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“There is widespread consensus about the issues facing employment insurance, but less agreement about the policy avenues to follow, said Frances Woolley, an economics professor from �Ӱ�ԭ�� University in Ottawa.

“Any changes will have well-defined losers, particularly if changes affect seasonal workers and high-unemployment regions, she said, while winners spread across the country aren’t going to be as loud.

“‘Whenever you have a situation where you have a well-defined group of losers and a diffuse group of winners, it’s a politically impossible situation,’ said Woolley, who has studied the EI system.

“‘You’re not going to be able to build political consensus around that. So what’s the point of having a review when there isn’t something you can build political consensus about?’”

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