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Blog
Lori Theresa Waller
| Criticism of the Harper government's restrictive new rules for employment insurance recipients grew this week. Our labour reporter rounds up this and other top labour stories from the week. |
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Blog
Angella MacEwen
| It has been a week and a half since changes to the definition of suitable employment and reasonable job search have come into effect. |
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Blog
Lori Theresa Waller
| A recap of this week's top labour stories. EI changes kick in, proposed new global banking rules endorse status quo, labour strife continues in Ontario schools, and more. |
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Blog
Angella MacEwen
| Several key changes to Employment Insurance came into effect on Sunday. The EI program is about to get grinch-ier, especially for those who happen to have needed it more than once. |
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Blog
Paul Tulloch
| As we pass into the holiday season, Harper's cuts to EI will continue to heap more pain on Canadian workers as what was once a quite useful and efficient program becomes a shell of itself. |
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Blog
Angella MacEwen
| The rate of eligibility for regular benefits from Employment Insurance is the lowest since 2003, the earliest year that there is comparable data. |
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Blog
David J. Climenhaga
| How many of Jason Kenney’s legion of supporters are dogs? Or cats. (Mind you, you'd expect that sort of thing from a cat!) |
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Podcast
John Bonnar
| On Wednesday, members of the Good Jobs for All Coalition held an information picket outside of the Service Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada offices. |
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Blog
Andrew Jackson
| The significant changes to the Employment Insurance (EI) program which are to be quickly implemented through Budget 2012 with very little consultation have not received enough critical attention. |
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Andrew Jackson
| Amidst the plethora of media reports on "payroll tax" increases for 2012, there was little mention of increases in benefits. |
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Blog
Andrew Jackson
| Further to my post on the Mowat report on Employment Insurance, I looked up the most recent rates of unemployment for the 58 EI regions. |
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Andrew Jackson
| The Mowat Centre report on Employment Insurance (EI) released today will serve to deepen the national debate over Canada's most important income security program for working-age adults and families. |
