Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to say thank you to Ms. Macklin, Ms. Calhoun, and Professor Vosko for being here and sharing your expertise. You have always been great supporters of women.
I am going to share my time with my colleague, so I'll address my questions to Professor Vosko so that Niki can talk to her colleagues.
I almost feel as if I should apologize to you, because I recognize that the research you did in 2002-03 wasn't just for the sake of doing research; it was intended to provide information that governments need in order to have sound policy. I regret very much that Status of Women Canada has cut funding to that kind of research, because it's clear we still need that. We need to know what's happening to women—now.
At any rate, Professor Vosko, you had some very interesting information in regard to the number of beneficiaries, that 45.5% of men and only 39.8% of women are able to collect EI.
As late as yesterday, the Minister of Human Resources stood in the House of Commons and said 80% of Canadians who are unemployed are able to collect EI. We keep having this difference of opinion or this discussion about the discrepancy in these figures.
I'm wondering, could you please provide some clarity in that?