The changes in employment insurance is to make sure it’s an advantage for people to be working, according to Saint John MP Rodney Weston.
He tells CHSJ news it doesn’t make sense for businesses to bring in foreign workers when there are people here out of work. He says it’s not a cookie cutter decision when making changes to EI, and every region is taken into consideration. When it comes to seasonal workers, Weston says EI will be there to help them.
He adds it isn’t new that when you’re on EI you have an obligation to find work. Weston says what’s changing now is people are no worse off by working than being on a claim.
