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Workers groups mark Labour Day with push for changes in Liberals' throne speech
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Canadian Labour Congress President Hassan Yussuff speaks during a news conference about pay equity in Ottawa, Wednesday October 31, 2018. One of the country's largest labour organizations is launching a campaign to coincide with Labour Day to push the Trudeau Liberals for changes to the federal social safety net.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
One of the country's largest labour organizations is launching a campaign to coincide with Labour Day to push for changes to the federal social safety net.
The Canadian Labour Congress is hoping the government widens planned changes to the employment insurance system to provide jobless benefits to any worker in the country.
President Hassan Yussuff says the changes are practical steps the federal government can take to better prepare the country for future economic crises.
Congress president Hassan Yussuff says many workers and families would not have survived financially so far had it not been for federal aid like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit or the wage subsidy.
He calls the requests practical steps the Liberal government could lay out in the throne speech to better prepare the country should a similar economic crisis occur in the future.
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