Perhaps I could respond.
I think you bring up a major point: it's not clear what the objectives of the EI program are. A lot of women, yes, are working part-time because they can't find day care. Is having a national child care program supposed to be part of EI, or is that better left as a separate policy tool under a different program?
A lot of the income support programs that I think we all agree need to be there, do they actually belong under EI or should they be a part of another program?
I'm thinking of women who do choose to be working part-time. They don't expect continued employment. So thinking of employment insurance as insurance, I think it's doing a reasonable job there.
Now, if we're looking to support those women so that they have more secure income, given that they're working part-time, I'm not sure that belongs under the employment insurance program. Perhaps that's better left as a separate policy. So things like affirmative action—I grew up in a pay equity province, so I'm sorry, I tend to assume that one's there—I think are important programs for the bigger picture that we're looking at here. I'm just not sure it's part of EI.