Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development.
The minister claims that his reforms sought to adapt the employment insurance program to the new realities of the labour market.
How can the minister make such a claim, considering that he is forcing parents who have decided to stay at home to raise their children to work 30% to 117% more hours to qualify for EI benefits, when they go back to work? What are we to think of a program that penalizes women in particular?