Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I truly regret that we are debating Bill C-24. The bill needs to pass. It's going to come back to the committee, and witnesses are going to appear before us. The sooner that happens, the better it will be for workers.
I will now return to the focus of our study, which is EI reform, and ask a question of Mr. Yussuff, president of the Canadian Labour Congress.
When our EI system was set up, the government was contributing to it. You said the system had regressed rather than progressed financially.
In terms of funding the program, do you believe that the government should restore some funding as part of reforms?