Brigitte Sansoucy at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On March 23rd, 2017. See this statement in context.

March 23rd, 2017 / 12:50 p.m.

NDP

Brigitte Sansoucy NDP Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC

I see.

According to a report by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, improving parental benefits will do nothing to help lower-income families unless EI eligibility requirements are changed. It is a fact that fewer than 40% of workers currently qualify for EI benefits, and that percentage is surely the same for EI maternity benefits.

In other words, a mother who does not qualify for regular EI benefits does not qualify for EI maternity benefits either.

Is that correct?

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