Mr. Speaker, I sense a wrinkle in the answers that have been given.
The comments by Premier Campbell that were contained in today's Globe and Mail show that employment insurance has now become an issue of national unity. We know from experience that downloading costs on to the provinces, causing them to have higher welfare costs, will have a serious effect on the costs of province and what is happening to them.
Why is the government so rigid in its refusal to consider a single national standard for eligibility on employment insurance?