Mr. Speaker, as the member for Beauport—Montmorency—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île-d'Orléans, I am pleased to present a petition signed by 2,704 people residing mostly in the new part of the constituency, namely the Upper North Shore RCM.
The petitioners are asking Parliament to exert pressure on the federal government to put an end to EI transitional measures, to increase workers' benefits and to adopt a universal employment insurance program.
These people are involved mainly in seasonal industries and they find the rules that exclude them from the employment insurance program unacceptable.
I can tell the House that, despite the announcement made by the minister this week, because this petition was signed before—