Mr. Speaker, once again the hon. member is engaging in an attempt to misinform Canadians.
Let us go back to last Friday and bring forward two basic facts. It is very important to try to clear the fog the Bloc Quebecois constantly tries to disseminate.
First, $800 million of the proposed savings in the system are being recycled into direct employment benefits to get people back to work. Therefore it represents a substantial shift from income benefits to employment benefits and is designed to meet our very different work situation. It allows us to give people a quick, effective way back into the employment market.
The figures the hon. member refers to have absolutely no relevance to the fact that we have said directly the money is being recycled.
Second, we are beginning to reduce the premiums under the system. There will be a $1.3 billion reduction for businesses and employees so that we can put more money in their pockets and they can create more jobs.