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 EI beneficiaries fall in July for first time in 11 months 
  
  
 September 28, 2009 
  
  
 Sandra Guevara-Holguin, a counsellor at the Community Unemployed Help 
 Centre in Winnipeg, says she witnesses daily the pain the EI system 
 causes women scrambling to meet the demands of family life and the need 
 to have an income. 
  
 Sandra Guevara-Holguin, a counsellor at the Community Unemployed Help 
 Centre in Winnipeg, says she witnesses daily the pain the EI system 
 causes women scrambling to meet the demands of family life and the need 
 to have an income. 
 Photograph by: John Woods, Canwest News Service 
  
 OTTAWA € The number of people receiving employment insurance benefits 
 fell 3.8 per cent in July from the month before, the first decrease in 
 11 months, Statistics Canada reported Monday. 
  
 The largest declines were reported in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta and 
 the number of people receiving benefits fell by 31,500 to 787,700 
 nationally, the federal agency said. 
  
 Despite the July reprieve, the total number of regular beneficiaries 
 was still up 57.4 per cent, or by 287,400, above the level of October 
 2008. 
  
 "On the whole, we are encouraged by this report, and believe that it is 
 a reflection of the improving fortunes in the Canadian labour market 
 and the Canadian economy more generally," said TD Securities economics 
 strategist Millan Mulraine. 
  
 "However, given that the labour market remains a lagging indicator of 
 economic activity, we are likely to see only modest improvements in the 
 employment situation in the coming months, even though the economy has 
 began the slow process of economic recovery." 
  
 In Ontario, the number of beneficiaries fell 5.9 per cent, or by 
 16,800, to 266,800. In Quebec, the number of beneficiaries declined 5.3 
 per cent, or by 11,000, to 197,700. In Alberta the number fell 4.4 per 
 cent, or by 2,700, to 59,500. 
  
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