I think that our colleague, Mr. Godin, has explained the situation well. The EI fund is a key element of our study on poverty. People speak as if poverty and employment insurance were two separate issues when in fact they are closely intertwined. The ineligibility of 60 per cent of workers who lose their jobs, workers who should be entitled to benefits, is one of the factors that aggravates poverty.
I understand that this is a matter of little importance to the Conservatives, but we are going to support this timely Liberal motion. I do not know whether Mr. Savage would agree with me, but it is one of the issues that we should perhaps study as part of our poverty study. However, we cannot wait too long, as the Conservatives are trying to delay studying it until after adjournment. They are putting off a lot of decisions until after the House has adjourned. We have to study the ramifications of setting up a Crown Corporation over the course of the next few weeks.