Mr. Speaker, I am very interested in the comments that my colleague has made about employment insurance.
In my community of Dartmouth we lose $20 million a year that was coming into our community to pay workers who had lost their jobs. They lose their jobs and the money is no longer coming into our community. Furthermore they are leaving the community. They are having to move to other parts of the country. Then our population declines and our equalization amounts then decline. There is this vicious circle of people leaving the community which makes the community weaker.
I would like the member's comments on that. I believe it might be the same kind of phenomenon that he experiences in Saskatchewan.