RECOMMENDATION

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations''.

SUMMARY

This enactment extends the period for the application of a provision of the Employment Insurance Act, changes the method of calculating the maximum yearly insurable earnings, exempts persons who receive certain special benefits from being considered as new entrants or re-entrants to the labour force, removes the reduction of the rate of weekly benefits, gives the Governor in Council the power to set, for the years 2002 and 2003, the premium rate applicable to insurable earnings, reduces the number of cases in which benefits have to be repaid and amends the Employment Insurance (Fishing) Regulations.