Ms. Symonds, I think that clearly illustrates why the employment insurance system needs to be strengthened. We want to keep these important industries and workers in our regions.
We've heard solutions that would involve lowering the number of hours needed to qualify for benefits or raising the number of weeks of benefits. I will give you two examples. The first option would involve setting the total number of hours needed to qualify for benefits at 420. The second option would involve raising the minimum number of weeks of benefits to 35.
Given your relationships with other groups, would you say those are helpful solutions? Do you have other recommendations that would help?