Mr. Speaker, in 2015, the Liberals promised people a major employment insurance reform. They promised to give everyone better access to EI, to take into account seasonal industries, to protect self-employed workers and to put an end to discrimination against women.
Nine years later, it is clear that nothing has been done. The Liberals once again dragged their feet and failed workers. That is why a historic coalition among the Conseil national des chômeurs et chômeuses, the Mouvement autonome et solidaire des sans-emploi and the major unions in Quebec is standing up and calling on the government to make these long-awaited changes in the very near future.
One of those changes involves putting an end to the discrimination that disproportionately affects women. If a person's job is eliminated while they are on parental leave or soon after, that person no longer has access to regular benefits. That means that some 3,000 women are denied employment insurance benefits every year.
Will the Liberals take action to defend the rights of these working women?