Mr. Speaker, I want to draw attention today to the Madore family's first victory. For 13 years now, Sylvie and Katy Madore have been working for their mother's business in Kamouraska.
But since 1996, Human Resources Canada and Revenue Canada have been denying Sylvie EI benefits on the basis that she is a blood relative of her employer.
Two years of fighting Revenue Canada were required to overcome this flaw in the system. Sylvie Madore will finally receive retroactively the EI benefits she was entitled to during these two years.
Sadly, this family's ordeal is not over yet. Both departments are now targeting Katy, who has been unfairly denied benefits for six months. It is time the two ministers stopped targeting the unemployed and admitted there are serious problems with the Employment Insurance Act and its application, instead of abetting a major misappropriation of funds.