Mr. Speaker, most Canadian workers believe that the EI fund they pay into is there to help them through work interruption, slowdowns or wage cutbacks.
However, we will not convince the employees of Netherlands Mills in Prince George of that. These workers have just seen their wage top-up program arbitrarily cancelled by this government, despite a promise that would continue until March 1999.
Some Christmas present from this Liberal government.
Now not only are the Liberals about to scoop the $7 billion in extra surplus in the EI fund, they are also reneging on a promise made to the sawmill workers at Netherlands Mills in Prince George.
While these mill workers will be going short this Christmas, we can bet there is not going to be any shortage of turkeys at the Liberal Christmas party this year.