Well, there's no question. In the beginning everybody was scrambling to put money in people's pockets. So many of the initiatives, of course, were positive.
But what we're talking about is how to do it better. What did we learn from it? You talked about EI. The reality is we know that the EI system here in Canada is broken. When the pandemic hit, we were completely unprepared.
Now it's not a question of just reverting back to the old ways of doing things. What have we learned? We've learned that workers deserve at least a floor as it relates to EI. More people need to qualify. You can imagine that more people are qualifying based on the government's initiatives during the pandemic than normally ever have, because we know that only about 38% of Canadians ever qualify for employment insurance.
We know that the social security system here in Canada is broken, so it's time to fix it. Have there been some initiatives that I have supported? The answer is yes. Have some programs been wildly ineffective? The answer is yes.
I give the various governments credit for coming together and mainly leaving the politics at the door. This has been a challenging time for everyone. We have come together more as a nation, and we will come together better if we leave the politics out, but the question now is what we are going to do next.