Canadas declining social safety net EI reform and the Budget Lars Osberg April , In May of , the unemployment rate in Canada was .

Perhaps its fitting that at a time when many policy analysts have turned their attention to the gaps in Canadas social safety net s spending is on track to decline from those levels over

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Canada Reframe Canada's social safety net as its social architecture so we can rebuild it before it crumbles report Just in time for the federal election, a new series from the Mowat Centre

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Included in this declaration was the requirement that the social safety net be introduced in Canada and it was but prior to April th these rights were not guaranteedCanadian law prior to April th , law was for the public good and individuals were made to sacrifice their rights and freedoms for the greater good of society.

Mind the Gap Repairing Canadas Social Safety Net with Human Rights million people in this country live in povertyAt least , are homelessPoverty and housing are closely connected and in Canada too many people are falling through the cracks of our existing social safety net, only to experience poverty, inadequate housing

Canadas social safety net including Employment Insurance has been dismantled bit by bit as part of a deliberate restructuring of our economy to suit the needs of business, not workersIt was a failed experiment, and needs to be reversed.

US social safety net has largely reinforced this work ethicIts framework includes a large role for employer provided benefits connected to public programs, policies, and workplace laws and regulationsThis social safety net, however, may now be at odds with the realities of todays labor market and trends for the future.

Canada's Declining Social Safety NetThe Case for EI ReformAuthor(s) Lars OsbergJune , DownloadCanadas EI benefits well below OECD average study.

Canadas declining social safety net EI reform and the Budget Lars Osberg April , In May of , the unemployment rate in Canada was Talk of looming labour market shortages dominated labour market policy discussions and unemployment insurance reform was not on the policy agenda.

Social programs in Canada include all government programs designed to give assistance to people outside of what the market providesThe Canadian social safety net covers a broad spectrum of programs, and because Canada is a federation, many are run by the provinces.

Canadas deClining soCial safety net Between October and May , , Canadians lost their jobs and the OECD projects unemployment to rise to in In this global recession, the weakness of Canadas Em ployment Insurance (EI) system has become a glaring federal policy omissionThis study looks at income protection