Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Human Resources misled the House by denying the existence of employment insurance quotas, and she continues to do so by repeating ad nauseam that employment insurance will be there for unemployed workers who need it.
Yet she put an end to a pilot project that provided an additional five weeks of benefits in regions with high unemployment and axed another pilot project, which means that workers now have to work more hours even though their benefit period will be shorter from now on.
As a result, many seasonal workers will lose one to three months of benefits when they have no income. Employment insurance will not be there for them.
Will the minister apologize to the unemployed workers who are the victims of these changes?