Finance committee  Good morning. Any cases that are already in the system will continue to their conclusion without any impact. New cases that have constitutional elements will go directly to the second level and will be heard by the SST appeals division.

Finance committee  That is absolutely correct.

Finance committee  Good afternoon. I will speak to that. The intent is, in fact, to launch a tripartite board of appeal. It will include approximately the same number of members from GIC appointees, as well as members representing labour, employers and workers.

Human Resources committee  In 2012, the former tribunal was dissolved and the SST was created. Following that, in 2017 there was a review of the SST. It was decided that there was a need to improve the tribunal to make the first level of hearings easier to navigate and more responsive to the needs of Canad

Human Resources committee  I'll turn that over to my colleague, Scott Patterson.

Human Resources committee  The current appeal board has one panel. One big concern we heard through the consultations and the review was the need to have a tripartite model. One would represent the commission, one would represent employers and another would represent employees. That's one of the biggest dr

Human Resources committee  By way of background, I would like to clarify that in budget 2019, the government committed to making it easier to navigate employment insurance programs to access benefits and to making programs more responsive to the needs of Canadians. The government also committed to a tripar

Human Resources committee  There have been many consultations so far. We will certainly provide the information from these consultations afterwards. I can tell you that the model that we have set out and that the government has promised meets exactly the needs that came out during the consultations. This

Human Resources committee  There will be approximately 100 members from each group, that is, members of the Employment Insurance Commission, members who represent employers and members who represent employees, and these people will come from across Canada.

Human Resources committee  Absolutely.

Human Resources committee  I would like to clarify that the model was originally thought of as a part-time appointment for all members. The difference is that the position of director of the appeal board and the six coordinator positions are full-time. The rest of the positions are part-time, according to

Human Resources committee  The short answer is clients will have both options.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to answer the question in English. During the 2017 third party review of the Social Security Tribunal and subsequent consultations with stakeholders, worker groups especially expressed a strong desire to return to regionally based tripartite decision-making panels for

Human Resources committee  The decision on reporting was based on a need for accountability. It was recognized that under the former board of referees model the accountability was dispersed and vague and was to be strengthened moving forward. The direct reporting relationship of this position to the chai

Human Resources committee  The aim is indeed to simplify the language and access to information on the website.