Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for joining us this morning.
My question is for Ken Battle. As we know, across our country the unemployment situation varies widely. I understand, as you had mentioned earlier, that there is a system known as the variable entrance requirement, VER, which serves to provide flexibility to respond automatically to changes in local labour markets, with entrance requirements easing and duration of benefits increasing as the labour employment rises.
Can you please explain how this system works? I understand that in Oshawa and Windsor the system has had a positive effect on EI accessibility, so how does that work in that situation?