Section 78 — Employment Insurance Act: Maximum amount that may be paid under Part II

The total amount that may be paid out by the Commission under section 61 and paragraph 63(1)(a) and charged to the Employment Insurance Operating Account under this Part in a fiscal year must not exceed 0.8% of the insurable earnings of all insured persons from which the prescribed amount is deducted under subsection 82(1) in that year as or on account of employee’s premiums, as estimated by the Commission and set out in the Main Estimates tabled in Parliament.