Mr. Speaker, here we are with the third employment insurance reform since 1990, and the consequences are clear. Fewer people draw benefits, and when they do, it is just a pittance. At the present time, scarcely 40% of this country's unemployed qualify for EI.
When will the situation be critical enough to make the Minister of Human Resources Development act? When that figure drops to 25%? When it drops to 15%? What will it take to get the minister to revise the eligibility criteria for employment insurance?