Thank you.
Mrs. Swinemar, one of your two recommendations relates to employment insurance.
Recently, the House of Commons voted on a Bill tabled by the Bloc québecois to set up an independent fund so that the money be left to the workers. Unfortunately, the Bill was defeated because of the opposition of the Conservatives, strangely enough since they had been in favor of such a fund when they were the Official Opposition, and of the Liberals, which is also surprising since they have just released their anti-poverty program.
Had this Bill been approved and had a fund been created to allow workers to keep their money instead of putting it in general revenues to be spent for something else, do you believe this would have been helpful in the fight against poverty?