Mr. Speaker, we are witnessing the inevitable. As reported in Le Devoir this morning, and as the NDP has been saying since the employment insurance reform was implemented, the most recent assessment report indicates that only 38% of the unemployed qualify for benefits. What a sorry record.
Before the Liberals and the Conservatives took an axe to the program, 85% of unemployed Canadians had access to employment insurance.
When will the government improve the employment insurance program so that workers who have lost their job can get assistance?