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Layton targets women in key Winnipeg riding
The New Democrats have unveiled a $1.3 billion plan to support the “sandwich generation,” primarily women who are caring for both aging parents and young children — a key demographic the party has been...
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NDP unveil ‘shocking’ stats that reveal EI service delays
OTTAWA — New figures obtained by the NDP indicate staff cuts at Service Canada call centres are causing serious headaches for some of Canada’s most vulnerable citizens. Internal call data documents...
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Leading small business lobby group urges federal government to come clean on...
OTTAWA — Canada’s leading voice for small businesses is calling on the Conservative government to come clean on planned changes to the employment insurance system to help ease some of the “mass...
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Employment Insurance reforms push ‘placeholder’ jobs
Memo to the Government: “Placeholder” jobs may pay some bills, but they will not prove the saviours of the economy. As part of the changes to Canada’s Employment Insurance program announced this week,...
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Federal government gives EI claimants chance to keep more earnings and switch...
OTTAWA—After weeks of pressure for clawing back payments to employment insurance claimants, the federal government announced late Friday afternoon that it was going to give those in the program a...
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Employment insurance overhaul will hurt some groups, critics charge
OTTAWA — The federal government’s sweeping employment insurance reforms — set to take effect in a few weeks — will devastate some communities and withhold EI benefits many Canadians rightly deserve,...
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EI cuts for migrant workers to save federal government $18M
OTTAWA — The federal government expects to save $18 million a year by cutting “special” parental, maternity and compassionate-care benefits to about 1,900 temporary foreign workers who aren’t eligible...
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EI reform and Senate expenses: What’s sauce for the goose ought to be sauce...
My first job in the newspaper business was in Grand Falls-Windsor, a central Newfoundland pulp town, in 1989. It was hard times in the Maritimes, with the collapse of the cod fishery driving many down...
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National Hockey Day back on Parliament’s agenda — for now
OTTAWA — It’s been tried twice before but maybe this time Canada will finally get its National Hockey Day. An NDP private member’s bill tabled Tuesday seeks to make the third Friday in February a...
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Marijuana and Target’s takeover of Zellers among policies to be debated at...
OTTAWA — The rejection of public-private partnerships, marijuana decriminalization “as the first step to legalization” and a foreign investment review of Target’s takeover of Zellers are among the...
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Missing hard drive included business plans, financial information and...
OTTAWA — A missing hard drive from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada may have contained more than the sensitive, personal information of about 583,000 Canadians. Internal emails suggest the...
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Blog: How to get suspended from your job at a HRSDC-contracted call centre
OTTAWA — Be careful what you post on Facebook: It may get you suspended from your job. That’s what happened to one employee at a government-contracted call centre after he posted a photo from his...
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NDP policy: Some of the resolutions the party passed
OTTAWA — Of 439 resolutions put forward at the NDP convention over the weekend, 38 were adopted as official party policy and are likely to affect the party’s election platform heading into 2015. Here’s...
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Alberta flooding unlikely to stymie federal plans to slay deficit
OTTAWA — On the hook for what could add up to billions of dollars in relief for Albertans affected by massive flooding, the federal government does not expect it to scuttle plans to balance the books...
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Harper government gets slap on wrist for ad touting job grant that doesn’t exist
OTTAWA — A federal government television commercial touting a not yet existent Canada Job Grant was misleading and a breach of the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards, Canada’s advertising watchdog...
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Feds report dramatic increase in ‘fraudulent’ EI claims to $160 million
OTTAWA – Federal financial documents show the government paid out nearly $160 million in fake employment insurance claims last year, an increase of nearly 25 per cent over the year before. But some...
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Taxpayers’ ombudsman monitoring possible service impacts from Canada Revenue...
OTTAWA — The federal taxpayers’ ombudsman says he’s keeping a close eye on a six-month backlog at the Canada Revenue Agency in resolving tax disputes and how more than $300 million in cuts to the CRA...
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Federal government spending estimates don’t include EI
OTTAWA – The government has removed one of the largest spending lines from its annual spending forecasts, saying Employment Insurance budget figures won’t be available until the end of the calendar...
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