You were here when I put the question to the minister, so as you probably know, the Canadian Labour Congress has already raised this issue in testimony before the committee.
Since the difference between the benefits for long-tenured workers and others is quite dramatic, there is a concern about subclause 207(1) at the beginning of division 12. Why has that been done, and can that be omitted without doing any...? That would improve the EI system, in my view, but I'll leave it to you to explain it.