Mr. Speaker, I want to note the results of a survey released this morning, which was carried out by the firm SONDAGEM for Le Devoir .
This survey shows how much opposition the unemployment insurance reform project has stirred up in Quebec. According to 79 per cent of respondents, the reform will mainly benefit the federal government. Worse yet, 91.2 per cent have not been fooled by this reform, which they clearly see as serving only to help the federal government to reduce public spending.
Moreover, in the same survey, three respondents out of four expressed the wish to see the Government of Quebec administer the unemployment insurance plan. This survey confirms what everybody knows already: the reform is not being made in the public interest but rather in an attempt to bring the federal deficit down. The public will never forget how fiercely the Liberal government went at the unemployed with its reform.