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 / 9:45 a.m.

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

Bill James

Thank you.

I believe the final amendment to speak to would be Monsieur Lessard's amendment, which proposes to increase the benefit rate to 60% from 55%. Our estimate of the cost of that is $1.2 billion per year. That's for all benefits, nationwide.

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