Pursuant to the order of reference of Wednesday, June 10, 2009, today we start our consideration of Bill C-280, an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act, qualification for and entitlement to benefits.
I want to thank our witnesses for being here, and the sponsor of the bill as well. We're going to give each of you a chance to speak on it.
Just before we do that, we have some housekeeping. You have before you a couple of budgets for witnesses, which I would like you to pass quickly. One is for a witness today and another is for a witness on Thursday. Could I just have a motion to accept these?