When John Hobden was laid off last December, he did what many Albertans are doing, he filed for Employment Insurance and pondered returning to school. He filed his claim to Service Canada and began ...

While the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) has ended, the Employment Insurance (EI) has returned. This time, the EI is giving a minimum of $500 a week, or $2,000 a month, for at least 26 weeks ...

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has completed its mission of disbursing pandemic money to millions of Canadians during the trying moments from March to September 2020. The Canada Emergency Response ...

Elias Lachance says the ability to mark ‘X’ instead of male or female on an employment insurance application is a huge relief. “It feels like I don’t have fit myself into a box,” said Lachance, a ...

There were times this month when Miranda Petrossi and her boyfriend were working four phones at once — calling Service Canada's employment insurance information line over and over, for hours on end, ...

Ottawa is disputing union assertions that the strike involving federal public servants is causing a massive backlog in new and revised employment-insurance claims, as the nationwide job action ...

The Justin Trudeau government has made the EI more accessible and generous with a minimum benefit of $2,000 a month for 6.5 months. Wait! There is more. While the Canada Emergency Response Benefit ...