For 2017 onwards, the EI rate will be set according to the seven-year break-even rate-setting mechanism. This will ensure that premiums are no higher than they need to be to pay for the EI program. It's as simple as that. We have frozen rates for the next few years, but that's because it's a fragile world out there, and we have to be careful.
On November 25th, 2013. See this statement in context.