employment insurance

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.

The rate of eligibility for regular benefits from Employment Insurance is the lowest since 2003, the earliest year that there is comparable data.

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!)

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.

Amidst the plethora of media reports on "payroll tax" increases for 2012, there was little mention of increases in benefits.

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.

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.

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.