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 ...

Many Islanders have been waiting for weeks for their employment insurance claims to be processed and some have decided they can't wait any longer and have been looking for social assistance. Several ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...