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Originally Posted by jaydorn
It varies by region of the country, I guess there's areas of Canada where the maximum amount of time you can collect EI is 45 weeks... Yes just 7 weeks short of an entire year. This is where people get steamed about the seasonal workers who do 8-12 weeks (2-3 months) and collect IE the rest of the year.
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But you have to realize that EI is a percentage (or at least it was) of whatever income they had before. Depending on their job, it would be pittance to what they could get actually having a job. I think during my time I was at the cap of about $1440 / month. This was very basic living if you single or married without kids.