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{
"time": "2016-03-09 17:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Dr. David Gray",
"fr": "M. David Gray"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4249802\" data-originallang=\"en\">For one thing, there is the equity issue that was raised, not so much during our session but during the previous session. A number of members of this committee brought up what I thought to be very valid anecdotes of totally inequitable situations. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4249803\" data-originallang=\"en\">Most economists are opposed to regionally based benefits, because they discourage regional geographic labour mobility and undermine the efficiency of the labour market. I think that sometimes the benefits should be modulated, should be sometimes modified according to the adjustment costs of an individual worker. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4249804\" data-originallang=\"en\">Sometimes we should have variable entry requirements and variable durations, but usually not based on a region. In Europe it's the age of the worker that leads to extended benefits. It could be longer benefits for people who are disadvantaged, for one reason or another. Then, I mentioned longer durations during recessions. Most labour economists are very opposed to the regionally based criterion, particularly when based on the unemployment rate as opposed to how easy it is to find work.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4249802\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'abord, la question de l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 soulev\u00e9e, pas tellement durant cette s\u00e9ance-ci, mais lors de la derni\u00e8re s\u00e9ance. Certains membres du comit\u00e9 ont cit\u00e9 des exemples tr\u00e8s concrets, \u00e0 mon sens, de situations tout \u00e0 fait in\u00e9quitables.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4249803\" data-originallang=\"en\">La plupart des \u00e9conomistes sont contre les prestations qui varient en fonction de la r\u00e9gion, car cela nuit \u00e0 la mobilit\u00e9 de la main-d'oeuvre r\u00e9gionale et \u00e0 l'efficacit\u00e9 du march\u00e9 du travail. Je pense que les prestations devraient parfois \u00eatre modul\u00e9es, \u00eatre modifi\u00e9es en fonction des co\u00fbts d'adaptation d'un travailleur.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4249804\" data-originallang=\"en\">ll devrait parfois y avoir des crit\u00e8res d'admissibilit\u00e9 et des p\u00e9riodes de prestations variables, mais g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement pas en fonction d'une r\u00e9gion. En Europe, les prestations prolong\u00e9es sont accord\u00e9es en fonction de l'\u00e2ge du travailleur. On pourrait accorder des prestations prolong\u00e9es aux personnes qui sont d\u00e9savantag\u00e9es pour une raison ou pour une autre. J'ai aussi mentionn\u00e9 la prolongation des p\u00e9riodes de prestations durant les r\u00e9cessions. La plupart des \u00e9conomistes du travail s'opposent cat\u00e9goriquement aux crit\u00e8res qui varient en fonction de la r\u00e9gion, en particulier lorsqu'ils reposent sur le taux de ch\u00f4mage plut\u00f4t que sur la facilit\u00e9 \u00e0 trouver du travail.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/human-resources/42-1/3/dr-david-gray-4/",
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