Jim Peterson on Employment Insurance

In the House of Commons on November 2nd, 1998. See this statement in context.

Employment InsuranceOral Question Period

November 2nd, 1998 / 2:15 p.m.

Willowdale Ontario

Liberal

Jim Peterson LiberalSecretary of State (International Financial Institutions)

Mr. Speaker, I again find unusual what the Reform Party is saying because in securing the dividend of January 1998, last year, the Reform Party urged the government to use the EI surplus to pay down the debt.

In Fresh Start the Reform Party said we should only cut EI premiums by 28% and cut them for the employers only.

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