A new idea from AIMS would create a modern employment insurance system that meets the needs of workers and employers.

Here’s how the new system would work:

 

  • Payroll deductions would go into an individual Personal Security Account for each worker.

  • Individuals who lose work could draw benefits under a single national standard, provided they had contributed for a minimum period.

  • At retirement, workers would withdraw their savings to either add to their pension or to spend as they wish.

 

The system encourages people to find longer-term work because they are spending their own money whenever they draw benefits.  Personal Security Accounts would promote productivity and flexibility and end a system that doesn’t work for Atlantic Canadians.