Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for a very important question.
As he knows, we make specific mention in the green book that we have to look very carefully at the circumstances facing seasonal workers. For example, we have already set up a working group with the building and trades council to look at what happens in the construction trade. We are now working closely with them to find an answer.
We are also planning to establish a special working group in the next few days to deal with seasonal workers per se. That group will talk to those workers, the industries and the provinces affected so that once again we can provide a flexible, tailored response to meet the needs of seasonal workers.
There is another innovation we introduced this week, and you will be interested in this, Mr. Speaker. It is a special pilot project we provided in Prince Edward Island. It will allow seasonal workers to use their uninsurable weeks, those weeks when they only work part time during the week, to be pulled together to get an insurable week and therefore establish a broader work time. That stretches out the work week. That means we give more people more time to work. That is the kind of innovation and reform this country needs and we will continue to provide it.