There's certainly no doubt that compared to previous recessions, the proportion of unemployed workers in this recession qualifying for benefits was much lower. Actually, you understated the gravity of this. It is 45% of the unemployed today, as we speak, who are collecting benefits. It hit a high point of just over 50% back in June.
It's interesting if you look at that in regional terms. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, the biggest shortfall is in the greater Toronto area. Believe it or not, about one in five of all unemployed workers in Canada live in the greater Toronto area, and they are only about 10% of all EI beneficiaries.
I think it's in those areas, where people move from employment insurance to a very low-wage, temporary job and are unable to qualify, where the biggest burden is falling. There are all kinds of offloads to the provinces.
I certainly agree that for all provinces, as people are exhausting EI benefits, as they turn to social assistance, clearly that is a--