I wonder if I might just make a proposal, Mr. Chair, and perhaps the legislative clerks could help us in determining, from clause 454 on, if all of the remaining clauses are part of division 32. If so, perhaps we could just group the remaining clauses and then deal with them as a group, if there is no objection from anyone on the committee.
The utility of that would be that it corresponds well to the conversations that have been had around these reforms. To put it succinctly, I think these reforms have not been very well received within many affected stakeholder groups. I think some of the concern, certainly on my part for just voting down these provisions, is that, while people were disappointed in the particular content of what was presented in the budget implementation act, there was a high degree of excitement around changing the EI appeals board. It's just that people want to get it right.
That's something we were hoping the government would hear. I note that the minister did tweet just before this meeting that she is interested in not only going back to the drawing board on some of these changes, but she also committed in that tweet to presenting new legislation in the fall. I think that was a major concern of stakeholders out there, that this not simply be voted down and go away, but that, if it were to be voted down, there was a clear commitment from the government that they would bring legislation back in the near term so that this is not a discussion that dies with this particular budget implementation act but a discussion that continues in the life of this Parliament so that we can find a satisfactory reform to the EI appeal board.
Given that the minister is clearly on the public record at this point committing to bringing that legislation forward in the fall, I certainly think that I would be content to lump these provisions together and to vote no.
Of course, if any member of the committee feels differently, they're welcome to say so, and we can deal with them clause by clause, but if that's a satisfactory outcome to other members of the committee, I'm sure it would save us a fair bit of time. That would be my proposal, Mr. Chair.
Thank you.