Thank you very much, Jinny.
I'll tell you that the facts you have cited are certainly correct. My stakeholders are well aware of that, and we have conversations around those issues consistently.
This is one reason that labour feels very strongly that access to EI has to be relaxed. It's so different across the country, depending on where you live, but the fact remains that if you lose your job in Toronto, you have still lost your job. If you lose your job in Port Elgin, you've still lost your job; you're still without a job as well.
The other thing is that many of the people who lose their jobs are part-time people. It's very difficult for part-time people, and they are often—not always, but often—some of the most vulnerable people, as our other guest this morning just pointed out. They don't have access to EI, so they don't have access to the training programs; yet they are still paying into the fund.
We feel very strongly that there should be a relaxation or more flexibility. We have an opinion on EI overall, but I'll just stick to the LMDA part for today. Especially for the LMDA training, there must be some flexibility so that more people can take advantage.
This is not to make the LMDAs a be-all and a catch-all for every problem out there, but this is the reality. They need to have training. They get into a vicious cycle such that they go from one part-time job to another part-time job and can never get out of that cycle. They can never collect enough hours.