Section 153.10 — Employment Insurance Act: Amount of payment

The amount of the employment insurance emergency response benefit for a week is $500. For greater certainty, if a claimant receives, under a provincial Act or any other provincial mechanism, a sum of money or financial aid of any type and in any form, for reasons related to COVID-19, the weekly amount of the employment insurance emergency response benefit will not be reduced or eliminated. Section 16 and subsections 152.17(1) to (4) apply, with the necessary modifications, to the amount of the employment insurance emergency response benefit.