Mr. Speaker, it is abundantly clear to those individuals who have been active participants in the debate about restructuring Canada's social security system that the Unemployment Insurance Act as it is today does not reflect the reality of the workplace. It is for this reason that the government embarked on a very ambitious project to modernize Canada's social security system with three major objectives.
The first objective is to help Canadians find and keep jobs by providing them with not only income support but also a set of tools that will allow them to get back to work quickly. The second objective is to provide protection for the most vulnerable in our society. I know how the Reform Party feels about that. The third objective is to develop a system that is sustainable.
The announcement the minister of human resources will make today will be something Canadians have been waiting for and it will address those three objectives.