That's a good question.
We looked at the best way to make these changes. After examining the situation, we came to the conclusion that it would be much easier for claimants if we offered these benefits to the parents of critically ill children through the EI system. That makes it easier to combine other types of benefits, stacking, as we call it. This approach makes it possible to stack two types of benefits, where applicable. Not including this measure in the EI program would make stacking a lot more difficult.
What's more, the EI program includes special benefits to help people when they are unable to work. For those two reasons, we offered these benefits for the parents of critically ill children under the EI umbrella.