Submitted By
Ed Stinson
Votes: 30
The EI system is broke. It is no longer an insurance program - it's an income augmentation program. It encourages people to seek seasonal employment and refuse fulltime work. As a result, there are labour shortages in areas of high unemployment.
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I pay into EI and I am not…
Submitted by Should be abolished on February 23, 2023 - 7:30 PM
I pay into EI and I am not even eligible for it , nor would I ever be eligible for it. Yet I still have to pay it. It should be optional add on , not required to pay
Working while in receipt of…
Submitted by Curtis Olof on November 16, 2020 - 1:16 PM
Working while in receipt of E.I. should NOT result in your earnings being deducted from your E.I. cheques at a rate of 1 to 1. you should be able to earn at least $250 CAN without being penalized, this way families stand a fighting chance of staying on top of expenses (which greatly outweigh maximum credits received from any E.I. claim). I think the current system breads laziness AND poverty at the same time. Also people who work OVERTIME hours should NOT be taxed at a higher rate for those hours. These are the people who are literally making the world turn, they should be rewarded, not penalized for their hard efforts.
Minimum income
Submitted by Bill Paley on March 30, 2018 - 7:51 PM
Unemployment
Submitted by MIchelle Teskey on March 28, 2018 - 7:59 PM
Why would one want to be a…
Submitted by Steve on May 17, 2021 - 5:20 AM
Why would one want to be a subordinate of the government to this level? and this would not support increased productivity in my opinion - UBI could be a dangerous thing for society.