EI Reform

Alberta Director Scott Hennig points to Chile to show how Canada's employment insurance program should be reformed. View the full debate on Alberta Primetime here.

By: Scott Hennig
Posted: December 18, 2009
Topic: Federal

Type: In the News

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EI reform

I strongly agree with the suggestion to take the politics out of employment insurance and make it a streamlined user pay system.

As a Maritimer I am certainly aware of a great deal of abuse. The federal government has used the EI system as a way to buy votes and distribute wealth to less affluent regions.

As a retired person who contributed for more than 40 years and never drew a dime I am appalled at the abuse. If the system was a user pay system the retired person could, and indeed should be entitled to a share of their premiums during retirement. The system could supplement their retirement income and take a lot of the abuse out of the system. A perennial benefactor would eventually see the error of their ways as the golden goose produced fewer and fewer eggs!

Let’s get on with it!

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