Thank you for those suggestions and for the good work you do.
You talked about EI, and I take some of your points there. I didn't hear you say much about skills training. Of course, one of the major problems we have with the current recession is older workers who have been working primarily in manufacturing being laid off after many years of work. As you know, our government has extended significantly the time period for EI benefits for older workers and offered them up to two years of benefits while they take skills retraining.
Is that helpful? If so, what more needs to be done to help older workers train to transition into new kinds of work?