Mr. Speaker, today is a very important day for Canada and the Government of Quebec.
As my colleague has said, today we have officially announced the historic labour market agreement in principle with Quebec.
We must consider how many years the discussions have been going on. There is a consensus in Quebec on labour market development. The importance of the agreement is considerable in that some $3 billion will be transferred to Quebec over the next five years. It will have immediate benefits for workers in Quebec.
I think we can say this is an historic occasion. We hope the agreement will be completed very soon and the active measures of the employment insurance system will go toward helping employees and employers put people back to work in the province of Quebec.