Statement made on 03 March 2009 by Senator Catherine Callbeck
Hon. Catherine S. Callbeck:
Honourable senators, my question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate.
Across the country, tens of thousands of Canadians are waiting to receive their Employment Insurance benefits. In Atlantic Canada, 30,000 people are waiting. More than 8,000 are past the four-week processing guideline. Many families need that money to pay the rent and to put food on the table, but some applications take up to eight weeks to process.
How does this government find it acceptable to have Canadians, who have no income, wait eight weeks for their EI to be processed?
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