Mr. Speaker, a year ago, the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities tabled a unanimous report containing 17 recommendations for humanizing the EI program.
Before long, however, the Liberal majority was forced to recant, because the Minister of Human Resources Development, setting herself up as the spokesperson for her bureaucracy, rejected the report out of hand, preferring to continue to pocket the funds of the jobless for the Minister of Finance's coffers.
Tomorrow, the Bloc Quebecois is going to hold a horror show. We will demonstrate that pregnant workers, older workers, young workers, seasonal worker and those employed in family busineses are the victims of the federal government's inaction.
All MPs and senators are invited to visit our Chamber of Horrors. They will have a chance to view a film starring the Minister of FInance, “The Great EI Robbery”.
This may be a sad anniversary to be celebrating, but it is a golden opportunity to give the government a shock that may goad it into action. The workers, employers and unemployed richly deserve it.