Thank you, Chair.
In the testimony that's been given before this committee on this particular motion this morning, all five of you have identified three issues the committee must grapple with in responding to the motion. One is the definition of “episodic disability”. That is not coming out clearly. People are speaking around it, but there's not been a lot on defining episodic disability.
What is the best support program? We focused on CPP, which doesn't appear to fit, because CPP was designed for long-term disability. That's its mandate, its core responsibility, and the most you deviate from that is for several years of the disability and then you rehabilitate into the workplace.
Workplace education has come out a lot. We need a better understanding from the employer of episodic disability.
We've identified three critical issues confronting people with episodic disabilities, but I would like to hear clear instructions or clear testimony to the committee on the definition.
Ms. Furrie, I like the term you used, that we currently “operationalize” the word “disability”. It sounds bureaucratic.