Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll try to be as brief as possible. Something has really been bothering me since the last exchange. Mr. Hamilton made it clear that there was no lack of will to recover the money. And yet some serious backlogs came about and we'll probably never recover several billion dollars in overpayments.
But of course, there is the context issue. The Canada Emergency Response Benefit was created because the employment insurance system was hopeless.
We are fortunate to have with us today Jean-François Tremblay, Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada, who can explain where we stand on the reform of employment insurance requested by all the opposition parties, and which is essential if workers are to finally have a proper system. If we find ourselves in a recession, which is something being forecast by all economists—and I too am an economist—will we have in place the employment insurance system Quebeckers and Canadians deserve?
Mr. Tremblay, have you learned anything from this pandemic? Is a proper system and a true reform something we can expect?