Since my two previous efforts failed, I'm going to make a third attempt.
If we go strictly by the definition issued by the government as to eligibility for the employment insurance benefit five-week extension, three new regions of the country are now eligible. These are the southern interior British Columbia region, southern Saskatchewan and the Edmonton region.
In this regard, I would like to point out that the Prime Minister himself publicly announced on May 13 that these three regions would be covered by the provisions on this extension of employment insurance benefits. It is the government's wish, and here we have the bill that could put it into effect. Our proposal is to add these three regions to the 12 already covered by the provisions in the bill.