Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Cape Breton Highlands-Canso for his good words for committee members. I think that we did do some very serious work while conducting hearings across Canada.
My first question for the hon. member is this: Are the results we see today in this bill in line with what we heard at those hearings?
Does having an intensity rule that will reduce seasonal workers' benefits among the wishes expressed during those consultations? Did any of the people who testified say anything to that effect? Did the committee on seasonal workers, which was set up by the minister, not tell us that seasonal workers were in no way responsible for the negative impact on their jobs, that it was not their decision to be unemployed, that there were simply no jobs available? I would like the hon. member to answer these questions.