Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to greet the witnesses and tell them it's a great pleasure to have them here.
My question is for the president of the Canadian Labour Congress.
Mr. Yussuff, thank you for accepting our invitation to testify.
Your organization represents 3.3 million workers. That's quite impressive. You have come to meet with us as part of a review of the employment insurance program. I will do my best to avoid talking about Bill C-24. The Bloc Québécois is going to support the bill because it's a temporary measure that will end on September 21, 2021. We are here to determine what kind of permanent measures to implement.
Am I wrong in thinking that your call for increasing to 50 the number of weeks of benefits for which people are eligible existed long before this whole emergency measures debate and that it's part of your vision for reform?