Atlantic Canada: Canada

Public Service Alliance Of Canada Dept: Hundreds of Service Canada "integrity officers" are making the rounds of 1,200 EI claimants across Canada before the end of March, according to CBC. But the Public Service Alliance of Canada said the visits should be stopped in areas of the country where EI is an explosive issue like Atlantic Canada over concern for the workers' safety and civil servants making door-to-door visits to Employment Insurance recipients are trained to deal with confrontation and shouldn't be concerned about their safety, says the federal Human Resources minister. Human Resources Minister Diane Finley says EI investigators are trained to deal with confrontation. Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press According to Human Resources Minister Diane Finley, the employees are handing out in-person invitations to their customary job-search interviews as part of an audit being conducted while the EI program is being overhauled . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.