Freelancers will be eligible for EI benefits under new bill

Magazine freelancers will now be able to enrol in the employment insurance (EI) system and collect benefits, starting in 2011, if a new federal bill is passed. According to a Canadian Press story, the Fairness for the Self-Employed Act essentially extends the special provision of the EI system to the self-employed for the first time, including maternity, parental, adoption, medical and