Mr. Speaker, it would have been a good idea to make the announcement here in the House. We must rely on leaks to get our information. It appears that only an amount of $61 million, over a three year period, is going to be earmarked for workers, through the employment insurance program.
Will the Prime Minister admit that $20 million per year is very little, considering that, in Quebec alone, thousands of workers are affected by the softwood lumber crisis? In fact, $20 million is half as much as what the federal government is spending each year on sponsorships, mostly in Quebec, by the way.