Filomena Tassi at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On May 9th, 2016. See this statement in context.

May 9th, 2016 / 5:05 p.m.

Liberal

Filomena Tassi Liberal Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, ON

Thank you.

Thank you to each of you for being here. My question is going to evolve around something that each of you mentioned, and that's the SST.

That was established in 2013, and then there was a backlog from the former appeal boards, those being the board of referees and the office of the umpire. The number I have is that as of December 31, 2015, there were 1,741 appeals that had not been concluded.

My question evolves around the effectiveness of the SST, so I'd like to pose that to each of you for a brief answer.

Ms. Arruda, I'd like to start with you. You actually mentioned in your statements that you're advocating for the abolition of the SST. Is that correct?

Okay, so I'm going to come back to you and give you more time. It's fair to say that you do not support the system and you think it should be abolished. Is that accurate?

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