Mr. Speaker, on page 11 of the Speech from the Throne I have found the most arrogant statement I have heard in a long time. It reads:
There was a time when losing a job also meant immediate loss of income for workers and their families. And so Canadians created Employment Insurance.
How can a government say such a thing? How can the member defend such a statement when the employment insurance plan is the plan that has created the most poverty in Canada in the last 50 years?