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EI Recipients Getting Overpayments: Auditor-General

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2013 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Ottawa is overpaying employment insurance by at least $300 million a year, and fails to get millions of it back, the auditor general said Tue...

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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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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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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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Work In Tourism, Agriculture, Fisheries? New EI Rules Will Hurt

CBC | Posted 07.25.2012 | Canada Business
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While reaction continues to brew over Thursday's announcement about changes to the Employment Insurance program, P.E.I. Premier Robert Gh...

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Tories May Require EI Recipients To Relocate

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 07.16.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - A new study from the Human Resources Department suggests Ottawa is looking at ways to get people receiving employment insurance to move to ot...

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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 Collecting EI Dips Slightly, StatsCan Says

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 06.19.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits fell by 6,700, or 1.2 per cent to 552,800 in Febr...

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Unemployment Claims Up In 8 Provinces

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.22.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits increased by 2.3 per cent or 12,400 in January to...

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More People On Employment Insurance In December: StatsCan

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.18.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits edged up by 4,200, or 0.8 per cent, to 544,700 in...

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Canadians Waiting Weeks For EI Cheques

CBC | Posted 03.17.2012 | Canada Business
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The union that represents Service Canada workers has filed a grievance against Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Diane F...

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Number Of EI Recipients Drops In October

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.15.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits declined one per cent, or 5,400, to 541,200 in October.Statistics Canada...

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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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Canada's Employment Insurance System Unfair, Needs Reform: Report

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.14.2012 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - A new report says the Employment Insurance system is broken and needs a more transparent, effective and equitable national framework.The repo...

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Flaherty Misses Budget Targets, Promises Smaller EI Premium Hike

CP | Posted 01.08.2012 | Canada Business
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CALGARY - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty conceded Tuesday he won't be able to balance the budget in four years as promised after all, while at the same...

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Ottawa To Announce Job-Creation Plan

CBC | Posted 12.02.2011 | Canada Business
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The budget implementation bill set to be tabled in the House of Commons Tuesday will include a tax credit program for small businesses wh...

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Employment Insurance Payouts Down, But New Claims Up

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.22.2011 | Canada Business
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OTTAWA - The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits decreased by 24,800, or 4.4 per cent, in July to 535,700, the largest of...

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