Ms. Schwann, you spoke about the number of people employed in mining across the province. Of course, that workforce would include people who live here in Regina but work at mines in other locations.
The federal government extended employment insurance benefits for certain regions in response to the drop in commodity prices, but left out Regina. So of the eight EI regions across Alberta and Saskatchewan, seven currently have extended EI benefits; Regina is the only one that doesn't.
I wonder if you could speak from the perspective of your members and their employees about the importance of including our city in the extended EI benefits.