In that case I think I had better go to our recommendations.
We would like to see a cut-off requirement of 360 hours of work across the country to enable more workers to qualify if they are laid off, and we see more and more people falling into unemployment as a result of the current economic downturn; benefits for up to 50 weeks so fewer unemployed workers exhaust their claim; higher weekly benefits so the best 12 weeks of earnings before a layoff are used; and a replacement rate of 60% of insured earnings. These proposals would assist women. A reduction of the entrance requirement is particularly important in terms of closing the employment insurance gender gap.