation would provide workers with up to a maximum of 50 weeks for claims that are established between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021.
- This change would be retroactive to claims established as of January 3, 2021 and would apply until September 25, 2021.
- As announced on Feb. 19, 2021 , the Government will be increasing the number of weeks available under the Canada Recovery Benefits through regulations.
- As of February 14, 2021, the numbers of unique applicants that have accessed the recovery benefits are:
1,715,090 for the Canada Recovery Benefit;
333,760 for the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit; and
392,280 for the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit.