Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank our witnesses. I appreciate your coming today to enlighten us on the budget.
Mr. Thompson, in your opening comments you talked about the very ambitious agenda that's been put forth for you and your staff. I thank you for your work in advance, and as well for all the employees across the country who will be inundated, as we've heard, with more to come in the application process.
Many of my colleagues around the table and I have had meetings with constituents in our offices, coffee shops, and economic round tables with the chambers. The number one issue in my riding was the work-sharing program. I appreciate that 14-week extension.
In your presentation, Mr. Thompson, on page 6 you made reference to the older workers program. You talk about the more vulnerable cities. I'm wondering if there's a definition. Is it based on an EI rate? How do you define vulnerable cities?