Finance committee  The parliamentary budget officer has gone through the same exercise as us, but in greater detail. He provided a figure for every year, and, for 2015, he estimated 106,000 or 108,000 jobs lost. It is a general figure that includes the private sector and the federal, provincial and

Finance committee  There are all sorts of impacts. The one we are really worried about has to do with professionals who advise the government on the decisions it makes. The federal government has various roles to play. Statistics Canada, for example, provides services to the federal government, but

Finance committee  We are already seeing the impact on employment insurance. The time it takes to process a claim has almost doubled. If you need to make changes to an existing file, the wait time is between 100 to 120 days. Aircraft will no longer be inspected, because the inspectors' operating bu

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  The official figure—

Finance committee  —is 19,200 jobs, as stated in the budget.

Finance committee  I said 29,600, which is reality.

Finance committee  Yes. I was rounding the figure.

Finance committee  Yes, I was rounding up by 400.

Finance committee  The deficit then was a lot greater than what we have right now.

Finance committee  I'm explaining to you why there were those cuts.

Finance committee  It was a tough time for everyone. It was unfortunate that people had to go back home. The incentives that were offered then were probably a bit more generous than what are being offered right now.

Finance committee  Why would we do that? We're not even done with bargaining.

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  Yes.