Mr. Speaker, if there is one person who relies on employment insurance, it is definitely the Minister of Finance.
The minister of Human Resources Development is manipulating employment insurance figures. With respect to the number of recipients, he does not take into account those left behind by the system: the long term unemployed, unemployed independent workers and a number of workers who had to quit their jobs.
In all, those who no longer qualify for benefits now account for 62% of the unemployed. Why does the minister deny the reality most unemployed Canadians are facing?