Mr. Speaker, I challenge the hon. member to go back to her riding and speak to some fisherman who is making $20,000 a year with dirt under his fingernails, who is trying to put food on the table for his children, macaroni and cheese, and say to him “No, we are going to allow you to pay money to give to somebody who is making $48,000 a year.” I challenge the member to do that.
We are all in favour of helping those who cannot help themselves. We are in favour of an EI program that works to help those people who have become unemployed. Yes, we are in favour of those people who are seasonal workers receiving EI money, but we believe they can do better. We want to work with them to not only give them seasonal employment, but employment 365 days of the year if they want it.