Mr. Speaker, I can assure you that, when we talk about recovering certain sums, the labour market is very different today from what it was 15 or 20 years ago. We will do our best to break away from the past and deal with the current situation.
Very often, businesses use employment insurance to alter the labour market playing field. They are the ones we intend to go after, not those individuals who are eligible for benefits and whom we want to help. We have compassion for these individuals and want to help them re-enter the labour force.
But we will not let employment insurance become a tool in the hands of businesses to be used to alter the labour market playing field. In a word, we are against fraud but in favour of showing compassion for those who truly need assistance.