Mr. Speaker, I should point out that the Minister of Finance has not taken any $5 billion from the unemployment insurance fund. The hon. member who is the Bloc finance critic can, I am sure, explain to his colleague that the surplus is, moreover, extremely small at this time.
That surplus is expected to increase, but I must remind the hon. member that, at this very time last year, we were in a deficit situation with the unemployment insurance fund. What is very important to realize is that we must not interfere with a surplus, even one that has actually existed until recently only in the mind of the hon. member.