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Jobs & the Economy

Part-Time, Contract, & Gig Workers platforms

Here's what the 2021 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal
Introduce a new EI benefit for self-employed Canadians, delivered through the tax system, providing unemployment assistance comparable to EI & lasting for up to 26 weeks.

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Introduce a new EI benefit for self-employed Canadians, delivered through the tax system, that would provide unemployment assistance comparable to EI and lasting for as much as 26 weeks. This could provide support of nearly $15,500 when it is needed most.

Self-employed Canadians seeking to access this benefit would only be responsible to contribute the portion they would normally pay if they were a salaried employee. Further details regarding this benefit will be developed over the coming year with the launch of this new benefit happening in January 2023.

Strengthen rights for workers employed by digital platforms so that they are entitled to job protections under the Canada Labour Code and establish new provisions in the Income Tax Act to ensure this work counts toward EI and CPP while also making these platforms pay associated contributions as any employer would.

— Forward. For Everyone., retrieved 2021-09-02

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Conservative
Require gig economy companies to make contributions equivalent to CPP and EI premiums into a new, portable Employee Savings Account every time they pay workers. The money would grow tax-free and can be withdrawn by the worker when needed.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Part-Time, Contract, & Gig Workers.

NDP
Require that part-time and contract workers be compensated equally to full-time workers.
We don't have any Green policies on Part-Time, Contract, & Gig Workers.

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