Quote Originally Posted by Suzie_Homemaker View Post
Isn't that part of having your own business? The need to do things yourself rather than have an employer do it?

You have to apply for EI yourself. You have to write receipts yourself. You have to stock up on business supplies yourself.

I don't understand what you think is unfair for self-employed women? Self employed men also have to do this business related tasks themselves too. What were you expecting when you went self-employed?
It was just me venting. Sorry to have offended you by it. What I meant is that I know of other mothers on here and in general who have been affected by getting pregnant before applying for EI or applying for it and giving birth before the one year we have to wait to make an EI claim. Which was why I specified women, not men. Because I was speaking about this in terms of getting pregnant while being self employed.