Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I, too, want to welcome all of our experts from the Department of Finance. Thank you for being with us.
To start, I want to follow up on something I asked you about when the committee met in camera on the economic statement. It was about the employment insurance fund. Correct me if I'm wrong.
As far as I know, the employment insurance fund has a mandated break-even point. Contributions and benefits have to even out over a period of seven years. This period, however, we can expect a considerable deficit. Has the government introduced any legislation to transfer the exceptional deficit to the consolidated revenue fund, or does the employment insurance fund still have to adhere to the mandated seven-year break-even horizon as things currently stand?