Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Human Resources' numbers simply do not hold water.
Currently, only one-third of those who appeal an employment insurance decision get a hearing within the 30-day time period. The minister's solution is to reduce the number of people holding the hearings from 700 to 39 and to introduce a process that will include twice as many steps. Then she claims that this will speed things up. Does she take people for fools?
Why is the minister making the process more complex?