Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David MacDonald examines how millions of Canadians could suffer from being pushed off of the CERB onto EI – both in lost or…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David MacDonald examines how millions of Canadians could suffer from being pushed off of the CERB onto EI – both in lost or…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jennifer Robson examines the lessons we should learn from EI’s failures which required a less-onerous and more-widely-available income support system to bail…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Kim Siever writes about the consistent choice of right-wing governments to use anti-tax rhetoric to goose corporate profits at the expense of the…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – As the Libs continue to stall on announcing a promised transition from an expiring CERB to a revised employment insurance system, David Macdonald…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Macdonald discusses the opportunity to transition from the temporary CERB to a permanently-improved income support system for Canadians – along with…
This and that for your Tuesday evening. – Crawford Kilian examines the UN’s advice on how to keep school safe from COVID-19, while the Saskatchewan Medical Association and Saskatchewan College…
It should never be a surprise to see the Libs talking about big progressive plans – particularly in the context of a mooted election – while making no effort to…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Metta discusses how low-income workers have been barely treading water for decades even before the coronavirus collapse. The Canadian Centre for Policy…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Murray Mandryk writes that any responsible government has to be willing to prepare for renewed restrictions on activity if the spread of…
by: Obert Madondo Statistics Canada reported last week that Employment Insurance (EI) recipients dropped by 2.1% in July to 503 900 after the Harper government toughened the rules earlier this…
by: Alberta Federation of Labour | Press Release: EDMONTON, June 25, 2013 – Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan has called on the federal government to extend EI coverage…
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…
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…
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?):…
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?):…
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).
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…
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…
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…
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…