I would say that it is something that definitely should happen. Canada does not have a long enough benefit period. But for women who are now disproportionately excluded from the employment insurance system, even though they may pay into it for much of their working lives, it's still excluding them. Five extra weeks that will not go to someone does not help the person it doesn't go to.
What's so interesting is that there is also a rider that says that people who would have been out of the paid workforce for a very long time—for example, someone who has been staying home and taking care of children for more than a year, for maybe two years or three years—that will be treated as a special situation that needs particular help, but not for the average woman who is excluded systemically year after year.