The federal government has introduced legislation to extend some Employment Insurance benefits to the self-employed, human resources and skills development minister Diane Finley said Tuesday morning.

Deconstructing Dinner presents Palagummi Sainath, author of 'Everybody Loves a Good Drought.'In February 2009, Deconstructing Dinner descended upon Edmonton for a week of local and global food education. Every year, the University of Alberta hosts International Week, the largest annual extracurricular educational event on campus.

One of the silliest programs that we have in Canada is employment insurance.
It’s foolish for any number of reasons. Everyone who’s on someone else’s payroll has to pay into it, yet only half of the country’s unemployed are eligible to receive benefits. So it’s inherently unfair on that front. "Half"? It's more like 4 out of 10 don't qualify.