What are the parties promising on Employment Insurance?

Employment Insurance platforms

Here's what the 2025 Canadian election parties are promising.

We don't have any Liberal policies on Employment Insurance.

We don't have any Conservative policies on Employment Insurance.

Modifier les critères d’accès à l’assurance-emploi pour les chômeurs dont la perte d’emploi est directement liée au conflit commercial international
Déposer une réforme de l’assurance-emploi, qui en facilitera énormément l’accès et qui en bonifiera les prestations
Exiger que le fédéral éponge la dette de pandémie de la caisse d’assurance-emploi

Reduce the threshold for qualifying for EI to a universal 360-hour standard
Provide a minimum weekly benefit of $450

"[...] and increasing the benefit level and insurable earnings cap to provide a minimum weekly benefit of $450." — ndp.ca, retrieved 2025-04-19
Extend the duration of EI benefits to 50 weeks

Lower the eligibility threshold for EI to 360 hours or 12 weeks
Expand the EI Work-Sharing Emergency Special Measure to prevent mass layoffs
Raise the EI replacement rate from 55% to 66.6% of previous earnings
Create an EI Emergency Response Fund for workers affected by disasters, economic downturns, or industry shutdowns
Provide immediate payouts for disaster-affected workers, waiving standard waiting periods
Extend maximum EI benefit periods to 50 weeks nationwide
Set a minimum EI benefit of $450/week, increasing over time
Establish EI Emergency Response Measures, ensuring automatic eligibility adjustments during national disasters
Increase Maximum Insurable Earnings (MIE) to $94,000, aligning with Quebec's parental insurance plan