Mr. Speaker, it would be very helpful to point out to the hon. member who asked the question what I think is the
most important statistic from last year. If we look at the question of those people who exhausted their UI benefits, the number dropped by more than 86,000 over the year before. There was a very substantial gain of employment in Quebec which enabled far fewer people to reach a stage where they had to exhaust their UI benefits.
That is the real statistic the hon. member and the hon. minister for Quebec should be looking at. We are creating jobs in Quebec. People will be able to stay at work longer and not have to exhaust their UI benefits as a result.