Self-Representation 101: Use Case - Administrative LWOP Coded as “M” (Misconduct) Leading to Employment Insurance Denial. - 'Justice 4 EI Misconduct': Big Interview. Part 1.
Interview with J4EIM (Justice 4 EI Misconduct). Part 1: Case Summary, Origins of the EI.
This article documents an important use case that I believe needed to be formally recorded. For this purpose, a dedicated page has been created in the Self-Representation 101 series on my portal. That page brings together additional evidence and the full set of interview materials:
https://en.gorodnichy.ca/members/self-representation-101/lwop-as-m
As part of the Self-Representation 101 series, which I launched on my portal and Substack to support members who did not receive union support when addressing serious issues related to the vaccination mandates, I decided to conduct an interview with Matthew, also known as J4EIM — Justice for Employment Insurance Misconduct. One of the central issues faced by these members was the denial of Employment Insurance benefits, effectively treating them as if they had committed misconduct.
Matthew has investigated this issue in exceptional depth. In this interview series, he explains how a system was developed in advance whereby individuals who were formally given a choice by their employer — to vaccinate or not — were nevertheless treated as having committed misconduct, resulting in the denial of Employment Insurance if they chose not to vaccinate. What was presented as a minor administrative procedure became, in practice, a mechanism that automatically removed access to income support for thousands of Canadians, including hundreds of Public Servants and Union members who chose not to vaccinate.
Below is the first part of my interview with Matthew. It is one of the most insightful and concerning interviews I have conducted. I invite you to listen carefully, as it reveals how administrative processes were designed to bypass legal safeguards and how ordinary institutional actors were positioned to carry out decisions with serious human-rights implications, often without full visibility into their consequences.
On my other Substack, IVIM, I examine how, historically, people have been used as instruments of harm within bureaucratic systems, and I discuss the warning signs that allow such mechanisms to be identified before they lead to large-scale damage. This interview directly complements that work, illustrating how punishment for dissenting from policy decisions can be delegated to administrative systems — a pattern that history shows us carries significant risk if left unexamined.
Part 1 of the interview (30 mins)
(Sorry for the poor audio quality on my end. This has been fixed in subsequent episodes, which will be released shortly.)
Timestamps and references are provided below and in YouTube video description.
Examples of Records of Employment (ROE) illustrating the coding of administrative leave of absence as misconduct are provided in Appendix.
Deck: https://Justice4EIMisconduct.com/assets/(Presentations)/J4EIM-IVIM-2512.pdf
Episode #1: Case Summary – About the J4EIM Project & Employment Insurance (2025-12-11)
00:00 – Introduction: PIPSC, Employment Insurance & COVID-19 Mandates
Brief Introduction: About COVID-19 Mandates inside Canada’s Core Public Admin (CPA) and its relation to Employment Insurance (EI).
About PIPSC Mandates: https://en.gorodnichy.ca/action-tracker/national-issues/mandate-policy-grievance-update
Self-Representation 101: https://en.gorodnichy.ca/members/self-representation-101
03:03 – C19 Mandates: Member Grievance & Record of Employment (ROE)
Case Study: Reviewing an example PIPSC Member’s Grievance about COVID-19 Mandates & the Union’s Response re. EI & ROE.
About CPA C19 Mandates: https://en.gorodnichy.ca/electoral-platform/no-more-mandates
PIPSC Union Position: https://en.gorodnichy.ca/electoral-platform/no-more-mandates/unions-position
07:05 – J4EIM: About the Project – Justice 4 EI Misconduct (Our Case, People & Goals)
A brief Introduction to J4EIM: Who we are, how we got here, what we want & where we are going. J4EIM Home: https://Justice4EIMisconduct.com
12:10 – Case Summary: Fundamental Premises Underlying the COVID-19 Pandemic & Vaccination Mandates
A short Summary that examines What Happened during the Pandemic – and How Everyone Responded to the Emergency.
Big Idea: Companies granted themselves the right to break the law, merely by issuing corporate policy saying so. (Policy over the Law)
16:47 – Key Questions: Short List of Major Problems that Broke the Rule of Law & Violated the Integrity of our EI Program
Points at Issue: Our List of Key Legal Questions underlying our Case that we are asking the Court to Answer for all Canadians.
12 Points at Issue: read here
Admin Law (Vavilov): read here
19:46 – Root Cause Analysis: How did Employment Canada orchestrate this $13B Scandal & How did it Survive this long? (5+ Years)
How did ESDC Engineer & Execute their ‘COVID-19 Mandate Misconduct’ (C19-MM) Program? How did they ‘get away’ with it [so far]?
23:57 – Process Engineering: How were the EI Benefits Decision-Making Processes Changed Across Multiple ESDC Agencies?
A brief look at the EI Benefits Adjudication Process, examining how it was changed at critical points throughout the Case History.
Summary of EI Changes: read here
J4EIM Resources: Problem Summaries: https://blog.justice4eimisconduct.com/i/168756515/short-form-summary-case-explanation
28:31 – Impact of C19-MM Scandal: How Many Lives were Destroyed? And How Much Money was Denied to Lawful Claimants?
A short Summary of EI & SST Statistics, to quantify the Impact & Damage this Scandal caused to Innocent Canadians.
Big Idea: E.I. 1M+ Extra EI Denials, 65% More Often. SST: C19 Mandates Doubled the SST Case Load. 37%+ of All Cases were Denied for ‘Mandate Misconduct’. (We are Not a ‘Fringe Minority’ [with ‘Unacceptable Views’])
Impact: EI & SST Statistics: read here
J4EIM Podcast: Chapter 4:
Lex Acker: Financial Analysis:
32:11 – ESDC ‘Solution’: Considering How Big their ‘Problem’ Was (400K+ Claimants, $12B+ Liability), How Did They Avoid EI Collapse?
Big Idea: Long-Settled EI Adjudication Processes were ‘Engineered’ & EI ADMs were Incentivised & Coerced to Break the EI Act.
How? The EI Act was Overridden by a Secret ‘BE-Memo’ and Decision Templates that Miscited Case Law & ‘Abused Processes’ using Pre-Written Reasons + a Modified ‘Misconduct Test’ containing two Logical Fallacies.
Press Releases (Case Overview): here
Summary of EI Changes: read here
J4EIM Resources: Problem Summaries: here
34:41 – Censorship Attempts: Once Our Evidence & Arguments were Submitted, Someone Tried to Silence Us with a Fraudulent Confidentiality Order
Big Idea: When Considered ‘All-Together’, the Evidence & Arguments we present Somehow Threatens People in Power, who are willing to Break the Rules to Silence Us.
Censorship Attempts: read here
Secret Internal memo that instructed Government departments to by-pass normal legal process - obtained via ATIP
Appendix: Examples of Records of Employment (ROE) illustrating the coding of administrative leave of absence as misconduct
