Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Human Resources Development's unem-
ployment insurance reform continues to stir up anger among workers nearly everywhere, particularly in regions where there is the most seasonal work.
The Minister's reform, by cutting benefits back $2 billion dollars more each year for the next three, will keep very many people without jobs from collecting benefits under the plan.
Will the Minister of Human Resources Development confirm the figures given in this morning's Globe and Mail , namely that last January no more than 46 per cent of Canada's jobless were collecting benefits, whereas the figure for 1990 was over 87 per cent?