Mr. Bill James at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On March 11th, 2008. See this statement in context.

March 11th, 2008 / 9:30 a.m.

Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Human Resources and Social Development

Bill James

I think what Mr. Brown was mentioning at the time was that the addition of the individual costs for the program was a minimum estimate—and that applies to the 2004 numbers as well. The combined package is something we weren't able to estimate, and we haven't estimated it for this bill either.

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