Mr. Speaker, today, we learned that child poverty has increased by 20% in 20 years and that one in 10 Canadians is living below the poverty line. The Conference Board of Canada gave us an average rating of D+.
Meanwhile, the people in my riding of La Pointe-de-l'Île are concerned about the changes to employment insurance. Expertise in a number of seasonal sectors is at risk of being lost because workers will have to take jobs in other industries for less pay. The competition is already tough for jobs that pay less and less and the reform will drive salaries even lower. People are already having trouble making ends meet.
Just because the minister feels she can help herself to $200,000 in public funds to build herself a bathroom does not mean that she can take money directly from Canadians' pockets.
On behalf of voters in La Pointe-de-l'Île, I am asking her to abandon her reform and listen to Canadians.