Everybody is eligible to collect if they pay into it under the rules of the EI Act, under the qualification period to receiving benefits. I mean, you can still go to jail and collect EI. For example, if you go to jail for a month, even, and they take a month out of the 52-week qualifying period, you still have 11 months in which to work the required number of weeks. Going to jail for a very short time does not disqualify you from applying and getting EI in your benefit period.
What I'm saying is that if you're in jail for a period of time that takes you out of that qualifying period, the average person cannot get an extension just because they want one. But someone who's been in jail because they broke the law can apply for an extension under the act the way it is, and I want to repeal those sections to take that favoured position out of the act.