Finance committee  It is a government decision.

Finance committee  The definition currently in the Employment Insurance Act is very general in nature and does not give Canadians a sense of what specifically constitutes a reasonable job search. It does not provide clarity in terms of what constitutes suitable employment. As a result, these propos

Finance committee  No. The objective of this measure is really to help Canadians and support them in getting back to work more quickly. It's going to do that by providing them with enhanced labour market information. In terms of the impact on unemployment, it is really in the sense of helping them

Finance committee  The current proposal within the BIA is to provide the authority to the Employment Insurance Commission to make regulations pertaining to the definition of suitable employment and reasonable job search.

Finance committee  So this definition will be in the regulations.

Finance committee  The current proposal is to provide the Canada Employment Insurance Commission with the authority to make regulations to define what constitutes suitable employment and reasonable job search. So those details will be—

Finance committee  The proposed definitions will apply to all regular claimants as well as to all fishing claimants. Essentially, the new definitions will apply to all.

Finance committee  These changes are not changing any of the qualifying criteria. They do not affect eligibility—how people will get into the EI program to get benefits—nor do they affect the amount of money they will receive or the duration. They simply clarify what they need to do while they are

Finance committee  And they don't affect how many hours they need.

Finance committee  I can't confirm that number.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand the question.

Finance committee  Good afternoon. My name is Mireille Laroche. I'm the director general of employment insurance policy at HRSDC. This is my colleague, Mark Hodgson, from the Department of Finance. In the budget implementation bill there are six proposed changes to the Employment Insurance Act. I

Finance committee  Good evening. My name is Mireille Laroche, Director General, Employment Insurance Policy, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.