On EI we came up with that scenario we mentioned earlier. It has to come out fairly soon, because of the “ma and pa” operations where people are.... It could be that we are fishing to go in the hole to get our EI status. If this were put in place, we'd be able to go out maybe three days a week instead of every day in an effort to accumulate the high catch we need to qualify for EI. If we did this and qualified from last year's earnings, it would take an awful pile of stress off the people. If it did happen to come in and the fish were a poor price, you would still have your employment insurance benefits coming in, regardless. It wouldn't force you to fish and go in the hole. That was our idea with that.
On March 31st, 2009. See this statement in context.