Comments on: Employment Insurance must be fixed http://blog.gokeith.ca/2009/02/employment-insurance-discussion/ The Blog of Dr. Keith Martin, Liberal MP for Esquimalt - Juan de Fuca Tue, 11 May 2010 19:57:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: CarlM http://blog.gokeith.ca/2009/02/employment-insurance-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-57 CarlM Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:44:43 +0000 http://blog.gokeith.ca/?p=469#comment-57 I like Sooke's suggestion, but why don't they just let people qualify for fewer benefits if they have fewer hours. It seems like it is an "all or nothing" model right now. I like Sooke’s suggestion, but why don’t they just let people qualify for fewer benefits if they have fewer hours.

It seems like it is an “all or nothing” model right now.

]]> By: SookeRocks http://blog.gokeith.ca/2009/02/employment-insurance-discussion/comment-page-1/#comment-56 SookeRocks Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:08:14 +0000 http://blog.gokeith.ca/?p=469#comment-56 Keith, Great question in question period. It was interesting that the Minister chose to not answer your question at all and throw in the completely irrelevant info that Campbell is OK with the Budget. Campbell's only OK with it because he knows if he says anything bad about the budget that Harper will pull the "Newfoundland Manouever" and take billions away from BC too. For your question about EI, I'd like to see the qualifying hours adjusted by industry instead of Region. As you know Keith, up past Sooke, a person who has worked his whole life in forestry or fishing isn't going to be able to magically find work in the high tech businesses in Victoria, yet EI lumps us all in together. If you are a young person working in fast food or someone with years of experience in the computer field - you probably don't need EI, but the fishermen and the forest workers do need it, and not just for 36 weeks that they are getting because they lost their job before this latest budget came in. That's my 2-cents. Keith,

Great question in question period. It was interesting that the Minister chose to not answer your question at all and throw in the completely irrelevant info that Campbell is OK with the Budget. Campbell’s only OK with it because he knows if he says anything bad about the budget that Harper will pull the “Newfoundland Manouever” and take billions away from BC too.

For your question about EI, I’d like to see the qualifying hours adjusted by industry instead of Region. As you know Keith, up past Sooke, a person who has worked his whole life in forestry or fishing isn’t going to be able to magically find work in the high tech businesses in Victoria, yet EI lumps us all in together.

If you are a young person working in fast food or someone with years of experience in the computer field – you probably don’t need EI, but the fishermen and the forest workers do need it, and not just for 36 weeks that they are getting because they lost their job before this latest budget came in.

That’s my 2-cents.

]]>