moved for leave to introduce Bill C-286, an Act to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act (university studies after ten years of employment).
Mr. Speaker, a while ago, like the great majority of my colleagues here in the House, I was confronted with the fact that only workers who qualify for unemployment insurance were eligible to go to college. In my humble opinion, I think that discriminates against those who would like to go to university to learn a new trade. That is the purpose of my bill.
It is to extend the application of section 26 of the Unemployment Insurance Act to include full time university courses in addition to college and other training courses as part of the courses or programs designed to facilitate the re-entry of a claimant into the employed labour force.
I hope that all my colleagues in all parties will support this bill, because it is extremely important to give those who want to re-enter the labour market a chance.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)