Mr. Speaker, on Saturday in the Gaspé region, I attended a meeting on employment and dignity. Those who attended, the employed, the unemployed, the general public, were crying out for help. Their despair was palpable.
Today the Minister of Human Resources Development met with representatives of the coalition for employment insurance, who presented their demands to him.
Will the Minister of Human Resources Development, whose policies and cutbacks have forced the people of the Gaspé into abject poverty, finally make the decision to use the $6 billion annual surplus in the employment insurance fund to help the unemployed?