Somebody should be offering training so people don't wind up on welfare. EI is part of it, but I think it also has to depend on the education systems and a variety of other systems. But in the long-term, training is the only way we're going to break the cycle of people going into short-term jobs, then back on welfare, short-term jobs, back on welfare. There is no alternative to training, and training is rather appallingly delivered in most cases today.
On April 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.