Mr. Speaker, Canadians will find cold comfort in that answer by the minister.
Under the Conservatives, the jobless rate in Canada has skyrocketed to 7.7%. Sadly, that is in line with the painful forecasts of all the independent analysts: the IMF, the OECD, Global Insight and the Parliamentary Budget Officer. The Toronto Dominion Bank says that half a million more jobs will be lost this year. Unemployment will rise to double digits, and that is after taking all the stimulus plans into account.
What do the Conservatives have to say to thousands of people who have no chance of finding a job when the government remains in--