Ms. Yao-Yao Go, I would now like to talk about employment insurance. You spoke earlier about immigrant workers. You mentioned that reducing the number of hours required to become eligible for employment insurance benefits could be an option, particularly for part-time workers.
I have a question for you about another aspect of the matter. Last year, in connection with the 2005 budget, I worked, as an MP from New Brunswick, to have the best 14 weeks from the past year adopted as the criterion. In other words, the best 14 weeks out of the last 52 weeks of work would be used. This was implemented in high unemployment rural regions, where seasonal work is common.
Would this measure, if it were adopted Canada-wide, help your workers? The ultimate objective is to use the best 14 weeks as a basis rather than the most recent weeks, which are not necessarily good weeks. Would the introduction of such a measure for all workers across the country be a satisfactory solution?