Michael Savage at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I move

That the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities request that senior officials from the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development, responsible for Employment Insurance and Training appear before the end of May 2009 to provide the Committee with an update on:

the progress of the stimulus package as it relates to Employment Insurance and skills training funding;

wait times for processing EI claims, including month by month processing times from December 1, 2008 to April 30, 2009;

the additional $60 million allocated to case wait times and to hire more workers;

and that the Committee report its findings back to the House.