Employment Insurance News

WATCH: The release of the final recommendations of the Mowat Centre EI Task Force
November 18, 2011
EI Task Force Co-Chairs Ratna Omidvar and Roy Rominow join Matthew Mendelsohn in releasing the Task Force's final recommendations. More
The Canadian Club of Toronto
Opinion: It’s not in Quebec’s best interests to take back EI from Ottawa
September 19, 2012
In 1940, the provinces — including Quebec — agreed to a constitutional amendment putting unemployment insurance into Ottawa’s jurisdiction. More
The Montreal Gazette
EI changes to hit new workers in big cities hardest
July 10, 2012
People new to the workforce living in cities like Toronto and Vancouver are most likely to have to take a job they don’t want under changes to the country’s employment insurance program. More
The Toronto Star
EI Reform – Aiming East, But Affecting Ontario
July 4, 2012
Many perceive the “suitable work” reform to be directed eastward. But the regional impact of these changes will be most strongly felt in any place in Canada that combines a substantial percentage of EI claimants. More
Mowat Analysis and Opinions
Changes to EI leave the job unfinished
June 4, 2012
The federal government has undertaken the biggest overhaul of employment insurance in two decades but has done almost nothing to address the big structural problems at the core of the system. More
The Globe and Mail
EI rules are from a different era
May 22, 2012
The federal government is engaged in another of its policy cat-and-mouse games, hinting what it might do to change the way employment insurance works. The budget omnibus bill will give the government carte blanche to change the system by regulation, but to what end? More
The Ottawa Citizen
Why fixing what’s really wrong with EI won’t be easy
May 21, 2012
Reform runs smack into an essential flaw in Canada’s Parliamentary system. The 308-seat House of Commons is caught in a time warp, reflecting a Canada that no longer exists. More
The Globe and Mail
Federal study suggests moving EI recipients to areas with more jobs
May 17, 2012
A new study from the Human Resources Department suggests Ottawa is looking at ways to get people receiving employment insurance to move to other regions with more jobs. More
Globe and Mail
Budget bill gives Conservatives broad power over EI rules
May 4, 2012
The Conservative cabinet is giving itself sweeping powers to rewrite the rules on whether Canadians on EI can turn down certain jobs without losing their benefits. More
The Globe and Mail
Canada needs temporary unemployment assistance: think tank
April 17, 2012
Young workers, women, immigrants and urban dwellers are chronic losers in Canada’s Employment Insurance regime. More
The Globe and Mail