Jacked Up: Harper, Baird, Flaherty, EI and the Economy.
I’ll start with two separate paragraphs, from two separate articles (The first from the Ottawa Citizen, the second from the Globe and Mail: Baird falsely portrayed the Liberal scheme for a 360-hour...
View ArticleJacked Up: Interesting Take on EI
I just had to point out Randall Denley’s column from this mornings Citizen (second time in a week, he’s on a roll!). Just a couple of the highlights: The Liberals have taken a position that is clear...
View ArticleLeft Over: Plenty of Jobs in Alberta (Alberta!!!) says Emperor Steve’s...
Here’s good ol’ boy Flaherty warning Canadians that EI will be changed to reflect Alberta and Saskatchewan’s need for labour…as if the government was financing EI in the first place.. They aren’t –...
View ArticleCANADIAN PROGRESSIVE WORLD: NDP: Harper Created Worst Deficit in Canadian...
Apparently, the Official Opposition will not allow Stephen Harper‘s appetite for character-assassinating attack ads and propaganda to go unchallenged. The NDP has responded to the Conservatives’ recent...
View ArticleRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Canadian Government to extend EI benefits...
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with...
View ArticleImpolitical: Contrasts
Some policies like EI changes get the early Sunday morning roll out. Others get a full court press. You do the math on the why(s).
View Articlebastard.logic: The War Comes Home
900ftJesus has some important questions for the Privacy Commissioner re: the new Harpercon plan to randomly audit EI clients for *gasp* fraud, via taxpayer-subsidized bureaucratic fishing expeditions...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Harper Conservatives must back track on Employment...
By: Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union | (Press Release) | Mar 2, 2013: OTTAWA – Changes to Employment Insurance (EI) affecting thousands of seasonal workers and their communities must be...
View ArticleA Different Point of View....: Business journalists go on the attack;...
National business journalists and columnists have bought into Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s demeaning view that folks in the Atlantic region are backward and have a defeatist attitude. Framed in...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Extend EI coverage for all Southern Alberta flood...
by: Alberta Federation of Labour | Press Release: EDMONTON, June 25, 2013 – Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan has called on the federal government to extend EI coverage for all those...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Only 36.5 per cent of unemployed Canadians now...
by: Obert Madondo Statistics Canada reported last week that Employment Insurance (EI) recipients dropped by 2.1% in July to 503 900 after the Harper government toughened the rules earlier this year....
View Articlebastard.logic: The War Comes Home
900ftJesus has some important questions for the Privacy Commissioner re: the new Harpercon plan to randomly audit EI clients for *gasp* fraud, via taxpayer-subsidized bureaucratic fishing expeditions...
View ArticleRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Canadian Government to extend EI benefits...
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with...
View ArticleRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Canadian Government to extend EI benefits...
The Canadian Government announced today that Employment Insurance (EI) benefits will be extended to families of seriously ill children. It will allow parents or legal guardians of minor children with...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Murray Mandryk writes that any responsible government has to be willing to prepare for renewed restrictions on activity if the spread of COVID-19 requires it –...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Metta discusses how low-income workers have been barely treading water for decades even before the coronavirus collapse. The Canadian Centre for Policy...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: On temporary measures
It should never be a surprise to see the Libs talking about big progressive plans – particularly in the context of a mooted election – while making no effort to follow through on them. But it’s worth...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday evening. – Crawford Kilian examines the UN’s advice on how to keep school safe from COVID-19, while the Saskatchewan Medical Association and Saskatchewan College of...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Macdonald discusses the opportunity to transition from the temporary CERB to a permanently-improved income support system for Canadians – along with the...
View ArticleAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – As the Libs continue to stall on announcing a promised transition from an expiring CERB to a revised employment insurance system, David Macdonald details...
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