Mr. Speaker, the hon. member talks about tax cuts with the surplus that we have.
The surplus was accumulated on the backs of those people in this country who can least afford it. Now we have a record number of children in poverty. We have record numbers of people who pay into EI and who cannot collect it because of the changes in the rules.
Would the member not agree that the surplus is really money that was confiscated from employees and, I am sure they will argue employers as well, and that money should go back to the employees? When they could not find work or when they were displaced from the work force, they at least had EI to fall back on while they were looking for other work.