Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development.
At a seminar organized by the Public Policy Forum in March, the Deputy Minister of Human Resources Development, Jean-Jacques Noreau, opened up to the participants, saying that his department's first challenge was to rethink the UI program. He even went as far as to state that it might be necessary to create a new federal-provincial agency, composed of government, business and labour representatives, to administer the UI fund.
Can the Minister of Human Resources Development confirm his deputy minister's statement, and why does he stubbornly refuse to call a meeting of human resources and employment ministers right now so that they can discuss this issue?