Mr. Speaker, the finance minister, today, announced growing deficits but refused to say whether struggling Canadians will get the help they were promised.
Families in Alberta and Saskatchewan are being hit hard by rising job losses; but while unemployment is going up, the number of Canadians receiving unemployment insurance is actually going down. This is a broken system, and families are paying the price.
Alberta is asking the federal government to act quickly by lowering the threshold for eligibility and by extending benefits.
Will the Prime Minister listen and act, yes or no?