In March, around 388,000 people received what are known as regular jobless benefits through the EI system, a slight decrease from February and down 27 per cent from a year earlier, according to figures published Thursday by Statistics Canada.
This is concerning, according to many social-policy experts, because the unemployed increasingly struggle to get regular EI benefits and the system is long overdue for reform. The pandemic also showed how the existing system is slow to respond to economic shocks and can be easily overwhelmed with claims. The federal government was forced to create CERB to quickly disburse funds.
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