I'm glad you voiced it, if you're uncertain about it, because I'm glad to have the opportunity to respond to it.
You've raised two issues. The first is the question of should we be lowering taxes at this point and will this have a damaging impact on Canada's fiscal position. We've called upon the government to establish a program to bring us back into balance within five years and to restore this position where we can start to pay down debt again. To do that, we need to encourage growth in the economy and constrain new expenditures.
If we're going to encourage growth in the economy, we have to restore business confidence. We have to encourage business to hire, to invest in new technology, and to invest in R and D.
We don't do that if we break our word, if having made the commitment that business has been planning on, based on Parliament's decision, we suddenly reverse course and say we're going to whack business with $5 billion or $6 billion in more taxes.
You then asked about employment insurance.