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Conservative MPs, union call for stronger Service Canada centre safeguards amid uptick in EI applicants

'Our main concern is to make sure they provide a healthy and safe environment for our members that will protect them to be able to do that work that is required for them to do,' says CEIU president Eddy Bourque.

Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen, left, and Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough. Two Conservative MPs have written a letter to the two ministers raising concerns around Service Canada front-line worker and public safety as more and more Canadians affected by ongoing economic shocks seek employment insurance claims. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

March 20, 2020

Visits to Service Canada locations that help administer employment insurance benefits are surging as Canadians across the country look to weather the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting opposition and union calls for the government to step up efforts to safeguard the health and s...

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