Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the member for reading the budget implementation bill, because three days earlier it seemed like no one in his caucus had read it. I congratulate the member for reading it and knowing what is in the budget implementation bill.
I want to be clear that the modest and reasonable changes that we have made to EI have not changed the rules around applying and for qualifying for EI. We want to ensure that EI remains there for Canadians who have paid into it and need it when, through no fault of their own, they find themselves without work. We are there for fishermen.
It is too bad the members on that side do not even know what is in the act that could benefit the people in their regions.