We were talking about thwarting democracy. That is exactly what happens when a minority government breaks the Canadian social contract. For example, six administrators are appointed to the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board, which was created in 2008. In order to respect the Canadian social contract, there should have been two workers' representatives, but that did not happen. All of the appointments to the Canada Employment Insurance Financing Board were partisan, and that is exactly what is happening everywhere else.
Madam Chair, I am seriously and deeply ashamed of being represented by a government which acts against the best interests of society.
Let's come back to employment insurance—what is it that employment insurance is supposed to do, gentlemen? I saw the best example of this last year when I found myself facing the workers of Kruger. You all have the same card in your pockets, a card which looks like the health insurance card. In Quebec, it is called the “sun card”, but I don't like it very much because I don't like my picture. I am a little vain, but that doesn't matter. Further, I don't like illness, hospitals, doctors, nor do I like waiting rooms in clinics. I would not wish illness on anyone, well, almost anyone.
However, I am proud that our society, in Canada and Quebec, offers universal health care services that are accessible to everyone. In our opinion, the employment insurance program should be the same. What is the role of an employment insurance plan? It is to help people who have lost their job by providing them with a form of economic security.