Mr. Speaker, I must remind the hon. member that it was a Liberal member of parliament who tried, through provisions, to ensure that the change was made through legislation.
It was that party that stood and that party critic who said with specific reference to this amendment:
—we come to an amendment that is trying to address what is considered to be an unfairness. The feeling seems to be that someone who has fraudulently misrepresented the facts should not be penalized and should be treated the same as any other claimant under the EI program. We have difficulty with that--
Let me repeat that anyone who makes an honest mistake will not be asked to repay more money than they did not declare.