Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  The current system has a very legalistic approach to allowing people to access the appeal division. It's one that many appellants and stakeholders criticized for being extremely legalistic, requiring representatives to have legal support, and so on. It's based on error of law, an

Finance committee  They may choose a representative of their choice, but in fact the legalistic aspect of getting in the door for an appeal division hearing will be much reduced.

Finance committee  A third party review was conducted by KPMG back in 2016-17, followed by a report with recommendations, and then further consultations with stakeholders to reach the options that were put forward.

Finance committee  They're disability groups, groups representing seniors and other stakeholders in the appeals process.

Finance committee  There are a couple of points about that. The original tribunals that were combined into the SST had this model where there were two levels of appeal where appellants were allowed to introduce new evidence. Historically, there was a desire by stakeholders to return to that. Al

Finance committee  There are a number of changes that have already been made by the SST to make it more client-centric, including the plain language used in communications on the website. The biggest one is case navigators, who are employees of the SST and the administrative tribunals support servi

Finance committee  There is an additional cost. Actually, I didn't answer the question about costs. The expected additional cost would be $11 million in fiscal year 2021-22, and $10.6 million ongoing. Much of this is related to an anticipated increase in number of cases at the appeal division. Mu

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm Lorraine Pelot. I'm director general in the income security and social development branch. I'm here with my colleague Tara Bélanger Zahab. Division 21 of part 4 amends part 5 of the Department of Employment and Social Development Act to make certain ref

Finance committee  Yes. In fact the de novo model still has a “leave to appeal” requirement, and so there is a need to show that there's an arguable case, based on new evidence, to be provided to the appeal division.

Finance committee  In terms of timeliness, 80-some per cent plus of the appeals heard before the Social Security Tribunal are related to CPP disability benefits. The stakeholders, during consultations, requested the de novo approach because for many of these appellants, their medical conditions and