Human Resources committee  There were certainly forecasts of unemployment available in January that we were using for budget measures and for operational planning.

Human Resources committee  It was anticipated—it was secured through the Treasury Board in March, a month after the budget.

Human Resources committee  The timing of the funding decision vis-à-vis the budget might have lagged by a few weeks, I suppose.

Human Resources committee  Yes, it was a reattribution of where the costs occurred.

Human Resources committee  I can start on that, and Liliane can jump in as well. As Liliane noted, and as I noted in my remarks, we've seen a very significant increase in the volume of claims being received in Service Canada offices. In response to this trend line of claims, we've made these additional investments.

Human Resources committee  With respect to the training programs, the first step was to conclude agreements as the basis for flowing these incremental funds to provinces. British Columbia was actually the very first province to sign on to a new agreement, on April 9, for the receipt of these additional employment insurance funds through the labour market development agreements and for the non-EI funds through the Strategic Training and Transition Fund.

Human Resources committee  Correct.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to ask my colleague Joanne to speak to that in more detail, but the Canada summer jobs program is obviously a program focused on the summer.

Human Resources committee  Right. There's a broader suite of programming, the youth employment strategy, which does support—

Human Resources committee  Are you required...?

Human Resources committee  Is this as a result of the allocation of severance before you can receive the benefits?

Human Resources committee  I don't have numbers at my fingertips, but one of the measures that are being introduced relates to this requirement. As I was indicating in my remarks, of any individuals who choose to invest a portion of their severance pay, a significant portion will be eligible to get onto EI benefits much earlier; they won't have to wait for the period of weeks over which their severance is allocated.

Human Resources committee  This is in relation to separation payments of any kind, including vacation and....

Human Resources committee  Yes. In fact, if you're registering for a course that's more than 10 weeks in duration, you would be able to get—

Human Resources committee  It's any kind of training, yes.