Mr. Speaker, how can the government be so smug and proud when there are still
over a million unemployed workers in Canada, not counting all those who have precarious, very short term jobs?
How can the Deputy Prime Minister pretend that her government has restored hope and dignity for the unemployed, when in Quebec alone, 22,000 unemployed workers had to resort to welfare after the 1993 cuts in unemployment insurance, and since then, her government has never stopped forcing those who are no longer eligible for UI benefits to live on welfare?