Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert for her speech.
I want to talk about the content of the bill. In clause 2, “administrative burden” is defined as follows:
2. ...“administrative burden” means anything that is necessary to demonstrate compliance with a regulation, including the collecting, processing, reporting and retaining of information and the completing of forms.
This shows the huge disconnect between the government's intentions—or so-called intentions—and reality. My colleague was right to mention small businesses and the hassles associated with the changes to EI, which have created huge headaches for many small business owners. These owners are finding it virtually impossible to manage their staff, which adds considerably to their burden.
I would like to know how confident my colleague is in how the government will implement this bill, regardless of what form it takes.