When I am If I were to be King of the Universe, every new mother would receive eighteen months of paid maternity leave at their full salary with no cap (right now, I think it's something like $1600/month as the maximum you can collect no matter what you make as a salary). There would be no maximum amount that could be paid out but for people earning less or no income, there would be a minimum payment (why not $1600/month for poetic justice's sake?) As well, every father would receive a month of paid paternity leave, also at their full regular salary.
But until that day comes, I'll head back to work tomorrow and think of Canada's $51 Billion dollar EI surplus while wondering, WTF is that for anyhow?
(Someday I'll detail my attempt to claim EI after a year of being a student, knowing this was totally against regulations and being totally shot down as expected – but at any rate, the story of my appeal hearing is a good one! 
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