Human Resources committee  Are you required...?

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  No, if you're registering for a program that's longer than 10 weeks in duration, you would be put into payment upon confirmation of that training.

Human Resources committee  For a long-tenured worker who doesn't opt for retraining, the allocation period would still apply. The separation payment would be allocated over a number of weeks. And then the EI entitlement would not diminish; it would just be delayed.

Human Resources committee  It is the percentage of— Perhaps I could give you a technical explanation in English.

Human Resources committee  It's the percentage of the Canadian labour force, which includes the employed and the unemployed, who reside in EI regions across the country who have seen the rules change.

Human Resources committee  I would like to ask my colleague, Liliane, to answer that question.

Human Resources committee  As I explained, the Employment Insurance program is based on 58 separate regions, and, in 41 of those regions, the unemployment rate is on the rise. So, in those regions, we have reduced the number of hours required to access EI, and extended the benefit period. Furthermore, 85%

Human Resources committee  No, we are talking about the number of workers.

Human Resources committee  No, they refer to workers. the labour force, the percentage of the Canadian labour force that lives in these regions where these rules would apply.

Human Resources committee  Because these people are the ones paying EI premiums. The clients are the people losing their jobs. The base is therefore made up of people who work and who run the risk of losing their jobs.

Human Resources committee  I will ask Mike Saucier, our chief financial officer, to respond to that.

Human Resources committee  It was administrative activities. Some get billed to CRF and some to EI, but the level of activity was not affected by the technical adjustment, whereas there was incremental activity with the infusion of resources.

Human Resources committee  Can I jump in and attempt to clarify? On the one hand there were certain activities that continue, that are no longer billed to EI, that are billed for the CRF, so the level of activity on this technical adjustment has not changed. Then there is $60 million of incremental activi

Human Resources committee  It was simply a technical adjustment as to which account paid for ongoing activity in the department, based on an updating of a technical formula, as was indicated.