Employment Insurance Program: Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. - Changes to the federal employment insurance program are fair to Atlantic Canada's seasonal workers, contrary to assertions by the region's premiers, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Let me be very clear in terms of any misinformation, there is nothing, absolutely nothing in our changes that targets seasonal industries or seasonal workers or requires anybody to leave their region to get a job," he said. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, accompanied by Revenue Minister Gail Shea, right, chats with Steve MacFarlane, master mariner at the Holland College Marine Training Centre, in Summerside, Prince Edward Island on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan Harper, who was in Summerside, P.E.I., for a funding announcement, said it's false to claim that the new rules the Conservative government have introduced are harming people who can only find work for part of the year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.