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

On November 4th, 2010. See this statement in context.

November 4th, 2010 / 9:05 a.m.

Researcher, Bloc Quebecois Research Bureau, As an Individual

These figures are for 2009.

However, the Library of Parliament also did a costing of our bill. Based on certain assumptions, the Library of Parliament analysis suggested a total cost of between $14.6 million and $72.8 million. The Bloc Québécois had initially assessed the cost to be $50 million based on available statistics, but we have no trouble accepting the scenario put forward by the Library of Parliament.

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