If employers and employees were to pay an equal share of the EI premiums, that means the employee portion as a share of the total would increase.
When I think about what I'm hearing from my constituents in Etobicoke Centre—I think we're all hearing about it and we talk about it in the House all the time—one of the challenges is the cost of living. Wouldn't that impose an additional burden on the very people who are suffering most—the employees and the constituents who are trying to pay their bills?