Mr. Speaker, I rise again on the issue of employment insurance to present two petitions to the House.
Many workers on the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador are working seasonally, primarily in fishing plants and the tourism sector. They are asking that the pilot projects introduced in 2005 be continued. These projects continued until June, but these workers would like them to be made permanent, which would leave the companies able to hire them and the employees in a better position.
The petitioners come primarily from Birchy Cove, Newman's Cove, Amherst Cove, as well as Bonavista.
The residents of Bonavista also need a wharf and they need it soon in the area of the Ocean Choice International Plant.