Finance committee  That will be my pleasure.

Finance committee  No, but I was told about it.

Finance committee  Absolutely, obviously. The Court Challenges Program enabled the Centre d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel to ensure that the files of women, complainants, were not made public, which means protecting their testimony and also favouring it. That's one of t

Finance committee  Employment insurance is an important program. It's very important to review it in order to improve its accessibility and also to protect its fund. In fact, we contribute to it, and that program should support all workers who contribute to it. I went to the Magdalen Islands a few

Finance committee  In fact, we know that since a significant change was made in employment insurance eligibility criteria, expressed in numbers of hours, women, who are the champions of part-time work, are no longer accumulating enough hours to receive benefits when they are unemployed. This create

Finance committee  The employment insurance criteria should be reviewed, particularly since there are large surpluses. This is a major social program which should not be discriminatory towards women. The calculation expressed in numbers of hours is discriminatory against women. That's statisticall

Finance committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. For the Fédération des femmes du Québec, the next federal budget should give priority to measures to promote women's equality particularly for women who are victims of double discrimination in Quebec and Canada.