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

On November 29th, 2018. See this statement in context.

November 29th, 2018 / 10:20 a.m.

Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Skills and Employment, Department of Employment and Social Development

What I was just going to add to that is that this figure gets updated each year by the senior actuary for the EI program. An increase in benefits paid of about $170 million equates to a one-cent increase in the EI premium rate.

That's where we are at the moment with current economic conditions.

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