Status of Women committee  We don't have all the statistics for all the regions, but we do have some statistics that we do present by regions. I think we never presented both by region and by gender.

Status of Women committee  To the extent that we look at the impact the program has?

Status of Women committee  We don't look at it more specifically, region by....

Status of Women committee  It's a moving average of the last three months observed.

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

Status of Women committee  Among the unemployed workers—

Status of Women committee  Okay.

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

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

Status of Women committee  You would normally be entitled to—

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.

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

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

Human Resources committee  There are 190,000 workers. Over 12 months, the number was 120,000, but the measure covers a longer period.

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.