HUMA Committee News Release
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HOUSE OF COMMONS
CHAMBRE DES COMMUNES
OTTAWA, CANADA
K1A 0A6
NEWS RELEASE
OTTAWA --
March 23, 2001
The Standing Committee on
Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities tabled
its Report on Bill C-2, An Act to Amend the Employment
Insurance Act and the Employment
Insurance (Fishing) Regulations, on Friday, March 23, 2001.
The eighteen-member Committee commenced its study on Bill C-2 in February 2001 and during its hearings on the bill received testimony from more than 80 witnesses representing a variety of interests from across the country.
During the Committee’s
hearings, many witnesses raised concerns about the Employment Insurance Act that went well beyond the scope of the
bill. Unfortunately, the Committee was procedurally limited in addressing many
of these concerns in its report on the bill. The Committee values all of the
testimony it received during its study on Bill C-2 and, as a result, has agreed
to consider other matters related to Employment Insurance in a supplementary
report to be tabled no later than June 1, 2001.
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