Mr. Speaker, when we came to power, the UI fund was running a deficit in excess of $6 billion. By the end of 1995, this deficit had turned into a surplus of approximately $735 million. It certainly is not more than $1 billion today. We have made it very clear that we wanted to build a cushion to protect the workers in times of economic decline.
The hon. member talks about diverting funds and that sort of thing. Look, we do not even have a $1 billion surplus to spend on Canadian workers.