A poor response to bad job numbers and a weak economyPosted on September 15, 2014Principled officials in the federal Finance department will be chagrined to think some people might blame them for the Harper government's mangled response to the problem of excessively high, job-killing EI payroll taxes.Announced last week and characterized as a way to reduce the EI cost burden on small businesses, the new policy is a design fiasco that caps job generation, creates an incentive to lay people off and stunts both growth and ambition. more... See more text