Mr. Speaker, if the separatists were serious, they would remember there was a consensus in Quebec to bring about major reforms in the old unemployment insurance program.
This is strange, because the separatists are advocating the same philosophy of active measures to put people back to work, but this time on the welfare issue. They proposed a welfare reform based on need. This is what we have done in fact.
The important thing is for people to get back into the workforce. I do not want a society that relies solely and constantly on these benefits. I want to find active measures for women, for seasonal workers and for young people to put them back to work.
What the members of the Bloc Quebecois want is to live like in the good old system. It is clear that they are totally out of touch with reality. This is not what Quebeckers want. They want active employment measures and this is what the minister has done.