benefit period commencement date [ BPC date ]

commencement of benefit period [ benefit period commencement ]

benefit payment commencement date

(a) in respect of a claimant who was paid less than 36 weeks of regular benefits in the 260 weeks before the beginning of their benefit period and who, according to their income tax returns for which notices of assessment have been sent by the Canada Revenue Agency, paid at least 30% of the maximum annual employee’s premium in 7 of the 10 years before the beginning of their benefit period or, if their income tax return for the year before the beginning of their benefit period has not yet been filed or a notice of assessment for that y ...[+++]ear has not yet been sent by that Agency, in 7 of the 10 years before that year,

(b) the period that begins on the first day of an immediately preceding benefit period and ends with the end of the week before the beginning of a benefit period under subsection 10(1).

(b) the period that begins on the first day of an immediately preceding benefit period and ends with the end of the week before the beginning of a benefit period under subsection 10(1).

- That Bill C-2 be amended by adding after line 30 on page 3 the following new clause: " 4.1 Subsection 14(4) of the Act is replaced by the following: (4) The rate calculation period is the period of not more than 52 consecutive weeks in the claimant's qualifying period ending with the later of (a) the week (i) before the claimant's benefit period begins, if it begins on the Sunday of the week in which the claimant's last interruption of earnings occurs, or (ii) in which the claimant's last interruption of earnings occurs, if their benefit period begins on the Sunday of a week that is after the ...[+++] week in which the claimant's last interruption of earnings occurs, and (b) the week before the claimant's benefit period begins, if the claimant has an insurable employment at the beginning of that period.