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Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
absences from home |
out of canada |
job search |
Summary:
The claimant had been excluded from benefits after his first 14 days outside Canada looking for a job. The Board of Referees granted an additional seven days consecutive to the initial 14 days, in accordance with exceptions set out in section 54(1)(f) of the Regulations. The Umpire stated that the wording of subsection 55(1) of the Regulations did not allow this interpretation. He concluded that the claimant had exhausted the time frame set out under one of the exceptions; it was inappropriate to extend the time frame set out under this reason for being outside Canada.
