Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development. Through his UI reform bill leaked by the CSN last week, the minister, far from helping young people, is set to increase very substantially the requirements that first time applicants must meet in order to qualify for the support that the UI program should provide. The minister refused to confirm anything before the referendum.
Now that the referendum is over, will the minister admit that his bill will increase from 20 to 26 weeks the minimum number of weeks of work required to qualify for benefits and exclude thousands of young people from unemployment insurance, and that the minister's new program will be one more obstacle to their access to the labour force?