Thank you very much for the question.
As I was saying earlier, I think it would be very tough to give other workers access to the EI contributions employees have made. I completely agree with you. But I think the option of exercising more flexibility when it comes to applying employer contributions to a larger number of workers is still possible.
Ontario is facing the biggest challenge, but every province would do well to better allocate federal funding. This is just one suggestion, but it might be possible to lower all employee and employer contributions, and increase spending on more generalized training through the LMDAs. That's one possibility.