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Employment Insurance System: Minister Of Human Resources

Canadian Employment Dept: Minister of Human Resources Diane Finley said the layoffs are part of a restructuring plan to modernize and improve the employment insurance system, according to CBC. Senior union representative Ian Thompson called the plan "thoughtless and badly planned out." 'These are mindless cuts.' Ian Thompson, Canadian Employment and Immigration Union Seventy-three workers at the employment insurance processing centre in Windsor have received layoff notices. The Canadian Employment and Immigration Union disagrees. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.