Finance committee  The annual report on the EI program is presented to Parliament every year. Within the monitoring and assessment report on the EI program, we do report on the results of the pilot projects, dating back to 2005. This current pilot, pilot 20, was included in a suite of pilot project

Finance committee  Yes. The increase in work while in claim led to a decline in EI benefits paid, of at least $100 per claim.

Finance committee  I'd have to go back and ask the analyst. The effect is that the claimants in fact bring home more income, because they have their EI benefits as well as their income from employment, but the EI account itself sees savings as a result of the rule.