TY - NEWS T1 - Tell Canada Don’t Be a Scrooge, Restore Migrant Workers Rights to Benefits CY - Georgetown, Guyanne PB - Guyana Publications Inc. N2 - In a surprise move the Canadian Federal government enacted a series of regulations that makes migrant workers no longer eligible for ‘Special Benefits’ under Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) scheme. The benefits included access to parental, maternity and compassionate care benefits while migrant workers were home in the off season. The benefits lasted up to 35 weeks, providing migrants with payments of 55% of their salary. While the government has taken away their eligibility for EI special benefits overseas, migrant workers will still be compelled to pay mandatory deductions from their pay stubs towards Canada’s Employment Insurance scheme. A1 - StabroekNews,  Y1 - 2012/12/24/ UR - http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/features/12/24/tell-canada-dont-be-a-scrooge-restore-migrant-workers-rights-to-benefits/ Y2 - 2013-01-10 JA - StabroekNews.com ER -