They presented the example of two people who work for the same company, one of whom, Paul, lives in Larouche, and Marie, in Saint-Bruno. The company is temporarily closing its doors; Marie receives Employment Insurance benefits, but Paul does not. What happened ? In fact, even though both workers have the same number of hours of work on their record of employment, they do not have the same schedule of hours required to qualify. Thus, Marie needed 560 hours to qualify and Paul 595 hours. “It is aberrant to note that within the same region, one person qualifies in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent-Côte-Nord, for example in Saint-Bruno, and the other qualifies in the administrative region of Chicoutimi-Jonquière, for example in Larouche. ”
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