Section 153.7 — Employment Insurance Act: Payment

An employment insurance emergency response benefit is payable to a claimant who makes a claim under section 153.8 and who is eligible for the benefit. The Commission may pay the employment insurance emergency response benefit in advance of the customary time for paying it. A claimant who 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, remains eligible to receive the employment insurance emergency response benefit. A claimant who receives financial aid as a result of entering into an agreement referred to in section 63 remains eligible to receive the employment insurance emergency response benefit.