No government has taken a comprehensive look at the Employment Insurance system in decades, says federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough, and the time has come to do it. Gig workers ranked high on the list of problems. They're classified as self-employed so they don't pay EI premiums, and they're also not eligible to collect benefits. Are our gig workers actually employees?" It's a question that has not been addressed, she said, because no one was talking about gig workers when the Employment Insurance program was developed.

Source: CBC News August 09, 2021 13:01 UTC