Mr. Speaker, the suffering of the unemployed affects us as much on this side of the House as on the other. The opposition has no monopoly on compassion in this country of Canada.
I can assure the hon. member of one thing. We have the same compassion for the unemployed, which is precisely why we want to give them the dignity of employment: we want to help them into the work force, we have their good at heart and we do not simply want to take the easy way out and keep them on employment insurance, as the members opposite want to do.