Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm going to thank all of you once again. When I had my daughter, I felt very much like I was “committing pregnancy”, that there was very little in terms of support for me. And now it feels very much the same, that with the 1996 EI changes, women are further jeopardized. We haven't made any real progress.
It's clear to me that we need a wholesale reform when it comes to employment insurance. Having five more weeks of benefits just doesn't cut it. So I want to thank you for underscoring that and for making that very clear.
But I did want to give my colleague a chance to ask another question, as she so rarely gets the opportunity.