As I said earlier, the employment insurance program covers various aspects, and we have to take that into consideration. It is not just about benefits. Prior to the current recession, expenditures were more or less divided as follows: 50% for benefits and 50% for parental leave insurance, training, health insurance, administration, etc. In a nutshell, employment insurance includes many things, and it is going to take much more than a quick simple discussion about one aspect of the bill to really draw solid conclusions.
As far as we are concerned, we will be the first in line to participate in discussions on a comprehensive reform. It is understandable that we would want to see the employers' contribution remain stable, limited. We do not want to reduce it, but at the very least, we do not want to see employers forced to pay higher payroll taxes. We need to make sure that companies can create other jobs and enable more people to join the labour force rather than be on unemployment.