Finance committee  It is entirely attestation-based.

Finance committee  As we mentioned in previous questions, the Canada Revenue Agency does do post-verification audits based on—

Finance committee  We will come back with those numbers as requested earlier.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Benoit Cadieux. I'm the director of employment insurance, special benefits, at Employment and Social Development Canada. Clause 252 authorizes the Minister of Employment and Social Development to enter into an agreement and make a one-time payment of $130.3 million to Quebec for the purpose of offsetting some of the costs of aligning the Quebec parental insurance plan with the temporary EI measures introduced last September 2020, ensuring that parents in Quebec receive the same level of support as parents in the rest of Canada.

Finance committee  The request does indeed come from Quebec. They have identified a cost of $260 million to align the Quebec parental insurance plan with the EI temporary measures. This payment provides approximately half of that with those costs.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Benoit Cadieux. I am the director for employment insurance special benefits at ESDC. I am joined today by Catherine Demers, who is the director general of EI policy at ESDC. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Canada has introduced temporary measures that increase the generosity of the EI program and make it easier to access EI benefits, including maternity and parental benefits.

Finance committee  Thank you.