Human Resources committee  Basically, it's an eligibility issue. Take, for example, someone who works in the Gaspé region or out east. I don't like referring to people as “seasonal workers” because there is no such thing. They are people who work in a seasonal industry. The worker who fishes for a living

Human Resources committee  The idea is precisely to encourage people. Most of the people I see don't want to receive EI benefits; they want a job. The skilled worker, the machinist who makes $20 an hour, is probably going to be recalled in four months' time by their employer, who had to lay them off beca

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon. My name is Hans Marotte, and I am from the Mouvement Action-Chômage de Montréal. If you were going to take away only one thing today, it would be this. The legislation currently deters those who know and penalizes those who try. Last week, I defended an individu

Human Resources committee  With respect to the Conservatives' 2012 reforms, that is true. I gave a number of information sessions to employee unions active in the area of employment insurance. They said it was akin to being given a bazooka without the power to fire it. I don't have evidence of that. I am s