Mr. Speaker, in fact, the majority of EI claimants receive a cheque within 28 days of tabling their claim. It is true, in fact. I know that the NDP does not like fact-based opposition, but we prefer evidence-based policy. The evidence is that the majority receive their cheques within 28 days.
He talks about laying off 2,000 people. In point of fact, the majority of those people were hired to deal with the spike in EI claims during the global economic downturn. The NDP solution to everything is spend more and tax more, and that means kill more jobs.