Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to welcome our witnesses.
So that no one is offended, I will address you as Ms. Washington. I can guarantee, Ms. Washington, that the NDP will vote for Bill C-50 and that you will have it. I can guarantee you that. Some political parties have already stated publicly that they will not support it. But I am one who believes that we must keep working hard to improve the employment insurance system.
This is not the first time that the employment insurance system has been changed without solving the entire problem. When the Liberal government came up with a bill about the 14 best weeks, I can assure you that, at home, we wanted the 12 best weeks. But we did not reject the 14 best weeks, because it was an improvement for the workers.