Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Quebecois has been saying for over a year now that employment insurance premiums should not be used to increase the government's budget surplus. The chief actuary at the Department of Human Resources Development is now saying that the surplus essentially belongs to the workers and businesses that have contributed to the fund.
Now that the actuary is saying the same thing as we are, will the Minister of Finance finally use the $20 billion surplus to improve protection for the unemployed and to lower premium rates?