With many of my constituents--and there's been an increase of traffic just in the city of London alone--the number of people seeking employment insurance benefits has increased by 75%. They come to my office, and they're in despair. They don't know what to do.
Some of them have asked that severance, vacation pay, and pensions be excluded from earnings under the EI Act. Do you have any idea how many people are excluded from accessing EI after the two-week waiting period because of these other considerations? Do we need to exclude severance, vacation, and pensions in order to circle the square?
I don't mean to cause you pain.