April’s employment numbers tell a very different story about Canada’s economy than the one delivered by Joe Oliver to Canadians when he presented the 2015 Federal Budget earlier that month. The jobs market is still stuck in the ditch. Youth unemployment jumped to 13.6% last month, with the underemployment rate for young workers elevated to 29%. Compared to just a…
The whole point of Canada’s system of Employment Insurance (EI) is to support workers through periods of temporary lay-off or inability to work, including sickness, maternity, parental, and compassionate leave. It’s an insurance system that pays for itself through contributions from both employers and employees. EI is especially critical for women since we are more likely to be supporting a family on our own.…
Employment Insurance is failing unemployed workers in Canada
July 17, 2014
Hassan Yussuff, the President of the Canadian Labour Congress, says that Employment Insurance is failing unemployed workers in Canada, and those that pay into the program don’t have enough say about how the money is spent. Yussuff was commenting on the Supreme Court ruling over the elimination of $57 Billion from the EI Account. The EI fund built up a…
CLC criticizes freeze on EI premiums – Georgetti says it’s being done on backs of the unemployed
September 9, 2013
OTTAWA ― The President of the Canadian Labour Congress says that the federal government’s three-year freeze on Employment Insurance (EI) premiums is being done on the backs of unemployed Canadians. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty claims that freezing EI premiums will help businesses in Canada to create more jobs. “This is a shell game,” says Ken Georgetti. “This government has given…
EI program failing unemployed workers: CLC comments on Statistics Canada employment numbers
January 4, 2013
OTTAWA – The Employment Insurance program continues to fail unemployed workers, says Canadian Labour Congress President Ken Georgetti. “We know that only 37.9% of unemployed Canadians actually qualify for Employment Insurance,” Georgetti says. “That means either there are roadblocks put in the way of people receiving benefits from an insurance program that they paid into, or they have been out…