Jobless Workers: Unemployment Benefits

unemployment benefits: The target again is the Employment Insurance system, a program designed to tide workers over during spells of joblessness, according to The Star. Successive governments have already severely limited the number of jobless eligible for unemployment benefits. Now Ottawa is making it harder for those denied EI to challenge government decisions and Undeterred by the Senate scandal, Prime Minister Stephen Harpers government is quietly forging ahead with its war against good wages. To those without work, EI is a lifeline that they ve financed through payroll taxes. To the Conservative government, however, it is an impediment to the smooth functioning of the economy a program that, by giving jobless workers a brief respite, keeps wages higher than they otherwise would be. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.