Mr. Speaker, let me again point out some relevant facts. It is quite clear the hon. member has not looked at the report. He does not know what we are proposing.
There will be a substantial extension of coverage under the new proposal for part time workers or people who have multiple jobs. Half a million Canadians will be included in the program where before they received absolutely no coverage at all. A quarter of a million seasonal workers will be able to receive extended benefits beyond what they receive at the present time. There will be the
opportunity for more people to improve their earnings because we are basing it upon a much more realistic test, the test of hours.
To get to the question raised by the hon. member and not the prologue where his facts were wrong, the reality is that the money we are using is first to go into a reserve to stabilize premiums against a further recession. In that way we can ensure that future workers will not be hurt the way workers were in the past recession and we can ensure there is an infusion of money at that point in time. We are reducing the costs for both employees and employers as a result of this measure to stimulate job creation. We are ploughing back $800 million of employment benefits to help people get back to work.
This goes back to the very heart, the goal of what we want to do, which is to ensure that Canadians will have the opportunity to get a good job.