It's obvious that the current EI system needs to be revised. We had people testify before committee last week.
However, we also need to recognize that the current definitions of work are outdated. It's certainly something that impacts my riding significantly. Therefore, many people fall through the cracks of the existing system. I often refer to people who are dealing, for example, with severe mental health and trauma who often end up on the streets living in destitute poverty.
We know that many populations living poor or living rough are overrepresented by women, racialized people, disabled people, indigenous people, millennials, zoomers, as well as older folks. Do you believe that another form of income insurance, as a partner to EI, would be helpful—for example, an income-tested guaranteed livable income?
You spoke a little bit about that. Can you expand on that and how a guaranteed livable basic income could work in partnership with EI?