C-1024057-58Elizabeth II2009An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and related fiscal measuresBudget Implementation Act, 2009Budget Implementation, 2009201304

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B-9.8582200990490Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:SHORT TITLE

Short title1.This Act may be cited as the Budget Implementation Act, 2009.

PART 1AMENDMENTS IN RESPECT OF INCOME TAXIncome Tax Act

2.[Amendment]

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80.[Amendment]

81.[Transitional Provision]

Budget Implementation Act, 2008

82.[Amendment]

Income Tax Regulations

83.[Amendment]

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PART 2AMENDMENTS IN RESPECT OF SALES AND EXCISE TAXESExcise Act, 2001

119.[Amendment]

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Excise Tax Act

121.[Amendments]

PART 3AMENDMENTS TO THE CUSTOMS TARIFFCustoms Tariff

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Coming into Force

September 8, 2008221.(1)Sections 123 to 127 and subsection 220(1) are deemed to have come into force on September 8, 2008.January 28, 2009(2)Sections 122 and 128 to 219 and subsection 220(2) are deemed to have come into force on January 28, 2009.

PART 4EMPLOYMENT INSURANCEEmployment Insurance Act

222.[Amendment]

223.[Amendment]

224.[Amendments]

Claimants Not in Canada

Subsection 55(7)225.The maximum number of weeks for which benefits may be paid to a claimant referred to in subsection 55(7) of the Employment Insurance Regulations whose benefit period has not ended before the second Sunday before the day on which this Act receives royal assent and does not begin after September 11, 2010 is to be determined in accordance with Schedule 10.

Pilot Project Relating To Extended Benefits

226.[Transitional Provision]

Premium Rates Provided for Under the Employment Insurance Act

227.[Transitional Provision]

228.[Transitional Provision]

Transitional Provision

229.[Transitional Provision]

Coordinating Amendments

230.[Amendments]

Coming into Force

Retroactive effect231.(1)Subsection 224(1) is deemed to have come into force on the second Sunday before the day on which this Act receives royal assent.September 12, 2010(2)Subsection 224(2) comes into force on September 12, 2010.

PART 5STABILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEMDivision 1Financial Administration Act

232.[Amendment]

Division 2Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation ActAmendments to the Act

233.[Amendment]

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Consequential AmendmentsAccess to Information Act

255.[Amendment]

Canadian Payments Act

256.[Amendment]

Financial Administration Act

257.[Amendments]

Winding-up and Restructuring Act

258.[Amendment]

Coming into Force

Order in council*259.(1)The provisions of this Division, except for sections 235 and 254 and subsection 257(1), come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.*[Note: Section 235 and subsection 257(1) in force on assent March 12, 2009; sections 233, 234, 236 to 244, subsections 245(1) to (6), sections 246 to 253, 255 and 256, subsection 257(2) and section 258 in force on July 1, 2009, see SI/2009-57; subsection 245(7) in force November 1, 2010, see SI/2010-80.]Retroactivity(2)Section 254 is deemed to have come into force on January 27, 2009.

Division 3Export Development Act

260.[Amendments]

261.[Amendment]

262.[Amendments]

263.[Amendment]

Division 4Business Development Bank of Canada Act

264.[Amendment]

Division 5Canada Small Business Financing ActAmendments to the Act

265.[Amendments]

266.[Amendment]

267.[Amendment]

Coming into Force

Coming into force268.This Division comes into force on April 1, 2009 or, if it is later, on the day on which this Act receives royal assent.

Division 6Legislation Governing Financial InstitutionsBank Act

269.[Amendment]

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272.[Amendment]

273.[Amendment]

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Cooperative Credit Associations Act

276.[Amendment]

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279.[Amendment]

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act

280.[Amendment]

Green Shield Canada Act

281.[Amendment]

Insurance Companies Act

282.[Amendment]

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Trust and Loan Companies Act

288.[Amendment]

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290.[Amendment]

291.[Amendment]

292.[Amendment]

Coordinating Amendment

293.[Amendment]

Coming into Force

Order in council*294.Sections 270, 273, 277, 280, 283, 285, and 290 come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.*[Note: Sections 270, 273, 277, 280, 283, 285 and 290 in force July 1, 2010, see SI/2010-31.]

