Human Resources committee  Yes, a certain number of claimants will have finished receiving benefits at that time.

Human Resources committee  Usually, when new measures are adopted, they are applied to new claimants, because the old claimants go by the old rules. In fact, over the past years, when we implemented pilot projects, the new claimants were dealt with under the new provisions, and the old claimants were dealt

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.

Human Resources committee  Exactly. We noted that 21% of long-tenured workers had run out of benefits.

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

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

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  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  Among the unemployed workers—

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