This is paired with his obsession to put his fellow citizens, Quebecers, in their place. This has led him to do all kinds of utterly irrational things. This has led him to all kinds of tantrums. This has led him to hire people who advised him in this way, and it has cost a fortune all for visibility. And, to come back to my dalmatian analogy, it has left him with a spotty record, spots that can be found in this sponsorship document that I have here.
I would therefore ask the Prime Minister and his advisers, particularly the President of the Treasury Board, who is here with us, to try to bring him back to reason, and to beg him to put an end to the wanton spending and the lavish meals and to try to think of the poor people who pay for all of this and who are having an increasingly difficult time bringing money home for themselves, to ensure they will have some dignity when they stop working.
Workers despair when they come home with almost nothing, when they bring home not even 45% of their salary, when 38 workers out of a hundred lose their jobs and end up collecting employment insurance. One hundred percent of workers pay employment insurance premiums, yet only 38% of them can collect benefits. The other 62 out of a hundred are ineligible for all sorts of mysterious reasons. The chances of being eligible for EI are slimmer than winning the lottery.
I know, Mr. Speaker, that you must remain neutral, and that you cannot comment on this. However, I can tell that you are looking at me and that you completely agree with my ideas.