Mr. Speaker, the government is going to make the workers and small businesses pay a second time for the money that was stolen.
Here is what the member for York—Simcoe, speaking for his party right before it took power, said:
The Conservative Party believes that the government needs to be held accountable for the cumulative balance in the Employment Insurance account...We believe that the slate must not be wiped clean.
The Conservative Party believes that this surplus is the property of those who have made the contributions to Employment Insurance—the workers and employers of Canada.
The Prime Minister's cabinet colleague had it right. Is he wrong today?