You've heard from colleagues and others, and from reading the transcript of questions with regard to the witnesses, I'm sure there's some concern about the ability of the fund to be fully funded. Also, because this piece of the new EI will be collected from those who participate, a difficulty may be created for people in the regular EI, in that it will be tapped into in order to pay for the costs.
The question I have is this. Does the premium rate for self-employed persons reflect the benefits they will receive? Also, do you think it should be calculated independently of the rate for employed persons in order to better reflect the benefits they will receive? Should we be going there, as opposed to simply leaving it where it is?