Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Finance.
The economic and financial update released yesterday by the minister indicates that the government could have lowered UI premiums to $2.93 for every $100 of insurable earnings and still have collected the whole amount set in the 1995 budget. Yet, the government decided to set the premium at $2.95.
Will the minister recognize that he could have lowered UI premiums to $2.93 and still have met his 1995 budgetary objectives?