Mr. Speaker, when I was touring the country, an unemployed woman in Gaspé, Mireille Arsenault, told me: “It is hellish having to deal with the people at Unemployment. I am outraged by their lack of compassion”.
If they are putting aside their compassion, it is because the government is threatening them with job losses if there are not enough unemployed people taken off benefits. The workers are not abusing the system; the government is abusing the workers.
My question is for the Minister of Human Resources Development: When will the government put the “humanity” back into “human resources”, and help this country's unemployed?