It's okay. I'm just trying to think.
I don't know. The officials know. If they know how many people had their beneficiary period delayed because of income, you can ask them.
Very quickly, is that a reason? I don't really have much of a problem with saying that because you have severance we're going to delay your EI benefits. A pension makes me more nervous. You try to think about that; it's more your money, not your earnings.
I had a conversation with an official and asked whether we could find a way that people could have earnings while on maternity benefits. There was a discussion, and I said, “But how can you have a top-up of your maternity benefits to 93% of your earnings without having that clawed back?” The answer was, “Oh, well that's not earnings.”
So some cashflow is not clawed back--employer top-ups--but severance will delay you. As far as pensions go, I'm not sure.