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May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  Yes, based on the regulations that are public as of today, the threshold for the income exemption is the same as for CERB. It's $1,000. In principle, if you earn more than that, you are not eligible for the benefit for that four-week period. Yes.

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  That's a very interesting question. I will first mention that before CERB, after CERB and as CERB exists, there's a labour code process for a refusal to work because you believe you are in danger, or you will put someone else in danger, so there's a process with the employers. Th

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  Through that process, and now in most provinces and at the federal level, you could withdraw yourself from the work while the investigation is going on. If it's found at the end, for example, that there was no danger, the employer could not impose penalties or anything like that,

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon, Ms. Chabot. We are working hard to review how we can dovetail the CERB and the EI system. We have regular meetings on the issue. Some people have been receiving benefits since March 15, and their benefits will end after 16 weeks. Our team is working very hard to

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  For those who were entitled to EI before March 15, there is no problem. If they were entitled to these programs, they can continue to receive additional amounts from employers who laid them off, generally on a temporary basis. So, yes, that is an option. For those who have been r

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  Right now, where there are cases of clear fraud and we can find them early on, we block these payments. This is ongoing and this is what we're doing if there's a clear case of fraud at the entry—

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  —that we know of, for example, if we have someone with a SIN of a deceased person in our data bank, there is no payment. There are a few things we do right at the get-go, and there are a few more things we do very quickly after that, which use analytics to make sure that clear ca

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  I was not, for sure.

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux

Human Resources committee  The $20 million for New Horizons for seniors was just announced and approved, so we're looking at it. Last year, we had a number of applications for the new horizons for seniors program. We had quality projects, eligible projects that we were not able to fund last year, so one o

May 15th, 2020Committee meeting

Benoît Robidoux