That's correct. Thank you for your question.
Requiring any level of income earned in the year before is really problematic. It's delivered outside the employment insurance system. It's not primarily about labour market attachment; it's primarily about supporting families during a time of need. Families need that support, whether they've worked and made $65,000 in the past year or not.
One thing you could do is base it on hours rather than money. That takes the wage inequality out of the equation. If you would base it on the number of hours worked, that would be an improvement. Eliminating the requirement for labour market attachment at all would be ideal in the case of missing and murdered children.