Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada: OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits continued to trend down for a fifth consecutive month in March. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The number of beneficiaries was down 8.1 per cent compared with a year earlier. People line up at the Resource Canada offices in Montreal on April 9, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz It says the number of recipients declined by 1.0 per cent or 5,200 people, to 523,700. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.