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

On October 6th, 2009. See this statement in context.

October 6th, 2009 / 4:40 p.m.

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

These people, on the average, do not receive benefits for a year. The average period of time is more generally 20 or 30 weeks. They do not stay as long. For every unemployed person, there are about 2.5 to 2.6 clients in any given year—

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