Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development.
Yesterday in the House the minister stated that he was going to follow the recommendations of the task force on seasonal work.
Now, the key recommendation by that task force is to not create two classes of unemployed persons through penalty clauses for seasonal workers such as those in the minister's document which were made public this past weekend.
Does the minister confirm the Canadian Labour Congress analysis that he will be coming down heavily on seasonal and part time workers by requiring "twice as many weeks and hours of work before they are eligible for benefits".