Madam Chair, I have another question, but I would like to make a comment first.
The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion said something rather disturbing recently. She said it would take seven years to reform the EI program because the computer system could not support it.
In another life, I used to say that sometimes you have to make what is politically desirable technically possible. It is politically desirable to reform the employment insurance system, which leaves workers in seasonal industries, women and young people out in the cold. If we want this to be just temporary, we have to improve these temporary measures, at least.
My last question is about EI sickness benefits.
The Prime Minister met with Émilie Sansfaçon at the beginning of this Parliament and he committed to recognizing her claim because of her situation. In another time not so long ago, when the Liberal Party was in opposition, he supported a bill that called for exactly the same thing as the Bloc Québécois is calling for today, that is, to increase sickness benefits to 50 weeks, in the interest of fairness to workers who pay into EI.
Why is the government going only half way and leaving more than 60% of workers to fend for themselves?
Why did the government not unanimously support increasing sickness benefits to 50 weeks, when it had the opportunity to do so today?