Thanks to all of you for your responses.

So, the followup questions are these:


she goes Fri night and comes back on Sun night


1) does - she say that she did or she did not travel the proceeding 2 weeks, out of the country (I ask, because I suspect the intent of the question is to check if one is out of the country during weekdays, not weekends or holidays?)

2) if she flies by air, she has to fill out a customs declaration card (actually, she can be one of 4 family members living at the same residence who fill out the form); can this information get through to the EI people, so that if she answers that she was not away the prior 2 weeks (because she was away only on the weekend), she would be "caught with a lie" and therefore be penalized?

3) with a land crossing, usually there is no form to fill out, so there is no easy way for EI to verify one's absence from Canada, whether weekend (or even weekdays?) - unless specially mentioned in that form where the individual has to answer whether he/she was away from Canada or not, the prior 2 weeks.