"Well the first thing you know ol Kate's a millionaire... Kinfolk said, 'Kate move away from there'... Said, 'Sussex Drive is the place you oughta be'... So she loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly...
In a vote on an opposition motion in the House of Commons in March, the Liberals, Bloc and NDP also supported getting rid of the two-week waiting period, allowing the self-employed to participate in the EI plan and expanding payments from 55% of your best work weeks to 60%.
What this would do in essence is give some Canadians 52 weeks of EI payments for 9 weeks of work. Someone who worked during July and August could get EI payments until the end of the next summer.