Human Resources committee  Exactly. And there's back and forth. We check and so on and so forth.

Human Resources committee  I don't know, sir. Presumably, if one has been an inmate for a long period of time, there may not be a bank account, and they go and establish one. There are services available where one can cash a cheque quite quickly. But I'm in no position to....

Human Resources committee  The amendment requires the authorization of the individual, but Clause 11 allows for a direct exchange of information in relation to the implementation of this bill. It does not require the authorization of the detainee to be informed of the date of that person's release. This is

Human Resources committee  Yes, it would. That would be acceptable. That is our interpretation of it. It just puts it in words.

Human Resources committee  That's right.

Human Resources committee  We have a policy of administrative error or bad advice--well, it's not “bad advice”, it's something else—where we pay, yes.

Human Resources committee  In the case of administrative error or erroneous advice, there's no limit.

Finance committee  My name is Dominique La Salle— I am Director General of Seniors and Pensions at HRSD. —at HRSDC. We are honoured to be with you this evening. I am here with some colleagues, Nathalie Martel, who is Director of Old Age Security Policy, Ms. Annette Vermaeten, who is the direct

Finance committee  Go ahead.

Finance committee  We know that the social safety net will be there, and we know that the labour participation of Canadians—

Finance committee  I'm saying that the social safety net is going to be there, but—

Finance committee  —perhaps more importantly, the number of senior Canadians age 65 to 69, for example, has more than doubled in the last 10 years for men and more than tripled for women. That's from Statistics Canada.

Finance committee  Just before my colleague jumps in and answers your question, sir, all the data that Ms. Vermaeten is quoting is found in the Chief Actuary's 9th report that was tabled in Parliament. We refer to working-aged Canadians in that report.

Finance committee  It's paid for by taxes.

Finance committee  What I will say is that 11 years of notification compares very well with most countries that have implemented similar changes. Many countries in the OECD have implemented this sort of change.