Come join The Many vs The Money counter-summit and day of action in Toronto

The Liberals expect our members, friends and neighbours to swallow austerity while they give handouts to the rich and big corporations. This budget will put 40,000 public servants out of work over the next four years. They let key funding expire, leaving care workers overworked and underpaid. They’ve left major gaps in EI, health care funding, child care, and long term care unfilled – but found the time to give wealthy people a tax break on private jets and empty rental properties.

The federal government is making three changes to Employment Insurance (EI) in order to support workers in the context of a US tariff war. These changes eliminate the one-week waiting period before workers can collect EI, stop severance and vacation pay affecting EI benefits, and make it easier for workers to qualify for EI. A more detailed description of the changes is included below.

The current political landscape has clearly demonstrated that Canada’s energy sovereignty from the United States is a key part of our economic independence.

Today, at CUPE’s Building Strong Locals Conference in Montreal, over 500 CUPE members from across Canada affirmed the Montreal Declaration. The declaration acknowledges the formidable contribution that the labour movement has made to building what makes us proudest to be Canadian: our public health care, public education, and so many more cherished public services. The declaration also sets out CUPE’s demands for a worker-focused response to the existential crisis posed by Donald Trump’s assault on Canadian workers.