Dr. Michael Baker at the Status of Women Committee

On April 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.

April 2nd, 2009 / 10:55 a.m.

Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto, As an Individual

The EI program does not provide job protection; I think that's important to realize. Job protection is dependent on provincial labour standards, so “freeing the benefits”—putting in a separate thing—isn't going to affect the job protection. The job protection is at the provincial level. It's part of employment standards there.

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