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Human Resources committee Yes, a certain number of claimants will have finished receiving benefits at that time.
October 6th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Human Resources committee Usually, when new measures are adopted, they are applied to new claimants, because the old claimants go by the old rules. In fact, over the past years, when we implemented pilot projects, the new claimants were dealt with under the new provisions, and the old claimants were dealt
October 6th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Human Resources committee There are 190,000 workers. Over 12 months, the number was 120,000, but the measure covers a longer period.
October 6th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Human Resources committee That's right. It is very difficult to get the real number for the coming months, but based on historic data of 2006, 30% of claimants would qualify.
October 6th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Human Resources committee Exactly. We noted that 21% of long-tenured workers had run out of benefits.
October 6th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Human Resources committee In fact, the values were estimated based on 2006 data. Our 2006 data base contains different kinds of information on claimants. We have updated these values by changing the umemployment rate which was used. In 2006, the unemployment rate was about 6%, and our hypothesis was that
October 6th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Status of Women committee No. The information we have in terms of trying to figure out the eligibility is based on the surveys done by Statistics Canada, and we don't have all the details. We can sometimes get some details by province, and over time we can break it down by gender. The sample size is small
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Status of Women committee The information comes to us from an annual survey by Statistics Canada. Four times a year, that department asks unemployed workers whether they are receiving benefits and, if not, why they are not receiving them. Nearly 30% of unemployed persons have not contributed to the emplo
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Status of Women committee You would normally be entitled to—
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Status of Women committee Exactly. Employment insurance offers up to 15 weeks of benefits to people who are sick. There are other reasons, such as when a person joins his or her spouse who has been relocated. Similarly, someone who is harassed on the job and who can prove it could be eligible.
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Status of Women committee If we look at part-time workers versus full-time workers, we know that people working part-time qualify for fewer weeks than full-time workers. If you look at what the part-time worker is qualified for, the proportion is bigger--it is five weeks more for the 40 minimum. People wh
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Status of Women committee Among the unemployed workers—
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Status of Women committee It's a moving average of the last three months observed.
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour
Status of Women committee Other programs also assist single-industry communities. There are the transition funds for the communities, among other things, which are administered in close cooperation with the provinces, I believe. Then there is the Strategic Training and Transition Fund, implemented under t
March 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Louis Beauséjour