Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister of Human Resources Development.
With his reforms, the minister has taken the first step towards establishing an employment insurance system that discriminates against seasonal workers, whose benefits will be reduced depending on the number of weeks they were on unemployment insurance in the past.
Will the minister acknowledge that this is a complete contradiction of the recommendations of his task force on seasonal employment and of his own commitments, in that he is creating a two-tier system in which seasonal workers will be treated like second class unemployed workers?