The unemployment rate in Charlevoix is currently 5.4%. The unemployment rate has to be at least 6.1% for the criteria to change in terms of the number of hours of work people have to have and the number of weeks of benefits they get. When the unemployment rate is below 6%, as it has been for the past two years here, the criteria don't change. Whether it is 6%, 5%, 4% or 3%, even if the unemployment rate continues to drop, the same basic criteria apply. You have to accumulate at least 700 hours of work to be entitled to 14 weeks of benefits. That's the minimum.
On December 3rd, 2024. See this statement in context.