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EI Reform: An Attack On Fraud Or The Unemployed?

CBC | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada Business
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One of the most difficult things in government is selling a negative. Ask any cabinet minister or MP who's tried to convince voters of the benefits of...

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WATCH: Harper Points The Finger At Unions

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada Politics
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RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says unions are behind a misinformation campaign about changes to the employment insurance progr...

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EI Reform Protests Sweep Quebec

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Business
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MONTREAL - Workers across Quebec and parts of the Maritimes gathered Saturday to denounce the federal government's Employment Insurance changes.Powerf...

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Harper Defends EI House Calls

CP | Fannie Olivier, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.23.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The union representing federal employees is asking the government to stop sending its workers for unannounced visits at the home of employmen...

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Knock Knock, EI Users

CP | Fannie Olivier, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The federal government has begun visiting Employment Insurance recipients at home as part of an "examination" being conducted while the progr...

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Canada's EI Changes Now In Effect

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.08.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Contentious changes to employment insurance are now in effect.Beginning Sunday, people on EI face stricter, more complex rules for keeping th...

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Happy New Year (But Not For Your Wallet)

CBC | Posted 03.03.2013 | Canada Politics
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Working Canadians can expect a hit to the wallet as they welcome in 2013, mostly in the form of higher payroll deductions. Besides the bil...

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On Second Thought..

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.06.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The Harper government has quietly relented in the face of bruising criticism that changes it recently made to Employment Insurance were punis...

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Wake Up, Harper

CBC | Posted 11.24.2012 | Canada Politics
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Liberal P.E.I. MP Wayne Easter is hoping the federal government will reconsider its changes to Employment Insurance after a report he commissioned sho...

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

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.05.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The federal minister who will likely be the first to face any separatist pressure from Quebec's new government is already brushing aside noti...

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Some Good News For The Job Market

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.23.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits fell in June.Statistics Canada reports 507,600 people were receiving EI ...

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Fewer People on EI in April

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 08.21.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular EI benefits dropped for the third consecutive month in April, down 28,600 to 51...

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Ottawa To Introduce Back-To-Work Legislation After CP Talks Stall

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.27.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The Harper government is expected to introduce back-to-work legislation on Monday after negotiations between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd an...

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Premier Says Feds Out Of Touch On EI Changes

CBC | Posted 07.25.2012 | Canada Politics
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The plan to overhaul the Employment Insurance program proves the federal government is out of touch with Canada's regional realities, say...

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EI Changes Like 'E-Harmony For Job Seekers'?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 07.24.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - A selection of quotes on the newly announced changes to the employment insurance program: "New EI changes are like 'E-Harmony' for j...

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Tories Crack Down On Repeat EI Users

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.24.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The Harper Conservatives came under fire Thursday moments after introducing new rules that would force the jobless seeking employment insuran...

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Tories Set To End EI Mystery

CBC | Posted 07.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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Human Resources Minister Diane Finley is expected to put an end to speculation about the government's planned changes to employment insur...

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EI Changes Won't 'Force People To Go To Alberta'

CBC | Posted 07.22.2012 | Canada Politics
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Federal Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield says the Harper government's planned reforms to the Employment Insurance program are not intend...

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Chill Out: Details On EI Changes Coming 'Soon'

CBC | Posted 07.18.2012 | Canada Politics
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Human Resources Minister Diane Finley won't confirm whether planned changes to Employment Insurance will target repeat users, but said th...

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Major Changes To EI In Works

CBC | Posted 07.15.2012 | Canada Business
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The omnibus budget bill making its way through Parliament makes changes to the Employment Insurance Act, including how suitable employmen...

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Number Of EI Recipients Holds Steady: StatsCan

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.20.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says 539,000 people were getting regular employment insurance benefits in November, virtually unchanged from the previous m...

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Rae Slams New Year's Day EI Hike

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.29.2012 | Canada Politics
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TORONTO - Ottawa is making a mistake in raising employment insurance premiums while unemployment is high, Liberal leader Bob Rae warned Friday.The cha...

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Number Collecting EI Still On Downward Trend: StatsCan

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.17.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits fell by 15,400, or 2.7 per cent, to 549,300 in September.Statistics Cana...

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