Mrs. Anne Duquette at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

Thank you.

My name is Anne Duquette. I thank you for the opportunity today to allow me to testify in support of the amendment of Bill C-13.

I speak from the perspective of a military spouse and encourage you to amend the Employment Insurance Act as requested.

I would like to share with you what our family endured during my husband Major Duquette's deployment in 2004.

I'll just note that we weren't 100% sure whether Jim could speak, so some of this is repetitive.