Mr. Speaker, I want to note that when we discussed Bill C-50, dealing with long-tenured workers, the government had actual statistics or figures that it could give us. It projected that Bill C-50 would affect 190,000 people and that it would cost roughly $1 billion.
I ask the member to provide us similar statistics for this bill. Surely before the government would introduce a bill of this type, it would have some projections as to how many people might be affected by this initiative and how many people are expected to apply in year one, two, three and year five.
I understand it will be a self-financing program, but if it is not, how will the shortfalls be made up?
Could the member tell us why the government has not released details similar to the same type of details it released in Bill C-50 just two weeks ago?