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Will the green economy of the future work for everyone?
Ensuring a just transition towards a green recovery and a net-zero economy will require more ambitious federal action than is currently on the table.
Racialized and Indigenous workers are bearing the brunt of pandemic job loss
The pandemic’s tightening grip and government efforts to strengthen public health measures are impacting employment in Canada: we lost 63,000 jobs between November and December…
1.8 million Canadians better off with a higher EI and CRB floor
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Transitioning from CERB to EI could leave millions worse off
Pre-September 27 After-September 27 Details CERB Eligible 4,017,000 EI Eligible 2,111,000 EI worth $500 or more a week 789,000 EI worth less than $500 a…
More on who will be worse off in the switch from CERB-to-EI
This analysis has been updated following federal legislative changes. Read the update here. Please note we are unable to assist individual CERB/EI recipients with their claims.…
What’s at stake in the move from CERB to EI?
Count Count Eligible for EI 1,528,037 Get EI worth <$500/week 940,651 Get EI worth >=$500/week 587,386 Not eligible for EI 2,390,475 No EI:…
Canada’s job losses reach Great Depression levels. Here’s how we move forward.
Labour Force Survey key facts: In May, 2.7 million people lost their jobs and another 2.2 million had most of their hours cut compared to…
The unequal burden of COVID-19 joblessness
Source: February and April 2020 Labour Force Survey PUMF, excludes self employed. The scale of this crisis is now being revealed in stark statistics. However, it’s…
An impossible choice: at least 540,000 low wage workers risk losing CERB if they refuse unsafe work
With provincial economies starting to reopen, we need to take a close look at the workers most at risk. Reopening is sometimes framed as if…
Workers in which sectors were hit hardest by COVID-19 closures
Further to my other work looking at who has lost either their job or the majority of their hours between February and March, in this…
Gender impact of Canada’s income supports
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Early Warning: Who’s bearing the brunt of COVID-19’s labour market impacts?
March Labour Force Survey Key Facts: 1 million lost jobs, but another 2.1 million had a majority of their hours cut.
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