I do not have any specific studies on that point. What I do know from an acquaintance of mine who was recently over at the Local 183 hall is that 50% of the people there aren't working. A job is a great thing. There's something wrong when 50% of your people aren't working and there are jobs going wanting in the rest of this country. If you subsidize those people with preferential employment insurance, they're going to stay there in Toronto, it appears, and they're not going to Saskatoon where I was on a job site that was crying out for workers.
On May 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.