Mr. Speaker, the latest in a long line of Conservative government failures is the EI retraining program for long-tenured workers. The Conservatives bragged it would help 50,000 of those thrown out of work in the manufacturing sector, but it did not. Because of the ridiculous restrictions, only about 6,000 have so far managed to jump through all of the hoops.
The economic crisis started last year, not this year. Was the program about helping Canada's unemployed or just pretending to help? Will the minister remove this unreasonable restriction?