Human Resources Committee on March 22nd, 2011
Evidence of meeting #50 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was board.
A recording is available from Parliament.
On the agenda
MPs speaking
Also speaking
- Paul Thompson Assistant Deputy Minister, Processing and Payment Services Branch, Service Canada
- Éric Giguère Director, Employment Insurance Appeal Division, Service Canada
12:30 p.m.
Director, Employment Insurance Appeal Division, Service Canada
I will have to verify that point.
12:30 p.m.
Bloc
Josée Beaudin Saint-Lambert, QC
I would appreciate that.
When a claimant does not have enough knowledge to defend himself and must call on someone to represent him, that second person should be informed quickly.
On the matter of time frames, we have heard that it takes six to seven days to prepare a file. Do you think you can improve that?
12:30 p.m.
Director, Employment Insurance Appeal Division, Service Canada
When we prepare files we try and do that as quickly as possible, given the complexity of files. This 10-day standard was put in place to make sure a date was set for the hearing, and to try and give the person as much time as possible.
If need be, we can ask that everything be postponed to give claimants more time.
12:30 p.m.
Bloc
Josée Beaudin Saint-Lambert, QC
Since these workers do not have any income while this is going on, they want things to get settled as quickly as possible.
12:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Candice Bergen
Thank you very much.
Seeing no more questions from members, I will say thank you to the witnesses for being here. Thank you for answering our questions.
I want to speak with the committee briefly about our next two meetings.
Right now we are scheduled to be planning our disability study. For the first hour, we are scheduled to be discussing and planning the disability study. The adoption draft report is ready, so I would suggest, if the committee is in agreement, that we could take a look at that in the second hour of Tuesday's meeting. Then, on Thursday, I would like us to begin the disability study, even though we won't have all of the parameters.
12:30 p.m.
An hon. member
Is this next week?
12:30 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Candice Bergen
Yes, we're talking about next week.
On Tuesday, then, for the first hour we'd be looking at and discussing the parameters of the disability study.
Would the committee be in agreement to use the second hour for looking at the draft report on adoption? I think we probably need only an hour to get it completed. Then, on the following Thursday, we'd begin our disability study, if that's all right with the committee. That is what we had planned.
12:30 p.m.
Liberal
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Conservative
March 22nd, 2011 / 12:30 p.m.
Liberal
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Conservative
The Chair Candice Bergen
Yes.
I'm just thinking about next week, about getting ready, because we'll have to have a few....
12:30 p.m.
Conservative
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Conservative
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An hon. member
Are we in public?
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Conservative