Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives keep bringing in their ideological measures and are undermining the employment insurance system.
Even though 50% of unemployed workers are not eligible for benefits, the Conservatives keep adding restrictions. For example, workers are forced to accept lower-paying jobs further away from home, there are quotas to cut $40,000 a month, pregnant women could end up disqualified, and now the work-sharing program is becoming stricter. These are the kinds of tricks the Conservatives are using to make unemployed workers pay off the deficit.
How can the minister claim day after day that workers will still benefit from employment insurance while she is in the process of dismantling the whole program?