Human Resources committee  As I was saying, the period of time is reasonably accurate that I think you're talking about. This is all based on data that has lags. Right? So you look at the data when you have it, and then it needs to be adjusted. There is a change from one year to the next as to how many chi

Human Resources committee  Then you get to the point where, okay, there has been an adjustment. You look at what the impact will be again, and of course, that varies over time.

Human Resources committee  The answer would be that there is definitively an impact as a result of the CCB on child poverty. There's no question. The data shows that. The exact number will change over time. There's a forecast, and then years later an actual impact. For all we know the impact could be 50% b

Human Resources committee  I think you're talking about the foreign credential recognition program.

Human Resources committee  Yes. In terms of employment insurance, women have been given more flexibility. First, more flexibility has been provided for starting maternity leave 12 weeks before the due date. It used to be eight weeks. The period has been increased to 12 weeks. Second, the length of maternit

Human Resources committee  Sorry, I didn't understand the question.

Human Resources committee  Okay. Here are the details. I believe we have added 15 weeks of benefits for people who must provide assistance to an individual in a serious or critical situation. That is added to the number of weeks currently being provided; the existing benefits remain in place. This is an i

Human Resources committee  I think the minister responded to many back-and-forths on that. What I would add is that, obviously, we are in the process of elaborating a poverty reduction strategy. Part of that elaboration is to determine what the best measures are. Once that elaboration has happened and we h

Human Resources committee  Like I said, that specific measure hasn't been determined to be the best measure, the measure that we would end up using as a target or something that we would use, so it's premature to determine.

Human Resources committee  I will answer. Many measures aimed at women have been taken. For the first time, the budget contains a specific analysis on the impact on women, but I will leave that to the Department of Finance. When it comes to Employment and Social Development Canada, there are, of course,

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. As you likely know, the 2017 budget announced $7 billion for early learning and child care. This is in addition to the $500 million that had been announced in budget 2016, so that's a total of $7.5 billion for early learning and child care. Approxima

Human Resources committee  Sure. Do you want me to just finish the—

Human Resources committee  Then another significant part of that would be $100 million over the period for innovation, innovation around early learning and child care, and then another $95 million is for better data to be able to assess the impact of the funding that would be provided. Then there's a furth

Human Resources committee  My colleagues are saying, no, we haven't costed that.

Human Resources committee  I understand that there's one in Quebec and one in Ontario. I believe they're pilot projects. You'd have to ask the provincial governments whether they've been costed.