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By Nick Fillmore, on May 13, 2013, at 2:09 pm National business journalists and columnists have bought into Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s demeaning view that folks in the Atlantic region are backward and have a defeatist attitude. Framed in disrespectful language, they’re promoting untested economic ideas that, if adopted, would seriously damage the economy – and the people – of the region.
Apparently it wasn’t enough for elite business journalists to applaud how Harper has made life far more difficult for many already struggling seasonal workers by cracking down on employment Insurance (EI). They are advocating the elimination of EI for all 102,000 seasonal workers, people who are employed (Read more…)
By Guest Blog, on March 4, 2013, at 9:13 pm By: Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union | (Press Release) | Mar 2, 2013: OTTAWA – Changes to Employment Insurance (EI) affecting thousands of seasonal workers and their communities must be overturned, says the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP). Further to the harmful changes, the government began making unannounced house visits to EI recipients this week. “The Conservative READ MORE
By matttbastard, on February 22, 2013, at 8:23 am
900ftJesus has some important questions for the Privacy Commissioner re: the new Harpercon plan to randomly audit EI clients for *gasp* fraud, via taxpayer-subsidized bureaucratic fishing expeditions (House calls? REALLY?):
What information are federal employees told to gather through house visits?
How is this information gathered? (silent observation, questions, questioning and/or observing people other than the client at the home?
What information is included on any reports given to HRDC?
What is the format of this information?
To what use is this information put? How is the information applied?
What privacy rating is assigned to this information?
Who has
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By Nancy Leblanc, on January 6, 2013, at 4:39 pm Some policies like EI changes get the early Sunday morning roll out.
Others get a full court press.
You do the math on the why(s).
By Pamela, on August 7, 2012, at 5:15 pm The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with a life threatening illness or injury to receive income support for up to 35 weeks. The… ..
By Obert Madondo, on July 10, 2012, at 7:01 pm Apparently, the Official Opposition will not allow Stephen Harper‘s appetite for character-assassinating attack ads and propaganda to go unchallenged. The NDP has responded to the Conservatives’ recent attack ad targeting its leader, Thomas Mulcair. The ad, dubbed “Stephen Harper’s Solutions,” focuses on the prime minister’s economic record. It lambasts the Conservative government’s recent draconian cuts to essential services such as Old Age Security (OAS) and Emplyment Insurance (EI).
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Please note: below the video, I’ve published a couple of Twitter responses to the ad. Enjoy!
The video is available
. . . → Read More: CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: NDP: Harper Created Worst Deficit in Canadian History (VIDEO)
By cityprole, on May 15, 2012, at 10:30 am Here’s good ol’ boy Flaherty warning Canadians that EI will be changed to reflect Alberta and Saskatchewan’s need for labour…as if the government was financing EI in the first place..
They aren’t – it’s financed by employers and labour…not that this has stopped any government from tinkering with the program to bolster their philosophy…
“That means we are going to have to encourage more persons with disabilities to work, more seniors to work, more aboriginal people to work, including young people. We need to get rid of disincentives in the employment insurance system to people joining the workforce.” Flaherty
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By jschrode42, on May 31, 2009, at 9:22 pm I just had to point out Randall Denley’s column from this mornings Citizen (second time in a week, he’s on a roll!).
Just a couple of the highlights:
The Liberals have taken a position that is clear and easily explainable… They want employment insurance, as we euphemistically call it, to be available anywhere across the country after only 360 hours of work. The Liberals believe 150,000 people would be helped by their policy, but the political benefit is even greater. The employment insurance system we have now is so complex and difficult to understand that any Canadian who fears
. . . → Read More: Jacked Up: Interesting Take on EI
By jschrode42, on May 26, 2009, at 9:53 am I’ll start with two separate paragraphs, from two separate articles (The first from the Ottawa Citizen, the second from the Globe and Mail:
Baird falsely portrayed the Liberal scheme for a 360-hour standard as one that would require a massive payroll tax. The Liberals said they would fund the move through general revenue.
“It would hurt an economy that is struggling,” Baird said in response to a question from Layton. “Those of us on this side of the House will not buy into that socialist scheme to raise taxes purported by the leader of the Liberal party.”
. . . → Read More: Jacked Up: Harper, Baird, Flaherty, EI and the Economy.
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