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Pushback on EI Changes
It has been a week and a half since changes to the definition of suitable employment and reasonable job search have come into effect. Already, a single mom in Prince Edward Island, Marlene Giersdorf, has become a symbol of the hardship these changes are likely to have on many Canadians in the coming months. When she [...]
Posted by Angella MacEwen under Employment Insurance, PEI, Quebec, unemployment.
January 16th, 2013
Comments: 4
Missed Opportunity for PEI Poverty Strategy
The government of Prince Edward Island has introduced a Social Action Plan to Reduce Poverty, found online at PEI CSS. This Action Plan follows community consultations, including face-to-face meetings and written submissions by community groups. The government of PEI seems to take very seriously a Social Determinants of Health approach to poverty reduction, and so [...]
Posted by Angella MacEwen under PEI, poverty, social policy.
May 31st, 2012
Comments: none
