A food delivery worker rides a bike in downtown Vancouver, on Dec. 23, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
Food Banks Canada says Canada’s employment insurance no longer serves the broader and shifting workforce as more people take up gig work or part-time jobs.
In its latest poverty report card, the organization says the labour market has shifted toward part-time, temporary and contract work, while EI only caters to a shrinking workforce that has stable, full-time work with a single employer.
