Chris's Posts

Ms. Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain, NDP): Mr. Speaker, instead of getting their EI benefits in a timely manner, unemployed Canadians are being told their cheque is in the mail.

But it gets worse. Now the minister is saying the job is in the mail. Sending out job alerts just does not cut it. In fact, it is all but useless when there are five unemployed Canadians for every available job.

When will the government get serious about job creation and fix the EI mess that it created?

Ms. Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain, NDP): Mr. Speaker, Quebec's labour minister is in Ottawa to talk about why Conservative cuts to EI will hurt provincial labour markets. Provincial governments, seasonal workers, municipal groups and local businesses are all united against the Conservative's short-sighted cuts to EI.

Ms. Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain, NDP): Mr. Speaker, Quebec's labour minister is in Ottawa to talk about why Conservative cuts to EI will hurt provincial labour markets. Provincial governments, seasonal workers, municipal groups and local businesses are all united against the Conservative's short-sighted cuts to EI.

Ms. Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain, NDP): Mr. Speaker, this House has only been in session for one week, and you’ll know that I rose in Question Period every single day in that week to hold the government to account for the consequences of their draconian changes to Canada’s EI system.  Yes, we raise these issues to throw the spotlight on the government’s failure to address the needs of Canadians, but frankly, we also do it in the hopes that the evidence we bring to bear will get the government to reconsider its direction.

Ms. Chris Charlton (Hamilton Mountain, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the secrets keep leaking out. First we learn that Service Canada staff have to make quota for cutting job seekers off EI each month. Now we hear that the Conservatives are trying to quietly change what constitutes a job search.  The minister keeps demonizing hard-working Canadians and changing the rules without even telling them. When will the minister admit that all of these changes are not about fraud at all but that she is quite simply hell bent on cutting EI just when families need it the most?