The big thing they don't tell you is here in Canada complacency is valued above all.
If you don't have rich parents who put you through university and you spend all your time volunteering and doing other busybody work this effects if you pass the soft checks for jobs that provide nice things as a condition of employment.
Sure, every boomer says pensions come with a firm handshake, and everyone gets one, but the reality is only .gov workers and unionized employees get them, and in the unions case this means working at the same factory for life, or the meme union trade jobs.
Alot of the jobs with "perks" aside from basic coverage employers are required to provide require certification and tickets too, so if your living paycheck to paycheck the act of saving up to put yourself through these courses and juggling life as a low income earner is not realisticly possible without EI or some support.
Then you find out about the student tax credits where lifetime students take a course to qualify as a student and get the perks of tax write-offs and 10% off on Tuesday, on-top of their usual tax breaks.
Also the whole taxation scheme in itself requires participation, what you get back every year and quarterly is income you can use, that you don't get unless you file every year, plus when covidgibbs and trudeaubuxx get handed out you are ineligible because you didn't do your taxes.
A cool thing is if you get fucked trying to climb the ladder, or escape poverty it can take years to get back to a position where you can leap, as this nation in itself offers no upward mobility if you dare play outside the lines or don't file every piece of paper perfectly.
Interacting with the .gov for ID and other shit is tedious if you don't have supporting documents or are "unhoused" to the point your inability to get ID/Bank account/address disqualifies you from all jobs except underground economy where you get ripped off and not paid for your labor, or the slave caste.