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Why have you not announced a plan for modernizing the Employment Insurance (EI) program?
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What changes have been introduced to this program? Why is the uptake of this program so low?
When the Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefit was extended from 15 to 26 weeks on December 18, 2022, the additional weeks of benefits were only made available to new benefit claims, meaning that claimants who were already receiving sickness benefits, or had an open claim at this time, were not eligible for the additional weeks of sickness benefits.
Why is the 2024 Employment Insurance (EI) premium rate increasing?
The Alberta government released an independent feasibility study on a potential Alberta pension plan.
On September 15, 2023, the Parliamentary Budget Officer released the report titled Overview of the Government’s Digital Service Transformation in response to a request by Senator Colin Deacon to estimate the financial cost of Motion No. 107. The report highlights that while the Government has made improvements, there is still inconsistency in the ease of access and use of services. There is also no centralized information on the total amounts that have been spent or saved on these initiatives, as the latter is not universally tracked across government.
Current status of the collective bargaining negotiations between Société des Arrimeurs de Québec and Syndicat des débardeurs du Port de Québec (Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2614)
What is the federal government doing to support early learning and child care?
Media coverage often points to gaps in worker protections under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program following an allegation of wrongdoing by an employer.
Why did the Government amend the Canada Labour Code to extend the equal remuneration protection to a greater number of employees in the air transportation sector?