Human Resources committee  Well, I was referring to the fact that you need the old system as backup, in case—

Human Resources committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] sorry about this.

Human Resources committee  That must be it. Listen, I wish I had the exact figures in front of me. I do know that there are some plans to transition the system out of its current state, but it's something that will be done through a number of years. As I am made to understand, it will be done with great c

Human Resources committee  No, it's being backstopped. There was an infusion of about $35 billion or $39 billion. It was done, and we're quite grateful for this because, quite frankly, the program cannot sustain that kind of—

Human Resources committee  As you may know, part II of the EI program is entirely geared to labour market programming. That essentially does what you're describing: providing skills training, subsidizing people who want to start a business, engaging in job partnership programs. For the most part, the resul

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Consulted? You have to realize that I've been in touch with tens of groups that deal with the unemployed, that defend them, that help them across the country, so I can assure you that—

Human Resources committee  It would be the community legal services, legal services in the various cities across the country; it would be labour unions, you name it.

Human Resources committee  I'm talking about a situation here that will come to be at the end of 2022, notwithstanding. We're in a period of extraordinary circumstances, and it is certainly our hope that as general revenues recover the red ink, last year's installment will also be the case for the next cou

Human Resources committee  That is indeed what we are hoping for.

Human Resources committee  We do have the pilot program results, which have been largely positive for those affected. We're hoping that some of the inadequate conditions will be improved. If I'm asked, I will gladly come back to this.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question, Ms. Chabot. Since we are talking about the changes announced just before the last election campaign, I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the work done on the matter by the former minister responsible, Jean-Yves Duclos. I hope his health has

Human Resources committee  The problem we faced back then, and I will have to sort of recollect what happened.... We certainly—the two commissioners—were favourable to moving forward at the time, but it just didn't.... What you have to realize is that we cannot proceed in an ad hoc sort of way. Essential

Human Resources committee  As these things go, there's always public input once the proposition is put to Canadians through the gazetting. That's the minimal sort of threshold.

Human Resources committee  I can guarantee you that there will be some changes. Just to recall, there hasn't been a substantial change to this map since about 2001.