Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to come back to the figures that we were provided with. This is important because it helps us to understand the scope of the program in its application. More specifically, I am addressing Mr. Beauséjour.
Let us begin with the fact that 30% of all beneficiaries are considered as long-tenured workers. We agree on this point. In July 2009, 787,700 people received employment insurance benefits. Let us round the figure off to 780,000. Taking 30% of this figure of 780,000, we get a figure of about 200,000 long-tenured workers who would be affected. Of these 200,000 long-tenured workers, about 21% would be eligible. This amounts to about 40,000 long-tenured workers.
Would this not be the result of implementing Bill C-50, Mr. Beauséjour?