Mr. Speaker, the federal government steadfastly refuses to unveil its plans and keeps postponing the tabling of its social program reform. Clearly the government wants to keep these cuts under wraps until the referendum. We know that the federal budget announced additional cuts of more than $1.5 billion in the unemployment insurance plan, but the details are still being kept secret.
My question is directed to the Prime Minister. How can he initiate the most massive cuts ever in our social programs, including unemployment insurance, cuts that are tantamount to repudiating the social equity that millions of Quebecers and Canadians depend on?