It's an insurance model in Quebec, similar to employment insurance, where both employer and employee contribute. In theory that means that everything that is co

It's an insurance model in Quebec, similar to employment insurance, where both employer and employee contribute. In theory that means that everything that is contributed by employers/employee gets into that pool and only get spent back on those programs. And if you contribute to it that means you can have access to it, just like insurance. Most tax payers are also workers so this is pretty much the same anyway.