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Scratch That: Tories Reverse Changes To Foreign Worker Program

Replacing Staff With Foreign Workers? That's 'Unacceptable'

Changes Will Sweeten Benefits For Parents


Why the EI Program Should Become a True Insurance System

03. 6.2013
The recent changes to the employment insurance (EI) system implemented by the Conservative government continue to fuel discontent in the...
Conservatives Set Dollar 'Targets' For EI Fraud

Conservatives Set Dollar 'Targets' For EI Fraud

Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press  02.25.2013
OTTAWA - Service Canada investigators have been given annual "performance objectives" to find $485,000 each in fraudulent or ineligible...
EI Changes Under Fire

EI Changes Under Fire

01. 8.2013
People on employment insurance now have less time to find a new job as the federal government reforms its rules on benefits payments. ...
Canada's EI Changes Now In Effect

Canada's EI Changes Now In Effect

The Canadian Press  01. 6.2013
OTTAWA - Contentious changes to employment insurance are now in effect.Beginning Sunday, people on EI face stricter, more complex rules...

Why Social Finance Is on Our Radar

11.22.2012
Our Government has a commitment to explore social finance in Canada. Broadly speaking, social finance is an emerging field in a number...
Entire Foreign Worker Program Under Review

Entire Foreign Worker Program Under Review

James Keller, The Canadian Press  11. 8.2012
VANCOUVER - Controversial plans to hire 201 Chinese workers at a proposed mine in northern British Columbia have prompted Ottawa to announce...

On Second Thought..

The Canadian Press  10. 6.2012
OTTAWA - The Harper government has quietly relented in the face of bruising criticism that changes it recently made to Employment Insurance...
Finley: I'm Not Handing Over EI To The Parti Quebecois

Finley: I'm Not Handing Over EI To The Parti Quebecois

Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press  09. 5.2012
OTTAWA - The federal minister who will likely be the first to face any separatist pressure from Quebec's new government is already brushing...
Feds Aim To Put People With Disabilities To Work

Feds Aim To Put People With Disabilities To Work

The Canadian Press  07.29.2012
OTTAWA - The federal government is putting together a task force to figure out how to get more people with disabilities employed in meaningful...
Chill Out: Details On EI Changes Coming 'Soon'

Chill Out: Details On EI Changes Coming 'Soon'

05.18.2012
Human Resources Minister Diane Finley won't confirm whether planned changes to Employment Insurance will target repeat users,...
Flaherty Expects Huge Savings To Old Age Security

Flaherty Expects Huge Savings To Old Age Security

05.14.2012
The Conservatives' planned changes to Old Age Security will save Canada anywhere from $10 to $12 billion, Finance Minister...
Tories To Speed Up Foreign Worker Applications

Tories To Speed Up Foreign Worker Applications

04.25.2012
Human Resources Minister Diane Finley said Wednesday that the changes being made by the federal government to the temporary foreign worker...
Students Slam Replacement Of Youth Job Centres With Website

Students Slam Replacement Of Youth Job Centres With Website

03.28.2012
Jessica McCormick worked at the Service Canada Centre for Youth in Sydney, N.S., for three summers. This year,...
Retirement Age Hike Won't Happen This Decade, Finley Hints

Retirement Age Hike Won't Happen This Decade, Finley Hints

Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press  03. 1.2012
OTTAWA - Canada's relatively sound fiscal shape means it will not have to ratchet up the retirement age within the space of 10 years, Human...
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