Human Resources committee  Okay. Of course, I'll ask my colleague Ms. Zack to contribute as well. With respect to the question on whether there are more women or men living with episodic disabilities, we've recognized that it definitely is an area for more research. I would not venture to say that we have

Human Resources committee  With respect to the second question, which is whether there are some illnesses that prevent persons living with episodic disabilities from returning to the labour market, there are 27 underlying conditions that fall within the category of episodic disabilities. There are some ill

Human Resources committee  The question on EI, Elise, can I pass it to you?

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good morning to members of the committee. My name is Tammy Yates and I am the coordinator of episodic disabilities initiatives at the Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation, which we refer to as CWGHR. With me is Elisse Zack, CWGHR's