Mr. Speaker, the minister is comparing apples with oranges here.
I will further quote from my 1999 letter to the HRDC minister. It reads:
Communicating and educating the public on the major changes to the EI system has been a disaster.
Again I asked the minister to fix these problems. Local departmental HRDC officials administering the problems were pleading for changes and quietly agreeing with my office and with me.
Why is the government so callous in its disregard for people?