Mr. Speaker, I have never seen so much hypocrisy in my life.
They are saying that we are delaying for three hours, but I want the parliamentary secretary to get up on his feet and tell us, when will the EI benefits take effect? If he wants to tell the truth, he will tell us it is not until 2011, one year from now. They will only get the benefits a year from now.
These three hours will not make any difference to any independent worker who needs EI, because it will only be in one year from now. That is the truth of the matter.
Why does he want to put the EI bill in front of what we are dealing with right now, which is so important to Canadians?