Mr. Speaker, the reform of EI with respect to parental leave announced in the throne speech will not benefit all parents, far from it. Women have great difficulty qualifying because of the number of hours of work required.
My question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development. Will the minister admit that the problem of qualifying must be addressed first, so as to give parents access to benefits and, to that end, will she agree to lower the number of hours required to qualify for parental leave from 700 to 300?