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Activist Toolkit
| Some may not qualify for EI, others are on closed work permits. Ask the government to make sure they are supported. |
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News
Teuila Fuatai
| Qualifying for employment insurance based on your postal code is not working. Carleton University economist Frances Woolley discusses why with rabble labour reporter Teuila Fuatai. |
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News
Teuila Fuatai
| The Liberals' extended employment insurance benefits to regions suffering higher-than-normal jobless rates have reignited a debate around the entire program. rabble's labour reporter investigates. |
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Blog
Angella MacEwen
| The EI changes announced in the budget are largely positive, but many details are still missing, and some stinkers from Harper are left unchanged. |
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Blog
Angella MacEwen
| A coalition of community and labour organizations have come together to present their views on necessary EI reforms as part of the pre-budget process. |
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News
Laurell Ritchie
| The NDP and Liberals have both promised to repeal the Conservatives' 2012 EI changes. Can they actually do it? And where do the other parties stand? |
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Activist Toolkit
| The Public Service Alliance of Canada had created an information series on the the Conservative governments cuts to public services. |
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Blog
Angella MacEwen
| Joe Oliver's 2015 federal budget was superficially balanced, but under the surface are very real imbalances -- a generational imbalance, and environmental imbalance, and an infrastructure imbalance. |
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Columnists
Jim Stanford
| Jim Stanford explains why oil prices have fallen so dramatically, what it will mean -- and how Canada can learn from this latest downturn to build a more stable and diversified economy. |
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News
Katie Mazer
| Federal governments have recited the tired story of unemployed people and seasonal workers as lazy. But isn't reducing access to EI and creating a disposable workforce actually lazy governance? |
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Podcast
Redeye Collective
| Finance Minister Joe Oliver announced Nov. 12 that the government will have a small surplus in 2015. He didn't say that the surplus has come from deep cuts to services for veterans and the unemployed. |
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News
rabble staff
| Today, Prince Edward Islanders are asking cruise ship passengers to help defend the EI benefits that are so essential in a province that depends on seasonal work. |
