From UI to EI : waging war on the welfare state /

"From UI to EI examines the history of Canada's unemployment insurance system and the rights it grants to the unemployed. The development of the system, its legislation, and related jurisprudence are viewed through a historical perspective that accounts for the social, political, and econo...

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Main Author: Campeau, Georges
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2005.
Series:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Why UI?
  • The British Act of 1911
  • Developing a Canadian system
  • The UI Act of 1940
  • UI expansion, 1940-75
  • Vision under siege, 1975-88
  • Rights enshrined in case law, 1940-90
  • The system hijacked, 1989-96
  • Onward to EI
  • Case law in the neoliberal riptide of the 1990s.