Mr. Speaker, what would members think of a house insurance policy that they are forced to pay into and yet if their houses burn down they would have less than a 40% chance of collecting any benefits? They would probably want the government to intervene on their behalf because it would mean they had just been cheated.
That is how unemployed Canadians feel about the EI system. They know it is not broke but they know it is broken.
Will the Prime Minister tell unemployed Canadians that he will use the EI surplus to restore benefits and eligibility before he even considers using it for any other purpose?