Mr. Speaker, I cannot explain it better than what the member has just said, that it is insulting to the workers. I hope the workers will remember what the Conservative member just said. We have a problem today in northern Ontario where a sawmill is closing. Some mills closed in British Columbia. What is the government saying? If the company gives the workers severance pay, they are not allowed to have employment insurance.
In 1982 when I was negotiating collective agreements, it was the first collective agreement that was negotiated for severance pay to help workers to get a job and not have to be on employment insurance. The government has said that if they receive severance pay, they are not allowed EI. Then they have to take the severance pay to feed their family and they cannot look for a job. The government is stopping people. It is counterproductive what the government has done with employment insurance.
The way the government has made the formula for employment insurance, people might as well stay home and go on welfare. That is wrong.
This is totally wrong and should be looked at again. Anyone who looks at it will agree with me, if they are not just thinking of big corporations.