I'll be quick. I know we're short on time and we want to make sure we adopt the bill.
I just want to reiterate that the Conservative members and I were extremely frustrated when we found out, at the beginning of the week, that an hour of meeting time had been cancelled without our being consulted. It worried us. We so want to see this bill passed that, for us, any delay is a worrying indication of the government's genuine desire to move the bill forward.
Yes, we are getting to the end of something today, but I do want to say that, like the Conservatives, the Bloc is going to do everything it can to remind the government that we are the ones calling for a comprehensive EI reform. That includes increasing the number of benefit weeks to 50. We are committed to bringing forward another bill on that, as we wait for any legislation that brings a bit of humanity into this world, like this bill. The passage of this bill can't wait any longer. Like the Conservatives, the Bloc will be there to underscore that the bill needs to be passed quickly, that it needs to be given royal assent, and that it must not come into force any more than six months later.
