This is a question that we have asked in the past. According to the Department of Finance's own numbers in the fiscal update, the account will be in surplus in 2015 and 2016. There is really no reason as far as the Employment Insurance Act is concerned to keep the rate at 1.88, because there is an accumulative surplus, so it can be reduced. So far we have not seen that plan to reduce the rate in 2015 and 2016, and we don't really know exactly what the reason or what the justification for that is.
On November 18th, 2014. See this statement in context.