Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
In answer to his questions, I would say that this is a matter of fairness. We have already shown that the 50 weeks would give people who are suffering from a serious illness the same rights as workers who lose their jobs. We based our proposal on the findings of a study on this subject with the goal of being fair to everyone.
With regard to compassion for this cause, I would like to remind my colleague that, when the Liberal opposition introduced a bill in this regard, the Conservatives opposed it because it would cost too much.
Once again, I think that we have demonstrated today that there was an employment insurance surplus that could be used to cover these 50 weeks.