SD&G Economic News Update by Roger Sauvé – Cornwall EI recipients up 46% in October
Cornwall Ontario – December 22, 2009.
Statistics Canada reported that the number of people in Cornwall receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) jumped by 46% in October from a year earlier.
The number of recipients in the Hawkesbury region was up by a much larger 78%.
If you want greener pastures, don’t move to Alberta just yet … the number of EI recipients in Camrose skyrocketed by over 500% in October. The increase in Canada as a whole was 62%.
Roger Sauvé is President of People Patterns Consulting (www.peoplepatternsconsulting.com). Roger is an economist and demographer and lives in Summerstown.
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Oh but don’t worry, we’re apparently on the up and up according to our government.
Awesome story Roger! How do I get some of this EI money?
Hi Reg – Count yourself lucky that you don’t need to collect