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Extend CRB. Fix Employment Insurance
It's not too late for Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland to do the right thing and restore CRB. But with only days left before parliament recesses, we need to pull out all the stops to let our federal representatives know we expect them to do the right thing and bring back CRB and fix EI for good!
As you know, the Canada Recovery Benefit ended on October 23 leaving almost a million workers with nothing. COVID isn't over, capacity restrictions are still in place, bottlenecks and reduced inventory are still being worked out, and this instability has meant many workers are still without work or are still experiencing a significant loss of income.
Eliminating CRB has not addressed the real cause of the labour shortage that is caused by bottlenecks in the labour market and an exodus of workers from jobs with poverty wages, unsafe working conditions, and unstable hours.
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Join the call, hosted by Decent Work for All, on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
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Who to call:
- Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau: (613) 992-4211
- Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland: (416) 928-1451
- Your own Member of Parliament
Suggested Script
I am calling because the Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) is scheduled to end on October 23. If this benefit ends, hundreds of thousands of workers across Canada will be left with nothing. This shock will be devastating for workers and their families and destabilize the whole economy.
As you know, the economy has not fully recovered and in some areas of the country, COVID is still spiking. Ending benefits before all sectors have fully reopened punishes workers for circumstances beyond their control. I am calling on you to restore the minimum weekly benefit rate of $500 per week and to extend benefits until the pandemic is officially declared to be over by the World Health Organization.
I am also urging you to support meaningful changes to Employment Insurance, such as restoring the $500 floor for weekly benefits; reducing the required number of hours to either 12 weeks of employment or 360 hours; making all EI benefits available for at least a year; and eliminating unfair rules that punish workers for leaving abusive or hazardous jobs or who are fired by employers who abuse their power.
My phone number is: and my mailing address is: . I would like a response as soon as possible. Thank you!
