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Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault

Liberal on Business of Supply 2026-06-02

86 words · 4 sentences · 4 clauses

Replying to Alexis Deschênes (Bloc Québécois)

“Mr. Speaker, I thank my riding neighbour for his speech. He and I represent ridings where seasonal work is a reality. According to the IMF, Canada’s household debt is one of the highest in the world right now. Those most often affected are low-income earners, our seasonal workers, the very people who are indispensable in economic sectors that serve as pillars of our regions, such as the fishing industry. I recently met Lise Lapierre of E. Gagnon & Fils, in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé. She spends long hours pushing carts full of crabs and lobsters. In spite of everything, she is dealing with the EI spring gap. This year, it lasted from March through mid-April. Does my colleague not think that, to address the economic situation, this government needs to wake up and quickly reform employment insurance to put an end to the spring gap for seasonal workers?”

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Average 100 / 100

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Claims 100%

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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 86 wordsin our most recent economic update, we announced a funding extension for the pilot project providing five additional weeks of benefits in 13 economic regions, including the two regions in my riding.¹² I believe my colleague’s riding is also included in this pilot project. This will provide five additional weeks of regular EI benefits to help bridge what is commonly referred to as the “spring gap”.³ This is in addition to other measures we have implemented, such as eliminating the one-week waiting period for EI benefits.⁴

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Signal · 100

Nothing lost points on Signal.

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Relevance · 100

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Respect · 100

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Clarity · 100

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Claims · 4

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1“we announced a funding extension for the pilot project providing five additional weeks of benefits in 13 economic regions”The government announced, in its most recent economic update, funding to extend the pilot project providing five additional weeks of EI benefits in 13 economic regions.search
2“including the two regions in my riding”Two of the 13 economic regions covered by the five-week EI pilot project are in Deschênes-Thériault’s riding.search
3“five additional weeks of regular EI benefits”The pilot project provides five additional weeks of regular EI benefits to bridge the spring gap.search
4“eliminating the one-week waiting period for EI benefits”The government eliminated the one-week waiting period for EI benefits.search

Analysed on 2026-10-20