Mr. Derek Rafferty:

As the Senator notes with respect to income review, some people are removed from the list each year. It is a relatively small number that are affected but it happens. The Department's view on this, as communicated to local authorities, is that when a person is removed from the list, he or she should be given every opportunity to engage. People are typically removed because they do not engage or respond to correspondence from local authorities. They can get back in touch and there is usually a three to six-month period in which an authority would allow them back and put them on again.

In the specific case of an income review, where the applicant has been told that he or she is over the income limit, while it is more clear-cut, obviously a conservation should be had with the local authority. The CCMA can answer this more directly but those conversations take place. If there were to be a mistake or if it were to be wrong, it would certainly be corrected and they would be put back exactly where they were, with no loss of their place on the list.