ii. For insurable earnings of $341 or more, a claimant will have to work for a salary that is more than 80% of the amount of his/her benefits in order for the new formula to be advantageous. iii. For insurable earnings of less than $167, the new formula is never more advantageous than the old formula. iv. This incentive to accept work therefore is only intended for the portion of the Canadian population with higher insurable earnings and higher-paying employment opportunities than those that usually exist in First Nations communities. As a more comprehensive example of the impacts, but also more disturbing, we wish to underline that due to the socio-economic conditions of First Nations communities that are already more precarious than in other types of Canadian communities, the changes to employment insurance will: d. gradually force claimants to turn to income security; e. cause impoverishment in First Nations communities; and f.
widen the financial security gap between First Nations citizens and the non-Aboriginal population of Canada.
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