Jacques Gourde at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On May 27th, 2008. See this statement in context.

May 27th, 2008 / 10:05 a.m.

Conservative

Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Minister, thank you for being here before us today. Your evidence is very useful for everyone on the committee.

At the moment, we are enjoying a period of prosperity where the unemployment rate is relatively low. If the unemployment rate remains low for another 5 to 10 years, could the rate of contributions go down by 15¢ per year for two or three years? If not, is it going to stabilize at some stage?

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