By Fraser Institute —— Bio and Archives--September 19, 2019
VANCOUVER—Regular employment insurance benefits (excluding special benefits such as maternity benefits) automatically increased by nearly $5 billion in 2009 during the last recession in response to increasing unemployment, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.
“When unemployment increases, as it does during recessions, employment insurance benefits increase automatically, without policymakers in Ottawa crafting a new policy in response to the economic downturn,” said Jake Fuss, Fraser Institute economist and co-author of Fiscal Policy and Recessions: A Primer on Automatic Stabilizers.The Comment section of online publications is the new front in the ongoing Cancel Culture Battle.
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