Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank all the witnesses for their presence and their presentations.
My questions are for Mr. Dias.
I would like to discuss the Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Program, the problems associated with it, and your proposed solutions.
I put questions to the Department of Finance, but according to the answer I received, it did not seem to want to move. I questioned the Minister of Finance during a telephone briefing, and he gave me the same answer as his department.
For five minutes I questioned the President of the Treasury Board in the House to try to resolve this situation, but I got only terse answers.
Mr. Dias, could you explain in detail what the problem is for the thousands of workers with respect to the supplementary unemployment benefit and tell us what solutions you propose?