Acting under legislative authority introduced in 2005 that gives the Canada Employment Insurance (EI) Commission the authority to set the EI premium rate, the EI Commission today announced the 2009 premium rate.

Bi-weekly columns from Canada's leading tax policy theorist. Exclusive to FP Comment. The NoPigou Club aims to counter the ideas of the Pigou Club, an informal assembly of economists and pundits who support the idea of raising gasoline ...

... Bill C-216, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (services to a charity or public authority); Bill C-217, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Canada Labour Code (compassionate care benefits for caregivers) ...

We need to make sure that employment insurance is there for Canadians when they need it. Similarly, we should change the Canada Student Loan program to ensure that all students have access to low-interest support. ...

In July, 492860 people in Canada received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, up 28230 or 6.1% from June. This increase was led by Manitoba (+21.1%), Saskatchewan (+18.8%) and Ontario (+12.8%). Every province except Quebec ...

Currently, self-employed Canadians are not eligible for Employment Insurance, including maternity or parental leave benefits. This is a failing of current policy, particularly for the nearly one million self-employed women in Canada.[2] ...

The number of beneficiaries is a measure of all persons who received Employment Insurance benefits from the 15th to the 21st of June. This coincides with the reference week of the Labour Force Survey for the month of June. ...

(CEP News) Ottawa - The number of Canadians receiving employment insurance benefits edged up 0.2% in August from the month before, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday.

Saskatchewan people continue to benefit from the strong economy with fewer residents receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, according to a release today by Statistics Canada.

One of the topics Angela, Yulanda, Nadya and I spoke about earlier today is the fact that self-employed entrepreneurs do not pay into Employment Insurance, but neither are they eligible for benefits, including maternity and parental ...