Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development. The minister said yesterday that those who protest against the UI reform are being led on by bored and lazy seasonal workers. Bored and lazy. He added, and I quote the press release:
"These guys have to find something to do every Sunday. Some people drive around the block, some people go to the movies, some go to demonstrations. I guess it just depends on what turns them on".
This is what the minister thinks of the unemployed.
Given the current situation, how can the minister make such comments on protesters and unemployed workers? Does he not realize that his primary responsibility is to understand them, help them, protect them, including within cabinet, and not to belittle them, or worse, to despise them?