Mr. Speaker, do you know how long that two week waiting period has been in existence?
It has been around since 1971, some 38 years ago. When people take out insurance on their car or anything else they have a deductible, a waiting period.
They do not want to give anything more; they just want benefits to start two weeks earlier and end two weeks earlier. Not us. We want to give five extra weeks to those who lose their jobs. It is important when people lose their jobs to have the possibility of drawing five more weeks of benefits, and people agree with us on that.