Jason Kenney’s Critical Workers Benefit is a confusing maze with criteria that makes little sense and completely neglects some of the critical frontline heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. #ableg
open.alberta.ca/dataset/c3d814… 1/5
open.alberta.ca/dataset/c3d814… 1/5
Alberta’s NDP is appalled to see that non-profit workers do NOT qualify — these are people who risked their lives to provide food and care for ailing Albertans, and who gave back to their community, during a public health emergency unlike any we’ve ever seen. #ableg 2/5
As well, the Government has taken $35.6 million of the money intended for workers and given it instead to employers to help with administrative costs? That makes no sense. This money is for workers. #ableg 3/5
Alberta’s NDP continues to call for the UCP to:
➡️Lower the 300-hour qualifying threshold, one of the highest in the country,
➡️Extend the qualification period to include the first wave of the pandemic
#ableg 4/5
➡️Lower the 300-hour qualifying threshold, one of the highest in the country,
➡️Extend the qualification period to include the first wave of the pandemic
#ableg 4/5
And...
➡️Remove a provision requiring employers to apply for the program, consult with worker representatives to ensure all critical workers can access the program,
➡️ provide a transparent rationale for worker groups that are not eligible. #ableg 5/5
➡️Remove a provision requiring employers to apply for the program, consult with worker representatives to ensure all critical workers can access the program,
➡️ provide a transparent rationale for worker groups that are not eligible. #ableg 5/5
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