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Employment Insurance System

employment insurance system: Ottawa is quietly reversing a change to the employment insurance system that left fishermen with a big disincentive to work, according to The Chronicle Herald. The government now admits those changes were flawed and In the spring, the Conservatives changed the way benefits for fishermen were calculated as part of the broader reform of EI. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.