Mr. Speaker, that answer helps us realize our worst fears. There is a three way tug of war going on over the EI surplus.
On the one side business wants premiums cut. On the other side the Minister of Finance wants to score political points by spending money that is not his. Then there are the 65% of unemployed Canadians who just want to feed their kids and who do not qualify for any benefits at all. I ask again, will the Prime Minister tell us today that he will stand up on behalf of unemployed workers and use the EI surplus to help put working people back to work with income assistance and with training and benefits?