There was a wonderful segment on CBC's The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti. She was in Newfoundland talking mostly to the men who had gone out west to work and the effect that it had on the family. She was interviewing the wives and the children as well as interviewing these men when they're forced to do that and then come home. It was very interesting. It's certainly something that we talk about because of the difficulties on family life around having to do that. Now when they're losing their jobs they need to be able to come home and access EI more easily.
On March 9th, 2016. See this statement in context.