Human Resources committee  Yes. The Statistics Canada labour force survey would be one of the sources of information. The data we have would be drawn largely from Statistics Canada.

Human Resources committee  If I could clarify, an analysis was done of the bill with gender issues embedded in the analysis, including arriving at the parameters that were....

Human Resources committee  There's some information we can provide around the determination of the parameters.

Human Resources committee  Perhaps I could clarify this. The bill does not contain any measures of that kind because the Employment Insurance Regulations already provide for a benefit period of 104 weeks. This means that people have two full years in which to use their benefits. So the two-year period...

Human Resources committee  It is the waiting period. The allocation of the severance remains, for the period of time that they're in receipt of separation, but the benefit period is two periods, which is in excess of the normal entitlement for EI.

Human Resources committee  As we explained, it is very difficult to make projections. We have historical figures regarding employment insurance benefits and premiums. We have done some studies of the use of the benefits by the beneficiaries of the program, but it is important to note that it is not the sam

Human Resources committee  The bill provides for very precise dates for implementing and for winding up the measures. It will be up to the government and to Parliament to decide whether or not to extend the measures.

Human Resources committee  I believe there was some discussion, if I'm not mistaken, on long-tenured workers as one of the subjects.

Human Resources committee  I will ask my colleague, but we have not sought additional resources to implement the measure.

Human Resources committee  The eligibility of a person who has received severance pay is based on the date of the claim.

Human Resources committee  I wonder if you could clarify that.

Human Resources committee  This is a temporary measure, and as such, we wouldn't expect there to be any permanent impact on the labour market. It has a gradual phasing out of the measure. It's being provided to people at a pretty challenging time in terms of the economy, and we expect there would be take-u

Human Resources committee  I would say that with this population of long-tenured workers who have a long history of attachment to the labour force, combined with the fact that this is a temporary measure...most economists would argue that this is very limited.

Human Resources committee  How long have we been working on this in the department? The tabling date of the legislation...I don't have it in front of me. Do you know that?

Human Resources committee  September 18. Obviously for a period of time some policy work was done in the department leading up to that.