Human Resources committee  HRSDC does not have a relationship with the Mental Health Commission. I would suspect that you would find that relationship with the Department of Health, Health Canada.

Human Resources committee  The $4 billion that is there is provided for the enrichment and extension of the passive income benefits in EI as well as, as you say, training programs through EI and outside EI for aboriginal Canadians, for the older workers I spoke about, for efforts around getting immigrants'

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. As I've alluded to in previous answers, the Employment Insurance Financing Board has been created as an arm's-length, independent crown corporation. Its mandate is to set premium rates such that the program breaks even over time. What it means is that

Human Resources committee  If I understand the question, most provinces in this country have their own summer programming for students. As far as how it gets delivered and whether it gets delivered individually by cities or municipalities, I'm not sure I can answer that.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Even as the government has implemented and is acting on an economic action plan in response to a recession, it is also important to keep our eye on the ball going forward. We know that there are skills shortages even now in certain occupations and pro

Human Resources committee  Its role begins this fall--fall 2010--for setting the rate in 2011.

Human Resources committee  We have some estimates that in the neighbourhood of 190,000 workers will be able to benefit from that Bill C-50 change over the period during which it will be in effect.

Human Resources committee  That's a trickier question.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to have to find those. Principally, the funds committed to additional training and work experience programming are actually being provided by the provinces and territories, either through the labour market development agreements, which are relevant to EI recipients, or

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. To begin with, both in Budget 2009 and then again in Budget 2010, the government froze the premium rate for two years. That takes us up to this year. The Employment Insurance Financing Board is now in existence, and it will assume its responsibility

Human Resources committee  Yes, I'm able to provide some additional information about the work-sharing program. At this point, our estimate would be that there are somewhere between 150,000 and 160,000 participants in work-sharing, under about 6,000 agreements with particular employers. Over the period of

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. There are really two parts to this answer. It was Budget 2009 that first extended across the country an additional five weeks of benefits. We are tracking those numbers. As of this date, over 500,000 workers have benefited from that change. The estim

Human Resources committee  As I explained, you will find that in Budget 2010. There are a number of tables that have been provided by the Minister of Finance that will give you projections on revenues to be collected and benefits to be paid out through to 2014. Those projections on the differences do exist

Human Resources committee  Perhaps I can clarify what indeed Budget 2010 did say about EI premiums, the EI account. The 15¢ that you reference is actually a maximum limit that EI premiums can be increased in any one year. The budget does provide projections around payouts of benefits from EI as well as it

Human Resources committee  The legislation does set out the parameters within which the financing board needs to operate. As I said, it cannot increase or decrease premiums any more than 15¢ in any one year. It does, however, as is set out in legislation, have to balance the account over time. It has to be