Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for giving me the opportunity to say that when they are asked if they would like not to pay taxes, they say yes, they do not want to pay taxes. When they are asked if they want not to pay employment insurance, they say yes, they do not want to pay employment insurance. Another question could be, “Do you want to raise the rate of pay for the employee?” They would probably say, “No, we would like to bring it down”.
Employers have a responsibility when they hire someone that they pay employment insurance premiums collectively with the employee. At home they understand that. I did not talk about the rest of the country. I said at home in my riding, no one came to me or phoned me to say that they were paying too much in premiums.
In talking about job creation, the Conservatives cannot continue to refer to the past Liberal government. Even if the Conservatives still want to call themselves the new government, they should look at the fact that they have been in government for over a year now and they have not created any jobs in my riding. In my riding there is 20% unemployment. Every year the government is taking away $85 million of benefits in employment insurance because of the seasonal work that we have in the fishery. You love our lobster, you love our fish and that comes from home.