Mr. Speaker, the finance minister talks about the disposal of the EI funds as being some sort of public debate.
The fact is that the debate has already been held in the finance minister's back room. He has clearly shown in his budget that he has already used up all the EI surplus.
What kind of a line is he trying to hand Canadians? Why does he not come clean and tell Canadians he has already made up his mind, he has scooped the EI funds and Canadians are getting nothing back?