Unemployed workers line up at Service Canada as EI applications spike

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Nearly a million Canadians have filed for employment insurance (EI) in a single week and long lines have started to appear at Service Canada locations in the Greater Toronto Area.

At the facility located near College and Bathurst streets, the line stretched around the corner, with each person trying to maintain some physical distance while waiting for help.

A government source tells CTV News Toronto 929,000 applications were received between March 16 and March 22. Normally about 45,000 applications would be received in a comparable week.

Source: Insurance Report (insurancereport.net)

 

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1 million applied for EI but 36 million were told their work is essential

Yup and no cheques for months. No rent or mortgage freezes, utilities still high, groceries high. Stop promising things way into the future. We are suffering now!

Must be tough fo people that worked for cash/tips trying to dodge paying income tax.

Tighten the belt, go through your savings, you don't need a handout, you need to spend more wisely WhatWeTellThePoor RaiseTheRate UniversalBasicIncomeNOW

There must be a better way than having them line up!!!

We are about to hire good Mexican workers in Canada cus we're too lazy to pick our own vegetables,fruits and herbs.. So unemployed? I'm sure they could find a job if they weren't shortsighte

And line will get longer and longer as Great Depression v2.0 depends!

coming SOON..pics of People standing..in WELFARE LINEUPS..sad..people who WERE WORKING..who don’t “qualify”for EI..their CHILDREN will ALSO have to be in line..as there is no DAYCARE..

I hope they stay at least 6 ft apart.

& SADLY jkenney told Albertans to LINE UP for WELFARE if they don’t “qualify”for EI..REALLY!?Some Canadians ACROSS the COUNTRY would rather STEAL then stand in a WELFARE LINEUP..making people swallow their PRIDE?Not good..

I hear the supermarkets r hiring for extra help.

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