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   EI beneficiaries fall in July for first time in 11 months   
      
      
   September 28, 2009   
      
      
   Sandra Guevara-Holguin, a counsellor at the Community Unemployed Help   
   Centre in Winnipeg, says she witnesses daily the pain the EI system   
   causes women scrambling to meet the demands of family life and the need   
   to have an income.   
      
   Sandra Guevara-Holguin, a counsellor at the Community Unemployed Help   
   Centre in Winnipeg, says she witnesses daily the pain the EI system   
   causes women scrambling to meet the demands of family life and the need   
   to have an income.   
   Photograph by: John Woods, Canwest News Service   
      
   OTTAWA — The number of people receiving employment insurance benefits   
   fell 3.8 per cent in July from the month before, the first decrease in   
   11 months, Statistics Canada reported Monday.   
      
   The largest declines were reported in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta and   
   the number of people receiving benefits fell by 31,500 to 787,700   
   nationally, the federal agency said.   
      
   Despite the July reprieve, the total number of regular beneficiaries   
   was still up 57.4 per cent, or by 287,400, above the level of October   
   2008.   
      
   "On the whole, we are encouraged by this report, and believe that it is   
   a reflection of the improving fortunes in the Canadian labour market   
   and the Canadian economy more generally," said TD Securities economics   
   strategist Millan Mulraine.   
      
   "However, given that the labour market remains a lagging indicator of   
   economic activity, we are likely to see only modest improvements in the   
   employment situation in the coming months, even though the economy has   
   began the slow process of economic recovery."   
      
   In Ontario, the number of beneficiaries fell 5.9 per cent, or by   
   16,800, to 266,800. In Quebec, the number of beneficiaries declined 5.3   
   per cent, or by 11,000, to 197,700. In Alberta the number fell 4.4 per   
   cent, or by 2,700, to 59,500.   
      
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