Mr. Speaker, for three days now the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development has failed to answer direct questions on the clawback of pensions for seasonal workers. Does she not know how the system works? Human Resources takes the annual Canada pension plan of individuals and divides by 52, which gives it the weekly calculation. Then when they apply for EI and they are out of work, the department claws back 50ยข on the dollar of their pensions. How can Conservatives accept this theft of people's pensions?
In the House of Commons on February 13th, 2013. See this statement in context.