You are assessing now how many people are affected. I might just throw in a little caveat. Are you looking at the people who made a claim for the year 2006 on EI as opposed to...? Basically there are people who just didn't start their winter claim on EI. I know I'm stepping into another territory here, but they haven't had their income since December.
On May 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.