In the 1999 budget, the government confirms that it misappropriated the $7 billion EI surplus in 1998-99 and that it intends to repeat the performance with the anticipated $5 billion surplus in 1999-2000. This surplus is still being underestimated.
In his 1998 report, the chief actuary, who is a credible individual, far more so than the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Human Resources Development—