Mr. Speaker, the chief actuary for employment insurance says that the EI rate should be as low as $1.90 per $100 on Canadians' paycheques. That is $1.90, not $2.55. That difference amounts to hundreds of dollars a year for workers and small business in this country, yet the finance minister insists on keeping it at $2.55.
Why is the minister being so stubborn? Why will he not lower it more?