Thank you.
I agree with what my colleague, Mr. Godin, was saying about the remuneration of workers. He forgot to mention another category of individuals who refuse to work for all sorts of reasons—namely welfare recipients. While I certainly do not wish to judge these people, the fact remains that when we ask these individuals to work, they analyze the consequences and tell us that they will lose some of their benefits. The situation will be even worse, if we add extra days.
However, the problem you have and the one that makes it impossible to include them in the exceptions is the fact that they come under provincial programs, not under the federal EI program. This is something else you should add to your list of complications. The situation is complicated by the fact that the pay these people receive will be taken into account in determining their benefits.