Thanks very much for coming out today.
Prior to become a member of Parliament, I was honoured to work in one of the MP's offices, and during the recession we saw a skyrocketing number of disability applications for the Canada pension plan. I have a couple of questions on that.
When we're looking at it, first of all, is there a way of dissecting those applications that were submitted based on mental health versus physical health? Did we see an increase in mental health issues over disability, because that's one thing I really did notice personally in the Elgin—Middlesex—London area?
Secondly, have you seen a correlation between the high unemployment rate and a high number of claims for the disability benefits, or is it just within our own riding that we saw that?
Whoever wants to answer, please go ahead.
Actually, I'll start with StatsCan. You may have information on that.