I would absolutely agree with that. One way, as you mentioned, is to take a look at the number of hours, but that helps to qualify only the people who are already in some kind of insurable employment. We need to also take a look at those workers who are not in insurable employment and think about whether there is a way to bring them into the EI program or about some other kind of support that would be provided to workers who do not currently have a job that would be considered insurable.
On April 9th, 2019. See this statement in context.