Mr. Chair, on another issue, I think it would be good to ask questions right away as it may speed things up in dealing with the other clauses later.
When an unemployed worker applies for EI, they come with their Record of Employment, which gives the officer the claimant's employment period. From that information, you are also able to see the employment insurance periods that the person has used in the past. Based on the criteria set out in Bill C-50, you need more than 7 out of 10 years or 8 out of 11 years, and so forth.
Based on the fact that we know the period when eligibility will start, January 4, have you considered what will happen in terms of the number of unemployed workers currently collecting benefits? Could you give us the result in terms of that number today and say how many will be eligible at 5, 6 or 7 weeks, based on your data?