The first point to consider is the fact that income replacement rates were lowered in the past. We believe that we should return to historical levels, which were higher. That would mean increasing the income replacement benefit.
The second point deals with the penalty imposed on people who leave their jobs voluntarily. In many cases, these people are excluded from access to employment insurance. But there's no reason to penalize people who want to improve their working conditions, which sometimes entails quitting their job. Sometimes people leave a job for perfectly legitimate reasons, perhaps because it's unhealthy for all sorts of reasons. In short, under current EI rules, that freedom is not granted. We believe that access to these benefits should be extended to people who leave their jobs voluntarily.