This Shifting Gears progress report examines how well governments in Canada and across the OECD are doing in returning to fiscally sustainable positions.Read More
The Final Recommendations of the Mowat Centre EI Task Force
The paper proposes a blueprint for a strengthened national program to support the unemployed. Its recommendations focus on the architecture of support for the unemployed and the principles that should drive reform. Read More
Michael Mendelson and Ken Battle investigate the gaps in Canada’s system of support for the unemployed and propose to fill them with Temporary Unemployment Assistance, a new federal benefit.Read More
Ross Finnie, David Gray, Ian Irvine, and Yan Zhang chart the labour market outcomes and income sources of individuals who exhaust EI regular benefits. The focus is on individuals who worked for an extended period prior to receiving EI.Read More
EI and Unequal Federal Support for Low Income Workers
Jon Medow analyzes regional differentiation in EI weekly benefit calculation and the uneven federal approach to support of low income workers.Read More
This report from the Mowat Centre and the School of Public Policy & Governance at the University of Toronto, supported by KPMG, is intended to help facilitate informed, strategic, long-term decision-making in healthcare in Canada. Read More