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House Hansard - 84

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 8, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mr. Daniel Blaikie (Elmwood—Transcona, NDP)
  • Jun/8/22 2:55:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when people lose their jobs, they count on employment insurance to keep their homes and feed their families while they look for new work. However, the EI system has been broken for far too long. There are more people who pay into EI that do not qualify for benefits when they need them than who do. After almost seven years in government, the Liberals finally tried to fix something about the EI system in the latest budget bill, and they fell flat on their face. When are the Liberals finally going to fix the EI system and do right by Canadian workers?
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Hon. Carla Qualtrough (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Lib.)
  • Jun/8/22 2:56:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are working very hard to modernize employment insurance. Quickly, when we got into the pandemic, we recognized that the EI system had not kept up with the way Canadians work. That is exactly why we are working to improve the system in terms of adequacy, in terms of access and in terms of the individuals who pay in and who do not yet have access. The member knows very well that we are working very hard on this file.
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Jun/8/22 2:56:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today the Conseil national des chômeurs et chômeuses is launching its employment insurance campaign. It highlights this government's monumental failure to deliver on its promise to reform employment insurance. The pandemic has shown that the current system is not working. For example, self-employed workers, freelancers and women are being forgotten. We need real reform so that workers have access to good benefits to make ends meet. When will the Liberals finally fix the EI system to help struggling families?
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Hon. Carla Qualtrough (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Lib.)
  • Jun/8/22 2:57:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the pandemic has revealed that Canada must adapt its employment insurance system to the realities of the 21st century. Our government is currently holding consultations on how to modernize the system to make it more responsive to workers and employers. We need to strengthen the rights of workers hired through digital platforms and establish new provisions in the Income Tax Act to include that work in the calculation of hours needed to qualify for employment insurance and the Canada pension plan.
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Mrs. Sherry Romanado (Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, Lib.)
  • Jun/8/22 8:55:33 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, my colleague focused on employment insurance. The government has made invested a lot in reforming EI. With unemployment at its lowest since 1976, I would like to know what my colleague thinks of the investments we have made in training workers and helping them re-enter the workforce.
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Context: House Hansard - 84 - Jun/8/22
Ms. Louise Chabot
  • Jun/8/22 9:03:42 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, my colleague is right. There have been no reforms, just the opposite of reforms really and the gutting of employment insurance. The government has hollowed out a social safety net program, reducing it to a mere insurance program that is essentially funded by workers and employers. The government even pillaged the fund to erase deficits and make cuts. Reforming employment insurance means fixing what was done and making sure it will never be done again. Most importantly, it means guaranteeing stronger, more equitable rights for everyone.
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