Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses. I appreciate the discussion around the table. As previous colleagues have mentioned, several witnesses have been at the various meetings, and Minister Finley as well as the staff, and we've alluded to the approximately 190,000 employees who will benefit from the amendment to the EI act, as well as to the work share programs. There are about 8,500 work share agreements in place helping about 165,000 employees. So it is a suite of programs that we have implemented, with the additional five weeks and with the economic action plan, and trying to put them all together to build on that and monitor it and be responsible. We'd love to be able to help everybody, and that is our effort as we move forward. But we also have to be responsible for taxpayers' dollars.
As an association, Mr. Blakely, you mentioned that this specific bill, C-50, would materially assist your members. How many members would benefit from this particular legislation amendment that is being proposed?