Mr. Speaker, the government is ignoring the barriers that women face when it comes to employment insurance.
The status of women committee heard from witness after witness who testified that women and part-time workers were being shut out of EI. The numbers speak for themselves. Coverage rates for unemployed women have declined from 82% in 1989 to 39% in 2008, this despite the claim of the Conservatives that they have done enough to fix the system.
Why is the government ignoring women and refusing to remove the barriers that prevent women from accessing EI?