Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a comment on what my colleague from Calgary North said regarding our public responsibilities, including the fact that programs would no longer be efficient if they came directly under provincial jurisdiction.
There is some discrepancy in what she said. She just stated how important it was to fund training. She also mentioned that with its motion, the Bloc Quebecois was refusing, so to speak, any cuts, especially to the Department of Human Resources Development for the unemployment insurance program.
Since the unemployment insurance fund is showing a surplus, why not allocate this money, which belongs to the workers and the employers, the very same employers who are clamouring for top notch skilled workers-which is what the Bloc's amendment is all about-to training and programs specially aimed at employees and employers, or even give it to the provinces, which are in the best position to use it efficiently? How can she draw a parallel between the Bloc Quebecois not wanting to cut and its wish to train employees and employers?