Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister.
Everyone except the federal government knows that poverty is on the rise in Canada and that drastic cuts to employment insurance only make it worse. Yesterday, the premier of Quebec suggested that the question of how to use the billions of dollars from the surplus in the employment insurance fund be put on the agenda of the next federal-provincial conference.
Does the government intend to act on the Quebec premier's suggestion to finally put an end to the scandal of the $12 billion surplus accumulated at the expense of the unemployed?