Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, every year at this time there is a dramatic rise in the number of people who get laid off, and our hearts go out to them.
We are trying to get their benefits to them, the ones to which they are entitled, just as quickly as possible. That is why we are putting additional resources on at this time of year, as we usually do, to help those people get the benefits to which they are entitled.
In the meantime, we are also working overtime to upgrade and modernize our totally outdated paper-based EI system.