Traduction de «Revenu d'un travail indépendant » (Français → Anglais) :

27. Deplores the fact that some people’s patterns of employment are becoming increasingly uneven and insecure as a result of temporary work and the growth of short-term contracts, in some Member States, without decent wages and social security rights, as well as undeclared work, precarious, marginal employment and unemployment, and that the majority of jobs are difficult for older people to access; recognises that periods spent working, learning, caring or volunteering are complementary and provide valuable experience at all ages; notes that the increase in precarious employment also has an impact on the financial security of the curre ...[+++]nt generation and will thus impose a greater burden on succeeding generations; but points out also that many forms of independent working, self-employment, flexible working, part-time work and different types of temporary work can play an absolutely vital role in helping many older people to increase their income or secure an income, for example if they have caring responsibilities for their immediate family or friends;

The Writers' Union of Canada urges the Government of Canada in its next budget to increase funding to the not-for-profit arts sector through the Canada Council for the Arts by $5 per capita, effectively doubling the current annual contribution; introduce a copyright income deduction for creators, modeled on that used in the province of Quebec; introduce a limited back-averaging plan for the professional income of creators whose incomes fluctuate; exempt from taxation subsistence grants for creators administered by the Canada Council for the Arts; grant the Public Lending Right Commission's request for a budgetary increase to bring its hit rate up to a level more aligned with the hit rate established 18 years ago; support the Writers' U ...[+++]nion of Canada in its efforts to seek secured creditor status for writers in the event of publishers going into receivership; and extend employment insurance benefits to self-employed creators, and creators who work in paid employment to supplement their self-employment, to make them eligible for EI when employment is lost.

We support a pact for employment and social cohesion, a European action plan for employment with a view to boosting the social economy and local employment initiatives, social regulations for new forms of working such as tele-working and new forms of self-employment, the minimum wage, and guaranteed income.

The aid system referred to in paragraph 1 shall be limited to agricultural holdings where labour income per man work unit is less than 1,2 times the reference income referred to in paragraph 3".

Having said that, although self-employed may choose to opt into the program, once they have made a claim, they must continue to make contributions on self-employed income for the rest of their working lives.

I also want to mention that self-employed individuals will now be able to deduct one-half of their Canada pension plan or Quebec pension plan contributions on self-employment income.