VANCOUVER—The federal government has signalled that changes, perhaps major ones are on the way for the country’s Employment Insurance program but the existing problems with EI that pre-date the current recession shouldn’t be ignored or forgotten, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
“EI pre-recession was riddled with problems including the exclusion of an increasing portion of workers and inequitable treatment of workers depending on their residence” said Jake Fuss, economist at the Fraser Institute and co-author of The Issues Facing Canada’s Employment Insurance Program.
