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 Should parents elect to receive benefits for up to 69 weeks, parents can share the total benefit between the them as they choose. However, no parent may receive more than 61 weeks of benefits individually.
-In either case, only parents who are major attachment claimants (i.e. have at least 600 insurable hours in their qualifying period) can qualify.  In other words, each parent must qualify individually, and one parent cannot qualify on behalf of the other. Due to Covid-19 claimants will only need 120 insured hours to qualify for benefits because they will get a one-time credit of 480 insured hours to help them meet the required 600 insured hours of work.
+In either case, only parents who are eligible can qualify.  In other words, each parent must qualify individually, and one parent cannot qualify on behalf of the other.
 The period during which parental benefits can be claimed begins on the day the child is born, or placed with the parent for the purposes of adoptions, and ends 52 weeks later.   The 40 weeks of parental benefit do not need to be collected in consecutive weeks and can be collected at any time during this period.  Like other EI benefits, the claimant will receive 55% of their average weekly earnings.