I welcome the opportunity to clarify that. Skills training, upskilling and re-skilling are definitely the way of the future. There were so many trends before the pandemic and the pandemic accelerated a number of them, this included. The point is that I think, through an EI reform-modernization process, we should take a look at this.
To say that training is important doesn't mean necessarily that it belongs in EI. We could argue about expansion in part I of special benefits—absolutely—but we have to recognize that all of these pieces.... There are conversations going around about the self-employed and gig workers as well. We can all agree this is important. I think that the first step is piecing this all out.
We have to remind ourselves that employment insurance is an insurance program. There are those principles as well. It would offer the opportunity to look at all of these pieces, cost them out and then look at where they best lie. Is it within the system or outside of the system? How is the system funded?
This is exciting. This is our opportunity to be able to do that. Thank you.