Mowat Centre Employment Insurance Task Force

Watch Arthur Sweetman on How EI Disproportionately Burdens Certain Groups

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Arthur Sweetman discusses how EI is disproportionately funded by people with low and middle income levels. Sweetman argues that EI has become a redistributive program that burdens low and middle income workers in stable employment.

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