Federal Government: Employment Insurance Claims

employment insurance claims: Federal statistics indicate more than 91,000 New Brunswickers filed EI claims in 2011-12 and, of those, almost 38,000 were "seasonal" users of the program, people who use it every year, according to CBC. However, there are national figures illustrating how many people claim benefits by industry and The federal government says it can't provide detailed information on people who make repeated employment insurance claims in New Brunswick. The Department of Human Resources and Skills Development rejected a request from News for documents outlining a provincial breakdown of how many people in each industry claim EI benefits annually. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.