Mr. Speaker, it is a fact that the government is sitting on a $21 billion EI surplus that it built by gouging and overcharging Canadian workers and businesses on their EI premiums. The government's chief actuary has said that it could lower those premiums to $2.05, sustain the fund and still provide for a rainy day disaster.
Why does the finance minister not listen to the government's own chief actuary and lower the EI premiums from $2.55 to $2.05? Why does he not just do that?