Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that the hon. member did not listen to the previous answer.
However, a quarter of a million workers in seasonal industries will be able to receive benefits for a longer period of time. If we add up the actual dollars, it will be more dollars because of the hours based system. The shift to the hours based system means that for the first time full credit or full value is given for the full work they do. That is what workers want. They want to be given full credit for the amount of time put in and not have a bunch of artificial formulas applied to them.
That is what we have done. Every dollar and every hour now count toward credit in the new employment insurance system.