Human Resources committee  It is very difficult when you're talking about something that's so personal and where it's hard to see into the future. You're right that someone will be denied if it's more likely than not that they will be able to go back to work. Since the CPP was built, there has been an unde

Human Resources committee  I would clarify my earlier remarks if they were interpreted as being that we can't change the definition. Definitions certainly can be changed. They are changed in federal acts. The particular governance for the CPP is unique amongst many other programs. I just want to make the c

Human Resources committee  I have read the report. It raises a number of important considerations, some of which I think we've already heard about this morning. We have looked at a broad range. My colleague went over a full range of available supports within the federal sphere. Some of the changes for EI

Human Resources committee  That one, I can be a little more specific about. It is important when we're talking about the definition used by the CPP for the disability benefit to understand that it doesn't operate on any particular illness, injury or condition itself. The test is set out in the legislation