No. In fact our members generally accept the basic tenets of employment insurance; that is, if somebody involuntarily loses their job, there should be a system of fair compensation for those circumstances, but I will say that with the growing shortage of labour that has been experienced in Canada right now, we have to be very cautious about making further changes to employment insurance.
If another $1 billion of money were available to us as Canadians, we would prefer to use that additional $1 billion helping small businesses and other firms create jobs and train their employees rather than extending the time of benefits. That, from our perspective, is the more appropriate use of additional dollars in this fund.
Our bigger concern is that we are going to prolong the agony, and the costs of this are going to be passed on, preventing job creation in future years.