Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development. Thanks to the cuts resulting from the February 1994 budget and the present reform, the minister will enjoy a $5 billion surplus by the end of 1996 after requiring workers and employers to pay $6 billion back into the recession fund. This is a very substantial grab. Yet, this surplus will not be set aside but will go into the federal government's current revenue to reduce its deficit by $5 billion.
Are we to understand from its UI reform that the government intends to reduce its deficit not by improving management of government operations but by reducing UI benefits by another $2 billion?