Mr. Speaker, yesterday, further to the biggest pre-budget consultation in Canadian history, the Minister of Finance tabled Canada's economic action plan.
Through our economic action plan, we will protect vulnerable Canadians and assist workers by providing an extra five weeks of EI benefits to those who need it most. We will help 50,000 more people who do not normally qualify for EI to access the training they need to enter the workforce. We will assist 10,000 long-tenured workers with additional financial support and training to enable them to get the new skills they need. We will help older workers with an additional $60 million to provide training and assistance to find new jobs. We will create over 85,000 new jobs by strengthening the stock of social housing and building communities.
Canada's economic action plan will protect the jobs of today while creating the jobs for tomorrow.