Jan 2, 2012
Social insurance benefits increase for 2012
Andrew Jackson
Amidst the plethora of media reports on "payroll tax" increases for 2012, there was little mention of increases in benefits.
employment insurance
Nov 18, 2011
More on Mowat and winners and losers from EI
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.
Nov 16, 2011
The Mowat Centre and Employment Insurance
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.
Aug 25, 2011
The macro-economics of financing employment insurance
Andrew Jackson
The federal government has launched consultations on EI premium setting. This provides the opportunity to shift from an ad hoc system to one that is more fair to workers and economically rational.
Jun 25, 2011
Who holds the family purse strings?
Andrew Jackson
StatsCan has released an interesting paper looking at who controls the family finances in couples with one partner. It is a salutary reminder that one cannot just assume pooling of family income.
Jun 15, 2011
Incomes and the recession
Andrew Jackson
Today's Statistics Canada release "Income of Canadians" provides data for 2009 and a partial reading on the devastating impact of the recession upon working families.
Oct 5, 2010
The Liberals' Employment Insurance shame
Ten years after Pierre Trudeau's death, no issue demonstrates more clearly the moral bankruptcy of the Ignatieff-led Liberal Party than the treatment it just handed out to the Canadian unemployed.
Oct 13, 2009
CLC supports Bill C-50 but says EI needs reform
President of the CLC, Ken Georgetti, speaks before attending a House of Commons committee hearing presentation on Bill C-50 that would amend the Employment Insurance Act.
Oct 9, 2009
Bill C-50 a good start, but ...
Parliament should pass Bill C-50 to help long-tenured workers who have been laid off, but the employment insurance system is still in desperate need of more comprehensive reform.
Sep 24, 2009
Rebick: The EI reforms the NDP might support "suck"
Author and social justice activist Judy Rebick addresses the "Fix EI" Town Hall Meeting held at Ryerson University in Toronto.
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