The only time I took work when I was unemployed was when it was under the table. I knew I would be looking for work in months to come, covering a pregnancy leave, in a line of work I never worked in for my sister's firm. So I collected EI benefits, past the limitation now for me to say it, and let me get me back on my feet. If I had said anything, I would have been cut off from employment benefits (sad term Canada has for unemployment), and my EI would have been given more time. So I gambled, they wouldn't find out, saved, and found work again?