Mr. Speaker, as the hon. member may know during difficult fiscal times and changing economies we have witnessed an increased use of contracting in many industries. This is creating some pressure on the UI system.
However I do want to make it perfectly clear in cases such as this one where people are using the UI system, the member can rest assured that in most cases they are the victims rather than the abusers.
We have already initiated measures in the federal budget to rectify this problem. For example it has been suggested that to foreshadow the treatment of repeat users we may want to consider means of more effectively regulating on and off workers.
Of course this is a complex issue and I look to members of Parliament to give us their input.