Mr. Speaker, what the Minister of Finance recognized the other day is that we have a very responsible attitude toward the EI fund.
You will recall that, in the government of which the Conservative leader was a member, a $2 billion surplus in the EI fund suddenly turned into a $6 billion deficit. As a result, the government then in power had to raise premiums by 30% at the height of the recession, thus creating more unemployment.
We have a different and much more responsible approach.