Thank you, Chair.
There was only one thing that I could hear from Mr. Cullen that was actually accurate, and that was that the funds in the EI fund actually were paid in by employees and employers. Only the NDP would say that giving money back to employers, back to job creators, would actually encourage them to lay people off. Where is the logic in that? That's complete bunk.
This money was paid into the fund. This is a tax refund to job creators so that they can continue to create jobs and spend the money on their priorities as they wish. It's an incentive for growth, and the CFIB expects 25,000 person-years of jobs to be created as a result of this. Small businesses are big job creators in our economy, and what's good for small business is good for Canadians and good for employers and employees.