Employees will bear a large portion of the cost of higher EI premium rates in the form of lower wages.
employment insurance
August 12, 2020
9:03PM
Some workers remain unemployed because the benefits are generous.
August 6, 2020
10:18AM
The rest of the country may not be willing to subsidize Atlantic Canadian seasonal workers like in the past.
June 25, 2020
10:40AM
EI benefits are based on unemployment in each of Canada’s 62 EI regions.
June 23, 2020
12:52PM
Albertans contributed $2.9 billion more to the CPP than they consumed in 2017.
June 23, 2020
1:00AM
April 1, 2020
4:17PM
For now, the new wage subsidy program will cost $71 billion.
March 27, 2020
2:50PM
Effectively, the CERB will now cost $40 billion, up from $15 billion.
March 26, 2020
10:38AM
The $3.8 billion program will provide up to $25,000 in subsidies per employer.