I am hoping you can continue speaking to us about Employment Insurance.

To help the job market weather economic shocks, workers are calling on the government to modernize Employment Insurance and review eligibility criteria so that no one falls through the cracks during the next economic downturn. What public commitment can you make to that end today?

Thank you, Your Honour. I believe this is the time to review EI. The Prime Minister agrees that this temporary measure we have put into place in terms of tariffs is just one suite of emergency measures to address the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves in.

As our labour market evolves, and as we see new forms of employment, including forms of employment that we have often had a hard time tracking and accounting for, like gig employment, we need a focus on a modernized EI that meets our needs. I look forward to doing that work with my colleagues.