Craig Kielburger says employment insurance was designed in another era for nine-to-five workers who are laid off Nearly half of working Canadians are now unemployed or underemployed due to COVID-19 .
For the self-employed in Canada’s gig economy, government relief programs with rigid barriers are forcing some tough choices. A childcare provider in Arnprior, Ont., agonized over reopening her shuttered home business to take in children of emergency workers on the frontline at the risk of exposing her family to the virus. In just three days, a Toronto makeup artist saw clients cancel appointments for the rest of the year […]
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