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.
The Conservatives [...]
Posts Tagged ‘unemployment’
EI in Dire Straights
Monday, June 28th, 2010Employment 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 [...]
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 workers [...]
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 can [...]
Speech to Budget 2009
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009SPEECH – BUDGET 2009
February 3, 2009
Alex Atamanenko, MP
Mr. Speaker, we have recently learned that the Minister for Human Resources stated that the Conservative Government has no interest in making it “lucrative” for jobless workers to stay home. I would like to challenge the Minister today to visit some of the forest communities I represent [...]