First, I have to say that it is a Canadian's choice to be self-employed. Hewlett-Packard did a study through Ipsos Reid and found Canadians' number one job prospect was to own their own business or be self-employed. That is a major shift that is happening, and I think it's worth people knowing.
How can we get the EI system to adapt to that? I agree with you; we should do whatever works. We've got to tailor it to what people need and also deal with systemic unemployment. We're all onside with this. How do we deal with the seasonal worker or people who are stuck in certain areas and move them into new areas? How can EI best be used for that?
Also, I didn't mention that on the last page of our presentation was reference to a very popular program, the new hires program, which gave kind of an EI holiday for employers to train students or people who were replacing those on parental leave. There are some things there that can be done as well.
We are doing a major training survey that will be sent out to 105,000 business owners. We're presenting that to the provinces and the federal government at the end of the year. It's a big issue.