You're saying that you are not opposed to employees receiving employment insurance benefits while they are looking for a new job. We are talking about families. One of the fundamental rights of workers in this country is to go on strike. On the other side, you have the right to lock employees out. There are more strikes than lockouts solely because when a collective agreement is being bargained, the employer can decide to honour the contract and wait a year or two without making any changes. That is the only reason.
However, if they went to look for something at the outset or they didn't give you anything, you would have recourse to lockouts more often, maybe.