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Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault

Liberal on Government Orders 2026-06-15

159 words · 8 sentences · 11 clauses

Replying to Maxime Blanchette-Joncas (Bloc Québécois)

“Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to sit with my colleague on the Standing Committee on Science and Research. We share certain rural boundaries and we have an awareness of some of our mutual realities. I would like to talk to him about the EI issue. The Liberals, who were in power back then, have been promising a reform since 2015. The Trudeau government said so in 2015. Then, during the 2019 campaign, it said it again. In 2021, the budget even promised that the reform would get done. Here we are, in 2026, and we are still waiting. The government is offering temporary solutions to a permanent problem. Does my colleague truly believe that he is building Canada strong by proposing temporary solutions to a permanent problem?”

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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 96 wordsin 2016, as soon as the Liberals returned to power, the most controversial EI reforms introduced by the Stephen Harper Conservative government were abolished.¹ Many of these measures did nothing to address the realities of our rural regions. We therefore scrapped the measures that had been introduced by the Conservatives. In 2018, a pilot project was launched in 13 economic regions across Canada where seasonal work is common, allowing for up to five additional weeks of EI.² This pilot project helps seasonal workers, as well as the employers and the local economies of all these regions, Reasoning · 16 wordsbecause it allows people to stay in their communities while they wait for the next season. Claims · 26 wordsI am very pleased to say that we extended the funding for this measure in the economic update.³ This pilot project actually covers my entire riding.⁴ Reasoning · 21 wordsI believe this is a step in the right direction to support our workers with a view to building Canada strong.

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AnsweredOf this reply, 100% addressed the question or point raised.

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Signal · 100

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Relevance · 100

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Claims · 4

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1“as soon as the Liberals returned to power, the most controversial EI reforms introduced by the Stephen Harper Conservative government were abolished.”In 2016, the newly elected Liberal government abolished EI reforms introduced by the Stephen Harper Conservative government.search
2“In 2018, a pilot project was launched in 13 economic regions across Canada where seasonal work is common, allowing for up to five additional weeks of EI”In 2018, a pilot project was launched in 13 Canadian economic regions with common seasonal work, allowing up to five additional weeks of EI.search
3“we extended the funding for this measure in the economic update”The Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act (Bill C-30) extends funding for the seasonal EI pilot project.search
4“This pilot project actually covers my entire riding”The seasonal EI pilot project covers the speaker’s entire riding (Madawaska—Restigouche).search

Analysed on 2026-10-20