Mr. Speaker, the minister responsible for employment insurance claims that “the vast majority of people who are working while on an EI claim will...be better off”. This is simply wrong.
The government's own report reveals that it plans to cut 57% of the funding for the first year of the working while on claim pilot project compared to last year's project.
How can the minister honestly claim that the vast majority of Canadians who work while on claim would benefit from almost 60% less funding?