Mr. Speaker, the fact is that this government would not have a balanced budget if it had not robbed EI.
International Women's Day is on March 8 of next week. I want to talk about real balance. The Liberals hiked RRSP limits, a move that benefits three times as many men as women, but they will not touch rules for EI that make it all but impossible for part time workers to qualify, and we all know that part time workers are twice as likely to be women.
Where was the status of women minister when the budget was being developed, because clearly she was not standing up for the status of women?