Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have trouble understanding how the employment insurance appeal process got shoved into a budget bill of over 400 pages. It would seem to me to be a highly specialized subject. We could have studied it in connection with the reform of the Employment Insurance Act. Our hands are tied.
Mr. Beauregard, you said that there were four essential elements that should be in the reform: the new appeal board should report to the Employment Insurance Commission rather than the chair; employment insurance recipients should be entitled to regional representation and an in‑person hearing; all members of the appeal board should be appointed on a part-time basis to guarantee equity; and last, the Employment Insurance Commission should be in charge of the selection process for employer and employee members.
Is that an accurate summary of your main positions on what needs to be studied in greater depth?