Human Resources committee  In general, this goes to the issue of social insurance, and to some extent it differs from commercial insurance. You are pooling this across a broad population, which makes it sustainable. It actually goes, to some extent, to the question you just asked. Outside of Quebec, I wo

Human Resources committee  The problem is that it is all speculative. We can do some calculations based on the experience in Quebec, but even that has some unknowns about it. The rising birth rate, while minimal but still evident, can equally be attributed to a stronger child care system there. Who knows?

Human Resources committee  We've been saying for a long time that the government should be contributing to EI, in general, as they did prior to the 1990s. It would help a lot if they were contributing for extended benefits during these difficult economic times on an ongoing basis. It sounds like a good f

Human Resources committee  It does seem a long time. Again, it's grating to know that on issues that have been advocated for much longer and in which there are much more concrete studies for improving benefits, we get stuck with pilot projects or temporary measures when it comes to payroll employees. On th

Human Resources committee  I gave rough notes; they're not translated.

Human Resources committee  Yes, I did, the one example, but as you know, this is very detailed, and I only uncovered that last point on the plane on the way here, so I will send the note to the clerk.

Human Resources committee  I'm here on behalf of the Canadian Auto Workers and our president, Ken Lewenza. We thank you for this opportunity. CAW is the largest private sector union in Canada and represents a wide range of workers, not just auto, but hospitality, airlines, retail, stores, aerospace, etc. W

Human Resources committee  That is absolutely the issue: getting in the door. The government's latest monitoring and assessment report on EI, looking at the year 2005, under II, says—and again it's part of the document that was provided, and hopefully it's translated--that lower access to EI among women re

Human Resources committee  Well, I obviously disagree with both of those conclusions. I think it would be helpful to have a look at the government's website, the HRSDC website, and take a look at unemployment rates and entitlements by region. While you will see some areas that are at or about the average,

Human Resources committee  Lesson learned. We're here to support Bill C-265, including the proposal for best 12 weeks, and at the same time acknowledge that a majority of members of Parliament have in fact supported other bills that have tried to address some of the difficulties with our current EI system

Human Resources committee  I wanted to make a preliminary request. I know this is out of the ordinary, but since we had little time, there was no opportunity to have this document translated, and I'd really like to be able to refer to the first two pages with people having this in their hands. Some of it's