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There were 448,000 Canadians receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in August, up 9,100 (+2.1%) from a month earlier. This was the fourth consecutive increase in the number of regular EI recipients. Despite successive increases, the total number of regular EI beneficiaries in August remained below levels seen in August 2022 (-42,000; -8.5%).
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