Mr. Speaker, we have been working on reforming the UI program, and in fact the social security system as a whole, for the past two years. We never hid the fact that we were putting our fiscal house in order and reviewing various social policies.
Regarding unemployment insurance, we announced in the last budget exactly what our plans were, and the Prime Minister stated in this House that a bill would be produced by the end of the year. Cabinet has not approved, passed or even seen the bill, and the document referred to may well be one of the many versions of the bill that could eventually be submitted to cabinet. This is a normal
process, one that does not involve cabinet for the time being and that must follow its course.