Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development.
The confidential document issued by the minister's office on the UI reform the federal government is trying to hide from Quebecers contains proposals to further restrict access to unemployment insurance and bring down the maximum number of benefit weeks from 50 to 45.
Given that the 1994 UI reform has already driven nearly 5,000 Quebec families to seek social assistance, will the minister recognize that any further cut is simply forcing more and more unemployed onto welfare? Is that what the minister has in store for Quebec voters if they vote No?