With the other groups, we always agree on 420 hours. You should be entitled to 20 to 25 weeks of EI when you put in the minimum number of hours. With 55% of your earnings and with the cost of living the way it is now, we have to get that up to 70%. The divisor at 20 is brutal. It really is. When you divide 20 into 55% of your earnings, that's way too high.
Like I said, max EI is a dream, but it's not a reality for many in the lobster pounds. You struggle, you go to food banks and you don't travel much. You just make the best of what you have.
Thank you.