Madam Speaker, the New Democratic Party caucus was the only caucus where every member actually read the budget.
What we found out, like everyone else who understood what the budget said, was not a single additional new person would qualify for employment insurance after the budget was presented than before the budget. The budget did not change anything.
The parliamentary secretary references that there is some extension in benefits for those who already qualify, but most people do not qualify, and that is the problem.
The parliamentary secretary cited the BU ratio. That ratio should have in its title B as well as S. Essentially it does not allow any additional Canadian to qualify for employment insurance. That is the problem. That is why Canadians are losing their homes. That is why Canadians are unable to feed their families. That is why the unemployed are suffering so much because—