5/05/2009

Liberals undermine the unemployed


Coming out of the Liberal convention, Michael Ignatieff declared he was ready to put concrete proposals on the table to reform employment insurance. Hold the applause. The last Liberal reform, in 1995, transformed unemployment insurance (UI) into employment insurance (EI), and created the injustices that need to be fixed today. For instance, under EI, 60 per cent of newly unemployed Canadians no longer receive benefits, compared to only 20 per cent that were turned down under the old UI program.

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