Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
First of all, I completely agree with Mr. Lessard's comments. I like his motion. But I would like to move an amendment to the motion concerning an important point. I hope that you will all agree.
The motion states: “[...] that the Committee recommend to the government that it immediately renew the project in all regions, [...]”. It is a good idea to renew the pilot project, but we must specify the duration. I therefore move that we add the words “as long as there is no permanent solution implemented by the government”. The motion would then read as follows:
Given the urgency resulting from the approaching end of the Pilot Project on Increased Weeks of Employment Insurance Benefits (Pilot Project No. 6), that the Committee recommend to the government that it immediately renew the project in all regions currently included in the project as long as there is no permanent solution implemented by the government and that the Chair of the Committee report this motion to the House.