I'd like to take this one step further. One of your graphs shows that there is a fairly large proportion of men and women aged between 50 and 59 who are receiving benefits. That means we can apply the same logic to people within the same age group who are not receiving benefits.
Now let's take the example of a person aged 55 deemed not to qualify for disability insurance benefits. On the other hand, he is offered training. He is offered a 2-year course, paid under Part II of the Employment Insurance Act, which will allow him to increase his chances of finding a job. In two years, that individual will be 57 years old. Logically, we all know that there is not supposed to be any discrimination as regards employment, but the reality is sometimes quite different. That individual is 57 years old, has just taken a two-year course to enhance his chances of finding a job in a specific area, but ends up being unable to find employment.
What do we do with that person between 57 and 60 years of age? He was encouraged to take additional training to improve his chances of finding employment, and although I fully agree with that, this is an issue that we come up against in our ridings. People come to see us when they've completed their training. There again, an individual aged 57 is unable to find employment. What do we do with that person for the three remaining years before he is eligible to receive benefits under the Canada Pension Plan?