Mr. Speaker, perhaps it is time the hon. member for Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques came back to this House; he would notice that the recommendation the Minister of Finance and I made to lower contributions is one that was unanimously passed by the employment insurance commission, where both labour and management are represented.
We respected the law and our system. It is absolutely incredible that, on that side, they would try to have people believe that the system does not respect the integrity of a reform of the employment insurance program we had the courage to carry out.
This reform will put $1 billion back into the pockets of Canadian taxpayers.