Division 7SecuritiesSecurities Regulation

Maximum payment of $150,000,000295.(1)The Minister of Finance may make direct payments, in an aggregate amount not exceeding $150,000,000, to provinces and territories for matters relating to the establishment of a Canadian securities regulation regime and a Canadian regulatory authority.Payments out of C.R.F.(2)Any amount payable under this section may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance, at the times and in the manner, and on any terms and conditions, that the Minister of Finance considers appropriate.

Agreements296.The Minister of Finance may enter into any agreement respecting securities regulation with any province or territory.

Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office Act

Enactment of Act297.The Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office Act is enacted as follows:[See Canadian Securities Regulation Regime Transition Office Act]

Transitional Provision

298.[Transitional Provision]

Coming into Force

Order in council*299.Section 297 comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.*[Note: Section 297 in force July 13, 2009, see SI/2009-60.]

PART 6PAYMENTSInfrastructure Stimulus Fund

Maximum payment of $2,000,000,000300.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding two billion dollars to provide funding for infrastructure projects primarily related to infrastructure rehabilitation.

Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Base Funding Program

Maximum payment of $495,000,000301.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding four hundred and ninety-five million dollars to provide payments to provinces and territories under the Provincial-Territorial Infrastructure Base Funding Program for infrastructure projects.

Communities Component of the Building Canada Fund

Maximum payment of $250,000,000302.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty million dollars to provide funding for infrastructure projects in communities that have a population of less than 100,000.

Green Infrastructure Fund

Maximum payment of $200,000,000303.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Transport, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding two hundred million dollars to support infrastructure projects that promote a clean environment.

Community Adjustment Fund

Maximum payment of $51,000,000304.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding fifty-one million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in Atlantic Canada.

Maximum payment of $106,000,000305.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec), in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred and six million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in the regions of Quebec.

Maximum payment of $175,000,000306.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred and seventy-five million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in Ontario.

Maximum payment of $17,000,000307.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding seventeen million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in the territories.

Maximum payment of $154,000,000308.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification), in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty-four million dollars to foster economic development, science and technology initiatives and other measures to promote economic diversification in communities in Western Canada.

Improving Infrastructure at Universities and Colleges

Maximum payment of $1,000,000,000309.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Industry, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one billion dollars for the construction, renovation, refurbishment or repair of buildings and facilities at post-secondary institutions.

• 2009, c. 2, s. 309, c. 31, s. 24.

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First Nations Housing

Maximum payment of $75,000,000310.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding seventy-five million dollars to support on-reserve housing.

Maximum payment of $125,000,000311.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to support on-reserve housing.

Renovation and Retrofit of Social Housing

Maximum payment of $500,000,000312.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding five hundred million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide funding to the provinces and territories to address the backlog in demand for renovation and energy retrofits of social housing.

Housing for Low-income Seniors

Maximum payment of $200,000,000313.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding two hundred million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide funding to the provinces and territories through the Affordable Housing Initiative for the construction of housing units for low-income seniors.

Housing for Persons with Disabilities

Maximum payment of $25,000,000314.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding twenty-five million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide funding to the provinces and territories through the Affordable Housing Initiative for the construction of housing units for persons with disabilities.

Northern Housing

Maximum payment of $100,000,000315.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, in accordance with terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board, a sum not exceeding one hundred million dollars to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide funding to the territories for the renovation and construction of social housing units.

Canada Health Infoway Inc.

Maximum payment of $500,000,000316.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Health, a sum not exceeding five hundred million dollars to Canada Health Infoway Inc. for the development of electronic health records and related systems.

PART 7NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION ACTAmendments to the Act

317.[Amendment]

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319.[Amendment]

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321.[Amendment]

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340.[Amendment]

Consequential Amendment to the International Bridges and Tunnels Act

341.[Amendment]

PART 8MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONSDivision 1Wage Earner Protection ProgramWage Earner Protection Program Act

342.[Amendment]

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344.[Amendment]

345.[Amendment]

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Wage Earner Protection Program Regulations

348.[Amendment]

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352.[Amendment]

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Consequential Amendments to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

355.[Amendment]

356.[Amendment]

Transitional Provision

357.[Transitional Provision]

Division 2Federal Financial Assistance for StudentsCanada Student Financial Assistance Act

358.[Amendment]

359.[Amendment]

360.[Amendment]

361.[Amendment]

362.[Amendment]

363.[Amendment]

364.[Amendment]

Canada Student Loans Act

365.[Amendment]

366.[Amendment]

367.[Amendment]

Consequential Amendment to the Budget Implementation Act, 2008

368.[Amendment]

