Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Symonds, thank you for your insight. Thank you as well for your dedication to this work, which is so vital to your beautiful part of the country.
You said that your sector made up 90% of the economy in your area. That is huge. I shudder to think what the impact would be on the economy if those jobs disappeared, so it's all the more important to take care of seasonal workers. Thank you for illustrating that so well.
There are challenges, yes, but there are also solutions. Some go back five years, such as the pilot project that was launched in some regions to provide workers with five additional weeks of employment insurance benefits. The purpose of reforming the EI system is to preserve good jobs, like the work you are doing.
You talked about 20 being the divisor for calculating benefits. This may be a bit technical for the committee members.
Regardless, do you have a recommendation to propose? How would you fix that aspect of the system?