Mr. Speaker, I was on the Hill last Wednesday with unemployed people from throughout Quebec who had come to demand a major overhaul of the employment insurance program and to express their disappointment regarding the government's new program for older workers.
The group included a number of older workers from the textile industry in Huntingdon. That was the third time in 21 months that these workers have come to express their despair to the federal government. They have been deceived and betrayed. I saw men in tears that day, expressing their hopelessness because they have nothing left.
These men listened as the Minister of Industry scornfully responded to the Bloc Québécois' questions concerning this bogus POWA. They saw how disconnected this government is from reality and how insensitive it is to their situation.
The Bloc Québécois will continue to fight alongside these workers.