Division 3Crown CorporationsFinancial Administration Act

369.[Amendment]

370.[Amendments]

371.[Amendment]

372.[Amendment]

373.[Amendments]

374.[Amendment]

375.[Amendment]

Consequential AmendmentsCanada Council for the Arts Act

376.[Amendment]

Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board Act

377.[Amendment]

Canada Post Corporation Act

378.[Amendment]

Canadian Dairy Commission Act

379.[Amendment]

Canadian Race Relations Foundation Act

380.[Amendment]

Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act

381.[Amendment]

382.[Amendment]

PART 9PAYMENTS TO PROVINCESFederal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act

383.[Amendment]

384.[Amendment]

385.[Amendment]

386.[Amendment]

387.[Amendment]

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390.[Amendment]

391.[Amendment]

Payment to Nova Scotia

Payment of $74,188,000392.There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, on the requisition of the Minister of Finance, the sum of seventy-four million and one hundred and eighty-eight thousand dollars to Nova Scotia.

PART 10EXPENDITURE RESTRAINT ACT

Enactment of Act393.The Expenditure Restraint Act, whose text is as follows and whose Schedules 1 and 2 are set out in Schedule 11 to this Act, is hereby enacted:[See Expenditure Restraint Act]

PART 11EQUITABLE COMPENSATIONPublic Sector Equitable Compensation Act

Enactment of Act394.The Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act is enacted as follows:[See Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act]

Transitional Provisions

395.[Transitional Provision]

396.[Transitional Provision]

397.[Transitional Provision]

398.[Transitional Provision]

Consequential AmendmentsCanadian Human Rights Act

399.[Amendment]

Public Service Labour Relations Act

400.[Amendment]

401.[Amendment]

402.[Amendment]

403.[Amendment]

404.[Amendment]

405.[Amendment]

Coming into Force

Order in council*406.Sections 394 and 399 to 405 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.*[Note: Sections 394 and 399 to 405 not in force.]

PART 12COMPETITION ACTAmendments to the Act

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439.[Amendment]

Transitional Provision

440.[Transitional Provision]

Consequential AmendmentsCompetition Tribunal Act

441.[Amendment]

Criminal Code

442.[Amendment]

Shipping Conferences Exemption Act, 1987

443.[Amendment]

Coming into Force

Sections 410, 429 and 442*444.Sections 410, 429 and 442 come into force one year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent.*[Note: Sections 410, 429 and 442 in force March 12, 2010.]

PART 13INVESTMENT CANADA ACTAmendments to the Act

445.[Amendment]

446.[Amendment]

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448.[Amendments]

449.[Amendment]

450.[Amendment]

451.[Amendment]

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456.[Amendment]

457.[Amendments]

458.[Amendments]

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461.[Amendment]

462.[Amendments]

Transitional Provisions

463.[Transitional Provision]

464.[Transitional Provision]

Coming into Force

February 6, 2009465.(1)Sections 445, 447 and 453 to 456, subsections 457(1) to (4), section 460 and subsections 462(1), (3), (4) and (6) are deemed to have come into force on February 6, 2009.Subsections 448(1) and (2)*(2)Subsections 448(1) and (2) come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.*[Note: Subsections 448(1) and (2) not in force.]

PART 14CANADA TRANSPORTATION ACTAmendments to the Act

466.[Amendment]

467.[Amendment]

Coming into Force

Order in council*468.Sections 466 and 467 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport.*[Note: Sections 466 and 467 not in force.]

PART 15AIR CANADA PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ACTAmendments to the Act

469.[Amendments]

Transitional Provisions

470.[Transitional Provision]

Coming into Force

Order in council*471.Sections 469 and 470 come into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance.**[Note: Sections 469 and 470 not in force.]

