Madam Speaker, I am not here to filibuster like my friend opposite.
I was going to raise a point of order and suggest that if he wanted to speak again we would let him. Some of us could ask questions of him rather than having him talk for five minutes instead of asking members questions.
However, I want to ask my colleague a question. The Bloc again has attacked the whole issue of the hours based system, which as the member has mentioned is supported by almost everyone who understands the system. I suggest that the Bloc does not understand the importance of going to an hourly system.
The reason there is support is that there are 90,000 individuals who do not get UI today who under the new system which will consider claims on an hourly basis will be able to collect EI for the first time. Half of those workers are seasonal employees. I want to focus on the other half, part time workers. It hurts me to think the Bloc is not supporting this.
There are 45,000 part time and multiple job workers. For the first time they will be able to collect EI under this new system. Why would the member think that any party, whether it is a party that wants to break up Canada, which spends more time trying to break up Canada than worrying about workers in its own province, would be opposed to something that is good for 27 per cent of the population who are part time workers?