Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Human Resources Development has promised that through the UI proposals there will be job opportunity and job growth. But if you really look at it, what is the record that is before us?
First of all, there is really nothing in there that is going to break the cycle of dependency. There is going to be nothing there for those 44,000 Canadians who just lost their jobs. There is going to be nothing there for the young people who are looking for jobs at the present time. There is a lot of politics, but not good, substantial policy.
My question to the hon. parliamentary secretary is as follows. After a year and a half of dithering and political manoeuvring here and top down tinkering and made in Ottawa solutions, what is the government really going to do through this policy to reduce the number of unemployed in this country?