2:11 Advocates demand federal party leaders make unemployment insurance easier to access The employment insurance system is set for another round of pandemic-related changes that come into force on ...

Employment insurance (EI) is the modern name for Unemployment, which makes about as much sense as the Act itself, since you need it when you are unemployed. While most employed people pay into EI, it ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic escalated last year, the country’s employment insurance program was largely shoved aside, unable to cope with a historic shock. For years, if not decades, the program’s ...