Certainly. The key proposed changes to the legislation include changes to other legislation as well—the Department of Employment and Social Development Act, the Federal Courts Act and the Employment Insurance Act. The big changes include, one, establishing the EI board of appeal to replace the Social Security Tribunal general division and EI section. The second big change is to define the board membership for decision-makers. The third is to eliminate low-value legalistic provisions, including the requirement to apply for leave to appeal EI decisions to the appeal division.
In terms of number two, which is the board membership, really the biggest change is to bring in tripartite decision-making, as I mentioned earlier, and to provide appellants with the ability to choose whether they would prefer in-person or virtual, which is obviously a pandemic allowance.