I do not know whether the Conservatives think that we are a bunch of idiots. I know it is April Fool's Day today. They are trying to pull a swift one, but the people around this table are smart enough to see what is happening. They are trying to claim that they want to carry out a study on poverty and travel across Canada to gather testimony, but are being thwarted in their efforts by Mr. Lessard from the Bloc Québécois, Mr. Godin from the NDP and the Liberals, who do not consider the study to be a priority. It is outrageous. That is my personal opinion.
This motion could serve as a starting point for our study on poverty. It gives us one of the priorities for the study. It is part of our poverty study. I might propose an amendment at a later date but, for the moment, I trust that the steering committee will propose it. Even if today is April 1, April Fool's day, we are not buying it. We are not falling for Mr. Lake's April Fool's joke. In case they still do not understand, I will repeat the point for a third time: the changes to the employment insurance regime are a cause of poverty.