The government needs to do some serious thinking about these issues.
I am told that the budget will be presented at the beginning of March. I would be surprised if, on the issue of eligibility criteria or eligibility requirements generally for the employment insurance system, we could come up with a sustainable proposal for the next budget in such a short period of time. However, the government should sit down with the other political parties and segments of civil society, reflect and come up with sensible and balanced proposals fairly quickly.
I will close by saying that in the short term, in terms of the budget, we are targeting sickness benefits. There is a commitment from the Liberal Party of Canada on this issue, and the government needs to respond to it. It has to be part of the next budget. In addition, we are saying that the pilot project must be improved and made permanent for seasonal workers. It must be improved and announced in the next budget.