employment insurance
The Prime Minister finally addressed independent workers, and it’s one step in the right direction
Andrew Cash: Until now, it’s been acceptable for employers and governments to shrug off any responsibility for freelancers, contract, gig workers
Three ways the federal budget will affect the lives of Canadians’
The budget addressed employment insurance, daycare and affordable housing and jobs for your children.
Why Ottawa’s program for funding job retraining needs to change
While Western provinces have been hit hard by lower oil prices, federal money for retraining unemployed workers has failed to keep pace
The unintended consequences of boosting parental leave
Changing EI parental leave provisions may change the season of births in Canada and the distribution of health, education, and development outcomes
The risk we all face but aren’t talking about
Getting sick is something we all face. But, what happens to you in such a situation depends very much on where you work and who you work for.
If you want to reform EI to boost hiring, go back to the 1990s
The Liberals propose dusting off an old EI-reform program that would avoid the flaws in the government’s Small Business Jobs Credit
The dangerous, misguided flaw in the small business tax credit
The Harper government’s new boutique tax credit makes it better for some companies to fire workers or cut their pay than to hire new ones
Why the new EI tax credit could do more harm than good
Reducing payroll taxes, like EI premiums, is good policy. Too bad that’s not what the Harper government chose to do.
Maverick Watch: PEI edition
When party discipline transcends federal-provincial distinctions
Dustin from Calgary gets results
The Finance Minister is listening apparently