An independent report shows Ottawa will collect $3.5-billion more in Employment Insurance premiums than necessary in 2015, a year when the Conservative government is expected to release a pre-election budget jammed with tax cuts and new spending.
Finance Minister Joe Oliver denied this week that his government is using E.I. premiums as a “slush fund,” but the actuarial report released Friday is fuelling criticism that the Conservatives are tapping into E.I. funds meant for the unemployed in order to pay for other priorities.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-collecting-35-billion-too-much-from-ei-premiums-report-says/article20587887/
Finance Minister Joe Oliver denied this week that his government is using E.I. premiums as a “slush fund,” but the actuarial report released Friday is fuelling criticism that the Conservatives are tapping into E.I. funds meant for the unemployed in order to pay for other priorities.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-collecting-35-billion-too-much-from-ei-premiums-report-says/article20587887/
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