My colleague, Jean Crowder – Nanaimo – Cowichan recently issued the following Op-ed which I would like to share with you. With the clouds of recession still casting a deep shadow over many Canadians, I hoped the federal government would do everything it could to help workers and small business. Instead, they’ve done the opposite. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘EI’
EI in Dire Straights
Monday, June 28th, 2010Petition on Employment Insurance
Friday, June 11th, 2010On June 7, 2010, my colleague Fin Donnelly, Member for New Westminster–Coquitlam, British Columbia, introduced a bill in the House of Commons to improve the employment insurance system. Bill C-526, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (special benefits), would amend the Employment Insurance Act by extending the maximum period for which special benefits [...]
Atamanenko Slams Budget Bill
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010OTTAWA – B.C. Southern Interior MP, Alex Atamanenko is extremely disappointed that the Conservative budget bill C-9 was adopted in the House of Commons on June 8th. “This bill paves the way for the privatization of Canada Post and authorizes the sale of the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. with no debate or public scrutiny. [...]
Background and Debate on Budget Implementation Act
Friday, June 4th, 2010On June 3, BILL C-9 – The Budget Implementation Act – was debated. Alex Atamanenko and other New Democrats argued for the need to extract non-budget items of business for full debate and scrutiny. Read Alex debating here BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE: There are several issues within the Budget Bill C-9- The Budget Implementation Act [...]
Employment Insurance
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Despite federal Finance minister Jim Flaherty hailing what he calls signs of Canada’s emergence from the global recession, the national unemployment rate stands at 8.2% at the time of this writing. While BC premier Gordon Campbell basks in the glory of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, a provincial government website states that “unemployment is expected to [...]
Atamanenko Pleased that NDP EI Concerns will Finally be Addressed
Friday, October 9th, 2009Many families can hope for more this Thanksgiving weekend says Atamanenko CASTLEGAR MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) stated Friday that he is pleased with federal Human Resources Minister Finley’s statement Thursday that the government will finally agree to the amendments to Bill C-50 that the NDP has been calling for – to ensure long-tenured [...]
Extend EI to Those Who Need It
Friday, March 6th, 2009OTTAWA – New Democrat Labour Critic Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain) presented a motion in the House of Commons yesterday calling on the Harper government to make much-needed improvements to extend Employment Insurance to the tens-of thousands of newly unemployed Canadians. “With more and more Canadians losing their jobs every day, we need a system that [...]