Mr. Speaker, not long ago I asked the parliamentary secretary a question about employment insurance and his answer was to reduce the premium. How about changing the rules for EI so people could more easily qualify? What is the priority for the men and women workers of P.E.I.? Is their priority to bring the premium down by 5 cents or is it to change the qualifying period, especially since we have an $8 billion surplus this year?
I would like to hear my colleague from P.E.I. tell us in which area the government should concentrate since his riding is very close to my riding.