Fisheries committee  Recently, we had the example of a lady who was fighting a battle over sickness benefits. Mr. Gérard-Raymond Blais talks about stress. Obviously, it can cause illnesses that, in the absence of that stress, were not as prevalent in society, such as cancer, heart attacks, embolisms,

Fisheries committee  I am not directly connected to the fishery, but based on what we hear, groundfish stocks have improved in recent years. I really cannot elaborate any further, because I am not directly involved in fish harvesting. Nor am I personally aware of the results of surveys recently carri

Fisheries committee  Raynald, I am sure you remember that starting in about 1990, the Employment Insurance program began to be cut back. The Employment Insurance fund began to record a surplus around 1994. The surplus went as high as $55 billion. At that point, the money started to be rolled into the

Fisheries committee  Thank you for inviting me to discuss the direct repercussions on individuals of all the problems we are encountering in the fishery and other sectors. For 20 years now, the Mouvement Action-Chômage Pabok Inc. has been defending people who encounter problems with the Employment In