SCHEDULE 1(Section 127)[Amendment]SCHEDULE 2(Section 170)[Amendment]SCHEDULE 3(Section 213)[Amendment]SCHEDULE 4(Section 215)[Amendment]SCHEDULE 5(Section 218)[Amendment]SCHEDULE 6(Subsection 220(1))[Amendment]SCHEDULE 7(Subsection 220(2))[Amendment]SCHEDULE 8(Subsection 224(1))[Amendment]SCHEDULE 9(Subsection 224(2))[Amendment]SCHEDULE 10(Section 225)Column 1Column 2Number of Hours of Insurable EmploymentNumber of Weeks of Benefits420–45415455–48915490–52416525–55916560–59417595–62917630–66418665–69918700–73419735–76919770–80420805–83920840–87421875–90921910–94422945–97922980–1,014231,015–1,049231,050–1,084241,085–1,119241,120–1,154251,155–1,189251,190–1,224261,225–1,259261,260–1,294271,295–1,329271,330–1,364281,365–1,399281,400–1,434291,435–1,469301,470–1,504311,505–1,539321,540–1,574331,575–1,609341,610–1,644351,645–1,679361,680–1,714371,715–1,749381,750–1,784391,785–1,819401,820 or more41SCHEDULE 11(Section 393)[See Expenditure Restraint Act]RELATED PROVISIONS — 2009, c. 30, s. 3

Subsection 55(7) of regulations3.Despite section 225 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2009, if a claimant is a claimant referred to in subsection 55(7) of the Employment Insurance Regulations who was paid less than 36 weeks of regular benefits in the 260 weeks before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period and that benefit period was established during the period that begins on January 4, 2009 and ends on June 5, 2010, the number of weeks of benefits in Schedule 10 to that Act that apply in respect of that claimant is deemed to be the number of weeks that would otherwise apply in respect of the claimant but for this section increased by(a)5 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 7 of the 10 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(b)8 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 8 of the 11 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(c)11 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 9 of the 12 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(d)14 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 10 of the 13 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(e)17 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 11 of the 14 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period; or(f)20 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in at least 12 of the 15 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period.

— 2009, c. 30, s. 4

Subsection 55(7) of regulations4.Despite section 225 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2009, if a claimant is a claimant referred to in subsection 55(7) of the Employment Insurance Regulations who was paid less than 36 weeks of regular benefits in the 260 weeks before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period and that benefit period was established during the period that begins on June 6, 2010 and ends on July 10, 2010, the number of weeks of benefits in Schedule 10 to that Act that apply in respect of that claimant is deemed to be the number of weeks that would otherwise apply in respect of the claimant but for this section increased by(a)3 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 8 of the 11 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(b)6 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 9 of the 12 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(c)9 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 10 of the 13 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(d)12 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 11 of the 14 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period; or(e)15 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in at least 12 of the 15 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period.

— 2009, c. 30, s. 5

Subsection 55(7) of regulations5.Despite section 225 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2009, if a claimant is a claimant referred to in subsection 55(7) of the Employment Insurance Regulations who was paid less than 36 weeks of regular benefits in the 260 weeks before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period and that benefit period was established during the period that begins on July 11, 2010 and ends on August 7, 2010, the number of weeks of benefits in Schedule 10 to that Act that apply in respect of that claimant is deemed to be the number of weeks that would otherwise apply in respect of the claimant but for this section increased by(a)1 week, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 9 of the 12 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(b)4 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 10 of the 13 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period;(c)7 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 11 of the 14 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period; or(d)10 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in at least 12 of the 15 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period.

— 2009, c. 30, s. 6

Subsection 55(7) of regulations6.Despite section 225 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2009, if a claimant is a claimant referred to in subsection 55(7) of the Employment Insurance Regulations who was paid less than 36 weeks of regular benefits in the 260 weeks before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period and that benefit period was established during the period that begins on August 8, 2010 and ends on September 11, 2010, the number of weeks of benefits in Schedule 10 to that Act that apply in respect of that claimant is deemed to be the number of weeks that would otherwise apply in respect of the claimant but for this section increased by(a)2 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 11 of the 14 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period; or(b)5 weeks, if the claimant contributed at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in at least 12 of the 15 years before the beginning of the claimant’s benefit period.

— 2009, c. 30, s. 7

Subsection 55(10) of regulations7.With respect to a claimant to whom any of sections 3 to 6 applies whose benefit period has not been extended under any of subsections 10(13) to (13.3) of the Employment Insurance Act, subsection 55(10) of the Employment Insurance Regulations is deemed to read as follows:(10)In a claimant’s benefit period, a claimant who is not in Canada or a claimant referred to in subsection (8), subject to the applicable maximums set out in paragraphs (7)(a) and (b), may combine the weeks of benefits to which the claimant is entitled, but the total number of weeks of benefits shall not exceed 50 or, if the maximum number of weeks during which benefits may be paid to a claimant under section 225 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2009 is equal to or greater than 50 weeks as a result of the application of any provision of any Act of Parliament, other than the Employment Insurance Act, the number that corresponds to that maximum number of weeks.