Madam Speaker, our number one goal in this country should be to eliminate poverty, a situation for which the federal government is responsible. This same government enjoys a $20 billion EI surplus that is the result of measures that, as I said earlier, were taken by the previous government, measures like the GST, free trade and tax reform.
The federal government should take corrective measures to fight poverty. Instead of apologizing, we must put more pressure on the government to inject additional funds into everything that impacts on poverty, including health care, social programs and, of course, employment insurance.