Montrealers protest EI reforms

Montrealers rallied by the thousands Saturday afternoon to protest the Conservative government’s employment insurance reform.

According to CBC, the protesters marched from three different points in the city before gathering at Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles. 

There, they held several speeches before ending their demonstration. 

Protestors are concerned that changes will make it difficult to collect benefits, as well as the reforms effect on small fishing towns. Saying that communities could be torn apart by reforms and force residents to seek work elsewhere.

The reforms, which came into effect in January, require workers to travel up to 100 kilometers for work and accept pay that could be 70 cents less than their usual hourly wage.

STORY WRITTEN BY: CATLIN SPENCER