Government Operations committee  Both CRF money and the EI account money is taxpayers' money, so you have the EI account and you have the five weeks. You have the career transition assistance that is about to be launched, which allows people to be on training and provides part I benefit support for up to 104 wee

Government Operations committee  It's part of the EI account, which has its own processes for authorizing that funding and is paid for by the Canadian taxpayers.

Government Operations committee  Thank you sir. Perhaps I could ask my colleague Joanne Lamothe to answer.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for your question, Madam. In designing these three measures, I think we and the government were very conscious of trying to find the right balance between getting the money out quickly, creating jobs, and making sure there's proper planning in place, proper s

Government Operations committee  I think Mr. Lindsey articulated it much better than I could. Once the amount is allocated to our department, we have until the end of the year to spend it, and we certainly intend to do that in this fiscal year.

Government Operations committee  That's our intention. With respect to our three measures and job creation and stimulus, I'll start with the largest one, the STTF, the Strategic Training and Transition Fund, which is the biggest one. It's $500 million over two years, $250 million for this year. I'm pleased that

Government Operations committee  Monsieur le président and members of the committee, I am pleased to be here before you today to talk about vote 35 and its implications for the supplementary estimates for 2009-10 for the Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. As you heard, my name is Frank