All right, but in general terms most economists seem to think that payroll taxes are a bad thing, so if in fact you were looking to simplify the system to take tax away from labour, if you will, you'd have to fund it from something. It may not be the linkage between the GST and EI, but would the elimination of payroll taxes be a good thing, as a point of economic principle?
On April 9th, 2008. See this statement in context.