Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Alcan announced that it was laying off 3,640 workers. Since September 11, there have been thousands of layoffs in Canada, and there are more to come.
In a few days, the Minister of Human Resources Development must give her reaction to the report on employment insurance prepared by the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development.
With all these layoffs, will the minister reduce the number of hours needed to qualify for EI to 700 from 910, so that a greater number of unemployed workers are eligible?